Unless it is OK for the prime minister to lie repeatedly and openly on an important matter, Stephen Harper must resign or be dismissed. Click here to read the rest.
Honourable senators, were I among your number I would rise to remind you, at this moment of political and constitutional crisis, that in the Red Chamber we are masters in our own house. Click here to read the rest.
It’s disorienting to discover, by the light of a flaming cop car, that we don’t even agree what “lawless” means. To most Canadians, it’s burning RCMP cruisers at a New Brunswick fracking protest. But to Native activists and their sympathizers, it’s enforcing Canadian law on aboriginal land. Click here to read the rest.
Saying “cheese” is supposed to make you smile. So why doesn’t it work in trade negotiations?Click here to read the rest.
So what exactly is this quaint throne speech ritual? Just one more chance for carefully focus-grouped, insincere, pompous PR that further reduces our ability to control politicians. What else would it be? Click here to read the rest.
To put this U.S. government shutdown in perspective, forget for a moment that all right-thinking persons know Republicans are ignorant fanatical bigots and imagine it was happening in Canada. Click here to read the rest.
Almost 20 years ago, Bill Clinton said “The era of big government is over.” He was lying, of course. But for a reason: To convince voters he wasn’t too dumb to grasp that painful experience over at least three decades had proved big compulsory bureaucratic state programs weren’t just wasteful but actively harmful. So why do politicians go on creating them in response to every problem, real or imagined? Click here to read the rest.