Sunday Morning Links
Assorted material for your weekend reading.- He's a bit too shy in pointing out exactly how thoroughly the Cons' position on the Canadian Wheat Board has been rebuked in CWB…
Tony Clement
Just so we’re clear…
New rules for Canadian political reporting:If a federal government department is proposing to raise user fees, that has nothing to do with Tony Clement or any other Harper Con, particular…
Clement’s user fees kabuki dance
Well this seems strange: "Federal departments to propose user fees hikes despite government promises."The Harper government may have vowed that cutting the deficit would not lead to higher user fees,…
RCMP finally investigates Muskoka’s G8 ‘Legacy Infrastructure’
Uh oh – time for Tony Clement to get all huffy and defiant again because dammit, we just wont go away with the questions about how $50M was distributed throughout…
RCMP Looking Into Misappropiation of Funds Re: G-8 Spending
Several people, including myself, have contacted the RCMP about the $50 million dollars spent in Tony Clement's riding, that was supposed to be for border security and the easing of…
I Stand Corrected on Tony Clement
I'm still unable to leave comments on my blog, or even respond to them, but several of my readers provided some vital insight into Clement's spending orgy.One dealt with bicycle…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- When Paul Wells tears into a story, you can be assured of results that are both entertaining and frustrating. This week, he's been hard…
We Don’t Want an Apology From Tony Clement. We Want an Investigation.
Embezzlement - To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust.Fraud - deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to…
I Like the Acting AG Already
"The government didn’t tell Parliament it was approving $50 million for a G8 legacy fund that doled out cash for projects in cabinet minister Tony Clement's riding based on his…
Is the G20 slush fund scandal the Harper Tory gun registry?
When the Auditor General first reported about the gun registry, she told Canadians that "What's really inexcusable is that Parliament was in the dark" about the cost of building the…
Never Seen Anything Like It? I Have. Mike Harris all Over Again
Why can't taxpayers press charges against politicians who steal our money?Tony Clement deliberately misled Parliament, suggesting that he needed money for border security and instead used it for his re-election…
Tony Clement and the Chainsaw Massacre
Only Stephen Harper's tormented mind could have conjured up such a ghastly apparition. The sight of the bumbling idiot Tony Clement coming after us with a humming chainsaw.Mr. Clement says…
And The Contempt Continues
Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:"Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a…
Now that makes perfect sense.
Let’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the…
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
DAY TWELVE: Campaign Quick Hitters (#2 in a series)
Not discussed in any detail yet on this campaign was the gutting of an important Canadian institution: Statistics Canada. For those with short memories here is a sample of the…
Census vote!
The House of Commons will vote on a motion to call on the Government to reinstate the long form census, about 40 minutes from now. It is known that the…
Lies, Damned Lies, And The Census
“(The Unites States), and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.” – Stephen Harper, 1997 In an astonishing…