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Fighting the gun registry. Fighting democratic engagement. Just another day in Stephen Harper's Canada.
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To Think Outside the Box, Sometimes You Need to Leave the Box
Some very offensive man this morning on the panel on CBC radio called Ignatieff a “carpet bagger” and chuckled. No one called him out really, they just moved on. When…
He’d throw Canada under the bus too
He ordered the ejection of Bill Casey. Garth Turner. Helena Guergis. He sent Shelly Glover to throw Tom Flanagan under the bus. Pat Strogan, fired. Munir Sheikh, resigned on principle.…
Campaign Strength/Weakness Observation
For a PM who didn't want to do any stimulus spending, and took Parliament to the brink over it in 2008, Harper certainly has reaped considerable political leverage with the…
G&M on Ignatieff: Energy and urgency. He was hot.
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was fiery on tonight’s national leaders debate. He covered every topic under the sun and reminded Canadians exactly why we are having this election. There were…
The Debate: Canadian Values Win
The most interesting thing I noticed about the debate was where all the leaders, or at least all of the federalist leaders, agreed. These were on what I would consider…
Canada’s 2011 Federal Election: ’tis better to have loved and lost . . .
With the annual retreat of snow and ice blessedly underway, the crap and crud that mysteriously didn’t make it into my back lane dumpster is revealed in all of its…
Murray Dobbin’s Blog: A Harper Majority and the remaking of Canada
A Harper majority and the remaking of Canada Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:23 PM PDT, Reposted: April 11th 11:36 am.Stephen Harper’s announcement that he is going to reach his deficit…
A Letter to Mr. Ignatieff: It’s time to get personal against attack ads
Mr. Ignatieff, On the Liberal campaign trail in Winnipeg there is one thing that we are hearing consistently: Canadians are sick and tired of attack ads. They hate them. It…
Tales From The Shelter – 54
We sit around and talk about things we need but Gordie Campbell took away from us. “Shirley” is elderly and needs orthotics as her arches are collapsing and her feet…
Low Income Cut-offs – A Lesson for the #CPC
Yesterday my post talked about how sad I thought it was that Conservatives did not acknowledge poverty in Canada. And this morning to my surprise there was a comment arguing…
How Poor is Poor Enough?
Harper and Alexander Recently Conservative Chris Alexander made the assertion that Canada has eradicated poverty. Statements like this are disheartening. Many Canadians have to make the difficult choice between paying…
Stephen Harper, on responsibility
My communications staff limit questions, not me...The local campaigns set my events, not me...It's our local candidates who hire discredited and fired employees, not me...The RCMP threw them out, not…
Stephen Harper Doing What Comes Naturally
Source: Dawg's Blawg
What are Stephen Harper’s standards? Felons inside the Prime Minister’s Office
It is hard to say what Stephen Harper knew about Bruce Carson. In one breath he says that “I knew Mr. Carson had had difficulties with the law…” But in…
Harper Party announces 2011 platform release date
For 2015-2016 if the budget is balanced. Maybe. Meanwhile, Michael Ignatieff and his Liberal team have put together a platform for families that aims to strengthen Canada through investment, education,…
Open Letter to Stephen Harper, from Michael Ignatieff
This just crossed my desk this morning. Everyone should read this to hear the real story. Don't believe the anonymous sources, believe this directly from the leader of the Liberal…
Open Letter to Stephen Harper, from Michael Ignatieff
This just crossed my desk this morning. Everyone should read this to hear the real story. Don’t believe the anonymous sources, believe this directly from the leader of the Liberal…