By David B. Dennis
A leading British political magazine has branded German Chancellor Angela Merkel “Europe’s most dangerous leader” and compared her to Adolf Hitler.
Concert would “deeply offend”
Gerald Caplan revisits last month’s odd revisiting of J.S. Woodsworth’s vote against World War II.
Harper’s reading of history inspired something of a Twitter meme
Thomas Mulcair opened QP this afternoon with a look back to what the Prime Minister had said yesterday about what the United States had or had not requested of this country in Afghanistan after 2014. Mr. Mulcair wondered if Mr. Harper would confirm that Canada has had no contact from the United States about extending the mission. Mr. Harper stood and said that he said he had not received such a request.
Last Tuesday, Conservative MP Larry Miller compared the long-gun registry to Hitler. He quickly apologized, but a day later he stood by the merits of his comparison. Irwin Cotler subsequently demanded he be sanctioned and so Larry Miller rose in the House this morning to once again clarify his Hitler analogy.
Irwin Cotler stood after Question Period to ask the Speaker to deal with Larry Miller’s pseudo apology.
Whatever his apology yesterday, Larry Miller stands by his Hitler comparison.
Larry Miller makes sure the last hours of debate on the long-gun registry don’t pass without a Hitler reference.
Roland Paris considers the Harper government’s rhetoric on Iran.
On Hitler: “I sympathize with him a bit”