Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul Krugman points out that workers are receiving less and less benefit from technological advancements – and offers a simple policy prescription to…
stephen harper
Stephen Harper and the Fatal Grip of the Duffinator
I'm sure historians will not fail to note that they were a REALLY odd couple.The jolly former journalist and the cold sinister leader of the Con mob.As they struggle to…
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…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Michael Harris tears into the Harper Cons for their compulsive dishonesty: Everything in the Westminster model under which we are supposed to operate…
Stephen Harper and the Scandalous Cons
Well there there they were today, driving through the streets of London, England, in the getaway limo.John Baird and Stephen Harper doing their best to try to escape the Senate…
Londoners arrested for protesting petrocrat Stephen Harper, tar sands
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad Activists outside the British Parliament protest Canada’s tar sands. (Photo: Facebook/Idle No More UK Solidarity Action) Environmental activists protesting “petrocrat” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mike Fancie offers this year’s definitive response to the the misguided concept of “tax freedom”: The Fraser Institute’s math on income and…
Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Con Cabaret Show
Well now we know how Stephen Harper was feeling only a few hours before he won his precious majority.How he turned a mike check into a cabaret act, when he…
Open Mic With Stephen Harper
A two year old video showing Stephen Harper doing fairly solid Diefenbaker, Clark, Mulroney, and Manning impressions surfaces. Not a bad time for a distraction, eh?
Stephen Harper and the Great Getaway Tour
As I watched him drag himself wearily up the steps of his getaway plane, I could only imagine what Stephen Harper was thinking.I've done it !!! I've made it to…
Harper must act on tax havens and transparency at G8 summit: Oxfam
By: Oxfam Canada | Press Release Oxfam Canada urges Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help end global hunger by supporting strong steps at the G8 summit to close tax havens…
Haircuts and highlights: Conservative MP Eve Adams on accountability
I hate to state the obvious, but the Conservative Party of Canada has some problems right now. There are very few things the average Joe dislikes more than people who…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Deborah Gyapong discusses CMA President Anna Reid’s presentation to the federal All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus, with the positive response of MPs from all…
Will Stephen Harper Resign Before 2015?
Well last night I shared one of my favourite dreams with you eh?The one where the crazed alien Stephen Harper, battered beyond recognition by scandal, suddenly decides to quit.And I…
The Harper Government: Making The North Pole Safe, For Oil Companies & You
The Alberta tar sands aren’t only environmentally friendly, they’re good for the ozone layer, they will stop illiteracy and alleviate erectile dysfunction; and that’s just the tip of the melting…
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…
Stephen Harper, stay just the way you are.
Brent Rathgeber … hero? I never thought that an MP once called a “carbon blob” by a blogger (that would be me) would ever be hailed as a hero, but…
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…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Berman reports on research showing that the predictable effect of decreased unionization is a transfer of wealth from workers to shareholders: The…