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War: Hey, it worked for Bush

09/29/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Last week at Goldman Sachs in New York in a Q&A with the WSJ editor, Harper seemed keen to give the impression that the US had taken the initiative and come to Canada cap in hand requesting further military contribution in the fight against ISIS in Iraq: Transcript excerpt : WSJ : “Would you rule […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian Alliance, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian military, Canadian Parliament, Department of National Defence, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Rob Nicholson, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, Syria, U.S., U.S. military, United Nations

Behind Steve’s Nobel nomination

09/02/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Alison@Creekside Not content with awarding Stephen Harper their Gold Medallion human rights award and pledging to create a Stephen Harper Centre for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada announced on Friday that they will nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. From their statement: Moral clarity has been lost across much of the world, with terror, hatred and […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: anti-Semitism, B'Nai Brith, Canada, Canada Christian College, Canadian Alliance, Charles McVety, Conservatives, Frank Dimant, fundamentalism, Gaza, Israel, Jason Kenney, Reform Party, religion, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, The Jewish Tribune, United Nations

The Cons’ $165 billion fiscal cliff

11/26/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By David@Sixthestate.net As I pointed out in my last post, the fact that the Conservatives have admitted they will miss their budget projections next year isn’t news. There hasn’t been a single annual budget yet that actually reached the projected balance it was supposed to, and, as a result, the date at which the Conservatives […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian economy, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jim Flaherty, Liberals, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day

The Conservatives miss their budget projections. Again.

11/19/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By David@Sixthestate.net Last week, the media delivered its resounding judgement on the Conservatives’ fall budget update. Jim Flaherty, they say, has unfortunately allowed the projections to slip. The deficit has grown. Canada may not balance its budget on time. Curiously, this fact does nothing to change the obvious cognitive dissonance now in play in the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Jim Flaherty, Stockwell Day

Stockwell Day shoots an old canard

09/04/2012 by backofthebook.ca 2 Comments

By David@Sixthestate.net

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind seeing a Conservative politician writing a column for CBC. Even if he is a creationist. But I’m dismayed to see, once again, a spirited defence of the “left-wing media” myth being promulgated here in Canada, especially by the state broadcaster.

As befits a retired Cabinet minister, Day doesn’t make the argument particularly well.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: CBC, Conservatives, Fox News, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, NDP, News Corp, newspapers, Stockwell Day

Stockwell Day: The result of insane, extreme religious teaching

07/25/2011 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside CBC Power & Politics on the Oslo massacre, at noon Friday, edited: Evan Solomon: This raises again the spectre of international terrorism. Stockwell Day: As recently as July 8th in Norway there was a dragnet for al-Qaeda suspects related to the Manchester bombing. Whether this group is tied to them we don’t know […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Canada, CBC, Conservatives, Evan Solomon, religion, Stockwell Day

Stephen Harper’s stickhandler

04/11/2011 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside Five times convicted fraudster Bruce Carson — currently under RCMP investigation for influence peddling and illegal lobbying of Indian Affairs to obtain a water filtration contract that would have netted his 22-year old fiancee, Michele McPherson, 20% of sales — was granted a secret security clearance in 2006 by some “low level staffer,” […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Afghanistan, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Stephen Harper, Stockwell Day, torture

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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