Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper
Focus on Britain (and Europe) (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
When you look more closely, Canadians are quite the conservative bunch. They do not like anyone making waves, ripples perhaps, but certainly not any white-crested waves. This is not only true of so-called “born Canadians”, but also of the many people who have come to Canada from faraway shores. They, too, bring with them traditional and conservative views. It is therefore all the more surprising...
Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Because how else can you explain this ? Annual Reports NOTICE : Reports issued prior to 2006 have been taken down to reflect the most up-to-date information. Canada's Conservatives: Because it is apparently not possible to have both old and new information linked from the same web page. I mean, come on, how would that work? (Wag of the tail to CFSR .)
Carson's Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
He comes off as wooden and manipulating as his reputation but his office continues sending out staged photos of Canada’s Prime Minister in the hopes the feel-good pics will be picked up by newspapers and even blogs. The Globe and Mail has a few of them with comment, but the one the sticks indelibly in the [...]
Red Tory v.3.0 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Lovely sentiments, indeed… were it not for the pesky little fact that 94% of funding flowing through the Enabling Accessibly Fund has been directed to projects located in Conservative ridings. Apparently, the vast preponderance of disabled people in Canada just happen to live in areas of the country that voted for Stephen Harper. Imagine that… [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canada's $4.7 billion foreign aid program is one of the world's most generous. And on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's watch, Ottawa has promised to provide more focused help for 20 priority developing countries in three critical areas: boosting food production, promoting economic growth, and improving the lives of young people.
Impolitical (Free subscription) | yesterday
1. First point, still on the federal by-elections today... who needs spending limits when the public till is at hand? Popular Tory candidate Bernard Généreux could win an upset in Montmagny-L’Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup. The race is expected to be tight and the Conservatives announced Friday up to $242 million to widen a highway in the region. The message of bringing...
Celestial Junk (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Not that long ago I chastised the Stephen Harper conservatives for playing the "monkey in the middle" on climate change. Harper & co. are hedging their bets by whole heartedly agreeing with IPCC claims, yet using every excuse under the sun to do nothing about climate change. Conservative apologists say that in a Canada dominated by a really really really mean media, Harper would be destroyed...
The Gazetteer (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
WhyDoesLittleStephen HateRealCanadiansSoMuchVille Look. A political candidate managing their message and hiding from the evil media is one thing. But refusing to show up at all-candidates meetings to discuss and debate the issues, in their own words, in front of real, live constituents is quite another. **** Based on our analysis of the StealthCons over the last two election cycles , it has become...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday welcomed the announcement that the 17th Pan American and Parapan American Games have been awarded to Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario province. The decision was announced earlier Friday at the Pan American Sports Organization meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico. "This is an exciting day for all Canadians. We are all looking forward...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's law-and-order Conservatives have no valid reason to kill off Canada's rifle and shotgun registry, beyond pandering to their rural constituencies. So they've resorted to playing up the cost of the so-called "long gun" database and denying its usefulness, trying to cast it in the worst possible light.
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This letter has been making its rounds across the country this week: Thanks for nothing, Stephen Harper Do we thank God that today’s H1N1 flu is apparently not as deadly as the First World War pandemic? As it stands, Canada is entering the height of its spread, unprotected. Consequently, millions of Canadians will miss six to 10 days of school or work, adding insult to an already injured economy....
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Canada is looking into why less sockeye salmon swam back to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast this summer than the number that was predicted by scientists.Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed the inquiry Thursday, noting that the federal government was worried about the shrinking numbers.Scientists had envisaged that about 13 million sockeye salmon would return for mating season, but only about...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
TORONTO — Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. Maj. Cindy Tessier said Friday that the chief of Defense staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, has ordered preparations to get under way that would see Canada's 2,800 troops removed from southern Afghanistan in the summer of 2011. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has said it will not extend Canada's military...
The Torch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Had to be started if to be done efficiently by 2011. From an Ottawa Citizen story: Afghanistan 'drawdown' begins Canada's top general issues order to start planning pullout of military units Canada's top soldier has issued instructions for his officers to start making their plans for the pull out of military units in Afghanistan. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk's order to units for...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I came across this ancient (more than 10 years old) web site featuring essays by various conservative/libertarian writers. Found this dusty op ed I wrote a long, long time ago when I still had some hair, called " Romancing the left." More interestingly, here's an essay on the site written by Prime Minister Harper back in 1999 when he was still president of the National Citizens Coalition....
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