election

The fiction in our election

I have been torn about how to comment about the current federal election. I am struck by how emotional and fraught it is. But the most glaring characteristic is the amount of fiction the Conservatives base their platform on. In the past few days, they’ve started just making things up about their opponents legalizing hard […]

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It’s not because of hair or niqabs. I’m not afraid of refugees in my back yard. It’s partly because of the economy. The Conservative narrative, dictated almost entirely by Stephen Harper himself, says that the economy is so fragile, only the party that is the best economic manager can handle it. Well, the “Harper Government” has […]