Dr. Elaine Hyshka, associate professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health, joins Dave Cournoyer to discuss supervised consumption clinics in Alberta and the flaws in the United Conservative Party government’s recent review of the facilities on the latest episode of the Daveberta Podcast. Elaine shares her insights
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Alberta Politics: Could Justin Trudeau be coated with Trump-like Teflon? It’s possible, and here’s why …
Is the SNC-Lavalin Affair really the Trudeau crusher Andrew Scheer and his strategic team obviously think it is? No sooner had former justice minister Jody Wilson-Reybould completed her startling testimony last Wednesday before the House of Commons Justice Committee – replete with detailed allegations of political interference in the justice
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Clement Sex Scandal
Ever since the Tony Clement sex scandal became public, questions have been asked about Andrew Scheer's role in that tawdry affair.How long did he know that Clement was bothering women? And why did he hesitate to throw him out of the caucus?Scheer says he believed him when he said it
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Tony’s Travails
Social Conservatives have a problem with the member from Parry Sound-Muskoka. They thought he was — sort of — on their side. Martin Patriquin writes: Never a diehard social conservative, Clement happily aligned himself with the movement when it suited his purposes. Notably, he voted for a 2006 motion to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Shocking Con Sex Scandal
A few months ago, I questioned whether Tony Clement was the right Con to go after Liberal scandals, considering how many scandals he had in his past.Like the way he spent #50 million of G8 border security money on unrelated projects in his riding, like that gazebo in the middle
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Incredible Hypocrisy of the Con Clown Tony Clement
They called Tony Clement Tony Gazebo, for building one during the G8 summit nowhere near the summit, but in the middle of his riding.Of all the scandals of the Harper years, that scandal is one of the easiest to remember.Even though there were so many others, like the time he gutted
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kellie Leitch and the Trumperisation of the Cons
I know it’s hard to believe, but Kellie Leitch is still insisting she’s not trying to be Canada’s Donald Trump.
Even though she’s not fooling anyone.
“While the elites and most media harshly criticized even the mention of the discussion, you knew better,” wrote Leitch in the fundraising note. “Together we will stand up to those who don’t want to discuss Canadian values and whose politically correct elitism remains tone deaf to the views of most Canadians.”
For that one could have flown like a bat out of the cavernous orifice of the Angry Orange himself.
And to make matters worse this Trumperisation is spreading.
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Montreal Simon: How Canadians Voted Twice To Defeat Stephen Harper
As Canadians debate Stephen Harper's legacy, and the Cons and the Con media try to whitewash it beyond recognition.It's important to remember one of Harper's worst, and definitely most insane decisions.His decision to kill the long-form cen…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How Canadians Voted Twice To Defeat Stephen Harper
As Canadians debate Stephen Harper’s legacy, and the Cons and the Con media try to whitewash it beyond recognition.
It’s important to remember one of Harper’s worst, and definitely most insane decisions.
His decision to kill the long-form census.
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Northern Reflections: They Never Were
Tony Clement wants to be leader of the Conservative Party. Perhaps he believes that the third time will be the charm. But, Bob Hepburn writes, there are five reasons Clement should reconsider his bid:First, Clement deservedly earned the title of “The…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement’s Weird and Deeply Disturbing Campaign Launch
We all knew that Tony Clement's campaign launch for leader of the Harper Party was going to be a ghastly spectacle.Because all the hype or the lipstick in the world can't make him look like an attractive candidate, let alone a winning one.He&#…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Con Clown Meeting in Muskoka
As announced, today is the day Tony Clement, the King of Muskoka aka Gaz Boy or Gas Bag, will make what he calls an "important announcement." When he will solemnly declare that he too wants to be the new leader of the Harper Party.And while …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney, Tony Clement, and the Mediocrity of the Cons
It may seem hard to believe, but many in the MSM are saying that Jason Kenney's decision to leave his job in Ottawa to go fight the commies in Alberta, has blown a giant hole in the Con leadership race.Which speaks volumes about the dilapidated…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Brexiteers and the Road to Ruin
Ever since Jason Kenney tweeted out his enthusiastic support for the Brexit referendum result, he has been widely ridiculed.Especially since the Brexiteer's bubble burst.European leaders have insisted they will set the terms of the EU’s split fr…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Blinding of Canada
It's been five long years since the Cons gutted the census, and left us stumbling in the darkness, unable to determine who we really are, or what kind of country we're really living in.But now the long-form census is back. And while I'm ha…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Desperate Con Losers
Well Justin Trudeau's fairy tale visit to Washington is over.And no doubt the entire Trudeau family is resting up after their extraordinary performance…Including the youngest member who also did his part to win over the Americans.And so success…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clown Circus and the Hypocrisy of Tony Clement
Uh oh. Move over Michelle Rempel. There's a new star at Rona Ambrose's Con clown circus.His name is Tony Clement also known as The King of Muskoka.Or the new shadow minister of Foreign Affairs.And he couldn't be funnier… Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Census Fiasco and the Final Humiliation of Stephen Harper
It seems only fitting that on his last day as Con leader Stephen Harper should leave through a door darkly, while being humiliated over and over again. In the same manner he ruled and humiliated this country, its people and their values, for nine nightmarish years. First he had to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons, the Census, and the Horrifying Story of Our Vanishing Canada
It's now been five years since the ghastly Tony Clement announced that the Cons were killing the long form census.Claiming that it was a gross invasion of privacy, and that they had been "flooded" with complaints.Which like all things Con turned out to be just another Big Lie. The Conservative government listened
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ryan Meili examines why Craig Alexander of the TD Bank is calling for a move toward greater income equality in Canada: The OECD reports that income inequality is at the highest level in 30 years, and that economic growth has been slowed by
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