Bruce Wark

Stephen Joseph Harper, who celebrated his 52nd birthday two days before leading his Conservatives to their third consecutive election victory, once joked that his father had wanted him to become a chartered accountant. “But I didn’t have enough charisma to be an accountant,” Harper told the Toronto Star in 2004. Now, as a Conservative prime […]

Harper’s male bomb When you head to the polls on Monday, remember how the Conservatives have repeatedly cut funding for groups that help women. I was glad to see the Conservatives stepping into some well-earned shit last week over women’s reproductive rights. When Saskatchewan Conservative MP Brad Trost bragged that the Harper government had cut off […]

Too bad Elizabeth May wasn’t allowed on the TV election debates. The Green Party leader says she would have raised Canada’s shameful treatment of its aboriginal peoples, the widening gap between rich and poor, the continued inequality of women and mass arrests at the G20 summit in Toronto. These are issues of crucial importance to […]

Lock ’em up and throw away the key. Hand over billions to Lockheed Martin. Slash social programs. Deny climate change and kick Canuck democracy in the ass. That’s what the Conservative-Reform-Alliance party stands for and here are five solid reasons to vote against them on May 2. 1. Slashing social programs: Buried in the Conservative […]

Lock ’em up and throw away the key. Hand over billions to Lockheed Martin. Slash social programs. Deny climate change and kick Canuck democracy in the ass. That’s what the Conservative-Reform-Alliance party stands for and here are five solid reasons to vote against them on May 2. 1. Slashing social programs: Buried in the Conservative […]