According to a new post-Duffy trial poll, thirty-nine per cent of Canadians say the Senate should be abolished. Many more say the unelected Red Chamber remains "too damaged to ever…
Suzanne Legault, Canada’s federal information commissioner, is taking Stephen Harper to the Federal Court for withholding information relating to the Senate expenses scandal. The post Information commissioner takes Harper to…
Can we expect this soon? For those Conservative spokespersons who don’t believe that the sorry tale of a Prime Minister’s Office scrambling to come up with the very best way…
Chris Troublespotter Woodcock Imagine you hold one of the most powerful offices you can hold in a democracy such as ours, and your job is this: “My job was to…
The Plausible Deniability chickens come home Stephen Harper, blinking furiously, tries to stick to his two self-chosen ballot box questions (security and economic growth), while disregarding question after question about…
During the 2015 federal election on October 19, Canadians should use the power of the vote to fire Stephen Harper over the Mike Duffy scandal, says NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair.…
New NDP attack ad draws attention to the fact that Stephen Harper is the “world’s worst talent scout”, highlights the Conservatives’ recent ethical lapses. The post New NDP attack ad…
For comedian John Oliver, the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, Canada’s Senate expenses scandal is “the most Canadian of scandals”. The post Senate expenses scandal “the most Canadian of…
Sen Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu resigned from the Conservative caucus after learning that he will likely be the target of an RCMP probe recommended by the auditor general. The post Facing possible…
Embarrassing typos as the illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Stephen Harper PMO change British Columbia to “British Colombia”. The post British Colombia: Illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Harper PMO appeared…
The RCMP announced Monday that ex-Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin, a Harper appointee, “committed the offences of breach of trust and fraud.” The post Ex-Conservative Senator Wallin committed “breach of trust…
The Mounties have ridden into town, dismounted, and placed their investigations in the hands of the state prosecutors. The prosecutors have carefully drafted 31 charges against a senator, and the…
The 31 charges the RCMP laid against suspended Sen. Mike Duffy, who was appointed to the Senate by Harper in 2008, include fraud and breach of trust. The post RCMP’s…
by: Obert Madondo | May 18, 2014 Obert Madondo, Editor, The Canadian Progressive The RCMP last week charged Bruce Carson, a former aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with illegal…
Yes, we consulted … Seems to be a little bit of confusion about who was consulted when the Mounties decided that there was no case to make against Wright. Here’s…
by: Obert Madondo | March 31, 2014 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dropped the f-bomb when he addressed the crowd at the Fight for the Cure charity boxing match in Gatineau,…
Mounties are acoming … Here are some recent developments: Duffy’s expenses actually amounted to more than $90,000, and the RCMP alleges that Wright broke the law by giving Duffy the…
New documents released by the RCMP suggest that the Senate expenses scandal is closing in on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. The post Senate scandal: New RCMP docs…
Josh Wingrove Kudos to Josh Wingrove for succinctly summarizing the issues and course of events as shown in the RCMP document. And here is the passage – my underlining of…
They’re are the march … to protect our democracy A bombshell burst in Ottawa today when the Mounties filed a request for a search warrant dealing with the Duffy expenses…
