Harper: Never Ready Steve – Free Liberal attack ad
Free attack ad for the Liberal Party of Canada: VIDEO A animatronic Stephen Harper with bunny ears and a large drum strapped to it’s chest (similar to energizer bunny) sits…
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Election 42 kicks off. Nanos poll, Trudeau start bolsters LPC. Danielle Takacs shows why I support her.
The 42nd General Election writ was dropped yesterday, causing the 11 week campaign to officially begin. It was interesting watching Harper try to pull off an Orwellian type response to…
Inform Harper supporters to get them to reconsider
As Tom Flanagan points out, a close election is decided by the least informed voters. The voters who have only a surface knowledge of any issues, who have seen a…
Stephen Harper and the Porky Election Call
It seems only fitting that Stephen Harper should kick off his last election campaign, in the same way he has governed this country.By seeking to extract maximum political advantage from…
This just in: Prime minister calls early election … I mean, calls an election early … What could possibly go wrong?
PHOTOS: The prime minister of Canada in a Navy hat. The new kind. Yeah! A macho Navy cap! Now where’s Tommy Flanagan, now that we need him again? No, not…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Pasquale and Siva Vainhyanathan write that we shouldn’t mistake schemes intended to get around employee standards and other laws for innovations worth…
Good to go
A few images which may or may not become highly relevant in just a few minutes.
Election: EKOS poll – Seniors will return Harper to power as Prime Minister
A key statistic is not who favours what party before election day, but how many voters actually cast a vote on that day. Seniors vote. Younger voters don’t vote in…
Stephen Harper: the worst economic performance of any PM in 70 years
We have known this for a long time: Stephen Harper is really bad for the Canadian economy. Actually he is the worst, read the whole article here. Here are his…
Saturday Morning Links
Asorted content for your weekend reading. – Ezra Klein talks to Bernie Sanders about how to build a more fair economy in the U.S. and around the globe. And Lynn…
By invitation only
Yes, Paul McLeod’s report that Stephen Harper will go through a three-month election period without meeting a single person who hasn’t been previously vetted by partisan operatives is pretty much…
Canada’s new recession and the push for alternatives
The Bank of Canada today cut its benchmark interest rate two weeks ago to nearly record lows, now just 0.5%. In the face of an oil shock and other weakness,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Shannon Gormley points out how the Cons’ actions to strip voting rights from Canadians abroad sticks out like a sore thumb compared to…
Nothing to Lose is Why Liberals Can Win
If reports are correct, we are days away from Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling what will be the longest and most expensive federal election in Canadian history. The NDP and…
Stephen Harper and the Insanity of Harperland
I'm glad I'm leaving Canada for a while because I really need to get away from this ghastly political monster.Who is now so desperate, he is turning his depraved Harperland…
Shhhhhh! Don’t tell anyone: As PM, Stephen Harper’s economic performance is a bust!
PHOTOS: From the sublime to the ridiculous? Liberal Lester Pearson, the top postwar economic performer among Canadian prime ministers. Below: Stephen Harper, the bottom. Below him: Pierre Trudeau (second best)…
Who Says the Cons Aren’t Trying to Buy the Election?
As I mentioned in my last post, Stephen Harper and his criminal Con gang now seem to have a triple-edged strategy.They are going to try to cripple the opposition by…
Harper is about to go way too far with his early election call
This is worse than I realized, I feel like vomiting with the speculation that Stephen Harper is expected to call the October 19th election as early as this weekend. He…