By Alison@Creekside Uncanny resemblance, isn’t it? Your “values” aren’t looking too good at the moment, Mr Blaney. Having rushed the 62-page omnibus anti-terrorism bill C-51 through Parliament, the Cons are now demanding it be rushed through committee as well. They wanted to restrict expert testimony to three Public Safety Committee meetings — with one of them taken […]
Politics
Terror from within
Alison@Creekside The Conservative Party of Canada faces a “high probability” of a jihadist attack from homegrown terrorists, Defence Minister Jason Kenney warned Thursday as he defended toughened security laws and hinted that Ottawa will extend its military mission in Iraq into the inevitable quagmire of jihadist reprisals. “The threat of terrorism has never been greater.” […]
Mohamed Fahmy and the pipsqueaks
By Frank Moher Make no mistake; Mohamed Fahmy is not safe yet. He’s out on bail, but a re-trial looms. And given the events of the last few days, and months, there’s no reason to suppose it will go according to what Mr. Fahmy’s supporters, as well as our naïve, ineffectual Conservative government, hope is […]
Note to opposition: Baird was no saint
By Montreal Simon 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 I needed to say about his shabby political career in this post. But unfortunately I’m going to have to write another post […]
Top 10 reasons John Baird is resigning
10) Ran out of talking points. 9) Thought, “Hmm . . . Prime Minister . . . pretty sweetgig . . .” 8) Didn’t get invited to King Abdullah’s funeral. Bummed. 7) Suddenly realized Conservatives don’t like gay guys. 6) Doesn’t want to have to tell Jason Kenney. 5) Knew quitting would really confuse John […]
Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy? Part 2
Continued from Part 1: By Dave Hall First published on the Port Moody-Coquitlam Election 2015 blog The apparent promotion of these young candidates by party brass and sitting MPs (as noted previously), in addition to the involvement of a well-connected digital agency with clear and deep Conservative party ties, raises a number of questions. Were […]
Is this the Conservatives’ new youth strategy?
By Dave Hall First published on the Port Moody-Coquitlam Election 2015 blog In researching Tim Laidler, the young Conservative candidate in my home riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam, I started to notice a remarkable number of repeated patterns and parallels between his social media feed and those of many other young Conservative candidates across the country. […]
Hey Boo-Boo, we’re in big trouble
By Montreal Simon Well it must have been a grim scene in the PMO bunker this week. For years the Con propaganda machine has tried to brainwash Canadians into believing that Stephen Harper is a Great Economist Leader. The steady hand on the wheel, steering us to prosperity, the only leader who knows ANYTHING about economics. […]
Stephen Harper and Mr. Hyde
By Montreal Simon Even for a man like Stephen Harper with so many screaming voices in his head, it was an astonishing transformation. Something right out of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One moment he was telling a group of young people in B.C. about how he planned to create gazillions of jobs for them. […]
Coup in Canada? Who’s asking?
By Alison@Creekside Ottawa Citizen: Some say PM could justifiably shut down Parliament in crisis: survey A small but growing minority of Canadians says the prime minister would be justified in closing down Parliament and the Supreme Court in the face of ‘very difficult times,’ according to a survey” What a fabulously leading survey question! Who wants […]
