Just a short time ago Bill C-232, Yvon Godin's (NDP from Acadie-Bathurst New Brunswick) private members bill passed 3rd reading by a vote of 140-137 and is now headed to the Senate.
C-232: This enactment amends the Supreme Court Act and introduces a new requirement for judges appointed to the Supreme Court to understand English and French without the assistance of an interpreter.
So the NDP, Liberals and Bloc have passed a Bill that requires new Supreme Court Justices to speak both official languages and in doing so have effectively ruled out many otherwise well-qualified candidates, from across the country, for the high court in the process.
All I can say is Nuts!
Do we want the best legal minds for the job or do we reject them in favour of possibly mediocre legal minds only because they can speak both languages and can comply with this politically correct nonsense?
While I recognize that having anyone, including SC Justices, be able to understand both official languages would be beneficial, that requirement alone should not disqualify anyone from from the job. We are not talking about a clerk working the phones at a government office here, we are talking about the Supreme Court where impeccable legal credentials, good character and sound judgment should greatly outweigh a persons ability to speak both languages; and considering the translation services that are, and will continue to be available, it is also unnecessary.
Another thing that stinks about this Bill is that these high and mighty opposition MP's are demanding that future SC Justices have to comply with a requirement that will NEVER be imposed on MP's. Shouldn't those same demands be placed on MP's as well for all the same reasons they use to justify it for the SC? Perhaps the Bloc would like to propose that in a private members bill in the near future, but we all know that will never happen.
Political correctness is again running amok and the opposition are leading the way.
Here is how they voted.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Canada 150 a success story.
Read all about it in the following links:
Michael Ignatieff is cooked.
Just as Canada has begun making progress on the global tax scene, along comes Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff with a plan to shift gears and head backwards.
A pretentious conference shows us why Ignatieff 's party is going nowhere.
Can a political party think itself back into power? Apparently, the Liberal party believes it can. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, by shutting their eyes tight, clicking their heels together, and uttering the magic words "There's no place like Ottawa...
If they wanted to hear the truth, Liberals should have imported a collection of respectable outsiders able and willing to explain in unblinkered detail just how bankrupt and deluded the Liberal party has become with regard to its own identity...
Good times, good times.
And a bonus link to something the Liberals seem to hate; good economic news as Honda is adding a second shift.
Michael Ignatieff is cooked.
Just as Canada has begun making progress on the global tax scene, along comes Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff with a plan to shift gears and head backwards.
A pretentious conference shows us why Ignatieff 's party is going nowhere.
Can a political party think itself back into power? Apparently, the Liberal party believes it can. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, by shutting their eyes tight, clicking their heels together, and uttering the magic words "There's no place like Ottawa...
If they wanted to hear the truth, Liberals should have imported a collection of respectable outsiders able and willing to explain in unblinkered detail just how bankrupt and deluded the Liberal party has become with regard to its own identity...
Good times, good times.
And a bonus link to something the Liberals seem to hate; good economic news as Honda is adding a second shift.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Today's victim: Guy Earle
Guy Earle, or at least his lawyer, faces off against the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal today over a complaint that Earle, acting in his role as MC of an open mike comedy night, subjected a woman and her same-sex partner to discrimination in the provision of a service on the basis of gender and sexual orientation, which is in breach of Section 8 of the Human Rights Code.
In other words a comedian offended some people who were heckling the show, which is apt to happen to hecklers in a comedy setting, and now he has to defend himself for doing the same thing that every other comedian who has ever performed comedy in public has done before; heckle the heckler.
What has this country come to.
Human Rights Tribunals/Commissions: Fire them all
Some background on the case can be found here including a post by Ezra on Susan Cole, the women who recently went on Fox News to speak out against free speech and Ann Coulter.
BIG UPDATE:Earle's Lawyer walks out of tribunal.
Attempt to quash.
In other words a comedian offended some people who were heckling the show, which is apt to happen to hecklers in a comedy setting, and now he has to defend himself for doing the same thing that every other comedian who has ever performed comedy in public has done before; heckle the heckler.
What has this country come to.
Human Rights Tribunals/Commissions: Fire them all
Some background on the case can be found here including a post by Ezra on Susan Cole, the women who recently went on Fox News to speak out against free speech and Ann Coulter.
BIG UPDATE:Earle's Lawyer walks out of tribunal.
Attempt to quash.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Elusive Liberal Platform
Where is the Liberal election platform?
It was supposed to be all ready to go in June 2009.
It was supposed to have been ready when Ignatieff uttered his famous "Mr. Harper, your time is up." back in September 2009.
So here we are in late March 2010 and what does Michael Ignatieff have to say about that elusive Liberal election platform now:
"The conference will be a key step in the development of the Liberal Party's platform for the next general election."
????
Is Ignatieff saying that the Liberal platform is not ready after having already told Canadians on 2 separate occasions (at least) that it was ready to go?
WTG on building that trust between the voter and the 'political class' Michael, but do tell us, why should anyone believe you this time?
Just more convenient hollow words from the Iffy Alternative.
FOUND: The Liberal Platform !
It was supposed to be all ready to go in June 2009.
It was supposed to have been ready when Ignatieff uttered his famous "Mr. Harper, your time is up." back in September 2009.
So here we are in late March 2010 and what does Michael Ignatieff have to say about that elusive Liberal election platform now:
"The conference will be a key step in the development of the Liberal Party's platform for the next general election."
????
Is Ignatieff saying that the Liberal platform is not ready after having already told Canadians on 2 separate occasions (at least) that it was ready to go?
WTG on building that trust between the voter and the 'political class' Michael, but do tell us, why should anyone believe you this time?
Just more convenient hollow words from the Iffy Alternative.
FOUND: The Liberal Platform !
Friday, March 26, 2010
Liberals Thinkers Conference: A late call for help.
In another example of flip flopping the brilliant leadership of Michael Ignatieff a call came out today for Liberal MPs to drop everything and come to Montreal to attend the 'thinkers conference'. The same conference which they were told a few day ago that they were not welcome to attend.
So heavy was the ‘former' representation of Liberals that a last-minute e-mail went out from party headquarters inviting current Liberal MPs, who had been discouraged from attending, to change their plans and rush to the conference.
Too many empty chairs perhaps?
Oh this one is too good to pass up:
*Michael Ignatieff: There is a break here, between the political class and the citizens of the country. It's the fault of the political class," said Mr. Ignatieff. "In truth, politicians don't know how to keep young people interested in politics anymore.
So heavy was the ‘former' representation of Liberals that a last-minute e-mail went out from party headquarters inviting current Liberal MPs, who had been discouraged from attending, to change their plans and rush to the conference.
Oh this one is too good to pass up:
*Michael Ignatieff: There is a break here, between the political class and the citizens of the country. It's the fault of the political class," said Mr. Ignatieff. "In truth, politicians don't know how to keep young people interested in politics anymore.
Ignatieff an aloof elitist? Nah, what ever gave you that idea.
*h/t Hinchey's Store who found this little gem from Paul Martin, and proof positive that Liberals are living in the past.
Paul Martin: "For Liberals to hear what a wide range of experts have to say is going to contribute, I really think, to developing a Liberal vision that's going to take this country into the 21st century."
Um Paul, what year is it currently?
*h/t Hinchey's Store who found this little gem from Paul Martin, and proof positive that Liberals are living in the past.
Paul Martin: "For Liberals to hear what a wide range of experts have to say is going to contribute, I really think, to developing a Liberal vision that's going to take this country into the 21st century."
Um Paul, what year is it currently?
Ann Coulter: Exposing the Intolerant Left in Canada since 2010.
While last nights speech at the Red and White Club at Calgary's McMahon Stadium may have marked the end of Ann Coulter's mini Canadian speaking tour, the aftershocks will be felt in this country for some time to come.
Thank you Ann Coulter, please come again, soon.*
*But next time please try to put Edmonton on your list.
Thank you Ann Coulter, please come again, soon.*
*But next time please try to put Edmonton on your list.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Canwest: How to miss the real story.
I got an email earlier today that pointed me towards this story which appeared in the Edmonton Journal on the failed Liberal abortion 'family planning' motion. This is the story that appeared in print the next morning BTW.
Take a look for yourself; notice something missing? Incredibly there is absolutely NO mention at all about the 3 Liberals who voted against the motion or the 13 who were absent from the vote; in effect the article missed the major part of the story which caused such a stir yesterday.
The writer of the email asks if perhaps the story was edited or if that story appeared in any other papers, so I did some checking and it turns out that yes the Journal story was edited and indeed it had appeared elsewhere, but even in the non-edited versions of the story there is NO mention on how the minority conservatives managed to defeat a motion backed by all 3 opposition parties. Something that you would think would have been questioned by the author or even one of the many editors that looked at this piece.
Perhaps Canwest was using the same calculator that the Liberals used to figure out if they had the votes to pass their own motion, or perhaps they were using their own; the one that they use to keep track of their share prices. Either way they missed the blatantly obvious on this one.
The entire attributed article can be found here in the National Post. (note that in the comments someone asks the question about how the motion failed when the opposition had the numbers.)
Take a look for yourself; notice something missing? Incredibly there is absolutely NO mention at all about the 3 Liberals who voted against the motion or the 13 who were absent from the vote; in effect the article missed the major part of the story which caused such a stir yesterday.
The writer of the email asks if perhaps the story was edited or if that story appeared in any other papers, so I did some checking and it turns out that yes the Journal story was edited and indeed it had appeared elsewhere, but even in the non-edited versions of the story there is NO mention on how the minority conservatives managed to defeat a motion backed by all 3 opposition parties. Something that you would think would have been questioned by the author or even one of the many editors that looked at this piece.
Perhaps Canwest was using the same calculator that the Liberals used to figure out if they had the votes to pass their own motion, or perhaps they were using their own; the one that they use to keep track of their share prices. Either way they missed the blatantly obvious on this one.
The entire attributed article can be found here in the National Post. (note that in the comments someone asks the question about how the motion failed when the opposition had the numbers.)
Your daily affirmation.
Your daily affirmation from Denis Coderre: "It was not a question of discipline, it was a question for a calculating machine . . . Someone should have done the math."
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Some other memorable affirmations from yesterday:
One Liberal MP is even calling it “clown city.” & “Michael went to war without checking,” said another Liberal MP
Ignatieff and Bennett channel allied leaders from WW2:
Ignatieff: "the buck stops here."
Bennett: "This was not our finest hour."
"We look like fools," one Liberal MP said privately.
"Sometimes you eat the bear," he said Wednesday. "Sometimes the bear eats you. I guess the bear had the day." Liberal Whip Rodger Cuzner.
One Liberal MP is even calling it “clown city.” & “Michael went to war without checking,” said another Liberal MP
Ignatieff and Bennett channel allied leaders from WW2:
Ignatieff: "the buck stops here."
Bennett: "This was not our finest hour."
"We look like fools," one Liberal MP said privately.
"Sometimes you eat the bear," he said Wednesday. "Sometimes the bear eats you. I guess the bear had the day." Liberal Whip Rodger Cuzner.
Scar Tissue.
An excerpt from Michael Ignatieff's book Scar Tissue. Nothing is off limits in his writing, including his own family.
Link
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In the August, 1984 — the summer of Michael Ignatieff's "good year" — there was a family gathering at the house in a village in Provence that George and Alison had bought in 1962 as their only permanent residence.
The older Ignatieffs were there. Andrew had flown in from the shanty barrios of Peru where he worked for the Canadian arm of Save the Children. Michael, Susan and baby Theo had come from London — making it the first time three generations of the family were gathered under one roof.
It was a taxing time. Alison had begun her descent into Alzheimer's. George, the all-powerful force in his sons' lives, was showing signs of frailty. There were raw emotions and difficult conversations as the family struggled with its psychological past, with the unfamiliarity of living together, with the pain of coming to terms with Alison's illness.
The sons' difficult relationship with their father came to the surface.
George, who had had no real childhood of his own, had little idea of what to do with fatherhood when it came to him. He could appear warm and affectionate, but found it difficult to convey his hopes and aspirations to his sons beyond declamations of grand dynastic expectations.
Michael said things that wounded his father. He accused him of crushing his mother's creativity and independence by taking over her life and making her subservient to his needs.
A year later, as Andrew would tell Sandra Martin for Saturday Night, he came home to Toronto from Peru for a visit, walked into a bookstore and saw the entire story of his family's summer laid out in an article Michael had written for the British literary magazine Granta.
Or, almost the entire story: Andrew had been written out of the script. He just didn't appear.
"I just remember standing there and my eyes filling up with tears in the middle of the bookstore," he said.
Not long afterward, Andrew quit his job in Peru to return to Toronto to care for his parents, while Michael's career continued to flower in England — as a television host, newspaper commentator, author and screenplay-writer.
In early 1989, he came briefly to Toronto to spell Andrew off as caregiver — "'once or twice a year, it's my turn" — and shortly afterward, Granta published "Deficits," a deeply moving account of a son looking after his mother, with a forensically detailed description of Alison's deteriorating mental state.
Said Andrew: "I came in one evening and my father was really upset, and I said, 'What's the matter?' and he said, 'Michael's written an article about your mother'"
There were family members — for example, Alison's sister, Charity Grant, and her brother, George Grant, and his wife, Sheila — who could never bring themselves to forgive Michael for having publicly exposed his intensely private mother.
That summer, George Ignatieff died. Andrew was with him. Michael was in France.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Carolyn Bennett's Greatest Hits!
Now available from Ardvark Records: Carolyn Bennett's Greatest Hits.
This is sure to go down in history as the definitive Carolyn Bennett Collection. So order your copy today!
This album has it all. From her latest single, A Real Job: "Women of Canada want to hear about early learning and child care; that is the key to their economic independence, to be able to get back to school, to get a real job, to be able to go to work."
to her very popular, Prisons for Children : "Well it certainly uh uh, the approach to child care is just spiteful its its its canceling the supplement for our most vulnerable children. There is actually no plan for early learning and childhood education . So its a good job they're putting more money for prisons in the budget because we're gonna need them if we don't get this early childhood right."
And who could ever forget Body bags: “This is an absolute disgrace. This is morally appalling. This Reform-Conservative government deserves to be condemned in the strongest terms for this insensitive and callous act,” said Dr. Bennett. “Instead of flu-kits, instead of preparing and planning to get the vaccine on time – instead of planning to save lives – they spent their time planning on how to deal with the deaths.” and the follow up to Body Bags: I am sorry. “We would never do anything to offend; we did believe that raising attention for the real dire needs that we saw when we were [in Manitoba] was uppermost in our minds.”
and what about this timeless classic, and my personal favorite, Bob Rae: The reason I got into politics was because of the mess Ontario health care was in "after five years of Bob Rae" .
But wait, that's not all. Buy now and Ardvark Records will throw in a sex toy (certified safe by Ardvark Labs) at no extra charge!
If you only buy one album this year make it this soon to be classic record of Carolyn Bennett's Greatest Hits. It makes a great gift for those hard to shop for Liberals on your list.
Hurry supplies are limited. Operators are standing by.
Update: Now including her latest singles: PM Harper is a dictator and Canadians are too stupid to understand for themselves.
This is sure to go down in history as the definitive Carolyn Bennett Collection. So order your copy today!
This album has it all. From her latest single, A Real Job: "Women of Canada want to hear about early learning and child care; that is the key to their economic independence, to be able to get back to school, to get a real job, to be able to go to work."
to her very popular, Prisons for Children : "Well it certainly uh uh, the approach to child care is just spiteful its its its canceling the supplement for our most vulnerable children. There is actually no plan for early learning and childhood education . So its a good job they're putting more money for prisons in the budget because we're gonna need them if we don't get this early childhood right."
And who could ever forget Body bags: “This is an absolute disgrace. This is morally appalling. This Reform-Conservative government deserves to be condemned in the strongest terms for this insensitive and callous act,” said Dr. Bennett. “Instead of flu-kits, instead of preparing and planning to get the vaccine on time – instead of planning to save lives – they spent their time planning on how to deal with the deaths.” and the follow up to Body Bags: I am sorry. “We would never do anything to offend; we did believe that raising attention for the real dire needs that we saw when we were [in Manitoba] was uppermost in our minds.”
and what about this timeless classic, and my personal favorite, Bob Rae: The reason I got into politics was because of the mess Ontario health care was in "after five years of Bob Rae" .
But wait, that's not all. Buy now and Ardvark Records will throw in a sex toy (certified safe by Ardvark Labs) at no extra charge!
If you only buy one album this year make it this soon to be classic record of Carolyn Bennett's Greatest Hits. It makes a great gift for those hard to shop for Liberals on your list.
Hurry supplies are limited. Operators are standing by.
Update: Now including her latest singles: PM Harper is a dictator and Canadians are too stupid to understand for themselves.
Runaway Caucus!!!
Where have we heard this before.
3 Liberals defy a whipped vote on a Liberal motion to include a broader range of family planning programs in a maternal health initiative for developing countries and vote NO! 2 Liberals abstained and 1 just vanished into thin air. Ugly, but not totally unexpected.
Normally voting against your party on a whipped vote would meet with consequences for the MPs who defied the party line, but with Ignatieff as leader there are no consequences.
Remember the 2009 budget?
6 Liberal MPs voted against party lines and the wishes of Ignatieff and they did so without consequences. They went public, voted against the budget, and instead of facing discipline they watched Ignatieff back down: "Ignatieff said this morning that he is allowing the MPs a "one-time" vote of protest to "display their anger and indignation" at the budget. "
Great leadership there Iffy, I can see no possible problems with that decision. "The fact of the matter is, they're going to say, 'you did it for Newfoundland, we want our one-time coupon to cash it in,'" Fife said. "This is a problem. He's opened a Pandora's box here." Maybe the 3 Liberals from yesterday were just cashing in their "one time" coupon; ya that's it.
There were no consequences then so why would these MPs expect that there would be any consequences now? They wouldn't, but even if there were, Ignatieff has a strange way of dealing out the consequences.
Remember this? Michael Ignatieff: "What Mr. Coderre does is his business." "He took actions earlier in the week that have consequences."
And what were those consequences?
Ignatieff fired his staff at the OLO and Denis Coderre went about his business preparing for his leadership bid once Ignatieff is gone.
I wonder if Ignatieff will fire Donolo now? That will teach those rogue MPs a lesson!
The Liberal caucus is out of control and there is no one to blame for it but Ignatieff and his lack of leadership skills; and all on the eve of his great thinkers conference too. It must suck to be him right about now. So in bi-partisan spirit and because I don't have $695 to pay the Liberals I will offer up some advice to Ignatieff here for free:
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When something's goin' wrong
You must whip it
Devo - Whip It
Update: Ignatieff's director of communications Mario Lague said the leader would not discuss whether there would be any consequences for Liberal MPs who voted against the motion or abstained, saying it was a question of "internal discipline."
Ignatieff speaks on consequences. "Those are matters of internal discipline and we'll be dealing with them."
Donolo must be shaking in his boots.
(related: Liberals accidentally vote in favour of budget)
3 Liberals defy a whipped vote on a Liberal motion to include a broader range of family planning programs in a maternal health initiative for developing countries and vote NO! 2 Liberals abstained and 1 just vanished into thin air. Ugly, but not totally unexpected.
Normally voting against your party on a whipped vote would meet with consequences for the MPs who defied the party line, but with Ignatieff as leader there are no consequences.
Remember the 2009 budget?
6 Liberal MPs voted against party lines and the wishes of Ignatieff and they did so without consequences. They went public, voted against the budget, and instead of facing discipline they watched Ignatieff back down: "Ignatieff said this morning that he is allowing the MPs a "one-time" vote of protest to "display their anger and indignation" at the budget. "
Great leadership there Iffy, I can see no possible problems with that decision. "The fact of the matter is, they're going to say, 'you did it for Newfoundland, we want our one-time coupon to cash it in,'" Fife said. "This is a problem. He's opened a Pandora's box here." Maybe the 3 Liberals from yesterday were just cashing in their "one time" coupon; ya that's it.
There were no consequences then so why would these MPs expect that there would be any consequences now? They wouldn't, but even if there were, Ignatieff has a strange way of dealing out the consequences.
Remember this? Michael Ignatieff: "What Mr. Coderre does is his business." "He took actions earlier in the week that have consequences."
And what were those consequences?
Ignatieff fired his staff at the OLO and Denis Coderre went about his business preparing for his leadership bid once Ignatieff is gone.
I wonder if Ignatieff will fire Donolo now? That will teach those rogue MPs a lesson!
The Liberal caucus is out of control and there is no one to blame for it but Ignatieff and his lack of leadership skills; and all on the eve of his great thinkers conference too. It must suck to be him right about now. So in bi-partisan spirit and because I don't have $695 to pay the Liberals I will offer up some advice to Ignatieff here for free:
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When something's goin' wrong
You must whip it
Devo - Whip It
Update: Ignatieff's director of communications Mario Lague said the leader would not discuss whether there would be any consequences for Liberal MPs who voted against the motion or abstained, saying it was a question of "internal discipline."
Ignatieff speaks on consequences. "Those are matters of internal discipline and we'll be dealing with them."
Donolo must be shaking in his boots.
(related: Liberals accidentally vote in favour of budget)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ann Coulter's speech in Ottawa cancelled!
When embarrassing letters are not enough, resort to threats of violence to get the job done.
The tolerant left strikes again.
Update:
ht Dr. Roy.
Related links on Susan Cole: BCL and from Ezra here and here.
What a piece of work this woman is.
The tolerant left strikes again.
Update:
ht Dr. Roy.
Related links on Susan Cole: BCL and from Ezra here and here.
What a piece of work this woman is.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Linda Duncan, cry me a river.
"Duncan says she's not sure the people of Edmonton-Strathcona will be happy with Calgary dollars flowing north to try to influence their votes, she said.
But they will take kindly to this, right?
NDP National HQ raising money "to go and interfere" in Edmonton Strathcona.
Also from the Journal story: "Duncan said Hastman was on hand with Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose to hand out $14.8 million to the University of Alberta, also in Duncan's riding." While she was "was excluded from these events and not informed about when the cheques were going to be handed out."
Funny thing that. If you are so popular and are doing such great things for the riding, why didn't the U of A (or the other stakeholders) bother to invite you to these PUBLIC events?
Cry me a river Linda.
BTW I if knew about the U of A presentation as did hundreds of other people, why didn't Duncan? Nothing was secret about any of them.
Related: How Duncan supports her riding. Ms. Duncan voted for an amendment that would eliminate tax incentives for the oil and gas industry to provide funding for a bailout of the forestry industry in Quebec.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Did the ads do what they were intended to do?
That would be an unqualified yes.
A last minute rush to qualify for the Home Renovation Tax Credit pushed retail sales up 0.7% in January, according to government data released Friday.
A last minute rush to qualify for the Home Renovation Tax Credit pushed retail sales up 0.7% in January, according to government data released Friday.
But surprise surprise, the Liberals and the NDP, who were screaming that they wanted more stimulus spending and they wanted it now, are upset at the success of that very same stimulus spending.
Here is what they are upset about: 3% of respondents responses.
OMG 3%! Stephen Harper is pure evil. How dare he provide a stimulus program that had documented positive results for our economy. Won't somebody think of the children!
"One category in the list of possible unprompted responses to a question about words, sounds or images that came to mind included: Conservative, government or otherwise political imagery or message, images of the Prime Minister and the Conservative party logo. It did not differentiate between negative, positive or neutral statements.
Only 3 per cent of those who recalled the ads gave an answer that fit into this category, whereas 29 per cent gave the most common response: tax credits or savings.
When asked an open-ended question about what was the main point the advertising was trying to get across, the most common response, given by 22 per cent of participants, was: "If you conduct home renovations the government will provide incentives, tax credit, will help you."
BTW what the hell is Kennedy upset about? The Liberals voted AGAINST the now proven and very successful home renovation tax credit.
Related: Canadian Sense has some thoughts on the games the opposition played with the home reno tax credit.
Friday, March 19, 2010
And they say the PM is power hungry.
NDP justice critic Joe Comartin will move a motion next Tuesday calling on the Ontario Attorney-General and the Ontario Provincial Police to come before a Commons committee to explain themselves on the the Rahim Jaffer plea bargain.
Let me guess Joe; Parliament is sovereign so they have a RIGHT to do what ever they want by calling in anyone, including other levels of governments, to "explain themselves". Ya right. Here is hoping that the Ontario Attorney-General throws a copy of our Constitution at him and tells him to go screw himself.
To harsh perhaps?
Not really; just think what the response would be if a Commons Health committee decided that they wanted Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams to come in and "explain himself" for his decision to get cardiac surgery in the US. It did result in a loss of faith in our health system after all, so why not?
Now that would be a harsh response.
Let me guess Joe; Parliament is sovereign so they have a RIGHT to do what ever they want by calling in anyone, including other levels of governments, to "explain themselves". Ya right. Here is hoping that the Ontario Attorney-General throws a copy of our Constitution at him and tells him to go screw himself.
To harsh perhaps?
Not really; just think what the response would be if a Commons Health committee decided that they wanted Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams to come in and "explain himself" for his decision to get cardiac surgery in the US. It did result in a loss of faith in our health system after all, so why not?
Now that would be a harsh response.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Rock Solid. Elizabeth May gets it wrong again.
Elizabeth May: "The data is rock-solid and it tells us that there's now 30 per cent more CO2 than at any time.”
Any time? There has historically been much more CO2 in our atmosphere than exists today. For example, during the Jurassic Period (200 mya), average CO2 concentrations were about 1800 ppm or about 4.7 times higher than today. The highest concentrations of CO2 during all of the Paleozoic Era occurred during the Cambrian Period, nearly 7000 ppm -- about 18 times higher than today. The Carboniferous Period and the Ordovician Period were the only geological periods during the Paleozoic Era when global temperatures were as low as they are today. To the consternation of global warming proponents, the Late Ordovician Period was also an Ice Age while at the same time CO2 concentrations then were nearly 12 times higher than today-- 4400 ppm. According to greenhouse theory, Earth should have been exceedingly hot. Instead, global temperatures were no warmer than today.
So May gets another one wrong. Time to add it to the collection of other May foibles.
Calling Canadians stupid and tries to lie her way out along with a few others.
May loses it at the Munk debates and gets her Mic shut off, while her mouth keeps on going. Oh and there is the AIDS comment as well. It all starts about the 2:20 mark.
Enjoy.
Any time? There has historically been much more CO2 in our atmosphere than exists today. For example, during the Jurassic Period (200 mya), average CO2 concentrations were about 1800 ppm or about 4.7 times higher than today. The highest concentrations of CO2 during all of the Paleozoic Era occurred during the Cambrian Period, nearly 7000 ppm -- about 18 times higher than today. The Carboniferous Period and the Ordovician Period were the only geological periods during the Paleozoic Era when global temperatures were as low as they are today. To the consternation of global warming proponents, the Late Ordovician Period was also an Ice Age while at the same time CO2 concentrations then were nearly 12 times higher than today-- 4400 ppm. According to greenhouse theory, Earth should have been exceedingly hot. Instead, global temperatures were no warmer than today.
So May gets another one wrong. Time to add it to the collection of other May foibles.
Calling Canadians stupid and tries to lie her way out along with a few others.
May loses it at the Munk debates and gets her Mic shut off, while her mouth keeps on going. Oh and there is the AIDS comment as well. It all starts about the 2:20 mark.
Enjoy.
10 percenters, how I shall miss thee.
Farewell 10 percenters. You will be missed.
I will miss your over the top political rhetoric, spin, and smears.
I will miss writing emails to the Liberal MP's who sent you to my door and I will miss those same Liberal MP's not even bother to reply back or even acknowledge those emails.
But most of all I will miss the easy target they presented and the ease of which you made coming up with a blog post simpler.
So long 10 percenters.
You will be missed.
I will miss your over the top political rhetoric, spin, and smears.
I will miss writing emails to the Liberal MP's who sent you to my door and I will miss those same Liberal MP's not even bother to reply back or even acknowledge those emails.
But most of all I will miss the easy target they presented and the ease of which you made coming up with a blog post simpler.
So long 10 percenters.
Ujjal Dosanjh rejects our reality and substitutes his own.
A Tale of 2 McGuinty's
Brison's ten-percenter vs Ignatieff's stock portfolio.
You will be missed.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Helena Guergis beat me up and stole my lunch.
Traffic has been kind of slow lately so I figured I would try to get picked up by National News Watch. For those of you that don't know, NNW had a link up yesterday to this story and continued to keep the link up even though within a short period of time the story was debunked by many people, including the author of the blog that the Hill Times blog entry was supposedly based on.
One good truth deserves another, so here is my 'truth'.
Helena Guergis beat me up and stole my lunch.
Wow. That was kind of liberating. As my therapist says; the road to healing starts with being able to speak about traumatic events, and let me tell you the day that Helena beat me up and stole my lunch will live in infamy in the annals of my personal traumatic events.
It also feels good to join the pile on; you should give it a try as well. I hear that it is all the rage at present.
Come on National News Watch, what are you waiting for? Do I need to write a letter to my MP to get some action from the press on this outrage?
One good truth deserves another, so here is my 'truth'.
Helena Guergis beat me up and stole my lunch.
Wow. That was kind of liberating. As my therapist says; the road to healing starts with being able to speak about traumatic events, and let me tell you the day that Helena beat me up and stole my lunch will live in infamy in the annals of my personal traumatic events.
It also feels good to join the pile on; you should give it a try as well. I hear that it is all the rage at present.
Come on National News Watch, what are you waiting for? Do I need to write a letter to my MP to get some action from the press on this outrage?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Stephane Dion got it wrong.
Remember Dion's famous quote from the 2006 Liberal leadership convention.
" Do you think it is easy to make priorities?" ( This would make a great commercial =) Note the date! original post on the quote)
Sorry Stephane, but Ignatieff knows what his priority is. Himself!
" Do you think it is easy to make priorities?" ( This would make a great commercial =) Note the date! original post on the quote)
Sorry Stephane, but Ignatieff knows what his priority is. Himself!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Abstaining makes the Liberal heart grow fonder; an explanation.
As you may know 29 Liberal MPs did not register a vote on the budget, nor did the Liberals offer up any amendments to try to improve that budget. The budget is important and for the Liberals to miss a vote on it after all of the outcry over prorogation just reeks of hypocrisy and political game playing. Here is what the Iceman said on the subject: "The budget is hands down the most important piece of legislation affecting the greatest number of Canadians that they could possibly vote on. If ever there was a day to show up to vote on behalf of the people you represent, it is budget day. Not only did they skip an afternoon of work, it was the most important afternoon of 2010!" (link)
But not so fast everyone; the Liberals may have a legitimate excuse for being absent from the budget vote.
It turns out that this was not out of the ordinary for the Liberals, in fact despite leader Michael Ignatieff's vow that his party would no longer sit on its hands during votes in Parliament, Liberal MPs have missed three times as many votes in the House of Commons as Conservative members so far this year. "The average Liberal MP did not participate in about 12% of the recorded votes on bills and motions in the House of Commons since the parliamentary session began in January, compared with Conservative MPs, who on average skipped 4%"
"The Liberals posted the worst record for voting of the four parties in the House, standing to be counted fewer times on average than even Bloc Quebecois MPs."
So stop picking on the poor Liberals you guys, it is normal for them to miss work.
Related: After re-reading my original post from April where I first wrote on the attendance story, I couldn't help to be taken by the something in the first line: "...Michael Ignatieff's vow that his party would no longer sit on its hands during votes in Parliament." So a quick Google search was preformed and looky what I found.
Michael Ignatieff: ' ...and our job as an opposition is to say that, stand up for Canadians and fight for them, and we will. In a word, no more sitting on our hands.'
So how is Michael Ignatieff going to fight for us this week? I am not sure, but it certainly won't be in Ottawa or Parliament because beginning Saturday, Ignatieff again is embarking on a town hall tour, to seven Canadian cities, including Burnaby next Friday and he again will be absent from the House of Commons.
But not so fast everyone; the Liberals may have a legitimate excuse for being absent from the budget vote.
It turns out that this was not out of the ordinary for the Liberals, in fact despite leader Michael Ignatieff's vow that his party would no longer sit on its hands during votes in Parliament, Liberal MPs have missed three times as many votes in the House of Commons as Conservative members so far this year. "The average Liberal MP did not participate in about 12% of the recorded votes on bills and motions in the House of Commons since the parliamentary session began in January, compared with Conservative MPs, who on average skipped 4%"
"The Liberals posted the worst record for voting of the four parties in the House, standing to be counted fewer times on average than even Bloc Quebecois MPs."
So stop picking on the poor Liberals you guys, it is normal for them to miss work.
Related: After re-reading my original post from April where I first wrote on the attendance story, I couldn't help to be taken by the something in the first line: "...Michael Ignatieff's vow that his party would no longer sit on its hands during votes in Parliament." So a quick Google search was preformed and looky what I found.
Michael Ignatieff: ' ...and our job as an opposition is to say that, stand up for Canadians and fight for them, and we will. In a word, no more sitting on our hands.'
So how is Michael Ignatieff going to fight for us this week? I am not sure, but it certainly won't be in Ottawa or Parliament because beginning Saturday, Ignatieff again is embarking on a town hall tour, to seven Canadian cities, including Burnaby next Friday and he again will be absent from the House of Commons.
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