Poor Jason Kenney! By extension, poor, poor Harpercons! My heart bleeds for you! Now we understand why Stevie Spiteful wants to have elected senators. It appears to be all about…
Conservative senators balking at Senate reform.Seriously, who could not have predicted this? I sure did. To get appointed, you say yes sir yes sir Mr. Harper sir I will sir:…
Especially on the issue of Senate reform, where Quebec's provincial government is already starting to get its back up:Quebec is warning Stephen Harper it may go to court, if necessary,…
Following Stephen Harper’s appointment of several (more) failed Conservative candidates to the Senate, we’ve seen the usual outrage over the sheer contempt demonstrated by the moves. But for those who…
They're at it again, so I will say it again:1) All I've heard suggests that the provinces will be asked elect a Senate candidate who the PM promises to then…
It seems a new poll is out that says Canadians are more then willing right now to re-open the Constitution to do such things as Senate reform: After almost two…
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/20/nl-fabian-moose-520.html
Harper has appointed three senate seats from among his party. Here is the kicker: these people just lost their election campaigns to be MP's. Opposed to supporting democratic influences it…
In today's speech celebrating his five years as Prime Minister, Stephen Harper is reported to have said: “We are in this minority government. We haven’t been able to pass what…
OK, I thought I was just going to read a little news, have my coffee and get back to work. I was fine until I saw this on twitter: @stephen_taylor…
Take a look at this simple and clear article on Democractic Reform from Fair Vote Canada. This is what Canadians need, a clear argument why our democracy is broken. There…
A great article on the Globe and Mail about Harper’s Senate reform plans. As always, Senate reform is a more complex issue than it first appears. Harper likely knows this…
Some of Stephen Harper's recent initiative are starting to resemble high risk political gamesmanship with little regard for the unity of the nation. I'll give him political points for picking…
Some of Stephen Harper’s recent initiative are starting to resemble high risk political gamesmanship with little regard for the unity of the nation. I’ll give him political points for picking…
