Comments for Harper's Report Card at http://www.culturemagazine.ca , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.culturemagazine.ca Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:24:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/have_the_first_four_years_of_conservative_rule_under_stephen_harper_served_as_a_foundation_for_a_full_term_as_a_majority_government.html#comment-412 Wow! Nice propaganda for the Harper regime published here. The author of this piece pays no attention to how Harper's abuse of Parliamentary privilege impacts our democracy and our democratic rights. It's as though the writer has no regard for the long-standing traditions inherent in a Parliamentary democracy. The author would, it seems, prefer a corporate state with Harper at the helm. This ezine is appropriately named, I think. (cult)ure: the cult of Stephen Harper! PS: I do not agree with the Terms of Usage, but have been forced to say I do in order to post here. I do not give you the right "to change, modify, add, or delete" my comment. - B. L. Wagmitfam Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:10:18 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/have_the_first_four_years_of_conservative_rule_under_stephen_harper_served_as_a_foundation_for_a_full_term_as_a_majority_government.html#comment-411 Uh ... "middle of the road"? Bypassing due process and unduly controlling the work of independent or arm's-length organizations like KAIROS, Alternatives and Rights & Democracy to impose a Christian Zionist Middle East policy doesn't qualify as "hard right"? Don't let the free vote on gay marriage allow you to forget for a moment that Harper's crew is a gang of right-wing evangelicals who believe that humans once coexisted with dinosaurs and who are hungry for Armageddon. The "achievements" listed here are pretty thin ... and in some cases, like the Residential Schools Apology, pretty screwed up. I mean, bail out churches if you must, but what about reparations for the victims, to say nothing about getting rid of the Indian Act altogether - possibly the biggest obstacle against finally bringing to bear some justice for Aboriginal people? An apology should be only the starting point. The author's comments on the Lebanon evacuation are totally absurd. Why *shouldn't* Canadians be vacationing in Lebanon? Cause Israel might attack it with impunity, at any moment? Perhaps the government should have condemned Israel for attacking its sovereign, democratic neighbour state? Also, how our presence in Afghanistan is supposed to make that country "a better place than when we arrived" needs further explanation - though no such explanation can overlook the fact that our troops' presence itself on Afghan soil is the best recruitment tool the Taliban could have hoped for. A few months ago, a Canadian Forces forces sergeant who recently returned from serving in Afghanistan spoke with a friend of mine and had this to say about our mission there: "We're fucked!!" - Edwin Janzen Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:12:01 +0100