Robert Reich does his usual fine job of warning about threats to American society and democracy posed by the entrenched interests who care nothing for principle and everything about the acquisition and retention of power: Voting rights are under attack. States across the country have adopted voter suppression laws and
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The Canadian Progressive: Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess
Elections Canada has made an awful mess of voter registration for the 2015 federal election. It’s a mess that recalls bad memories of the 2011 robocall scandal. Stephen Harper is partly to blame. The post Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Monstrous and Most Miserable Thanksgiving
Well it must have been a very special Thanksgiving celebration at Stephen Harper's house, with a bloody niqab replacing a squawking turkey.A chance to give thanks for all those shiny new seats that bigot issue has earned him in Quebec.But after he had finished gobbling his ghastly meal down, and allowed
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Is Elections Canada Suppressing the Vote?
It should be a good news story. But instead it's a democratic nightmare.Large numbers of Canadians are flocking to advance polling stations across the country.Only to leave without casting their ballots because of the long lineups.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Are the Harper Cons Trying to Steal the Election Already?
Well we know how the Cons tried to steal the last election, and that most of the robocall gang got away.And we know Boss Harper and his mob.We know that if they are prepared to use naked bigotry to try to win an election, they are capable of ANYTHING.So call
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Voter justice denied as Fair Elections Act legal challenge is delayed
Canadians’ legal challenge to the Harper government’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act won’t be heard until after the 2015 federal elections. Voter justice denied. The post Voter justice denied as Fair Elections Act legal challenge is delayed appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the By-election Message Progressives Cannot Ignore
You'd think Stephen Harper would have been cheered by his two by-election victories in Ontario and Alberta.But he wasn't. In the Commons yesterday he was tense and irritable.And with good reason. For when you examine the results closely you can see that hidden in them are the seeds of his
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act challenged in court
Activists led by the Council of Canadians have filed a Charter challenge to the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act or Bill C-23 in the Ontario Superior Court. The post Harper’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act challenged in court appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Are the Hudak Cons Trying to Steal the Ontario Election?
I guess it makes sense. Tim Hudak is incapable of coming up with an original idea, for obvious reasons.So he is always borrowing them from others.He borrowed his economic platform from the Koch brothers. Mike Harris' old gang is running his campaign.And now he's clearly taken his voter suppression idea from the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Why Law Professors will rub their hands with glee over the Commissioner’s Report
Counsellor Shrybman: The Doubter One thing is for sure: for the next two decades or more, constitutional law professors in every law university in Canada will be rubbing their hands in delight at being able to present to law students the report of a commissioner into electoral fraud, and a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Less Than Meets The Eye
Were average citizens given to much political reflection, they would realize that from start to finish, the ‘Fair’ Elections Act has been almost exclusively about both discouraging people from voting and suppressing the vote of those who do not fit the Conservative Party’s target ‘audience.’ Even in light of yesterday’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Unfair Elections Act and the Republican Connection
He has always been more of an American style politician than a Canadian one.The closest thing to Richard Nixon and his dirty trick Republicans this country has ever seen.He brought their disgusting attack ads to Canada.And his foul Unfair Elections Act is right out of the Republican playbook.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Are We Losing the Battle to Kill the Unfair Elections Act?
I thought we were making good progress in our struggle to try to force the Cons to change or kill their foul so-called Fair Elections Act.But it turns out I may have been a bit too optimistic. For while we have made progress, it seems far too many Canadians are still
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I Nominate Him For A Nobel Prize
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Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Pierre Poilievre’s Election Bill Could Help Kill the Cons
He's the most Republican looking MP I've ever seen.A ghastly little fanatic who could just have easily have been suckled by Karl Rove as he was suckled by Stephen Harper.And of course his foul voter suppression bill is straight out of the Republican play book, or the anus of Amerika.But what
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Well Worth The Read
I’m going to spend much of the day trying to finish off the bulk of my flooring project, so I shall merely offer some reading recommendations for your consideration: In his Star column today, Tim Harper discusses the taint that will reside over every federal election henceforth if the ‘Fair’
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Pierre Palooka and the Con Robocall Scandal
OMG. Somebody please throw in the towel. This fight has gotta end before I start feeling almost sorry for Pierre Poilievre.Because the way that palooka and his foul Unfair Elections Act are getting pounded in the ring of public opinion is almost too brutal.So many Chief Electoral Officers, law professors, election experts,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: About Those 39 Pieces of I.D. Pierre Poilivre Keeps Talking About
H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper To hear Pierre Poilievre speak, one might think that any Canadian who claims that the ‘Fair’ Elections Act could very well disenfranchise up to 500,000 Canadians in the next election is intellectually challenged. The ubiquitous Harper weasel, both in the House and on
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Stealing Democracy Part XII: More Revelations On Quebec, and Bill C-23
As more incidents of voter suppression in Quebec come to the surface, the picture starts to become a little more clear. Yesterday, we learned about a Green Party candidate who has been denied registration as a voter. The issue comes down to the interpretation of "domiciled": The debate over who
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wonderful and Neverending Pounding of Pierre Poilievre
The one good thing about the foul Fair Elections Act is the way it has transformed Pierre Poilievre into a parliamentary punching bag.Because it seems that every day somebody is taking a shot at him and his bill.And today it was the election expert Harry Neufeld's turn to tell Poilievre
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