Donald Trump, Stephen Harper, and the Politics of Hate

I'm sure you know how I feel about Donald Trump. I've called him a fascist buffoon before, and compared his hair to one of the most poisonous caterpillars in America.

But now that so many people all over the world feel the same way, including our new government.

In an unusual move, the Canadian government, which usually refrains from commenting on foreign election campaigns, joined the chorus of those criticising Trump. 

“It’s something that we can’t accept in Canada ... We have never been as far removed from what we’ve just heard in the United States,” foreign affairs minister Stephane Dion said.

Some more than others...

Mike Duffy Says Stephen Harper Can't Be trusted

Well the big day finally arrived. Mike Duffy finally got the chance to take the stand and tell his side of the story.

And although it would have been better before the election than after it. And we didn't really need to know that Duffy now needs regular injections in his eyeballs. He didn't disappoint me.

For not only did he claim that making him a Senator from P.E.I. was all Harper's idea.

Stephen Harper and the Loonie Apocalypse

He promised he'd lead us to prosperity, in the golden tar ponds of Albertonia.  

He spent a billion dollars of our money trying to brainwash us into believing that he was a Great Economist Leader.

But now the chickens, or the bats from hell, have come home to roost.

And it isn't The Rapture.

It's the Oily Inferno or the loonie apocalypse.

Stephen Harper and the Invisible Man

I don't know whether Stephen Harper will turn up for Question Period today, because he didn't bother or dare to attend the Throne Speech.

And people are starting to call him the invisible man. 

The man who can't be seen, or dare not show his face. Because he's either too crushed, or too humiliated, or can't stand the sight of The Man Who Was Not Ready sitting in his seat.

But still clings to his lowly MP's seat, and his parliamentary immunity, in case he's suddenly dragged into the Duffy trial.

For who knows what Ol' Duff might say when he takes the stand in his own defence?

How to Help Stop Seniors From Dying of Loneliness

When I was a boy my grandmother read me a story about an old woman whose body was discovered in a rooming house, days or weeks after she died.

And when they went through her possessions they found a diary, with only these same words written on every page:

"Nobody  came today."

And although my canny granny was probably just trying to guilt me out for not visiting HER enough i.e. more than four or five times a week. 

That story changed forever how I viewed seniors and loneliness.

The Montreal Massacre and the Never-ending Violence Against Women

At a time when the United States is going through yet another spasm of gun violence.

And I see how some wing nut in that country reacted to this editorial in the New York Times. 



I'm glad that I live in Canada, and grateful that today is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

And that Justin Trudeau, our new Prime Minister attended a ceremony on Mount Royal, where 14 beams on light were projected into the sky.

To remember these Canadian victims of gun violence.

Why the Con Media is Wrong About Justin Trudeau

From the moment he was sworn in the Con media has gone after Justin Trudeau like a pack of rabid rats.

They have attacked his wife, they have attacked his children.

They keep claiming that his honeymoon is over.

But sadly for them they don't seem to know their own country, and are almost certainly going to be bitterly disappointed.

The Appalling Hypocrisy of the Con Queen Rona Ambrose

As you may know Rona Ambrose has always been a ghastly hypocrite.

Who would go after child care for the Trudeau children, while claiming to be a feminist.

Or even worse, pretend to be a doctor.

While sentencing thousands of heroin addicts to death by making it almost impossible to set up needle sharing clinics.

Justin Trudeau and the Death of the Harper Cons

It was the most magical throne speech I've ever seen. The new leader stepping forward. the old one rotting in the shadows.

The promise to take our Canada back.

Justin Trudeau is signalling that his government will make a clean break from the policies and practises of its Conservative predecessors with a relatively short Speech from the Throne that promises a cleaner environment, an enhanced social safety net, and a new era of openness and transparency.

And to make it even more wonderful, the thought of the Cons screaming at the sound of the promise that will destroy them.

Stephen Harper and the Legacy of Bigotry

When Stephen Harper fanned the flames of bigotry during the election campaign for crass political purposes, I predicted that the fires he was starting would be very difficult to put out.

And sure enough, now the newspapers are heaving and churning with racist comments.

Anti Muslim bigotry is being used to create a backlash against the refugees who will soon be arriving here. 

A photo surfaced on twitter from Tuscany station where the escalator had been sprayed in silver paint with the misspelled words: "F-K Syrea, Kill Musilums". 

And this too is Harper's foul legacy.