The Central Question
https://twitter.com/hashtag/farleymowat Elizabeth Thompson reported yesterday that those who are invited to attend one of Stephen Harper’s “public” events are now required to keep their mouths shut: Members of the public…
Harper’s Paranoia
Paranoia Unbound
Stephen Harper has always defended his abolition of the long gun registry by saying it prohibited farmers and hunters from using the tools of their trade. But last week, in…
Full Blown Paranoia
Commentators are lining up to praise Jim Flaherty. Andrew Coyne is not among them. Under Flaherty, he writes, budgets ceased to have much meaning. They became masterpieces of obfuscation: Under…
Afraid Of People
The Conservatives have introduced a bill to “reform” the civil service. Lawrence Martin writes that, essentially, it is a directive that non conservatives need not apply: Call it the Loyalty…