By turning their back on the CBC against the will of the public and then trying to kill the long gun registry against the wishes of Canada’s police forces the Harper government is showing all the signs of a group that knows they will soon lose power. Ever since Ignatieff replaced Dion as Liberal leader…
It Is Time to Bring Down This Government
I understood when Michael Ignatieff passed the Conservative budget. It was important to get money flowing. Brining down the government one the budget would have delayed for months improvements to unemployment insurance (as slight as they were) and infrastructure dollars. But the budget is done. Todays announcement of layoffs at the CBC was entirely preventable.…
When Did Harper Know About Economy?
November’s GDP Numbers are out now: “Canada’s economy continued its slide in November as the country’s economic output shrank by 0.7 per cent, according to figures released Friday. Statistics Canada said slumping construction activity and an ailing manufacturing sector led an industrial race to the bottom in the month, the third one in four in…
Ignatieff Played it Right
I said yesterday that I thought the budget should be defeated in total, and I still don’t like it, it’s a bad budget. I also know though that I am in the minority in this. Most of Canada does not want an election and does not like the coalition idea. Ignatieff was right in that…
The Budget Should Be Defeated
I haven’t read the fine print but this budget seems to be about politics, not the economy. To me it would appear that Harper has used the budget to throw money at people who’s support he needs but it doesn’t seem to have any vision behind it on the future of Canada or for the…
Yes We Can vs. Put on a Sweater and Shut Up
Personally I don’t want to hear any more about Obama unless it’s about something he actually does. I’m actually a little disturbed by the extent to which the press is cheerleading for him. Fortunately up here in Canada no leader is, or is likely to get the same treatment. Here’s a clip from last nights…
Canadians Rally for Arts and Culture Over the Holidays
Eight days ago, three days before Christmas, I urged people to take a moment out of their holiday preparations and contact new Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff in defense of Canadian arts and culture. Although getting people’s attention over this period is a tall order the response has been good. So far, that I know of,…
Tell Mr. Ignatieff to Block Arts Cuts
So there is apparently a big stimulus package coming from Ottawa. The general guestimate at this point is that it will be around 30 billion dollars with money for auto makers, forestry, oil companies, and just about everyone else. I’ve pointed this out multiple times already but, beyond it’s many less tangible benefits arts and…
Conservatives Open Fire on Ignatieff
Harper wants his government to fall, I don’t see any other way to look at it. Earlier today the Liberals made Iggy interim leader. Immediately after that progressives groaned. A little later in the afternoon pundits began speculating about the Conservatives and the Liberals building bridges, finding compromise and working out a way to avoid…