tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.comments2023-10-10T05:02:26.827-07:00WesternGritWesternGrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-87871634900960094692013-04-28T10:41:51.712-07:002013-04-28T10:41:51.712-07:00The first question should have been 'Have you ...The first question should have been 'Have you seen the new ads?' before asking for peoples' opinions of them.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046805109275007596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-46897680400942387012012-07-17T14:21:40.802-07:002012-07-17T14:21:40.802-07:00It's not a job creator if the jobs that are cr...It's not a job creator if the jobs that are created are there because the government funds the project.<br /><br />I'm not going to defend Clement's record or any of the other stupid spending decisions that this and other governments makes.<br /><br />Just because there is an unneccessary project funded elsewhere doesn't give this unnessesary project any more merit.<br /><br />You will always find a handful of people who will argue that their pet project and labour of love somehow fits into the essential services purview of the federal government. <br /><br />A line has to be drawn somewhere.Frungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043359335102247574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-3724122003200641962012-07-17T14:21:24.864-07:002012-07-17T14:21:24.864-07:00It's not a job creator if the jobs that are cr...It's not a job creator if the jobs that are created are there because the government funds the project.<br /><br />I'm not going to defend Clement's record or any of the other stupid spending decisions that this and other governments makes.<br /><br />Just because there is an unneccessary project funded elsewhere doesn't give this unnessesary project any more merit.<br /><br />You will always find a handful of people who will argue that their pet project and labour of love somehow fits into the essential services purview of the federal government. <br /><br />A line has to be drawn somewhere.Frungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043359335102247574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-80574546646213961252012-05-19T13:43:23.437-07:002012-05-19T13:43:23.437-07:00Irregularities? Ya. That's what they're ca...Irregularities? Ya. That's what they're callin' it today. Never met a Con interested in a level playing field, yet. I mean, from my experience, anecdotally, the only way they can win, is cheat.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05479405016479714197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-26088876965824814002012-05-19T09:20:00.720-07:002012-05-19T09:20:00.720-07:00No, we always hear about irregularities it's j...No, we always hear about irregularities it's just in this case the margin of victory was so low that the irregularities became significant. It's incredibly ironic that Liberals fought so hard against any suggestion of tightening the voter identification laws saying, among other things, the incidence was so low yet here they are trying to overturn an election based on those same irregularities they were so willing to accept just a few months ago.The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-87679038844364687212012-03-19T15:03:00.592-07:002012-03-19T15:03:00.592-07:00They succeed because the media - TV and press - ar...They succeed because the media - TV and press - are chasing wildly over the new shiny thing (the ads) the Tories waved in front of them, instead of focusing on the suppression of votes in the last election and the increasingly more probable chance that the election was stolen.CuriosityCathttp://puzzledcat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-87557970185152274392012-03-19T13:38:25.891-07:002012-03-19T13:38:25.891-07:00My god you guys bitch and moan alot. Your at 3rd ...My god you guys bitch and moan alot. Your at 3rd party status, your leader is a much disliked ex NDP Ontario Premier, and, this is what gets your back up? You continue to get sucker punched by the CPC and you continue to complain to anyone who will listen how much getting sucker punch hurts. And spare me the "we're better then that" attitude. Jean Chretien won a majority by telling the voters he was going to cancel the hated GST...he knew he was never going to cancel it, but, he was willing to sucker punch the CPC to win..and he won. Either wallow in the political mud or stay a 3rd party, but, the "woa is me" is really getting tired, and, getting you guys no where.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-32929583094158046322012-02-17T08:21:36.508-08:002012-02-17T08:21:36.508-08:00I fully agree with the writer and also with Carmic...I fully agree with the writer and also with Carmichael. What astonishes me is that so few immigrants speak out about Harper and the direction he is "leading" us in. Millions of us came to a rock-solid DEMOCRATIC country and not some incipient dictatorship; in fact, many of us came here to escape from one of those. Why is there no outcry?ijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03875036083583562901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-28728787445435976412012-02-17T08:10:43.263-08:002012-02-17T08:10:43.263-08:00I fully agree with the writer and also with Carmic...I fully agree with the writer and also with Carmichael. What astonishes me is that so few immigrants speak out about Harper and the direction he is "leading" us in. Millions of us came to a rock-solid DEMOCRATIC country and not some incipient dictatorship; in fact, many of us came here to escape from one of those. Why is there no outcry?ijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03875036083583562901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-37316199037621952392012-02-16T20:02:20.210-08:002012-02-16T20:02:20.210-08:00This is well written, and I agree with what you wr...This is well written, and I agree with what you wrote about Justin..but the people should really know about 'The Northern Foundation' that Harper founded, and full of Nazis..would make one throw up!Aniehttp://google.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-67270311704999913572012-02-16T19:38:27.005-08:002012-02-16T19:38:27.005-08:00Jaysus, but I'm glad to read someone of the ce...Jaysus, but I'm glad to read someone of the centre/left not kowtowing to the media and Con hackwebbery. <br /><br />All the whingeing and cringing and apologia emanating from the majority of the centre/left is truly nauseating. <br /><br />If Harper wins another majority I will be considering finding a way to abandon this sad, benighted fractured country myself. Another 5 years beyond 2015 and there will be nothing left of the country I've loved and I wouldn't have the stomach to stay and watch it become more Kansas than Kansas. Especially when IT DIDN'T HAVE TO FUCKIN' HAPPEN BUT FOR THE IDIOTIC, ARROGANT STUBBORNNESS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NDP AND LPC.Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516990599047585574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-55552178201704189892012-02-16T18:09:09.424-08:002012-02-16T18:09:09.424-08:00One thing is for sure. If Harper was PM during tho...One thing is for sure. If Harper was PM during those referenda the country would not have Quebec in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-24050363541786315212012-02-10T13:10:28.397-08:002012-02-10T13:10:28.397-08:00Most Seniors NOW living on OAS and GIS ARE living ...Most Seniors NOW living on OAS and GIS ARE living below the poverty line who cannot afford to go to a dentist .. when are people in this country going to GET that? OAS and GIS is NOT a HANDOUT...they and we who are just below 65 PAID for this with our TAXES. T his money ought to have been in a fund right from the get go....Mr. Harper do it now.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-15479601709765605372012-01-08T05:00:15.694-08:002012-01-08T05:00:15.694-08:00I have been a Liberal, as were my parents, for man...I have been a Liberal, as were my parents, for many years,,I am not a fan of the Ndp(especially Ontario Ndp) and did not admire MrLayton as I never forgave him for voting down Mr.Martin but after following numerous pollsters who I now consider fraudsters...I voted NDP may 2.2011 in order to stop Conservatives in Ontario which backfired and gave him a majority. Added to that the arrogance of Michael Ignatieff when speaking to Mr.Layton dumbfounded me...he said to Mr Layton that his party had never been in power and treated him badly in several of his speeches. Now I did not believe in Mr.Laytons sainthood profile but thought he had just about the same chance as anyone else in a democracy. The next time something like this happens..I will not vote. signed GrampaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-71505139805388692312012-01-07T20:41:44.113-08:002012-01-07T20:41:44.113-08:00Any political observer understands how history has...Any political observer understands how history has shown savvy Ontario voters mirroring patterns in Ontario. Experts believe this occurs as most Ontarians realize how much the economic and political well-being of their province relies on the political choices of the Quebequois...WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-85782936935725538572012-01-07T18:24:27.582-08:002012-01-07T18:24:27.582-08:00Please explain how the Jack Layton Quebec surge si...Please explain how the Jack Layton Quebec surge simultaneously affected Ontario?bocanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09864750868132567620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-19532943673707561972012-01-07T18:21:28.551-08:002012-01-07T18:21:28.551-08:00How can two simultaneous political surges directly...How can two simultaneous political surges directly affect each other?bocanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09864750868132567620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-33224491424587160562011-12-23T00:13:49.724-08:002011-12-23T00:13:49.724-08:00Harper was right to dump the Kelowna Accord. It d...Harper was right to dump the Kelowna Accord. It did nothing, but a promise to throw more after bad. <br /><br />The problem with Attawapiskat and like communities is A) not knew B) is not due to a lack of funding and is C) not due to mismanagement of funds. The problem stems from the fact that such communities are utterly economically unviable and the legal relationship crown and Canadians native people's is absurd. ( The income gap between those Status Indians living on reserve vs those status Indians living off reserves is huge. In terms of median income, it is just under $6000 a year. Furthermore, whereas median income for those living off reserves has increased rapidly since 1995, median income for those living on reserves is stagnate.) In any other context this would be self evident. Indeed, imagine if the government happened to, oh, legally define what it means to be Chinese, created a department of Chinese affairs, created Chinese rights, reserved land for Chinese so defined and exempted Chinese living on reserve land from paying taxes of any kind. No one would doubt that is a recipe for disastrous social relations. So, why would anyone doubt the same about Native Affairs, native rights and native reserves?<br /><br /><br />The problem is the only possible way out this mess, viz., abolishing native rights, abolishing the Indian Act and privatizing reserve lands, has been forever blocked by section 35 of the Constitution -- a decision, by the way, that renders Trudeau's time in office an abject failure. So long as this absurd legal relationship exists, an Attawapiskat like situation will rear its ugly head every three or four years. When that happens, the Liberals will cry shame, throw in some reference to the third world and demand more funding. The Conservatives, meanwhile, will point to mismanagement.Kobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407275645274060038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-16931851432141390092011-07-12T22:23:14.487-07:002011-07-12T22:23:14.487-07:00Often people don't vote for what is in their b...Often people don't vote for what is in their best interest. There is a LOT more to Liberal misfortunes in the West than the very existence of the party. A few decades ago the LPC was a major player in the rural West. Currently - seat count notwithstanding - the LPC is still a factor in every major urban area in the West - without, perhaps, Calgary. The Liberals used to be THE force with many Western farmers. That vote has slipped away for various reasons. <br /><br />Liberals ALWAYS discuss the West - because millions of us live and vote here. Our love for our home Provinces is only exceeded by our love for Canada as a whole. THAT is the defining difference between we Liberals and Conservatives. Cons tend to think VERY selfishly local - while Liberals have a nation-building mind-set.WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-44122143435824946782011-07-12T06:59:40.417-07:002011-07-12T06:59:40.417-07:00No Lib should discuss what is good or bad for the ...No Lib should discuss what is good or bad for the West.<br /><br /> Want proof? Check the results of the last dozen federal elections west of Ontario. Hmm, I see a lack of credibility there? No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-28688034608221733392011-06-28T08:23:07.434-07:002011-06-28T08:23:07.434-07:00No Parliament can restrict the ability of a future...No Parliament can restrict the ability of a future Parliament to legislate. To conflate changes to the way the Wheat Board works (say, like removing Barley sales ... Hey! Wasn't there a plebiscite on that?) and the absolute right of Parliament to change the law is tortuously wrong. Don't let the lies kick you on the way out...The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-71550957245964863242011-06-27T15:49:51.611-07:002011-06-27T15:49:51.611-07:00Didn't Bennett( a Conservative)start up the Wh...Didn't Bennett( a Conservative)start up the Wheat Board? The Government doessn't own the Wheat Board, If not mistaken, don't the farmers own it? How can Harper get away with this?Anniehttp://google.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-14432379949689129182011-06-18T18:11:02.615-07:002011-06-18T18:11:02.615-07:00I don't understand why Liberals would be as fe...I don't understand why Liberals would be as fearful of attack ads next time around. The hit jobs on Dion and Ignatieff occurred because they were the primary Conservative opponents. Won't the attack money be spent smearing Jack Layton next time around?<br /><br />That's not meant as a dig, just as an acknowledgement of the new (hopefully temporary) political reality.Will Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-18910623808848948292011-06-18T15:52:26.721-07:002011-06-18T15:52:26.721-07:00We definitely need to wait, but not too long. try ...We definitely need to wait, but not too long. try to get the Party together first.A Eliz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11088834823455226692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-90190598149936302942011-06-18T11:51:00.711-07:002011-06-18T11:51:00.711-07:00Postpone it. 2006 we only had a year before leader...Postpone it. 2006 we only had a year before leader chosen. In 2008 it was but a few months. We need renewal first.thescottross.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632822060893291800noreply@blogger.com