East Coast Lessons for Ottawa
While MPs in Ottawa discuss whether or not to open their own expense accounts to Auditor General Sheila Fraser at a secretive committee, Nova Scotia has already led the way when they opened their own books. The result was less than flattering and led to a surge in public distrust, resignations and a Teddy Waste [...]
March 30, 2010
Tags: Auditor General, Expenses, Jack Layton, MLA Expenses, MLA Pensions, MP Expenses, MP Pensions, NDP, Nova Scotia, Sheila Fraser Posted in: Blog Content 
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Leftist Echos of Harper’s ‘97 Essay “Our Benign Dictatorship”
In 1997, Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan jointly penned an essay titled “Our Benign Dictatorship” in which they laid out why the Liberal government of the time was essentially undefeatable, as well as what would be required for it’s defeat. Namely, they pointed to electoral co-operation (between Reform and the PCs) in the form of [...]
February 8, 2010
Tags: Coalition, Elizabeth May, Jack Layton, Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, Our Benign Dictatorship, Progressive Conservative, Reform Party, Stephen Harper, The Tyee, Tom Flanagan Posted in: Blog Content 7 Comments
