Learning How to Live in the New and Harperless Canada
It's a strange feeling. I want to celebrate the end of Stephen Harper's ghastly Con regime. I want to think that the monster has disappeared into his own darkness.But I…
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The Day Justin Trudeau Left Stephen Harper in the Dust
For years Stephen Harper attacked Justin Trudeau as only a bully and a political pervert could.Smearing him in every possible way, distorting his words, questioning his masculinity, and trying to…
Why the Canada Revenue Agency Needs to be Investigated
It's the burning question that remains to be answered about Stephen Harper 's monstrous years in power. The one that could make him Canada's Richard Nixon. The one that could…
How To Blow Up Stephen Harper’s Patronage Appointments
In the last desperate weeks before he was crushed and humiliated, Stephen Harper, must have thought it was a brilliant move. One that would ensure his insane policies of Total…
Why the Ambrose Cons Are Still the Harper Cons
Rona Ambrose has been working hard to try to put a new face on the shattered and shadowy Cons.And I'm glad she has spoken to some of the members of…
Breaking: Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Patronage Scandal.
He was the the most disgusting leader of the worst criminal regime this country has ever known.They lied, they cheated, they muzzled their opponents.And now they're trying to cripple the…
The Wonderful Humiliation of the Ghastly Ezra Levant
Gosh. It's not as if Ezra Levant hasn't been humiliated enough recently. His recent trip to Paris to try to convince the French to hate Muslims as much as him…
The Missing Surplus and Stephen Harper’s Last Big Lie
Up until the very moment his Con regime went crashing down in flames, Stephen Harper's waxy face stared out at us trying to brainwash us into believing that he knew…
Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski called female candidate an “NDP whore”
In yet another example of pervasive misogyny in Canada, a new YouTube video shows Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski calling a provincial candidate an “NDP whore.” The post Conservative MP Tom…
The Not So Nice Cons and the Bitterness of Candice Bergen
When Rona Ambrose became the interim leader of the defeated and humiliated Cons, she promised that they would adopt a “new tone.” I predicted that wouldn’t last long, and sure…
Brad Wall’s call to block refugees from Syria is just more of the same old conservative wedge politics
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall (CBC Photo). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott and B.C. Premier Christy Clark. Bottom: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is either demonized…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tony Atkinson offers reason for hope that it’s more than possible to rein in inequality and ensure a more fair distribution of resources…
Stephen Harper’s Incredible Shrinking Act
Few people know where Stephen Harper is or what he is doing these days. He's disappeared from public view after his humiliating defeat.Or is now so shrunken in stature he…
Could Stephen Harper Be Forced To Testify At the Duffy Trial?
When we last saw Stephen Harper he was running or waddling quickly down a corridor, in a desperate attempt to escape the media.Or as portrayed in this Le Devoir cartoon,…
Canadian Federal Elections
Stephen Harper is still having nightmares.
Alberta Bill 5 and sunshine lists generally are lousy public policy and a serious invasion of privacy
PHOTOS: The Alberta Legislature in the sunshine. It doesn’t matter that no individuals are visible, does it? Below: Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley and Wildrose Finance Critic Derek Fildebrandt, back when…
Rona Ambrose and the Nastiness of the Cons
As I said the other day, I think it's going to be really hard for Rona Ambrose to move herself and her Cons out of the darkness and into the…
Succession planning: what do we do when the great Canadian newspapers die off?
PHOTOS: Never mind the world. Who will save Canadian democracy now? With apologies to Superman. Below: Joseph Howe in his prime, and with his ottoman; the author, holding forth while…