Category Archives: Stephen Harper
Harper’s Senate appointments latest example of his stunning hypocrisy
Now that the sad news of Harper’s Conservatives winning his long coveted majority has waned ever so slightly, it’s time to get out of the depression and back to blogging. Progressives and small ‘l’ liberals are in for a long … Continue reading
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Stephen Harper is lowering Canada’s status as a defender of human rights
This should be another of the many reasons why Canada can no longer afford to have Stephen Harper as our Prime Minister.
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Tough guy Harper is scared of the press
In the latest example of the many similarities between Stephen Harper and former president George Bush, Harper is strictly choreographing who he talks to on the campaign trail. Just like Bush, he never takes open questions; everyone he “meets” has … Continue reading
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Is Harper running scared of Ignatieff?
Sure looks like it, given Harper’s complete flip-flop on debating Michael Ignatieff one on one. On Wednesday Harper talked a big game, asking for a head to head debate. Ignatieff immediately responded by saying he’d debate Harper “anytime, any place.” … Continue reading
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Enough with the coalition talk already…
Rather than debating issues of substance and import, Stephen Harper insists on talking about the “coalition.” This was bogus and hypocritical for three very important reasons: 1.) Harper kicked the tires on a coalition back in 2004, so he looks … Continue reading
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Is this why Harper sent jets to Libya?
Could it be that this is the real reason why Stephen Harper sent fighter jets to help enforce the coalition’s no-fly zone over Libya? While reasonable people can debate the pros and cons of essentially waging war on Libya (as Harper called … Continue reading
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Harper’s Conservative Party found in contempt of parliament
Now that Harper and the Conservatives are facing two counts of contempt, cue the right-wing apologists who will twist themselves into all kinds of knots trying to justify the behaviour of Harper and his team. It should be facsinating to … Continue reading
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So why is Harper defending Oda?
The Toronto Star follows up on the question we asked yesterday, which is why Prime Minister Harper continues to defend and support the truth-challenged Bev Oda when he was so quick to throw under the bus other MPs that were … Continue reading
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Egpyt is free: what will Harper have to say?
Now that Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down, what will Stephen Harper’s reaction be? Harper wanted Mubarak to stick around until elections would be held in September. Now that that is not happening, will Harper be able to be happy … Continue reading
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