Resources
GET THE WORD OUT
Want to get the word out to everyone in your neighbourhood that Harper is no good for Canada? Download and print out posters, each with facts about why Harper sucks, from AnyoneButHarper.
MORE INFO
When you’re talking to your coworker about why they shouldn’t vote Conservative, and they ask you, “But how do you know Stephen Harper is against women’s rights?” Replying with, “I read it on this meme…” won’t help your case much. Hence, we present you with resources:
ABORIGINAL RIGHTS
Canadian Business, “Prime Minister Harper Denies Colonialism in Canada at G20”
Canada.com, “Native rights declaration inconsistent with legal tradition: Strahl”
Winnipeg Free Press, “Project for slain women faces end”
CTV, “Native group blasts Stephen Harper over gaffe”
CBC, “Undoing the Kelowna agreement”
Rabble.ca, “First Nations drinking water and the federal election”
Vancouver Sun, “Cuts to native youth program undermines reconciliation”
Straight.com, “Stephen Harper government cut threatens Vancouver First Nations antigang program”
Reuters, “Canadian body bags cause H1N1 controversy”
CTV, “Paul Martin rips Harper’s aboriginal policies”
CRIME AND JUSTICE
The Tyee, “Harper’s Crime Floggers”
Suite 101, “Canada Spends More On Prisons Than Schools”
DEMOCRACY
The Council of Canadians, “Stephen Harper’s Assault on Democracy” (this report is an excellent resource, highly recommended)
The Australian, “Canada watches its democracy erode”
Now Magazine, “In Contempt of Canada”
The Globe and Mail, “How can Conservative senators look at themselves in the mirror?“
The Toronto Star, “Coalition would not be bad for the economy, experts say”
CBC, “Harper screening ‘un-Canadian’: Ignatieff”
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, “Silencing Dissent: The Conservative Record”
ECONOMY
Rhizomicon, “Taxes in Canada: Where the Nation Really Stands (And the Truth About Those Tax-Cutting Liberals!)”
National Post, “Harper refuses to identify spending cuts”
IMMIGRATION
The Mark, “Harper’s Very Cynical, ‘Very Ethnic’ Strategy”
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Chatelaine, “Harper’s no ladies man”
The Tyee, “Harper’s Attack on Women’s Rights and Equality”
Rabble, “Harper Runs Roughshod Over Women’s Rights”
PSAC, “PSAC women confront Harper government at the United Nations”
Toronto Star, “Tory legacy leaves little to attract women voters”
MULTIPLE ISSUES
Eye Weekly, “Five fun facts about Stephen Harper’s unabated suckage”
Dennis Gruending, for StraightGoods.ca, “Stephen Harper’s hit list,” a list of government and non-profit organizations Harper’s administration has targeted.
Canada.com, “Jets, Jails, and Jewels”
Rabble, “Ten reasons to oppose the Harper candidate in your riding”
Which Canada Will You Vote For? - How Harper’s Canada bears little resemblance to the country that most Canadians want, in comic form.
ELECTION ANALYSIS ETC.
Opinion and analysis from Murray Dobbin, “Contemplating the Unthinkable Harper Majority”
Lawrence Martin, of The Globe and Mail, “Smoke, mirrors and a Harper majority”
For thoughtful but entertaining analysis, check out rickmercer.com, specifically, Rick’s Rant. Mercer has been doing the fake news comedy thing for longer than Jon Stewart. It’s political satire relevant to Canadians.
curiosity cat http://puzzledcat.blogspot.com/2011/04/may-2-real-ballot-question-why-harper.html
HARPER PRE-PM
The 2004 Supreme Court decision quashing Harper’s attempt to have regulations on election spending and political donations declared unconstitutional: Harper v. Canada
That didn’t stop Harper from trying to circumvent funding regulations: Montreal Gazette, “Liberals charge that Carson used think-tank resources to promote Tories”
Harper was president of the conservative think-tank National Citizens Coalition between 1998 and 2002. For a summary of their activities, see their Wikipedia entry. And check out their current agenda on their website.
In 2005, Harper brought the “real Americans” rhetoric of the Republicans north; and shared his thoughts on same-sex marriage. Watch here.
Harper’s 1997 speech:http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SpecialEvent7/20051213/elxn_harper_speech_text_051214/
RELATED READING
On Harper associate and backer, Gwyn Morgan: “BC Liberals backed, advised by big oil, right wing bigwigs”
Jennifer Ditchburn for The Globe and Mail, “Conservative staffer under RCMP probe working on key electoral campaign”
Jim Creskey for Embassy Online, “Jason Kenney’s troubling refugee legacy”
EVEN MORE LINKS on Afghanistan, the economy, the environment, the G20 fiasco and more can be found at the Compelling Comics web site.
Also useful: Harper Lies
More lists of reasons not to vote conservative
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