Apr 15, 2011
John Duncan: Another Conservative hypocrite
Murray Dobbin
Conservatives in their previous incarnation as the Reform Party claimed they would clean up corruption on Indian reserves. John Duncan in particular made this his cause celebre.
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Apr 12, 2011 This election, do somethingMurray Dobbin Harper is where he is because we have not been serious about defending what we have. Do something about it today. Here are three groups you can support. |
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Apr 11, 2011 A Harper majority and the remaking of CanadaMurray Dobbin Stephen Harper's announcement that he is going to reach his deficit elimination goal a year early by lopping $11 billion off federal spending is lifting the veil on his long feared "hidden agenda." |
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Apr 11, 2011 Why voters appear to accept Harper's contemptMinimally engaged citizens are not equipped to deal with politicians who are willing to actually destroy the foundations of democracy and violate its most basic principles. |
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Apr 8, 2011 Recovering our moral compassMurray Dobbin I don't know which is more alarming -- the continued contemptuous attitude towards democracy shown by Stephen Harper or the fact that none of this seems to have any impact on Canadians' assessment. |
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Apr 6, 2011 Green Party bluesMurray Dobbin The Green Party has been playing less and less of a role in Canadian politics over the past two years. You don't often hear from the party or its leader on key issues. |
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Apr 4, 2011  The Liberal platform: NDP ideas and lots of smilingMurray Dobbin Ignatieff: A platform full of left-of-centre policies, reflecting the values of fairness and equality and stealing Liberally. |
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Apr 3, 2011  The Liberal platform: Targeting the NDP, seducing civil societyMurray Dobbin The Liberal party released its comprehensive election platform today and it reminds me and a lot of other people of the Red Book trumpeted by Jean Chretien throughout the 1993 election. |
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Apr 3, 2011 'Our benign dictatorship': Harper and coalition politicsMurray Dobbin Would the real Stephen Harper please stand up. It seems that once he has had a taste for power his complaints about dictatorship fade away. |
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Apr 1, 2011 Harper off to a shaky startMurray Dobbin If you think you don't have time to get involved in this election, try to imagine what it will be like every morning for four years waking up to the fact that Harper has a majority. |
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Mar 28, 2011  Canada would lose Conservative majority gameMurray Dobbin If you find it impossible contemplating what Canada will be like under a Harper majority government, here are a few suggestions of its horrific, extremist potential. |
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Mar 28, 2011  Stephen Harper waits impatiently for his majorityIf you find it impossible contemplating what Canada will be like under a Harper majority government, here are a few suggestions of its horrific, extremist potential. |
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Mar 23, 2011 Election likely, attempting to alienate the electorate... definitelyMurray Dobbin In a fight to frame the election -- ethics and democracy versus the economy -- the budget is a very weak hand. |
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Mar 21, 2011 No end of Western hypocrisy in LibyaMurray Dobbin Anyone who trusts the "West" to do anything good with its military is suffering from a special kind of delusion and the efforts by NATO and a few Arab states is no different. |
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Mar 14, 2011 The federal election and its parallel universeClimate degradation, unregulated growth, the wealth-poverty gap -- all are now the purview of the economy. Until we take back control of the economy from corporations, change will be beyond our grasp. |
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Mar 11, 2011 Two big victories in the fight against asbestosMurray Dobbin This past week has seen two very significant victories in the long battle against Canadian exports of asbestos. |
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Mar 10, 2011  Outrageous actions by Harper, minimal outcry by CanadiansMurray Dobbin What has happened to this country? |
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Mar 9, 2011 Stephen Harper: Is this the new normal?Murray Dobbin What has happened to this country? Stephen Harper seems able to carry out the most outrageous acts, week in, week out, and there seems to be barely any consequence. |
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Mar 2, 2011 Galliano and HitlerMurray Dobbin Dior super-designer John Galliano revealed his true character this week. |
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Feb 28, 2011 A federal election about democracy would be refreshingA poll shows that 86 per cent of voters fear the 'secrecy and control' of the Harperites. The Liberals show they are disastrous for social justice. The NDP can play to their strengths on these issues. |
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Feb 28, 2011 Harper's party of thugs, liars, cheats, crooks -- and ChristiansMurray Dobbin Do any of the alleged Christians who support the government of Stephen Harper have any trouble with the fact that his government is the most morally corrupt party in Canadian history? |
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Feb 20, 2011 NDP misses on corporate tax cutsMurray Dobbin Jack Layton's announcement that he will no longer press the Harper government to cancel its next round of corporate tax cuts weakens him and strengthens Harper. |
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Feb 14, 2011  KAIROS fell victim to government dictatorial tendenciesMurray Dobbin Federal Minister Bev Oda and the 'doctoring' of a document that denied an aid group its funding. |
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Feb 14, 2011  Harper government treatment of KAIROS is worthy of a dictatorshipThe 'doctoring' of a document that denied the ecumenical development group its funding occurred, and the Speaker of Parliament has placed a big question mark on Bev Oda, the minister in charge. |
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