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…
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Stephen Harper and the Revolt of the Con Sheep
Oh.My.Gotterdammerung. I can only imagine the grim scene inside the Harper bunker tonight.The PMO boys in a tizzy screaming "Treason !!! Treason !!!"Or "Wallin is coming !!! Wallin is coming…
Ottawa: Buying Ads Is Easier Than Rooting Out CPC Corruption
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate’er it touches. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab What a week in “Ottawapiskat”! In Canada’s capital city the embattled government of Stephen Harper is…
Stephen Harper’s empire: Is it falling apart?
Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber has resigned from the Conservative caucus and rumours are that three or more MPs will do the same. Partially crumbled already. CBC video on Harper’s troubles.
Ahead of the Eight Ball
Just when we thought things couldn’t get lower in Ottawa, CBC News breaks the story of the PMO’s special fund; an ultra-secret cash reserve that few people knew about. The…
Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy, and the Secret PMO Fund
First they told us that Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 cheque to help his old pal Mike Duffy.Because he's that kind of guy eh?Then when it turned out the two…
Elizabeth May Questions Harper on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline [VIDEO]
During Question Period on Thursday, Green Party leader Elizabeth May asked Stephen Harper whether the feds would still approve Enbridge‘s Northern Gateway Pipeline, now officially rejected by British Columbians. WATCH:…
How Brent Rathgeber changed Edmontons political map and why the Tories might like it
TweetEdmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber unleashed a political storm last night when he announced on Twitter that he is leaving the Conservative Party of Canada caucus. Initially citing a “a…
Another blow for Harper as Conservative MP quits caucus
Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber (Photo: Alberta Diary) Conservative MPs on the House of Commons’s ethics committee amended Brent Rathgeber’s private member’s bill seeking salary disclosures. He’d proposed forcing disclosures for…
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…
Did he jump or was he pushed? Outspoken Alberta Conservative MP goes over the side
Your blogger with Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber, who is a Tory no more, back in the day when he still was. TORONTO From Rob Ford to Brent Rathgeber in…
Three Solutions to Mark Canadian Environment Week
In honour of Canadian Environment Week — currently underway amidst accelerating tar sands development, hot on the heels of withdrawals from the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Convention to Combat…
The Day Tom Mulcair Exposed Harper’s Inner Beast
There couldn't have been a greater contrast between the two political leaders. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that the Con regime is rotting, like a fish, from the…
The Con Circus and the Real Scandal
Well I'm sorry to say that Stephen Harper wasn't able to make it to Question Period today. Although I can't say I'm surprised eh?I'm sure he knows that if Tom…
The Senate Scandal and the Madness of Stephen Harper
Golly. I can only imagine how Stephen Harper must be feeling these days as he watches what was left of his tarnished reputation crumbling under the weight of scandal. Although…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – I’ll quickly link to a few Robocon stories which I han’t yet blogged. Karl Nerenberg noted that the Federal Court decision finding…
Mike Duffy is about to explode
Would he take Harper with him?
On meaningless spin
Far too many people who should know better have tried to find some significance in the B.C. government’s submission to the Harper Cons’ Northern Gateway rubber-stamping process. So in case…