For people who care about Canadian veterans, truthiness of the Conservative government is cringeworthy. Harper’s crowd claims to be: …unwavering in our devotion to making sure that Canadian veterans not only have […]
For people who care about Canadian veterans, truthiness of the Conservative government is cringeworthy. Harper’s crowd claims to be: …unwavering in our devotion to making sure that Canadian veterans not only have […]
The editor of a Canadian faith magazine to MP John McKay, “I have just received an official “reminder” from Canada Revenue that our charitable status may be in jeopardy because of too […]
Joe Oliver probably knows nothing about the courage of people like Canadian Forces hero Trevor Greene. The Minister for Oil and Energy Companies was born to a wealthy Montreal family. After McGill […]
“Environmentalists and ordinary Canadians being branded as extremists is an insult to those of us who fought for our country against real extremists… The Canada I fought for is an open and […]
CRTC exec who spent evening in Bell box operated in ‘gray area’: Ethics expert, DANNY JONCAS, QMI AGENCY, Toronto Sun, Sept. 28, 2012: “MONTREAL – Nine months after his appointment as vice-chairman […]
Recipients of Kenney missive wondering how government knows their sexual orientationBY GLEN MCGREGOR, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 “OTTAWA — An email extolling the Conservative government’s record on gay rights has […]
Piper Super Cub threatens Otawa Labour Day weekend, RCMP arrested the pilot of a Piper Supercub flying near the Gatineau Quebec Hot Air Balloon Festival. Not because Gian Piero Ciambella was in […]
“Royal Dutch Shell PLC has begun construction on a $1.35-billion project to capture and bury greenhouse gas emissions, the first of its kind to sequester carbon from Canada’s oil sands. The project […]
There’s more bad news coming about the RCMP, including information on unprofessional conduct in the Surrey Six gangland murder investigation. In a May internal memo, Commissioner Bob Paulson warned that several salacious incidents […]
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In the book Criminal Profiling, Richard N. Kocsis described malignant narcissism as: “an extreme form of antisocial personality disorder that is manifest in a person who is pathologically grandiose, lacking in conscience […]
Numerous times in past decades, politicians studied media ownership in Canada. Despite expressions of concern, concentration has increased and, with Conservatives determined to end CBC’s meaningful role, the situation will be worse. […]
What would your choice be? Would you provide chauffeurs on standby 16 hours a day so that every cabinet minister could avoid the shame of riding in a taxi but still return […]
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story,Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, May 16, 2012 “The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing […]
Jack Knox column: Students show the way to a fair hearing, Times Colonist, May 13, 2012 …This is what all of Canada could use right now: a listening competition. Had B.C.’s Liberals […]
Laurence Britt’s Patterns of national behaviour and abuse of power #3: Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause… Bill C-38, Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, May 9, 2012: “…Over the past few months, […]
Stephen Harper’s Northern Gateway pipeline parody, National Affairs Columnist Thomas Walkom, The Star The federal government’s claim that big-money foreign interests are trying to hijack hearings into a proposed west coast oil […]
An advisor to Stephen Harper left the PM’s office in 2008 to become executive director for the Canada School of Energy and Environment, a “think-tank” begun with $15 million in federal money. […]
A few days ago, I accused the Harper Government of suffering fear and indecision that prevents them from addressing management difficulties of the federal police: Exactly no one outside of RCMP management […]
The effort continues to prevent accountability for wrongdoing in law enforcement, including police involved homicides. Who is responsible? Mostly, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan and the Harper Government with assistance of […]
Jonathan Winter reminds me of when Pangloss tells Candide that men must perforce have been made to wear eye glasses,…