Shit Harper Did Does exactly what it says on the can. Example: "Canadian PM Stephen Harper weakened regulations so that more pesticide residue could be left on your fruits and vegetables." "Harper decorated the government lobby in parliament with photos of just himself, instead of the traditional portraits of former Prime Ministers." And much more.
posted by Fizz
on Apr 13, 2011 -
96 comments
The power of three letters "N - O - T". Canada's "International Cooperation Minister
Bev Oda on Monday admitted she was behind the mysterious
“not” that was handwritten on a government document that ended funding for church-backed aid organization
KAIROS and its international relief work.
Reversing her earlier testimony at a Commons committee — where she had claimed not to know who penned the extra word — Oda revealed she had, in fact, directed an unnamed official to add the word “not.” “The funding decision was mine. The ‘not' was inserted at my direction,” Oda said in a surprise statement in the Commons."
Opposition parties claim that Oda is shielding the PM's office.
posted by Fizz
on Feb 18, 2011 -
53 comments
A coworker hipped me to
this, and I found it quite astonishing that I'd heard nothing about it.
It's a great irony that, while the United States has probably never been less popular among Canadians than in the era of George W Bush, plans to integrate Canada more deeply into the US have been proceeding at a brisk clip.
The threat of Canada being absorbed into the US has traditionally provoked strong reactions here, as the pitched electoral battles over the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1980s and '90s attest.
But the issue seems to have largely disappeared in recent years, leaving the impression that the push for deeper integration has stopped or that Canadians no longer care about it. Neither is true.
It seems that a
goodly number of politically
active groups are aware, however, and are
organizing protests. How effective will those protests be when they won't be able to get within
several kilometers of the site?
Has anyone got any thoughts about this?
How will they fit 52 stars on the Star-Spangled Banner?
Should I don my tinfoil hat?
Is the protest even relevant, given that most of the news reports I can find are calling it a
fait accompli?
posted by I, Credulous
on Jul 23, 2007 -
91 comments
Good grief. First, tips on
how to write, now this. Yann Martel, award-winning author of
Life of Pi (
previously), believes the Canada Council for the Arts is not getting
a fair shake from the Canadian government. The solution? Send Prime Minister Harper a
book to read. Every couple of weeks, mailed on a Monday. In case you were wondering, the first book on the list is Tolstoy’s
The Death of Ivan Ilych (SparkNotes
here). The Prime Minister’s office has not yet responded. Meanwhile, President Bush already has his own
reading list.
posted by YamwotIam
on Apr 17, 2007 -
25 comments
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he'll no longer give news conferences for the national media, after a dispute led a number of journalists to walk away from an event when he refused to take their questions.
posted by EarBucket
on May 24, 2006 -
89 comments
