The big Iraq FAIL. What say you now, Jason Kenney?
The first time I ever heard of Jason Kenney was the lead up to the call for a war in Iraq. Our PM Chretien was standing up to Bush as…
Jason Kenney
Friends with Benefits: The Harper Government, EthicalOil.org and Sun Media Connection
suntv_news.gif Just over a week before the Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings began, EthicalOil.org and its allies launched a pre-emptive PR offensive on environmental and First Nations groups who oppose the…
Cozy Ties: Astroturf ‘Ethical Oil’ and Conservative Alliance to Promote Tar Sands Expansion
hamish marshall and stephen harper.jpg As the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Joint Review Panel begins hearing over 4,000 comments submitted by community members, First Nations, governments, and environmental groups, the…
The Sad Case of Lucene Charles
Because she failed to complete the paperwork to achieve permanent residency status when she married a Canadian 15 years ago, St. Vincent native Lucene Charles, the mother of four children,…
the hypocrisy of ethical oil’s chiquita banana boycott.
Ethical Oil? If you have been paying any attention to Canadian politics on Twitter or have tuned into any of the Sun Media outlets over the past few days, you…
Shorter Jason Kenney
I hate everything and everybody but I sure love to spend their money. But, of course, isn’t that true of most of these Harpercons and those Rethuglicans south of the…
MacKay being used as scapegoat to clear path for Jason Kenney as next Conservative leader?
Interesting article in the Straight about Kenney’s ascension in the Conservative ranks. The writer Charlie Smith feels that Kenney is the logical successor to Harper, with the scandals plaguing former…
MacKay being used as scapegoat to clear path for Jason Kenney as next Conservative leader?
Interesting article in the Straight about Kenney’s ascension in the Conservative ranks. The writer Charlie Smith feels that Kenney is the logical successor to Harper, with the scandals plaguing former…
The Niqab and our Discourse. . . . .
Like many of us, I have thought a great deal about the issue of the niqab in public life. The recent banning of this garment in public in France set…
Is Jason Kenney still Roman Catholic, or does he actually accept women as equals now?
Right? I mean, that is the standard he’s claiming to set, isn’t it? The reason burkhas and niqabs have to be banned from Canada isn’t because they make women too…
Jason Kenney’s Ridiculous War on the Veil
OK. So I’m not a big fan of religion, and I’m not a big fan of the burqa or the niqab. But then as you know I’m not a big…
Culture Wars: The Harper Government’s ridiculous ban on the Burqa during the citizenship ceremony
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has just announced plan to ban the use of the burqa or niqab for new Canadians during the Oath of Citizenship. I was very disappointed not…
Are First Nation Complaints All Part of a Commie Plot?
At the root of the Conservative movement on both sides of the border, is the fear of Communism. In the U.S. they rallied around Joseph McCarthy, and Ronald Reagan became…
Stephen Harper’s Scary Christmas Party
OMG. I don’t know whether I should tell you, because you’ll NEVER believe me. But I went to Stephen Harper’s Con Christmas party last night. And boy was it SCARY.…
Sixth Estate Announces Inaugural Weekly Flack Award for Worst Government Press Release
Government press releases have probably never been, shall we say, the go-to source for reasoned and well-informed commentary on the issues of the today. They are, rather, propaganda, pure and…
What do Bachmann and Kenney Have in Common?
Michele Bachmann believes that gays should be able to get married as long as they marry somebody of the opposite sex. Jane Schmidt, a student at Waverly High School, in…
Not So Much Reform as Special Interest Groups
Jeffrey Simpson has an interesting column this week: Remember the Reformers? They’re still here In it he suggests that the Conservatives are now putting policies in place written for the…
Sayed Shah Sharifi – The Toronto Star Continues Championing His Cause
Sayed Shah Sharifi, the brave Afghan interpreter, may have been betrayed by the Harper government and our contemptible Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney, but he has the support of The…
The Battle of Sayed Shah Sharifi Continues
The Star continues its excellent coverage of the plight of Sayed Shah Sharifi, the brave young Afghan interpreter who has been betrayed by the Harper government, despite glowing Canadian military…
Star Readers and Harper Government’s Injustice to Sayed Shah Sharifi’s
While I rarely excerpt long passages from other sources fro my blog, I am making an exception today to print the reactions of Toronto Star readers to the cruel abandonment…