Expunging Liberal phrases
Embassy Magazine outs the Harper government’s effort to strip foreign policy documents of vestigial Liberal language: DFAIT insiders tell Embassy that since the Conservative government took power in...
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Wafergate redux: the questions pile up – with updates
[UPDATES appended at end] Contrarian reader SL shares our ink-stained correspondent‘s distaste for the Saint John Telegraph-Journal’s malodorous apology to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She wonders...
View ArticleA crat’s a crat for a’ that
In his game effort to wish away the cheque-writing scandal, Conservative blogger Stephen Taylor posts a telling email from an anonymous Harper MP: When we formed govt the crats stopped bringing cheques...
View ArticleFormer Guantanamo detainees speak
The American Civil Liberties Union has released a video in which five former detainees talk about their treatment at the American prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All were eventually released...
View ArticleThey’re not “Tories,” dammit – updated x 2
Tories knock off Bloc in eastern Quebec – Gazette Tories, NDP make gains in by-elections – Star Tories retake former Nova Scotia stronghold – Globe and Mail Byelection win will boost Tories in Quebec:...
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Are the Harper forces backpedaling on torture?
The Star’s Tonda McCharles reports that the Conservatives are changing tack in the torture scandal. “It is our understanding that other current and former DFAIT employees will be testifying before the...
View ArticleSelf-indulgent lefties let Harper off the hook – updated & corrected
Pinto Pony Productions, a small Toronto video production house specializing in non-invasive filming techniques, took to the streets of Toronto this weekend and shot the best roundup of...
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Pundits’ Guide begs the question
Last Thursday, Contrarian got into a bit of a Twitter dustup with Alice Funke, whose blog, Pundits’ Guide, features statistical analysis of Canadian election results. In a post titled, “Mommy, They...
View Article10 years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. It worked.
At a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of Portugal’s bold experiment in drug policy — the decriminalization of all drugs — Joao Goulao, President of the Institute of Drugs and Drugs...
View ArticleMore false equivalence in the Robocalls scandal
Steve Maher and Glen McGregor, the two Ottawa reporters who broke the Robocall scandal, have a long story in yesterday’s Ottawa Citizen that warrants a close read. The story leads with an account of...
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