It's an inspiring sight, and a chilling one. Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer standing up for the right to know the truth, in a country where the Big Lie rules. As the Cons try to smear him and muzzle him as they have so many others. They have attacked
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Montreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Vanishing Economy
I'm sad to see that so many GM workers are losing their jobs in Oshawa. The Canadian Auto Workers union received official notice Friday that GM will begin shutting down its consolidated assembly line in the fourth quarter, which will wipe out 2,000 jobs, reducing the number of GM employees
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s Nightmare Taxi Ride
When you are numbed to the horror of Harperland, it's easy to laugh at little Jimbo Flaherty. The nasty Con garden gnome is a natural comedian. "I was brought up in a certain way. There is no bad job, the only bad job is not having a job," he told
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Big Oil Budget
Hoily oily. I can’t even do my own taxes eh? But it only took me about five minutes to figure out Jim “Jimbo” Flaherty’s ghastly budget. And all I can say is that Jimbo and his fellow Con man Stephen “Greasy” Harper should be arrested for fraud. For trying to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Scary Humiliation of Jimbo Flaherty
Oh.My.Gnome. I see that little Jimbo Flaherty has been totally HUMILIATED. Again. Just the other day he was telling Canadians don’t worry about your pensions if you’re over fifty-seven. But then the sinister operatives in the PMO heard what he said. And they were not pleased. A government spokesman quickly discouraged
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Pension Scam
Well even by Jimbo Flaherty’s ghastly standards it was a bizarre and ugly sight. There he was late this afternoon, looking like he wanted to hide under a chair, or in his case a small stool. Sweating profusely, talking in a hoarse whisper, and promising you don’t have to worry
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Incredible Vanity of Jimbo Flaherty
Before the nasty garden gnome Jimbo Flaherty goes ahead with his plans to kill jobs and government. At the same time. Even though the deficit is going from a mountain to his mole hill faster than expected. He might consider this warning. Politically, it may be the perfect time for an
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons Go After Our Medicare System
They promised they wouldn’t go after medicare. But that was then and this is now. The Conservative government is putting the provinces on notice that Ottawa plans to shrink the rate of growth in health transfers. As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty prepares to meet his provincial and territorial counterparts Monday
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Welcome to the Con Horror Show
Oh no. I don’t want to frighten you eh? But has anybody noticed that the Con regime is turning into a real horror show? Not only have they started calling anybody who disagrees with them a traitor. But there was the rabid wingnut Rob Anders the other day, claiming that
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s Ridiculous Economic Update
As usual he didn’t see it coming. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. But goodness knows little Jimbo Flaherty is determined to try to fool us into thinking he’s flexible.”We will not be bound by ideology when it comes to making decisions to keep our econ…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty, Dumbo MacKay, and the Jumping Doggies
Golly. I went down to the farm this afternoon to check with my financial advisers, after hearing about this horrible meltdown.But when I got there I discovered little Jimbo Flaherty had beaten me to it. Because he’s DESPERATE for any kind of …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty’s Strange Upside Down World
I’m proud to say I’ve never believed anything little Jimbo Flaherty, the one-time King of the Mole Hill, had to say about ANYTHING. But his recent behaviour leaves me wondering whether he’s gone completely batty.The stock market is tanking. The do…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Depression
Holey Moley. I see the Con gnome Jimbo Flaherty has gone from being the king of his tiny castle, to being the moron on the mole hill.Unemployment is rising, the economy is contracting, the stock market is tanking.Jimbo and Great Economist Buffoon …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Preparing for the Greatest Recession
It was another hot and humid day in Hogtown. But that didn’t stop me from running down to the golden towers of Bay Street. I wanted to see if the brokers and other stock stuffers were jumping out of the windows after another bad day…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Capitalist Pig and the Harper Cons
I really have to hand it to John Ibbitson, his timing couldn’t be better. As the bloated capitalist pig stumbles around in its final agony. And threatens to plunge us into another devastating recession.He’s scribbling away furiously, urging Stephen Har…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Championship Belt
Holy hobbit. How ironic eh? There was little Jimbo Flaherty the other day at Rob Ford’s millionaire redneck BBQ. Being hee hawed as a financial genius, and awarded a “Finance Minister’s Championship Belt” by the Fordz…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Killer Budget
Oh no. I see the nasty Con gnome Jimbo Flaherty has morphed into his even more evil cousin. After saying his budget would be the same as the last one, now he says it includes bribing Quebec, and killing the Liberal Party.”Basically this is the Mar…
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