Playing Soldiers
At the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa this year there was an impostor. Frank Gervais attended ceremonies in Ottawa in a military uniform, but was later found to be playing…
veterans
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question...
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641 http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question Period)
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641 http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question Period)
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeremy Warren reports on the latest Canadians for Tax Fairness events working to ensure that Cameco and other megacorporations pay at least their…
Quick question/poll
Is Julian Fantino (Minister of Veteran Affairs) the worst Cabinet Minister in the Harper Conservative government right now? That’s saying something in this government, but some folks are now openly…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant write about the devastating health effects of income inequality in Canada: Imagine the response, from industry, government and…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jonas Fossli Gherso discusses the unfortunate (and unnecessary) acceptance of burgeoning inequality even by the people who suffer most from its presence. And…
Keeping Remembrance Day in My Own Way….
Gap’s ‘Remembrance Day deal’ not appropriate, Toronto veteran says ‘The point is not to exploit and profit from this day,’ says Cpl. Chuck Krangle CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich discusses how our economic system is set up to direct risk toward the people who can least afford to bear…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives, Part 4 ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
As we’ve previously reviewed on this blog, the Harper Government™ and their treatment of Canada’s veterans is nothing short of disgusting. To suggest that the Conservative Minister for Veterans Affairs,…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives, Part 4 ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
As we've previously reviewed on this blog, the Harper Government™ and their treatment of Canada's veterans is nothing short of disgusting. To suggest that the Conservative Minister for Veterans Affairs,…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives, Part 4 ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
As we’ve previously reviewed on this blog, the Harper Government™ and their treatment of Canada’s veterans is nothing short of disgusting. To suggest that the Conservative Minister for Veterans Affairs,…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives, Part 4 ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
As we've previously reviewed on this blog, the Harper Government™ and their treatment of Canada's veterans is nothing short of disgusting. To suggest that the Conservative Minister for Veterans Affairs,…
Stephen Harper and the Kingdom of Fear
There was a revealing moment during the CBC's coverage of the National Day of Honour, when an armoured car and other military vehicles rolled on to Parliament Hill.And for a…
The Harper Government: Doesn’t Play Well With Others
Is it me or do you get the sense that if a primary school teacher were grading the “Harper Government,” as it like to call itself, the phrase “doesn’t play…
Stephen Harper’s Shameful Day of Dishonour
As you may know, Stephen Harper has proclaimed that next Friday should be a National Day of Honour. The Government of Canada has set aside this day to mark the…
Stephen Harper and the Con Day of Infamy
It couldn't have been a more welcome sight. The last Canadian soldiers returning from Afghanistan. If I had been watching them coming in to land, I would have been waving…
Justin Stark and the Con War On Our Veterans
This is the story of two cheques.This big fat one… The one Nigel Wright sent to Mike Duffy. To cover up a sordid scandal.And this one, in the miserable amount…
The Harper Regime and the Never-ending War on Veterans
It's hard to believe after what the Harper Cons have done to our veterans, that they could treat or betray them even more than they already have.But that's exactly what…