Month: December 2008

Canada economics Politics
December 14, 2008

Canadian Budget: Some Room For A BIG Cut

We owe it to Canadians to remind them that there’s no point in fretting about a couple of million here or there in terms of philosophical cuts like public finance for Canadian parties or holding off on Constitutional rights to strike if you’re a public servant. We have a fantastic opportunity ahead of us, but we need to mobilize lobbying efforts and encourage local politicians […]

BASH bloggers against stephen harper Canada canadian election Politics Steve
December 11, 2008

The Coronation of Bush-lite & Harper-lite

OK … so for once in my life, I actually find myself agreeing with Stephen Harper. No, hell did not freeze over. Even though we don’t elect leaders in Canada, we have a tendency of seeing the leader of any party as the personality that we’re collectively voting for. A way to correct this would be to push us towards multi-issue/person voting cards, including the […]

corruption
December 10, 2008

And I Felt Bad About An Extra Parking Slip …

It’s easy to feel honest when folks like Kenneth Copeland are submitting their airplanes for deductions against their ‘charitable’ entities.  Original link here . Of course, the denial to allow the deduction only occurred because they wouldn’t release their salaries to the auditor. Other things that should be questioned: Copeland’s ministry on a 1,500-acre campus behind an iron gate includes a church, a private airstrip, […]

BASH bloggers against stephen harper Canada canadian election Politics Steve
December 9, 2008

Stephen Harper Lying to the People of Canada?

I’m listening to Peter Mansbridge interview Stephen Harper and I’m appalled by the string of lies and contempt that this man continues to show for the people of Canada. In particular, Mansbridge asked him about the efforts that Harper made in 2004 to work with the Bloc to form a coalition to oppose the Liberals.  Harper denied that they did anything of the sort. Here’s […]