View from the Edge

Prime Minister Stephen Harper took the unprecedented step of suing the Liberal Party of Canada for libel over statements made by the party on its website. After the release of a taped interview with Harper from 2005, Liberals began accusing the Conservative party in general, and Harper in particular, of bribery with respect to Cadman …

Stephen Harper and his Conservatives came to power last year on promises of greater accountability in Ottawa. During the election campaign, one of the things Harper and his people harped on was the idea that, especially under Chretien and Martin …

Well, it seems the last few days have been a bit interesting in Canadian politics, as much of an oxymoron as that would appear to be. But the fact is, its been nowhere near as interesting as talking heads have been trying to make it. It seems that the national media is out to paint Garth Turner as a turncoat, no matter what it takes. Perhaps its because he was so vocal about the David Emerson affair,

PM Stephen Harper announced this morning that the Canadian government has agreed upon an official compensation package, as well as an official apology, delivered by the PM himself on Newsworld this morning. While many of the details remain confidential, reports say the $ amount is over $10 million, which may seem like a lot […]

In a somewhat ironic twist of history, the same day that saw George Bush give his 7th State of the Union address also marked one year in office for Canadian Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Steve’s year was an odd one, even down to the Steve itself … when they met last year, Bush […]

There may be many criticisms that can be levelled at Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister. Certainly, recent troubles with the media and his ‘accountability act (PDF),’ along with lingering questions of political patronage surrounding the election earlier this year and other issues stand as bold-faced question marks above Harper’s term as PM. But at the […]

I’ve been trying to blog on this for a couple of days now, unable to find the words I needed to express the outrage within me today. Much has been made of the the ‘new realities of the world’ and about how those realities mean that we need to change the way we do […]

CTV.ca | Khan ready to give up Liberal job to help Harper
I’ve never been a huge fan of Harper, as is evidenced by other blog posts I’ve made (see here for a list of them).  Not all of them are negative, but its probably safer to call me a critic of Harper’s policy as […]

globeandmail.com : Air Canada, Air Transat finalize plans to evacuate thousands of Canadian refugees fleeing Lebanon
This whole operation is something important, and I wanted to draw attention to it. Aside from the issues of leaving behind people who haven’t the option to leave, it makes sense for foreigners to evacuate in a time like […]

Edited 17:45 … I see Bill Graham made my point in Question Period today, and good on him.  While Haprer was quick to assure that 'this government' would never do that, he didn't point to anything that legally rules that possibility out.  This legislation is nothing new … before, the clock was 5 years from […]