Mary Cleaver posted this open letter to Stephen Harper on facebook earlier this month. This election, backofthebook.ca endorses Mary Cleaver. Dear Mr. Harper, I live in BC with my husband and two little girls. I grew up in Calgary and have many friends and family members there. I’m white and in my early 40s. One […]
Katrina’s campaign journal: 20-somethings for democracy
We continue Katrina Kairys’s series on getting to know Canadian politics from the ground up, by volunteering during the 2015 federal election campaign. Previous installments can be read here. By Katrina Kairys “Do we happen to have a sledge hammer? Nope? I guess I’ll have to go grab one tonight.” I give Mira a confused look. […]
Katrina’s campaign journal: Election buzz
By Katrina Kairys This is part four in Katrina Kairys’s series on getting to know Canadian politics from the ground up, by volunteering during the 2015 federal election campaign. You can also read installments 1, 2, and 3. With less than three weeks until the election, the federal campaign is coming to a boil. Canadians […]
Harper’s flying monkeys (and the man behind the curtain)
By Montreal Simon I must admit it is getting a bit grim out there. Fall has finally arrived, it’s getting colder and darker, the skies over this ghastly Harperland are filled with flying monkeys. Stephen Harper is a frenzy urging them on to destroy his enemies, with his poisonous wedge issues. And of course this is […]
The Video: Lenny meets the Conservatives
“Lenny” is a collection of recorded messages, designed to fool telemarketers into thinking they’re talking to a real person. Here’s what happened when Lenny got a call from a Conservative campaigner representing Pierre Poilievre. As Alison@Creekside has reported: “The telemarketer calling here on behalf of the re-election campaign of Pierre Poilievre, champion of the Fair […]
Katrina’s campaign journal: Party line
We continue Katrina Kairys’s series on getting to know Canadian politics from the ground up, by volunteering during the 2015 federal election campaign. Read installments 1 and 2 here and here. By Katrina Kairys I was blown off last night. I really thought things were going well, and I suppose it started out okay, but we had a difference […]
Lynton Crosby: Two can play the attack game
By Montreal Simon When the story broke that the Australian attack dingo Lynton Crosby was working for the Cons, I was struck by how angrily the political thugs in the PMO reacted. The Con flak Kory Teneycke tried to play down the news, claiming first that Crosby was not here, and then that all he […]
Katrina’s campaign journal: Dans Outremont
With this second installment, we continue Katrina Kairys’s series on getting to know Canadian politics from the ground up, by volunteering during the 2015 federal election campaign. Read Ep. 1, “New kid on the doorstep,” here. By Katrina Kairys Shortly after canvassing in Toronto, I headed to the province next door to see how the […]
Stephen Harper’s phony regionalism
By Frank Moher Benjamin Perrin’s testimony on Thursday reminded us that, regardless of what Stephen Harper knew or when, every tendril in the Duffy scandal leads back to the Prime Minister, and his insistence that hapless Mike pretend he lives in P.E.I. When Duffy’s Senate appointment was first mooted, it was Harper, not Duffy, who decided […]
Katrina’s campaign journal: New kid on the doorstep
With a lot of young people taking a special interest in this year’s federal election — or at least we hope they are — we begin this special series of reports from one recent university grad who decided to get involved at the campaign level. Watch for Katrina’s updates over the weeks to come. By […]
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