I believe in federalism and in the BNA act. I believe a decentralized federation is a good thing. I supported Meech Lake. I believe the federal and provincial powers elucidated by our founding fathers and Mother( HLIM Queen Victoria) should be respected. Meech's biggest opponent? The communist sympathizer, the centralizer extraordinaire, the constitutional vandal Trudeau. The wishes of the worst pm in Canadaian history is slowly being undone. There is much left to do!
Hébert: Meech Lake foes won the battle, lost the war
June 29, 2011
Chantal Hébert
OTTAWA
When he stood up in the National Assembly to comment on the demise of the Meech Lake Accord in June 1990, then-Quebec premier Robert Bourassa could not have imagined that two decades later, one of his successors would be negotiating the social transfer for health care one-on-one with the prime minister of the day.
Nor could Bourassa have predicted that Quebec would spread its international wings to stake out positions independent and, sometimes, different from the federal government on issues as wide ranging as trade and climate change . . . and that the other premiers would follow suit.
The risk that the accord negotiated by Brian Mulroney at Meech Lake would neuter future federal governments was uppermost in the arguments of its vocal opponents, with the defence of provincial equality coming a close second.
Two decades later, it seems that in winning the battle, the Meech detractors lost the war.
Not only did the demise of the accord not prevent power from shifting from Ottawa to the provinces but the notion of provincial equality accelerated the movement.
The irony is that it was under the rule of the federal party that most viscerally opposed Meech that the current devolution was set in motion.
Over the second half of Jean Chrétien’s tenure, billions of federal surplus revenues were transferred to the provinces and/or spent on tax cuts. With that money went the federal capacity of initiate a top-down expansion of Canada’s social infrastructure.
In Chrétien’s wake, Paul Martin negotiated separate child-care funding agreements with each province. In the name of asymmetrical federalism, he offered Quebec different modalities in the 2004 Health Accord.
Martin did not invent that concept. It had enjoyed a golden age in the 1960s. But he gave it new life at a time of rising interest among the provinces in pursuing it for themselves.
Today, Stephen Harper is poised to rush through the door that Martin pried open in 2004
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The Fading hoax
More evidence of the fading hoax. I am quite glad the HM Canadian government are leaving the Kyoto scam.
Cooper: Scientists grow cool to global warming theory
The curious social movement of environmentalism is in decline. The strange little cult of anthropogenic global warming is moribund. This is good news for science.
When the Chretien government signed the Kyoto Protocol, I argued they had succumbed to moral panic. Moral panics are periodic outbursts of nuttiness similar to what some of the Vancouver rioters said happened to them. When I was a kid, they said that comic books would destroy your soul. Then it was video games. Current moral panics include obesity, especially in kids, and the oilsands.
In the past year or so, the moral panic over global warming has died. Climategate helped. We now know that climate scientists, particularly if they work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, like to cook their data.
Steve McIntyre, who with Ross McKitrick exposed the fraudulent IPCC "hockey stick" graph purporting to show massive global temperature increases, regularly discusses sequels to the Climategate story. The latest concerned the contribution of a lead author to an IPCC report, Sven Teske, an activist with Greenpeace International. He recycled a piece of advocacy journalism he first wrote for Greenpeace. He then peer reviewed his own work for the IPCC. That's one way to get another line on your resume.
Today, academic conferences have become venues for real scientific debate. Recently, the University of Ottawa hosted an international meeting of "climate realists," as Bob Carty, a geology professor from Australia, called his colleagues. Only one speaker came close to endorsing the catastrophic claims of the IPCC. The rest of the panic-mongers stayed home. For them, the science is truly settled. They have nothing more to learn.
And yet, science moves on. For example, earlier this year, a Swedish geophysicist, Nils-Axel Moerner, published a paper in the journal Energy and Environment flatly contradicting the IPCC predictions of an ice-free Arctic, a prospect that has significant policy implications for Canada.
His argument was straightforward. Variation in solar activity -radiance and sun spots -affect the Earth's temperature and rotation, which in turn affect the Gulf Stream and the movement of ice and cold Arctic water, allowing it to penetrate as far south as Portugal. Soon, kids will skate again on the Thames and England will become a hockey powerhouse.
Cooper: Scientists grow cool to global warming theory
The curious social movement of environmentalism is in decline. The strange little cult of anthropogenic global warming is moribund. This is good news for science.
When the Chretien government signed the Kyoto Protocol, I argued they had succumbed to moral panic. Moral panics are periodic outbursts of nuttiness similar to what some of the Vancouver rioters said happened to them. When I was a kid, they said that comic books would destroy your soul. Then it was video games. Current moral panics include obesity, especially in kids, and the oilsands.
In the past year or so, the moral panic over global warming has died. Climategate helped. We now know that climate scientists, particularly if they work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, like to cook their data.
Steve McIntyre, who with Ross McKitrick exposed the fraudulent IPCC "hockey stick" graph purporting to show massive global temperature increases, regularly discusses sequels to the Climategate story. The latest concerned the contribution of a lead author to an IPCC report, Sven Teske, an activist with Greenpeace International. He recycled a piece of advocacy journalism he first wrote for Greenpeace. He then peer reviewed his own work for the IPCC. That's one way to get another line on your resume.
Today, academic conferences have become venues for real scientific debate. Recently, the University of Ottawa hosted an international meeting of "climate realists," as Bob Carty, a geology professor from Australia, called his colleagues. Only one speaker came close to endorsing the catastrophic claims of the IPCC. The rest of the panic-mongers stayed home. For them, the science is truly settled. They have nothing more to learn.
And yet, science moves on. For example, earlier this year, a Swedish geophysicist, Nils-Axel Moerner, published a paper in the journal Energy and Environment flatly contradicting the IPCC predictions of an ice-free Arctic, a prospect that has significant policy implications for Canada.
His argument was straightforward. Variation in solar activity -radiance and sun spots -affect the Earth's temperature and rotation, which in turn affect the Gulf Stream and the movement of ice and cold Arctic water, allowing it to penetrate as far south as Portugal. Soon, kids will skate again on the Thames and England will become a hockey powerhouse.
Economic Freedom
Great videos from Dan Mitchell of CATO on the fact that freedom and prosperity go together. Watch here.
Government arts funding
Before lefties complain that I don't support the arts , let me say I support 3 theater groups , the MSO symphony and a museum. I attend many performances of various kinds annually. Private money should fund the arts. Why does the government pick winners and losers. We should cut almost all arts funding!
After five years, Toronto theatre festival SummerWorks lost its federal funding from Canadian Heritage, weeks before its 21st season. Meanwhile, Jim Flaherty, federal Minister of Finance, announced $500,000 in funding for Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival Tuesday.
When asked how the government decides who gets funded, Flaherty said: “It’s a decision of Canada Heritage. We get thousands of applications every year.
“One thing I’d say, and maybe this is different from the way it used to be, we actually don’t believe in festivals and cultural institutions assuming that year after year after year, they’ll receive government funding from the government of Canada. They ought not to assume entitlement to grants … because there is lots of competition and lots of other festivals and new ideas that come along. So it’s a good idea for everyone to stay on their toes.”
After five years, Toronto theatre festival SummerWorks lost its federal funding from Canadian Heritage, weeks before its 21st season. Meanwhile, Jim Flaherty, federal Minister of Finance, announced $500,000 in funding for Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival Tuesday.
When asked how the government decides who gets funded, Flaherty said: “It’s a decision of Canada Heritage. We get thousands of applications every year.
“One thing I’d say, and maybe this is different from the way it used to be, we actually don’t believe in festivals and cultural institutions assuming that year after year after year, they’ll receive government funding from the government of Canada. They ought not to assume entitlement to grants … because there is lots of competition and lots of other festivals and new ideas that come along. So it’s a good idea for everyone to stay on their toes.”
Economic Liberty
My friend Karen. Selick of the CCF (one of my favorite charities!Please give to the CCF!!) writes a very important piece on economic freedom. One of the biggest ways of encouraging freedom is starving the nanny state of the money it wants to rob us of our freedom. We should be able to do what we want with our own money and property. Trudeaus's deeply flawed charter does little to protect economic freedom.
Bad legal reasoning — especially when it comes from the country’s highest court — is similar to an urban legend. Once launched into the world of legal precedent, bad reasoning gets stripped down to a pithy slogan, then repeated over and over again until everyone accepts it as a truth beyond questioning, even when it’s fallacious.
That’s what happened to the concept of “economic liberty” 22 years ago, when Canadian courts were first wrestling with the then relatively new Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In a 1989 case, three justices of the Supreme Court of Canada raised doubts about whether economic liberty should be considered part of the “life, liberty and security of the person” guarantee of the Charter. However, they said it was too early in the history of Charter jurisprudence to decide the issue definitively.
Bad legal reasoning — especially when it comes from the country’s highest court — is similar to an urban legend. Once launched into the world of legal precedent, bad reasoning gets stripped down to a pithy slogan, then repeated over and over again until everyone accepts it as a truth beyond questioning, even when it’s fallacious.
That’s what happened to the concept of “economic liberty” 22 years ago, when Canadian courts were first wrestling with the then relatively new Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In a 1989 case, three justices of the Supreme Court of Canada raised doubts about whether economic liberty should be considered part of the “life, liberty and security of the person” guarantee of the Charter. However, they said it was too early in the history of Charter jurisprudence to decide the issue definitively.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
More on the fading separatists
Chantal Hebert continues to write about the fading separatist fire in Quebec. That the separatists are fading makes me enormously happy. The next step is to bring Quebec back to it's center right roots!
The spark that lit the 1995 Quebec-Canada flare-up was accidentally struck in the late ’80s, over the course of Brian Mulroney’s failed constitutional fireworks.
The five stormy years between the original negotiation of the Meech Lake Accord in 1987 and the demise of the subsequent Charlottetown agreement in 1992 rekindled dormant nationalist passions in Quebec and raised them to a fever pitch.
On the morning after the 1995 referendum, the sovereignty movement woke up on the losing end of a close vote on the province’s political future but very much in control of the Quebec trenches in the National Assembly and in the House of Commons.
For the better part of the past 16 years, the sovereignist leadership has searched high and low for new combustible material to fuel its cause — and run out of gas in the process.
The post-referendum tinderbox has turned out to be a pile of damp hay.
Since the referendum, a host of Quebec-Ottawa confrontations — involving emblematic issues ranging from the so-called federal-provincial fiscal imbalance to the gun registry and climate change — have come and gone without causing more than passing spikes in Quebec’s public opinion.
The spark that lit the 1995 Quebec-Canada flare-up was accidentally struck in the late ’80s, over the course of Brian Mulroney’s failed constitutional fireworks.
The five stormy years between the original negotiation of the Meech Lake Accord in 1987 and the demise of the subsequent Charlottetown agreement in 1992 rekindled dormant nationalist passions in Quebec and raised them to a fever pitch.
On the morning after the 1995 referendum, the sovereignty movement woke up on the losing end of a close vote on the province’s political future but very much in control of the Quebec trenches in the National Assembly and in the House of Commons.
For the better part of the past 16 years, the sovereignist leadership has searched high and low for new combustible material to fuel its cause — and run out of gas in the process.
The post-referendum tinderbox has turned out to be a pile of damp hay.
Since the referendum, a host of Quebec-Ottawa confrontations — involving emblematic issues ranging from the so-called federal-provincial fiscal imbalance to the gun registry and climate change — have come and gone without causing more than passing spikes in Quebec’s public opinion.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Royal Tour App!!
Royal Tour
June 30 – July 8, 2011
The Official Photo of the 2011 Royal Tour: Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Photograph Chris Jackson / Getty Images. © St James’s Palace 2011)
Message from His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge
"Catherine and I are very much looking forward to our Tour of Canada. We hope to be able to meet as many people as possible and to see as much of the extraordinary and diverse country as we can", said The Duke of Cambridge. "I have wonderful memories from my last times in Canada, and as such we consider it a great privilege to have been invited to Canada for our first joint Tour."
I will be in Italy for most of the Royal Tour. My trip was planned more than a year ago and I am two of my dearest friends and their kids, so I could't real change my plans . HM Minister of Canadian Heritage has announced the release of Royal Tour apps across various platforms. I already downloaded it for my iPad!
HM Government has been doing an excellent job in increasing knowledge of Our Constitutional Monarchy across the Internet. Though I wish I could be in Canad for the visit of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the app will allow me to watch ith fellow Canadians on this joyous occasion!!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
R.I.P. Master Cpl Francis Roy
My deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Master Cpl Francis Roy. I hope he has found some peace.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/5008402.bin?size=620x400
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Master Cpl. Francis Roy of Rimouski, Que. and the Canadian Special Operations Regiment was named Sunday as the 157th Canadian soldier to have died in Afghanistan.
With only 10 days left before the official end of Canada's five-year combat mission in southern Afghanistan, Roy, who was a transport specialist and former member of the Royal 22e Regiment, died Saturday morning of what were described as a "non-combat related wounds."
However, Roy's name was not released until Sunday by Brig.-Gen. Dean Milner, the Task Force Kandahar commander, because of a request from Roy's family to delay the announcement.
In announcing Roy's death and extending condolences to his family, Milner said: "We will maintain our resolve and remain committed to the mission during the final days."
Roy, 32, a logistician specializing in transport movements, volunteered to join CSOR in 2007. He was described by Milner as an avid fisherman and runner as well as having a passion for old cars.
Roy died at a forward base in Kandahar City where he was a transport specialist for special forces commandos who carry out secret missions in support of Canadian and other coalition and Afghan forces. On a previous overseas tour in 2009, Roy served at Camp Mirage, Canada's former staging base in Dubai.
More evidence of Tory Change coming to Ontario
It is increasingly looking like mcliar and his friends are sinking into quicksand. A strong stable Ontario PC government is coming.
I was quite distressed to learn of the illness of Miller Hudak and am very pleased that she is doing better. All Ontarians and indeed all Canadians should keep Miller in their prayers.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is roaring toward a majority win in the Oct. 6 provincial election thanks to a platform that is enticing voters, a new poll suggests.
The Forum Research survey found Hudak’s Tories at 41 per cent compared with 26 per cent for Premier Dalton McGuinty’s governing
“There’s like an eight-year itch,” Forum president Lorne Bozinoff said in an interview, referring to McGuinty’s two terms in power.
“It’s really hard to get that third term. People just get tired of seeing the same people all the time,” said Bozinoff.
Because of the poll’s large sample size of 3,198 people, Forum was able to do a seat projection based on results from various regions across the province.
Hudak’s support translates into 65 seats for the Conservatives in the 107-seat Legislature to 23 for the Liberals and 19 for the New Democrats.
I was quite distressed to learn of the illness of Miller Hudak and am very pleased that she is doing better. All Ontarians and indeed all Canadians should keep Miller in their prayers.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is roaring toward a majority win in the Oct. 6 provincial election thanks to a platform that is enticing voters, a new poll suggests.
The Forum Research survey found Hudak’s Tories at 41 per cent compared with 26 per cent for Premier Dalton McGuinty’s governing
“There’s like an eight-year itch,” Forum president Lorne Bozinoff said in an interview, referring to McGuinty’s two terms in power.
“It’s really hard to get that third term. People just get tired of seeing the same people all the time,” said Bozinoff.
Because of the poll’s large sample size of 3,198 people, Forum was able to do a seat projection based on results from various regions across the province.
Hudak’s support translates into 65 seats for the Conservatives in the 107-seat Legislature to 23 for the Liberals and 19 for the New Democrats.
R.I.P. Peter Falk
I loved watching Peter Falk as Columbo. I was saddened to hear
of his passing. He brought many people amusement and happiness. He will be missed.My sympathies to his family and friends
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Salim Mansur in Geert Wilders
My friend Prof Salim Mansur is not a big fan of Geert Wilders. He disagrees with Wilders about Islam, but he absolutely defenders Wilders right to speak!! This is the only way liberty will continue in the west. Free speech must prevail. In Canada, I once again urge my many friends in the Conservative Party to rid us of section 13.1 of the human r
Lights act. It is not compatible with a free society. The grass roots of our party want to get rid of this offensive legislation. let's do it soon !!!
The Dutch Court of Appeals verdict in acquitting Geert Wilders, a member of parliament and leader of the Freedom Party, of all charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims and Islam will likely not end his troubles.
The case against Wilders was formally not about free speech protected by Article 7 of the Dutch constitution, and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights to which Holland is a signatory.
It was about “inciting hatred” towards a minority group, Muslims in Holland, under articles 137c and 137d of the Dutch Penal Code.
This case, however, was driven by political considerations and pushed by left-wing groups, such as the Nederland Bekent Kleur (NBK), or the “Colourful Netherlands,” when the public prosecutor’s office had been initially doubtful any crime was committed.
These same groups, I expect, will appeal the Dutch court’s decision to the European Court of Human Rights and test the limits of Article 10 of Europe’s human rights convention.
The European view on the need to prosecute “hate” speech is to be explained by the continent’s history surrounding the rise of fascism, the barbarity of the Nazis and the experience of past wars and the Holocaust.
It is a shared view among a significant segment of Europeans if Hitler’s words in Mein Kampf were taken seriously and checked in time, Europe might have been saved from what followed.
The lesson taken is free speech must be limited when minority groups are indisputably being vilified and offended.
The court, in acquitting Wilders, has indicated speech deemed offensive might still be legally permissible.
This suggests that views considered offensive by some and not others should be debated in the court of public opinion, and not in the court of law.
I was against the prosecution of Geert Wilders and wrote in support of his right to speak freely, even as I disagreed with his views on Islam.
I believe the court arrived at the right verdict and saved the reputation of Holland as a free and open society.
On hearing of Wilders’ acquittal, I was reminded of John Stuart Mill’s unforgettable words.
Lights act. It is not compatible with a free society. The grass roots of our party want to get rid of this offensive legislation. let's do it soon !!!
The Dutch Court of Appeals verdict in acquitting Geert Wilders, a member of parliament and leader of the Freedom Party, of all charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims and Islam will likely not end his troubles.
The case against Wilders was formally not about free speech protected by Article 7 of the Dutch constitution, and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights to which Holland is a signatory.
It was about “inciting hatred” towards a minority group, Muslims in Holland, under articles 137c and 137d of the Dutch Penal Code.
This case, however, was driven by political considerations and pushed by left-wing groups, such as the Nederland Bekent Kleur (NBK), or the “Colourful Netherlands,” when the public prosecutor’s office had been initially doubtful any crime was committed.
These same groups, I expect, will appeal the Dutch court’s decision to the European Court of Human Rights and test the limits of Article 10 of Europe’s human rights convention.
The European view on the need to prosecute “hate” speech is to be explained by the continent’s history surrounding the rise of fascism, the barbarity of the Nazis and the experience of past wars and the Holocaust.
It is a shared view among a significant segment of Europeans if Hitler’s words in Mein Kampf were taken seriously and checked in time, Europe might have been saved from what followed.
The lesson taken is free speech must be limited when minority groups are indisputably being vilified and offended.
The court, in acquitting Wilders, has indicated speech deemed offensive might still be legally permissible.
This suggests that views considered offensive by some and not others should be debated in the court of public opinion, and not in the court of law.
I was against the prosecution of Geert Wilders and wrote in support of his right to speak freely, even as I disagreed with his views on Islam.
I believe the court arrived at the right verdict and saved the reputation of Holland as a free and open society.
On hearing of Wilders’ acquittal, I was reminded of John Stuart Mill’s unforgettable words.
Chantal Hebert on the separatists
Am interesting piece on Quebec's flight from Catholicism and now from separation. I wish they would return to Catholicism, but I am happy separatism is dying. The last saw the death of the bq. Hopefully the next election in Quebec will herald the death if the PQ. The ADQ must be ready. It could be their tome again.
It was not so long ago — only a few decades — that devout Quebecers took to the streets in droves on June 24 to celebrate their Catholic faith on the name day of Saint Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of French-Canadians.
Then, in a matter of only a few years in the ’60s, Quebec took the Catholic Church down from its pedestal, consigned its cardinals and bishops to their altars and moved on with a collective single-mindedness that caused that period to go down in history as the Quiet Revolution.
A half-century after that seismic shift, the Fête Nationale weekend finds the high priests (and priestesses) of the sovereignty movement scrambling to deal with a similar exodus from their various chapels.
That the Quebec sovereignty movement is undergoing a massive crisis of faith is obvious. That its decline may turn out to be as permanent as that of the Catholic Church in the Quebec of the ’60s is a real possibility.
On that score, the polls that show that one in two Quebecers still declares himself or herself a sovereignist are as misleading as the census numbers that recurrently report that a majority of the province’s population is Catholic.
It was not so long ago — only a few decades — that devout Quebecers took to the streets in droves on June 24 to celebrate their Catholic faith on the name day of Saint Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of French-Canadians.
Then, in a matter of only a few years in the ’60s, Quebec took the Catholic Church down from its pedestal, consigned its cardinals and bishops to their altars and moved on with a collective single-mindedness that caused that period to go down in history as the Quiet Revolution.
A half-century after that seismic shift, the Fête Nationale weekend finds the high priests (and priestesses) of the sovereignty movement scrambling to deal with a similar exodus from their various chapels.
That the Quebec sovereignty movement is undergoing a massive crisis of faith is obvious. That its decline may turn out to be as permanent as that of the Catholic Church in the Quebec of the ’60s is a real possibility.
On that score, the polls that show that one in two Quebecers still declares himself or herself a sovereignist are as misleading as the census numbers that recurrently report that a majority of the province’s population is Catholic.
Sad
I am saddened that Lord Black is going back to prison. The whole case is ridiculous. It is a blot on US justice.
As I have said before this case has made me very wary of US justice. I believe jail should be for violent criminals. These issues are civil matters. This accomplishes nothing but increases the shadenfreude of this jealous of Lord Black's myriad accomplishments. The whole trial and sentencing has been a farce. US prosecutors are no longer interested in justice but in head hunting. Lord Black will survive this ordeal and his book on these matters I'm told will be pretty eye popping. I pray for Lord Black and his family and true friends at this difficult time.
Conrad Black is going back to prison.
Judge Amy St. Eve on Friday sentenced Lord Black to a total of 42 months. Having already served 29 months, he must now go back to jail for about one more year.
"I still scratch my head as to why you engaged in this conduct," Chicago Judge St. Eve said. "Good luck to you."
His wife, Barbara Amiel Black collapsed in her seat after the judge read the sentence. She lay on the bench for some time before being helped out of the court room by two men. She struggled to stand upright as she walked out and was clearly upset.
The ruling followed a personal appeal by Lord Black to Judge St. Eve, during which he expressed regret for trusting his long-time business partner David Radler and for not taking more seriously the complaints of shareholders who opposed his governance practices at Hollinger International.
He blamed former U.S Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and special Hollinger investigator Richard Breeden for much of his legal woes, dismissing as "fantastic" many of the allegations in a special report by Mr. Breeden which described his tenure at the company as a "corporate kleptocracy."
Lord Black has sued Mr. Breeden and many former Hollinger officials, accusing them of libeling him in the report. A legal dispute over whether the case should be heard in Canada or the United States is now before the Supreme Court of Canada.
In Chicago, Lord Black's lawyers had argued there is no point sending him back to jail for any more time.
Lord Black “has suffered unmitigated” personal suffering and should be released on time served, lawyer Carol Gurland told Judge St. Eve during a sentencing hearing Friday morning.
Ms. Gurland went on for some time discussing Lord Black's good works in prison helping other inmates as well as his charitable work.
She also read from letters submitted by family and friends. And she noted Lord Black has serious health issues as does Ms. Black.
Judge St. Eve had been considering a sentence of between 51 and 63 months. Lord Black has already served 29 months of an original 78 month sentence for three counts of fraud an one for obstruction of justice. However two fraud charges were reversed on appeal.
As I have said before this case has made me very wary of US justice. I believe jail should be for violent criminals. These issues are civil matters. This accomplishes nothing but increases the shadenfreude of this jealous of Lord Black's myriad accomplishments. The whole trial and sentencing has been a farce. US prosecutors are no longer interested in justice but in head hunting. Lord Black will survive this ordeal and his book on these matters I'm told will be pretty eye popping. I pray for Lord Black and his family and true friends at this difficult time.
Conrad Black is going back to prison.
Judge Amy St. Eve on Friday sentenced Lord Black to a total of 42 months. Having already served 29 months, he must now go back to jail for about one more year.
"I still scratch my head as to why you engaged in this conduct," Chicago Judge St. Eve said. "Good luck to you."
His wife, Barbara Amiel Black collapsed in her seat after the judge read the sentence. She lay on the bench for some time before being helped out of the court room by two men. She struggled to stand upright as she walked out and was clearly upset.
The ruling followed a personal appeal by Lord Black to Judge St. Eve, during which he expressed regret for trusting his long-time business partner David Radler and for not taking more seriously the complaints of shareholders who opposed his governance practices at Hollinger International.
He blamed former U.S Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and special Hollinger investigator Richard Breeden for much of his legal woes, dismissing as "fantastic" many of the allegations in a special report by Mr. Breeden which described his tenure at the company as a "corporate kleptocracy."
Lord Black has sued Mr. Breeden and many former Hollinger officials, accusing them of libeling him in the report. A legal dispute over whether the case should be heard in Canada or the United States is now before the Supreme Court of Canada.
In Chicago, Lord Black's lawyers had argued there is no point sending him back to jail for any more time.
Lord Black “has suffered unmitigated” personal suffering and should be released on time served, lawyer Carol Gurland told Judge St. Eve during a sentencing hearing Friday morning.
Ms. Gurland went on for some time discussing Lord Black's good works in prison helping other inmates as well as his charitable work.
She also read from letters submitted by family and friends. And she noted Lord Black has serious health issues as does Ms. Black.
Judge St. Eve had been considering a sentence of between 51 and 63 months. Lord Black has already served 29 months of an original 78 month sentence for three counts of fraud an one for obstruction of justice. However two fraud charges were reversed on appeal.
More grit entitlements?
Another grit senator in trouble? More entitled to their entitlements?
RCMP Corporal Kevin Duggan has alleged in a sworn affidavit that between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Harb travelled to Dhaka at least four times to lobby Bangladeshi officials about a dispute over natural-gas payments – despite warnings from Canada's diplomatic corps that he was not welcome. Specifically, a former high commissioner to Bangladesh told the Mounties that because Mr. Harb was “personally involved with the company” his trips were “not good for the image of Canada.”
The 72-page affidavit, which was obtained by The Globe and Mail after a year-long legal battle with the Alberta Justice Department and Niko, was released this week but, by the order of Mr. Justice William Tilleman of Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench, it was heavily redacted.
Mr. Harb's name has been redacted from the sworn affidavit, but The Globe has independently confirmed that he was the target of the production order obtained by the Mounties in December, 2009. The order required a Calgary office of the Bank of Nova Scotia to hand over all of its files related to a bank account, a line of credit, as well as a mortgage.
Senators are allowed to take outside employment, sometimes as directors of companies or with law firms, but they are forbidden from trading on their public position for personal gain. The Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, which was adopted in May, 2005, states that they “may not act in any way to further their private interests, or those of their family, or to improperly further another person's or entity's private interests when performing parliamentary duties and functions.”
The Criminal Code also prohibits someone from using public office for personal gain.
In his affidavit, Cpl. Duggan highlighted Mr. Harb's alleged private use of a Government of Canada Special Passport – something only senators and MPs carrying out official overseas functions are entitled to – for at least two of his trips to Bangladesh, one in October, 2005 and one in April, 2006. He concludes that it was a “misuse of a public document issued to [him] solely for official travel.” The Mountie also concludes that Mr. Harb's “lobbying efforts on behalf of a corporation which allegedly used bribes to secure advantages in its business prejudiced Canada's interests for the benefit of a corporation engaged in unlawful behaviour.”
RCMP Corporal Kevin Duggan has alleged in a sworn affidavit that between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Harb travelled to Dhaka at least four times to lobby Bangladeshi officials about a dispute over natural-gas payments – despite warnings from Canada's diplomatic corps that he was not welcome. Specifically, a former high commissioner to Bangladesh told the Mounties that because Mr. Harb was “personally involved with the company” his trips were “not good for the image of Canada.”
The 72-page affidavit, which was obtained by The Globe and Mail after a year-long legal battle with the Alberta Justice Department and Niko, was released this week but, by the order of Mr. Justice William Tilleman of Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench, it was heavily redacted.
Mr. Harb's name has been redacted from the sworn affidavit, but The Globe has independently confirmed that he was the target of the production order obtained by the Mounties in December, 2009. The order required a Calgary office of the Bank of Nova Scotia to hand over all of its files related to a bank account, a line of credit, as well as a mortgage.
Senators are allowed to take outside employment, sometimes as directors of companies or with law firms, but they are forbidden from trading on their public position for personal gain. The Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, which was adopted in May, 2005, states that they “may not act in any way to further their private interests, or those of their family, or to improperly further another person's or entity's private interests when performing parliamentary duties and functions.”
The Criminal Code also prohibits someone from using public office for personal gain.
In his affidavit, Cpl. Duggan highlighted Mr. Harb's alleged private use of a Government of Canada Special Passport – something only senators and MPs carrying out official overseas functions are entitled to – for at least two of his trips to Bangladesh, one in October, 2005 and one in April, 2006. He concludes that it was a “misuse of a public document issued to [him] solely for official travel.” The Mountie also concludes that Mr. Harb's “lobbying efforts on behalf of a corporation which allegedly used bribes to secure advantages in its business prejudiced Canada's interests for the benefit of a corporation engaged in unlawful behaviour.”
Friday, June 24, 2011
Ethical Oil
My friend Alykhan Avelshi has started a new blog. He is supporting Ethical Oil. Make no mistake Alberta oil is indeed ethical oil. It is high time we defend Alberta Oil from the oilsands. it is good for Alberta. it is good for Canada. It is good for the Unitemd States. It is time to fight anti oil environmental fascists. They want us to live in a world that looks like 1845. They are all welcome to move to Cuba or north Korea, their ideal enviro Stalinist states. I am happy living in the 21st century and fir the moment that needs oil. I am happy to switch when alternate energy sources become practical and cheap. They are neither right now. thank goodness for Alberta's Ethical oil. Thank goodness for patriots like my friends Ezra and Alykhan!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Good news from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Geert Wilders was found not guilty!!! So a victory for free speech against silly hate speech laws. And this. The Kingdom of the Netherlands wants to reverse multiculturalism!!!Both very good news!!! Maybe there is hope for old Europe.
Whiny lizzie may
So the federal government is cutting government departments. Lizzie may is upset, I say cut !cut!cut! We have a big deficit and we need to cut all kinds of useless government programs. climate hoax spending should be first on that list. All advocacy spending should also be cut. cut SOW, privatize Canada Post and the CBC. Why are so called NGOs funded with tax dollars?.Major cuts should me made to cida. if we really want to help poor countries, get rid of supply management and dropo all tariffs on goods coming from the poorest 25 Commonwealth countries. It is my dream to turn the Commonwealth into a massive free trade zone. We see the first steps from HM Minister of Finance towards flattening the income tax. We need to switch to a flat tax. Cut corporate welfare. HM Canadaian government must ignore the Canada health act and allow provinces the freedom to experiment on what does and doesn't work in healthcare.
Ms. May, who spoke to The Globe after holding a news conference Wednesday, is referring to 46 scientists in the climate-research area – all term employees – who were recently given their one-month notice.
The federal government is on a cost-cutting exercise, trying to identify areas where savings can be made in the hopes of saving $4 billion annually. But Ms. May says particular this staff reduction goes too far.
“If you are looking to make cuts in the federal civil service I would be the last one to say that you couldn’t find places you could cut that didn’t absolutely cripple programs,” Ms. May said. “But removing all the term scientists from important research in climate?”
Ms. May, who spoke to The Globe after holding a news conference Wednesday, is referring to 46 scientists in the climate-research area – all term employees – who were recently given their one-month notice.
The federal government is on a cost-cutting exercise, trying to identify areas where savings can be made in the hopes of saving $4 billion annually. But Ms. May says particular this staff reduction goes too far.
“If you are looking to make cuts in the federal civil service I would be the last one to say that you couldn’t find places you could cut that didn’t absolutely cripple programs,” Ms. May said. “But removing all the term scientists from important research in climate?”
No to legault!!!
It is no secret that I support the ADQ in Quebec. The ADQ is the only center right alternative in Quebec. ADQ is not interested in referenda to destroy Canada, my beloved Canada. In the last few weeks we have watched as the PQ , well on their way to victory, destroy itself. It is a joy to watch for federalists. The latest polls have support for the no side in any referendum at 62%. The ADQ sits at 17% . the charest liberals are back in the lead. Then there is Francois legault's imaginary party. There is much talk that he wants to merge with ( take over) the ADQ. I completely oppose this. Legault is center left, hep rejects all the ideas of the group I co founded worth my friends, the RLQ. He wants more state, more taxes and opposes more private sector activity in government areas. I hope my ADQ friends will stay strong and reject this potential merger.
I have a feeling legault will self implode. His ideas and the man himself seem timid and without foundation. Legault policies are pq or grit policies. He is not a change, but more of the same nanny state with a different name. He is no da Ilya for Quebec and indeed will continue to dig the hole that successive pq and plq governments have dug since the revolution tranquille.
The ADQ has a lot of potential to make a real difference and return Quebec to fiscal solvency and responsibility. I hope the leaders of the ADq stay strong and continue on the path taken by their delegates at the last general assembly. More freedom and less government should the cry of the ADQ!!! Join the RLQ and if you are a member of the ADQ let them know you oppose the takeover of the ADQ by legault and the forces of the left.
I have a feeling legault will self implode. His ideas and the man himself seem timid and without foundation. Legault policies are pq or grit policies. He is not a change, but more of the same nanny state with a different name. He is no da Ilya for Quebec and indeed will continue to dig the hole that successive pq and plq governments have dug since the revolution tranquille.
The ADQ has a lot of potential to make a real difference and return Quebec to fiscal solvency and responsibility. I hope the leaders of the ADq stay strong and continue on the path taken by their delegates at the last general assembly. More freedom and less government should the cry of the ADQ!!! Join the RLQ and if you are a member of the ADQ let them know you oppose the takeover of the ADQ by legault and the forces of the left.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tories still have huge lead
A post election Nanos poll shows continued support for the Tories and the grits in third place with bob Rae. So the ignorant page girl and her friends should not that support is growing for the Tories. Guess she should move to a true democracy like north Korea or cuba, where she and her ilk would be truly feel at home.
Not being in the media spotlight day after day, as he was during the election campaign, has contributed to a slide in how Canadians view NDP Leader Jack Layton’s leadership skills.
And having Bob Rae take over the reigns as Liberal Leader hasn’t done anything for Grit party fortunes.
The poll, released Monday and conducted by Nanos Research, shows that just a few weeks after the May 2 general election, the Prime Minister and his Conservatives have 41.8-per-cent support compared to 28 per cent for Mr. Layton and the NDP – a 14-point lead.
“For a non-election cycle, this is among the highest levels of support registered since 2002 for the Conservatives,” observed Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research.
The Liberals are at 22.3 per cent, the Green Party, with its sole MP Elizabeth May, is at 3.7 per cent and the Bloc has 3.4-per-cent support nationally.
In addition, the Prime Minister’s leadership indicators are strong.
Not being in the media spotlight day after day, as he was during the election campaign, has contributed to a slide in how Canadians view NDP Leader Jack Layton’s leadership skills.
And having Bob Rae take over the reigns as Liberal Leader hasn’t done anything for Grit party fortunes.
The poll, released Monday and conducted by Nanos Research, shows that just a few weeks after the May 2 general election, the Prime Minister and his Conservatives have 41.8-per-cent support compared to 28 per cent for Mr. Layton and the NDP – a 14-point lead.
“For a non-election cycle, this is among the highest levels of support registered since 2002 for the Conservatives,” observed Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research.
The Liberals are at 22.3 per cent, the Green Party, with its sole MP Elizabeth May, is at 3.7 per cent and the Bloc has 3.4-per-cent support nationally.
In addition, the Prime Minister’s leadership indicators are strong.
Mark Steyn Down Under
Mark was part of a tribute to Andrew Bolt who is on trial for speech crimes.. Mark is hilarious and cutting as usual. We have free speech allies through out the Anglosphere.
Mark Steyn on Free Speech at the IPA from Institute of Public Affairs on Vimeo.
Monday, June 20, 2011
More climate hoax
Lorne Gunter and Rex Murphy expound on the ever unravelling climate hoax, They discuss yet more revelations that the ipcc is not really about science but conjecture.
One of the disturbing practices revealed by the great cache of emails out of the University of East Anglia — the so-called Climategate emails — was the attempted shortcutting or corruption of the oh-so precious peer-review process. The emails contained clear declarations of how the grand viziers of climate science would lean on journals and reporters to make sure certain critics did not get the validation, the laying on of peer-reviewed hands, so critical to full participation in the great climate debate. This was most succinctly expressed by the beautiful quote from Dr. Phil Jones of East Anglia that, “We will keep them out somehow — even if we have to redefine what peer-review literature is.”
And from Gunter:
Still, who could have imagined that the IPCC would have emerged from these setbacks so cocksure that it would return to its old ways of conflating environmentalist propaganda with scientific investigation? But it has.
Canadian researcher Steve McIntyre discovered earlier this week that the IPCC’s recent report on alternative energy — which asserted that it was possible to convert the world to 80% green energy by 2050 if politicians would simply tax conventional sources and spend billions on alternative sources — was lifted largely from Greenpeace reports.
The lead author of the IPCC report turns out to be Sven Teske, a Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner, who the IPCC does not identify as such in either the report or its media releases. Mr. Teske is also the author of much of the Greenpeace material on which the IPCC report is based, in effect making him a peer reviewer of the validity of his own material.
Imagine the reaction, for instance, if a government had produced a fossil-fuel friendly report based on work by an oil sands engineer, without revealing the source, and had paid the same engineer to write its own summary of his initial work.
That is what the IPCC has stooped to in this case and it eliminates any credibility the organization had left on the climate file.
One of the disturbing practices revealed by the great cache of emails out of the University of East Anglia — the so-called Climategate emails — was the attempted shortcutting or corruption of the oh-so precious peer-review process. The emails contained clear declarations of how the grand viziers of climate science would lean on journals and reporters to make sure certain critics did not get the validation, the laying on of peer-reviewed hands, so critical to full participation in the great climate debate. This was most succinctly expressed by the beautiful quote from Dr. Phil Jones of East Anglia that, “We will keep them out somehow — even if we have to redefine what peer-review literature is.”
And from Gunter:
Still, who could have imagined that the IPCC would have emerged from these setbacks so cocksure that it would return to its old ways of conflating environmentalist propaganda with scientific investigation? But it has.
Canadian researcher Steve McIntyre discovered earlier this week that the IPCC’s recent report on alternative energy — which asserted that it was possible to convert the world to 80% green energy by 2050 if politicians would simply tax conventional sources and spend billions on alternative sources — was lifted largely from Greenpeace reports.
The lead author of the IPCC report turns out to be Sven Teske, a Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner, who the IPCC does not identify as such in either the report or its media releases. Mr. Teske is also the author of much of the Greenpeace material on which the IPCC report is based, in effect making him a peer reviewer of the validity of his own material.
Imagine the reaction, for instance, if a government had produced a fossil-fuel friendly report based on work by an oil sands engineer, without revealing the source, and had paid the same engineer to write its own summary of his initial work.
That is what the IPCC has stooped to in this case and it eliminates any credibility the organization had left on the climate file.
The nasty left in the UK
Heather malice seems to have nasty leftist friends in the UK as well. the red star counterpart in the UK the guardian has also used malice's vile prose. The article accurately concludes that the hatred of malice and her friends is more self reflection than anything having to do with thoughtful analysis. It is why it is hard to take them very seriously.
By Matthew Barrett
There are many forces inside and connected with the Labour Party that are discouraging modernisation. The unions. The lack of private sector voices in the parliamentary party. And, the subject of this post, the Left-wing pundits.
There is a thoughtful centre left commentariat but there is a much bigger section of left-wing opinion which relentlessly plays to the Guardian-reading gallery. It never challenges the prejudices of its readers. It never questions left-wing conventional wisdom. It demonises the Conservatives, attempts to frighten the poor and excuses violent protest.
In 2009, in characteristic, crowd-pleasing style, Polly Toynbee advised the doomed Labour government to finish what it had started and wreck the economy for good...
"Go for broke – we're broke already."
Yes, she admitted Britain was broke but now is in deficit denial...
"Nail down the minimum wage by pegging it in perpetuity to average earnings, plus some, improving every year. Chase corporate tax dodgers with the same vigour they chase small-time benefit cheats - and put up posters in City wine bars to say so."
Below are some of the more recent examples of the crowd-pleasing Left in action. It's far from a comprehensive list. I spent a working day trawling through mainstream left-wing newspapers and magazines. If I had delved into the Left-wing blogosphere there's much, much worse. With more time I fear I could have found many more examples of the hateful Left. Before you start reading, take a deep breath. It's ugly.
By Matthew Barrett
There are many forces inside and connected with the Labour Party that are discouraging modernisation. The unions. The lack of private sector voices in the parliamentary party. And, the subject of this post, the Left-wing pundits.
There is a thoughtful centre left commentariat but there is a much bigger section of left-wing opinion which relentlessly plays to the Guardian-reading gallery. It never challenges the prejudices of its readers. It never questions left-wing conventional wisdom. It demonises the Conservatives, attempts to frighten the poor and excuses violent protest.
In 2009, in characteristic, crowd-pleasing style, Polly Toynbee advised the doomed Labour government to finish what it had started and wreck the economy for good...
"Go for broke – we're broke already."
Yes, she admitted Britain was broke but now is in deficit denial...
"Nail down the minimum wage by pegging it in perpetuity to average earnings, plus some, improving every year. Chase corporate tax dodgers with the same vigour they chase small-time benefit cheats - and put up posters in City wine bars to say so."
Below are some of the more recent examples of the crowd-pleasing Left in action. It's far from a comprehensive list. I spent a working day trawling through mainstream left-wing newspapers and magazines. If I had delved into the Left-wing blogosphere there's much, much worse. With more time I fear I could have found many more examples of the hateful Left. Before you start reading, take a deep breath. It's ugly.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
How very sad
I believe that men and women should be equal, though biology has made us different and we have no choice but to accept those differences. Third wave feminism is not about equality but denying biology and hating men. It is a reason many women reject this radical hateful ideology.
I love the way his head nestles in the crook of my neck. I love the way his face falls into a mask of eager concentration when I help him learn the alphabet. But most of all, I simply love hearing his little voice calling: 'Mummy, Mummy.'
It reminds me of just how blessed I am. The truth is that I very nearly missed out on becoming a mother - thanks to being brought up by a rabid feminist who thought motherhood was about the worst thing that could happen to a woman.
You see, my mum taught me that children enslave women. I grew up believing that children are millstones around your neck, and the idea that motherhood can make you blissfully happy is a complete fairytale.
I love the way his head nestles in the crook of my neck. I love the way his face falls into a mask of eager concentration when I help him learn the alphabet. But most of all, I simply love hearing his little voice calling: 'Mummy, Mummy.'
It reminds me of just how blessed I am. The truth is that I very nearly missed out on becoming a mother - thanks to being brought up by a rabid feminist who thought motherhood was about the worst thing that could happen to a woman.
You see, my mum taught me that children enslave women. I grew up believing that children are millstones around your neck, and the idea that motherhood can make you blissfully happy is a complete fairytale.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Chantal Hebert on the dippers and grits
An interesting piece on the need for grits and dippers to merge. Some of my friends want to see a surviving grit carcass, so that we Tories can continue feed on it when we wish. I just want the grits gone. I would love them to merge with the dippers. The remaining blue grits would run screaming form this socialist utopianist party right into the waiting arms of the Tories. Indeed I think most blue grits have already left.
Unfortunately merger seems unlikely, but the ongoing irrelevance of the grits will continue.
The federal NDP is celebrating 50 years of existence this weekend but also a half a century of consistent electoral failures.
Until last month’s election, it had sat in a corner twice-removed from the government side of the House of Commons for five decades, comforting itself in the notion that its real purpose was to be the conscience of Parliament.
That may have been true in the party’s early years but one has to go back to the 1960s and ’70s to find major national policies that bear the NDP imprint.
Unfortunately merger seems unlikely, but the ongoing irrelevance of the grits will continue.
The federal NDP is celebrating 50 years of existence this weekend but also a half a century of consistent electoral failures.
Until last month’s election, it had sat in a corner twice-removed from the government side of the House of Commons for five decades, comforting itself in the notion that its real purpose was to be the conscience of Parliament.
That may have been true in the party’s early years but one has to go back to the 1960s and ’70s to find major national policies that bear the NDP imprint.
London Diary
I had lunch with my good friend Rafe Hetdel Mankoo near the Tower of London a few days ago. Rafe is Patron of the British Monarchist League. We had a great chat. Later I went All Hallows Church by the Tower. It is the church where John Quincy Adams was married and William Penn was baprtized. They were having a lovely exhibit on the Bible in honour of the 400th anniversary of the King James bible.
I have been to several plays and musicals. I saw Thriller Live, an enwergetic tribute to the music of Michael Jackson. It was a lot of fun and it had pyrutechics! I next saw Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are Dead, a play by the brilliant playwright Tom Stoppard, that reminds me of waiting for Godot. It is Hamlet from the eyes of 2 minor characters. It was a great evening of thaeter. It was at the Royal Haymarket Theater.
I then say the enchanting new Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. It starred the winner of BBC1s reality show Over The Rainbow,Danielle Hope. It was truly an amazing evening. Somewhere over the Rainbow is probably my favourite songs. I am truly a friend of Dorothy.
I am sure the Mirvish group wuill be bringing this fantastic show to Toronto.
I just saw a fabulous performance of Pygmalion at the Garrick Theater.
London has been been pretty rainy, but I am aving a smashing time.
I have been to several plays and musicals. I saw Thriller Live, an enwergetic tribute to the music of Michael Jackson. It was a lot of fun and it had pyrutechics! I next saw Rosencrantz and Guidenstern are Dead, a play by the brilliant playwright Tom Stoppard, that reminds me of waiting for Godot. It is Hamlet from the eyes of 2 minor characters. It was a great evening of thaeter. It was at the Royal Haymarket Theater.
I then say the enchanting new Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. It starred the winner of BBC1s reality show Over The Rainbow,Danielle Hope. It was truly an amazing evening. Somewhere over the Rainbow is probably my favourite songs. I am truly a friend of Dorothy.
I am sure the Mirvish group wuill be bringing this fantastic show to Toronto.
I just saw a fabulous performance of Pygmalion at the Garrick Theater.
London has been been pretty rainy, but I am aving a smashing time.
Friday, June 17, 2011
R.I.P.
I spoke To Mrs Fox a few times on call in radio shows.I greatly admire her and her son Terry Fox. My deepest sympathies to her families and friends. Canada is poorer for her loss.
Betty Fox, mother of cancer hero and Canadian icon Terry Fox, has died.
Ms. Fox, who was in her early 70s, had been suffering from complications from diabetes and arthritis. She is survived by her husband, Rolly, two sons, a daughter, and several grandchildren.
Ms. Fox was an ordinary woman who rose to a profound challenge when her middle son Terry was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma in March, 1977, and had his right leg amputated above the knee. He was 18. He was barely out of treatment – 16 months of chemotherapy and rehabilitation – when he revealed his goal of running across the country on his one good leg and a prosthesis to raise money for cancer research. Initially she was against the plan, but came around when she saw the intensity of his commitment.
Betty Fox, mother of cancer hero and Canadian icon Terry Fox, has died.
Ms. Fox, who was in her early 70s, had been suffering from complications from diabetes and arthritis. She is survived by her husband, Rolly, two sons, a daughter, and several grandchildren.
Ms. Fox was an ordinary woman who rose to a profound challenge when her middle son Terry was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma in March, 1977, and had his right leg amputated above the knee. He was 18. He was barely out of treatment – 16 months of chemotherapy and rehabilitation – when he revealed his goal of running across the country on his one good leg and a prosthesis to raise money for cancer research. Initially she was against the plan, but came around when she saw the intensity of his commitment.
Quite Amusing
Liberal hack frank graves wants to explain his biased poll results. I long ago started to ignore ekos polls. His explanations ring pretty hollow. I will continue to ignore ekos and graves. I'm sure the biased CBC will continue to use him as their chief pollster. Wonder if the dippers will start using ekos.
On the night of Monday, May 2, Frank Graves, president of EKOS Research Associates, opened a bottle of Mer Soleil in his Ottawa home and settled in front of the television to watch the federal election results. He felt smug, very smug.
He had every reason to believe that he had surveyed as accurately throughout the 2011 campaign as he had in 2008, when he forecast that election's almost exact outcome.
On the night of Monday, May 2, Frank Graves, president of EKOS Research Associates, opened a bottle of Mer Soleil in his Ottawa home and settled in front of the television to watch the federal election results. He felt smug, very smug.
He had every reason to believe that he had surveyed as accurately throughout the 2011 campaign as he had in 2008, when he forecast that election's almost exact outcome.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Mcliar will lose according to...
The red star. A red star mcliar hagiographers bemoans the fact that all signs to a Tim Hudak victory. I am very pleased by returning Ontario to the Tory family. Mcliar has been a tax and spend disaster.
All the signs are bad for
A new Ipsos-Reid poll released last weekend showed the Conservatives with 40 per cent of decided Ontario voters, the Liberals with 34 per cent and the NDP with 20 per cent. Over the past year, polls have shown a steady rise in Tory support — all at the expense of the Liberals.
Worse for the Liberals, the survey suggested a virtual dead heat in the Toronto area, where the party has historically had a stranglehold on seats.
So why is McGuinty in big trouble if he’s doing such a good job? Party insiders say the reasons are many, not all of them of McGuinty’s doing.
First, Hudak is a “Teflon leader.” Like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his Conservative soulmates, nothing bad sticks to him.
Despite major policy flip-flops on the HST and all-day kindergarten, election promises that don’t add up, silly pledges like forcing prisoners into work gangs, nothing seems to hurt his popularity.
Even the Toronto Sun and National Post, perennial cheerleaders for the Conservatives, have taken to haranguing Hudak for his vague promises and weak leadership.
And yet his poll numbers keep rising.
Second, there’s a strong conservative wave now in Ontario and especially in the Toronto area. Ford rode that wave to victory in last fall’s Toronto mayoral race over George Smitherman, a former Ontario cabinet minister, and Harper rode it to a smashing win in last month’s federal election that saw the Liberals hang on to just 11 of 106 seats in the province.
All the signs are bad for
A new Ipsos-Reid poll released last weekend showed the Conservatives with 40 per cent of decided Ontario voters, the Liberals with 34 per cent and the NDP with 20 per cent. Over the past year, polls have shown a steady rise in Tory support — all at the expense of the Liberals.
Worse for the Liberals, the survey suggested a virtual dead heat in the Toronto area, where the party has historically had a stranglehold on seats.
So why is McGuinty in big trouble if he’s doing such a good job? Party insiders say the reasons are many, not all of them of McGuinty’s doing.
First, Hudak is a “Teflon leader.” Like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his Conservative soulmates, nothing bad sticks to him.
Despite major policy flip-flops on the HST and all-day kindergarten, election promises that don’t add up, silly pledges like forcing prisoners into work gangs, nothing seems to hurt his popularity.
Even the Toronto Sun and National Post, perennial cheerleaders for the Conservatives, have taken to haranguing Hudak for his vague promises and weak leadership.
And yet his poll numbers keep rising.
Second, there’s a strong conservative wave now in Ontario and especially in the Toronto area. Ford rode that wave to victory in last fall’s Toronto mayoral race over George Smitherman, a former Ontario cabinet minister, and Harper rode it to a smashing win in last month’s federal election that saw the Liberals hang on to just 11 of 106 seats in the province.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
HM City of London
I am in London for the next week. I've already eaten at my favorite Indian Restaurant, Woodlands. I will be seeing lots of shows and catching up with family and friends. I am staying at the W at Leicester Square. I was upgraded to a Fabulous King bed suite( I am Starwwod Gold). it's all just too Fabulous!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Chantal Hebert on HM PM Harper and Quebec
here is Hebert's English version of the article I quoted yesterday in Le Devoir ( with bad translation:)) Hebert is right, it is the Tories that believe in the Constitution. We believe in the separation of powers and not a centralizing federal government. We Tories in Quebec will work very hard to let people in Quebec know that we are the only real alternative. Lots pf people said we could never have a seat in Toronto. Montreal is next!
If the federal capital’s convention temple was not so new, its pillars might have shaken during the speech Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered to his jubilant supporters this weekend.
In an aside from an otherwise self-congratulatory text, Harper spelled out the terms of engagement of his continuing offensive to woo Quebec. Only a few years ago, the language he used would have caused a leading federal politician to be branded as a separatist facilitator by much of Canada’s chattering class.
Predicting that Quebec would sour on the NDP sooner rather than later, the Prime Minister described his own party as “the only one that believes in a Quebec nation, confident, autonomous and proud within a strong, united, independent and free Canada . . . .”
In a room where many of the most vocal opponents of past efforts to recognize Quebec’s distinct status sat next to some of its most passionate proponents, the assertion earned Harper a standing ovation.
Over his time as Prime Minister, the Conservative leader has taken many controversial risks. His snap decision to lead the House of Commons into recognizing Quebec’s national character in 2006 sits close to the top of that list.
At the time, many non-Quebec pundits described the impact of the move on Canada’s fabric in apocalyptic terms but five years later, it is the sovereignty movement that is contemplating the end of the world as its committed protagonists have long known it.
Harper’s olive branch did not earn his Conservatives the affection of Quebecers. As party leader, he has so far been a bust in Quebec. But his resolution has helped pave the way for a potentially permanent change of the channel of the Quebec-Canada debate.
For five years, the Bloc Québécois strived to use unpopular Conservative policies as proof that Quebec’s aspirations were irreconcilable with those of the rest of Canada.
Over those same five years, Quebecers — even as they increasingly disliked Harper’s agenda — decreasingly craved for a chance to revisit their allegiance to the federation in another referendum.
If the federal capital’s convention temple was not so new, its pillars might have shaken during the speech Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered to his jubilant supporters this weekend.
In an aside from an otherwise self-congratulatory text, Harper spelled out the terms of engagement of his continuing offensive to woo Quebec. Only a few years ago, the language he used would have caused a leading federal politician to be branded as a separatist facilitator by much of Canada’s chattering class.
Predicting that Quebec would sour on the NDP sooner rather than later, the Prime Minister described his own party as “the only one that believes in a Quebec nation, confident, autonomous and proud within a strong, united, independent and free Canada . . . .”
In a room where many of the most vocal opponents of past efforts to recognize Quebec’s distinct status sat next to some of its most passionate proponents, the assertion earned Harper a standing ovation.
Over his time as Prime Minister, the Conservative leader has taken many controversial risks. His snap decision to lead the House of Commons into recognizing Quebec’s national character in 2006 sits close to the top of that list.
At the time, many non-Quebec pundits described the impact of the move on Canada’s fabric in apocalyptic terms but five years later, it is the sovereignty movement that is contemplating the end of the world as its committed protagonists have long known it.
Harper’s olive branch did not earn his Conservatives the affection of Quebecers. As party leader, he has so far been a bust in Quebec. But his resolution has helped pave the way for a potentially permanent change of the channel of the Quebec-Canada debate.
For five years, the Bloc Québécois strived to use unpopular Conservative policies as proof that Quebec’s aspirations were irreconcilable with those of the rest of Canada.
Over those same five years, Quebecers — even as they increasingly disliked Harper’s agenda — decreasingly craved for a chance to revisit their allegiance to the federation in another referendum.
HM PM Harper and the Crown
As readers of this blog know, I am a staunch defender of the Canadian Crown. It is the Crown of MaplesThis dates back to my childhood. I became a Canadian citizen in 1974 , when I swore the Loyal Oath and I take that very seriously. As a child in primary school we sang God Save the Queen every morning in Quebec!!! I was also a Boy Scout and that taught me the values of loyalty, honor and duty.I have great respect for our traditions of freedom that evolved since Magna Carta. The Crown is central in this evolution.
HM PM Harper is also a staunch defender if The Canadian Crown, it is one of the many reasons I am a Tory!
With the William and Kate show soon to begin, an Associated Press reporter was asking about Stephen Harper’s evident affinity for the monarchy. He wondered if the Prime Minister sees the monarchy as a cornerstone of the Canadian identity.
Mr. Harper comes across as the biggest supporter of our sovereigns since John George Diefenbaker. He glowed during the Queen’s visit last summer. Under his stewardship, there has been no controversy over the monarchy’s future, no talk of one day breaking the final bonds with Britain. Jean Chrétien enjoyed a warm relationship with the Queen, but was ambivalent about the royal ties, a view which represented a wide swath of public opinion. Liberals like John Manley and Ken Dryden wanted to wave the monarchy goodbye as a final act in Canada’s growing up.
For Mr. Harper, the monarchy fits nicely with his old-fashioned sense of Canada. He is a prime minister who accentuates traditional symbols such as the North, the sport of hockey, the military. He is big on family values, the church, and straight, clean living. Full of conservative touchstones, it’s a portrait that harkens back to the 1950s, one that has a good deal of appeal, especially to the older demographic.
With the sparkling newlyweds, the monarchy could well be undergoing a repopularization in Canada and elsewhere. This will play well to the sentiments of the Prime Minister, who will undoubtedly be giving the Duke and Duchess a resplendent welcome on their eight-city tour, which will be watched by the international media.
HM PM Harper is also a staunch defender if The Canadian Crown, it is one of the many reasons I am a Tory!
With the William and Kate show soon to begin, an Associated Press reporter was asking about Stephen Harper’s evident affinity for the monarchy. He wondered if the Prime Minister sees the monarchy as a cornerstone of the Canadian identity.
Mr. Harper comes across as the biggest supporter of our sovereigns since John George Diefenbaker. He glowed during the Queen’s visit last summer. Under his stewardship, there has been no controversy over the monarchy’s future, no talk of one day breaking the final bonds with Britain. Jean Chrétien enjoyed a warm relationship with the Queen, but was ambivalent about the royal ties, a view which represented a wide swath of public opinion. Liberals like John Manley and Ken Dryden wanted to wave the monarchy goodbye as a final act in Canada’s growing up.
For Mr. Harper, the monarchy fits nicely with his old-fashioned sense of Canada. He is a prime minister who accentuates traditional symbols such as the North, the sport of hockey, the military. He is big on family values, the church, and straight, clean living. Full of conservative touchstones, it’s a portrait that harkens back to the 1950s, one that has a good deal of appeal, especially to the older demographic.
With the sparkling newlyweds, the monarchy could well be undergoing a repopularization in Canada and elsewhere. This will play well to the sentiments of the Prime Minister, who will undoubtedly be giving the Duke and Duchess a resplendent welcome on their eight-city tour, which will be watched by the international media.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Trooping the Colour
It is HM the Queen's official birthday in the United kingdom. Here is video of the Trooping the Colour 2011. Happy Birthday Ma'am!
Chantal Hebert ON The Tories and Quebec
An interesting piece in le devoir. I believe in the constitutional separation of powers. I do not believe in a strong centralizing government. I believe in Canada. I am a federalist.
HM PM Harper has been very open to Quebec. He believes in the separation of powers. the dippers are centralizers and the grits are increasingly irrelevant.
HM Pm Harper expressed his wish to win over the people of Quebec. We Quebec Tories will work for the next several years to bring that about!
But today is the PLC that is likely to commit hara-kiri by going back to the barricades against the separatist aspirations in Quebec.
Car ce n'est pas l'opposition officielle néodémocrate qui va s'insurger contre le vocabulaire du premier ministre sur le Québec. For it is not the official opposition NDP is going to rebel against the vocabulary of the Prime Minister on Quebec. Pour la formation de Jack Layton, la reconnaissance de la particularité québécoise constitue depuis longtemps une façon de régler la quadrature du cercle de sa conception d'un gouvernement central fort et de la réalité québécoise. For the formation of Jack Layton and the recognition of the special Quebec has long been a way to solve the quadrature of the circle of his vision of a strong central government and the Quebec reality.
Par contre, en 2006, l'opposition libérale aux Communes avait appuyé la résolution parlementaire sur la nation québécoise sur fond de profonds déchirements et de sonores grincements de dents. By cons, in 2006, the Liberal opposition in the Commons had supported the parliamentary resolution on the Quebec nation against a backdrop of deep anguish and gnashing of teeth sound. Dans l'état actuel du PLC, il n'ya guère de salut en vue sans résurrection au Québec, mais peu ou pas de perspective de retour en grâce sans renoncer à une partie de l'évangile selon Pierre Trudeau. In the current state of the PLC, there is little hello for no resurrection in Quebec, but little or no prospect of return through without giving up a portion of the Gospel according to Pierre Trudeau. C'est un renoncement qui ne viendra ni facilement ni naturellement à ce qui reste de la base militante libérale. It is a renunciation that will not come easily or naturally to what remains of the liberal activist base.
HM PM Harper has been very open to Quebec. He believes in the separation of powers. the dippers are centralizers and the grits are increasingly irrelevant.
HM Pm Harper expressed his wish to win over the people of Quebec. We Quebec Tories will work for the next several years to bring that about!
But today is the PLC that is likely to commit hara-kiri by going back to the barricades against the separatist aspirations in Quebec.
Car ce n'est pas l'opposition officielle néodémocrate qui va s'insurger contre le vocabulaire du premier ministre sur le Québec. For it is not the official opposition NDP is going to rebel against the vocabulary of the Prime Minister on Quebec. Pour la formation de Jack Layton, la reconnaissance de la particularité québécoise constitue depuis longtemps une façon de régler la quadrature du cercle de sa conception d'un gouvernement central fort et de la réalité québécoise. For the formation of Jack Layton and the recognition of the special Quebec has long been a way to solve the quadrature of the circle of his vision of a strong central government and the Quebec reality.
Par contre, en 2006, l'opposition libérale aux Communes avait appuyé la résolution parlementaire sur la nation québécoise sur fond de profonds déchirements et de sonores grincements de dents. By cons, in 2006, the Liberal opposition in the Commons had supported the parliamentary resolution on the Quebec nation against a backdrop of deep anguish and gnashing of teeth sound. Dans l'état actuel du PLC, il n'ya guère de salut en vue sans résurrection au Québec, mais peu ou pas de perspective de retour en grâce sans renoncer à une partie de l'évangile selon Pierre Trudeau. In the current state of the PLC, there is little hello for no resurrection in Quebec, but little or no prospect of return through without giving up a portion of the Gospel according to Pierre Trudeau. C'est un renoncement qui ne viendra ni facilement ni naturellement à ce qui reste de la base militante libérale. It is a renunciation that will not come easily or naturally to what remains of the liberal activist base.
Tory Convention Day 2 and 3
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| HM Minister Steven Blaney and Senator Wallin |
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| MP Lois Brown sings O Canada with Choir from Christ Church Cathedral |
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| Mrs Harper and Senator Eaton |
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| HM Minister John Baird and Deepak Ohbrai |
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| Senators Gerstein and eaton |
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| Senators Gerstein and Finley |
Here are some photos and videos from the Conservative Convention. It was a fun 3 days in Ottawa.
Friday started off with a multifaith prayer breakfast , which was quite full. The keynote speaker was Father De Souza from the National Post. Lois Brown sang the National anthem with a Choir of young women from Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.
Afterwards we speend the day in deliberations on a number of issues.
I attended the Leaders Circle luncheon with HM Pm Harper and Mrs harper. Lots of MP's were also there. I got another photo with HM PM, but it is kind of blurry.
HM PM gave the keynote on Friday night and the room was absolutely packed. There must of have been 5000 people. MP's and even some of HM Ministers had trouble finding seats. HM PM gave an absolutely rousing speech. He was also very open to Quebec. He called for our next project to be to get seats in Montreal!
Here is the speech
They showed this on the big screen . It was magnificent.
A few more pathetic protesters
HM Minister Jason Kenney from the night before. He remembers we are the Great Dominion and ends with the Maple leaf Forever!
The last day was the plenary sessions and we passed a lot of interesting resolutions on reducing inter provincial trade barriers, reducing human trafficking, not having cap and trade and much more!
We ended the day with MP5 singing the National Anthem!!
Harper speech fires up convention crowd par US-WorldNews
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thank You!!! #cpc11
The Fabulous Blue Tent was a huge success. I want to thank the hundreds of people who attended. Our suite had an enormous patio with an awesome view of Ottawa. We had a great DJ, great food and drink!It was so nice to see so many old friends and new friends last night! Many people told me we had the best suite !
Fred Litwin, Jamie Ellerton, Jamie Watt and I want to thank all of you for coming. it was a fabulous evening. I will post pictures of the event soon!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Unemployment rate now 7.4%
More good economic news on this second Day of the CPC convention.
[OTTAWA, ON] - Canada's unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than two years as a combination more jobs and fewer people actively seeking work in May pushed the rate to 7.4 per cent.
Statistics Canada said 22,300 new jobs were created last month, slightly above consensus following the previous month's strong 58,000 gain.
[OTTAWA, ON] - Canada's unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than two years as a combination more jobs and fewer people actively seeking work in May pushed the rate to 7.4 per cent.
Statistics Canada said 22,300 new jobs were created last month, slightly above consensus following the previous month's strong 58,000 gain.
Tory Convention Day 1
It has been an amazing day. It has been wonderful to see so manyriends, readers and MPs and senators. I watched as HM PM Harper registered for the convention while being cheered as a rock star.
The opening ceremonies were spectacular. Thousands of Tories cheered A stable national Tory majority. We did not tire if hearing those words. Great speeches by Senator Wallin ( who has a future in stand up), HM Minister if Foreign Affairs John Baird and of course my favorite HM Minister of Citizenship Jason Kenney.
Stockwell Day ended the evening with a very moving speech , interuoted by his lovely wife Val, who dressed in the white gloves if a page and held up a we love Harper sign !!! There were also great performances by Senators Demers and Duffy, HM Minister of Defense Peter mAckay and HM Minister Steve Blaney.
A fantastic start to a great convention. I have been interviews by both SRC and the Hill Times. They all seemed desperate to find discord. The party us united!! We will discuss and debate but we will leave united.
The opening ceremonies were spectacular. Thousands of Tories cheered A stable national Tory majority. We did not tire if hearing those words. Great speeches by Senator Wallin ( who has a future in stand up), HM Minister if Foreign Affairs John Baird and of course my favorite HM Minister of Citizenship Jason Kenney.
Stockwell Day ended the evening with a very moving speech , interuoted by his lovely wife Val, who dressed in the white gloves if a page and held up a we love Harper sign !!! There were also great performances by Senators Demers and Duffy, HM Minister of Defense Peter mAckay and HM Minister Steve Blaney.
A fantastic start to a great convention. I have been interviews by both SRC and the Hill Times. They all seemed desperate to find discord. The party us united!! We will discuss and debate but we will leave united.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Happy Birthday to HRH Prince Philip
Thank you for your 6 decades of support to Our Sovereign Lady.HM PM Cameron pays tribute. He is an amazing man. God Bless Prince Philip. God save the Queen
There has never been the slightest hint of scandal, or any reproach against his personal integrity. Over a span of six decades, this is also extraordinary. And yet he never surrendered his personality while carrying out his self-effacing task. He has been one of the most vivid figures in our national life, with a unique ability to project his own personality.
It is very easy to say what he stands for: duty, service, discretion, kindness, concern, eccentricity. His commitment to the cause has been exemplary. Until last year, when he cut down for health reasons, he was still carrying out well over 300 engagements a year. No wonder the political and media classes that have gradually taken control of Britain over the past few decades have so much contempt for the Duke. Disinterested public service fits in neither with the Right-wing narrative of private enterprise nor New Labour’s conception of a centralised, domineering political class.
Each of us tends to be formed in our late teens and early 20s: those are the years when we discover the world and our own limitations. For the Duke, his formative years were the 1940s. He served in battleships and destroyers throughout the Second World War, being mentioned in despatches, was involved in the Allied invasion of Sicily and was in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered. Returning to Britain, he wooed and won the Queen.
That generation of the 1940s made terrible and, to us, unthinkable sacrifices. They risked their lives again and again, at home and on the frontline, and knew death and destruction in the struggle against fascism. They had very few material comforts (Prince Philip had to borrow a suit when he first visited Balmoral) and perhaps it is true that some of their humour was a little uncouth. My own feeling is that they were the greatest generation of Britons there has ever been, and that Prince Philip, like so many of his contemporaries, has a great deal to teach us as he approaches his 90th birthday.
There has never been the slightest hint of scandal, or any reproach against his personal integrity. Over a span of six decades, this is also extraordinary. And yet he never surrendered his personality while carrying out his self-effacing task. He has been one of the most vivid figures in our national life, with a unique ability to project his own personality.
It is very easy to say what he stands for: duty, service, discretion, kindness, concern, eccentricity. His commitment to the cause has been exemplary. Until last year, when he cut down for health reasons, he was still carrying out well over 300 engagements a year. No wonder the political and media classes that have gradually taken control of Britain over the past few decades have so much contempt for the Duke. Disinterested public service fits in neither with the Right-wing narrative of private enterprise nor New Labour’s conception of a centralised, domineering political class.
Each of us tends to be formed in our late teens and early 20s: those are the years when we discover the world and our own limitations. For the Duke, his formative years were the 1940s. He served in battleships and destroyers throughout the Second World War, being mentioned in despatches, was involved in the Allied invasion of Sicily and was in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered. Returning to Britain, he wooed and won the Queen.
That generation of the 1940s made terrible and, to us, unthinkable sacrifices. They risked their lives again and again, at home and on the frontline, and knew death and destruction in the struggle against fascism. They had very few material comforts (Prince Philip had to borrow a suit when he first visited Balmoral) and perhaps it is true that some of their humour was a little uncouth. My own feeling is that they were the greatest generation of Britons there has ever been, and that Prince Philip, like so many of his contemporaries, has a great deal to teach us as he approaches his 90th birthday.
Moving the Center
This is the goal of the conservative movement. It is nice to see that Trudeau and his liberal hordes have nit been able to kill Canada's original values of self reliance, family and loyalty.
Canadians are increasingly embracing "small-c" conservative values and believe a smaller government focused more on managing the country's affairs than drastically changing them is best, according to a think tank headed up by former Reformer Preston Manning.
The Manning Centre for Building Democracy on Wednesday released its second annual national poll, which aims to track Canadians' attitudes towards government, politics and social issues. And just like last year, the poll results suggest conservatism is becoming mainstream.
Canadians are increasingly embracing "small-c" conservative values and believe a smaller government focused more on managing the country's affairs than drastically changing them is best, according to a think tank headed up by former Reformer Preston Manning.
The Manning Centre for Building Democracy on Wednesday released its second annual national poll, which aims to track Canadians' attitudes towards government, politics and social issues. And just like last year, the poll results suggest conservatism is becoming mainstream.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Mark Steyn on the ignorant child
The ignorant child knows nothing of the thousand years of history that has led us to where we are today. We are a pretty free scoiety. She is university "educated" and as such is now profoundly ignorant. Thank you Mark!
If you'll forgive me going all Bagehotian for a moment, in a country such as Canada, the post-election Speech from the Throne is the defining act of constitutional monarchy: the Queen or her viceroy comes to parliament to read words placed in her mouth by the Prime Minister of her newly elected government. It's the logical endpoint of Magna Carta: the state as servant of the people. So, when you urinate all over a Throne Speech, it’s not like lobbing a pie at the Defence Minister during a war debate: You’re disdaining the very essence of the constitutional order.
But that's all a little too fusty for a know-nothing like Brigette DePape.
If you'll forgive me going all Bagehotian for a moment, in a country such as Canada, the post-election Speech from the Throne is the defining act of constitutional monarchy: the Queen or her viceroy comes to parliament to read words placed in her mouth by the Prime Minister of her newly elected government. It's the logical endpoint of Magna Carta: the state as servant of the people. So, when you urinate all over a Throne Speech, it’s not like lobbing a pie at the Defence Minister during a war debate: You’re disdaining the very essence of the constitutional order.
But that's all a little too fusty for a know-nothing like Brigette DePape.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
A Quebec Analysis by Jon Kay
I think this is a pretty good summary of the fate of the pq. I have every wish that this party follow the bloq into the mists of history.
By the measure of longevity, the Parti Québécois has been a success: It will turn 43 in November. But revolutionary movements such as the PQ do not seek survival. They seek extinction through victory. As with religious millenarians whose rapture never comes, the continued survival of the PQ sect has become a source of awkwardness, even embarrassment, for the faithful.
The onset of middle age has caused the PQ to become divided into institutional and revolutionary constituencies. On one hand are the democratic-minded functionaries who want to build a big tent and win elections. On the other are the uncompromising, old-school “shouting sign painters” with still-vivid memories of René Lévesque and ongoing fantasies of the victorious referendum that’s just around the corner. At times, these two camps go to war. And this week is one of those times.
Update more form Tasha.
By the measure of longevity, the Parti Québécois has been a success: It will turn 43 in November. But revolutionary movements such as the PQ do not seek survival. They seek extinction through victory. As with religious millenarians whose rapture never comes, the continued survival of the PQ sect has become a source of awkwardness, even embarrassment, for the faithful.
The onset of middle age has caused the PQ to become divided into institutional and revolutionary constituencies. On one hand are the democratic-minded functionaries who want to build a big tent and win elections. On the other are the uncompromising, old-school “shouting sign painters” with still-vivid memories of René Lévesque and ongoing fantasies of the victorious referendum that’s just around the corner. At times, these two camps go to war. And this week is one of those times.
Update more form Tasha.
Fabulous Blue Tent Party #cpc11
It will be a fabulous party. I hope everyone at the convention will show up. We will music, food and drinks. We will have many great guests!
It will be held ay 10pm on Friday June 10, 2011 at the Bonaventure suite at the Westin Hotel.
Take this as my personal invitation!
The OECD likes our Strong Stable Majority Tory Government
I agree. It is good news for Canada. Stability in a troubled world. I hope the investors are listening. Canada is a good place to put your money and create more jobs!
‘Count your blessings, Canada,’ OECD head says
BERTRAND MAROTTE
Montreal— Globe and Mail Update
Published Monday, Jun. 06, 2011 11:10AM EDT
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Canadians should consider themselves privileged to have a majority government in these difficult times, says the head of the OECD.
“Count your blessings Canada, you just got a majority government,” Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, told participants at the Conference of Montreal on Monday.
Many other countries are trying to cope with the fallout from the global economic crisis with governments that change frequently or that are caretaker or minority governments, he said.
Canada, on the other hand, is well-positioned in terms of its political stability, which adds to an already enviable status as a country that managing well through the economic downturn, said Mr. Gurria.
‘Count your blessings, Canada,’ OECD head says
BERTRAND MAROTTE
Montreal— Globe and Mail Update
Published Monday, Jun. 06, 2011 11:10AM EDT
Print/LicenseDecrease text sizeIncrease text size
Canadians should consider themselves privileged to have a majority government in these difficult times, says the head of the OECD.
“Count your blessings Canada, you just got a majority government,” Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, told participants at the Conference of Montreal on Monday.
Many other countries are trying to cope with the fallout from the global economic crisis with governments that change frequently or that are caretaker or minority governments, he said.
Canada, on the other hand, is well-positioned in terms of its political stability, which adds to an already enviable status as a country that managing well through the economic downturn, said Mr. Gurria.
Everybody hates dalton
Mcliar is the second most unpopular provincial premier in Canada. Only jean charest is more unpopular. Changeahead!
McGuinty remains highly unpopular, poll shows
Published On Tue Jun 07 2011
Robert Benzie
Queen's Park Bureau Chief
Premier Dalton McGuinty is the second most unpopular provincial leader in Canada and faces a challenging summer before the Ontario election, a new Toronto Star-Angus Reid Public Opinion poll shows.
With an approval rating of 19 per cent, McGuinty is narrowly ahead of Quebec’s Jean Charest, at 17 per cent, for the title of least popular premier.
“Usually if you’re heading for re-election you want to be probably in the early 30s — anything over 35 (per cent approval) is good,” Mario Canseco, vice-president of Angus Reid Public Opinion, said Monday.
“Even in the late 20s you can still do something good. But the fact that he’s down to 19 per cent, that his disapproval rating is the second highest after Charest, who’s been there for so long, (suggests) … there’s a little bit of a tiredness factor from the electorate,” he said.
The online survey sampled 6,482 Canadians — 1,000 of them in Ontario — from May 16 to 25 with an overall margin of error of 1.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
McGuinty remains highly unpopular, poll shows
Published On Tue Jun 07 2011
Robert Benzie
Queen's Park Bureau Chief
Premier Dalton McGuinty is the second most unpopular provincial leader in Canada and faces a challenging summer before the Ontario election, a new Toronto Star-Angus Reid Public Opinion poll shows.
With an approval rating of 19 per cent, McGuinty is narrowly ahead of Quebec’s Jean Charest, at 17 per cent, for the title of least popular premier.
“Usually if you’re heading for re-election you want to be probably in the early 30s — anything over 35 (per cent approval) is good,” Mario Canseco, vice-president of Angus Reid Public Opinion, said Monday.
“Even in the late 20s you can still do something good. But the fact that he’s down to 19 per cent, that his disapproval rating is the second highest after Charest, who’s been there for so long, (suggests) … there’s a little bit of a tiredness factor from the electorate,” he said.
The online survey sampled 6,482 Canadians — 1,000 of them in Ontario — from May 16 to 25 with an overall margin of error of 1.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Monday, June 06, 2011
Rebellion in the pq
I aim a staunch federalist, so I always enjoy watching the pq destroy itself. Wonder howi long it will be before Pauline goes. Will legault return to the pq now thant the hardline separatists are out of the pq. Its gonna be an interesting few years in Quebec.
Pierre Curzi, Louise Beaudoin and Lisette Lapointe, three stalwarts of the PQ’s hard sovereignist flank have just resigned from the party. Not over matters of the tongue (which would be bad enough), or country (just as bad), but over the increasingly undemocratic nature of the party itself (which is worse, especially for a group of social democrats). The proverbial straw that broke the proverbial back? A law having to do with a hockey arena.
Pierre Curzi, Louise Beaudoin and Lisette Lapointe, three stalwarts of the PQ’s hard sovereignist flank have just resigned from the party. Not over matters of the tongue (which would be bad enough), or country (just as bad), but over the increasingly undemocratic nature of the party itself (which is worse, especially for a group of social democrats). The proverbial straw that broke the proverbial back? A law having to do with a hockey arena.
D Day
All I can say to these brave veterans and those who died is eternal thanks!
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the anniversary of D-Day
June 5, 2011
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark the 67th anniversary of D-Day:
“Tomorrow, we will remember and honour the bravery of the tens of thousands of soldiers, sailors and air men and women who supported and participated in the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944, leaving behind their loved ones to defend the free world against tyranny and hatred.
“Their legacy endures, as we continue to live by the fundamental values that Canadian troops gave their lives to uphold – freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
“D-Day operations, which marked the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, were executed by an alliance of nations – led by Canada, the U.S., Free France, and the United Kingdom – collaborating and fighting together for a common cause. On that day, they overcame incredible adversity to establish the beachheads that led to the overthrow of an enemy so well entrenched in northern France.
“Their successful mission to bring liberty to Europe would not have been possible without the hard work of hundreds of thousands of other Canadians who contributed to the war effort right here at home.
“As we pause to remember the price paid by our courageous military personnel during D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, we will also pay tribute to our men and women in uniform who continue to selflessly serve Canada’s interests and help people around the world in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan.
“On behalf of all Canadians, I wish to express our most sincere gratitude to Canadian veterans, for a debt that can never be repaid. Lest we forget.”
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the anniversary of D-Day
June 5, 2011
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark the 67th anniversary of D-Day:
“Tomorrow, we will remember and honour the bravery of the tens of thousands of soldiers, sailors and air men and women who supported and participated in the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944, leaving behind their loved ones to defend the free world against tyranny and hatred.
“Their legacy endures, as we continue to live by the fundamental values that Canadian troops gave their lives to uphold – freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
“D-Day operations, which marked the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, were executed by an alliance of nations – led by Canada, the U.S., Free France, and the United Kingdom – collaborating and fighting together for a common cause. On that day, they overcame incredible adversity to establish the beachheads that led to the overthrow of an enemy so well entrenched in northern France.
“Their successful mission to bring liberty to Europe would not have been possible without the hard work of hundreds of thousands of other Canadians who contributed to the war effort right here at home.
“As we pause to remember the price paid by our courageous military personnel during D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, we will also pay tribute to our men and women in uniform who continue to selflessly serve Canada’s interests and help people around the world in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan.
“On behalf of all Canadians, I wish to express our most sincere gratitude to Canadian veterans, for a debt that can never be repaid. Lest we forget.”
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Prof Mansur on palestinian state
Prof Mansur correctly points out the Arabs are the authours of most of their own misery. he asks why the palestinians deserve a state.
Recently Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, took to the pages of The New York Times with a plea for “The Long Overdue Palestinian State.”
He recalled how, as a 13-year old, he fled with his family from the Galilean city of Safed for safety to Syria following the UN partition of Palestine and the establishment of modern Israel.
Abbas’ Times column is instructive for what is not mentioned even more than what is stated.
He recalls the “nakba” (or catastrophe) of Palestinian loss in 1948. This is the preferred Arab narrative in which Palestinians are victims of western powers and Zionist Jews through the agency of the UN.
Palestinians cannot, and will not, acknowledge that what occurred in 1947-48 came about as a result of the catastrophic miscalculation on the part of their leadership and Arab states.
For 30 years prior to the November 1947 UN vote, Palestinians and other Arabs refused to accept the idea of making allowance for Jews in their midst as set forth in Britain’s Balfour Declaration.
This long standing refusal found expression in their rejection of the UN partition plan, and within a few hours of Israel’s independence in May 1948, Arab armies invaded the Jewish state.
Those who plan war and initiate it must know there are consequences both in victory and in defeat.
There is no mistaking what Palestinian and Arab rejectionism of the UN plan meant.
An Arab victory in 1948 would have meant the liquidation of Jewish presence in Palestine.
Recently Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, took to the pages of The New York Times with a plea for “The Long Overdue Palestinian State.”
He recalled how, as a 13-year old, he fled with his family from the Galilean city of Safed for safety to Syria following the UN partition of Palestine and the establishment of modern Israel.
Abbas’ Times column is instructive for what is not mentioned even more than what is stated.
He recalls the “nakba” (or catastrophe) of Palestinian loss in 1948. This is the preferred Arab narrative in which Palestinians are victims of western powers and Zionist Jews through the agency of the UN.
Palestinians cannot, and will not, acknowledge that what occurred in 1947-48 came about as a result of the catastrophic miscalculation on the part of their leadership and Arab states.
For 30 years prior to the November 1947 UN vote, Palestinians and other Arabs refused to accept the idea of making allowance for Jews in their midst as set forth in Britain’s Balfour Declaration.
This long standing refusal found expression in their rejection of the UN partition plan, and within a few hours of Israel’s independence in May 1948, Arab armies invaded the Jewish state.
Those who plan war and initiate it must know there are consequences both in victory and in defeat.
There is no mistaking what Palestinian and Arab rejectionism of the UN plan meant.
An Arab victory in 1948 would have meant the liquidation of Jewish presence in Palestine.
Prof Flanagan on a Stable Tory Coalition
Our lefty friends and ignorant child will have to endure years of Tory government.
The 2011 federal election saw the emergence of a majority Conservative electoral coalition that may dominate Canadian politics for years to come.
When he re-entered electoral politics in 2002, Stephen Harper wanted to reconstitute Brian Mulroney's coalition of western populists, traditional Tories and francophone nationalists; but when the francophone pillar of the coalition proved unstable, he was able to replace francophones with sizable elements of Canada's ethnic communities. The resulting coalition conforms with the game-theoretic ideal of a minimum connected winning coalition and, as such, should be internally stable and difficult for opponents to break up.
In May 1996, David Frum and Ezra Levant organized the Winds of Change conference in Calgary to discuss a possible unification of the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties. The most important thing that came out of the meeting was a statement by Harper of how a conservative party could regain power in Canada. Harper's speech turned into a road map that he followed faithfully once he became leader of the Canadian Alliance; and, with one important modification, it led to the Conservative parliamentary majority elected on May 2, 2011.
The basic idea that Harper laid out at the Winds of Change conference was to reconstitute Mulroney's electoral coalition, which Harper analyzed in tripartite terms: populists in Western Canada and rural Ontario (who then supported the Reform party); traditional Tories in Ontario and Atlantic Canada (who were still voting PC); and francophone nationalists in Quebec (who were then voting for the Bloc Quebecois).
The 2011 federal election saw the emergence of a majority Conservative electoral coalition that may dominate Canadian politics for years to come.
When he re-entered electoral politics in 2002, Stephen Harper wanted to reconstitute Brian Mulroney's coalition of western populists, traditional Tories and francophone nationalists; but when the francophone pillar of the coalition proved unstable, he was able to replace francophones with sizable elements of Canada's ethnic communities. The resulting coalition conforms with the game-theoretic ideal of a minimum connected winning coalition and, as such, should be internally stable and difficult for opponents to break up.
In May 1996, David Frum and Ezra Levant organized the Winds of Change conference in Calgary to discuss a possible unification of the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties. The most important thing that came out of the meeting was a statement by Harper of how a conservative party could regain power in Canada. Harper's speech turned into a road map that he followed faithfully once he became leader of the Canadian Alliance; and, with one important modification, it led to the Conservative parliamentary majority elected on May 2, 2011.
The basic idea that Harper laid out at the Winds of Change conference was to reconstitute Mulroney's electoral coalition, which Harper analyzed in tripartite terms: populists in Western Canada and rural Ontario (who then supported the Reform party); traditional Tories in Ontario and Atlantic Canada (who were still voting PC); and francophone nationalists in Quebec (who were then voting for the Bloc Quebecois).
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Lord Black on HM PM Harper
Lord Black understands the amazing support of Israel that HM PM has displayed. HM PM did it with quieyt firm diplomacy.
As befits a modest country unaccustomed to leading the world other than by homogenized measurements of the quality of life, Canada seems not to have noticed that Stephen Harper has kicked off his new term as head of a majority government with the assumption of the moral leadership of the world (in the usual unobtrusive Canadian way); and even more astoundingly, has done so by successfully contradicting the President of the United States.
>As befits a modest country unaccustomed to leading the world other than by homogenized measurements of the quality of life, Canada seems not to have noticed that Stephen Harper has kicked off his new term as head of a majority government with the assumption of the moral leadership of the world (in the usual unobtrusive Canadian way); and even more astoundingly, has done so by successfully contradicting the President of the United States.
As befits a modest country unaccustomed to leading the world other than by homogenized measurements of the quality of life, Canada seems not to have noticed that Stephen Harper has kicked off his new term as head of a majority government with the assumption of the moral leadership of the world (in the usual unobtrusive Canadian way); and even more astoundingly, has done so by successfully contradicting the President of the United States.
>As befits a modest country unaccustomed to leading the world other than by homogenized measurements of the quality of life, Canada seems not to have noticed that Stephen Harper has kicked off his new term as head of a majority government with the assumption of the moral leadership of the world (in the usual unobtrusive Canadian way); and even more astoundingly, has done so by successfully contradicting the President of the United States.
ignorant child
The ignorant child who broke her oath yesterday in front of all branches of our government, is rightly berated by most people. I always find it hilarious that grits who used our system for a century to rule Canada all of a sudden complain that the Tories have a majority with 40% support. The foolish child alleges 75% of Canadians are against HM Government and we need an "Arab Spring". She obviously knows very little about democracy or revolutions most of which end in bloddy messes. She knows nothing of the thousand years of tradition and evolution which have led to our open and free society. I wonder if she has read Burke, Locke or Hobbs?
So besides the fact that she broke her oath, besmirched the reputation of her fellow pages , she became a threat to the Governor General, the Representative of HM the Queen, HM PM, The Senators, MPs and Supreme Court Justices. Security arrangements will have to be investigated. She is in contempt of the senate. I am not sure if it is worth charging and convicting her. She graduated from the university of ottawa which has become a place that obstructs speech. They must be proud of the ignorant spoiled brat they graduated. She apparently tried to hide this stunt from her parents. They also must wonder where they went wrong.
And by the way lefties , HM Government will pass their agenda, as they laid out before the people and were duly elected as per our constitution. We are a Constitutional Monarchy.
Matt Gurney: While rogue page calls for a Canadian Spring, dozens die in Damascus
Matt Gurney Jun 3, 2011 – 9:39 PM ET
DePape probably doesn't intend violence in the streets, but that's what a "Canadian Spring" would mean.
Today, I liveblogged the Throne Speech while watching the feed on CBC NewsNet, and due to the CBC’s camera angles, didn’t see Bridgette DePape (a.k.a. Bridgette Marcelle) approach the Prime Minister and Governor General and hold up her “Stop Harper” sign. I found out about it via Twitter, as both reporters and government officials in the Senate reported the rare protest during a major speech. Indeed, it wasn’t until after the speech had concluded that I (and the rest of Canada) learned more about Ms. DePape, who helpfully released a press statement (with her phone number) even before she’d been escorted from Parliament in her newly unemployed state.
In her statement, she called for a Canadian version of the Arab Spring. As that pearl of wisdom reached me, via both online and televised mediums almost simultaneously, I couldn’t help but note the irony of Ms. DePape’s statement. Exactly while I was reading her call for a Canadian Spring, CBC was providing a news update from the Middle East. Today’s stories: Dozens killed as violence continues to flare across the region.
So besides the fact that she broke her oath, besmirched the reputation of her fellow pages , she became a threat to the Governor General, the Representative of HM the Queen, HM PM, The Senators, MPs and Supreme Court Justices. Security arrangements will have to be investigated. She is in contempt of the senate. I am not sure if it is worth charging and convicting her. She graduated from the university of ottawa which has become a place that obstructs speech. They must be proud of the ignorant spoiled brat they graduated. She apparently tried to hide this stunt from her parents. They also must wonder where they went wrong.
And by the way lefties , HM Government will pass their agenda, as they laid out before the people and were duly elected as per our constitution. We are a Constitutional Monarchy.
Matt Gurney: While rogue page calls for a Canadian Spring, dozens die in Damascus
Matt Gurney Jun 3, 2011 – 9:39 PM ET
DePape probably doesn't intend violence in the streets, but that's what a "Canadian Spring" would mean.
Today, I liveblogged the Throne Speech while watching the feed on CBC NewsNet, and due to the CBC’s camera angles, didn’t see Bridgette DePape (a.k.a. Bridgette Marcelle) approach the Prime Minister and Governor General and hold up her “Stop Harper” sign. I found out about it via Twitter, as both reporters and government officials in the Senate reported the rare protest during a major speech. Indeed, it wasn’t until after the speech had concluded that I (and the rest of Canada) learned more about Ms. DePape, who helpfully released a press statement (with her phone number) even before she’d been escorted from Parliament in her newly unemployed state.
In her statement, she called for a Canadian version of the Arab Spring. As that pearl of wisdom reached me, via both online and televised mediums almost simultaneously, I couldn’t help but note the irony of Ms. DePape’s statement. Exactly while I was reading her call for a Canadian Spring, CBC was providing a news update from the Middle East. Today’s stories: Dozens killed as violence continues to flare across the region.
Friday, June 03, 2011
Dr William Shatner
I had the great pleasure of attending breakfast with Admiral Kirk! Shatner was awarded an honourary doctorate yesterday at McGill University and as an alumnus ( MDCM'85) I was invited to a breakfast with Shatner ( BComm'52) this morning. Shatner spoke briefly about his not so glorious McGill career. His Montreal history in NDG and Westhill ( I grew up in NDG and I went to West Hill High School as well) He was his usual self deprecating self. We were asked not to take photos or ask for autographs.
There were about 230 people(the limit) for this alumni event.
I am a huge trekkie and this was great fun for me.
Here is Dr Shatner's convocation address.
Thank you HM PM Harper!
Lots of people thanking our PM!
Dear Canadian Prime Minister Harper
When it comes to the Middle East, too often there’s been an inability to distinguish between the despot and the democrat, the arsonist and the firefighter, among those who should know better.
Too often the politics of principle have yielded to expediency, and truth has been thrown to the wind.
And too often moral courage has been trumped by moral ambiguity at best, cowardice at worst....
Dear Canadian Prime Minister Harper
When it comes to the Middle East, too often there’s been an inability to distinguish between the despot and the democrat, the arsonist and the firefighter, among those who should know better.
Too often the politics of principle have yielded to expediency, and truth has been thrown to the wind.
And too often moral courage has been trumped by moral ambiguity at best, cowardice at worst....
Leftist bias in Hollywood and media
Dennis Miller interviews Ben Shapiro:
Sean Hannity :
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Americans follow Canada on hatefest that is durban 3
Once Canada leads the way!. The US will not be attending durban3. These ridiculous un conferences ,funded with western money, just bash the west and particularly Israel while ignoring the real evil in the world.
UN Watch congratulates the United States for announcing today that it will stay away from the UN's upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the 2001 Durban conference, a supposed anti-racism gathering that turned into a global festival of hate. The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was the first to announce it would not participate in the planned "Durban III" summit of world leaders, followed by Israel. UN Watch obtained a copy of the following letter sent today by the US State Department to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who in December led a coalition of 18 senators calling on the Obama Administration to follow Canada's lead and pull out.
UN Watch congratulates the United States for announcing today that it will stay away from the UN's upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the 2001 Durban conference, a supposed anti-racism gathering that turned into a global festival of hate. The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was the first to announce it would not participate in the planned "Durban III" summit of world leaders, followed by Israel. UN Watch obtained a copy of the following letter sent today by the US State Department to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who in December led a coalition of 18 senators calling on the Obama Administration to follow Canada's lead and pull out.
Rep by Pop
It is a principal that is fundamental to our democracy and it is very much not so these days. I am glad HM Canadian Government will redress this issue. This was blocked in the last parliament, it will not be blocked this time.
The Conservative government will announce plans in Friday’s Throne Speech to increase the number of seats in the House of Commons in time for the 2015 election so that Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta voters receive the representation they deserve.
Seat redistribution is the third element of a Conservative package of reforms – the others include electing senators to fixed terms and abolishing public subsidies for parties – aimed at reshaping the political landscape at the federal level.
The Conservative government will announce plans in Friday’s Throne Speech to increase the number of seats in the House of Commons in time for the 2015 election so that Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta voters receive the representation they deserve.
Seat redistribution is the third element of a Conservative package of reforms – the others include electing senators to fixed terms and abolishing public subsidies for parties – aimed at reshaping the political landscape at the federal level.
PC Ontario deficit numbers
I have heard criticism that the Ontario PC's have a big hole in their costing of changebook. I suggest that my friends read the back grounder that comes with changebook. I actually this is the most detailed costing I have ever seen from a party platform. I would prefer that the deficit be reduced more quickly, but the numbers do add up! catsmeat and his minions are running scared. mcliar has no platform and has no way of fixing the massive hole he has put Ontario into without massive tax hikes.
Look at the numbers and contact the person listed if you still have doubts.
Coronation Day
58 years ago Our Sovereign Lady was crowned Queen. Next year will be the Diamond Jubilee of Her Reign. May Our Mother Prince and Friend Reign for many more years.
O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
Oh, save us all!
God Save the Queen of Canada.
From the CBC
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