Bruce Carson Slipping Away?
Oil Man Bruce Carson is possibly getting a free pass from a government who came to power claiming to be tough on lobbyist stains. After being caught red handed with…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sixth Estate rounds up the party and organizational affiliations on Canada’s major opinion pages. And in case anybody was wondering why our…
Firms Use #CPC Tactics To Halt Bad PR
Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning…
Censorship @ Huffington Post re. Syria?
“he turmoil in the Middle East this past year has morphed into a battleground for much larger interests – economic, political, financial – and the players see this as an…
Canadians Are Owed Answers from Globe & Mail
One of the most surprising elements of the corporate media’s coverage of the robocall affair is the strange shifts that have occurred. Sun, as expected, backed the government. The Toronto…
RoboCon: Journalism Failure at the Globe
Read this article by Ibbitson, who tries to make the case that the Conservative’s latest defender has a good point. Go to the Globe. Now read my article about catching…
RoboCon: National Post Catches Up to Saskboy RE: CIMS
Five days later. It’s good that the professional journalists have got around to asking the question I did days ago: Why doesn’t Elections Canada just check the Conservative’s voter information…
On the Rush Limbaugh hullabaloo
Radio Host Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh has bought himself one heck of a news cycle. The host of the US’s most listened to conservative talk radio show made a series…
Understanding the Current Canadian Political Situation
So much is going on in the Canadian political landscape, I really didn’t know where to start. That said, this article tries to cover a lot of the problems that…
Defending Democracy – “Bravely”
Some people like me have been keenly following the RoboCon scandal where an anonymous Pierre Poutine, using a burner cellphone, placed misleading robodialled calls misdirecting voters away from their real…
The Day Stephen Harper Called Canada a Benign Dictatoship
“Canada’s system of one-party-plus rule has stunted democracy.” – Stephen Harper (and Tom Flanagan) Not long ago, Stephen Harper suggested that “although we like to think of ourselves as living…
RoboCop speaks out about RoboCon
Don’t worry everyone, MP RoboCop is on the job! Fantino, the former Toronto police chief who is Tory MP for Vaughan, said he, too, is trying to get answers after…
RoboFever: Facts and Questions about 2011 Election Theft
I’ve got a bad case of RoboCon Fever. And the only known cure is plenty of Sixth Estate. Read his summary of events, filled with facts, and come back if…
Provincial and State Corporate Taxes
The following commentary also appears on The Globe and Mail’s Global Exchange blog: What Obama’s Corporate Tax Proposal Means for Canada Last week, there was much consternation in Canada’s business…
“Fone Fraud Fiasco” Finalizes Federal Fate
Will Canadians finally get our country back now that the lid has come off the Fone Fraud Fiasco? Will Stephen Harper finally accept responsibility for what is happening?
Debunking Drummond
The Drummond report claims that Ontario is headed for a $30-billion deficit. This figure has been widely and uncritically reported. For example, The Globe and Mail, printed four articles featuring…
Stephen Harper, Fascist?
Is Stephen Harper a Fascist? You take the survey and judge for yourself.
Robocall Scandal May Blow Over
It’s been more than two days now since the media caught hold of the latest Conservative election fraud scandal. Are they going to let go? Only time will tell. For…
May 2011 Federal Election Cheaters? I Want A Re-Call.
I want a recall of the May 2011 Federal Election and I want the UN to supervise election activity when we finally get a chance to go to the polls…
Media Watch: The Globe and Mail’s Shifting Headline
Earlier today the Globe and Mail had one of these truly terrible “balanced” articles about the proposed federal crime bill. The headline screamed: Quebec expert backs Tory crime bill amid…