Showing posts with label Con War on the Courts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Con War on the Courts. Show all posts

Sunday, October 05, 2014

The Con Regime and the Outrageous Muzzling of Omar Khadr



Omar Khadr is Canada's most famous prisoner. Thousands of stories have been written about him all over the world.

So we know how the former child soldier was victimized by his family, the American military, and even his own government.

We know he was horribly wounded, then tortured, and that he has spent almost half his life behind bars or barbed wire.

But in those thirteen years this is the only time we ever heard his voice...

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

What Excuse Will Stephen Harper Use to Trigger An Early Election?



He is not supposed to call an election until October 19, 2015 according to his own fixed-date election law.

But everybody knows that Stephen Harper won't hesitate to hold one if and when it suits him.

The question is what excuse will he use to trigger an election?

And could it be a clash with the federal public service unions? 

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Stephen Harper, Omar Khadr, and the Con War On the Supreme Court



I wrote my first post about the case of Omar Khadr just over seven years ago. And since then I have written more than eighty others.

I have always considered the way that Canadian child soldier was treated to be one of the worst travesties of justice in the history of this country. 

And I believe Stephen Harper's cruel treatment of that young Canadian to be an absolute abomination.

So you can imagine how I felt when I saw that Khadr had finally won a measure of justice.