The Great Canadian Talk Show: Another woman voter demands NDP MP Pat Martin apologize for verbal attack
And just for the record, his poor attendance record has nothing to do with him spending time at his family’s hobby farm in British Columbia, he said.
Martin said he hasn’t been there in over two years. The Winnipeg Centre MP is recently divorced and says his ex-wife got the hobby farm in the divorce settlement. Despite rumours to the contrary, Martin says he still lives on Canora Street in Wolseley.
Tory MP Joy Smith (Kildonan-St. Paul) missed the most votes among Manitoba MPs. But she had a valid reason. She told the Winnipeg Sun her husband has been battling cancer for the past four years.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
StopThePave.org | Join the Wave Against the Pave!
StopThePave.org | Join the Wave Against the Pave!
The Gateway Project is the most environmentally threatening highway mega-project in British Columbia's history. It WILL affect our region's air quality and hasten global climate change. And it WON'T reduce traffic congestion.
• It will worsen the global climate crisis.
• It WON'T relieve traffic congestion.
• It will suck $4.5 billion from the regional transportation system.
• It makes a mockery of our Livable Region Strategic Plan.
• it will all end up as taxpayer debt.
• it will destroy ancient indigenous sites.
The Gateway Project is the most environmentally threatening highway mega-project in British Columbia's history. It WILL affect our region's air quality and hasten global climate change. And it WON'T reduce traffic congestion.
• It will worsen the global climate crisis.
• It WON'T relieve traffic congestion.
• It will suck $4.5 billion from the regional transportation system.
• It makes a mockery of our Livable Region Strategic Plan.
• it will all end up as taxpayer debt.
• it will destroy ancient indigenous sites.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I hate to say it...But...
I hate to admit it...but I don't think I am Liberal,and NOT Green,Not Socialist, and NOT Conservative.
Election 2011, a dark fiction;Atwood
Election 2011, a dark fiction - The Globe and Mail
“Just a minute!” you say. “You want me to commit to an unknown, very large sum? That’s not fair! And it’s not competent, either.” “More bickering!” he says. “We need stability!” “But I might have to go on paying huge sums for decades!” you say. “We’re already up to our necks in debt! I’ll have to give up other things – I won’t be able to pay for the doctor, or support for special needs, or drinking water, or care for the elderly, or the kids’ education, or … and what happens if there’s a pandemic, or a natural catastrophe such as an earthquake, and you’ve already spent the money that could have helped in a disaster?”
“You are a very negative person,” he says. “You are not welcome here
"I don’t want to pay for the vacuum cleaner,” you say. “You have to pay for it,” he says. “See, it says here on this document. Isn’t this your signature?” “Yes,” you say, “but the document’s been changed to mean the exact opposite of what I signed. If I altered a document like that, I’d end up in jail.” “You are double-plus not welcome,” he says. “I make the rules around here.”
“Just a minute!” you say. “You want me to commit to an unknown, very large sum? That’s not fair! And it’s not competent, either.” “More bickering!” he says. “We need stability!” “But I might have to go on paying huge sums for decades!” you say. “We’re already up to our necks in debt! I’ll have to give up other things – I won’t be able to pay for the doctor, or support for special needs, or drinking water, or care for the elderly, or the kids’ education, or … and what happens if there’s a pandemic, or a natural catastrophe such as an earthquake, and you’ve already spent the money that could have helped in a disaster?”
“You are a very negative person,” he says. “You are not welcome here
"I don’t want to pay for the vacuum cleaner,” you say. “You have to pay for it,” he says. “See, it says here on this document. Isn’t this your signature?” “Yes,” you say, “but the document’s been changed to mean the exact opposite of what I signed. If I altered a document like that, I’d end up in jail.” “You are double-plus not welcome,” he says. “I make the rules around here.”
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Manitoba Liberal Candidates
THE LAURIER CLUB OF MANITOBA
Presents a luncheon with
Your Liberal Candidates for election to the Parliament of Canada
Victor Andres - Kildonan - St. Paul
Rob Clement - Charleswood St. James Assiniboia
Terry Duguid - Winnipeg South
Sydney Garrioch - Churchill
Duncan Geisler - Selkirk - Interlake
Terry Hayward - Provencher
Kevin Lamoureux - Winnipeg North
Wendy Menzies - Dauphin - Swan River - Marquette
Anita Neville - Winnipeg South Centre
Ilona Niemczyk - Elmwood Transcona
Wes Penner – Brandon Souris
Raymond Simard - St. Boniface
Dr. M.J. Willard - Portage Lisgar
Allan Wise - Winnipeg Centre
7th Floor,Fort Garry Hotel,Friday April 15th,2011- Managed in high heels-yeh!!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Creekside: Bruce Carson : "stickhandling" the Afghan file
Creekside: Bruce Carson : "stickhandling" the Afghan fileThursday, April 07, 2011
Bruce Carson : "stickhandling" the Afghan file
Five times convicted fraudster Bruce Carson - currently under RCMP investigation for influence peddling and illegal lobbying of Indian Affairs to obtain a water filtration contract that would have netted his 22-year old fiancee 20% of sales - was granted a secret security clearance in 2006 by some "low level staffer", just so he could be Harper's "main player "and "point man" on the top secret and sensitive Afghanistan file.
"... starting in 2007, Carson was a regular participant in daily telephone briefings on Afghanistan involving senior officials from departments such as foreign affairs, defence, RCMP, justice and corrections. “It was evident to all the departments that he was the main player, Harper’s point man on the file,” said one source familiar with the briefings. “He was given the most sensitive file to work on."
So while Stockwell Day was braying in the House in 2007 that even to question the treatment of detainees was tantamount to treason, a convicted felon was briefing his Correction Services Canada inspections team in Afghanistan "on a daily basis" and possibly figuring out what to do about Corrections Canada requests for boots suitable for "walking through blood and fecal matter on patrol or in the prison".
While Harper has a national security adviser, it was left to Carson, chief policy analyst, to stickhandle the Afghan file on a daily basis. His focus was usually on how the mission was being communicated here in Canada rather than on developments in the field, the source said."
Ah yes, putting the happy face on war crimes :
Canadian diplomats in Afghanistan were ordered in 2007 to hold back information in their reports to Ottawa about the handling of the prisoners, say defence and foreign affairs sources. The instruction — issued soon after allegations of torture by Afghan authorities began appearing in public — was aimed at defusing the explosive human-rights controversy, said sources who spoke on the condition of
Bruce Carson : "stickhandling" the Afghan file
Five times convicted fraudster Bruce Carson - currently under RCMP investigation for influence peddling and illegal lobbying of Indian Affairs to obtain a water filtration contract that would have netted his 22-year old fiancee 20% of sales - was granted a secret security clearance in 2006 by some "low level staffer", just so he could be Harper's "main player "and "point man" on the top secret and sensitive Afghanistan file.
"... starting in 2007, Carson was a regular participant in daily telephone briefings on Afghanistan involving senior officials from departments such as foreign affairs, defence, RCMP, justice and corrections. “It was evident to all the departments that he was the main player, Harper’s point man on the file,” said one source familiar with the briefings. “He was given the most sensitive file to work on."
So while Stockwell Day was braying in the House in 2007 that even to question the treatment of detainees was tantamount to treason, a convicted felon was briefing his Correction Services Canada inspections team in Afghanistan "on a daily basis" and possibly figuring out what to do about Corrections Canada requests for boots suitable for "walking through blood and fecal matter on patrol or in the prison".
While Harper has a national security adviser, it was left to Carson, chief policy analyst, to stickhandle the Afghan file on a daily basis. His focus was usually on how the mission was being communicated here in Canada rather than on developments in the field, the source said."
Ah yes, putting the happy face on war crimes :
Canadian diplomats in Afghanistan were ordered in 2007 to hold back information in their reports to Ottawa about the handling of the prisoners, say defence and foreign affairs sources. The instruction — issued soon after allegations of torture by Afghan authorities began appearing in public — was aimed at defusing the explosive human-rights controversy, said sources who spoke on the condition of
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Good war resister news:
wmtc: good war resister news: positive decision in dean walcott's case!
Another Victory for War resisters in Federal Court: Federal Court judge orders new Humanitarian and Compassionate Application and Pre-Removal Risk Assessment for war resister Dean Walcott!
In a strongly worded decision, Justice de Montigny affirmed that the Immigration Officer who denied Dean’s application to stay in Canada did not adequately address his conscientious objections to the war and the harsh punishment he would face if deported to the United States.
The court made it clear that applications to stay in Canada on Humanitarian & Compassionate grounds cannot be properly addressed unless “the sincere moral and political objections that motivated” war resisters to refuse to participate in the Iraq war are taken into account.
The judge strongly affirmed that the long prison sentences and other harsh treatment given to war resisters who publicly speak out against the war amounts to persecution.
Another Victory for War resisters in Federal Court: Federal Court judge orders new Humanitarian and Compassionate Application and Pre-Removal Risk Assessment for war resister Dean Walcott!
In a strongly worded decision, Justice de Montigny affirmed that the Immigration Officer who denied Dean’s application to stay in Canada did not adequately address his conscientious objections to the war and the harsh punishment he would face if deported to the United States.
The court made it clear that applications to stay in Canada on Humanitarian & Compassionate grounds cannot be properly addressed unless “the sincere moral and political objections that motivated” war resisters to refuse to participate in the Iraq war are taken into account.
The judge strongly affirmed that the long prison sentences and other harsh treatment given to war resisters who publicly speak out against the war amounts to persecution.
Almost Forgot....
He paid his respects to Stanley Knowles, who first introduced the Canada Pension Plan in 1956; and the C.C.F...and wished every one the best in dealing with the Flood warnings. (Personally....the leaders have been organised since November...and the decision will be ,who and which land will be saved and flooded.) I wonder why the media left...It was not a political speech- but more a religious in tone..I might be wrong.. God give me strength to follow and to do the correct thing...
Strangest ending...to a speech...in Wpg.
Looking a bit disheartened,but very relaxed..after quoting Mathew Day about politics being local...he ended with"..And give me everything you've got!" Why??! He is a man who has everything in life! But when he said it he could not look at the crowd; and stepped down from the podium. Give him everything I have- he would not ask that of his own family- and yet he asks poor people like myself to give everything I have?? He sounds like the Catholic Church!! What then- I be penniless again; a pauper as I have lived for the past 40 years of my life!! Like Jamie/Annie...counting the days for the check to arrive. He has forgotten what it is like to be poor??// Or does he feel that is what has been asked of him...Really , I wish I could understand!!And what was Dan Vandel, doing at the head table? " He talks to all levels of Government ",was the reply. I felt so confused, and unable to help- that I forgot to order food for the week. A "Blow-up " picture/into a facial portrait is sad, yet a compassionate man. If visiting Winnipeg, dispirits him so much - he should do things which makes him happy! Because ,I think most/all want him to be Happy! Canada wishes him much happiness!!
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Tyee – Gary Doer's Startling Embrace of the Oil Sands
The Tyee – Gary Doer's Startling Embrace of the Oil Sands
In 2005, Business Week magazine named then-Manitoba premier Gary Doer one of the top 20 individuals on the planet fighting climate change. Six years later, Doer, now Canada's ambassador to the U.S., is considered one of the top oil sands salespeople in Washington, D.C.
Traveling to America's capital city late last February, I'd wanted to ask him about this apparent incongruity at the apex of a long and successful political career. The oil sands, after all, are Canada's fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.
They produce some of the planet's most carbon-intensive fuel.
How would Doer, once one of Canada's staunchest supporters of the Kyoto Accord, rationalize his new role, convincing American politicians their concerns about the oil sands are unfounded, telling them not to impose limits on rapid industry expansions?
I never got to ask Doer that question, but I came close. In the weeks leading up to my trip, the Canadian embassy and Alberta Washington office turned down nearly a dozen requests to set up an interview.
In 2005, Business Week magazine named then-Manitoba premier Gary Doer one of the top 20 individuals on the planet fighting climate change. Six years later, Doer, now Canada's ambassador to the U.S., is considered one of the top oil sands salespeople in Washington, D.C.
Traveling to America's capital city late last February, I'd wanted to ask him about this apparent incongruity at the apex of a long and successful political career. The oil sands, after all, are Canada's fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.
They produce some of the planet's most carbon-intensive fuel.
How would Doer, once one of Canada's staunchest supporters of the Kyoto Accord, rationalize his new role, convincing American politicians their concerns about the oil sands are unfounded, telling them not to impose limits on rapid industry expansions?
I never got to ask Doer that question, but I came close. In the weeks leading up to my trip, the Canadian embassy and Alberta Washington office turned down nearly a dozen requests to set up an interview.
Mackling,83 takes on Toews in Provencher
Mackling takes on Toews - Winnipeg Free Press
Mackling, 83, is seeking the federal NDP nomination in Provencher, the riding long held by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, Manitoba's senior federal Tory and former provincial justice minister.
Mackling said his frustration with the polarizing, "American-style" tactics and policies of the Conservatives are what drove him out of retirement.
"I'm running because I am very concerned about what's happening in Canada," Mackling said. "They are undermining all of the social fabric we have built over decades."
Mackling said he is most frustrated with tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations as well as the Conservatives' tough-on-crime agenda, which critics say is forcing the construction of more prison beds instead of focusing on preventing crime, rehabilitating criminals and curbing poverty.
"If I were a true-blue Conservative, I would resent a government that is ludicrously spending this kind of money on a dead end," Mackling said. "Sure, (criminals) have to answer for what they have done, but they have to come out of prison with some skills, not just an improvement in how they can commit crimes and get away with them."
Toews said he welcomed Mackling into the race and expected a good, clean campaign. He said he worked for Mackling as a provincial lawyer when Mackling was in cabinet.
"Al Mackling is a gentleman, and not to be underestimated," Toews said.
Mackling, 83, is seeking the federal NDP nomination in Provencher, the riding long held by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, Manitoba's senior federal Tory and former provincial justice minister.
Mackling said his frustration with the polarizing, "American-style" tactics and policies of the Conservatives are what drove him out of retirement.
"I'm running because I am very concerned about what's happening in Canada," Mackling said. "They are undermining all of the social fabric we have built over decades."
Mackling said he is most frustrated with tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations as well as the Conservatives' tough-on-crime agenda, which critics say is forcing the construction of more prison beds instead of focusing on preventing crime, rehabilitating criminals and curbing poverty.
"If I were a true-blue Conservative, I would resent a government that is ludicrously spending this kind of money on a dead end," Mackling said. "Sure, (criminals) have to answer for what they have done, but they have to come out of prison with some skills, not just an improvement in how they can commit crimes and get away with them."
Toews said he welcomed Mackling into the race and expected a good, clean campaign. He said he worked for Mackling as a provincial lawyer when Mackling was in cabinet.
"Al Mackling is a gentleman, and not to be underestimated," Toews said.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Doer,Tar Sands,& Alberta
Practical politics at work - Winnipeg Free Press
The irony of Gary Doer promoting Alberta's so-called dirty oil will not be lost on environmentalists, the same ones who sang his praises for protecting the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg by forcing Manitoba Hydro to build its new transmission line on the west side at much greater cost.
Any suggestion of hypocrisy, however, would be unfair because it is Mr. Doer's job, as Canada's ambassador to the United States, to promote the oil sands and the economic opportunity they represent.
The fact is, in the short time that he's been in the post, Mr. Doer has shown himself to be a master craftsman in the art of practical politics at the highest levels of international diplomacy. Manitobans already understood that the former premier was a skilled negotiator and communicator, but Canadians in general are only now getting a handle on our man in Washington.
On the oil sands, for example, Mr. Doer has been busy reminding Americans that their oil security and thousands of jobs would be lost if environmentalists win the argument that Alberta's crude is a major polluter and a blight on the planet.
As Allen Abel notes on the page opposite, the ambassador appeals to America's self-interest, rather than to the better angels of their nature. Like previous envoys, he has also discovered that he needs to repeat some basic truths, including the fact Canada is America's largest trading partner and its
The irony of Gary Doer promoting Alberta's so-called dirty oil will not be lost on environmentalists, the same ones who sang his praises for protecting the boreal forest on the east side of Lake Winnipeg by forcing Manitoba Hydro to build its new transmission line on the west side at much greater cost.
Any suggestion of hypocrisy, however, would be unfair because it is Mr. Doer's job, as Canada's ambassador to the United States, to promote the oil sands and the economic opportunity they represent.
The fact is, in the short time that he's been in the post, Mr. Doer has shown himself to be a master craftsman in the art of practical politics at the highest levels of international diplomacy. Manitobans already understood that the former premier was a skilled negotiator and communicator, but Canadians in general are only now getting a handle on our man in Washington.
On the oil sands, for example, Mr. Doer has been busy reminding Americans that their oil security and thousands of jobs would be lost if environmentalists win the argument that Alberta's crude is a major polluter and a blight on the planet.
As Allen Abel notes on the page opposite, the ambassador appeals to America's self-interest, rather than to the better angels of their nature. Like previous envoys, he has also discovered that he needs to repeat some basic truths, including the fact Canada is America's largest trading partner and its
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Wish I could write like this;Conscise and to the point.
Posted on April 2, 2011 in Toronto Centre
" This election is all about choice. A choice about vision and policies, a choice about character, what we want our politics and government to be about.
Liberals are talking real substantive change in this election, and the choice between us and the Conservatives.
How many times do I hear the refrain “you’re all the same…”
But in this election we’re not all the same. The Conservatives want to give the banks and the oil companies a tax cut right away, and make people wait for years before they get the same.
That’s just wrong.
The Conservatives want to spend $30 billion on new fighter jets without a competitive bid. Even the Pentagon is saying they’re too expensive.
The Liberals want to have a complete review, to see what we need, to spend what we can afford after a competition.
The Conservatives want to spend billions on megaprisons, “to lock ‘em up and throw away the key.” Liberals want to stop crime before it happens, deal with the addiction and mental health issues that are behind so much crime and violence, and not repeat the mistakes of our American neighbours.
The Liberal Party is proud of the way we have led the country in the past, our commitments to a prosperous and innovative economy, to learning, to social justice, to the environment and to Canada’s role in the world.
This election is about the future, the way we apply our knowledge that the world is becoming smaller and more competitive, as well as more complex.
The Liberal spirit is an optimistic one. We know that there are challenges ahead, but we our operating emotion is not fear. It is hope.
And so there is not just a contrast in policies, in the difference between nothing on health care and a plan on how to help families cope with ageing, in the difference on the environment and jobs. There is a difference of character.
The true character of the Conservatives comes out at night, in their ads. They speak the language of fear, of derision, of scorn. They tear down. For all of Mr Harper’s smiles (seen always at a distance) the ads show a sneer and even a snarl.
I don’t think Canadians will give into the scare tactics. We know that Michael Ignatieff is a good, thoughtful man. We know Canada is a caring country. We know the world is the place we need to make our living and our home.
Laurier talked of his “sunny ways.” In Toronto we speak of “Raes of sunshine.” We look forward to this campaign with hope and optimism, knowing our opponents are not our enemies, and confident in the result on May 2."
" This election is all about choice. A choice about vision and policies, a choice about character, what we want our politics and government to be about.
Liberals are talking real substantive change in this election, and the choice between us and the Conservatives.
How many times do I hear the refrain “you’re all the same…”
But in this election we’re not all the same. The Conservatives want to give the banks and the oil companies a tax cut right away, and make people wait for years before they get the same.
That’s just wrong.
The Conservatives want to spend $30 billion on new fighter jets without a competitive bid. Even the Pentagon is saying they’re too expensive.
The Liberals want to have a complete review, to see what we need, to spend what we can afford after a competition.
The Conservatives want to spend billions on megaprisons, “to lock ‘em up and throw away the key.” Liberals want to stop crime before it happens, deal with the addiction and mental health issues that are behind so much crime and violence, and not repeat the mistakes of our American neighbours.
The Liberal Party is proud of the way we have led the country in the past, our commitments to a prosperous and innovative economy, to learning, to social justice, to the environment and to Canada’s role in the world.
This election is about the future, the way we apply our knowledge that the world is becoming smaller and more competitive, as well as more complex.
The Liberal spirit is an optimistic one. We know that there are challenges ahead, but we our operating emotion is not fear. It is hope.
And so there is not just a contrast in policies, in the difference between nothing on health care and a plan on how to help families cope with ageing, in the difference on the environment and jobs. There is a difference of character.
The true character of the Conservatives comes out at night, in their ads. They speak the language of fear, of derision, of scorn. They tear down. For all of Mr Harper’s smiles (seen always at a distance) the ads show a sneer and even a snarl.
I don’t think Canadians will give into the scare tactics. We know that Michael Ignatieff is a good, thoughtful man. We know Canada is a caring country. We know the world is the place we need to make our living and our home.
Laurier talked of his “sunny ways.” In Toronto we speak of “Raes of sunshine.” We look forward to this campaign with hope and optimism, knowing our opponents are not our enemies, and confident in the result on May 2."
The 6 lane highway of KSP
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