December 2009
16 posts
“During the twilight days of this year, another prorogation means time for the...”
– Brave New Year - Torontoist
Parliament shut down until March →
No word from the Governor General just yet, but I can’t imagine they’d announce this without having her backing.
Son of a bitch.
“If the government attempts this manoeuvre, it’s a shocking insult to...”
– Harper to shut down Parliament
Do your damned job, Mr. Prime Minister →
“I can’t believe that for the second year in a row, Stephen Harper is apparently choosing to run from his problems by proroguing Parliament. What a sad excuse for leadership.”
The Short Parliament. →
“A post-Olympic return would also shut down government committees, which would stop MPs from pursuing the Afghan detainee controversy until Parliament returned.”
Seriously?
Flaherty's deficit plan: Take an axe and cut deep. →
This jack-ass really is a one trick pony. Holy shit.
Prorogation watch in Ottawa. →
WTF? That the sitting government can shut down parliament when it apparently suits them seems like a flaw in our system of government.
Detainee whistleblower blasts back at Tories on... →
“The Conservative government has considered abandoning some of the greenhouse gas...”
– Tories pondered weaker emission targets for oil and gas
“I heard Jim Prentice on the CBC last week (?) proudly asserting that his main...”
– hurdy gurdy girl in the MetaFilter thread, “Copenhagen Spoof Shames Canada”
“‘TALKING POINTS’: WHAT THE GOVERNMENT TOLD ITS MPS TO SAY
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– Tories force shutdown of hearing on torture
“To wit: The Yes Men, a rogue band of American pranksters, issued a faux press...”
– Severe, stupid and spiteful: Or, delivering the Conservative message in Copenhagen
Charlie Angus: The trouble with the secret... →
Your Internet access could be revoked without conviction or any chance to appeal, just for watching your favourite TV show on-line. Those are the rules under a new, secretly negotiated international copyright agreement the Conservative government plans to sign.
The ongoing negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement could have profound implications for the development of digital...
Proof of detainee abuse exists, despite MacKay's... →
Sworn testimony by senior Canadian officers and rare uncensored documentary evidence contradict Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s repeated assertions that no proof exists of even a single case of a Canadian-transferred detainee abused by Afghan security forces.
In one well-documented case in the summer of 2006, Canadian soldiers captured and handed over a detainee who was so severely beaten...
“Lockyer noted that for the first time in over fifty years, Canada’s...”
– Cities for Life - Torontoist
“In 2006 the new Canadian government announced it was abandoning its targets to...”
– Canada’s image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling by George Monbiot