New column day
Here, on how the two Con appointees at the centre of Stephen Harper’s Senate are exactly the two who should have known better than to abuse the public trust. For…
Pamela Wallin
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Not surprisingly, this week’s revelations about Pamela Wallin have set off plenty more discussion about what’s wrong with the Senate and its…
Here is a blast from the past. A drunken, bloated Conservative…
Here is a blast from the past. A drunken, bloated Conservative senator Mike Duffy acts like a pompous, over-stuffed bag of Conservative shit, trying to defend Conservative overspending of our…
The Legitimacy Of Harper’s Senate Appointees
With the latest set of revelations in the ongoing Senate Scandal, we find out that Senator Wallin spends the majority of her time living in Toronto. Frankly, I don’t much…
Con Stories: Another PMO Operative Jumps Ship
They don't dare admit it of course, but there's one thing everyone who has worked in the PMO would say if they could be sure of being accepted into the…
Pamela Wallin continues to make headlines
Pamela Wallin’s expense audit shows four surprising things. They are: 1. Documents were altered by Wallin’s office2. Deloitte provides examples of some of the most puzzling alterations3. Deloitte says 2012…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Joseph Stiglitz comments on the wider lessons we should take from Detroit’s bankruptcy: Detroit’s travails arise in part from a distinctive aspect of…
Accountability for thee, not for we
Marjory Lebreton makes clear that as far as she’s concerned, accountability begins where partisan Con affiliation ends: Senator Wallin is no longer a member of the Caucus and must be…
Pamela Wallin and the Corruption Cons
Well in the beginning of the end it was almost an anti-climax eh? Another damning report, another Con Senator being investigated by the RCMP.The independent audit of Senator Pamela Wallin's…
Chickens roosting day, etc.
Harper’s chickens, that is: “Senator Wallin audit details set for public release.” One upside for Wallin, she has one of the best litigators in Toronto representing her (pictured in the…
Chickens roosting day, etc.
Harper’s chickens, that is: “Senator Wallin audit details set for public release.” One upside for Wallin, she has one of the best litigators in Toronto representing her (pictured in the…
Chickens roosting day, etc.
Harper's chickens, that is: "Senator Wallin audit details set for public release." One upside for Wallin, she has one of the best litigators in Toronto representing her (pictured in the…
The Sensational Landing of Pamela Wallin
Uh oh. Everybody take cover. It looks as if this cartoon was only too prophetic. The Pamela Wallin jumbo is on final approach, and coming in for a heavy landing.…
Pamela Wallin on Vacation
Somewhere in Hawaii.
Senator Wallin seriously contradicts Wright-Duffy timeline…
Peter Mansbridge’s interview with Senator Pamela Wallin aired the evening of Thursday, June 13th. What about the Conservative caucus? Was that your decision or was it clear to you they…
Stephen Harper and Mike Duffy’s Excellent Vacation Adventures
Well I see Stephen Harper is getting ready to jump into his shiny new Con getaway plane, and escape to Europe.No doubt hoping that that he can leave Mike Duffy…
Journalists found guilty of ethical breaches really shouldn’t lecture on journalistic ethics
People who live in glass houses next door to used car lots shouldn’t … Below: Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente, the Globe’s disclaimer. S’cuse me! We ex-journalists are permitted…
The Senate Scandal and the Strange Silence of Jason Kenney
Oh no. Poor Stephen Harper. He just can't get a break from that horrible senate scandal. As if having the hand of Pamela Wallin coming at him in his dreams,…
Whither the Teflon Don
For the better part of the last few months, the Harper Government has tried and failed to change the channel. When the government prorogued Parliament in the face of a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – A new Ipsos-Reid poll shows that nearly 90% of Canadians support higher taxes on the rich generally, and million-dollar incomes in particular. And…