Touch of Frost on Parliament Hill
“Somebody’s telling porkies”
Prime Minister Harper and Senator Duffy trade accusations in the senate expense scandal. Will we ever get the truth?
Harper takes heat
Disgraced Senator Duffy reveals that Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered him to go along with plan to repay $90,000 in expenses in order to silence scandal.
Un-worthy
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper avoids the opportunity to address the UN this week in spite of being in New York at the opening of the 68th General Assembly
Harper forced to back-pedal on Arctic Naval Port
The new Arctic Naval Port in Nunavut, announced with great hype and fanfare by Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government, has been delayed after hitting several snags, including budget cuts, lack of consultation, regulatory road-blocks and an inadequate airport
Prime Minister Harper compiles “enemy list”
Canadian Prime Minister’s office sends emails requesting that aides compile a list of “enemies” for distribution to new Cabinet
Harping on Free Trade
Stephen Harper promotes free trade deal in first speech by a Canadian Prime Minister to the British Parliament in 70 years.
“Brenting his Rath”
Canadian MP Brent Rathgeber resigns from the Conservative caucus and attacks the Prime Minister and the Conservative Government for betraying its principals and “morphing into what we once mocked”
Disorder of Canada
Senators and Order of Canada recipients Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy resign from Conservative caucus over Senate expense-claim scandal
The Wright Duff
Canadian Conservative Senator Mike Duffy accepts $90,000 personal cheque from Prime Minister Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright, to pay back falsified housing expense claims.
Canadians Sense-less!
Harper Conservatives receive harsh criticism for abolishing the Canada Census as the low response rate from the new voluntary “National Household Survey”, renders the data practically useless.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 