I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
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I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
Doug Ford, Drugs, Robocalls, and the Harper Mob
It was another chilling moment in a story that just keeps getting more and more disturbing.Doug Ford, Rob's big brother, turning to the camera this afternoon to say this to…
Rob Ford and the Con Kingdom of Denial
For eight days he turned Canada's largest city into a circus, and the laughing stock of the world.For eight days he refused to answer any questions about whether he was…
Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate scandal undermines democracy
Stephen Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate expenses scandal is a dictatorship-style assault on our collective intelligence. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), a union representing newspaper…
Scandals within scandals!
This has been a crazy week for news in Canada! Scandals within scandals! Between the scandal about the prime minister’s office covering up Conservative Senator Mike Duffy’s expense scandal, the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – For all the talk of fraud and cover-ups among the Cons this week, the most important story on that front looks to be…
The Amazing Last Stand of Senator Duffy
OMG. What did I do to deserve this? So I can do it again, and again, and again.Because this is just too good to be true eh? As if that…
Wildrose deftly defuses robo-call crisis while federal Cons suffer Scotch verdict
Members of the Wildrose Party try out their new robo-calling technology, which should avoid future problems with the CRTC. Right-wing Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Wildrose…
● “People have got to know whether or not their…
● “People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” – disgraced American president Richard Nixon ● “I don’t recall. I…
Harper stands with mining companies, against human rights in Pacific Alliance
By: Council of Canadians | Press Release: Stephen Harper’s executive decision that Canada should try to join the Pacific Alliance political and trading bloc should be as controversial as his…
Why the Rob Ford Scandal is also Hurting the Harper Cons
OMG. This is so spooky.I knew they were as close as peas in a pod.I remember how in that video of them at Rob Ford's bush party, they were falling…
Cone of Silence
Rob Ford and Stephen Harper are about as different as two politicians can be, but the one thing they have in common is an uncanny ability to brush off scandals…
New column day
Here, featuring my suggestion to minimize the damage done by the Senate even if constitutional change isn’t on the table. The column was intended largely to respond to the camp…
Canada Politics News: Thursday Morning Recap
Canada politics news: Thursday morning recap: Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Senate. Senate expenses scandal. Sen. Mike Duffy. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Conservatives. A few of the dominant news issues/topics on…
Stephen Harper and the Great Peruvian Apology
Well it took a long time, and he had to travel all the way to Peru, before he finally agreed to talk to the media about the sordid Senate scandal.But…
The Harper Government’s Ware On Science – an excellent chronology
From Science Blogs – The Canadian War On Science: A Long Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment by John Dupuis. Excerpt: This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s…
The Harper Government’s War On Science – an excellent chronology
From Science Blogs - The Canadian War On Science: A Long Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment by John Dupuis. Excerpt: This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s…
The Harper Government’s War On Science – an excellent chronology
From Science Blogs – The Canadian War On Science: A Long Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment by John Dupuis. Excerpt:This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s long…
The Harper Government’s War On Science – an excellent chronology
From Science Blogs - The Canadian War On Science: A Long Unexaggerated, Devastating Chronological Indictment by John Dupuis.Excerpt:This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s long campaign…