Where was Senators’ due process when they killed the Wheat Board?
Most Canadians have come to expect a certain level of hypocrisy from their politicians, but the current Senate scandal involving Duffy, Wallin, and Brazeau, three of the many Harper-appointed Senators have exposed this hypocrisy in spades. Led by Conservative Senator Don Plett some Conservative Senators have suddenly become aware of the importance of due process. Conservative Senator Hugh Segal...
Read MoreTo See Ourselves
The great poet Robbie Burns once observed that he wished some power would give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us. A couple of weeks ago political blogger and long time Alberta reporter David Climenhaga did just that when he wrote a column (Grass crime no! Grain crime yes! The inconsistencies of Prime Minister Harper!) on the hypocrisy of Stephen Harper being tough on crime,...
Read MoreAnother spending scandal in Saskatchewan
by admin on May 28, 2013 in Articles and Letters
By Bruce Johnstone, The Leader-Post May 24, 2013 While all eyes are focused on the Senate expense scandal, another Harper government scandal is slowly unfolding right here in Saskatchewan. The scandal, if you will, is the wholesale dismantling of government institutions, including Canadian Wheat Board, Canadian Grain Commission, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Community Pasture...
Read MoreFarmers celebrate International Women’s Day 2013
Short skirts and shrinking computers March 8, 2013 – International Women’s Day By now many readers have seen the cheesecake cartoon of a woman straddling a fence in an advertisement created by the Harper Government’s secretive grain broker firm disingenuously known as “CWB.” There is no need to point out this throw-back advertisement says volumes about the Harper...
Read MoreFarmers Celebrate International Women’s Day
(March 8, 2012) Today is when we recognize and celebrate women’s economic, political, and social achievements. In Canada we often forget that until 1929 women were not even considered “persons” under our laws. Too few remember how women overcame this abomination in our legal system. It all started with the grain farmers of western Canada. For over 30 years, since the 1890s they...
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