Stephane Dion has been calling the PM a liar for the last couple of days because he does not like the way that his carbon tax has been treated by the Conservatives. It all boils down to the fact that Conservatives are not talking about the tax breaks that are going to be offered up by Dion's plan and Mr. Dion is not happy.
Well there is a good reason for that Stephane, because in the policy you are proposing, in this case it might be better referred to as bait and shift, those tax cuts are not going to even come close to the costs that the average taxpayer is going to have to shell out because of this twisted piece of bad policy.
The cost of EVERYTHING is going to go up, and if you want to talk truth why are you not telling Canadians that little fact about the fallout of your carbon tax?
Look at the following example with the results from the Liberal Green Shift calculator.
Joe makes 50K a year, lives in Alberta, is single and inherited his home.
He will get back $337 a year from those touted tax breaks under Dion's carbon tax. ( if he lived in Quebec he would only get back $282!! I wonder how many people in Quebec are aware of that little fact).
According to the Liberals: Joe is going to have to pay about $250 more to heat his home next year due to direct increases from the carbon tax leaving $87 dollars left over. But don't go out celebrating and buy up all that beer and popcorn just yet Joe, because you have not yet figured out how much more your electricity bill will be going up and the Liberal DO NOT even have an estimate for that. Any wagers that it will be well over the $87 dollars that Joe has left over?
A safe guess would be that the increase would be approaching that of his natural gas bill at around the $250 dollar mark*
So Joe gets hit with a $500 increase to his utility bills and now is $163 in the red. (The official colour of the Liberal Party of Canada BTW).
But we cannot stop there, oh no, because now Joe is going to be faced with cost increases from all over.
His property taxes are going to go up, estimate another $200 as municipalities try to recover their own massive cost increases for both heat and power. Damn city; do we really need public transit, those street lights on all night, our pools and facility buildings heated, roads plowed in winter or even to have our police or sanitation workers driving around in those costly vehicles? It is insane I tell you.
Provincial taxes would go up for many of the same reasons outlined above as well as a few more as the schools, universities, and hospitals come running to them to cover their carbon tax related cost increases.
The costs on food and consumer goods will go up as their shipping and manufacturing costs increase and the stores themselves pass on their own utility increases on to the consumer. This is already a given, but there is another reason that we can expect to see the price of everything increase and for that look to what happens to Joe next.
So poor Joe, who believed Dion and voted Liberal is now so far into the hole on this that he has to go to his boss and ask for a raise, as do all those others who work beside him. Joe's boss gives him and his fellow employees that raise, but now has to pass on these new added wage costs along with the direct cost increases that he is already paying on carbon tax to his customers causing his prices to raise.
Out of control inflation anyone?
It is a good thing Joe has a job. Imagine what this will do to the real poor in this country who can least afford it.
Mr. Dion; the next time that you speak about how those mean Conservatives do not talk about your tax cuts, please be honest with Canadians and tell them the real lie that those tax cuts are not even going to cover the known cost increases caused by your carbon tax, and certainly will not be enough to cover the many yet unknown cost increases that are sure to follow.
Poor Joe, poor Canada; and all for an environment plan that will DO NOTHING to reduce our GHG emissions.
*By taking only the top 7 electric generation facilities in Alberta with their 2004 CO2 emission numbers and multiplying that by $40.00/tonne you get a low estimate of the real cost to Alberta facilities coming out at over 4 billion dollars. With a population of 3.5 million people that comes out to $1200 per Albertan! So I figure $250 is a reasonable and realistic number for calculating on a per home basis what the average power bill would raise under Dion's carbon tax. The Liberals haven't even bothered to try and figure this number out, or at least they are not telling us about it if they did.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Liberal candidate Bob Friesen joins Martha Hall Findlay
Liberal candidate Bob Friesen joins Martha Hall Findlay and even leader Stephane Dion in admitting that the Liberals have no idea if the Green Shift will reduce CO2 emissions.
From the Winnipeg Sun: "It might not change behaviour," Friesen acknowledged during the debate.
Well, if it's not going to change behaviour, then it's just a straight tax grab."
From the Winnipeg Sun: "It might not change behaviour," Friesen acknowledged during the debate.
Well, if it's not going to change behaviour, then it's just a straight tax grab."
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Paid for by the Official Agent of the Liberal Party of Canada
Paid for by the Official Agent of the Liberal Party of Canada. Ok maybe not, but after reading the following, and only endorsement that I have seen for Dion, I think it should have the above disclaimer written across the page. You want your Liberal talking points, please read the following.
From the Toronto Star (big surprise) I was going to Fisk the entire thing but it is so full of holes and out right lies that it isn't even worth the effort; other than to comment that if the Star thinks that imposing a carbon tax on Ontario's manufacturing sector would be a good thing, then they are truly too partisan to be taken seriously and should be considered as nothing but an extension of the Liberal Party of Canada. Take note advertisers, the Star wants to destroy the Ontario economy.
From the Toronto Star (big surprise) I was going to Fisk the entire thing but it is so full of holes and out right lies that it isn't even worth the effort; other than to comment that if the Star thinks that imposing a carbon tax on Ontario's manufacturing sector would be a good thing, then they are truly too partisan to be taken seriously and should be considered as nothing but an extension of the Liberal Party of Canada. Take note advertisers, the Star wants to destroy the Ontario economy.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has run a government that has put partisanship and ideology ahead of the public interest.
In fiscal policy, Harper has pursued a neo-conservative strategy to cut the GST – not, as economists had recommended, income taxes – in order to reduce dramatically the role of government. He inherited a $12 billion surplus from the previous Liberal government (under Paul Martin) and has squandered almost all of it. His moves have left the government with little room to manoeuvre in the current crisis.
In foreign affairs, Harper has diminished Canada's reputation as an independent voice and aligned his government with George Bush's White House on a range of issues, from the Middle East to the "war on terror." He has also worsened relations with China, the world's biggest emerging economy, and fallen behind other Western countries in developing ties with India, the second biggest.
Taking a cue from the Ontario Conservative government under Mike Harris, Harper has pursued policies of deregulation. He has either allowed sectors to be self-regulating (food, for example), or he has fired the regulator (Linda Keen at the nuclear safety commission).
On the environment, Harper scrapped the Kyoto accord and came up with a new plan that allows greenhouse gas emissions to continue to grow, especially in his home province of Alberta.
In federal-provincial relations, he has spent 33 months in power without once holding a conference of first ministers. And he has managed the neat trick of alienating the governments of both Quebec and Ontario. Even Pierre Trudeau didn't do that. Furthermore, his finance minister, Jim Flaherty, has unapologetically dissed Ontario as the "last place" to invest in Canada.
On the cities front, there have been some grudging moves by Harper's government to help municipalities cope with the enormous infrastructure challenges they face. But the federal Conservative attitude toward cities was best summed up by the aforementioned finance minister, who said dismissively that Ottawa is not in the business of "fixing potholes."
On the aboriginal file, while Harper extended a meaningful apology over residential schools, he also ripped up the Kelowna accord, thereby dealing a severe blow to relations with native communities.
And having castigated the Liberals for being anti-democratic when he was in opposition, Harper ran a government that was secretive and controlling to an astonishing degree. Independent voices in the Conservative caucus were expelled, ministers prohibited from saying anything much, and the media frozen out (until the election neared).
To top it all off, in calling this election Harper broke his own law fixing the election date for 2009.
Harper did all that with a minority. If he got a majority, there are very real concerns that he would go much further and pave the way for two-tier medicare, pursue more military adventures with the Americans, scrap the gun registry, and introduce more Bush-like tax cuts that would hamper any future government's ability to govern.
Harper's campaign has been no less mean-spirited than his government. It has been dominated by attack ads that ridicule his chief rival (Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion) and misrepresent the key plank in his platform (the "Green Shift"). The Conservatives have also pursued wedge issues such as youth crime and funding cuts for the arts.
Latterly, during the market meltdown, with Canadians fearful for their jobs and their savings, Harper sounded more like a broker than a prime minister with his message that "some good buying opportunities are opening up." And when Dion, who has a hearing problem, stumbled in a television interview because he had trouble comprehending a question, Harper absurdly seized on this as proof that the Liberals "really don't know what they would do on the economy."
For all these reasons, Harper and the Conservatives do not deserve to be re-elected on Tuesday.
We prefer Dion and the Liberals.
Dion, to be sure, has his faults. His communications skills are wanting, his approach can be somewhat academic, and he did not do his job as leader to make sure his party was fully prepared for this election. Mid-campaign, it appeared Dion might be leading the Liberals to a defeat of historic proportions.
But Dion has shown growth in this campaign and appeared finally to be connecting with voters at the end. He has also demonstrated strength of character in withstanding a withering negative ad campaign that would have brought lesser leaders to their knees.
Dion's intelligence is beyond question, as is his love of country.
As well, the Liberal team is definitely stronger, with candidates in the GTA like Bob Rae, Michael Ignatieff, Ken Dryden, Gerard Kennedy, Martha Hall Findlay, Navdeep Bains and Ruby Dhalla. Tellingly, Harper and the Conservatives failed to attract any name candidates to their local banner in this election.
Finally, the Liberal platform has much in it to like, including an emphasis on building infrastructure, fighting poverty, expanding child care and working with the provinces (especially Ontario).
The Green Shift, so ridiculed by the Conservatives, may seem complicated to the average voter. But it is actually simpler and more transparent than the Conservatives' own cap-and-trade plan, with "intensity-based" targets. The Conservative plan would also involve higher costs for consumers, but they would be hidden.
The New Democrats have an attractive leader in Jack Layton – articulate and knowledgeable. And the NDP platform is very similar to the Liberals', with one notable exception: its reliance on hiking corporate taxes by $50 billion. That could scare business away from Canada and is at odds with the direction taken by other liberal and social democratic governments.
As well, in Ontario at least, a ballot cast for the NDP would split the opposition vote and allow the Conservatives to go up the middle to victory – except, that is, in ridings the NDP already holds.
As for the Greens, their leader, Elizabeth May, has brought a feisty new presence to the campaign trail. But in this province, where the Greens are trailing well behind, a vote for them will clearly be wasted. It would be tantamount to voting for Ralph Nader, the Green candidate for U.S. president in 2000, who drew just enough votes away from Al Gore to allow the climate-change- denying Bush to win.
In summary, the re-election of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives would be bad for Toronto, bad for Ontario, and bad for Canada. Stéphane Dion and the Liberals are the best alternative.Friday, October 10, 2008
Harpernomics
Most stable banking system in the world.
Record job creation for September.
Canada will lead G7 for GDP growth for 2009.
If this is Harpernomics; Ill take a few more years please.
Record job creation for September.
Canada will lead G7 for GDP growth for 2009.
If this is Harpernomics; Ill take a few more years please.
Would Dion have pulled the plug?
With the current world wide financial problems and if the PM would not have pulled the plug on his government a little over 30 days ago, would Stephane Dion have finally got up enough nerve to vote non confidence in the government forcing an election?
I say would say that yes he would have and we would be heading into an election for the middle of November rather than this upcoming Tuesday.
What say you?
Drop off a comment or vote in the poll on the side bar.
I say would say that yes he would have and we would be heading into an election for the middle of November rather than this upcoming Tuesday.
What say you?
Drop off a comment or vote in the poll on the side bar.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Dion with Mansbridge . I call BS.
Dr. Dion's prescription for an ailing economy.
Take this green pill* and call me in 30 days.
*Pharmaceutical Monograph:
NOTE: Not recommended for use in bad economic times or to help the poor.
Side effects:
Will pull 40 billion dollars out of the pockets of Canadians.
May not harmonize with existing carbon taxes.
Will harm the auto and manufacturing sectors.
Will cause inflation.
Will not actually reduce CO2 or come close to meeting Kyoto targets.
Will not be revenue neutral.
Will put an unfair burden on Canadian business.
Will cause trading partners great discomfort and possibly spark a trade war.
Will cause the price of EVERYTHING to go up.
Will not create jobs and may in fact eliminate jobs.
Will increase the cost of gasoline.
May cause stock prices to tumble.
Will create much increased regional discomfort and possible spontaneous amputation of same.
Will not really do anything at all to help the economy, but will raise money for Liberal spending schemes.
Will harm those that can least afford it. (The poor and those on fixed incomes or pensions)
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*Pharmaceutical Monograph:
NOTE: Not recommended for use in bad economic times or to help the poor.
Side effects:
Will pull 40 billion dollars out of the pockets of Canadians.
May not harmonize with existing carbon taxes.
Will harm the auto and manufacturing sectors.
Will cause inflation.
Will not actually reduce CO2 or come close to meeting Kyoto targets.
Will not be revenue neutral.
Will put an unfair burden on Canadian business.
Will cause trading partners great discomfort and possibly spark a trade war.
Will cause the price of EVERYTHING to go up.
Will not create jobs and may in fact eliminate jobs.
Will increase the cost of gasoline.
May cause stock prices to tumble.
Will create much increased regional discomfort and possible spontaneous amputation of same.
Will not really do anything at all to help the economy, but will raise money for Liberal spending schemes.
Will harm those that can least afford it. (The poor and those on fixed incomes or pensions)
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
What the....?
No, I am not talking about the recent drop in the polls, but rather the piss poor job the MSM are doing in this country covering the election. It truly is pathetic. The MSM seem to accept whatever comes out of the mouths of the leaders as fact and do not bother challenging anything or even asking the simplest of questions.
I refer to a couple of points in the MSM's coverage of Stephane Dion as examples. The first was during the last debate where Dion stated about his carbon tax that " The Premiers support our plan as a good one,". A statement that is pure hogwash. Dion lies and the media stays quiet. Aside from a post on this blog has anyone seen this mentioned anywhere else?
There are even more implications for this as Dion keeps telling us everyday about his 30 day action plan where he is going to meet with everyone and their dog to fix the economy. Are the Premiers going to be included in these meetings? Will Dion listen to them and their almost unanimous disdain for his carbon tax or will he just ignore them? Important questions, basic simple questions that are not being asked by those tasked with covering the election for their own news organizations and Canadians. h/t Jack Layton.
Even on the Liberal platform the MSM are falling flat. The Liberals plan calls for them to cut 12 billion dollars from current government spending to fund their platform, but does anyone know just where these cuts are going to take place and where this money is going to be coming from? The Conservatives cut a few million from some arts programs and the media are falling all over themselves covering it, but the Liberals proposed cutting of 12 billion out of the current budget gets completely ignored.
You need more? Has anyone in the MSM asked Dion about any details on how he would harmonize his carbon tax with that of B.C? I thought not.
As I said earlier; a pathetic job and a disservice to Canadians who rely on you to do your damn jobs and ask the important questions on our behalf.
Steve Jenke, not a member of the MSM, also finds a question that needs to be asked.
I refer to a couple of points in the MSM's coverage of Stephane Dion as examples. The first was during the last debate where Dion stated about his carbon tax that " The Premiers support our plan as a good one,". A statement that is pure hogwash. Dion lies and the media stays quiet. Aside from a post on this blog has anyone seen this mentioned anywhere else?
There are even more implications for this as Dion keeps telling us everyday about his 30 day action plan where he is going to meet with everyone and their dog to fix the economy. Are the Premiers going to be included in these meetings? Will Dion listen to them and their almost unanimous disdain for his carbon tax or will he just ignore them? Important questions, basic simple questions that are not being asked by those tasked with covering the election for their own news organizations and Canadians. h/t Jack Layton.
Even on the Liberal platform the MSM are falling flat. The Liberals plan calls for them to cut 12 billion dollars from current government spending to fund their platform, but does anyone know just where these cuts are going to take place and where this money is going to be coming from? The Conservatives cut a few million from some arts programs and the media are falling all over themselves covering it, but the Liberals proposed cutting of 12 billion out of the current budget gets completely ignored.
You need more? Has anyone in the MSM asked Dion about any details on how he would harmonize his carbon tax with that of B.C? I thought not.
As I said earlier; a pathetic job and a disservice to Canadians who rely on you to do your damn jobs and ask the important questions on our behalf.
Steve Jenke, not a member of the MSM, also finds a question that needs to be asked.
The Green Party owes Jennifer Wright some money
Earlier tonight at an all candidates radio/cable tv debate local Green Party candidate for Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont, David Allan Hrushka, tonight called the GP policy on the environment said
Since Jennifer Wright is the rightful owner of the Green Shift name, and the Liberal Party of Canada has, only through threats of legal action, come to a financial agreement to license this name, shouldn't the Green Party have to pay up for using it as well?
I feel an invoice coming your way soon Liz.
Oh and where in the Green Party platform can I find out more about those "municipal registered retirement savings plans" that your candidate mentioned tonight?
Since Jennifer Wright is the rightful owner of the Green Shift name, and the Liberal Party of Canada has, only through threats of legal action, come to a financial agreement to license this name, shouldn't the Green Party have to pay up for using it as well?
I feel an invoice coming your way soon Liz.
Oh and where in the Green Party platform can I find out more about those "municipal registered retirement savings plans" that your candidate mentioned tonight?
Awesome job Greens, awesome.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Nose Stretchers from Stephane Dion at the English Debate.
One big whopper from Stephane Dion tonight during the English debate and a couple of other shady claims that openly contradict his previously stated policies.
Dion's big lie was his claim about the Green Shift that 'The Premiers support our plan as a good one, so you are inventing something' (note: quotes on the fly so accuracy not 100%)
Wow! There is no way that this claim is even close to being true and there is no way that Dion does not already know this unless Rae or Iggy jumped the gun and whacked him on the head with something really heavy. Please, oh please Liberal spin meisters, try to defend this totally fictitious claim by your leader to Canadians.
Some more tall tales from Dion.
Claiming that the Kelowna Accord and the '2006' Liberal childcare plan would be brought back by the Liberals. In fact Dion made the audacious claim that it would happen October 14th if they won the election.
Where to start. On October 14th, even if you could con enough of Canadians into voting FOR the LPC rather than against the CPC, Dion would not be the PM or be in any position to do anything until he was actually sworn in. Duh! If he doesn't get this he has no business being our PM; kind of like Elizabeth May on the Canada Health Act.
Much more shady is Dion's claim that he is bringing these programs back while his own platform does NOT provide the funds for either of these plans. Yes there is partial funding for these in Dion's platform but not anywhere near the levels that were promised by Paul Martin and rejected in 2006 by Canadians.
On infrastructure: Dion first claimed that the Liberals would spend more on infrastructure when in reality their platform only copies the existing Conservative spending and will NOT be an increase at all. Later he made the claim the the Liberals would 'speed up' this already existing spending. Just where in that Liberal platform does this unfunded sped up money come from because Dion made it painfully clear that the 70 Billion of already existing spending commitments, and the timing of those commitments as written by the Harper Government could not be included in costing the Liberal platform.
It just doesn't add up, but that is what you get when you make up policy on the fly.
On healthcare: Dion said that "We saved healthcare." Too damn funny. Was that when Chretien cut billions of dollars in transfer payments from the provinces messing up healthcare to this day, or when the instigator of those cuts, Paul Martin, later fixed healthcare for a generation?
There are more but I think you all get the idea. From carbon taxes, to not going negative in the campaign, or not changing a single comma in a platform that has already been altered on the fly a few times already; Dion cannot be trusted on anything he says and certainly can not be trusted to be our PM.
Dion's big lie was his claim about the Green Shift that 'The Premiers support our plan as a good one, so you are inventing something' (note: quotes on the fly so accuracy not 100%)
Wow! There is no way that this claim is even close to being true and there is no way that Dion does not already know this unless Rae or Iggy jumped the gun and whacked him on the head with something really heavy. Please, oh please Liberal spin meisters, try to defend this totally fictitious claim by your leader to Canadians.
Some more tall tales from Dion.
Claiming that the Kelowna Accord and the '2006' Liberal childcare plan would be brought back by the Liberals. In fact Dion made the audacious claim that it would happen October 14th if they won the election.
Where to start. On October 14th, even if you could con enough of Canadians into voting FOR the LPC rather than against the CPC, Dion would not be the PM or be in any position to do anything until he was actually sworn in. Duh! If he doesn't get this he has no business being our PM; kind of like Elizabeth May on the Canada Health Act.
Much more shady is Dion's claim that he is bringing these programs back while his own platform does NOT provide the funds for either of these plans. Yes there is partial funding for these in Dion's platform but not anywhere near the levels that were promised by Paul Martin and rejected in 2006 by Canadians.
On infrastructure: Dion first claimed that the Liberals would spend more on infrastructure when in reality their platform only copies the existing Conservative spending and will NOT be an increase at all. Later he made the claim the the Liberals would 'speed up' this already existing spending. Just where in that Liberal platform does this unfunded sped up money come from because Dion made it painfully clear that the 70 Billion of already existing spending commitments, and the timing of those commitments as written by the Harper Government could not be included in costing the Liberal platform.
It just doesn't add up, but that is what you get when you make up policy on the fly.
On healthcare: Dion said that "We saved healthcare." Too damn funny. Was that when Chretien cut billions of dollars in transfer payments from the provinces messing up healthcare to this day, or when the instigator of those cuts, Paul Martin, later fixed healthcare for a generation?
There are more but I think you all get the idea. From carbon taxes, to not going negative in the campaign, or not changing a single comma in a platform that has already been altered on the fly a few times already; Dion cannot be trusted on anything he says and certainly can not be trusted to be our PM.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
It 's the economy St,,,St,,,,St,,,Stephen.
Great line Stephane and so very original. How did you ever think of it on your own?
And what was Paul Martin's view about going to Iraq?
Paul Martin, the "great" Finance Minister who set back health care in this country for years by his cuts of millions of dollars in transfer payments to the provinces for 6 years in a row also had an opinion about Canada joining the US in Iraq.
Any guesses as to what that position was?
Here is what Sheila Copps"There is no doubt in my mind that if Paul Martin had been the leader, we would have gone to Iraq with the United States."
Feel free to look up what PMPM's Defence Minister David Pratt had to say about Iraq as well.
Any guesses as to what that position was?
Here is what Sheila Copps"There is no doubt in my mind that if Paul Martin had been the leader, we would have gone to Iraq with the United States."
Feel free to look up what PMPM's Defence Minister David Pratt had to say about Iraq as well.
Monday, September 29, 2008
All Politics is Local: Edmonton - St. Albert
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton-St.Albert; which was represented by Conservative John Williams who is not seeking re-election. The Conservative candidate for Edmonton-St.Albert this time around is former MLA Brent Rathgeber.
Campaign Offices:
Edmonton Office: 12728 127 Street NW Edmonton Phone# 780-454-1557
St. Albert Office: 203, 200 Boudreau Road (Summit Center Professional Building)
St. Albert Phone# 780-454-1557
Website: http://www.brentrathgeber.com/
Upcoming events: Check the calender or Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton-St. Albert contains the city of St. Albert to Highway 28 ( 97 St) in the east to Highway 16 in the south and 231 St in the west. An area of about 105 square km with a population of just over 126,000 and over 94,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a couple of weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-454-1557 and be part of the team that will help elect Brent to be the voice of Edmonton-St. Albert and part of a strong Conservative Government in Ottawa.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton-St.Albert; which was represented by Conservative John Williams who is not seeking re-election. The Conservative candidate for Edmonton-St.Albert this time around is former MLA Brent Rathgeber.
Campaign Offices:
Edmonton Office: 12728 127 Street NW Edmonton Phone# 780-454-1557
St. Albert Office: 203, 200 Boudreau Road (Summit Center Professional Building)
St. Albert Phone# 780-454-1557
Website: http://www.brentrathgeber.com/
Upcoming events: Check the calender or Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton-St. Albert contains the city of St. Albert to Highway 28 ( 97 St) in the east to Highway 16 in the south and 231 St in the west. An area of about 105 square km with a population of just over 126,000 and over 94,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a couple of weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-454-1557 and be part of the team that will help elect Brent to be the voice of Edmonton-St. Albert and part of a strong Conservative Government in Ottawa.
More Liberal Smear = Business as usual.
Dion stands by while one of his MP's smears the Prime Minister. Maybe he is waiting to consult with some women's council or other such group before making his move.
"Stephen Harper does not really like 52%of the population, which is women," Toronto Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi told the rally, sparking a chant of "boot him out.
The campaign of fear is strong in this one as the desperation weighs heavy.
The original quote can be found in this National Post story , but for some real fun you have to check out some of what Dion said about Jack Layton and the NDP platform. He does a good job of describing the damage that would be done to our economy ifthe Green Shift the NDP platform was implemented.
"The NDP can promise you the moon but they are trying to buy your votes with monopoly money," Mr. Dion declared, "They want to pay for all their promises by increasing the burden on our economy."
"It will put at risk the stock market because the stock market is expecting to see these corporate tax cuts to come. It will put at risk Canadians savings, RESPs, pensions."
(And the Green shift is different how Stephane?)
He also noted that Manitoba NDP Premier Gary Doer and former Saskatchewan NDP premier Lorne Calvert had cut corporate taxes to create jobs.
(Careful Stephane; McGuinty might hear you)
Dion also branded Jack Layton an "old-fashioned socialist" with a "job killing" electoral platform.
(Dion actually called someone a socialist; hahaha. This stuff writes itself.)
"Stephen Harper does not really like 52%of the population, which is women," Toronto Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi told the rally, sparking a chant of "boot him out.
The campaign of fear is strong in this one as the desperation weighs heavy.
The original quote can be found in this National Post story , but for some real fun you have to check out some of what Dion said about Jack Layton and the NDP platform. He does a good job of describing the damage that would be done to our economy if
"The NDP can promise you the moon but they are trying to buy your votes with monopoly money," Mr. Dion declared, "They want to pay for all their promises by increasing the burden on our economy."
"It will put at risk the stock market because the stock market is expecting to see these corporate tax cuts to come. It will put at risk Canadians savings, RESPs, pensions."
(And the Green shift is different how Stephane?)
He also noted that Manitoba NDP Premier Gary Doer and former Saskatchewan NDP premier Lorne Calvert had cut corporate taxes to create jobs.
(Careful Stephane; McGuinty might hear you)
Dion also branded Jack Layton an "old-fashioned socialist" with a "job killing" electoral platform.
(Dion actually called someone a socialist; hahaha. This stuff writes itself.)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sorry - we can't find that page
Results on the CBC website for http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/05/f-vp-mallick.html
It looks like the CBC has had a change of heart.
To refresh your memory you can read what was on that lost page here.
It looks like the CBC has had a change of heart.
To refresh your memory you can read what was on that lost page here.
Michael Ignatieff steps up to save the Liberal Party of Canada
Iggy steps up to try and save the Dion's led Liberal Party of Canada from disaster.
From the Toronto Star: The New Democrats and Green Party have no chance of forming government and the only way to stop the Conservatives is to vote Liberal, deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says.
And while he was at it Iggy throws a little fear into the mix as well: “If you don’t vote Liberal, Canada will go into a major economic crisis,”
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Excellent.
From the Toronto Star: The New Democrats and Green Party have no chance of forming government and the only way to stop the Conservatives is to vote Liberal, deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says.
And while he was at it Iggy throws a little fear into the mix as well: “If you don’t vote Liberal, Canada will go into a major economic crisis,”
Soon Iggy soon.
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Excellent.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Squandered. Lost in translation?
Stephane Dion: "They inherited a surplus of $12 billion, which they have squandered within two-and-a-half years,..."
Really Stephane; Squandered?
I know that you do not balance your own cheque book, and that your ideas such as carbon tax would harm the Canadian economy, but squandered?
Maybe I as a conservative do not understand what a Liberal thinks the "function of government" is, but it is you who do not understand that this money is not Liberal money but money that was taken from the pockets of taxpayers.
It is our money.
Money that was returned to the taxpayer through cuts to the GST and the income tax rate is not squandered.
Money that was given to the Provinces in transfer payments for such things as health care (which was decimated by Paul Martin and Jean Chretien) is not squandered money. Opps, I forgot; Liberals do not believe in any fiscal imbalance.
Money, about $40 billion, that gets paid off against our national debt and reduces interest paid on that debt by over 120 million dollars a year is not squandered money.
You see Stephane; that is what the average Canadian does when they are lucky enough to have some extra cash. We try to pay off our debts. It is simple economics and common sense, but you wouldn't know that because you have no idea about the life of the average Canadian and you do not even know how to handle your own debt.
You sir are out of touch and not worth the risk.
Really Stephane; Squandered?
I know that you do not balance your own cheque book, and that your ideas such as carbon tax would harm the Canadian economy, but squandered?
Maybe I as a conservative do not understand what a Liberal thinks the "function of government" is, but it is you who do not understand that this money is not Liberal money but money that was taken from the pockets of taxpayers.
It is our money.
Money that was returned to the taxpayer through cuts to the GST and the income tax rate is not squandered.
Money that was given to the Provinces in transfer payments for such things as health care (which was decimated by Paul Martin and Jean Chretien) is not squandered money. Opps, I forgot; Liberals do not believe in any fiscal imbalance.
Money, about $40 billion, that gets paid off against our national debt and reduces interest paid on that debt by over 120 million dollars a year is not squandered money.
You see Stephane; that is what the average Canadian does when they are lucky enough to have some extra cash. We try to pay off our debts. It is simple economics and common sense, but you wouldn't know that because you have no idea about the life of the average Canadian and you do not even know how to handle your own debt.
You sir are out of touch and not worth the risk.
Friday, September 26, 2008
All Politics is Local: Edmonton Spruce Grove
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton Spruce Grove which is currently represented by Rona Ambrose, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.
Campaign Office: 6104 172 Street Edmonton Phone# 780-801-0700
Website: http://www.voterona.ca/
Facebook: Here
Upcoming events: Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Spruce Grove runs from the North Saskatchewan River in the south to past the Yellowhead in the north, 170 st in the east to range road 20 in the west. An area of about 1,020 square km with a population of just over 128,000 and over 97,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-801-0700 and be part of the team that helps return Minister Ambrose and a strong Conservative Government to be your voice in Ottawa.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton Spruce Grove which is currently represented by Rona Ambrose, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.
Campaign Office: 6104 172 Street Edmonton Phone# 780-801-0700
Website: http://www.voterona.ca/
Facebook: Here
Upcoming events: Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Spruce Grove runs from the North Saskatchewan River in the south to past the Yellowhead in the north, 170 st in the east to range road 20 in the west. An area of about 1,020 square km with a population of just over 128,000 and over 97,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-801-0700 and be part of the team that helps return Minister Ambrose and a strong Conservative Government to be your voice in Ottawa.
All Politics is Local: Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our government Conservative.
Today it is Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont which is currently represented by Mike Lake the man who took back the riding after18 years of Liberal representation in January 2006 election.
Campaign Office: 5351-75 Street Edmonton Phone #: 780-463-5638
Website: http://www.mikelake.ca/
Upcoming events: Open House every Friday throughout the election at Mike's campaign office between 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All candidates forum Beaumont High school Wednesday Oct 1st at 7:00 PM
Shaw/Ched Forum Tuesday Oct 7th time TBA.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont runs from the Whitemud in the north to Highway 625 in the south and the QEII in the west to Meridian Street in the east. An area of about 175 square km with a population of just over 75,000 and with over 79,000 electors. It also has the honour of being my own riding (just to see if you are paying attention) and I will be going into more specific posts later on into the election.
Electoral history of EMB Prior history as Edm Southeast
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-463-5638 and be part of the team that helps return Mike and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa and keeps the riding, and Alberta, a Liberal free zone.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our government Conservative.
Today it is Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont which is currently represented by Mike Lake the man who took back the riding after18 years of Liberal representation in January 2006 election.
Campaign Office: 5351-75 Street Edmonton Phone #: 780-463-5638
Website: http://www.mikelake.ca/
Upcoming events: Open House every Friday throughout the election at Mike's campaign office between 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All candidates forum Beaumont High school Wednesday Oct 1st at 7:00 PM
Shaw/Ched Forum Tuesday Oct 7th time TBA.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont runs from the Whitemud in the north to Highway 625 in the south and the QEII in the west to Meridian Street in the east. An area of about 175 square km with a population of just over 75,000 and with over 79,000 electors. It also has the honour of being my own riding (just to see if you are paying attention) and I will be going into more specific posts later on into the election.
Electoral history of EMB Prior history as Edm Southeast
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-463-5638 and be part of the team that helps return Mike and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa and keeps the riding, and Alberta, a Liberal free zone.
Mohamed Elmasry: One vote the CPC will not be getting
Mohamed Elmasry a guy who has some issues with the right to free speech in Canada has come out with some 'expert' election analysis.
Source: Canada’s right-wing media have been publishing poll after poll in recent days, apparently showing that the Harper Conservatives are in the lead. This selective polling process has led them to the premature conclusion that Stephen Harper is heading for another term as Prime Minister, this time with a majority government.
But the campaign is far from over and the Harper road-show knows it. These polling figures are just another tactical maneuver aimed at demoralizing the contending parties and their supporters
It sure is nice that someone in Canada can make such ridiculous claims such as Harper controls the media and the polling companies and only get criticized in a few blogs rather than getting hauled before some kind of kangaroo speech court.
Isn't free speech a wonderful thing.
Too bad Mr. Elmasry does get it.
Source: Canada’s right-wing media have been publishing poll after poll in recent days, apparently showing that the Harper Conservatives are in the lead. This selective polling process has led them to the premature conclusion that Stephen Harper is heading for another term as Prime Minister, this time with a majority government.
But the campaign is far from over and the Harper road-show knows it. These polling figures are just another tactical maneuver aimed at demoralizing the contending parties and their supporters
It sure is nice that someone in Canada can make such ridiculous claims such as Harper controls the media and the polling companies and only get criticized in a few blogs rather than getting hauled before some kind of kangaroo speech court.
Isn't free speech a wonderful thing.
Too bad Mr. Elmasry does get it.
Jane Taber skewers Dion for the second time in 2 days.
Jane Taber doesn't think Dion is hot.
Today: Liberals already musing about potential leaders. "John Turner was given two chances. The question Liberals are asking themselves now is whether Stéphane Dion will get the same. It's not looking likely."
Yesterday: Liberals shift focus to 'living for another day'. "Not one, not a single serious Liberal is talking about Stéphane Dion becoming Prime Minister," a long-time Liberal said. "This is not about beating Harper as PM. This is about living for another day."
Ouch.
Dion is out of touch, and everyone else in the country knows it but him.
As an added bonus: Jane on Gerard Kennedy.
Today: Liberals already musing about potential leaders. "John Turner was given two chances. The question Liberals are asking themselves now is whether Stéphane Dion will get the same. It's not looking likely."
Yesterday: Liberals shift focus to 'living for another day'. "Not one, not a single serious Liberal is talking about Stéphane Dion becoming Prime Minister," a long-time Liberal said. "This is not about beating Harper as PM. This is about living for another day."
Ouch.
Dion is out of touch, and everyone else in the country knows it but him.
As an added bonus: Jane on Gerard Kennedy.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
All Politics is Local: Edmonton Centre
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton Centre which is currently represented by Laurie Hawn, the man who ended Anne McLellan's rein of Liberal terror in the January 2006 election.
Campaign Office: 14215 Stony Plain Road Edmonton Phone # 780 442 1800
Website: http://www.lauriehawn.ca/
Upcoming events: Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Centre runs from the CNR tracks in the north to the North Saskatchewan River in the south and 170 st in the west to 97 st in the east. An area of about 55 square km with a population of just over 120,000 and over 92,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780 442 1800 and be part of the team that helps return Laurie and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa and keeps the riding a Liberal free zone.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Tonight it is Edmonton Centre which is currently represented by Laurie Hawn, the man who ended Anne McLellan's rein of Liberal terror in the January 2006 election.
Campaign Office: 14215 Stony Plain Road Edmonton Phone # 780 442 1800
Website: http://www.lauriehawn.ca/
Upcoming events: Call the campaign office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton Centre runs from the CNR tracks in the north to the North Saskatchewan River in the south and 170 st in the west to 97 st in the east. An area of about 55 square km with a population of just over 120,000 and over 92,000 electors.
Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780 442 1800 and be part of the team that helps return Laurie and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa and keeps the riding a Liberal free zone.
Fear Mongering on Abortion, What took them so long?
Even though it is totally baseless we all knew the smear was going to show up some time during the election campaign.
And today in the Toronto Star we get this:
The Conservative government is eroding women's reproductive health and right to abortion "by stealth," a group of advocates representing labour and women's rights charged this morning. "There is a clear anti-abortion hidden agenda at work that puts women's health at risk," said Carolyn Egan, of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.
Don't you just love this line "There is a clear anti-abortion hidden agenda at work that puts women's health at risk"
Damn that PM Harper is one shrewd dude. Only he can have an agenda that is both clear and hidden at the same time while in contrast Dion seems to be having trouble tying his own shoes without help.
Keep it coming lefties; the campaign of fear worked so well the last few times that you might as well go for it yet again this year.
H/t to Joanne
And today in the Toronto Star we get this:
The Conservative government is eroding women's reproductive health and right to abortion "by stealth," a group of advocates representing labour and women's rights charged this morning. "There is a clear anti-abortion hidden agenda at work that puts women's health at risk," said Carolyn Egan, of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.
Don't you just love this line "There is a clear anti-abortion hidden agenda at work that puts women's health at risk"
Damn that PM Harper is one shrewd dude. Only he can have an agenda that is both clear and hidden at the same time while in contrast Dion seems to be having trouble tying his own shoes without help.
Keep it coming lefties; the campaign of fear worked so well the last few times that you might as well go for it yet again this year.
H/t to Joanne
The Wizard of Liberal Oz
Stephane Dion: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
One problem Stephane; it is getting so crowded behind that curtain that it is now all but impossible to ignore by anyone.
Slightly off topic but no time for a separate post:
Dion in Quebec today said this about the conservative crime proposals "Do you know one police man who agrees with this plan?"
No Stephane I do not know one policeman who agrees in tougher sentences, I know of thousands of them who do.
Stephane Dion: Out of touch with his own party, out of touch with Canadians, and out of touch with reality.
One problem Stephane; it is getting so crowded behind that curtain that it is now all but impossible to ignore by anyone.
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Slightly off topic but no time for a separate post:
Dion in Quebec today said this about the conservative crime proposals "Do you know one police man who agrees with this plan?"
No Stephane I do not know one policeman who agrees in tougher sentences, I know of thousands of them who do.
Stephane Dion: Out of touch with his own party, out of touch with Canadians, and out of touch with reality.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
All Politics is Local: Edmonton East.
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Today is Edmonton East which is currently represented by the popular Peter Goldring.
Campaign office: 12721-50 St, Edmonton Phone #: 780-478-6565
Website: http://www.petergoldring.com
Upcoming events: Contact the office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton East has a population of 128,199 with 90,861 registered voters and 237 polling divisions. An area of 50 square km that goes north to 167 avenue and south to the North Saskatchewan rivers, 97 st to the west and the Fort Road/Manning Drive to the east. Edmonton East and its colourful Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-478-6565 and be part of the team that helps return Peter and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa to be your voice in Parliament.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Today is Edmonton East which is currently represented by the popular Peter Goldring.
Campaign office: 12721-50 St, Edmonton Phone #: 780-478-6565
Website: http://www.petergoldring.com
Upcoming events: Contact the office for the latest event schedule.
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton East has a population of 128,199 with 90,861 registered voters and 237 polling divisions. An area of 50 square km that goes north to 167 avenue and south to the North Saskatchewan rivers, 97 st to the west and the Fort Road/Manning Drive to the east. Edmonton East and its colourful Electoral history.
The election is only a few weeks away and your help is needed. Please call 780-478-6565 and be part of the team that helps return Peter and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa to be your voice in Parliament.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
How many government employees will lose their jobs to Dion's ideological cuts.
According to Stephane Dion he is going to pay for his entire platform and create a surplus by making cuts to existing government services, and I guess the government employees who operate within them.
What is going to be cut Stephane? Which programs are going to get the red Liberal ideological axe?
Considering that the Liberals have screamed about any and every funding cut the Conservative Government has made in the last 3 years, which the Liberals have now promised to reverse, (BTW has this been included in the costing of the Liberal platform?) it should be interesting to see just where Dion plans to make these cuts. Plenty of people have speculated that the military would be the biggest target, but with the Afghan mission not concluding until 2011 it would even be below the Liberals to not properly fund our troops.
I want some answers Stephane and Co. Which programs or government service are you going to cut to pay for all of your promises?
What is going to be cut Stephane? Which programs are going to get the red Liberal ideological axe?
Considering that the Liberals have screamed about any and every funding cut the Conservative Government has made in the last 3 years, which the Liberals have now promised to reverse, (BTW has this been included in the costing of the Liberal platform?) it should be interesting to see just where Dion plans to make these cuts. Plenty of people have speculated that the military would be the biggest target, but with the Afghan mission not concluding until 2011 it would even be below the Liberals to not properly fund our troops.
I want some answers Stephane and Co. Which programs or government service are you going to cut to pay for all of your promises?
Thank you Edmonton Police Service
Last week a member of my family was the victim of a violent crime. I am not alone.
If this situation has not yet happened to yourself or to someone you know, you are winning the battle of statistics for at least the time being; count yourself lucky but remember that this is happening everyday to some of your fellow Canadians. Leaving the discussion of the political aspect of crime and justice for another date I would take the time to thank the sharp end of the spear in the battle against crime; the police.
Thank you to the members of the Edmonton Police Services who were at the scene and saved the life of someone very close to me. I cannot possibly express in words my thanks for your actions that night. You have a job that many of us could not do and the abuse and disrespect you get from the citizenry that you protect makes the job all that more difficult. You all make a difference, thank you.
If this situation has not yet happened to yourself or to someone you know, you are winning the battle of statistics for at least the time being; count yourself lucky but remember that this is happening everyday to some of your fellow Canadians. Leaving the discussion of the political aspect of crime and justice for another date I would take the time to thank the sharp end of the spear in the battle against crime; the police.
Thank you to the members of the Edmonton Police Services who were at the scene and saved the life of someone very close to me. I cannot possibly express in words my thanks for your actions that night. You have a job that many of us could not do and the abuse and disrespect you get from the citizenry that you protect makes the job all that more difficult. You all make a difference, thank you.
Liberals gag Dion's wife.
From the Canadian Press: Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's accomplished and outspoken wife appears to have been muzzled by the party's national campaign team.
"We got the stop light from Ottawa," said Krieber's assistant, Donna Lee Fowler, who had been organizing Krieber's schedule and setting up interviews.
Taking the spotlight away from Stephane Dion? I thought that WAS the Liberal strategy because Dion is not looking to good right now.
From the Globe and Mail:
"If Mr. Dion were any weaker, he'd need a blood transfusion."
"We got the stop light from Ottawa," said Krieber's assistant, Donna Lee Fowler, who had been organizing Krieber's schedule and setting up interviews.
"Madame was gung ho. ... Feel free to ask headquarters why they've decided to cancel all this."
However, a Liberal insider speaking on condition of anonymity said the campaign team does not want Krieber talking to the media and grabbing a share of the spotlight.
Moreover, there are fears among some senior Liberals that Krieber can't be relied upon stick to the campaign script.
Taking the spotlight away from Stephane Dion? I thought that WAS the Liberal strategy because Dion is not looking to good right now.
From the Globe and Mail:
"If Mr. Dion were any weaker, he'd need a blood transfusion."
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Greg Weston on what the Liberals are thinking about Dion.
A great article about the troubles the Liberals are having with their 'leader' from Greg Weston of Sun media that I am sure will be quoted on various blogs today.
My favorite line "Dion may also be realizing he was deluded to think the more Canadians got to know him, the more they would want him as prime minister."
Deluded. Ha ha ha ha ha!
Give it a read for yourself.
My favorite line "Dion may also be realizing he was deluded to think the more Canadians got to know him, the more they would want him as prime minister."
Deluded. Ha ha ha ha ha!
Give it a read for yourself.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Stephane Dion beats Paul Martin's record.
Stephane Dion beats a Paul Martin record from the last election. The amount of days before going negative in the campaign after promising not to do so.
The old record: In late November 2005 on the very first day of the election campaign Paul Martin promised that he would run on his record and shortly after claimed the same thing in what may have been Canada's first political sweater ad. Yet only 22 Days later the negative ads were revealed and 2 weeks later perhaps the most negative ad in Canadian political history was out in public.
Stephane Dion has always maintained that he would take the high road and not go negative in an election campaign and he reiterated this at the start of the 2008 campaign saying that the Liberals won't resort to "the negative, nasty approach of the Conservative party and their current leader."
The new record: Quick somebody call the Guinness people. Less than 12 days after the start of the 2008 campaign, Stephane Dion goes negative with the release of attack ads playing on the deaths of Canadians. Funny that the ad starts out with the words "It's a new low"
Way to go back on yet another promise Stephane! This record looks good on you but not as much as the next one that you are about to set.
Any guesses as to what record I am talking about?
Edit: more quotes, which I guess could now be considered lies by Dion as compiled by Platty.
- "I have heard that they are planning something about me -- they want to have that out in television ads as soon as possible but I will not do that. I want to take the high-road which is to compare two approaches for Canada in the 21st century," said Dion. (Winnipeg Free Press, December 15, 2006)
- "Not this negative ads, not my style" - Stephane Dion (Global National, January 30, 2007)
- Dion said the Liberals won't be running any negative ads. "We're already answering back," he said. "We're answering with policies that are good for the people." - Stephane Dion (CP, Calgary Sun, February 14, 2007)
- "I will never do that.'' - Stephane Dion (CP, February 19, 2007)
- "I will keep the high road, and I'm very convinced it's the best way to have majority support at the next election." - Stephane Dion (Globe and Mail, March 9, 2007)
- "I want to take the high road. I want to explain to Canadians what I want to do. Don't want to go in dirty politics. If he wants to play the bully, it will be his choice. I want to play the high road. I want to appeal to the intelligence of the Canadian people that I know is the best way to win the support of the Canadian people." - Stephane Dion (Mike Duffy Live, CTV Newsnet, March 8, 2007)
- "It's a very Bush style," he said with reference to U.S. President George W. Bush. "I will fight back, but not in negativity." - Stephane Dion (Montreal Gazette, March 31, 2007)
- "We're in Canada, I remind you. This kind of stuff is not good for the political system. We'll be positive. There are no plans to my knowledge for us to reply to this kind of garbage," said Liberal deputy leader Michael Ignatieff. "You don't fight garbage with garbage. What you do is go out with a positive message." (National Post, February 14, 2007)
The old record: In late November 2005 on the very first day of the election campaign Paul Martin promised that he would run on his record and shortly after claimed the same thing in what may have been Canada's first political sweater ad. Yet only 22 Days later the negative ads were revealed and 2 weeks later perhaps the most negative ad in Canadian political history was out in public.
Stephane Dion has always maintained that he would take the high road and not go negative in an election campaign and he reiterated this at the start of the 2008 campaign saying that the Liberals won't resort to "the negative, nasty approach of the Conservative party and their current leader."
The new record: Quick somebody call the Guinness people. Less than 12 days after the start of the 2008 campaign, Stephane Dion goes negative with the release of attack ads playing on the deaths of Canadians. Funny that the ad starts out with the words "It's a new low"
Way to go back on yet another promise Stephane! This record looks good on you but not as much as the next one that you are about to set.
Any guesses as to what record I am talking about?
Edit: more quotes, which I guess could now be considered lies by Dion as compiled by Platty.
- "I have heard that they are planning something about me -- they want to have that out in television ads as soon as possible but I will not do that. I want to take the high-road which is to compare two approaches for Canada in the 21st century," said Dion. (Winnipeg Free Press, December 15, 2006)
- "Not this negative ads, not my style" - Stephane Dion (Global National, January 30, 2007)
- Dion said the Liberals won't be running any negative ads. "We're already answering back," he said. "We're answering with policies that are good for the people." - Stephane Dion (CP, Calgary Sun, February 14, 2007)
- "I will never do that.'' - Stephane Dion (CP, February 19, 2007)
- "I will keep the high road, and I'm very convinced it's the best way to have majority support at the next election." - Stephane Dion (Globe and Mail, March 9, 2007)
- "I want to take the high road. I want to explain to Canadians what I want to do. Don't want to go in dirty politics. If he wants to play the bully, it will be his choice. I want to play the high road. I want to appeal to the intelligence of the Canadian people that I know is the best way to win the support of the Canadian people." - Stephane Dion (Mike Duffy Live, CTV Newsnet, March 8, 2007)
- "It's a very Bush style," he said with reference to U.S. President George W. Bush. "I will fight back, but not in negativity." - Stephane Dion (Montreal Gazette, March 31, 2007)
- "We're in Canada, I remind you. This kind of stuff is not good for the political system. We'll be positive. There are no plans to my knowledge for us to reply to this kind of garbage," said Liberal deputy leader Michael Ignatieff. "You don't fight garbage with garbage. What you do is go out with a positive message." (National Post, February 14, 2007)
"Like Tim Hortons distancing itself from the doughnut."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper: “Stéphane Dion distancing himself from the Green Shift is like Tim Hortons distancing itself from the doughnut."
Bob Fife video here on Dion shifting away from his green shift. Who would have guessed.
Bob Fife video here on Dion shifting away from his green shift. Who would have guessed.
Friday, September 19, 2008
All Politics is Local: Edmonton-Strathcona
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. With that in mind I will be profiling local ridings over the course of the next few days.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Today it is Edmonton-Strathcona which is currently well represented in Ottawa by Rahim Jaffer.
Campaign Office: 6112-104 Street Telephone: (780) 433-0691
Website: http://www.voterahimjaffer.ca/
Facebook: "Re-elect Rahim Jaffer in Edmonton-Strathcona"
Upcoming events: Meet and Greet at the campaign office 3-5PM Saturday Sept 20th and later on that evening at the Urban Lounge (10544 Whyte Avenue) from 9pm-midnight come out for An Evening with Rahim.
Forum: to be held at 7 pm on Thursday, September 25th at the Myer Horowitz Theatre on the U of A campus at the Students’ Union Building, 8900-114 St
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton-Strathcona borders the North Saskatchewan river to the North and the Whitemud Freeway to the south and contains the historic district of Old Strathcona and the University of Alberta. The population is just under 100,000 with over 74,000 eligible voters.
Electoral history.
The election is a little over 4 weeks away and your help is needed. Please call (780) 433-0691 and be part of the team that helps return Rahim and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa.
If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Today it is Edmonton-Strathcona which is currently well represented in Ottawa by Rahim Jaffer.
Campaign Office: 6112-104 Street Telephone: (780) 433-0691
Website: http://www.voterahimjaffer.ca/
Facebook: "Re-elect Rahim Jaffer in Edmonton-Strathcona"
Upcoming events: Meet and Greet at the campaign office 3-5PM Saturday Sept 20th and later on that evening at the Urban Lounge (10544 Whyte Avenue) from 9pm-midnight come out for An Evening with Rahim.
Forum: to be held at 7 pm on Thursday, September 25th at the Myer Horowitz Theatre on the U of A campus at the Students’ Union Building, 8900-114 St
Riding Info: MAP. Edmonton-Strathcona borders the North Saskatchewan river to the North and the Whitemud Freeway to the south and contains the historic district of Old Strathcona and the University of Alberta. The population is just under 100,000 with over 74,000 eligible voters.
Electoral history.
The election is a little over 4 weeks away and your help is needed. Please call (780) 433-0691 and be part of the team that helps return Rahim and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa.
All Politics is Local: Edmonton-Leduc
All politics is local and it is the work of volunteers and the grass roots that win elections. If you live in any of these ridings and have even a few free hours over the next few weeks to help out with the campaign or even to request a lawn sign, please take note of the information and give your local campaign office a call. They all will appreciate the help and every little bit no matter how small can help keep your riding and our Federal Government Conservative.
Today we look at Edmonton-Leduc which is currently represented in Ottawa by James Rajotte.
Campaign offices:
Edmonton= #102 Lansdowne Shopping Centre 5122 – 122 Street Phone: (780) 822-2240
Leduc= Bay 1, 5204 50 Street Phone: (780) 701-7290
Devon= #7 Superior Street Phone: TBD
Website: http://www.jamesrajotte.ca/EN/2268/
Upcoming events: Meet James 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. , Friday, September 19, 2008
Edmonton Campaign Office (Suite 102, 5122 – 122 Street, Edmonton)
and in Leduc 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Leduc Campaign Office (Bay #1, 5204 – 50 Street, Leduc)
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton--Leduc has a population of 116,986 with 83,677 registered voters and 209 polling divisions. Electoral history.
The election is a little over 4 weeks away and your help is needed. Please call (780) 822-2240 in Edmonton or (780) 701-7290 in Leduc and be part of the team that helps return James and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa.
Today we look at Edmonton-Leduc which is currently represented in Ottawa by James Rajotte.
Campaign offices:
Edmonton= #102 Lansdowne Shopping Centre 5122 – 122 Street Phone: (780) 822-2240
Leduc= Bay 1, 5204 50 Street Phone: (780) 701-7290
Devon= #7 Superior Street Phone: TBD
Website: http://www.jamesrajotte.ca/EN/2268/
Upcoming events: Meet James 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. , Friday, September 19, 2008
Edmonton Campaign Office (Suite 102, 5122 – 122 Street, Edmonton)
and in Leduc 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Leduc Campaign Office (Bay #1, 5204 – 50 Street, Leduc)
Riding Info: Map. Edmonton--Leduc has a population of 116,986 with 83,677 registered voters and 209 polling divisions. Electoral history.
The election is a little over 4 weeks away and your help is needed. Please call (780) 822-2240 in Edmonton or (780) 701-7290 in Leduc and be part of the team that helps return James and a strong Conservative Government to Ottawa.
Missing: The Green Shift
Dion's carbon tax was noticeably absent yesterday from the campaign trail as Dion talked about anything but his tax grabbing non environmental plan.
A new strategy or just abandoning a lost cause?
Today will be the key; that is if we see Dion out campaigning at all since the Liberals not only seem to be abandoning the greenshift but Dion as well.
Now that might be a winning strategy.
A new strategy or just abandoning a lost cause?
Today will be the key; that is if we see Dion out campaigning at all since the Liberals not only seem to be abandoning the greenshift but Dion as well.
Now that might be a winning strategy.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Free Seminar: How to make money with the Liberal carbon tax:
Dear blog reader: Do you want to be rich?
Dear reader this is your chance to learn the secrets that can make your life easier and bring in wealth beyond your wildest dreams all with the help of Stephane Dion's carbon tax. (as a special bonus today I offer a free sneak peek of one of our most basic and popular secrets. One of many that what you will learn by taking part in our exclusive seminar. Keep reading)
Our highly sought after program will teach you all that you really need to know to profit in Canada under such a repressive tax system as the Green Shift. While the rest of the population suffers under the weight of it all, you can come out ahead by applying the simple lessons learned at our exclusive seminar. But you must respond today to ensure entry.
By confirming your reservation now I will guarantee your seat at an exclusive financial seminar to be held in your area in the near future; probably at some seedy hotel out near the airport.
Here is just a small selection of available sessions:
Tax planning: Businesses really do not pay taxes. (at least with their own money)
Sending cash to your brother in law and claiming it as 'Green R&D' (sold out)
Hidden opportunities: Thriving in the black market.
Unfair disadvantage: Selling your stock in Canadian companies before the tax hits.
New business ideas: How to set up a "millions of new green jobs" employment agency.
Specialized training: The believable shoulder shrug.
The Gore: Buying carbon credits from yourself.
Investment Opportunities: Buying farmland, trucks, and fishing boats cheap.
and many many more!
This is the chance of a lifetime to get ahead of the curve and profit from Dion's Carbon tax. Seating is limited and if you want to guarantee your place you must confirm your space now.
As promised a sneak peak at our most popular session; Pass it on and then some*.
Everyone is expecting prices to raise under a carbon tax as your own and every other business passes on the increased costs to the consumer; this is expected and should not be a surprise to anyone. (see tax planning session B)
Example A . ' Your Product ' currently retails for $10 and this allows for a $2 profit. With your carbon tax hit passed on to the customer (already expected by the consumer) the new selling price will have to raise to $12.50 to maintain the current profit margin.
So why not take advantage of the expected increases and tack an a few extra bucks for yourself? In our example why not tack on another $1.50 for a new retail price of $14.00?
Your customers will complain and they will not be happy but you now have the option of just shrugging your shoulders, blaming the Liberals and counting your record profits.
*Prerequisite: Believable shoulder shrug.
Remember, this is just a short example of what you can learn at our exclusive seminar. Call now and I will see you soon.
Dear reader this is your chance to learn the secrets that can make your life easier and bring in wealth beyond your wildest dreams all with the help of Stephane Dion's carbon tax. (as a special bonus today I offer a free sneak peek of one of our most basic and popular secrets. One of many that what you will learn by taking part in our exclusive seminar. Keep reading)
Our highly sought after program will teach you all that you really need to know to profit in Canada under such a repressive tax system as the Green Shift. While the rest of the population suffers under the weight of it all, you can come out ahead by applying the simple lessons learned at our exclusive seminar. But you must respond today to ensure entry.
By confirming your reservation now I will guarantee your seat at an exclusive financial seminar to be held in your area in the near future; probably at some seedy hotel out near the airport.
Here is just a small selection of available sessions:
Tax planning: Businesses really do not pay taxes. (at least with their own money)
Sending cash to your brother in law and claiming it as 'Green R&D' (sold out)
Hidden opportunities: Thriving in the black market.
Unfair disadvantage: Selling your stock in Canadian companies before the tax hits.
New business ideas: How to set up a "millions of new green jobs" employment agency.
Specialized training: The believable shoulder shrug.
The Gore: Buying carbon credits from yourself.
Investment Opportunities: Buying farmland, trucks, and fishing boats cheap.
and many many more!
This is the chance of a lifetime to get ahead of the curve and profit from Dion's Carbon tax. Seating is limited and if you want to guarantee your place you must confirm your space now.
Operators are standing by.
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As promised a sneak peak at our most popular session; Pass it on and then some*.
Everyone is expecting prices to raise under a carbon tax as your own and every other business passes on the increased costs to the consumer; this is expected and should not be a surprise to anyone. (see tax planning session B)
Example A . ' Your Product ' currently retails for $10 and this allows for a $2 profit. With your carbon tax hit passed on to the customer (already expected by the consumer) the new selling price will have to raise to $12.50 to maintain the current profit margin.
So why not take advantage of the expected increases and tack an a few extra bucks for yourself? In our example why not tack on another $1.50 for a new retail price of $14.00?
Your customers will complain and they will not be happy but you now have the option of just shrugging your shoulders, blaming the Liberals and counting your record profits.
*Prerequisite: Believable shoulder shrug.
Remember, this is just a short example of what you can learn at our exclusive seminar. Call now and I will see you soon.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Worthy of being seen again. Election 2008 video.
This post is going to end up being a link dump for, IMHO, what are some of the more interesting videos of the campaign. I hope you enjoy them.
The PM quick thinking on vegetables. Listen to the media laugh out loud at the end.
This was well before the call, but I like it and it is my blog.
A well done Terminator parody.
Well this one speaks for itself. Thank you CBC.
Matt's video that started it all. (already linked to here)
Dion on Israel, clueless and caught in a big lie.
"I thought this meeting was for us and not ...these bunch of media people" Dion press conference goes terribly wrong. Note his strong leadership skills. Not.
Dion has no answer but he didn't "hear" the question according to Liberal spin. Too bad he repeats the question himself.
The spin. "Maybe it was...." If you don't know Stephane who does? (he blames it on a hearing problem with a straight face)
The aftermath. Dion goes green and goes 'Hulk' on a CTV reporter
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The PM quick thinking on vegetables. Listen to the media laugh out loud at the end.
This was well before the call, but I like it and it is my blog.
A well done Terminator parody.
Well this one speaks for itself. Thank you CBC.
Matt's video that started it all. (already linked to here)
Dion on Israel, clueless and caught in a big lie.
"I thought this meeting was for us and not ...these bunch of media people" Dion press conference goes terribly wrong. Note his strong leadership skills. Not.
Dion has no answer but he didn't "hear" the question according to Liberal spin. Too bad he repeats the question himself.
The spin. "Maybe it was...." If you don't know Stephane who does? (he blames it on a hearing problem with a straight face)
The aftermath. Dion goes green and goes 'Hulk' on a CTV reporter
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Paul Martin, some good news and some bad news.
First the good news: Former PM Paul Martin has been found alive and well in Halifax after being almost completely absent from the House of Commons for the last 2 1/2 years.
And now the bad news: Unfortunately it appears that Mr.Martin thinks he is still fighting the January 2006 federal election.
"In an impassioned speech to the Halifax West federal Liberal association on Sunday, Martin vowed that a Grit government would keep its promises.
He accused the Conservatives of failing to deliver on a national child-care plan, the Kelowna accord that dealt with native education, employment and anti-poverty initiatives and the Kyoto accord that called for a reduction in greenhouse gases."
And now the bad news: Unfortunately it appears that Mr.Martin thinks he is still fighting the January 2006 federal election.
"In an impassioned speech to the Halifax West federal Liberal association on Sunday, Martin vowed that a Grit government would keep its promises.
He accused the Conservatives of failing to deliver on a national child-care plan, the Kelowna accord that dealt with native education, employment and anti-poverty initiatives and the Kyoto accord that called for a reduction in greenhouse gases."
Monday, September 15, 2008
How's it going Garth?
Steve Janke nailed Garth Turner 2 times yesterday. The first for using the son of his top assistant as a prop for the cameras of CPAC, and the second time when Garth replays the victim card.
Watch this video courtesy of Step to the Right as Garth meets a random Halton resident. If this does not sum up Garth Turner nothing does.
Nice to meet you indeed.
More from Garth but this time Garth is the 'victim' and how the evil ________ (insert party here) are destroying Garth's election signs because he is a ________ (insert party here).
This is made all the more funny considering this entire ploy was predicted by another blogger just days earlier.
Garth Turner doing the Liberal Party of Canada proud and showing us all how politics should be done.
Watch this video courtesy of Step to the Right as Garth meets a random Halton resident. If this does not sum up Garth Turner nothing does.
Nice to meet you indeed.
More from Garth but this time Garth is the 'victim' and how the evil ________ (insert party here) are destroying Garth's election signs because he is a ________ (insert party here).
This is made all the more funny considering this entire ploy was predicted by another blogger just days earlier.
Garth Turner doing the Liberal Party of Canada proud and showing us all how politics should be done.
The Green Party and the mistake that no amount of spin can change.
Most of you are aware of the saga of NDP blogger Buckdog last week but for those that are not here is a short highlight reel that starts when blogger Stephen Taylor posts an old video clip on YouTube of Elizabeth May saying that she thinks Canadians are stupid.
Buckdog like many other bloggers also posts the video on his site.
John Bennett, Director of Communications Green Party of Canada threatens Buckdog with legal action , from both himself and although not authorised to do so, TVO, in a very poorly written and spelling mistake laden email claiming that the video was slanderous.
Stephen Taylor clarifies the video has not been doctored and so does TVO.
John Bennett does apologize, but just can't help but add a little spin to help save his leader. (Bolding mine) "In the TVO clip, Elizabeth May clearly says "they" think Canadians are stupid, referring to the opinions of some politicians. She then turns to the questioner and agrees with HIS assessment that a carbontax is essential. No spin can change that."
Elizabeth May again goes on TVO and must think Canadians really are stupid because she tries to tell Canadians that she actually said "disagree"rather than "agree". I have yet to find a single person who believes this claim.
Which leaves us with this last thought on this subject: If May did say disagree rather than agree, what should one make about what Mr. Bennett had stated in his apology email "She then turns to the questioner and agrees with HIS assessment that a carbontax is essential. No spin can change that."
Someone is making stuff up on the fly at the Green Party, and John, no spin can change that.
Update: May changes her story yet again.
Hey, Elizabeth;it's not the crime that gets you, it's the cover-up.
Buckdog like many other bloggers also posts the video on his site.
John Bennett, Director of Communications Green Party of Canada threatens Buckdog with legal action , from both himself and although not authorised to do so, TVO, in a very poorly written and spelling mistake laden email claiming that the video was slanderous.
Stephen Taylor clarifies the video has not been doctored and so does TVO.
John Bennett does apologize, but just can't help but add a little spin to help save his leader. (Bolding mine) "In the TVO clip, Elizabeth May clearly says "they" think Canadians are stupid, referring to the opinions of some politicians. She then turns to the questioner and agrees with HIS assessment that a carbontax is essential. No spin can change that."
Elizabeth May again goes on TVO and must think Canadians really are stupid because she tries to tell Canadians that she actually said "disagree"rather than "agree". I have yet to find a single person who believes this claim.
Which leaves us with this last thought on this subject: If May did say disagree rather than agree, what should one make about what Mr. Bennett had stated in his apology email "She then turns to the questioner and agrees with HIS assessment that a carbontax is essential. No spin can change that."
Someone is making stuff up on the fly at the Green Party, and John, no spin can change that.
Update: May changes her story yet again.
Hey, Elizabeth;it's not the crime that gets you, it's the cover-up.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Dion to Harmonize Greenshift with B.C. Carbon tax.
Well that didn't take long. If the clip I saw tonight on the CBC National News is accurate, Stephane Dion says that he will harmonize his carbon tax with the oh so popular B.C. provincial carbon tax. (update: confirmed Dion did say he would harmonize the 2 taxes)
Here is the clip from CBC. Tell me if what I am hearing is wrong when Dion answers a question from a young gentleman asking about B.C. being punished with double carbon taxes.
That sounds like he said he would harmonize to me. Policy on the fly or was this in Dion's play book all along?
It is hard to tell what is going on as Dion has already claimed not to have spoken with Premier Campbell on this subject, even though the Premier had said the opposite, and this is by far not the first time Dion has flip flopped on a carbon tax, so nothing surprises me when it comes to Liberal policy lately.
Now we await the details or as I like to describe it as 'more policy on the fly.'
Does the money collected all stay in B.C, does the existing $100 dollars residents receive effect the GS tax cuts, how does the loss, or increase, in revenue to the feds get paid out, or paid for, by the rest of the country, how does carbon in B.C.now get priced, and other provinces, including Alberta, are taxing carbon, when can they expect a 'side deal'? I am sure there are plenty more but those are a few off the top of my head. I eagerly await the response tomorrow.
Oh, and just for fun one more question. What will Iggy say?
OK, I know that was not fair since Iggy is already in enough trouble today after he made a claim of his own about the Green Shift which totally contradicts Dion, the GS documentation, and the commitment to have 100% of the money collected to go back to Canadians via tax cuts.
“Our environmental policy is very simple: we want to decrease the tax on income. Most Canadians will get a tax cut from an incoming Liberal government, and we want to raise money for roads by taxing pollution. We cannot go on treating the earth as a garbage dump"
You know; it is almost as if some people are trying to derail the Liberal election chances from within, but that is for another post.
Here is the clip from CBC. Tell me if what I am hearing is wrong when Dion answers a question from a young gentleman asking about B.C. being punished with double carbon taxes.
That sounds like he said he would harmonize to me. Policy on the fly or was this in Dion's play book all along?
It is hard to tell what is going on as Dion has already claimed not to have spoken with Premier Campbell on this subject, even though the Premier had said the opposite, and this is by far not the first time Dion has flip flopped on a carbon tax, so nothing surprises me when it comes to Liberal policy lately.
Now we await the details or as I like to describe it as 'more policy on the fly.'
Does the money collected all stay in B.C, does the existing $100 dollars residents receive effect the GS tax cuts, how does the loss, or increase, in revenue to the feds get paid out, or paid for, by the rest of the country, how does carbon in B.C.now get priced, and other provinces, including Alberta, are taxing carbon, when can they expect a 'side deal'? I am sure there are plenty more but those are a few off the top of my head. I eagerly await the response tomorrow.
Oh, and just for fun one more question. What will Iggy say?
OK, I know that was not fair since Iggy is already in enough trouble today after he made a claim of his own about the Green Shift which totally contradicts Dion, the GS documentation, and the commitment to have 100% of the money collected to go back to Canadians via tax cuts.
“Our environmental policy is very simple: we want to decrease the tax on income. Most Canadians will get a tax cut from an incoming Liberal government, and we want to raise money for roads by taxing pollution. We cannot go on treating the earth as a garbage dump"
You know; it is almost as if some people are trying to derail the Liberal election chances from within, but that is for another post.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Will Dion change his Green Shift plan again?
Because a couple of more Liberals are asking him to do just that.
David Orchard: “I've spoken out inside the party and I've made my views known that I'd like to see some changes in the proposal,” said Orchard “I don't want to see farmers or fisherman or northerners penalized for using fuels for which there is no option, they have no alternative.”
Paul Zed: "There is no tax on emissions. The Green Shift plan is not a detriment to the refinery "¦ I wouldn't be supporting this if, for a moment, I thought the refinery was in jeopardy."
Ok, Zed is not asking directly for a change but once he realizes that he is grossly mistaken in his belief that refineries are not going to be taxed he has 2 choices; not support the carbon tax, as his words above so clearly state, or ask Dion to change the plan. Which one will it be?
Will Stephane Dion make more changes to the Green Shift before the election date?
Only time will tell.
ht Steve Janke
David Orchard: “I've spoken out inside the party and I've made my views known that I'd like to see some changes in the proposal,” said Orchard “I don't want to see farmers or fisherman or northerners penalized for using fuels for which there is no option, they have no alternative.”
Paul Zed: "There is no tax on emissions. The Green Shift plan is not a detriment to the refinery "¦ I wouldn't be supporting this if, for a moment, I thought the refinery was in jeopardy."
Ok, Zed is not asking directly for a change but once he realizes that he is grossly mistaken in his belief that refineries are not going to be taxed he has 2 choices; not support the carbon tax, as his words above so clearly state, or ask Dion to change the plan. Which one will it be?
Will Stephane Dion make more changes to the Green Shift before the election date?
Only time will tell.
ht Steve Janke
Maybe this is why she can't get elected after 5 attempts
Hana Razga, NDP candidate Edmonton-Leduc: “It makes sense with an economic point of view to tax the things that you want people to use less of. In this case it’s the carbon — cars and things that use carbon monoxide.”
This is Razga's six attempt at getting elected.
She ran for Edmonton City council in 2007, in the 2008 provincial election in Edmonton Whitemud and twice before in Edmonton-Manning (1997+2001) for the NDP, and federally for the NDP in 1997 in her home riding of Edmonton-East. Now she is at it again under the orange flag of the NDP in Edmonton-Leduc.
I wonder what Jack Layton has to say about this little gem:Because we all know how much Jack Layton supports Dion's carbon tax and the Alberta Oil sands.
"In the Edmonton-Leduc contest, that means calling for Omar Khadr’s return to Canada from Guantánamo Bay and voicing support for Stéphane Dion’s controversial carbon tax. She warned that Edmonton shouldn’t rush any expansion plans into Leduc. On the oilsands, though, she’s hesitant to call for federal action."
I feel a memo from party headquarters coming her way soon.
Some more quotes of interest from Razga:
"I think Canada has become a lot meaner country in the last 15 years, and the previous governments of Jean Chretien and with Paul Martin as his finance minister, and now it’s even worse Mr. Harper, with his law and order agenda"
She said at the same time, cap and trade has been used in Europe and it is very popular there and is working.
“They (the Conservatives) eliminated a lot funding for the status of women programs and their initiatives, they cancelled the court challenges programs, and of course, child care.”
“They are like wolves in a sheep’s skin.” She said it gives her shivers to think the Conservatives could form a majority.
Update: Hana was at it again this time in Ward 8 for the Edmonton municipal election where she garnered a whopping 9.7 % of the vote.
Where will she show up next?
This is Razga's six attempt at getting elected.
She ran for Edmonton City council in 2007, in the 2008 provincial election in Edmonton Whitemud and twice before in Edmonton-Manning (1997+2001) for the NDP, and federally for the NDP in 1997 in her home riding of Edmonton-East. Now she is at it again under the orange flag of the NDP in Edmonton-Leduc.
I wonder what Jack Layton has to say about this little gem:Because we all know how much Jack Layton supports Dion's carbon tax and the Alberta Oil sands.
"In the Edmonton-Leduc contest, that means calling for Omar Khadr’s return to Canada from Guantánamo Bay and voicing support for Stéphane Dion’s controversial carbon tax. She warned that Edmonton shouldn’t rush any expansion plans into Leduc. On the oilsands, though, she’s hesitant to call for federal action."
I feel a memo from party headquarters coming her way soon.
Some more quotes of interest from Razga:
"I think Canada has become a lot meaner country in the last 15 years, and the previous governments of Jean Chretien and with Paul Martin as his finance minister, and now it’s even worse Mr. Harper, with his law and order agenda"
She said at the same time, cap and trade has been used in Europe and it is very popular there and is working.
“They (the Conservatives) eliminated a lot funding for the status of women programs and their initiatives, they cancelled the court challenges programs, and of course, child care.”
“They are like wolves in a sheep’s skin.” She said it gives her shivers to think the Conservatives could form a majority.
Update: Hana was at it again this time in Ward 8 for the Edmonton municipal election where she garnered a whopping 9.7 % of the vote.
Where will she show up next?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Is Carolyn Parrish's pen name Heather Mallick?
Is Carolyn Parrish's pen name Heather Mallick by chance?
I am not saying... I am just sayin'.
Thank you CBC"Canada's national public broadcaster" and all of your advertisers. You have managed to embarrass not only yourselves but embarrass an entire country by paying for and allowing this hate filled entry on your taxpayer funded web site.
Gordon Sinclair must be rolling over in his grave.
I am not saying... I am just sayin'.
Thank you CBC"Canada's national public broadcaster" and all of your advertisers. You have managed to embarrass not only yourselves but embarrass an entire country by paying for and allowing this hate filled entry on your taxpayer funded web site.
Gordon Sinclair must be rolling over in his grave.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dear Liberal Party of Canada.
Dear Liberal Party of Canada:
Stop trying to take away all of my hard earned money and please stop telling me what to do and how to live my life.
You are not better than me, and just the fact that you believe that you are and that somehow you know better how to live my life than myself is enough of a reason why you should never be returned to power in this country.
Thank you,
Al
Stop trying to take away all of my hard earned money and please stop telling me what to do and how to live my life.
You are not better than me, and just the fact that you believe that you are and that somehow you know better how to live my life than myself is enough of a reason why you should never be returned to power in this country.
Thank you,
Al
Stephane Dion is an admitted separatist.
Stephane Dion is an admitted separatist. What, too far back for a quality smear? Is there a limit on this stuff?
I would have thought there was but judging by the latest Liberal Party of Canada attack website, scandalpedia, the length of time one goes back for a smear seems to have no limits. I know this is not as important topic as say cartoon puffin poop is, but this is getting ridiculous.
Right on the home page the reader is greeted by a 2001 quote from then private citizen Stephen Harper, and looking a little deeper the Liberals appear to have no qualms about digging up quotes made in the previous century, long before Stephen Harper formed a government or the CPC was born, including a couple from 1994.
In the scandals section they go back to the early 90's and their old favorite target Brian Mulroney, and I am surprised that they don't have a section on David Emerson. (maybe it is because he is not running this time so why waste a good smear on him) There is also one other interesting "scandal" that I noticed on this official LPC website, but the details were a little sketchy do to legal issues. Something about libel and slander I think.
A while back a few Liberal bloggers declared that enough time had passed since adscam ended in 2004 that the issue should be declared dead and buried never to be brought up again, but today,
September 9th, 2008, the Liberal Party of Canada decided that 2004 events be open season for at least until the year 2018.
Madness. I know Liberals like to think when Stephane Dion changes his mind, like on carbon taxes, the Conservative child tax benefit, his own Green Shift, and yes Quebec separatism, that it is a good thing , and when Stephen Harper changes his that it is a sign the he is the spawn of Satan, but can we all please stop living decades into the past.
I would have thought there was but judging by the latest Liberal Party of Canada attack website, scandalpedia, the length of time one goes back for a smear seems to have no limits. I know this is not as important topic as say cartoon puffin poop is, but this is getting ridiculous.
Right on the home page the reader is greeted by a 2001 quote from then private citizen Stephen Harper, and looking a little deeper the Liberals appear to have no qualms about digging up quotes made in the previous century, long before Stephen Harper formed a government or the CPC was born, including a couple from 1994.
In the scandals section they go back to the early 90's and their old favorite target Brian Mulroney, and I am surprised that they don't have a section on David Emerson. (maybe it is because he is not running this time so why waste a good smear on him) There is also one other interesting "scandal" that I noticed on this official LPC website, but the details were a little sketchy do to legal issues. Something about libel and slander I think.
A while back a few Liberal bloggers declared that enough time had passed since adscam ended in 2004 that the issue should be declared dead and buried never to be brought up again, but today,
September 9th, 2008, the Liberal Party of Canada decided that 2004 events be open season for at least until the year 2018.
Madness. I know Liberals like to think when Stephane Dion changes his mind, like on carbon taxes, the Conservative child tax benefit, his own Green Shift, and yes Quebec separatism, that it is a good thing , and when Stephen Harper changes his that it is a sign the he is the spawn of Satan, but can we all please stop living decades into the past.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Stephane Dion: Man of the People.
Vote for Stephane Dion; for he truly is 'the common man' with whom all Canadians can easily relate to.
After all since most Canadians have studied at a notedforeign school, have never held a real private sector job, have not obtained a drivers license or even know what a car pool is; I think Dion has earned the title of "Man of the People".
Can you relate?
After all since most Canadians have studied at a noted
Can you relate?
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