Harper Stepping Down
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Actually I don't recall him doing me any harm, compared to the staggering bills we'll get from Justin!
You don't know that yet. Traditionally, Liberals have a knack for fixing the mess the Cons leave behind. We'll see. Personally, I think Trudeau is a unicorn blowing rainbows out his butt while the old boys club run the show, that is why he is always showing up everywhere but Ottawa doing feel good stuff. Of course most of the cons on here focus their vitriol on the wrong guy, but that is to be expected from the usual suspects.
Not so sure about that- Martin did on paper I suppose by siphoning a lot of sh*t onto the provinces, not to mention a bunch of funny economics happening with the sponsorship scandals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponsorship_scandal
Harper always knew the score
Former prime minister Stephen Harper resigned from his Calgary Heritage parliamentary seat Friday, marking his exit from politics.
In a Facebook and video message to Canadians, he thanked them for the opportunity to serve and outlined what he believes were the major accomplishments of the Conservatives under his leadership.
“We united all Conservatives behind our agenda,” he said. “We cut taxes, made critical investments and balanced the national budget.
We got tough on crime and put families first. We managed our G7 economy through the worst global recession since the Great Depression, and came out in the strongest position of them all. We took principled decisions in a complex and dangerous world. And, whether at home or abroad, we were always proud to stand up for Canada.”
As Harper leaves politics to set up a consulting firm in Calgary, his critics will contest all of these claims. They are free to do so.
Our readers know our view. We would have preferred he was still prime minister.
One of many things we admired about Harper was that while politicians like to think of themselves as the smartest people in the room, Harper typically was the smartest person in the room.
During last year’s election campaign, for example, when Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised Canadians three years of modest deficits before returning to a balanced budget, Harper joked this commitment was absurd given Liberal campaign promises.
“He’ll run, he says, a modest deficit, a tiny deficit, so small you can hardly see the deficit,” Harper joked, squeezing his fingers together.
“And only for three years, three deficits, three modest little deficits.”
So what happened?
During the election, Trudeau promised “modest” deficits of $9.9 billion in 2016-17, $9.5 billion in 2017-18, $5.7 billion in 2018-2019 and a $1 billion surplus in 2019-2020.
After the election, in Trudeau’s first budget as prime minister, he almost tripled his projected 2016-17 deficit to $29.4 billion, followed by $29 billion in 2017-18, $22.8 billion in 2018-19, $17.7 billion in 2019-20 and $14.3 billion in 2020-21, with no balanced budgets in sight.
That’s one of many things we admired about Harper.
He was nobody’s fool.
Harper always knew the score | Editorial | Opinion | Calgary Sun
Former prime minister Stephen Harper resigned from his Calgary Heritage parliamentary seat Friday, marking his exit from politics.
In a Facebook and video message to Canadians, he thanked them for the opportunity to serve and outlined what he believes were the major accomplishments of the Conservatives under his leadership.
“We united all Conservatives behind our agenda,” he said. “We cut taxes, made critical investments and balanced the national budget.
We got tough on crime and put families first. We managed our G7 economy through the worst global recession since the Great Depression, and came out in the strongest position of them all. We took principled decisions in a complex and dangerous world. And, whether at home or abroad, we were always proud to stand up for Canada.”
As Harper leaves politics to set up a consulting firm in Calgary, his critics will contest all of these claims. They are free to do so.
Our readers know our view. We would have preferred he was still prime minister.
One of many things we admired about Harper was that while politicians like to think of themselves as the smartest people in the room, Harper typically was the smartest person in the room.
During last year’s election campaign, for example, when Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised Canadians three years of modest deficits before returning to a balanced budget, Harper joked this commitment was absurd given Liberal campaign promises.
“He’ll run, he says, a modest deficit, a tiny deficit, so small you can hardly see the deficit,” Harper joked, squeezing his fingers together.
“And only for three years, three deficits, three modest little deficits.”
So what happened?
During the election, Trudeau promised “modest” deficits of $9.9 billion in 2016-17, $9.5 billion in 2017-18, $5.7 billion in 2018-2019 and a $1 billion surplus in 2019-2020.
After the election, in Trudeau’s first budget as prime minister, he almost tripled his projected 2016-17 deficit to $29.4 billion, followed by $29 billion in 2017-18, $22.8 billion in 2018-19, $17.7 billion in 2019-20 and $14.3 billion in 2020-21, with no balanced budgets in sight.
That’s one of many things we admired about Harper.
He was nobody’s fool.
Harper always knew the score | Editorial | Opinion | Calgary Sun
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'22 Minutes' star Mark Critch removes Instagram pic mocking Stephen Harper after MP Michelle Rempel's Twitter rant
'What you posted isn't satire, or comedy. It's a f---ing embarrassment'
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Sunday, August 28, 2016 04:50 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2016 05:25 PM EDT
Warning: The following story contains some graphic language!
Comedian Mark Critch has removed a photo mocking former prime minister Stephen Harper from his Instagram account following a barrage of tweets from a Conservative MP that included obscenities.
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel posted on Twitter that she has since apologized to Critch “that he got flamed,” and she says that he, too, told her he was sorry.
The photo showed Critch inside what appeared to be a closet on Parliament Hill in an apparent parody of Harper’s decision to shelter in a closet when Michael Zehaf Bibeau stormed the Parliament Buildings in Oct., 2014.
The star of CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes appeared to be clutching himself in fear, and the caption read, “Stephen Harper has stepped down. Here I am in his closet.”
Rempel was in the caucus room with Harper when the shots rang out, and she told Critch on Twitter that she hoped he never suffers from panic attacks in movies with gunshots in them, or has to wonder if colleagues are alive or dead.
Critch told the CBC that he has spoken to Rempel and that things are “all good now.”
“Michelle and I had a good conversation. She wrote me an apology for flaming out and I deleted the picture. No hard feelings on either side,” Critch said in a statement to CBC.
Neither Rempel nor Critch could be immediately reached for comment.
In her tweets responding to the photo, Rempel accused Critch of “triggering” her.
“I don’t really have words to describe my disgust at this post of yours,” she began.
“May you never have to choose between running for your life or trying to protect your friends from the unknown,” she continued.
“What you posted isn't satire, or comedy. It's a f---ing embarrassment,” she added.
The photo and Rempel’s reaction late Friday triggered a flood of debate on social media that continued through Sunday afternoon. Some people accused Critch of showing poor taste while others criticized Rempel for over reacting.
'22 Minutes' star Mark Critch removes Instagram pic mocking Stephen Harper after
'What you posted isn't satire, or comedy. It's a f---ing embarrassment'
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Sunday, August 28, 2016 04:50 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2016 05:25 PM EDT
Warning: The following story contains some graphic language!
Comedian Mark Critch has removed a photo mocking former prime minister Stephen Harper from his Instagram account following a barrage of tweets from a Conservative MP that included obscenities.
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel posted on Twitter that she has since apologized to Critch “that he got flamed,” and she says that he, too, told her he was sorry.
The photo showed Critch inside what appeared to be a closet on Parliament Hill in an apparent parody of Harper’s decision to shelter in a closet when Michael Zehaf Bibeau stormed the Parliament Buildings in Oct., 2014.
The star of CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes appeared to be clutching himself in fear, and the caption read, “Stephen Harper has stepped down. Here I am in his closet.”
Rempel was in the caucus room with Harper when the shots rang out, and she told Critch on Twitter that she hoped he never suffers from panic attacks in movies with gunshots in them, or has to wonder if colleagues are alive or dead.
Critch told the CBC that he has spoken to Rempel and that things are “all good now.”
“Michelle and I had a good conversation. She wrote me an apology for flaming out and I deleted the picture. No hard feelings on either side,” Critch said in a statement to CBC.
Neither Rempel nor Critch could be immediately reached for comment.
In her tweets responding to the photo, Rempel accused Critch of “triggering” her.
“I don’t really have words to describe my disgust at this post of yours,” she began.
“May you never have to choose between running for your life or trying to protect your friends from the unknown,” she continued.
“What you posted isn't satire, or comedy. It's a f---ing embarrassment,” she added.
The photo and Rempel’s reaction late Friday triggered a flood of debate on social media that continued through Sunday afternoon. Some people accused Critch of showing poor taste while others criticized Rempel for over reacting.
'22 Minutes' star Mark Critch removes Instagram pic mocking Stephen Harper after