The Globe and Mail has been choc-a-bloc lately with guest columnists (academics, NATO ambassadors, think-tank CEO’s) talking about where the debate over Canada’s foreign policy has gone. It was conspicuously…
Let's turn the clock all the way back to 1991. The GST came into effect, the Paul Bernardo Murders traumatized Canada, the Gulf War got underway and MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault…
"I see, said the blind man to the deaf dog, who wasn't listening anyway" is a phrase that comes to mind reading reports of federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's press…
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- John Allemang's profile of Jack Layton is well worth a read in full. But after a campaign where any show of support can easily…
Well at least now we know who is the architect of Canada's Middle East policy, the Israeli right-wing blowhard Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. At the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
Kady's post on the composition and chairing of committees notes that there's some risk the Cons could try to use their majority to rewrite the rules. But it's worth pointing…
Assorted content to end your week.- thwap is among a few bloggers to rightly slam the Cons' obscene message to flooded Quebeckers that the only way they can hope for…
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…
Beulah, peel me a grape! Alberta Conservative candidate Rick Orman aloft, with grapes on a silver tray and friends. This photo appeared in my in-box, source unknown. Below: Ted Morton.Question:…
Oh no. I see the nasty Con gnome Jimbo Flaherty has morphed into his even more evil cousin. After saying his budget would be the same as the last one,…
Start with a government that practically bought itself a majority with its porky action plan. A government that lies, cheats, and covers up everything.A government that wants to jail thousands…
Two news stories that have been reported but people have failed to link together are:-Harper government moving to to end "per vote" subsidies.-Internal battle within the Conservatives brewing over voting…
Typical NDP meeting in days of yore. Below: Jack Layton.In the last hours of the 2011 federal election campaign, as word of Jack Layton’s Orange Wave spread to a wondering…
A radar-evading F-35 “Flying Bathtub” fighter waits on the tarmac for takeoff. Below, U.S. Sen. John McCain in jet-flying duds, back in the day.Well, you know how it goes: here…
Prairie strong no longer? Harper's renewed attack on the Canadian Wheat Board | rabble.ca Excerpt: The Canadian Wheat Board represents some 75,000 grain growers, and handles all Western wheat and…
Budget will mean curtains for party funds: minister | iPoliticsStephen Harper is lying to the public, again. He is trying to make you think that you are funding parties you…
They say hogs of a feather flock together, so try this porky gang out for size. Stephen Harper, the Dirty Oils Sands and the Kochtopus.If the massive Keystone XL pipeline…
Montreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw MassacreAnd that's the Con plan. Right out of the Republican manual. First you waste billions on gazebos, prisons and fancy jet planes. Then…
PM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats - The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don't want you to represent them. Another…
Watch out Mr. Layton. Black cats cannot be trusted and before you know it you become the meal.Read the story here for the context.Video:
