April 2012
Demystifying Hitler, Goebbels Walks Into A Bar,...
demarchy:
Stephen Harper stepped in it. [REUTERS/Chris Wattie]
This past week, Stephen Harper proved that Godwin’s Law applies in the House of Commons.
The truism goes that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1”
The discussion revolved around keeping troops in Afghanistan past 2014. Harper, seemingly bored by the...
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Two-tiered wage system announced by Tories -... →
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Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has always vehemently denied bringing cheap foreign labour into Canada. Employers had to pay foreign temporary workers “the prevailing wage,” he pointed out.
That indeed is what the rules said – until Wednesday, when Human Resources Minister Diane Finley quietly changed them. Employers will now be allowed to pay...
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“NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair was asking Harper if he intended to extend the...”
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Stephen Harper shouted down for saying NDP didn’t support fight against Hitler. I may have cackled gleefully at Mulcair’s response. (via bucketofrhymes)
Good on you Mulcair!
(via governmentofcanada)
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Myopic government ignores Charter anniversary →
filzahforpm:
Irwin Cotler, MP for Mount Royal, Toronto Star
“Stephen Harper, a prominent Charter skeptic, and his justice minister, Rob Nicholson, were conspicuously absent from the commemorative festivities.”
Indeed, pre-Charter life and law is often a disturbing narrative of discrimination against, and marginalization, of vulnerable groups, including discrimination against aboriginal...
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“Some Nickelodeon executives were worried, says Konietzko, about backing an...”
– - NPR
Fancy that, TV executives.
Innovate or die: How Canada is courting long-term... →
filzahforpm:
-Richard Poplak, Globe and Mail
“Sustained economic growth requires innovation, and innovation cannot be decoupled from creative destruction, which replaces the old with the new in the economic realm and also destabilizes established power relations in politics.”
Uh-oh. Welcome to the truth north strong and free, gentlemen: That would be the country where the Conservative...
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EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Poutine is...
cdnpoliblog:
A lot of speculation has been going around about the identity of “Pierre Poutine”/”Pierre Jones” at what some might consider the heart of the Robocalls scandal; however, this is only one side, and certainly not the largest part of the overall investigation into wrongdoing by the Conservative Party of Canada during the 41st General Election.
This much is publicly known: Pierre...
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