Place your bets! Here are the odds on the CPC leadership candidates

Published May 27, 2016

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Harper government a no-show at climate forum in tale of two summits

Published July 6, 2015

The Harper government is sending three top ministers to International Economic Forum of the Americas in Toronto this week — but can’t be bothered to send a single representative to the Climate Summit of the Americas being held at the same time at the exact same hotel. That’s right, International Trade Minister Ed Fast, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt […]

Supreme Court ruling may strike major blow to anti-union laws across Canada

Published January 30, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada just struck a major blow to conservative efforts to erode unions by protecting their right to strike. In striking down a controversial provincial labour law, and upholding public sector workers right to strike, the court has set a precedent for challenges to laws around the country — and created a potential […]

Tony Clement’s anti-union talking points don’t stand up to reality

Published March 28, 2014

The Conservative government, facing a constitutional challenge over its budget implementation bill for gutting collective bargaining rights of federal public sector workers, has some creative talking points to defend the draconian provisions. The 9-page internal Questions and Answers document about the “modernization” of collective bargaining, prepared for Treasury Board president Tony Clement, was released to PressProgress […]

So much for those “overpaid public sector workers”

Published March 18, 2014

Treasury Board President Tony Clement often sounds like a broken record, taking shots at the public service whenever he can. If he’s not complaining about a “complete disconnect” between public sector and private sector compensation, Clement is talking about clawing back salaries of public servants. Clement must have been disappointed, then, when his office was handed a […]

Blue Valentine: Conservative pick-up lines

Published February 16, 2014

Feeling blue at the end of Valentine’s Day weekend? These imaginary pick up lines from Stephen Harper and some of his cabinet colleagues, courtesy of Ottawa artist Gabe Thirlwall (also known as Fish on Fridays), may cheer you up. The Valentines are from Thirlwall’s Political Circus puppet series.