11 Star Wars GIFs illustrating Mike Duffy’s latest revelations in court

Published December 18, 2015

Why not a round-up of all the Mike Duffy trial's latest revelations expressed in the form of Star Wars gifs?

The 5 most “explosive” Mike Duffy secrets Canadians know about so far

Published April 9, 2015

What could be more “explosive” than lunch with Mike Duffy? Apparently finding your name in Duffy’s “diaries” — as many prominent Canadian conservatives are now beginning to learn. Here are 5 things we currently know based on documents already tabled in court in the opening week of Duffy’s trial on fraud, breach of trust and […]

VIDEO: Why are senators allowed to raise money for the Conservatives?

Published April 7, 2015

Should Canadian senators be involved in partisan political fundraising? Can the chamber of sober second thought really be sober or offer second thought if senators are shilling for Stephen Harper at cocktail parties and tangling themselves up in conflicts of interest? Should senators be “banned from fundraising for political parties,” as the late Jack Layton […]

VIDEO. Senate created to keep “the people” in check: retired senator

Published December 17, 2014

Why does Canada have an appointed Senate? According to retired Conservative Senator Hugh Segal, “it’s because at the beginning of the country, the Fathers of Confederation (I use the term advisedly) weren’t prepared to actually trust the people with all the democratic decision-making they deserved.” “It’s a Canadian thing,” Segal adds. Indeed, here’s what Sir […]

Vengeance? Former Stephen Harper advisor says “bad blood” behind Elections Canada attack

Published April 9, 2014

Could this week’s all-out Conservative personal attack against the head of Elections Canada be about vengeance? That’s what Tory pundit Geoff Norquay suggested Tuesday night during a panel on CBC’s Power and Politics. You see, Chief Elections Officer Marc Mayrand, a critic of the proposed Unfair Elections Act, took on the Conservative Party a few years […]

Senators: entitled to their entitlements

Published February 13, 2014

It’s remarkable that senators, in the middle of a spending scandal that has come to define the Upper Chamber, would be so brazen in the dingwalling of taxpayers. But that’s how bad things have gotten in the Senate, governed by a policy that asks senators to exercise “sound judgment” when making travel-related decisions. CBC News […]

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