A BoB Short Despite spending over $100 million promoting their Economic Action Plan (EAP), the Conservative Party of Canada contented itself with just one, no-charge domain name, actionplan.gc.ca. Now anti-Conservative group Shit Harper Did has jumped at the opportunity, footing the $9 bill to purchase economicactionplan.ca as home of their new campaign. The website currently […]
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Cons drop cover charge for foreign musicians
By Frank Moher We’re kind of hard on the Conservative government around here, so when it does something right, it’s only fair we note it. You might want to print out and laminate this post for safekeeping as we’re not likely to do this again anytime soon. The government has dumped the fees it was […]
Ontario is still progressive, and so is Canada
By Montreal Simon I guess it’s safe to say that the people of Ontario weren’t too impressed with Tim Hudak’s vision of the future. They didn’t like his Made in America plan to create jobs by killing them. Or the fact he couldn’t count. And they did send him and his hideous Cons a clear […]
As It Happens and Minister Whiny
By John Klein (aka Saskboy) CBC’s As It Happens, June 11, 2014. Conservative Minister Chris Alexander: “Why is that the only question that interests you?” Carol Off: “Because you won’t answer it, that’s why it’s interesting!” “You want the one question that I won’t answer because it changes every day.” “We’ve been asking this for […]
Key players missing from Robocalls trial
By Alison@Creekside At left is the draft statement robocall trial star witness and Guelph Con campaign worker Andrew Prescott sent to the accused, Michael Sona, in July 2013. Pic via Laura Stone at Global. Read it first. Really. Note reference to Nixon’s CREEP* and “widespread, national, well-organized scheme” and “not the work of any lone […]
Serving up labour
By Alison@Creekside Evan Solomon asks why restaurants don’t just raise wages to attract workers: “This is the criticism — raise the wages and they will come.” Garth Whyte of Restaurants Canada: “So let’s raise it to $100 an hour — we’ll still need them [temporary foreign workers]. That’s the issue, we have, uh, you know, people, […]
Your guide to the Economic Action Scam
By Alison@Creekside I’ll bet you’ve already guessed what Step #2 is — replying to the Canadian applicants. Here’s how the rest of Steve’s Economic Action Scam works: Vastly inflate the stats for supposed job vacancies and skill shortages in Canada by basing them on a program that counts online classified ads, including one on eBay that features […]
Warrantless surveillance comes to your phone
By Alison@Creekside Nine out of 12 big telecoms in Canada deigned to reply to Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart with info about their disclosure of customer data to law enforcement in 2011. Law enforcement agencies made 1,193,630 requests for subscriber data in 2011 Or, one request every 27 seconds Three telecom providers alone disclosed information from 785,000 customer accounts […]
Robocalls: Investigations are so harrrrrd
By John Klein (aka Saskboy) Despite audio evidence of widespread illegal robocalls, the Commissioner of Elections Canada has announced “no offenses committed.” Robo-call scandal fizzles out. Commish of Elections says no offenses committed, but notes investigation powers limited and info lacking. — Don Martin (@DonMartinCTV) April 24, 2014 Canadians have had a heaping helping of […]
Wright and Frum on the Republican dole
By Alison@Creekside In a week that featured . . . 1) Nigel Wright being let off the hook by the RCMP for bribing sitting legislator Senator Mike Duffy in spite of weeks of PMO discussions involving over a dozen senior party officials re buying Duffy’s silence, and 2) Senator Linda Frum making the most idiotic and widely-mocked attack on […]
