By guest blogger Alison@Creekside Remember this? Sure you do. It was back in June 2006, coincidentally two weeks before the vote on whether or not to let the Canadian Anti-Terror Act expire, that the RCMP sold a load of fertilizer to two CSIS moles embedded in a Muslim outdoor club, had it delivered to a […]
Canadian politics
They stand on guard for we
We are so obsessed with the lunatic antics of George Bush that we forget to monitor the more boring yet equally dangerous (at least, to us) actions of our own government. Last month, on Valentines Day, the Canadian and US militaries signed an agreement allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed […]
Harper’s one-man band
by guest blogger Alison@Creekside Gomery says Canada is on the road to “one-man government.”Ya think?! From Buckdog : Parliament isn’t working due to Liberals sitting on their hands From Hill Times : Legislation isn’t passing due to Cons filibustering committees. Con candidates and MPs are muzzled, government-employed scientists must get statements about their work vetted […]
Oh, for a non-stupid socialist party!
In preparation for the Alberta election on Monday, New Democrat canvassers have phoned me twice. I have spoken to three of them, all of them well-intentioned and well-spoken and all delivering messages of alarming stupidity. The first fellow asked me if Brian Mason (ND leader) could count on my vote. “Sure,” I say, “If you […]
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Undercover police outed at Montebello summit
Send the Conservatives to their room
There is an interesting comparison to be made between the last minority government (Liberal) and this one (Conservative). Under the Liberal minority, the New Democrats got a lot of governing done. Work that benefitted the public, including the least lucky among us, was passed more promptly than usual because if the Liberals did not play […]
Jack Layton: thanks a lot, buddy
There is a reason that the New Democrats will never form a federal government. They keep making the same mistake over and over again: Stupidity. Years ago, I actually thought the NDP had a reasonable chance at not coming off as butt-stupid until Audrey McLaughlin’s shrieking interjection during a televised three-party debate: “But what about […]
Peace, 10 minutes at a time
There is a way through the mess in Iraq. But it will require patience and impulse control, something that — like my kids — Americans currently seem to lack. It will require talking to people who dislike each other intensely. Americans have been able to do this in the past: Nixon opened China and Reagan […]
The Bullshit of Balance
Every time a government wants to dodge addressing an issue, it spews a bunch of kak about “balance.” For instance, the need for humanity to “balance” its desire to consume far more than is necessary with the imperative not to shit in its own nest. Or, say, the need to “balance” the greedy-guts desire of […]
Note to Harper: Canada is spelled $$$
Alas, poor Stephen; not only is Quebec insufficiently grateful that he proclaimed it a “nation,” but his party’s fortunes are sliding faster there than a toboggan at the Winter Carnival. According to an Ipsos Reid survey released this past weekend, the Conservatives have dropped five points in Quebec, to a dim 13% support among voters, […]
