Tag: Conservatives

disaster capitalism Politics The Corporation
March 31, 2009

Cons Paying Defense Lobby to Lobby the Cons?

I was a little confused by the links provided by this site when I first saw them: http://coat.ncf.ca/ARMX/cansec/CADSI-DFAIT.htm After seeing some of the details, it all clicked:  the Cons are paying the defense industry with Canadian tax dollars to finance groups that basically lobby the Cons (and other government stooges) to buy more stuff from the defense industry. I have to admit:  it’s a nice […]

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December 28, 2008

CBC To Be Cut By $200 Million?

We know the Harpercrites hate the public and we know they hate public broadcasting even more.  Maybe it was Peter Mansbridge and his ‘daring’ questioning of our repugnant leader just a few weeks ago. "Is a coalition really such a bad thing?" "Die Peter, Die".  (Could it be that he really meant to say "The Peter, The"?). Anyways, this broadcast spells out that the CBC […]

Canada environment The Corporation
December 20, 2008

Canada: Reaching up to touch bottom

Canada’s environmental policy (or lack thereof) has come under scrutiny yet again, this time in Poznan, Poland.  Last week, at the summit that would help determine some of the terms of the follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol, Canada again deferred to the worst polluters in the world and said we couldn’t do something until they did. I can’t get my head around the stupidity of […]

BASH bloggers against stephen harper Canada canadian election Politics Steve
December 7, 2008

Shhh … this might be the Con infighting we’re hoping for

For those of us who can only dream of fragmentation on the Conservative side, this story links to a group that is gaining a little momemtum in the West. Of course, I think it would be criminal to advocate losing the West or even encouraging a lack of unity when we need it most, but the odds are they’ll split the Conservative vote just when […]

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November 27, 2008

Proof that the Conservatives Hate Democracy

Years ago, the Liberals took the high road and made an important first step in institutionalizing democracy in Canada by creating a public subsidy of $1.95 per vote that every Canadian casts at the ballot box. This simple move extended a financial life-line to all Federal political parties and has prevented the Conservatives from obtaining a majority in Canadian politics.  It also became a financial […]