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Frustration with the Harper government’s decision to prorogue Parliament spilled from the Internet onto the streets Saturday, as thousands of demonstrators gathered at rallies across Canada.  Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Dec. 30 that Parliament would prorogue until March, instead of resuming on January.
The decision sparked a backlash, especially online, where a Facebook group [...]

Stephen Harper is in trouble for being ham-fisted with Parliament and several public institutions. He has also caused a ruckus by penalizing those who dare criticize Israel.
Fused together, those two traits can be combustible enough. Adding a third element, catering to his party’s conservative ideologues, the Prime Minister has created a major crisis at Canada’s [...]

Remember the old battle cry of the Reform Party – The West Wants In. Well… in 2010, we can safely say that the West IS in with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives firmly planted in the Reform/Alliance side of the spectrum. The question is - Are we better or worse as a country? Based on the [...]

Haroon Siddiqui
Thestar.com
When Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien were in power, conservative commentators used to complain that both tended to be dictatorial, courtesy of our parliamentary system that made the prime minister too powerful, more so in some respects than the president of the United States.
Where are those pundits when we really need them? Stephen [...]