Montreal Simon: The Nasty Cons and Great Macho Man Leader

Well I think it's safe to say that Stephen Harper must be feeling a bit bruised this weekend, like Napoleon did, after his unfortunate visit to Moscow.He's mourning the death of his old pitbull Doug Finley, who taught him not to take any prisoners. Back in the glory days when his caucus was still loyal. And he didn't have to worry about being taken prisoner himself.Or being held hostage, by his own rabid base. Read more »

Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Fatal Boondoggle

Oh. My. Gotterdammerung. Not even Sybil the Soothsayer could have predicted it would end like this eh?Who could have known that Stephen Harper's rotting Con regime would collapse this way? Not with a bang, but a boondoggle. Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Foreign Workers Scam

Well it was quite a spectacle. Jason Kenney in the House of Commons, trying to limit the damage of the foreign worker's scandal.Desperately trying to make it go away.But the look on Peter Kent's face told the story, showed how much that scandal has hurt the Cons.And nothing Kenney said will make it better.For anyone who witnessed that absurd spectacle wouldn't have known whether to cry or laugh.Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Disastrous Decline of the Con Regime

It was such a beautiful day, the first real day of Spring, that I spent hours pedalling around my magic island, out of touch with the rest of the world.So it wasn't until I met the three four bears at the little vintage amusement park, that I heard the stunning news. Little Jimbo Flaherty was missing in action !!!! Read more »

Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Foreign Workers Scam

The other day I wrote that the foreign workers scandal had given us a mighty weapon to use to destroy the Con regime.For as you know Stephen Harper likes to boast about the number of jobs he has created.But from now on he'll have to tell that one to his pet pig eh?For now we know who got those jobs and it's just a SCAM…Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Twilight of the Harper Regime

For seven long and dark years Stephen Harper was able to hold this country in his iron grip.For years him and his Cons were able to fool Canadians into thinking they knew what they were doing.For years he was able to make the stooge media dance to his tinny tunes.But now it's all going horribly wrong. Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Harper Cons and the Great Job Scam

Gawd. I should have remembered I'm living in Harperland, not Wonderland.I should have realized why that damm cat was laughing at me eh?I should have known you can't trust those two old Con artists, Steve and Jimbo, no matter what they say.I should have known it was all a scam.Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s Incredible Shrinking Budget

Well, let's start with the good news eh? Jimbo Flaherty got a fabulous new hat to go with his new shoes when he presented his latest budget today.Or as the Cons call it, his Porky Action Plan 2013.And the bad news?The hat was bigger than the budget. Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Great Con War on Crime and Medicare

Oh no. Remember how I said the other night that Jimbo Flaherty probably hated having to call his new budget Porky Action Plan 2013?Because there couldn't be a worse way to sell ANYTHING.Well forget that theory eh?Because there was Jimbo yesterday getting a Porky Action sign engraved on his new shoes. Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Porky Action Monster

Well as you know today was St Patrick's Day, and no doubt wee little Jimbo Flaherty was running around looking for the pot of gold.The one he lost when he cut the GST.And probably wishing he didn't have to call his new budget Porky Action Plan 2013.Because it's hard to imagine a worse way to sell a budget, than reminding Canadians of something that's driving them CRAAAAAZY !!!! Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Fatal Trajectory of the Harper Cons

The other day I wrote about how Stephen Harper's slide in the polls was beginning to resemble a one-way ride on an asteroid.Not just a mere tumble through space, but a clear and definite negative trend.And I pointed out that this blazing trajectory couldn't come at a worst time for the Cons.So what better time to remind them that pulling out of that death dive is going to be REALLY difficult. Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Day of Reckoning

If you wanted to know where our economy is heading, or what the Cons are planning to do to Canada.All you had to do was look at Jimbo Flaherty today, to know it's not going to be pretty.And that the Day of Reckoning has finally arrived.For there he was standing in front of a giant Porky Action Plan billboard, promising growth and jobs. Telling us the economy is shrinking, so what we need to do is kill even more jobs. Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Slow Destruction of the Harper Regime

It's like a danse macabre. It's hard to know how much more he can take before he implodes.Or does something crazy. Because it's all going horribly wrong. The opposition has him in their sights.And in all the years I've been watching him, I've never seen Stephen Harper looking so defeated and so desperate.Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Humiliating Collapse of The Porky Action Plan

Uh oh. The alarms are honking away at Porky Action Headquarters. The Con hogs are still strutting around on their hind legs promoting their fraudulent porky plan.But the reviews are coming in, and the stench of panic is is the air.Because they are DEVASTATING.Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Snowmageddon and the Con Apocalypse

Golly. I don't know how I did it. Survived the Great Toronto Snowmageddon.Because it was brutal eh?Toronto has not seen a snowfall exceeding 15 centimetres since Dec. 19, 2008, said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips.Not the storm itself, which was only a Snowmageddon if you don't live in Alberta, or Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, or Quebec, or the Atlantic provinces, or anywhere in northern Canada.No, the brutal part was watching Peter Mansbridge making it sound like the world was ending…Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s War on Kevin Page

As you know Jimbo Flaherty, the Con man now posing as a Finance Minister, really hates Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer. And for all the right reasons.For proving him wrong over and over again, and making him look like he doesn't know what he's doing.Read more »

Montreal Simon: The Con Assault on the Dutch Disease

Nothing Tom Mulcair has ever said scares Stephen Harper more than his claim that the Dutch Disease is killing jobs all over Canada. Especially in vote-rich Ontario where the next election will be decided.Because if the people in that province ever realize how much Harper's Alberta First economic policies are hurting them and the future of their kids, the Cons will be out of power sooner than you can say howdy cowboy.So the Cons and the right-wing conspiracy are always trying to claim that the Dutch Disease is just a myth, and here they go again.Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jim Flaherty and the Theatre of Cruelty

You might think that Jim Flaherty would be satisfied with ramming through his latest Trojan Horse budget.His ghastly swollen beast stuffed to the gills with toxic waste.But no. Now he's going after seniors and the Canada Pension Plan. Read more »

Montreal Simon: Con Canada: Harperland or Pottersville?

Oh goody. I see that TV stations have started running It's a Wonderful Life over and over again.So Christmas can't be more than a month away !!!! Although I've gotta say I really hate the Con version eh?Where John Baird plays the senile Un… . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Con Canada: Harperland or Pottersville?

Montreal Simon: In the Court of the Con Clowns

According to a recent poll only about 16 percent of Canadians now trust Stephen Harper and his insane Con clown posse.And who can blame them eh? Because today was such a three-ring circus it really makes you wonder whether they are mentally fit to rema… . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: In the Court of the Con Clowns

Montreal Simon: Jim Flaherty and the Slash and Spend Cons

Even in a place as scary as Harperland, it was a frightening sight.Jim Flaherty holding his head in his hands, delivering his budget update to the House of Commons Fredericton Chamber of Commerce.Trying and failing to explain why despite the way he is … . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Jim Flaherty and the Slash and Spend Cons

Montreal Simon: Porky Tales and the Madness of Con Canada

After disconnecting myself from the 24-hour news cycle for about a week, I decided to check out what Stephen Harper and his Cons had been up to in my absence.Because as we all know, you can't take your eyes off that porky gang for a moment, in case you miss another scandal, another ethical malfunction, another democratic outrage, another court case.Or the latest police intervention.Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Man Budget

Well I've got to hand it to that old Con man Jimbo Flaherty. When he's not screaming at the opposition, or giving the Europeans the finger, or standing on a ladder massaging the buttocks of Big Business, he's always trying to pull a fast one eh?Always trying to fool Canadians.Read more »

Montreal Simon: Steve Harper and the Road to Ruin

Oh no. How embarrassing. That old Con man Steve Harper is at it again.

He's been spotted preparing to leave for the APEC summit, disguised as an economist, and already he's lecturing the Americans on how to run their economy.

Concerns about a so-called "fiscal cliff" in the United States are warranted but they should not overshadow the need for America to "get a grip" on its longer-term fiscal situation, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.

Because you know, he's an economic genius eh?

And we're number ONE !!!! FOURTEEN !!! Read more »

Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Country Snatchers

Oh goody. Another episode of The Invasion of the Con Country Snatchers. And tonight it's one of the scariest ones ever !!!!

For as Jim Flaherty prepares to meet with business leaders, we find out what kind of Canada they would like us to live in. Read more »