Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Left, Prime Minister Harper in the House of Commons delivering the apology, and in front of him, seated, are Patrick Brazeau (Congress of Aboriginal Peoples), Mary Simon (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami), and Phil Fontaine (Assembly of First Nations). Today (June 11, 2008) saw many packed venues around Canada (not in quotes this time, the point has been made already) as Aboriginal survivors of the residential school era and Canadians viewed live public screenings of the apology made by Conservative... Read Full Story

Friday the topic was the value of fiction-reading and how it expands your worlds, giving you experiences that you might never have otherwise. I imagine Yann Martel would agree about the importance of that aspect of reading novels and short stories. Almost without exception, the books he has been sending every two weeks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for more than a year have been fiction. Martel’s stated aim is to provide some “stillness” in the PM’s life, to suggest some reading that... Read Full Story

We now recognize that, in separating children from their families, we undermined the ability of many to adequately parent their own children and sowed the seeds for generations to follow. ~ Stephen Harper I left here (the residential school) like a dysfunctional person. I didn't know anything about love, caring, and sharing. Every night your mom and dad would have tucked you in bed. You don't get that when you're here. Nobody loved you. If you had a sad moment, you just suffered it... Read Full Story

Dear Prime Minister Harper, In light of the apology you will offer our First Nations people today, I thought it might be fitting for you to say these  words:   Thank you to Wendy Morton, for sending me this picture/poem, and for permission to post it.  (click on the picture to open) This is one of 20 evocative poems that Wendy wrote, now on exhibit at the Alberni Valley Museum in B.C. She was given journals and archival photos to help her write the poems, many, like this one, where put onto... Read Full Story

Stephen Harper continues to have a major scandal on his hands with the Bernier/Couillard mess. The Prime Minister has now dispatched his own officials to determine how the missing top secret NATO briefing documents remained unnoticed by Foreign Affairs for over 5 weeks! Here are some odds and sods on the whole bloody mess: -Conservative Bureaucrats Investigating Themselves! -Canadians Want RCMP To Investigate Bernier Secret Document Scandal -Bikers Considered Killing Julie Couillard... Read Full Story