Tag Archives: Stephen Harper
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
Filed under Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper
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
Filed under Canadian election, Stephen Harper
Is Canada a liberal or a conservative country?
The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson has a fascintating post today, where he points out that while conservatives have never been better organized nor better financed, they still only hover at about the 36% popularity level that Joe Clark enjoyed in 1979. … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian election, Uncategorized
Post’s Lorne Gunter calls for honesty from opposition but not from the government
This is really rich. At a time when Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are the first political party in Canadian history to be held in contempt of parliament for their secrecy, the National Post’s Lorne Gunter is really hoping the opposition parties … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative hypocrisy
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
Filed under Libya, Stephen Harper
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
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
