tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31332299324553032262024-03-13T19:13:44.914-07:0024 Percent MajorityDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-30278136673760461102015-12-04T12:03:00.003-08:002015-12-04T12:03:53.788-08:00Cheap and ScaredThere I go again, feeling too happy about things. So I read a <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/500k-federal-ad-campaign-to-tout-refugee-plan-as-a-national-project-document-reveals">National Post article about an ad campaign to promote the Syrian Refugee Program</a>.<br />
<br />First of all...I'm not a huge fan of this move, but it doesn't stink quite as bad as some of the Conservative ad campaigns. We'll see exactly what it is about, but if it turns into a "Let's welcome these people to Canada and here's what you can do to help" sort of thing, I'll be fine with it.<br />
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Of course the comments make me want to torch a few cars. I've laid out one horrendous thread below.<br />
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It started me thinking...every argument against refugees seems to be one of two things:<br />
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Fear - They're all muslim terrorists and they're going to kill us all!<br />
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Greed - They're all going to live out their days as millionaire welfare bums!<br />
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I'm not going to try to argue against this. There hardly seems to be a point. But has there ever been a great triumph of humanity that involved either greed or fear? Have we ever looked back at a great moment in history that involved either of these things? I understand that there probably are people out there that are honestly scared about these two things coming to pass. It's your right to be, but I'm not going to let you drag me onto the wrong side of history.<br />
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And notice how many of these people decrying "handouts" are suggesting this money would be better off given to Seniors? Not to generalize....but most of the commenters don't seem to be young people...<br />
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Anyhow...<a href="http://ccrweb.ca/en/syria-frequent-questions">some good info here if you want to start countering some of this stuff</a>. <a href="http://ccrweb.ca/en/refugees-and-income-assistance-rebutting-chain-email-pensioners-myth">And here</a>.<br />
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<span><span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span>Estimated cost to Canadian tax payers for each immigrant is 65 thousand dollars or approximately 2.5 billion dollars.</span><br /><span>Then they will go directly on welfare for the rest of their lives.</span><br /><span>While our veterans and our homeless are being forgotten about.</span><br /><span>Have we lost our minds?</span><br /><span>This knee jerk decision has nothing to do with compassion and everything to do with sound bites and politics.</span><br /><span>Shame on JT and his Government..</span></span></span><span></span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Nope. Immigrants in general rely less on welfare then old stock Canadians. No idea where you get 65,000 per immigrant, either. The Syrian family we are sponsoring will get nowhere near that in government aid. More like 27,000.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl<br />Gee, they get healthcare, education, roof over their head all for 27.000? Not buying that one.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl The 65 thousand dollars is an estimate made by the US centre for immigration studies for the first five years these refigees are on US soil, I can't imagine Canada can do it for any less.<br />As for my welfare remark I stand by my statement considering housing, food, child care, health care, language classes especially for the woman with children, I can't see them getting a job as most have 8 to ten children each by the time they are 40.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl - They'd get the same welfare benefits as any other Canadian would, plus much better health care.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl They will receive at a minimum assistnace with food, housing and clothing, as well as longer term language courses, welfare, and other social assistance. I could tell you that years ago, I'm talking mid-90s, I read an internal immigration paper showed that it cost Canadians $50,000 for each incoming refugee, at the time the hotspot was Sri Lanka. But for a more objective and recent source, how about the agency website that helps settle refugees? <a class="" dir="ltr" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsettlement.org%2Fontario%2Fimmigration-citizenship%2Frefugees%2Fafter-you-arrive%2Fwhat-assistance-can-refugees-get-in-canada%2F&h=8AQGr3beY" rel="nofollow" style="color: #627aad; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://settlement.org/.../what-assistance-can-refugees.../</a></span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl ...Oh, it's ok to use "old stock" Canadians now? It's only bad when Harper says it, I guess.<br /><br />We'd all love to see government statistics (including grants and 'start up money') that prove what you are saying.<br />There is no way you can say that with even a smidgon of certainty.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">D.C. Prairies : I`m old stock Canadian. My family arrived here before Canada even existed. The worked in conditions people in Canada today cannot even immagine. Fought in wars to defend this country when it called. Yes, I do have a vested interest in the well being of Canada and do not want to see it go to some feel good policy.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl Not true Douggy boy .Although I am not against these refugees ,I am against what my Gov. is doing to bring them to my country .If you think the UN screening and vetting is enough then your 30 years in Journalism did not teach much .With the vast quantities that the UN are handling ,they are overwhelmed and are going to make mistakes .These refugees WILL be relying on Gov. hand outs for a minum 5 years and as a former CBC employee you should know this as this stat came from them. You can sugar coat it here on this tread ,all you want but your 27,000 dollar figure is way off .27,000 dollars a year will barely cover housing costs for 1 year . I personally don,t care ,let's be humanitarian ,let's be giving .But I want my Gov. to be up front with me on the true numbers and they are not 27,000 dollars per year .When my Gov. gives it to me straight so I can properly eveluate it as is my right as a tax payer ,then and only then will I give my full support</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl Last report I saw (2011) said that 70% of the 50,000 or so Ethiopians we brought in in the 1990s were still living in poverty. You can find it on google. This was attributed to poor language and job skills as well as lack of integration. You're writing about approved / picked immigrants, not refugees.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Linda Anne Janes - health care is NOT free, I have no ideal where you people get this idea from. It is paid for by your taxes, this money just doesn't form out of thin air.<br /><br />BUT, that being said, you are also paying for the health care of all these refugees which they are getting for free since they are coming into Canada and have not paid anything into the system (yet, or perhaps never).</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Well at least they will get their own hostiple and possible preferential health care before ever other canadian out of the deal. Perhaps this is Trueadus way of said he is the leader of the liberal party and not the leader of Canada.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Linda Anne Janes healthcare is a cost it is not FREE which is the problem that people who dont work or pay taxes fail to grasp</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Zander Gonowich What you're missing is that sponworing groups are raising money through private donations to supplement that 27,000. Our group has raised about $40,000, bringing the total to $67,000. Does that sound more like it? That's what happens when people work together for a good cause: synergy.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">William Conrad $500 personally and my wife and I have privately raised $8,000 to help the Syrian family our group is sponsoring. Our group has so far raised just shy of $40,000 to supplement the small amount of money that will come from the government. Plus in the past months, I have spent about 70 hours attending group meetings, training sessions, picking up donations of furniture, clothing and household goods, finding housing for the family, etc etc etc. How about you? What positive steps have you taken to help fight the largest humanitarian crisis of our generation?</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Mark Wolf See my comments elsewhere in this thread about how private donors are supplementing government funds. I could also add that immigrants always add value to a country's economy in the long run; helping them when they arrive is an essential investment in their success, but alslo in ours. So while it costs $50,000 (or maybe a bit more) to welcome them to the country that is a cost, as you point out, to Canadians, not to the government. Well, to some Canadians--you know, the ones who overcome their xenophobia and make a contribution. Oh, maybe you don't know.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl WOW Doug !! 27,000 is a lot more than what the Government is paying Canadian Welfare recipients ! Chances are they don't speak English and therefore be on welfare for quite some time making much more than the average Canadian recipient ! They have nothing to offer our Country but stress and expense ! We need to take better care of our own citizens before we jump into this wagon of free loaders!</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Michael Edward Bath I can't find that; a link would be helplful. I did find a citation that said the unemployment for Ethiopian immigrants to Canada is four times higher than the national average, which I don't doubt. Given the attitudes expressed in forums like this, I'm actually surprised any of them can find jobs. But the same could be said for every class of immigrants and refugees we have welcomed over the past century. It's not easy. People didn't want to give Italians and Portuguese jobs when they first came either, and they were white. A generation or two later, how are they doing? And what if they hadn't been allowed to come? Canada's population would have declined, along with GDP. Big picture over time.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Tim Patrie Not sure who said health care is free, wasn't me. But since you're well-versed on the subject, can you tell me what percentage of health care expenditure in Canada goes to refugees?</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Winnie Holland Well of course they are. If refugees were wealthy, they wouldn't be refugees. In Sweden, the social safety net for citizens is so extensive that relatively fewer people on welfare. It's mostly the worst off cases like......refugees. So that statistic doesn't mean much.<br /><br />Having said that, I am well aware that countries who take refugees have to pony up a significant number of resources to bring in refugees.<br />The difference between me and you appears to be a) I think it's worth it, and pays off in the long run and b) it's the right thing to do.<br /><br />Further to point a): every single Canadian outside the indigenous populaton is descended from immigrants. If refugees and immigrants didn't become self-sufficient and net contributors to Canada over the long run, then every single Canadian would be on welfare and Canada would have gone bankrupt long ago. So of course they do. What you see as welfare, I see as an investment in the future of Canada.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Rae Farrell: I guess you just picked the numbers from thin air...The official estimates point to 1.2Bn in 6 years...Remember, Canada, the US and Europe are lands of immigrants. I am among the first wave of Vietnamese refugees landed in Canada in 1975. I ve got a job 2 weeks afterward and I never relied on wellfare or even EI payments ever since. Do not fall to the panic folks like those who support the GOP in the US and ultimately become victim of the IS propoganda machine and help them recruit more extremists to their cause. Of course, we have to screen their backgrounds but never let caution to override compassion!. Look at Paris and what President F. Hollande declared to welcome Syrian refugees, and look at Germany's comittment to bring in at least 800k refugees!</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd _1n4g" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl - not buying it. these fallacious statments do not cover the real costs. welfare dependancy is just one of the factors there are multiudious other costs such as medical, educational and other factors.<br /><br />one only has to look at the record of Somali and Afgan regugees and immigrants to see that there is a problem.<br /><br />That and undeniable horror stories about welfare dependancy and soical costs from Sweden, Denmark, the UK and France ..even Germany<br /><br />This should give us pause to consider.<br /><br />Its an outright lie and brainless propaganda to state that all refugees and immigrants contribute to<span class="_5uzb" style="padding-right: 3px;">...</span><a class="_5v47 fss" href="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comments.php?api_key=114466555268868&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2FTlA_zCeMkxl.js%3Fversion%3D41%23cb%3Dff18615e4%26domain%3Dnews.nationalpost.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.nationalpost.com%252Ff20ec8b0b8%26relation%3Dparent.parent&href=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalpost.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2F500k-federal-ad-campaign-to-tout-refugee-plan-as-a-national-project-document-reveals&locale=en_US&numposts=5&sdk=joey&version=v2.4&width=620#" role="button" style="color: #627aad; cursor: pointer; display: inline; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">See More</a></span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Linda Anne Janes Yes "free medical" costs thousands of dollars that we pay in BC each and every year (for family), not sure how many other provinces enforce the payments every month for "free medical", but we definitely pay for medical in BC.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">D.C. Prairies pathetic loser ."all health care is free...."<br /><br />Oh my, how misinformed you are....</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl - never did, my comment was addressed to Linda Anne Janes. <span class="emoticon_text" style="clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; width: 1px;">wink emoticon</span><span class="emoticon emoticon_wink" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v2/yx/r/pimRBh7B6ER.png"); background-position: 0px -442px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;" title=";)"></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">@Ray Ferrel..most serian refugees are well educated. Refugees don't usually go on welfare longer than a year or two. I do agree about our homeless though.<br />There needs to be a system the homeless are able to live with that allows them the option of having a place they can call their own. The homeless have a right to a welfare check but aren't always able to manage themselves to follow the instruction set out to get to it or cash it.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Zander Gonowich Maybe we should start lining up and demanding health and dentalcare as they will get, and all the extra benefits. Also, the fact that most will be on welfare , for ever, especially the women, if they don't get the top paying jobs they think they deserve.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Oliver Puma it doesn't take into account the cost of the security checks, which is minimal, because it mostly involves checking names and fingerprints against existing databases and, even cheaper, giving priority to women, children, and the elderly, who are generally a security risk of zero.<br /><br />Flights are actually a loan, which refugees must repay. Temporary housing of sponsored refugees is covered by the group sponsoring the refugees. These groups either donate or raise the funds to cover these expenses for the first year.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Oliver Puma Depends how you define immigrant. Of course unemployment is higher in early years after arrival, especially for immigrants still learning English, or who have serious health issues. But in the long term, you are not correct. And both immigration and accepting refugees are long-term investments.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Rara Roland Are we so poor as a nation that we can't do both? I think not. Are you out there gathering private donations for homeless Canadians? In other words, what are you doing to see that the Canadian poor are taken care of, other than trying to prevent the rest of us from doing something to help refugees? How does that help anyone? I suspect your main contribution to the debate is to oppose the collection of taxes for welfare bums no matter where they come from.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">D.C. Prairies<br /><br />In Manitoba if you are on Employment and Income Assistance, you get dental, vision, prescriptions and a host of other medical benefits. For free.<br /><br />Otherwise, you have to pay for that out of your own pocket. NO ONE pays for my eyeglasses. NO ONE pays when I go to the dentist. NO ONE pays when I need a prescription. Except ME.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Tim Patrie<br /><br />Health care is free for Manitobans on Employment and Income Assistance. It is FREE for them. They do not pay for vision, dental or prescriptions and other benefits. I pay for my glasses, my dental and my prescriptions. I also pay for their benefits through my taxes.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Karl Green<br /><br />If you are on Employment and Income Assistance in Manitoba, then you pay nothing for your healthcare. That includes vision, dental and prescriptions. So, it is free. It's just not free for those of us who aren't on assistance. We have to pay for what we need plus we pay for what the others need. I can't afford to pay for new glasses yet I'll be paying for xxxx's glasses just be he or she is a refugee. Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it.</span></div>
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<span class="_5mdd" style="word-wrap: break-word;">Doug Earl $27,000.00 per year? thats $2,250.00 per month None of our seniors receive that much.</span></div>
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<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-62596394193995622512015-11-02T11:45:00.001-08:002015-11-04T08:18:56.883-08:00Strategic voting (organizations) were a total waste of time<i>Update - Okay. I changed the headline. I didn't mean to hang all this shame on "strategic voting" as a whole. This post is about "strategic voting" organizations that made a big show of things. Myself, I voted strategically and I'm glad I did so. This is meant to be an analysis of the "strategic voting" organizations. So I changed the headline to better reflect that.</i><br />
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There was a lot of discussion about "strategic voting" leading up to the election. And then nothing. I guess that's what happens when the tight races lost due to vote splitting never appear due to one of the supposed vote splitters shitting the bed.<br />
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But still, I wondered. And I was really bored last week so I decided to take a look.<br />
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<b>Methodology</b><br />
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There are hundreds of ways to go about this. I decided to keep it simple. I looked at the recommendations from the two major "strategic voting" organizations (i.e. the two that popped up when I googled "strategic voting Canada") <a href="http://www.strategicvoting.ca/swingdistricts.php">StrategicVoting.ca</a> and <a href="http://www.votetogether.ca/pages/recommendations/">VoteTogether.ca</a>. Then I pulled the voting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_by_riding_of_the_Canadian_federal_election,_2015">results from each riding from Wikipedia</a>. Then I made a few decisions on how to judge each riding:<br />
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<span style="background-color: lime;">Green = Right call in a close race and the recommended party wins</span><br />
The "strategic voting" organization made the right call and encouraged voters to vote for the party that triumphed over the Conservatives, and the margin for victory was less than 5% of votes cast. This is seemingly what the whole process was designed for.<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">Blue = Right call in a close race and the recommended party lost</span><br />
As above, but the Conservatives won. So...right idea but not enough.<br />
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<span style="background-color: orange;">Orange = Right call, not a close race and the recommended party wins</span><br />
Just like "green", but the race wasn't close, with the winning party triumphing by a margin greater than 5% of votes cast over the Conservatives. There's two ways to look at this one. Either the campaign was so effective, the Conservatives got trounced. Or the margin of victory was so large, the whole thing was a waste of time.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Pink = Right call, not a close race and the recommended party lost</span><br />
Just like above, but the recommended party did not wind and lost by a whole pile of votes. I feel more certain calling these a waste of time.<br />
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Now we get into the mistakes.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Yellow = Wrong call, but the Conservatives lost anyhow</span><br />
So the "strategic voting" organization sent voters to the wrong party, but it didn't matter in the end. Still...Not good.<br />
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<span style="background-color: purple;"><span style="color: white;">Maroon = Wrong call and the Conservatives won</span></span><br />
This almost needs further breakdown...maybe I'll take another look to see which races were tight. Regardless, the "strategic voting" organization sent voters to the wrong party and the Conservatives ended up taking the win. This is terrible.<br />
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I'll post the full results down below, but here is the summary.<br />
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<b>Vote Together</b><br />
Vote Together kept things tight, only making 29 recommendations. That managed to make the right call (backing the party that either won or came in second to the Conservatives) 90% of the time. Unfortunately, a full 7% of their calls were for the wrong party in a riding that the Conservatives ended up winning. Ouch. And 75% of the calls they made were in races that didn't end up being very competitive.<br />
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<b>Strategic Voting</b><br />
Strategic Voting made 141 recommendations in this election - that's over 40% of all ridings. And it seems like their shotgun approach was not the right one. They only managed to back the right party (the party that either won or came in second to the Conservatives) 84% of the time. Still good for a solid B, right? Hell no. These jackasses had the opposite effect that they had intended 16% of the time! Are you kidding me? That's terrible. And even when they did the make right call, 66% of the time it wasn't a close race! Add those up, and 82% of the time they shouldn't have bothered.<br />
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<b>Actual Close Ridings</b><br />
Lucky for us, Wikipedia makes things easy and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Canadian_federal_election,_2015">highlights the 10 closest races</a>.<br />
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Note that in two of these races (Jonquiere and Hochelaga), the Conservatives did not factor in so "strategic voting" shouldn't have been a factor (Strategic Voting chimed in on Jonquiere anyhow - perhaps pushing the NDP over the Liberals as a result?).<br />
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I actually had to go back and look at this a few times, because it seemed pretty shocking. Strategic Voting actually seemed to do okay here. They made a recommendation in 7 of the 8 races they should have been involved in (and 1 recommendation in the two that they shouldn't). However, they did make the "wrong call" in one tight race, perhaps handing victory to the Conservatives.<br />
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Vote Together only managed to make a call in one of these races, and were nowhere to be found in 7 of the 8 tightest battles against the Conservatives.<br />
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<b>Conclusion</b><br />
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You could really dive a lot deeper and make some more meaningful conclusions. For me, the number of wrong calls made suggests that these organizations may have done as much harm as good.<br />
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A quick note to end on...there are undoubtedly some mistakes in here. Feel free to let me know in the comments and I'll do my best to fix them up. It was a lot of data and I'm sure I screwed up somewhere.<br />
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<b>Full Data</b><br />
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<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-91996135503246710242015-10-22T10:13:00.001-07:002015-10-22T12:54:43.424-07:00More and moreSo I'm doing a really terrible job of not writing anything. But I can't resist.<br />
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In the wake of the Obama/McCain election, there were some really great articles from reporters embedded with the campaigns. I find it astonishing to hear the actual thoughts of the people that fed us bullshit for weeks and weeks (or years in the case of the US). This is a great article from the Star. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/2015/10/20/analysis-tories-considered-telling-voters-that-stephen-harper-would-not-seek-re-election.html">Harper's campaign knew for weeks that they were screwed</a>. There's some tremendously cynical "hold on to votes at any cost" information in here. And confirmation of Harper's "message control", even in the very end. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/trusted-trudeau-advisers-political-duo-are-the-architects-behind-liberal-victory">A less good article about the team behind Trudeau</a>.<br />
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This makes me so angry. Beyond angry. The attack on Parliament Hill was used as the justification for Bill C-51, and we had several warnings of just such an attack leading up to it? And part of the reason the attack was so successful was due to budget cuts that limited the number of security personnel? <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/before-parliament-hill-attack-rcmp-got-3-warnings-reduced-patrols-1.3280632">That's just astounding</a>. That's some get-the-pitchforks out level of bullshit, if we hadn't already thrown the fucking assholes out.<br />
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Some wonderful schadenfreude, detailing <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/20/controversial-tory-incumbents-paul-calandra_n_8339924.html">terrible Conservative candidates who went down in defeat</a> (and a couple that didn't). This makes me remarkably happy. Paul Calandra. "Whities" guy. Fake voter fraud guy. Son of a holocaust survivor guy. Still some bozos left, but good stuff!<br />
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I'm not diehard Liberal supporter, and I'll yell loudly when they screw up, but I'm really sick of this "<a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/10/22/canadas-new-liberal-majority.html">they're not left enough</a>!" bullshit. The NDP could not/did not win the election. The outcome we received is far, far better than the other possible option. We're complaining that we only won $100,000 in the lottery, when there was a chance we may have won a $1,000,000. And that $1,000,000 isn't the magical fairyland that people believe it is, anyhow.<br />
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Edit - A nice little <a href="https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/">summary/tracker of Trudeau's promises</a>.<br />
<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-83643742326109962162015-10-20T11:41:00.002-07:002015-10-20T12:07:53.506-07:00The AftermathIs this the end? I'm not sure. I hope so. I really don't want to have to make another logo.<br />
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I have mixed emotions about the result last night. I still firmly believe that 39% of voters shouldn't hold this much power. I hoped for a minority. But at least this majority aligns better with my principals.<br />
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<a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/10/19/Justin-Trudeau-Liberals/">But wander on over to the Tyee and read the comments</a>. It's sad, but it kind of makes me feel okay about things. We have a bit of an Obama type situation here, where both sides feel it is the end of the world. Conservatives are freaked out that terrorists are going to take over Canada, sneaking in under the cover of the Niqab. NDP supporters are freaking out that we don't have Proportional Representation enacted overnight. Honestly people. No to Northern Gateway? Acceptance of Climate Change and Science? Dismissal of the F-35? Paul Calandra, John Duncan, Julian Fantino, Ted Opitz, Leona Aglukkaq, Chris Alexander and Joe Oliver all gone? Steve stepping down as leader? These do not feel like bad things.<br />
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There are a lot of great things set to happen and we need to at least give Trudeau a chance. No? I will admit that I gnashed my teeth in anticipation of what Steve was going to do four years ago. But he told us he was going to do them! And they came to pass! Vilifying Trudeau for breaking promises he hasn't had a chance to keep is insane.<br />
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So hopefully you never hear from me again. But we'll see how things look in a few weeks.<br />
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Update - No time like the present. I thought it would be a good time to review the <a href="https://www.liberal.ca/files/2015/10/A-new-plan-for-a-strong-middle-class-BW-1.pdf">Liberal Platform</a>. Good stuff. Highlights:<br />
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<b>Electoral Reform:</b><br />
<i>We will make every vote count.
We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election
conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system.
We will convene an all-party Parliamentary committee to review a wide variety
of reforms, such as ranked ballots, proportional representation, mandatory
voting, and online voting.
This committee will deliver its recommendations to Parliament. Within 18
months of forming government, we will introduce legislation to enact electoral
reform.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>We will repeal the anti-democratic elements in Stephen Harper’s Fair Elections
Act, which make it harder for Canadians to vote and easier for election
lawbreakers to evade punishment.</i><br />
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<b>Partisan Government Advertising:</b><br />
<i>The federal government should use advertising to promote government
programs, not partisan agendas.
We will appoint an Advertising Commissioner to help the Auditor General
oversee government advertising. The Commissioner will review proposed
messages to ensure that they are non-partisan and represent a legitimate public
service announcement.</i><br />
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<b>Watch the watchers:</b><br />
<i>At present, Parliament does not have oversight of our national security agencies,
making Canada the sole nation among our Five Eyes allies whose elected officials
cannot scrutinize security operations. This leaves the public uninformed and
unrepresented on critical issues. We will create an all-party committee to monitor and oversee the operations of
every government department and agency with national security responsibilities.</i><br />
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too much detail here to discuss...<i>We will repeal the problematic elements of Bill C-51, and introduce new
legislation that better balances our collective security with our rights
and freedoms.</i><br />
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<b>Science and the Census:</b><br />
<i>We will appoint a Chief Science Officer who will ensure that government science
is fully available to the public, that scientists are able to speak freely about their
work, and that scientific analyses are considered when the government makes
decisions. </i><br />
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<i>We will restore the long-form census.
Without accurate and reliable data, Canada’s communities cannot plan ahead.
Everything from transit planning to housing strategies to support for new
Canadians becomes more difficult.
We will immediately restore the mandatory long-form census, to give
communities the information they need to best serve Canadians.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<b>Climate Change:</b><br />
There is too much here to link to<i>...We will provide national leadership and join with the provinces and territories
to take action on climate change, put a price on carbon, and reduce carbon
pollution.</i><br />
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<b>And of course:</b><br />
<i>We will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana.</i>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-46977590795949595482015-10-15T13:13:00.000-07:002015-10-16T08:57:46.232-07:002011-2015 Harper Government Wrap-up<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The problem with writing about politics, is
you generally find an audience that has already come around to your way of
thinking. That’s not a very good way to
change minds at election time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I’m trying to shift my perspective a
tiny bit and trying to think up ways to convince people that a vote for Steve
is a really bad idea. Of course, I’m
never going to convince the diehards, but maybe there are some soft supporters
that can be shown the value of voting for somebody else? In order to do that, I need to try to
understand their motivations. Which is
hard. I’ve been so buried in this stuff
for years and years, I can’t imagine a valid justification for voting
Conservative.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I will try to appeal to the people that
haven’t been sucked so far into the weeds.
And I think if you talked to the average soft Conservative supporter,
they would probably be drawn to one issue.
Taxes. I’m not going to waste
time arguing with you about the value of taxes, the progress of society and the
greater good. I’ll spot you this point
and begrudgingly accept that there is an argument for paying less tax. But I’m going to show you the cost of those
tax cuts you so badly crave.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The other problem I am facing here is that
generally when you’re against something, people assume you are for something
else. Life would probably be easier if I
felt super passionately about either Mulcair or Trudeau. Both have their moments, but I can understand
the hesitation people are feeling. But
that is no reason to avoid change.
Either is a far better option that what we have now. My best case is a minority featuring anybody
but Harper, and then the country mobilizes to force some kind of meaningful
electoral reform. So please. Read this post. Visit the <a href="http://www.threehundredeight.com/p/canada.html">Threehundredeight riding
projection tool</a>, and vote for the candidate that has the best chance to
unseat Harper. And then write your MP
and tell them to change this stupid system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I've been told to make things more interesting with photos, so I've gone a bit overboard.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>They
didn’t actually balance the budget</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Balanced budgets” are a big talking point
this election. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-says-ndp-s-balanced-budget-commitment-was-his-idea-1.3266310">Mulcair
is promising them</a>, and Steve speaks of them like they’ve been a <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/dont-be-fooled-by-the-surprise-budget-surplus/article26373964/">regular
occurrence over the last few years even though…well</a>. But everybody needs to be reminded…this
government has produced precisely one balanced budget, and they <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/04/24/Joe-Oliver-Budget-Cooked/">resorted
to a whole bunch of shenanigans</a> to make it happen.</span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/21/ei-fund-budget-surplus-canada-2015_n_7113322.html" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">We
robbed from</a><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/2-7b-employment-insurance-surplus-balanced-joe-oliver-s-books-1.3057261" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">the
EI program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-taxpayers-lose-35-billion-on-2009-bailout-of-auto-firms/article23828543/" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">We
sold a bunch of GM shares (and lost money in the process)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-government-left-97m-unspent-on-social-services-report-shows-1.3063878" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">We
didn’t spend a bunch of planned spend on important programs</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So ya, if you sell your house and rob your
savings account, anybody can balance a budget.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let us also remember that this “balanced budget” was </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/if-jim-prentice-can-roll-out-his-budget-why-can-t-joe-oliver-1.3011195" style="font-family: inherit;">delayed
for months</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> due to “unforeseen global events”.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">How come every shock to the economy is a
“global economic force that we have no control over” and every piece of good
news is “sound financial management”.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons have blamed all of the bad news this year on lower oil prices
that nobody could predict…except for </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-s-dutch-disease-diagnosis-was-poor-politics-but-sound-economics-1.3028343" style="font-family: inherit;">Thomas
Mulcair who warned us about this years</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> ago and was </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz6KaYRdt6w" style="font-family: inherit;">soundly mocked for it in a
series of attack ads</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then, when asked how we can afford <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-s-hunt-to-hand-out-3b-in-child-care-cheques-1.3145203">all
of the freebies</a> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Project.Democracy.Canada/photos/a.204480172918757.52045.198789580154483/1059353310764768/?type=1">over-stated
freebies</a>) <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-plan-75-million-ad-blitz-for-pre-election-budget/article23735196/">announced
in the lead-up to the election</a> (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/typical-family-in-federal-budget-not-so-typical-critics-1.3051011">while
using atypical benefactors to prove out the benefits</a>), <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tfsa-changes-a-problem-for-stephen-harper-s-granddaughter-to-solve-joe-oliver-says-1.3043841">Joe
Oliver joked that he’d leave it to Stephen Harper’s grand-daughter to solve
that problem</a>. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prime-minister-stephen-harper-agrees-to-g7-decarbonization-by-2100-1.3104459">She’ll
also have to solve our climate change problems</a>, so it looks like a tough go
for her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What about jobs? They created jobs, right? Unfortunately, all those <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/02/19/Temporary-Foreign-Workers-Count-Misleading/">job
creation numbers have included jobs we’ve taken away from Canadians and filled
with temporary foreign workers</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They didn’t really balance the budget. They haven’t been that great for the
economy. If that is your reason for
voting Conservative, you should really put some thought into it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>They’ve
wasted a piss tonne of money</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, “saving money” goes hand-in-hand
with “balanced budgets”. The
Conservatives are all about “saving you money”.
Unfortunately, this government has pissed away a lot of dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To me, the most egregious of crimes is this
fascination with <a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2014/02/government-advertising.html">spending
hundreds of millions of dollars on self promotion</a> (<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/tories-have-spent-millions-in-taxpayer-funds-on-facebook-ads-targeting-canadians">including
millions just on Facebook ads</a>). The
Harper Government has turned publically funded political advertising into an
art form. Literally hundreds of millions
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/24/liberal-ad-tory-ad-spending-hockey_n_7138322.html">($750
million is the last number I saw</a>) have been spent on advertisements, many
for borderline or blatantly partisan issues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But they also seem to love lawyers. We’ve spent another boatload of money <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2055556/conservatives-spend-almost-7m-defending-unconstitutional-legislation/">($7
millionish</a>) defending (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mandatory-minimums-ruling-adds-to-ottawa-s-legal-losing-streak-1.2696593">and
losing</a>) court cases brought against some of their awful legislation:</span></span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/feds-spent-694k-in-legal-fight-against-veterans-1.2209816" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Veterans
seeking benefits</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/niqab-ruling-appeal-1.3230288" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">One lady
trying to wear her niqab</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-says-yes-to-doctor-assisted-suicide-in-specific-cases-1.2947487" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Assisted
suicide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/medical-marijuana-federal-court-to-decide-who-has-the-right-to-grow-1.2967245" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Medical
marijuana</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-to-appeal-ruling-reversing-cruel-cuts-to-refugee-health-1.2696311" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Cuts
to refugee health care</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-privacy-decision-means-back-to-the-drawing-board-for-tories-1.2674793" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Online
privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-reform-can-t-be-done-by-ottawa-alone-1.2621712" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Senate
reform</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-softens-tories-tough-on-crime-sentencing-law-1.2606789" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sentencing
requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/repeal-of-early-parole-violates-rights-supreme-court-rules-1.2579913" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Early
parole</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-canada-s-prostitution-laws-1.2471572" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Prostitution</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-s-insite-drug-injection-clinic-will-stay-open-1.1005044" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Safe
injection sites</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/07/23/court-strikes-down-ottawas-safe-country-list-for-refugees.html" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Safe
countries” lists to prevent certain refugees</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marc-nadon-appointment-rejected-by-supreme-court-1.2581388" style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Supreme
Court appointments</a></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s before we start talking about the </span><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senate-audit-cost-21m-another-10-senators-will-be-referred-to-rcmp-sources-1.2381537" style="font-family: inherit;">millions
required to audit the Senate</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/taxpayers-paid-legal-bills-for-tory-mps-in-robocalls-case" style="font-family: inherit;">defend
Conservatives from election fraud charges</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, amongst </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mike-duffy-dean-del-mastro-and-other-political-figures-go-to-court-in-2015-1.2874878" style="font-family: inherit;">other
criminal things</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Want some more?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lavish-canada-house-reopening-in-london-cost-taxpayers-more-than-200k-1.3101187">$200,000
to re-open our embassy in London</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2070097/feds-spend-265m-over-5-years-on-controversial-detainee-program-documents/">$265
Million to detain refugees</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-saudi-firms-to-buy-former-canadian-wheat-board/article23966156/">Selling
off our Wheat Board to foreign interests for a song</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/war-in-iraq-and-syria-will-cost-canada-528m-by-next-year-kenney-says-1.3018802">$500
million on an ineffective bombing campaign against ISIS</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thecanadianpoliticalscene.blogspot.ca/2012/04/government-waste-rampant-under-tory.html">$45,000
so that Steve could enjoy a baseball game in New York</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/07/31/news/harpers-early-election-cost-taxpayers-extra-125-million">Millions
for Steve’s extra-long election campaign</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianprogressiveworld.com/2013/11/29/harpers-new-1-2b-csec-spy-complex-waste-money-shitharperdid/">$1.2
Billion on a new CSEC spy headquarters</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/problems-facing-canadas-defence-procurement-are-systemic">Untold
millions on</a> <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/military-procurement-is-a-national-disgrace/">bungled
defence procurement</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.hsi.org/world/canada/news/releases/2015/04/federal-budget-commercial-seal-hunt-waste-042215.html?referrer=https://www.google.ca/">$5.7
Million to expand our sealing industry</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/02/19/for-harper-government-pictures-are-worth-millions-ministerial-spending-records/">Millions
on photo shoots</a> (<a href="https://www.liberal.ca/liberals-call-for-end-to-harpers-wasteful-government-spending/">$7
million, according to the Liberals</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And the grand-daddy of them all…<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/where-the-hecks-that-31-billion-wheres-the-fury/article15503778/">$3.1
Billion, just sort of up in smoke</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These guys aren’t for a “small
government”. They just have a more self-interested
way of wasting your money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>They’re
actively working against the collection of science and data</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Knowledge, facts and data are all generally
considered to be good things. If you
want to make sound policy decisions, you generally want as much (factual)
information as possible. And if you
don’t know about a topic, you’ll consult an expert. Unfortunately, this government does not agree
with this methodology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The war on government scientists is well documented. From <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/09/Dismantling-Fishery-Library/">dismantling
libraries with irreplaceable research</a> to just <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservative-mp-accused-of-peddling-bogus-information-on-polar-bears">making
shit up about things to suit your purpose</a>, the disdain for science has been
talked about ad nauseum. I’ll just leave
you with some of links if you want to dig in to it. <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2013/05/20/the-canadian-war-on-science-a-long-unexaggerated-devastating-chronological-indictment/">Here</a>. <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Books/2013/11/01/War-on-Science-Review/">Here</a>. Here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But what about the census? The Conservatives caved in to their
afraid-of-the-Gummint crowd and scrapped the mandatory long form census because
it was “too intrusive”. What has that
done? It’s destroyed our long term data
tracking. It’s resulted in <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/subject-to-potentially-higher-non-response-error-stats-can-slaps-disclaimer-across-voluntary-survey-results">StatsCan
putting disclaimers on their data</a>. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/its-time-policy-makers-return-to-the-long-form-census/article21462343/">It’s
impacted our ability to make good decisions</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But maybe that’s the point? Maybe when your decisions don’t make any
sense, you don’t want more pesky data pointing this out? I mean…we’re “tough on crime” even though the
statistics have been <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/25/crime-stats-follow.html">pointing
in the right direction for years</a>.
What’s the saying? If it ain’t
broke, change all sorts of shit?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But it’s not just data. It’s a wilful disregard of experts. We don’t want Insite, <a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2013/09/19/vancouvers-insite-celebrates-10-years-2-million-visits-zero-deaths.html">even
though it has been proven effective</a>.
The Kits Coast Guard Base wouldn’t have helped with the Vancouver oil
spill, even though the former Captain says <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/04/14/Vancouver-Oil-Spill-Response/">precisely
the opposite</a>. They told the RCMP
they have to <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservatives-overturn-rcmp-decision-to-abandon-muskrat-fur-hats/article20864907/">keep
using fur hats that they don’t want</a>.
They told the Border Services they had to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/feds-back-border-security-tv-show-despite-contrary-advice-1.2635813">keep
filming a TV show they didn’t want to be involved with</a>. <a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/sex-offender-program-victim-of-funding-cuts-248318241.html">They
killed a program that successfully re-habilitated sex offenders</a> (because
who wants those guys to get better, right?)
They <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/310059/ottawa-rejects-ban-on-generic-oxycodone-saying-provinces-can-control-abuse-2/">rejected
a recommendation to ban generic oxycodone</a>.
<a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Ottawa+rejects+plea+increased+legal+funding/10299191/story.html">They
rejected a plea for increased legal aid funding</a>. <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Ottawa+rejects+study+showing+policy+will+harm+workers/9903365/story.html">They
rejected research showing the harms of their prostitution policies</a>. Hell, they can’t even get their own “experts”
to agree on things and have <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/finance-canada-now-sees-middle-class-families-in-rosy-hue-1.2752344">put
out reports that contradict their own policies</a>. Nobody knows better than this government,
even if it’s their life’s work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Worse than this…is the appointment of
political/partisan/compromised hacks to important postings. <a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/08/01/news/harper-gov%E2%80%99t-appoints-kinder-morgan-consultant-neb">A
Kinder Morgan exec. gets appointed to the National Energy Board</a>. <a href="http://o.canada.com/news/stephen-harpers-environment-minister-casts-doubt-on-climate-change">The
Minister of Environment is a climate change sceptic</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>If
you don’t vote for them they don’t really want you to vote</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">The
Conservatives decided that they’ve had enough with people cheating in
elections, even though they’re the only people that seem to get caught cheating
in elections. And they came up with the “</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Elections_Act"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Fair Elections Act</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">”. I’m just going to crib directly from my </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2015/01/best-of-canadian-politics-2014.html"><span lang="EN-US">2014
round-up</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> here:</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt;"> </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;">Removed investigatory power from the Chief Electoral Officer</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/preston-manning-defends-elections-canada-role-in-getting-out-the-vote-1.2556224"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;">Takes away their ability to advertise to “get out the
vote”</span></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elections-bill-would-give-incumbents-too-much-power-expert-warns-1.2555498"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Gives incumbent MP’s the power to appoint key
election workers</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;">Requires ID to vote and takes away vouching</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/10/pierre-poilievre-election-laws-liberals_n_6304562.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Makes it super difficult for expats to vote</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/independents-could-face-even-tougher-battle-under-new-election-rules-1.2530748" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Creates a loophole to spend limitless sums of money
to communicate with previous donors</span></span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;">Allows for scrutineers to use smartphones and tablets (</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics-watchdog-asked-to-investigate-tory-votes-on-election-bill-1.2873972"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;">and gave the Conservatives a head start on </span></a><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics-watchdog-asked-to-investigate-tory-votes-on-election-bill-1.2873972"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;">an app via a potential conflict of interest</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 13.85pt; text-indent: 0in;">)</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fair-elections-act-7-things-you-may-not-know-1.2605535"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">This is
all bad enough</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">, but then several of them started </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-mp-brad-butt-retracts-claim-he-saw-voter-cards-stolen-1.2549661"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">making up stories</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> about </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2014/03/25/tory-mp-hawn-recalls-voter-card-shenanigans-in-2006-but-elections-canada-says/37975?page_requested=1"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">rampant voter fraud</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> to justify the changes (don’t worry, they looked into it and </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tories-kill-bid-to-investigate-brad-butt-voter-fraud-claim-1.2558342"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">decided not to investigate themselves</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">). Then it came out that they </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2014/03/06/ToryElectoralReform/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">didn’t consult with the Chief
Electoral Officer</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> before they wrote the bill (</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/public-prosecutor-not-consulted-on-election-law-overhaul-1.2600706"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">or the guy that will be taking over
investigations from him</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">), and they </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-selectively-reading-election-report-author-says-1.2573603"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">bastardized the conclusions of a
report</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> to justify their actions. And then
they decided to </span><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2014/02/06/conservatives-bring-down-time-allocation-hammer-on-elections-reform-bill/37351"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;">limit debate on the bill</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit;">, because why worry about discussing such things</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">?<b> </b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>They’re
xenophobes that have diminished our status on the world stage</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Canada used to have a proud place in this
world. We used to be a place that the downtrodden
looked to for safety. Be it refugees,
war torn countries, or just anybody looking for a sound, middle of the road
view of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Somehow, we’ve turned into a Xenophobic
mess. I talk a bit more about this in
another <a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2015/10/hungary-and-canada-and-refugees.html">post
I put up recently</a>. We’ve turned into
a country that goes to court (and loses) in an <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/11/11/ottawa_ignores_rule_of_law_in_refugee_health_cuts_case.html">effort
to deprive refugees of health care</a>.
We’ve turned into a country where our Minister repeatedly <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/immigration-minister-chris-alexander-hangs-up-on-as-it-happens-1.2672727">refuses
to answer questions</a> about just how many refugees we’ve taken on and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chris-alexander-immigration-syria-refugee-crisis-conservatives-1.3213514">resorts
to nonsense to defend his actions</a>.
We’ve turned into a country where the Prime Minister <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2203652/reality-check-harper-boasts-about-canadas-record-on-refugees-but-gets-some-things-wrong/">resorts
to nonsense facts and statistics</a> to justify and hide his inaction. We’ve decided that we’d rather let people buy
their way into the country, even though it’s <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/refugees-reporting-higher-earnings-in-canada-than-investor-immigrants">been
proven that these rich immigrants provide less benefit to the country than
refugees</a>. Always remember, this is
what Conservatives think of refugees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve also decided that Israel is an </span><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/stephen-harpers-rigid-support-for-israel-based-on-idea-foreign-affairs-should-be-fought-on-moral-grounds" style="font-family: inherit;">ally
above reproach</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and deserves our </span><a href="http://www.redressonline.com/2013/07/explaining-canadas-unconditional-support-of-israel/" style="font-family: inherit;">unconditional
support</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. We’ve literally started to </span><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/blaney-promises-to-fight-anti-semitism-zero-tolerance-for-attacks-on-israel-1.2200481" style="font-family: inherit;">label
any criticism anti-Semitism</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-cites-hate-crime-laws-when-asked-about-its-zero-tolerance-for-israel-boycotters-1.3067497" style="font-family: inherit;">discussed
making it a hate crime</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve also decided that business trumps
rights oversees. We’re <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/01/23/Canada-Saudi-Arabia-Weapons-Deal/">selling
Saudi Arabia weapons</a> and totally ignoring their <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/teen-faces-crucifixion-and-beheading-by-saudi-government-harper-says-no-need-to-cancel-saudi-arms-deal">human
rights abuses</a>. We’re <a href="http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/199455/barrick%E2%80%99s-cyanide-spill-five-times-larger-">letting
our mining companies do unspeakable things</a> with <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-harper-government-has-refused-to-fill-a-position-to-oversee-the-mining-industry-983">no
oversight</a>. We even argued that it <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-parties-in-mining-town-as-canada-keeps-asbestos-off-hazardous-list/article2074399/">wasn’t
so bad to sell asbestos to third world countries</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Worst though is that the Conservatives are
using all of this to <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/storyline/a-pregnant-woman-wearing-a-hijab-was-assaulted-in-anjou">stoke
hatred</a> and drum up support. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-barbaric-cultural-practices-law-1.3254118">A
“barbaric cultural practices” tipline</a>?
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-niqab-ban-public-servants-1.3258943">Further
expansion of the niqab ban</a>? <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/30/bill-c-24-harper-tories-criminals-trudeau_n_8223162.html?ncid=tweetlnkcahpmg00000002">More
stripping of citizenship</a>?
Unbelievable. Un-Canadian.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>They’re
a band of fucking morons</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every party has their dipshit that they
hide away in the back benches.
Unfortunately, this party is almost entirely dipshits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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We’ll start with Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
So awful, I’m just going to pull in what I wrote about her in
January. </span><span style="color: #222222;">She just can’t stop stepping in
it lately, in loud, embarrassing fashion. It’s difficult to even
understand some of her spats. Her most recent involves a spat with a
Deputy Mayor in Rankin Inlet, after said Deputy Mayor suggested some people
were so hard up in his community, they were foraging at the local dump for
food. Leona may or may not have phoned him and </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://aptn.ca/news/2014/11/28/aglukkaq-tried-forcing-apology-nunavut-hamlet-dump-food-scavenging-revelations/"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">demanded an apology</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. And
she may or may not </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leona-aglukkaq-considers-legal-action-against-rankin-inlet-deputy-mayor-1.2853919"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">have threatened to sue him</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. But
she did most certainly read a newspaper in the House of Commons as debate over
the incident swirled around her. She actually </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leona-aglukkaq-admits-reading-newspaper-was-a-bad-idea-during-question-period-1.2859631"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">apologized for this</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">, which
almost knocked her off the top of our list. But alas, no.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">I’ll remind
you that this lady is our Minister of the Environment, and she is a <a href="http://o.canada.com/news/stephen-harpers-environment-minister-casts-doubt-on-climate-change">climate change skeptic</a>.
And doesn’t seem to give a shit about the environment. Her response for
why Canada doesn’t do anything about Global Warming? Well, Canada only
puts out 2% of Global GHG emissions, so why bother. That’s 0.5% of the
World’s Population putting out 2% of the emissions...but who cares about things
like that? She also </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/aglukkaq-touts-emissions-cuts-but-the-numbers-tell-another-story/"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">just kind of tends to make things up when asked to
defend ourselves</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">At least she
has her </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/harper-and-the-oil-patch-honesty-is-the-only-policy/"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">boss' support in not doing a fucking thing about the
environment</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> and in not worrying at all about </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-falls-short-of-its-2020-climate-change-commitment-1.2865992"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">reaching the laughably terrible targets that we have
set</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">Also amazing
is that this is the woman who decides what </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/belugas-should-be-on-endangered-species-list-government-told-1.2857563"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">makes it onto the Endangered Species List</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. She doesn’t have a problem with </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leona-aglukkaq-defends-polar-bear-hunt-1.2453988"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">hunting polar bears</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/leona-aglukkaq-challenges-moral-basis-of-eu-seal-product-ban-1.2576662"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Or seals</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. Seems to think there
is </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-opts-not-to-block-international-trade-in-76-endangered-species-1.2867437"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">no reason to block the international trade of 76
endangered species</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. Or </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-drags-heels-on-protecting-caribou/article22099249/"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">caribou</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. And </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://aptn.ca/news/2014/09/29/ndp-mp-says-aglukkaq-disgusting-question-period-heckling-national-inquiry-calls/"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">has terrible manners</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. And
seems to be </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/09/23/canada_a_clean_energy_leader_leona_aglukkaq_tells_un.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">delusional</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> about our </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ban-ki-moon-says-canada-must-do-more-on-climate-change-1.2861362"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">place in the world</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">.
And uses her position to </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/leona-aglukkaq-targets-greenpeace-in-icc-speech-1.2713859"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">speak out against </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Greenpeace</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Or how about Senator Don Meredith, who has </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/05/05/don-meredith-masters-degree-credentials_n_5244391.html?utm_hp_ref=canada"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">degrees from imaginary Universities</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">. He also flew to Washington for a prayer meeting </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/don-meredith-tory-senator-faces-questions-over-expense-claims-1.2584930"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">after it was specifically not
approved</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">. With his wife. Business Class. This was all before he was accused of </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/17/teen-alleges-two-year-affair-with-senator-don-meredith.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">having an affair with a
teenager</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ll just post this photo here to remind
you that Senator Mike Duffy exists and we don’t need to talk about him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What about fall guy Michael Sona? </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-sona-sentenced-to-9-months-in-jail-for-callous-robocalls-1.2839410" style="font-family: inherit;">The
only person convicted in the RoboCalls scandal</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Somehow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Dean Del Mastro is a favourite of
mine. It started when he made a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/06/12/pol-del-mastro-election-probe.html">tearful
plea</a> to be charged or to be let off the hook for his election expense
inproprieties. So he was charged. <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/dean-del-mastro-found-guilty-in-campaign-overspending-case-1.2080467">And
found guilty</a>. But also found time to
<a href="http://www.citynews.ca/2013/06/17/elections-canada-witness-accuses-conservative-mp-of-intimidation-bullying/">bully
and intimidate witnesses</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Senator Pamela Wallin, who </span><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/24/pamela_wallin_says_she_regrets_repaying_senate_expenses.html" style="font-family: inherit;">expressed
regret for re-paying her fraudulent Senate expenses</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Peter Penashue was also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/peter-penashue-quits-over-campaign-donations-1.1335297">forced
to step down over election campaign donation issues</a>. <a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/10/09/news/conservative-support-evaporates-labrador-liberals-close">Luckily
he lost the by-election</a>. And his <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-penashue-reg-bowers-1.3258914">agent
plead guilty to charges related to the incident</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Ted Opitz <a href="http://o.canada.com/news/national/elections-watchdog-says-ted-opitz-exceeded-campaign-limit-in-2008">exceeded
his campaign limits in 2008</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And MP James Bezan also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-mp-james-bezan-claims-vindication-in-election-expense-dispute-1.2524657">had
some problems</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> with his finances</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minister Chris Alexander is terrible at his
job, as has been fairly well documented over the last few months. My favourite is when he <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/immigration-minister-chris-alexander-hangs-up-on-as-it-happens-1.2672727">hung
up on As It Happens</a> when they asked him some questions that he couldn’t
answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP James Lunney <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/b-c-conservative-mp-james-lunney-tweets-against-evolution-1.2978984">doesn’t
believe in evolution</a>. “It’s just a
theory”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Diane Ablonczy resorted to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-51-hearings-diane-ablonczy-s-questions-to-muslim-group-mccarthyesque-1.2993531">fear-mongering
and muslim tropes during hearings into Bill C-51</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Wai Young suggested that <a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/conservative_mp_says_bill_c51_reflects_the_teachings_of_jesus">Jesus
would support Bill C-51</a>, and also that if it had been in place the <a href="http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/07/14/canadian-spies-knew-about-bomb-on-air-india-plane-conservative-mp-wai-young-2/#.Vh6-cPlVhBf">Air
India bombing could have been prevented</a>. But then again...<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ujjal-dosanjh-says-tory-rival-campaigned-with-bc-man-acquitted-in-air-india/article1996309/">maybe she knows more about this than the rest of us do</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It wasn’t enough that MP Rob Anders <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/why-does-tory-mp-rob-anders-keep-falling-asleep-on-the-job/article2356427/">fell
asleep (repeatedly) on the job</a>, including right in the House of
Commons. He’s also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-anders-still-no-fan-of-nelson-mandela-1.2454052">re-iterated
his disdain for Nelson Mandela</a>, claiming he’s nothing more than a
terrorist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Maurice Vellacott </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-defends-giving-queen-s-jubilee-medal-to-jailed-woman-1.1198998" style="font-family: inherit;">handed
out Queen’s Jubilee medals to two women repeatedly convicted of criminal
harassment over abortions rights issues</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Bob Dechert had a <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/why-bob-dechert-kept-his-job/">“flirtatious
relationship” with a Chinese journalist(/spy?)</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Cheryl Gallant <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/tory-mp-raising-money-to-fight-bulb-ban-her-party-enacted">raised
money to fight against the tyranny of incandescent light bans</a>…put in place
by her government. She's also campaigning as the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-cheryl-gallant-s-claim-she-ll-save-canada-post-raises-ire-of-postal-workers-1.3272916?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">only one to save Canada P</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-cheryl-gallant-s-claim-she-ll-save-canada-post-raises-ire-of-postal-workers-1.3272916?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">ost from t</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-cheryl-gallant-s-claim-she-ll-save-canada-post-raises-ire-of-postal-workers-1.3272916?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">he cuts that her party introduced and that she </a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-cheryl-gallant-s-claim-she-ll-save-canada-post-raises-ire-of-postal-workers-1.3272916?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">voted for</a>.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">Paul Calandra embarrassed himself
in the House of Commons by refusing to come remotely close to answering a
question, much to the delight of the clapping seals standing behind him.
His excitement was short lived though, as he was forced to </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/26/paul-calandra-tears-cries-emotional-mulcair_n_5889052.html?1"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">apologize after getting hung out to dry by his party</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">. It
did give us </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/09/paul-dewars-facepalm-defines-the-week-that-was-in-cdnpoli.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">this</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> though, which was awesome.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Minister Bev Oda </span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/bev-oda-apologizes-unreservedly-for-pricey-london-hotel-upgrade/article2412693/" style="font-family: inherit;">lived
it up in London</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> with expensive hotel swaps and orange juice. </span><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/2007/02/06/odas_juno_joyride_in_limo_costs_5475.html" style="font-family: inherit;">She
also required a limousine when a minivan just wouldn’t do</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. She is kind of a bad ass though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">MP John Williamson suggested that it
doesn’t make sense to pay </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-urged-to-remove-mp-john-williamson-over-whities-comment-1.2992300" style="font-family: inherit;">“whities”
to stay home so that we could bring in “brown people” as temporary foreign
workers</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Larry Miller who <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/1886751/tory-mp-to-women-wearing-niqab-during-ceremony-stay-the-hell-where-you-came-from/">thinks
immigrants should “stay the hell where they came from” if they want to wear a
niqab</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Laurie Hawn “personally witnessed” voter
card shenanigans in the 2006 election and used it as justification for the
“Fair Elections Act”. Unfortunately, <a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2014/03/25/tory-mp-hawn-recalls-voter-card-shenanigans-in-2006-but-elections-canada-says/37975?page_requested=1">voter
cards weren’t used until 2008</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minister Vic Toews thinks you “<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/tories-on-e-snooping-stand-with-us-or-with-the-child-pornographers/article2336889/">stand
with the child pornographers</a>” if you don’t agree with his e-snooping
bill. He also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-downplays-concern-over-former-spy-committee-head-1.1316042">blamed
the opposition for not fighting hard enough</a> against a Conservative
appointee who ended up being a criminal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.news1130.com/2013/12/15/federal-minister-says-child-poverty-not-ottawas-problem/">Minister
James Moore doesn’t think child poverty is the Federal Governments problem</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though the citizenship ceremony is
apparently some kind of sacred ceremony in the eyes of the Conservatives,
Minister Jason Kenney thought it would be a good idea to <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/kenneys-office-apologizes-for-new-canadians-stunt-on-sun-news/article2323570/">use
staffers to pretend to be new Canadians for a citizenship ceremony stunt</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">MP Patrick Brown </span><a href="http://o.canada.com/news/taxpayers-picked-up-tab-for-mp-patrick-browns-new-york-marathon-trip" style="font-family: inherit;">used
public money to fly to New York to run a marathon</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">And finally, Chuck Strahl. Who, </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/07/ndp_chastises_spy_watchdog_for_registering_to_lobby_for_northern_gateway_pipeline.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">while still holding some sort of
oversight position with CSIS, registered as a lobbyist for the Northern Gateway
Pipeline</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">. </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;"> You know? Former Conservative
Minister Chuck Strahl? </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/tories-lament-mad-dash-to-place-candidates-in-bc/article573730/"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Who resigned to allow his son to
sketchily take his position</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;">? And CSIS?
Who is </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/csis-big-oil-never-say-never-again-pipelines"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">secretly watching Northern Gateway
protesters</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;">? This thing is just </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/mp-mark-strahl-backpedals-enbridge-connections"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">so messy</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;">.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is one of my favourite stories of the
last few years, as it so perfectly represents where our society is going. I’m pretty sure this is a real story, but I
would accept it if you told me it was actually satire. A Muslim gentleman sent a text message to his
coworkers encouraging them to “blow away the competition”. <a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/58468-muslim-quip-led-to-terror-probe">He
was fairly quickly arrested and branded a terrorist</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill C-51 is of course the biggie. There is so much to say on this, and many,
many people have pointed out many, many problems, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-oversight-urged-by-ex-pms-as-conservatives-rush-bill-c-51-debate-1.2963179">including
a group of ex-PM’s who encouraged the government to take another look</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;">But why worry? We have watchdogs to
oversee that stuff, right? Except that the </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pm-s-pick-of-daniel-therrien-as-privacy-watchdog-alarms-ndp-1.2657639"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">newly appointed privacy watchdog
spent his career drafting the laws that he’s supposed to be watch-dogging</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #222222;">.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But what is everybody afraid of? Well, maybe the fact that run of the mill
protesters <a href="http://canadalandshow.com/article/rcmp-officer-c-51-protester-you-could-be-branded-terrorist">might
be branded terrorists</a>? Maybe the use
of the bill as a hammer to <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawas-new-anti-terrorism-strategy-lists-eco-extremists-as-threats/article2334975/">quell
environmental resistance</a>?
Seriously. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/anti-petroleum-movement-a-growing-security-threat-to-canada-rcmp-say/article23019252/">They’re
really concerned about this</a> and have spent a <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/09/18/ottawa_admits_to_tracking_hundreds_of_protests.html?app=noRedirect">lot
of time tracking protests and</a> <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/government-orders-federal-departments-to-keep-tabs-on-all-demonstrations-across-country">protesters
across the country.</a> For me, the
worst case is having the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alleged-csis-rcmp-spying-on-northern-gateway-pipeline-protesters-prompts-complaint-1.2526218">RCMP
spy on Northern Gateway protesters at the request of Enbridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why are Conservatives so for “small
government” except for when it’s literally about the most intrusive government
actions possible? Oh. Wait. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mackay-once-backed-spy-oversight-now-rejected-by-tories/article22755202/">They
used to worry about just such things before they came to power</a>. Rightfully so. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-snooping-on-social-media-may-breach-privacy-act-1.2636905">Facebook
spying</a>. Mass data collection on
Canadians that <a href="http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2014/02/20140203-204522.html">they
denied</a> and then <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/spy-agencies-prime-minister-s-adviser-defend-wi-fi-data-collection-1.2521166">dismissed
concerns over</a> and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/csec-exoneration-a-mockery-of-public-accountability-1.2536561">refused
to investigate</a>. This is some real Big Brother type shit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The hardest part of writing this has been
weeding down 4 years of nonsense into one readable post. If you have some time, I urge you to take a
look at my <a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2012/01/best-of-new-harper-government-2011.html">2011</a>,
<a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2013/01/2012-best-of-week-87-dec-25-jan-1.html">2012</a>,
<a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2014/01/2013-best-of-canadian-federal-politics.html">2013</a>
and <a href="http://24percentmajority.blogspot.ca/2015/01/best-of-canadian-politics-2014.html">2014</a>
round-ups. There’s a lot more stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly.
If you’re okay with all this stuff and still insist on voting
Conservative. Well. Thanks for nothing. My 2019 I-told-you-so won’t be so friendly.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-49392508020648178932015-10-15T10:39:00.003-07:002015-10-15T10:49:43.151-07:00Hungary and Canada and Refugees<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;">
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was hoping to have this posted somewhere with some actual readership but I ran into a bit of a brick wall. So I'll just post it here.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m what you might describe as a Hungarian of convenience. I’ll cheer for Hungarian teams competing in high profile international sporting events (which never, ever happens). I cook Hungarian influenced dishes every once in a while. I have even used my Hungarian-ness as a crutch to make conversation with attractive females. In short, my identity as a Hungarian-Canadian has been a means to infuse a bit of excitement into an otherwise dull, white bread, middle class, North American upbringing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Being half Hungarian has always felt a tiny bit special. There it is, just next to Austria, but nobody seems to know anything about it. It is just foreign enough to remain mysterious, but not foreign enough to inspire anybody to learn much about it. There are no ski hills, no beaches and decided lack of tourist attractions. So it is largely ignored, save for the odd person who has “discovered” Budapest and insists on raving about how amazing it is. And it only enters mainstream discussion as a calamitous news story, once every few years. An environmentally destructive spill here. A horrifying election result there. A ridiculous Internet tax to round out the crazy. It just kind of feels right that they’ve managed to insert themselves as the world’s villains, scapegoats and poster children for years of inaction on Syrian Refugees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even with my lifelong exposure, Hungarians are baffling. Much of my extended family still lives in a small village, not quite a stones throw, but maybe a rifle shot from the Croatian border. Indeed, we discovered some long lost relatives in Croatia during the Yugoslavia conflict, because back in the day, people just hopped back and forth over the border and nobody worried too much about it. Travelling back to that village now is a somewhat sad proposition. What was once a bustling little farming community is now full of homes in a state of semi-collapse. The local industry is complaining. And the average age is ancient. This seems to be what happens to your country when you are used as the doormat to the USSR for 30 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Outside of the cities, it can feel as if there has been no progress since 1989. Communist life in <span class="ZmSearchResult" id="DWT65" style="background-color: #fffec4;">Hungary</span> sucked, but relatively speaking, wasn’t so bad. The borders were (relatively) porous. Food was (relatively) plentiful. The people (relatively) endured. And then it ended and they didn’t know what to do with themselves. Anybody who could run, swim, jump or afford a plane ticket had left in the preceding decades (the most famous and capable Hungarians seem to live nowhere near to <span class="ZmSearchResult" id="DWT67" style="background-color: #fffec4;">Hungary</span> – compare this list of famous <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT68_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hungarians" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hungarians</a></span> to this list of famous<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT69_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hungarian_Americans" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hungarian-Americans</a></span>). Those who remained had lost the structure that supported their lives, and there wasn’t trillions in oil money to swoop in and pick up the pieces. It’s no wonder things are still a struggle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve spent the last few days looking at photos of <span class="ZmSearchResult" id="DWT71" style="background-color: #fffec4;">Hungary</span>, past and present. I have found three series of photos that have left me confused and sad. The first shows Hungarian soldiers eagerly, proudly, happily <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT72_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://www.lessingimages.com/search.asp?a=L&lc=20202020847C&ln=Austro-Hungarian+border%2C+%2C+Hungary&p=1" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tearing down barbed wire fences in 1956</a></span>, shortly before the Russians returned and expressed their dismay over such hasty actions. The next, shows Hungarian politicians eagerly, proudly, happily <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT73_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=hungary+1956+barbed+wire&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI5O7kw_HexwIVQYoNCh31vgpy&biw=1366&bih=631#tbm=isch&q=hungary+1989+barbed+wire&imgrc=_" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tearing down barbed wire fences in 1989</a></span>. And the last, shows Hungarian soldiers eagerly, proudly, happily <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT74_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=hungary+1956+barbed+wire&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI5O7kw_HexwIVQYoNCh31vgpy&biw=1366&bih=631#tbm=isch&q=hungary+barbed+wire+2015" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">erecting barbed wire fences over the last couple of weeks</a></span> (and of Syrian men, women and children wrestling their way through the fresh Hungarian iron).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What I can’t understand is how a country with such a long history of working to tear down the sharp and pointy fences designed to keep people in, is now so hell bent on building sharp and pointy fences to keep people out. Full circle, but with a sad, ignorant and ironic twist of wilful blindness to one’s own history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This wasn’t the only time that we went above and beyond, though. Over 10,000 Czechs in 1968. 50,000 Southeast Asians in the late 70’s/early 80’s. In times of trouble, Canada, and the rest of the world, has responded. So why is it so different now? The situation seems as dire. We’ve proven that it isn’t about race. Why aren’t we doing anything? Does there need to be some sort of Communist hysteria for us to become interested? With Russia ramping up in Syria, are the tides going to change?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why don’t we invite another University Faculty that has lost their home over to ours, and welcome them and support them and bring them into the folds of Canada? This felt like an astonishing idea at the time, and it is one that I’ve come back to many times since then. But the night rolled on and the wine kept flowing and it proved not to be the start of the revolution. There’s only so much you can expect out of a group of old and liquored-up Hungarians and we’re actually probably just lucky that they all made it home safely that evening. But now feels like the perfect time to resurrect this idea. But as beautifully balanced as the idea sounds, I don’t think it will be enough to just bring over one University Faculty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are over 300,000 people out there, just like me. Maybe this is our chance to do something to celebrate our own luck and fortune. Maybe this is the time for all of those Hungarian-Canadians to speak up and create the ambition to bring in the next generation of lucky new Canadians. 60 years from now we might once again have a legacy to celebrate. Right now, it feels like we don’t.</span></div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-5011023815473895822015-09-28T15:40:00.000-07:002015-09-28T15:40:11.678-07:00Election Update #11 - Sept 18-28People think that this eternal election campaign was some devious scheme by Stephen Harper to spend more money than his opponents. But no. They're wrong. It was a devious scheme by Stephen Harper to bore the shit out of us so that we forget to vote. I'm soooooooooooo bored of all this crap. Maybe the debate tonight will change my mind?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">There seems to be some documentation showing that Exxon <a href="http://gizmodo.com/exxon-scientists-knew-fossil-fuels-caused-climate-chang-1731707762">knew about the causes of global warming back in the 70's</a>. Didn't we all though?</span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-4459488694131459082015-09-17T13:52:00.003-07:002015-09-17T13:52:53.415-07:00Election Update #10 - Sept 9-17<span style="font-family: inherit;">I kind of forgot how much election time sucks. You've got all these politics tourists drifting in, super concerned about stuff after not giving a shit for years. And you've got all these bozos tripping all over themselves to hand things out. Does flying around the country making promises actually have an effect? I'm sick of it. I can't wait for this to be over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This might be the final court loss for Steve. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/niqab-ruling-federal-court-government-challenge-citizenship-ceremonies-1.3229206">Their idiotic niqab ban has been overturned</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/federal-departments-left-8-7-billion-unspent-last-year">8.7 Billion was left unspent by government last year</a>. Man. It's easy to balance a budget when you don't do anything.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-rick-hillier-refugees-military-christmas-1.3225732">Rick Hillier thinks Canada can bring in 50,000 refugees</a>. Romeo Dallaire thinks that plan sucks. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-romeo-dallaire-syrian-refugees-1.3228123">Figures we can handle 90,000</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More truth about refugees. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-refugees-harper-numbers-accepted-1.3222918">41st in per capita acceptance of refugees</a>...not first.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now Syria is a "Terrorist War Zone". Fuck that sounds scary. Also, with followers like these..."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/09/syrian-refugee-queries-draws-catcalls-from-conservative-supporters_n_8110778.html">How many kids drowned in pools in Canada this past summer? Do you blame the government for that?</a>" is what a Conservative heckler said to journalists trying to ask qeustions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now "<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-says-canada-will-not-airlift-refugees-without-proper-security-screening-1.3219359">proper security screening" is preventing us from being the white knights of the international community</a>. Because all of the terrorists are planning on dropping flights full of refugees out of the sky.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-peter-mansbridge-interview-stephen-harper-1.3218348">Steve spouts nonsense in his Peter Mansbridge interview</a>. And...somehow suggests there's too many refugees to worry about doing anything about it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/stephen-harper-david-frum-canada/404755/">The Atlantic counters</a> the Atlantic counter to the New York Times article.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I assumed this was somebody making some kind of political commentary about Stephen Harper...but no...<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/surveillance-stickers-conservative-campaign-signs-1.3228916">his own campaign is slapping "24 Hour Surveillance" decals on his campaign signs</a>. It's just insanely funny that nobody saw any problems with this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some background on the <a href="https://ricochet.media/en/583/harpers-new-campaign-manager-is-an-evil-genius-from-australia">Australian dickface that the Cons have hired</a>. He sounds terrible. Probably just as in touch with Canada as his bosses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This was a story a few months ago, but now there are some actual details, and confirmation, that the <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/conservatives-made-deal-to-quiet-dissent-on-c-51-gun-group-says/">Cons swapped gun legislation favours to gun nuts if they'd keep quiet about C-51</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-like-jacking-facebook-1.3229622">"Is the Conservative Party buying likes on Facebook?"</a> I'm thinking "Yes".</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is funny. I actually noticed the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/11/cheryl-gallant-twitter-account_n_8120348.html">pages and pages of useless tweets</a> when I tweeted at Cheryl Gallant that she sucks over her <a href="http://desmog.ca/2015/09/10/conservative-mp-cheryl-gallant-writes-over-top-climate-change-rant-local-paper">climate change denying infomercial</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservative-candidate-tweets-photo-falsely-showing-isis-militant-as-refugee-1.2553643">Peter Kent has always been an idiot</a>. And this is why I would be horrified if my parents were on Twitter. Why do Conservatives so quickly jump on these "check out these scary muslims!" tweet bandwagons?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-troops-arrive-in-ukraine-to-train-soldiers-fighting-separatists/article26362600/">Canadian troops have arrived at the proxy war in the Ukraine</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would be delicious irony if the "Expats can't vote" enforcement inspired reams of expats to vote. <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/long-term-expats-find-a-pricey-loophole-that-allows-them-to-vote/">Some have found a loophole to do just that</a>. Show up in your old riding with proof of address and you're good to go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trudeau pointed out that <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-justin-trudeau-small-business-tax-rates-criticism-1.3221858">some rich people use "small businesses" as tax loopholes</a>. I don't have a problem with that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The CRA is <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kpmg-offshore-sham-deceived-tax-authorities-cra-alleges-1.3209838">accusing KPMG of creating a tax fraud scheme</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I feel like Steve has his opinion backwards. "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/09/09/anything-but-conservative-absolute-disaster-for-canada-harper">Anything but Conservative 'absolute disaster' for Canada: Harper</a>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jesus. These ads are getting weird. "<a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/09/07/harper-isnt-perfect-new-conservative-ad-admits-but-he-is-dependable-on-the-economy/">Stephen Harper isn't perfect, but when it comes to the economy, we can depend on him</a>." What a stupid lady. Is she not watching the news?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What the fuck? <a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/09/09/rupert-murdoch-just-bought-nat.html">Rupert Murdoch just bought National Geographic</a>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is pretty great. <a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/09/08/white-house-release-video-maki.html">The White House produced a video highlighting all of Dick Cheney's lies</a>. As others pointed out though, it would have been better if they arrested him.</span></span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-41757017944334678642015-09-08T09:47:00.003-07:002015-09-08T09:47:39.661-07:00Election Round-up #9 - Sept 4-8<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the guys behind <a href="http://www.shd.ca/">Shit Harper Did</a> <a href="http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/protester-arrested-for-wearing-aylan-should-be-here-t-shirt-at-stephen-harper-event">was arrested at a campaign stop in Surrey</a> for wearing a T-shirt. It's pretty fucked up when government security teams are removing people and arresting them for improper political messaging. <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/a-front-row-seat-to-conservative-crisis-management-1.2547688">Another article details the shitstorm surrounding Harper that day</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-says-refugee-deaths-bolster-case-for-military-action-in-syria/article26212605/">Steve continues to pound into us that military response is the only option</a>. Mulcair's response to this? "<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mulcair-says-canadian-forces-have-no-role-whatsoever-to-play-in-syria-and-iraq/article26225745/">No, fuck you!</a>"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Conservatives are really starting to parse their language and statistics. And getting it wrong. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2203652/reality-check-harper-boasts-about-canadas-record-on-refugees-but-gets-some-things-wrong/">No, we aren't the largest per capita receiver of immigrants. And "resettled refugees" is just a technicality</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jason Kenney was presented with facts. <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Canada+favours+temporary+residents+permanent+report/11333380/story.html?__lsa=0dbf-664f">Chose to respond with outrage</a>. Jason, it does appear that we did actually let more temporary foreign workers than immigrants. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/jason-kenney-examined-limiting-refugees-with-health-problems-including-torture-victims-documents">He also </a><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/jason-kenney-examined-limiting-refugees-with-health-problems-including-torture-victims-documents">explored not taking in any refugees with health problems</a>, but didn't because figured the optics would be bad. Good thinking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The mug urination incident is just so bizarre. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/2015/09/07/jerry-bance-no-longer-conservative-candidate-in-scarborough-rouge-park-after-urination-incident.html">The dude is no longer a Conservative candidate</a> so I can now feel a bit sorry for him. It sounds like he was just trying not to pee his pants in a customers house. Could have done a better job cleaning the mug though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another bad revelation for the Conservatives. At times, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/a-secret-internal-memo-shows-stephen-harper-wanted-complete#.utanXdMEMO">the independent Senate refused to bend to their will and it made them very angry</a>.</span></span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-80445611218908936712015-09-03T13:12:00.002-07:002015-09-03T14:53:28.011-07:00Election Round-up #8 - Sept 1-3<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The Syrian refugee crisis has been a disaster for a while, but the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/little-aylan-kurdi-washed-ashore-suddenly-refocuses-syrian-tragedy-nahlah-ayed-1.3213893">images of a tiny child washed up on the shores has been enough to galvanize some kind of support</a>. Unfortunately, it gets worse and worse for Canada:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/family-of-children-found-on-turkish-beach-were-trying-to-come-to-canada">The young boy had ties to Canada, and a local MP had approached Chris Alexander to plead their case</a>. Update - <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/03/europe-migrants-canada-idUSL1N1191PZ20150903">It's still a little bit unclear on exactly what happened here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Of course, Chris Alexander <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/immigration-minister-chris-alexander-hangs-up-on-as-it-happens-1.2672727">has been ignoring refugees in Syria for quite some time now</a>. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/02/chris-alexander-power-and-politics_n_8079976.html">And he is further embarrassing himself</a>. Please watch the video in that link. Oh wait. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-alexander-refugee-crisis-1.3213869">More embarrassment</a>. This is probably part of the reason <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/only-handful-of-conservative-candidates-agree-to-interview-requests">Conservatives grant less than 5% of interview requests</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">And just to counter what we're doing vs. what other countries are doing. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/refugees-welcome-uk-germany-compare-migration">Germany is planning on taking on 800,000 refugees</a>. To our 2300 so far.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Jesus Christ. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syria-migrants-canada-drowned-migrants-1.3213772">Worse and worse</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The amazing thing is that the Conservatives seem to be touting their "taking it to ISIS" as some kind of justification for doing nothing about refugees. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/up-to-27-iraqi-civilians-may-have-been-killed-in-canadian-airstrike-pentagon-document-reveals-1.3213917">US documents reveal that we killed up to 27 civilians with our airstrikes</a>. And we aren't taking it very seriously. So we're screwing that part up too.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Oh Laureen...<a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/09/02/you-dont-put-people-in-jail-for-marijuana-use-laureen-harper/">you're off message</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Steve has been <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/instagram-ads-stephen-harper-disappear-1.3211325?cmp=rss">cleaning up anti-Conservative Instagram comments</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">A former DFO employee did an analysis and determined that enforcement and charges have dried up in recent years. <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/attempts-to-protect-canada-s-lakes-rivers-all-but-abandoned-analysis-1.2542313#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=kKQ3amE">There's nobody on the ground to protect our waterways</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">A great article about sports stadium construction shakedowns, <a href="http://grantland.com/the-triangle/how-to-sell-a-stadium-in-six-easy-steps-calgary-gets-the-high-pressure-pitch/">using Calgary as an example</a>. It's amazing that these buffoons waited for the oil price collapse to announce their intentions.</span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-13251868657913584682015-08-31T09:04:00.002-07:002015-08-31T09:04:48.288-07:00Election Round-up #7 - Aug 25-31<div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't remember this story. But it's reared it's head again. First off, Leona Aglukkaq approved a plan for Shell that allows them 21 days to cap any leaks in their underwater drilling systems. Worry not though, it still needs final approval...<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/27/canadian-agency-deciding-shells-offshore-drilling-includes-ex-shell-official">from a board with an ex-Shell member on the panel</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21662567-puzzling-weakness-manufacturing-new-rustbelt">Manufacturing is not recovering with the decline of the loonie</a>. It's weird that massive factories don't spring up immediately as the dollar drops.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Duffy trial moves in to semantics. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mike-duffy-trial-chris-woodcock-testimony-1.3202763">What exactly did PMO aide Chris Woodcock mean when he said they had to "force" Mike Duffy into accepting their repayment scheme</a>? I'm starting to feel like the Duffman is going to skate on all of this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fly at it, you fucking imbecile. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/30/scott-walker-canada-border-wall-immigration-terrorists">Scott Walker thinks the US should build a wall between itself and Canada</a>. Also wonders why everybody was so down on the Maginot Line.</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You'd think Patrick Brazeau would just be happy that nobody has arrested him lately. But no. <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/storyline/harper-has-got-to-go-for-the-good-of-the-conservative-party-senator-brazeau-rips-into-harper-in-1600-word-post">He's speaking out</a>. Against Harper, mind you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's hard to fault somebody like Elon Musk for his success. <a href="http://gizmodo.com/stephen-colbert-will-host-elon-musk-and-uber-ceo-his-fi-1726143242">But Stephen Colbert hosting CEO's on his talk show</a>? On one hand it's great to celebrate people for not just being good at acting. On the other, this feels like it could be a giant CEO ego inflation used to push for even higher CEO salaries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">He also says that Ray Novak was in the room when this was discussed, but somehow <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/on-campaign-trail-harper-defends-chief-of-staff-ray-novak-by-name-1.2529362">Steve says he didn't have anything to do with it</a>. Or it wasn't his fault. Or something.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Also key is that Benjamin Perrin <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/harpers-former-legal-adviser-taken-aback-when-pm-rejected-advice-on-duffys-residency-qualifications">gave advice to the Prime Minister that Duffy was not a resident of PEI and did not qualify to sit as a Senator</a>. But of course, that was ignored and we get Steve just making up rules to suit his purposes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">If you break the law in Canada, Steve thinks you should go to jail for a long period of time. Unless you are breaking a law that Steve doesn't agree with. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/inside-story-of-harpers-farmer-pardons#.tyWKr9xYxn">Then you're a patriot and deserve an unrequested pardon</a>. The story behind the pardoning of 10 grain smuggling farmers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh please, please, please, please, please! <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-21/rob-ford-says-brother-would-run-if-canada-s-harper-steps-down"> Rob Ford says Doug Ford will run for the Conservative leadership if Steve steps down</a>. Not quite Donald Trump, but close.</span></div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-17688561989070713802015-08-20T14:56:00.000-07:002015-08-20T14:56:02.026-07:00Election Round-up #5 - Aug 18-20<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even if you want to, don't do this. You'll get fined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Duffygate gets crazy. Can we please petition the Cons to bring back Nigel Wright to the team? <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mike-duffy-trial-nigel-wright-day-6-1.3195678">This man is about the least sympathetic human in the world</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a pretty funny take on the whole thing. Poor Steve. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-oh-harper-forgive-us-we-misjudged-you-over-the-duffy-affair">Everybody has lied to him and taken advantage of him</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/08/18/top-harper-aide-novak-knew-about-90k-cheque-court-told/">Harper's current chief of staff appears to be right in the middle of everything</a>, even though <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/15/mike-duffy-trial-nigel-wright-things-we-learned_n_7991202.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics">Steve claims he isn't</a>. I love that the defense is "well...he didn't actually <i>read</i> those e-mails that he received from his boss about those things that they were urgently talking about".</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Old Duff worked pretty hard to <a href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-08-18/article-4249123/Mike-Duffy-emails-show-he-wanted-P.E.I.-isms-added-to-statement/1">put some PEI folksyisms</a> into his announcement that he was paying back his expenses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.9000549316406px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Steven Harper sez <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/comparing-duffy-affair-to-liberal-sponsorship-scandal-absurd-harper-1.2519193#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=KL97mbc">"Your thing that wasted millions of taxpayers dollars is way different than my thing that wasted millions of taxpayer dollars."</a> Some will say that this is only about $90,000. But with all the labour, trials and audits that have occurred to account for that smallish sum of money, I don't feel that is accurate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">More pot announcements. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/video/2176254/ndp-will-decriminalize-marijuana-minute-we-form-government-says-mulcair">Mulcair would decriminalize</a>. <a href="http://www.straight.com/news/512956/justin-trudeau-liberal-government-would-look-overturning-convictions-marijuana-crimes">Trudeau would look at overturning marijuana convictions</a>. Steve would get really angry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/19/peter-goldring-conservative-hacking_n_8010874.html">A Conservative riding executive is accusing a Con MP (the same dipshit who beat a drunk driving charge) of hacking employee e-mails and a Conservative party cover-up</a>? Because of a joke about the MP's wife sent via e-mail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A veterans group has put their money where their mouths are, <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2170447/veterans-launch-anyone-but-conservatives-campaign-during-harper-stop/">actively campaigning against Harper</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The Tyee <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/08/19/Conservative-Attacks-Canadian-Veterans/">rounds up Veterans issues</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conservatives are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/18/reporters-conservative-campaign-wright-duffy_n_8004330.html?ir=Canada+Politics">getting unruly about these pesky journalists asking questions that they don't approve of</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Shit. I may as well quit. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/the-closing-of-the-canadian-mind.html?_r=5">This NYT piece sums everything up so I don't have to</a>. </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/stephen-harper-canada-election/401753/">And an Atlantic article about the New York Times article</a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm going to write an article about the Atlantic article about the New York Times article. Oh boy. This sucker is just wrong.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Steve indicates that he <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/pm-says-hell-reintroduce-life-means-life/ar-BBlQx6f?ocid=spartanntp">intends to remain "tough on crime"</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/taxpayer-funding-for-victims-of-communism-memorial-soars-above-4-2m">Over $4 Million for a monument that nobody wants</a> and really just seems to be a way to stick it to the memory of Trudeau Sr.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wow. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndp-mp-elected-in-2011-without-any-campaigning-now-popular-in-her-adopted-quebec-riding">The National Post has a pro Ruth Ellen Brosseau article</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think I've seen the whole ad yet, but I caught the back end of it, and I agree that the<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-answer-to-conservatives-not-ready-ad-scores-with-viewers/article25997054/"> "I am ready" Justin Trudeau ad is a pretty good response</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a bit strange. While true, many feel that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/16/mark-adler-conservative-sign-holocaust_n_7995336.html">"Son of a Holocaust survivor"</a> maybe doesn't belong on a campaign poster.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Mike Duffy trial is descending into farce. Nobody involved seems to think anybody did anything wrong. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-says-subordinates-not-responsible-for-nigel-wright-and-mike-duffy-s-actions-1.3191279">Steve doesn't think any of his subordinates are at fault</a>. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-says-subordinates-not-responsible-for-nigel-wright-and-mike-duffy-s-actions-1.3191279">Nigel Wright doesn't think that anything he did was wrong</a>. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-13/harper-aide-cites-matthew-6-in-secret-payment-to-canada-senator">He even suggests he was doing the work of god, somehow</a>. there's really just too much to comment on:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- <span>E-mails show that the <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/prime-ministers-office-tried-to-rewrite-senate-audit-report-to-avoid-questions-about-mike-duffys-residence">PMO really put some effort into trying to get the Mike Duffy Senate expense audit report changed</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>-</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.3px;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nigel-wright-accused-of-redacting-stephen-harper-email-about-mike-duffy-expense-controversy-1.3190761"> Nigel Wright may have weeded out some relevant e-mails that he was obliged to turn over</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.3px;">- <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/rogue-staffers-threatened-to-sue-when-the-pmo-took-control-o#.uw1a9MQN0l">Fear that staffers might sue if they took things too far may have caused the PMO to back down somewhat</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.3px;">- This one is a dandy - </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.3px;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/08/13/harper-was-kept-in-loop-as-pmo-tried-to-manage-senate-scandal-duffy-trial-told.html">"Stephen Harper maintains he knew nothing about the $90,000 cheque cut by his former chief of staff for Mike Duffy, but emails released Thursday show the Conservative leader was kept in the loop as his office tried to manage the Senate scandal."</a> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The truth behind Steve's pledge to allow people to take more money out of their RRSP's to buy their first house: <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/troubling-data-behind-harpers-home-buyers-promise/">Even with lower limits, half can't pay back what they take out</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>This is interesting. The publish date is <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT116_com_zimbra_date">Tuesday</span>...but the article reads "</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.3px;"><a href="http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2015/08/12/conservative-stephen-harper-criticizes-alberta-ndp-government-.html">Conservative leader Stephen Harper took direct aim at Alberta’s NDP government in a campaign rally in Edmonton <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT117_com_zimbra_date">Wednesday</span></a>".
I don't really understand why they keep attacking the Provincial NDP.
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budget. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/stephen-harper-zings-manitoba-s-ndp-government-during-winnipeg-campaign-stop-1.3190353">Here he attacks the Manitoba NDP governments</a>. I don't get it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons are getting down and dirty, <a href="http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/5796891-guelph-ndp-candidate-andrew-seagram-target-of-conservative-party-online-ad/">targeting individual MP's over things said on Facebook</a>. As well, according to the Cons, everyone is a "Star Candidate".</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The National Post says what we are all thinking about <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2158607/harper-says-canadians-dont-want-marijuana-legalized/">Steve and his stance on pot</a> - <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/conservatives-war-on-pot-seems-to-put-them-out-of-step-with-canadian-public">What the fuck are these guys talking about</a>? I paraphrased that a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I don't usually like to link to videos, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2673482928/">but I'm going to link to this one</a>. First, I like Mulcair's response to Harper on Insite. Second, I really like the nice young lady hanging out on Mulcair's shoulder. She pays attention. Smirks at the right time. He should really have her there as a sort of "emotion surrogate" at all times.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The Cons kicked a reporter out of an event <a href="http://blogs.theprovince.com/2015/08/11/vancouver-radio-reporter-tossed-from-conservative-event-over-marijuana-queries/">when she asked party supporters about their personal stance on marijuana</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Was it a secret? The Guardian says "<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/11/canadian-government-spent-millions-on-secret-tar-sands-advocacy">Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacy</a>". Shit...money to "advance energy literacy amongst BC First Nation Communities." That's terrible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Jeebez H. Crikey. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/politics/f-35-might-not-meet-performance-of-cf-18s-says-us-think-tank/article25929776/">Now the F-35 might not be able to meet the performance of our CF-18's</a>? Why are we still thinking of buying this airplane? Incidentally, I have no idea what the stance is on this for the Libs and the NDP.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">That didn't take long. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-harper-rallies-photos-1.3186444">The Cons have decided that they're not going to ban people from tweeting, taking photos or discussing their campaign events</a>. And of course, nothing was meant by it. Just legal boilerplate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I'm actually surprised the number is that high. <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/canadian-air-strikes-against-isil-dont-match-tory-rhetoric">Canada responsible for only 3% of ISIL air strike missions</a>. And of course Steve responds to the Libs and the NDP in the classiest way possible on their ISIL strategy. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Liberal, NDP anti-terror strategy just ‘<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberal-ndp-anti-terror-strategy-just-dropping-aid-on-dead-people-harper/article25922538/">dropping aid on dead people</a>’. Because when you're responsible for 3% of something, that gives you the right to talk big.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I never really thought about how the election timing could impact students. October could give them enough time to set up their new address, but many students will be away from home and probably not bother with the hassle. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/elections-canada-pilot-aims-to-make-student-voting-easier-1.3183122">Elections Canada has a pilot project going at a few Universities to allow students to vote in their home riding</a>. But doesn't this contravene the Fair Elections Act? Sounds like get-out-the-vote promotion to me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Syncrude killed another pile of birds. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/30-blue-herons-found-dead-at-syncrude-mildred-lake-site-1.3184410">30 Great Blue Herons this time</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Okay. This is more "Regular ramblings" than "Election ramblings", but here is another example of why we shouldn't hand off power to multi-national corporations in the name of "Copyright Reform". <a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/08/10/anti-piracy-dolts-gobble-up-co.html">Sony has started issuing copyright takedown notices over video containing the word "pixels", because their amazing movie just happens to be named that</a>. I hate to be the one to point out that, if anything, this would be trademark infringement, not copyright. Duh. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Besides, as David Byrne explains, <a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/08/05/david-byrne-explains-the-strea.html">music streaming services are the real pirates</a>.</span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-63776414357010369872015-08-10T08:50:00.001-07:002015-08-10T08:50:07.103-07:002015 Election Round-up #2 - Aug 6-10Vacation time is over, so hopefully I can get down to a better quality of postings. After this one.<br />
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Somebody tallied the windfall. <a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2015/08/10/tories-announced-%2414-billion-in-spending-in-six-weeks-before-election-call-670/43034">The Cons announced $14 Billion in spending in the six weeks leading up to the election call</a>. But the other parties are irresponsible tax-and-spenders.<br />
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Trudeau has caught on to this, and is <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-trudeau-deficit-aug7-1.3182882">blaming Steve for his lack of a balanced budget</a>.<br />
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This is a strange, strange development. First, they announce that you need a ticket to attend an event with our dear leader. <a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/08/08/participants-at-conservative-events-must-agree-to-gag-order/">Then they announce that you can't talk about about what is said during said event</a>. This seems crazy.<br />
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They said it, not me: <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/michael-den-tandt-harper-conservatives-terrorism">Harper pandering with plan to make it illegal to travel to terror-stricken zones</a>. Whatever. It would be just another court case for them to lose.<br />
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Of course, we had the Macleans debate. Which I didn't watch. But apparently, everybody won except for Steve. <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/news/British+Columbians+Justin+Trudeau+debate+they+still+voting/11274464/story.html">Trudeau won</a>. <a href="http://www.ndp.ca/news/tom-mulcair-wins-leaders-debate">Mulcair won</a> (although...perhaps not the most neutral source). <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/edana-beauvais-elizabeth-may-won-by-just-being-in-the-room">May won</a>. Shit, <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/stephen-thomas-elizabeth-justin-and-me/">probably the moderator</a> <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/debate-moderator-reveals-moments-the-cameras-didn-t-catch-1.2507409">won on some level</a>. Oh, and if you wanted tedious behind-the-scenes details, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-macleans-debate-scenes-1.3183417">here you go</a>.<br />
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And fact checking! Everybody loves a <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/2015/08/07/fact-checking-7-claims-in-the-leaders-debate.html">good debate</a> <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/08/07/Fact-Check-Leaders-Democracy/">fact check</a>.<br />
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Mulcair has decided that a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-says-a-debate-without-stephen-harper-wouldn-t-make-much-sense-1.3183872">debate without Stephen Harper doesn't make much sense</a>.<br />
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An NDP candidate suggested we have to leave some oil in the ground. Which, of course, <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2155275/harper-fires-back-following-ndp-candidates-comment-on-oilsands/?hootPostID=115570e841d545dd6bc45f777d89f4cc">Steve isn't a fan of</a>.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-22436259382712803402015-08-05T09:55:00.002-07:002015-08-05T09:55:55.325-07:002015 Election Round-up #1 - August 3-5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-stephen-harper-confirms-start-of-11-week-federal-campaign-1.3175136">So we're going to have an 11 week election campaign</a>. People have a hard time giving a shit for 4 weeks. Not sure how this is going to work out.<br />
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What I find interesting is that this seems to be all about election spending, with the Cons <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/canada-s-longest-and-most-expensive-election-campaign-ever-about-to-begin-1.3172717/stephen-harper-gaming-the-system-with-early-election-call-says-former-elections-canada-head-1.3172869">tweaking the system so that they can spend all their money</a>. I can imagine we're looking at an orgy of advertisements in September.<br />
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And does this long election <a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/07/31/news/harpers-early-election-cost-taxpayers-extra-125-million">cost taxpayers money</a>? <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-does-calling-an-early-election-save-taxpayers-money-1.3177327">Save taxpayers money</a>? Nobody seems to know.<br />
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<a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/08/04/alberta-premier-notley-fires-back-at-prime-minister-harper">Steve has chosen to cast the new NDP government of Alberta as a "disaster" (in French)</a>. Because a few months of the NDP working to save decades of Conservative financial ruin is the problem. And how are the people of Alberta going to respond to being chided over their vote?<br />
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<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/conservative-staffers-will-vet-every-single-canadian-that-st#.aoVBGKD4D6">Steve is only going to speak with vetted citizens during the course of his campaign</a>. You have to be invited and have a ticket to any Harper campaign rally. I actually don't find this to be surprising.\<br />
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Do you think the rest of the G7 snicker and shake their heads when Steve starts trotting out his <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/spin-cycle-does-canada-s-economic-performance-really-top-the-g7-1.3178235">"Best economic performance in the G7" line</a>?<br />
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I've been noticing a funny thing over the last few months. All of a sudden a party will announce something that nobody thought about or cared about, and people are immediately dug in to a side. <a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2015/08/04/most-disapprove-of-long-federal-election-campaign-forum-research-poll/42987">Conservatives think the long campaign is a good idea</a>? What the fuck?<br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservatives-promise-to-make-reno-tax-credit-permanent-depending-on-economy/article25825328/">Steve is promising billions so that people can renovate their houses</a>. And then turns around and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-stephen-harper-suggests-next-2-budgets-too-tight-for-more-spending-1.3178584">says the budget is too tight for new spending</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/russia-submits-claim-for-vast-arctic-seabed-territories-at-united-nations">Russia claimed the North Pole</a>! Shit. Where is Steve on his icebreaker to save the day?<br />
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<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-to-win-debate-points-if-he-comes-on-stage-with-his-pants-on-tory-spokesman-1.2502076">This Kory Teneycke sure is an asshole</a>. I guess when you're the designated Conservative stooge to say all the stupid shit they need to get out there, that's what happens.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-justin-trudeau-not-the-name-on-everyone-s-lips-1.3179070">Steve and Tom are not using Justin Trudeau's name</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/tag/federal-election-issues-2015/">A Macleans roundup of major election issues</a>, if you need a primer.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-44232944225085188962015-08-05T09:00:00.001-07:002015-08-05T09:00:52.191-07:00The Last One! - Week 223 - July 27-Aug 3<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay. Here it is. Our final ever post. Before we get into covering the election. More of a whimper than a bang...but I'm so sick of all this stuff, this is the best I can do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not quite sure yet how I'm going to handle that. Two posts a week? Daily? Shit. I want to be on vacation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Steve chose the last official day in government to <a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/08/01/news/harper-gov%E2%80%99t-appoints-kinder-morgan-consultant-neb">appoint a Kinder Morgan consultant to the National Energy Board</a>, where he will oversee the approval of Kinder Morgan pipelines.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Funny. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Project.Democracy.Canada/photos/a.204480172918757.52045.198789580154483/1059353310764768/?type=1">The $720 UCCB payment is actually $158</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-sinking-of-the-canadian-navy/">Macleans outlines the decline of our Navy</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, w<span style="background-color: white;">e just bought missile defense radar from Israel? <a href="https://news.vice.com/article/canada-just-bought-israels-iron-dome-radar-technology">What the fuck are we going to do with that</a>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Steady hand! <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-s-economy-shrank-by-0-2-in-may-boosting-recession-fears-1.3175099">Canada's economy shrank in May</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our new Supreme Court appointee <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/the-gargoyle-new-supreme-court-appointee-blogged-on-khadr-called-trudeau-unspeakably-awful-hoped-for-harper-majority">is a vocal, Conservative partisan</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Cons are racing to announce things. Toyota! Money! <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-insisted-on-moving-up-toyota-funding-announcement-source/article25776732/">The announcement was supposed to be </a></span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT94_com_zimbra_date" style="background-color: white; color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-insisted-on-moving-up-toyota-funding-announcement-source/article25776732/">August 7th</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-insisted-on-moving-up-toyota-funding-announcement-source/article25776732/">, but now it is a race to re-schedule</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons are going to announce their intentions on voting reform. All of a sudden, the will of the people is foremost, and an election mandate won't be enough. <a href="http://m.torontosun.com/2015/07/27/exclusive-tories-to-require-a-vote-on-changing-elections">They want a referendum</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-ndp-threatens-to-pull-out-of-broadcasters-debates-1.3175720">The NDP might pull out of the Consortium debate</a>...because Steve isn't there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/07/30/tpp-canada-cbc_n_7905046.html">Under the TPP, crown corporations would have to exist solely in the name of generating a profit</a>. CBC. Canada Post. This is the kind of control we will lose under this deal. This is why </span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/07/30/news/harper-hopes-sign-tpp-deal-federal-election-kickoff">Steve is trying to ram through the TPP before the election is called</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canada.com/news/admits+million+mistake+funding+announcement/11252404/story.html">A Conservative MP got caught announcing new funding for work that had already started</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is funny. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/30/video-shows-conservative-mps-reading-from-identical-script.html">Combining a pile of Conservatives reading from the same script</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a confusing article. <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservatives-trudeau-attack-ad-is-prompting-ndp-supporters-to-vote-liberal-forum-research-poll">Conservative attack ads on Justin Trudeau are convincing NDP voters to vote for Justin</a>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons have used a committee to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-mps-block-move-to-hear-from-joe-oliver-on-the-economy-1.3170208">shut down requests to hear directly from Joe Oliver</a> on the dismal state of our economy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2137578/on-terror-rhetoric-public-safety-minister-ignores-rcmp-and-his-own-advisors/">Some behind the scenes on Stephen Blaney ratcheting up the anti-terror rhetoric</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Anonymous has started leaking CSE documents. Amongst the revelations: <a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/07/27/anonymous-start-slow-leaking-of-cabinet-confidences-cse-spy-attempts/">W</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/07/27/anonymous-start-slow-leaking-of-cabinet-confidences-cse-spy-attempts/">e tried to spy on Obama (at the behest of Steve)</a>. He found out. He didn't like it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/07/28/evidence-found-that-happy-birt.html">There may be evidence that the Warner copyright claim on the Happy Birthday song is nonsense</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/world/canada/burned-media-mocks-harper-appearance-bc-wildfire">A pretty funny article outlines the disruption that Christy and Steve created with their firefighting photo op</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In light of Oil Sands jobs potentially disappearing due to driverless trucks, I think this is an important issue to consider. When a government pushes a project with wildly inflated job claims, I think it is up to them to prove them out to us. Not just dismiss the people asking questions, as <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-lng-job-claims-disputed-in-new-report-1.3171131">Rich Coleman does when told his 100,000 LNG jobs might not exist</a>.</span></span><br />
<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-46783616862606157142015-07-27T09:56:00.004-07:002015-07-27T09:56:58.643-07:00Shortest Week Ever - Week 222 - July 22-27<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/07/23/court-strikes-down-ottawas-safe-country-list-for-refugees.html">Steve loses another court case</a>. His "safe country" list for refugees just didn't work out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bureaucrats-told-to-provide-rob-nicholson-3-terrorism-related-statements-a-week-1.3163333">Rob Nicholson wants "3 terrorism-related statements" spun every week for him to grandstand on</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Macleans points out the opportunism of <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/politics/after-appointing-56-unelected-senators-stephen-harper-decides-hes-done/">Stephen Harper giving up on the Senate a few months before an election</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/vancouver-is-mortgaging-its-future-for-a-market-thats-anything-but-free/article25558615/">This article rips government policy a new one with respect to Vancouver Real Estate prices</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/07/26/tory-defector-eve-adams-fights-for-liberal-nomination-in-toronto-today/#.VbVvSVBZTqB">Eve Adams did not win her nomination</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/job-quality-in-canada-at-25-year-low-says-cibc-1.2982891">Job quality ratings are at a 25 year low</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/it-makes-me-feel-sick-local-first-nations-survey-nexen-pipeline-spill-damage-1.2476460">I feel like there hasn't been much news about the Nexen pipeline spill</a>.</span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-1928349045466051692015-07-22T15:00:00.000-07:002015-07-22T15:06:30.602-07:00Poilievre as Performance Art - Week 221 - July 13-22<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a new theory. Pierre Poilievre is punking all of us. It's performance art. I mean...it can't be real. Can it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The National Post points out that he's <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/pierre-poilievres-website-says-canada-not-built-on-freebies-as-mp-criss-crosses-country-handing-out-cheques">waltzing around the country handing out cheques</a>, while his website suggests Canada is not about "freebies". Which is an excellent time to bring up the question - what is this child subsidy increase other than wealth redistribution? Why are they so happy and bragging about something that they claim to actively despise? How is taking taxpayer money from everybody and giving it to a select group of people good this time around, but awful every other time?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not only that, but he showed up at a press conference <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-s-shirt-choice-for-promoting-uccb-raises-eyebrows-1.3160023">wearing a Conservative logoed Golf shirt</a>. In what world is that "non partisan"? Not to mention the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-s-hunt-to-hand-out-3b-in-child-care-cheques-1.3145203">hours of government time and resources we've pumped into this insane display by the Cons</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This article has an interesting take on things. But...I mean...<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tory-suburban-ridings-gain-the-most-from-enriched-child-benefits-cp-analysis-1.2476675">of course the benefits are largely going to the people that voted in the Conservatives in the ridings that voted for them</a>. That's the whole point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-of-canada-cuts-benchmark-interest-rate-to-0-5-1.3152673">Interest rates are dropping</a> (<a href="http://www.bnn.ca/News/2015/7/14/Rate-cut-could-fuel-housing-correction-Royal-LePage.aspx">even some Real Estate orgs think this is a bad idea</a>). <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-dollar-drops-to-lowest-level-since-2004-1.3163316">The dollar is in the tank</a>. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deficit-projected-for-federal-government-this-year-1.3163097">And our surplus has turned into a deficit</a>? Steady hand! Steady hand!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wai Young deserves to not be in a position of authority. <a href="http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/07/14/canadian-spies-knew-about-bomb-on-air-india-plane-conservative-mp-wai-young-2/#.VaZ_-flVhBe">Re-writing the history of the Air India bombing is an insult to any family member of the victims</a>. Claiming that <a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/conservative_mp_says_bill_c51_reflects_the_teachings_of_jesus">Jesus would support your Big Brother bill is just funny</a>. Lucky for us, <a href="http://www.straight.com/blogra/487626/conservative-mp-wai-young-could-lose-seat-vancouver-south-poll-suggests">her poll numbers are on the ropes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rona Ambrose is <a href="http://www.straight.com/blogra/487626/conservative-mp-wai-young-could-lose-seat-vancouver-south-poll-suggests">pumping more money into Reefer Madness ads</a>. Another $1.5 Million. Let them eat advertisements!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I thought and East pipeline was Mulcair's fucking idea? <a href="https://ricochet.media/en/521/mulcair-on-energy-east-we-are-against-that-pipeline">Now he's against it</a> (maybe)? </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-trudeau-refuses-outright-support-for-energy-east-pipeline-1.3159728">Trudeau decides to sit on the fence for a bit</a> as well. Which is probably a good thing, seeing as there's a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nexen-pipeline-leak-in-alberta-spills-5-million-litres-1.3155907">massive pipeline spill in Alberta right now</a>. But I thought these things were <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2117570/alberta-oil-spill-when-failsafe-leak-detection-systems-fail/">supposed to be safe</a>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/companies-admit-illegal-contributions-to-peter-penashue-campaign-1.3158576">Some companies have admitted to making illegal donations to Peter Penashue</a>. Of course, they'll receive no punishment.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-scientists-are-in-insite-works/">Macleans digs into Insite and determines that it really is saving lives</a>. Psssh. Science.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ha ha ha ha. Women don't get higher paying jobs? Well, <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2115710/conservative-mps-take-on-wage-gap-choose-better-paying-jobs/">they're just choosing the wrong jobs</a>! They just all need to stopy being such low paid teachers, social workers, etc. and need to step up to become Engineers and CEO's. Thanks for the advice, Conservative MP Joan Crockatt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joyce-murray-first-nation-newspaper-apologize-for-sobriety-grad-ad-1.3153724">Joyce Murray will probably come out okay from her "Sobriety" gaffe</a>. Maybe all it takes is admitting some kind of responsibility and telling the truth about what happened?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-analysis-finds-conservatives-unique-from-ndp-liberal-green-supporters-1.3154617">Facebook did an analysis and concluded that Conservatives are terrible people</a>. Christian Rock? Two and a Half Men? Fast and the Furious? Egads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of ha ha ha ha. A Conservative MP sent out a press release in draft form, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/scott-armstrong-s-mistakenly-sent-release-reveals-fill-in-the-blanks-method-1.3162959">highlighting how it's all just paint by numbers</a>. I mean, of course it is. But funny.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndp-releases-its-nastiest-attack-ad-yet-as-part-of-major-push-to-knock-tories-in-key-ridings">The NDP released a new series of attack ads, highlighting law breaking Conservative politicians</a>. It's generated an interesting discussion. What is an attack? Is it still an attack if it is true? What is a personal attack? The National Post story isn't very even-handed in their analysis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like this has come up quite a few times. The Cons have gerrymandered easy ridings and the incumbents are scrambling to get the nomination in what they view will be easier battles. <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tory-minister-lynne-yelich-loses-bid-to-run-in-new-sask-riding-1.2468228">But they keep losing</a>!</span></span><br />
<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-60186424348701811642015-07-13T21:46:00.001-07:002015-07-13T21:46:48.816-07:00We'll show you - Week 220 - July 6-13<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="http://www.canada.com/News/canada/Medals+wrongly+issued+after+Afghan+suicide+Lawson+tells+parents/11195445/story.html">The military went out of their way to write to the parents of a soldier who committed suicide to let them know that he didn't deserve the medals he was awarded</a>. They're going to let them keep the medals
though. They've only taken away all the meaning behind them. And no, it didn't have anything to do with the family embarrassing the military by loudly asking for things which they were owed.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Steve is getting the spin out on this "downturn". <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/11/harper-says-canadian-economy-in-downturn-due-to-negative-global-trends.html">Global trends</a>! Not even a steady hand on the tiller could fix this mess! Until the election, of course. I mean...somehow, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2015/07/06/canada-in-recession-rate-cut-likely-td.html">we're the only G7 nation in recession</a>... Remember whe <span>Joe Oliver claimed we'd only have one bad quarter. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/07/canada-doesnt-need-new-measures-to-boost-economy-finance-minister-joe-oliver-says.html">Now he's claiming all will be well by years end</a>. Don't rock the boat!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Fine by me. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-may-cut-canada-out-of-pacific-rim-trade-deal-sources-1.3147300">US threatens to keep Canada out of the TPP</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another cluster with military procurement. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-s-cf18-bases-won-t-have-radar-units-replaced-as-55m-deal-cancelled-1.3145196">A radar procurement is abruptly cancelled</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gatecrashers in the Canadian embassy during the Ukraine uprising? A tale of two headlines:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">CBC - <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-embassy-used-as-safe-haven-during-ukraine-uprising-investigation-finds-1.3148719"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Canadian embassy used as safe haven during Ukraine uprising, investigation finds</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">National Newswatch -</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/07/12/cp-investigation-canadas-embassy-in-ukraine-used-as-pawn-in-2014-uprising/#.VaNBjvkV2Sr">Canada’s embassy in Ukraine used as pawn in 2014 uprising</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I understand this argument - If we start charging for water, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nestl%C3%A9-should-not-be-charged-more-for-b-c-water-urges-former-mla-judi-tyabji-1.3149676">we open the door under NAFTA for all kinds of bullshit</a>. Still. There has to be
some way to structure this deal so that we get more than a few hundred
dollars per year out of massive water users. I mean...we'll lose all
our water if we start charging for it so better give it away for free?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Christy
inserted a nice poison pill into the Petronas LNG contract.
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-protected-from-tax-hikes-for-25-years-in-deal-with-b-c-government-1.3140704">Compensation to Petronas if royalties or specific taxes go up in the next 25 years</a>! Holy
fuck! What a deal! For Petronas.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Pierre
Poilievre has somehow started to argue that <a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201507/08/01-4884108-harper-est-un-rempart-contre-une-crise-comme-en-grece-dit-poilievre.php">Stephen Harper will prevent us from becoming Greece</a>? You may have to translate the link.</span> He also claims that the increased child tax benefit is <a href="http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/07/12/poilievre-flogs-enhanced-child-care-benefit-as-boost-to-the-economy/#.VaSOPPkV2Sr">going to be a huge boost to the economy</a>. What a wizard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The
Senate Security and Defence Committee wants to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senators-want-no-visit-list-to-bar-ideological-radicals-from-canada-1.3143072">ban 'ideological radicals' from Canada</a>. Love to see who they think should create the
list.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="http://boingboing.net/2015/07/10/how-seattles-economic-boom-i.html">An interesting article on how Seattle is being ruined by the tech boom</a>.
Vancouver is mentioned in the boingboing link. Interesting that we
have no corresponding boom to go along with the ruination of our City.
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a government presided over a doubling in the price of food, it would be
viewed as monstrous. If it doubles the price of housing, it it lionized
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new refugee health care programs are so convoluted, <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2082760/refugee-health-cuts-even-those-who-qualify-get-turned-away/">nobody is getting treatment</a>. And I'm pretty sure increased bureaucracy does nothing to
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><a href="http://factscan.ca/rona-ambrose-drug-into-a-medicine/">Details of Rona Ambrose running fast and loose with her comments about marijuana and the Supreme Court</a>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-60200241353163049272015-07-06T15:43:00.000-07:002015-07-06T15:43:14.931-07:00Summer Boredom, early this year - Week 219 - June 29 - July 6<span style="font-family: inherit;">The timing of the revelation that the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-denies-tory-adviser-talks-ended-over-money-1.3132863">Cons offered Tom Mulcair a job is interesting</a>. And weird. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-s-tory-talks-why-the-story-s-back-again-and-who-benefits-1.3133761">Seeing as this story has been raised several times</a> <a href="http://blogs.canoe.com/davidakin/politics/yeah-yeah-heard-that-one-about-mulcair-and-his-talks-with-the-tories-a-review/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">over the years</a>. And now, <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/federal+Conservatives+back+Mulcair+explanation+2007+headhunting+talks/11187033/story.html">even the Cons are supporting what Mulcair has to say</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christy Clark's team sent out a self-congratulatory e-mail after the referendum loss, <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/07/06/Crashed-Van-Transit-Referendum/">celebrating their ability to keep a campaign promise</a>. Avoiding the topic of their chicken shit downloading of tough decisions to the citizens. Who surprisingly don't vote for tax increases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Manitoba-Tory-MPs-asked-to-repay-costs-for-flyers-310679431.html">Almost every Manitoba Con MP broke the rules by sending out partisan mailouts to constituents not in their riding</a>. Sad that it would have been okay if they were in their riding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons claim front line services have not been affected by cuts in Veterans Services. Apparently, <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/staffing-cuts-at-veterans-affairs-hit-frontline-service">even the minister know that is bullshit</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More dismal news for the F-35. It sucks really, really badly in dogfights. Not its key role, for sure. But still...<a href="http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-f-35-cant-beat-the-plane-its-replacing-in-a-dogfigh-1714712248">trounced by the plane it is replacing</a>? Yikes. Note, I found a detailed blog about why this doesn't matter, but it was so fucking boring I couldn't link to it.</span></span>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-50382995456011292802015-06-29T14:39:00.003-07:002015-06-29T14:40:46.534-07:00Propaganda - Week 218 - June 22-29<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Justin Trudeau continues not providing clear policy goals. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-i-ll-end-isis-combat-mission-restore-relations-with-iran-1.3124949"> End the Isis combat mission. Restore diplomatic relations with Iran</a>. What is he trying to say? Of course, t</span>he Conservatives have plunged to new depths in their response. Out of context quotes...blatantly mis-stating the truth...using ISIS imagery. Some speculate this might <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2078347/does-the-conservatives-new-ad-contravene-their-own-anti-terror-law/">contravene their own Bill C-51</a>. <a href="http://thinkpol.ca/2015/06/29/conservatives-isis-ad-violates-geneva-convention-opposition-says/">Another speculates that the use of images of POW's contravenes the Geneva Conventions</a>. It's "<a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2078347/does-the-conservatives-new-ad-contravene-their-own-anti-terror-law/">better than news</a>" though. Somehow. Truthiness, I guess. As well, <a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/2015/06/24/foreign-affairs-minister-nicholson-issues-partisan-attack-against-trudeau-from/42644">government ministers have taken to issuing partisan attacks on the subject using public resources</a>. And Steve has decided that <span style="background-color: white;">re-instituting diplomatic relations <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-says-justin-trudeau-wants-to-be-best-friends-with-iran-1.3127419">means "becoming best friends with Iran"</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">No shit. </span><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/06/24/canadian-muslim-leaders-wary-of-stephen-harpers-ramadan-meal-motives/" style="background-color: white;">"Canadian Muslim leaders wary of Stephen Harper’s Ramadan meal motives"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/06/22/trudeaus-comments-outrageous-and-offensive-uppal/" style="background-color: white;">Tim Uppal is angry about getting called out for calling out Muslim women</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dean Del Mastro. </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dean-del-mastro-sentenced-to-month-in-jail-4-months-house-arrest-for-election-overspending-1.3126992" style="background-color: white;">Sentenced to one month in jail</a><span style="background-color: white;">. I wonder how a "tough on crime" MP fairs in prison?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">We've talked about cuts to sex offender rehabilitation programs before. Maybe we're just framing it wrong? <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/government-cut-sex-offender-program-for-political-reasons-irwin-cotler-says?hootPostID=95aa47fa11b8cd155249cda7fe68b3d4">Conservative cuts cause child molesters to re-offend at a 75% higher rate</a> (<a href="http://thewalrus.ca/minding-the-monster/">the Walrus suggests even higher</a>). Maybe phrasing it like that will change the conversation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cons shovelled a lot more money into their own ridings from an infrastructure fund, than went into opposition ridings. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-infrastructure-fund-spending-favoured-conservative-ridings/article25172781/">On average, each Conservative riding received 48% more</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our good buddy Steve used to <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/06/29/Harper-Same-Sex-Marriage/">speak publically about how gay marriage was "vile and disgusting"</a>. Guess he didn't rainbowize his Facebook avatar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even the National Post seems to be <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/national-post-view-under-tories-the-census-has-become-indisputably-tainted">realizing that the loss of the mandatory long form census is a horrible thing</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leaked documents show that we really <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/leaks-reveal-how-ottawa-cultivated-ties-before-15-billion-saudi-arms-deal/article25105844/">sucked up to Saudi Arabia in pursuit of that big arms deal</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jason Kenney blames the military for not allowing opposition MP's onto military bases. <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/minister-not-military-decides-who-visits-canadian-forces-bases">Documents point out that the minister is the one with the final say</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ipolitics.ca/2015/06/26/harperpac-shuts-down-after-criticism-from-conservative-officials/">HarperPAC only lasted four days</a>. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/06/24/rise-of-canadian-pacs-corrodes-our-democracy.html">Lots</a> of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/what-election-rules-u-s-style-attack-time-comes-to-canada-1.3126670">articles</a> on the sad state of affairs that these PAC's hint at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every country seems to be clueing in that the TPP is a bad deal for regular citizens. <a href="http://www.cnet.com/au/news/blind-agreement-and-closed-door-deals-report-slams-tpp-negotiation-process/">This one has an Australian bent</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/key-emails-in-prime-minister-s-office-at-risk-of-deletion-report-finds-1.3126331">A report finds that the PMO is deleting e-mails that should be kept</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/seniors-going-bankrupt-in-soaring-numbers-1.3129176">many more seniors are going bankrupt these days</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like I said last week - the long gun registry data case is heating up. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-court-orders-government-rcmp-to-hand-over-quebec-gun-registry-data-1.3123519">A court orders the RCMP to turn over data</a>.</span><br />
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133229932455303226.post-10391360593611925302015-06-22T09:06:00.000-07:002015-06-22T09:06:23.603-07:00Your religion is different than mine - Week 217 - June 15-22I believe firmly in Tim Uppal's right to wear his turban wherever he pleases. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/turbans-ok-at-security-checks-but-not-niqabs-at-citizenship-oath-tim-uppal-1.3121331">I admire the hypocrisy of him asking Muslim women to remove their niqab's</a>. I'm saddened by the Harper government trotting Tim Uppal out to sell this for them.<br />
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Steve is going hard on Russia. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-says-harper-will-change-his-mind-on-russia-in-g8-if-u-s-tells-him-to-1.3121253">Vladimir doesn't seem to care all that much</a>. It's sad when you get called out as an American puppet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/industry-minister-james-moore-won-t-run-in-next-federal-election-1.2430746">James Moore</a> joins the <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/which-federal-party-has-the-most-mps-not-seeking-re-election-1.2431370">growing list of Conservative MP's</a> not running in the next election.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our top military man shows again that they just don't get it. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/06/16/canadas-military-chief-says-military-sex-harassment-due-to-biological-wiring-in-cbc-interview.html">Sexual assaults are a result of biological wiring</a>. There's not anything they can do about it. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-sexual-misconduct-due-to-biological-wiring-gen-tom-lawson-tells-cbc-news-1.3115993">Even the Cons can't defend this</a>.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-238-charleston-s-ame-church-the-blob-summer-books-driverless-trucks-more-1.3119902/will-suncor-s-driverless-trucks-put-alberta-truck-drivers-out-of-work-1.3119963">More details on driverless trucks on the Oil Patch</a>. Normally, I can understand automated technology. But this is different. This is a natural resource that belongs to the people. This is a company being allowed to do what it does based on the promise of jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs is all we are ever told as justification for this stuff. We are allowed to challenge this automation.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09020400136261222984noreply@blogger.com0