Public testimony of the commission initiated in the wake of the February 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act (EA) has concluded this week. Frankly, there were few surprises in the course of testimony. Members of the Convoy swore up and down that they were just peaceful protestors, policing agencies demonstrated that they
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Alberta Politics: In case you missed it … Conservatives are in the news, making sure today’s bad ideas are tomorrow’s horrible reality! For you!
PHOTOS: Former Canadian Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, now leader of the Conintern. (Photo: Remy Steinegger, Wikimedia Commons.) Below: Margaret Thatcher, just another moderate leader of the “centre right.” Dig those pointy collars! Mr. Harper’s former lieutenant Jason Kenney, who is now the leader of Alberta’s “centre right.” Stephen Harper
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: By-Election Update: Tories Flipping to Liberals in Calgary-Centre
There’s a split in Calgary in the conservatives. And it’s about principles. Calgary Herald: Provincial rift spreads to federal realm Calgary Herald: “Pat Moore says she doesn’t like the way the Conservative nomination was controlle…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: IMF Calls Bullshit on Brit Tory Austerity Farce
David Cameron’s boneheaded austerity fetish isn’t working. Even the International Monetary Fund, the IMF, says that much is plain. The Guardian’s Jonathan Portes has this take on the IMF report. A non-technical summary of Thursday’s International Monetary Fund report on the UK economy would be that we are up the
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