Canada's Federal Election 2015: The Official Thread
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I think he would have pulled it off. He had some charisma which his brother lacked.
Yea, charisma.
Anyway, in more important news..
Tory candidate deletes Facebook page after violent and sexist posts come to light
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/wiliam-moughrabi-facebook-violent-sexual-posts-1.3203206
I'm shocked that there is no outrage from Loc on this yet.
Shocked I tell you.
Anyway, in more important news..
Tory candidate deletes Facebook page after violent and sexist posts come to light
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/wiliam-moughrabi-facebook-violent-sexual-posts-1.3203206
I'm shocked that there is no outrage from Loc on this yet.
Shocked I tell you.
Chris Hedges calls Harper a puppet
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges told The Vancouver Observer he thinks Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a "pawn" or "puppet" of corporations, and that Canada is repeating many mistakes that the U.S. made during the Bush era.
"The problem is corporate power," Hedges said, while at the State of Extraction conference in downtown Vancouver. "Harper is a pawn or puppet of corporate power in the same way Obama is. But you know, the NDP isn't going to save you, at this point. Your security and surveillance state is as advanced as ours. And if this new anti-terrorism law passes, in some ways it will be even worse."
Hedges has a Canadian connection: his wife is Canadian, and his daughter is a university student in Vancouver, currently studying abroad. He said Canadian governments have a "strange" tendency to make the same errors their American neighbours made 10 years earlier.
In the 2011 election, the Conservative Party had hired Republican strategists to knock on doors on behalf of an Ontario Conservative candidate, leading to a possible breach of election rules. Asked if he thought there were any Republican influences on Canadian politics today, Hedges said:
"I wouldn't call it Republican. I'd call it corporate... that's how we've seen the kind of devolution of Canadian politics, rolling backwards, which Harper has exemplified. But I don't play the game of focusing on personalities, because if you focus on personalities, you ignore the structures of power and how they work."
Chris Hedges calls Harper a puppet | Vancouver Observer
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges told The Vancouver Observer he thinks Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a "pawn" or "puppet" of corporations, and that Canada is repeating many mistakes that the U.S. made during the Bush era.
"The problem is corporate power," Hedges said, while at the State of Extraction conference in downtown Vancouver. "Harper is a pawn or puppet of corporate power in the same way Obama is. But you know, the NDP isn't going to save you, at this point. Your security and surveillance state is as advanced as ours. And if this new anti-terrorism law passes, in some ways it will be even worse."
Hedges has a Canadian connection: his wife is Canadian, and his daughter is a university student in Vancouver, currently studying abroad. He said Canadian governments have a "strange" tendency to make the same errors their American neighbours made 10 years earlier.
In the 2011 election, the Conservative Party had hired Republican strategists to knock on doors on behalf of an Ontario Conservative candidate, leading to a possible breach of election rules. Asked if he thought there were any Republican influences on Canadian politics today, Hedges said:
"I wouldn't call it Republican. I'd call it corporate... that's how we've seen the kind of devolution of Canadian politics, rolling backwards, which Harper has exemplified. But I don't play the game of focusing on personalities, because if you focus on personalities, you ignore the structures of power and how they work."
Chris Hedges calls Harper a puppet | Vancouver Observer
I'm not sure how credible this Chris Hedges is but I'd certainly want to check him out pretty thoroughly before accepting any thing he says as Gospel. (Excuse the pun) W.T.F. would he have his daughter attending a University in a country that he disapproves of the way it's run. Oh yeah, the tuition is possibly cheaper.
Playing to the base.
Trudeau promises tax benefit for teachers
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/c...u-promises-tax-benefit-for-teachers-1.3204160
Trudeau promises tax benefit for teachers
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/c...u-promises-tax-benefit-for-teachers-1.3204160
At the rest of our expense no doubt. Or perhaps he will just let the budget balance itself.
Still waiting on Harper to balance his first budget.
Trudeau says balanced budget could take years
http://m.thespec.com/news-story/5814270-trudeau-says-balanced-budget-could-take-years
Trudeau says balanced budget could take years
http://m.thespec.com/news-story/5814270-trudeau-says-balanced-budget-could-take-years