Tag Archives: Conservatives
No, the situation in Libya is not a justification for buying the fighter jets
The editors at the Winnipeg Free Press wrote an editorial yesterday in which they make the disappointing assertion that the bloody civil war currently taking place in Libya is a justification for Harper and the Conservatives to spend billions of dollars … Continue reading
Filed under F-35 fighter jets
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
Filed under Conservatives, Stephen Harper
A rare glimpse into the conservative psyche
It goes without saying that hypocrisy isn’t restricted to one side of the political spectrum, but a recent editorial in the Ottawa Sun gives Canadians a classic example of conservative hypocrisy. The editors think it is completely okay that the Conservatives … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative hypocrisy, Conservatives
Why isn’t the Conservative’s election spending controversy a full blown scandal?
The Toronto Star makes a strong case for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives 2006 election spending “issues” to get a lot more heat. The Conservatives like to think there is nothing to see here, but overspending the election maximums by a million … Continue reading
Filed under Canada/US border, Uncategorized
Aren’t the Conservatives supposed to be the “rule of law” party?
The Conservative Party, for all it’s talk about the party that is all about the rule of law, sure has a strange way of showing it. Take the election finance scandal. It’s very clear that they broke Election Canada rules … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, election finances
Now this is a good idea
Today’s editorial in the Globe hits one out of the park as it criticizes Vic Toews, Stephen Harper and the Conservatives for their plan to spend enormous sums of money building jails when that money could – and should – … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Vic Toews
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
Filed under Bev Oda, Stephen Harper
Monte Solberg tries to be funny
Former Conservative MP Monte Solberg writes an occasional piece for QMI Agency, which appears in the chain of Sun newspapers. If you want a textbook example of the right-wing conservative mindset, where torture is something to joke about and where … Continue reading
Filed under conservatism, Monte Solberg
This is why Canada should not be spending billions on fighter jets
Here’s a story that is both telling and depressing. Four successful anti-gang programs will be forced to shut down in March in Winnipeg because the Conservative government will no longer fund them. By all accounts the programs did a great … Continue reading
Filed under conservatism, Conservative hypocrisy, gangs, juvenile crime, militarism
