New Law To Give Police Access To Online Exchanges

The Conservative government is preparing sweeping new eavesdropping legislation that will force Internet service providers to let police tap exchanges on their systems - but will likely reignite fear that Big Brother will be monitoring the private conversations of Canadians.

We’re In The Midst Of A What?

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tells us what kind of recession we’re in

 

They’re just making up sh*t as they go along ain’t they?

Where’s The Adaptation Planning?

Jack Layton has once again introduced a climate change bill with (once again) mitigation at its’ heart - when are the mitigation people going to start acknowledging reality and start talking about adaptation?

PM Dropped Cadman Suit Ahead Of Key Hearing

Stephen Harper dropped his lawsuit against the Liberals in the Cadman affair just weeks before a hearing on whether his emails, notes and agenda could be called into evidence.

Budget Promises Are Expensive

 

– but at least this one isn’t gonna cost me or my great-grand children.

And That’s The Problem With Party Politics

 

Tom Flanagan on Ignatieff not forcing MP’s to toe the party line: “...it is a sign of weakness in the brutal world of politics and will create problems in the longer run. Harper would never do something similar

So…Why Isn’t Everyone Happy?

The Liberals and NDP forced a major shift in Conservative spending: the Conservatives showed themselves surprisingly willing to adapt: and we dodged an election we can’t afford and no-one wants. Why so grumpy?

Iggy To The Masses

The budget falls short, but we’re gonna support it, and require reports, and then watch them like hawks, and if it doesn’t work the way we think it should we’ll bring them down — I think Dion wrote his text for him.

Show Of Hands Please

How many of you who voted Conservative 3 months ago voted for $86 billion in deficit spending?

 

… really, I’m interested.

Harper: What People Are Concerned About

 

“People aren’t concerned about the balance sheet of the government,”

They Say Weapons - But It Means Everything

 

Israel has approved a new mechanism to prevent weapons from being smuggled into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip

Dear Michael Ignatieff

If you, the Liberal Party, its’ membership, and indeed Canada as a whole “has to support the right of a democratic country to defend itself” what is your, and the Liberal Party of Canada’s, position on democratic countries banning political parties from running in elections?

The Palestinians: Everybodies Favorite Human Shield

It has been said, many times, and in many places, that Hamas hides hides their weapons and soldiers among civilians and uses them as human shields. This, apparently, legitimizes Israeli military attacks on civilian targets - indeed, our own government blames innocent Palestinian deaths on Hamas because of this tactic.

 

I wonder what our government has to say about the Israeli army using Palestinians as human shields?

Well That’s All Sweet And Everything –

– but the proof will be in his governments actions, not what a civil servant says.

 

Residential schools apology deeply moved Harper, changed his views

I’m a partisan and I’m OK

I fib all night and I lie all day.

 

A post in which the bunker pokes fun at the partisans, and then asks them a question.

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