harper government

Grassroots and the boogeyman

Among the flurry of desperate pitches I get each day from Tom, Justin, Mary, Dick and Bob wanting me to send $3, $5, $20, $100 to defeat Tom, Justin and Steve was this gem today from the NDP marked "URGENT: before midnight"

Fair enough.

SCT READERS...  Below find the most cynical piece of Harper government PR bumpf I have ever received - in 8 years and hundreds of releases.  Riding on the back of Nova Scotia Heritage Day, the federal govt PR machine sent a piece of drivel to SCT (and thousands of other journalists) which has NOT ONE THING relating to heritage, but is a pre-election screed reminding citizens about: effective budget, economic plan, child care deductions, family tax cut and "staying the course.