by Barry Weisleder The massive 'anti-terror' Bill C-51 that Stephen Harper's Conservative government is rushing through the House of Commons has been roundly denounced, including by four former Prime Ministers and five ex-Supreme Court judges. It would create a secret…
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by Evan Engering and Barry Weisleder Immediately after two Canadian Forces soldiers were killed in separate incidents on October 20 and 22, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the assailants 'terrorists'. Leader of the Official Opposition New Democratic Party, Tom…
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Picket Tory Minister to Defend Postal Services All Out September 20! by Barry Weisleder Momentum is growing towards a monster mass picket and rally to defend Canada's postal services. The protest, set for Saturday, September 20, is against Canada Post…
A perennial target of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's hateful policies is the federal public service work force. Harper claims that fat-cat public employees collect much bigger pay packets than their counterparts in the private sector. Unfortunately for the Tory regime,…
by Barry Weisleder How ironic would it be if Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ultimate downfall occurs due to a scandal involving some rip-off artists he appointed to the Senate, rather than as a consequence of Harper's bestial record on the…
by Barry Weisleder When close to 400 New Democrats crowded a YMCA auditorium on September 14 to choose Linda McQuaig to be their candidate in the Toronto Centre federal by-election, they bucked a trend. The trend is exemplified by…
On August 19 the federal Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared its plan to prorogue the Canadian Parliament -- for the fourth time. Harper used prorogation in 2007, but subsequent moves to prorogue in 2008 and 2010…
Right wing governments in Canada seem to be on the ropes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's regime is mired in scandals, the latest centred on a $90,000 payoff by his former chief of staff to cover-up misappropriation of funds by Conservative…
