Thanks to Calgary Grit for these quotes to be compiled for the Harpercrite files: September 15, 2008 : "My own belief is if we were going to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now ." – Stephen Harper The next month: Dow Jones plunges 2,340 points October 7, 2008 : "I think there’s probably a lot […]
Canada’s environmental policy (or lack thereof) has come under scrutiny yet again, this time in Poznan, Poland. Last week, at the summit that would help determine some of the terms of the follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol, Canada again deferred to the worst polluters in the world and said we couldn’t do something until they did. I can’t get my head around the stupidity of […]
We owe it to Canadians to remind them that there’s no point in fretting about a couple of million here or there in terms of philosophical cuts like public finance for Canadian parties or holding off on Constitutional rights to strike if you’re a public servant. We have a fantastic opportunity ahead of us, but we need to mobilize lobbying efforts and encourage local politicians […]
OK … so for once in my life, I actually find myself agreeing with Stephen Harper. No, hell did not freeze over. Even though we don’t elect leaders in Canada, we have a tendency of seeing the leader of any party as the personality that we’re collectively voting for. A way to correct this would be to push us towards multi-issue/person voting cards, including the […]
I’m listening to Peter Mansbridge interview Stephen Harper and I’m appalled by the string of lies and contempt that this man continues to show for the people of Canada. In particular, Mansbridge asked him about the efforts that Harper made in 2004 to work with the Bloc to form a coalition to oppose the Liberals. Harper denied that they did anything of the sort. Here’s […]