The Harper Regime and the Terrorist Game
Even by the low standards of Peter Dumbo MacKay, I thought it was bizarre when he claimed that a plot to commit a mass slaughter in Halifax was not linked…
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Stephen Harper"s Outrageous Assault on Radio Canada
We know how much Stephen Harper hates the CBC. We know how he has slashed its budget, until it's swimming in its own blood. We know what he recently said…
Stephen Harper and the Dirty Secrets that Could Destroy Him
I don't know what is keeping Stephen Harper awake at night these days. But judging from his deathly appearance he isn't getting much sleep.And I bet there are a lot…
Stephen Harper and the Beautiful Flag He Hates So Much
He hates our Canada and its values with a passion, so it follows that Stephen Harper would hate its most powerful and beautiful symbol.He spent almost nothing to celebrate its…
Stephen Harper and the Slow Melting of the Con Regime
Well I see that Stephen Harper has been spending more time in the tiny Con bastion of Quebec City.And it seems only appropriate that he should stage this photo-op at…
The Legacy of Ottawa: The Gutting of Canada
When Stephen Harper’s spinners start pontificating about his steady hand on the tiller over the past decade or so, think on this: Is Canada’s economy really that much better off…
On needless concessions
Shorter Dougald Lamont: The only way to win against Stephen Harper’s Conservatives is to let the Conservatives define both the significance of Stephen Harper, and what it means to “win”.
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elizabeth Renzetti makes clear that we can’t count on one-time crowdsourcing to perform the same function as a social safety net: This is…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Hood discusses how the privilege of the political class makes it difficult for elected representatives to understand, let alone address, the problems…
How to destroy the climate in three easy steps
1. Abandon all previous targets and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.2. Set a new target which one intends to ignore.3. Make clear to the world that developing policies to…
Stephen Harper: Incremental fascism? You be the judge
“Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:”…
Stephen Harper: government of thugs
The current Canadian government is unlike any that has ever come before it and, let’s hope for the sake of Canada, any that is to come after. The Conservative government…
Stephen Harper and the Great Dumb Majority
In my last post I wrote about how Stephen Harper had managed to dumb down Canada by killing the mandatory long-form census.So we're stumbling around in the dark, cities can't…
Stephen Harper and the Dumbing Down of Canada
Oh. My. Galileo. I see that a liberal backbencher's brave attempt to revive the mandatory long-form census, that Stephen Harper killed five years ago, has sadly but predictably failed.Liberal MP…
Stephen Harper and the Hypocrisy of Great Warrior Leader
As we all know Stephen Harper is trying to make us believe that we are at war with a giant Jihadi conspiracy. And that only he can save us from…
Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper’s Terror Trap
It's a bitter pill to swallow. Stephen Harper's anti-terrorist Bill C-51 is deeply flawed, threatens our civil liberties and our internet freedom.But if progressives don't want to risk handing Harper…
The Absurd and Obscene Canonization of John Baird
I honestly thought that I would never have to write another word about the Con clown John Baird. And it was such a great feeling.I thought I had said all…
John Baird was tossed overboard by Harper’s dictatorship-style PMO
Stephen Harper’s dictatorship-style PMO forced John Baird to resign as Canada’s foreign affairs minister and chicken out of the 2015 federal election. The post John Baird was tossed overboard by…
Stephen Harper and the Great War on the Economy (continued)
Yesterday I wrote a post suggesting that the opposition forget about Stephen Harper's Great War on Terror, because it's just a distraction.And that they should concentrate instead on his Great…
The Astonishing Departure of the Con Clown John Baird
I can never forget the night John Baird tweeted that Thatcher was dead. And how disappointed I was to find out, after consuming half a bottle of very expensive champagne,…