Next week is going to get ugly.
A reminder from Frank Graves at EKOS research
“I want to remind everyone that is concerned with election malfeasance that the Conservatives almost certainly won the 2011 majority using vote suppression (Robo scandal) No pollster predicted the majority. Judge Moseley didnt annul the election but he did find that "fraud occurred"
The “pencils at the ballot box” disinformation campaign is just an appetizer.
Harper returns in attempt to make Poilievre look charismatic #TheBeaverton https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/04/harper-returns-in-attempt-to-make-poilievre-look-charismatic/ 
“Former #PrimeMinister Stephen #Harper appeared at a Pierre #Poilievre campaign rally this week, in an attempt to make the current Conservative leader appear human and likeable by comparison.
With Poilievre’s poll numbers flagging, Conservative insiders invited Harper onstage in an attempt to suck so much energy out of the room that the current candidate might actually appear warm and lively.”
Welcome to my rabbit hole! The Harper and PP show in #YEG the other night surfaced (in my stomach and brain) the “Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip line” campaign promise. The good news is the smart folks at University of Toronto have been archiving “Canadian Political Parties and Interest Groups” since 2005.
#UTL #Archives #Libraries #Harper #poilievre
Harper first chose Mark Carney, not Pierre Poilievre. “Stephen Harper appointed me governor of the Bank Canada. We — I — worked closely with the late and great Jim Flaherty during the financial crisis. I note that Pierre Poilievre was not at any of those tables, was not given any of that responsibility, and note further that in subsequent years he has not gained any responsibility in managing crises or difficult situations.” PM Mark Carney #harper #poilievre #carney #vote https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/pierre-poilievre-ramps-up-his-attacks-on-mark-carney-with-a-little-help-from-stephen/article_4b1beb80-85d8-488b-b868-f79188ceb607.html
@OhOkKay @GottaLaff Thanks. Poilievre was a good student of Harper’s. What happened under Harper was the beginning of the end of Canada, as I know it. It took a while, but we —the Canadian people— got rid of that malignancy. Now it’s time to remember, and do it again.
ps. Poilievre and the Cons are NOT conservatives in the Canadian tradition. They are fascists. We are watching what that means, in practice, for USA
@AlisonCreekside "Ezra Levant is spreading pedo crap about Mark Carney on the sides of rented trucks."
Sickening, but no surpise.
Ezra and Pierre go waaay back.
I wrote about my minimal setup for blogging and note taking. Wat do you think?
"Canadians are naïve if they think Trump/Musk/Russia won’t do EVERYTHING in their power to upend our next federal election." 
- MP Charlie Angus
A longtime immigration enforcement official has been tapped to run the agency responsible for managing unaccompanied migrant children,
-- in a move that has alarmed experts and advocates
who are concerned that information about children and their families will be shared for arrests and deportations.
For the past two decades, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services has supervised children who cross the border without a parent or legal guardian.
The government handed this duty to the Office of Refugee Resettlement,
not its immigration enforcement agency,
underscoring that the process shouldn’t be punitive
but instead is meant to help safely place children with sponsors living in the United States.
That wall eroded during President Donald Trump’s first administration,
when the ORR began to share identifying information about unaccompanied children and their potential sponsors with Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
presaging a wave of arrests.
Congress put limits on this sharing and President Joe Biden stopped the practice
— but a new hire in Trump’s second administration has advocates and experts worried the separation between the agencies is once again breaking down.
#Mellissa #Harper, a veteran immigration enforcement officer at #ICE,
has been tapped to lead the #ORR, and oversee the care of unaccompanied migrant children
A review of legal documents shows that her tenure has been marked with litigation alleging violations of immigration law.
While she was leading the unit within ICE overseeing minors and families,
the agency was subject to a 2018 class-action lawsuit that challenged the transfer of teenagers into adult detention facilities on their 18th birthdays.
She led the family unit in 2018, when the administration implemented its “zero tolerance” immigration policy
and separated thousands of migrant children from their parents.
The former ICE official said that, during zero tolerance, the unit was not making separation decisions
but did have a role providing transportation of minors and coordination of their immigration cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-children-ice-office-refugee-resettlement-mellissa-harper
Advice for U.S. Government #Scientists:
Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts
https://therevelator.org/scientists-muzzling/
During #Harper’s time in office, from 2006-2015, Canadian government scientists were prevented from sharing their expertise in government policymaking. The government also banned them from speaking to journalists or the public, often referred to as “muzzling.” The Harper administration destroyed libraries and stopped some new hiring of experts in key areas.
@ned Dear Canada, Please remember to say "thank you" to the worst PM in living memory. Harper did so many things to gut the country, including unleashing his pet Poilievre. Harper's legacy is a dark and dismal one. While so many are wanting to "f*ck Trudeau," the forget the terrible monster he replaced.
My Canada is better than this.
#breaking: Stephen Harper is the new chairman of AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation).
THIS 
The Trump team want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gone.
Mike Waltz, their new national security adviser has said "he can't wait to see the Liberals lose next election."
Why?
'Because PM Trudeau has and will stand up to Trump and #Poilievre is already in Trump’s pocket.
If you want to become part of the U.S. then vote Conservative.'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-security-adviser-canada-1.7380755
"Could someone do an update on Stephen Harper’s involvement in Canadian politics?"
"Could someone do an update on Stephen Harper’s involvement in Canadian politics?"
"it's all connected"
Beyond suspicious that #BC Conservatives, who haven't had any electoral traction in British Columbia for three-quarters of a century, come out of nowhere to be a contender.
#bcpoli #BritishColumbia #cdnpoli #harper #IDU #poilievre cc @AlisonCreekside
