As possible Senate appointments?
One can hear the howls of outrage at this bullying display of non-partisan hackery already – Judy Leesawalaleesawissaleesa-Lees will lead with the pointy end of the flabbergast. Scott Reid will pen an op-ed for the Globe & Mail, calling for summary executions. Michael Ignatieff will take a few days to determine wind direction, then declare that when he is Prime Minister, it will be “appointments if necessary, but not necessarily appointments!”
And alone somewhere in a darkened room, Peter Mansbridge will sit waiting… waiting… for the phone call that he knows will never come.
As for my reaction, I’ve got fingers crossed that Chief Louie has been placed on the list to pave the way for a cabinet appointment, just for the head explosion entertainment value alone!
Yeah, and I bet Jane and Craig are waiting for a phone call, that they will never get either!
Wow, Clarence Louie would be a great choice!
But personally I’d rather see him in the house of commons.
Chief Louie would be an excellent choice – this is not a ‘lifer trough slop’, any appointees will agree to run for the job in an election or quit. The Sask person I would choose would be the ower of this website – please say yes if asked, Kate.
don’t forget Jeffrey Simpson suddenly taking on western conservative values that he never supported in the first place.
Ooooooh, I’m liking this. It’s not unheard of for senators to be appointed to cabinet positions, either. I say Indian Affairs. The dismantling of the Indian Industry can begin! Don’t wake me up. I’m enjoying this dream.
Chief Clarence Louie, I’m down with that. He rocks. Natives wouldn’t be half as hard up if their respective band councils were led by upstanding, clear-thinking individuals like Louie.
Do you think that the indignation, so venemonously expressed by Judy Washawaymylease, against Prime Minister Harper, about senate appointments, has anything to do with senate reform? Or is it that the senate seats being promised for Ed BroadBent, Lizard May, seperatists and various traitors and seditionists for their support of the Coalition of the Swilling will now be filled with Canadians and therefore out of reach of this gang of opportunists.
I like the way this Clarence Louis guy talks. Sounds like some Truth being told. “Get off your @ss.” Yep. Could use some of that kinda talk in lily white NDPee voting sections of Hamilton too.
Obviously he has no place in Parliament. ~:D
You have two options on these appointments.
You either make them unimpeachable appointments that make people go “wow”
or
You make them absolute jokes to discredit the place.
The inbetween road is putting a bunch of journalists in place, in other words hackery. Any journalist with a modicum of self respect would refuse a government reward.
None of the poison pen and TV hacks/journalists need hold their breath.
Chief Louie would be the ideal appointment.
Hoping retired Major Lew McKenzie gets the nod,’would be surprised if he isn’t one of the picks.
BTW, where is the Liberal smart ass Scott Reid lately? Has he been hauled in by Iggy the control freak since he wrote about killing the PM?
Although Chief Louie would undoubtedly make a good Senator, he’s more valuable running the Osoyoos bad, and demonstrating every day that you can be a success, if you forget about the “Native as victim” industry.
Yes, I’d like to see him in Parliament as well, as Minister of Native Affairs, or whatever it’s called now.
as long as they all understand they they will be expected to vote themselves out of a job in about 36 months by passing senate election legislation i don’t care who gets appointed.
Sorry, Nancy Greene is unsuitable. The infamous Mars bar wrapper incident proved that she’s an ecofascist. /sarc
dmorris:
Actually this is the guy who should be be the next – and last – minister of native affairs – too bad he doesn’t want to be in politics…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Helin
I will re-post my list for senate seats.
For good measure i yesterday emailed Colin Kenny the list as well.
PM harper must have aat least a dozen CC copies as well as a direct one.
These ar my nominees
………………….
Thi is Lorne Gunters copy..
Hey Lorne,
The current situation in parliament leaves Harper with no other alternative but to fill the vacant senate seats.
I have drawn up a list for him to nominate not necessarily in order of my preference with one exception and I have put her name at the top of my list.
Kate McMillan – blogger SDA from Saskatchewan (mensa)
Gwen Landolt -Real Women – smart conservative lady
Sandra Buckler – Former Harper aide – very smart
Carol Skelton – Former Saskatchewan MP (now retired)
Deborah Gray – Former Reformer – agile mind
Karen Selick – Libertarian – Family Law – very smart lady
Christie Blatchford – – Journo extraordinaire
Connie Fournier – Beleaguered Ontario blogger (Free Dominion)
Elsie Wayne – Former MP from NB. (age limit may be a problem here)
Irshad Manji – Muslim writer – smart cookie
Barbara Amiel – Journalist – Conservative journalist extraordinaire ( sharp mind)
Elizabeth Nickson – journo ( accused of plagiarism, but would still make as good or better senator than any current Lib or Red Tory)
Monte Solberg – Former conservative MP
Rahim Jaffer – Former conservative MP
John Reynolds – Former conservative MP
Ezra Levant – Good guy (freedom fighter)
Don Cherry – Salt of the earth and then some
Joe Clark – NAH, just kidding
I had your name in mind, but after reading your column, you sort of took yourself off the list.
There are I am sure some excellent conservative women who could fill the eighteen seats, and that is exactly what Harper should do.
Joe Molnar
Woodstock, ont.
Post Script.
Please not the CC list of this email , Lorne.
J.
Post Post Script:
You will notice I left Greenie Elizabeth May off the list,
I believe Citoyen Dion ( or even Iggy had her slated as their senate nominee.
J.
I was hoping the Prime Minister Harper would appoint 35 to 40 year old Conservative loyalists that sign a contract to quit the Senate if it becomes an elected institution. Someone with a potential of 40 years in the Senate should kick start the elected senate discussions amongst the electorate.
Kate- Bless you again! How great was your support for Chief Louie’s appointment to the senate. As a descendant of my ggggrandfather John Johnson, Indian scout for washington, I want to join you in your support for a rather distant kinsman on his road to Canada’s senate. What splendid acumen you display!
Not really related to topic but I think worth a post:
HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK:
1. Open a new file in your computer.
2. Name it “Jack Layton”.
3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
5. Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid of “Jack Layton?”
6. Firmly Click ‘Yes.’
7. Feel better?
GOOD! —– Tomorrow we’ll do “Gilles Duceppe”!
Pretty good list, Joe.Add Randy White, drop Nickson or Joe Clark.
I wrote the PM, too and suggested an ordinary Canadian who isn’t well known to the MSM and the general populace, as I think it’s important we have clear thinking, intelligent Canadians who don’t have celebrity status, who know the life of the ordinary Canadian.
We all know people like this, but when it comes to high office, we have a tendency to promote the well known, the “celebrities”, instead of the “everyday heroes”.
I haven’t heard back from the PM’s office, hope he didn’t put my suggestion in the Round File.
My recommendation is Gunney 99.
Chief Louis is the dream appointment. Not only will he have the opposition in a quandry as to how to complain without being “racist” but the man is a motivating self-starter and successful entrepeneur, without the pity me aboriginal attitude. I’d have him work for me or I’d work for him anytime.
Those not familiar with his history, I’d strongly recommend looking it up. It is quite interesting.
Harper’s hand was forced by the coalition.
No shame in making appointments. His time in office may be shorter than planned.
In the end, it’s who will accept?
If Nancy Greene doesn’t then maybe Ken Read?
Tranio:
LOL. I love that.
I’m going to send it to all my friends and relatives, and a few enemies too.
From BC I think it should be pig farmer and mass murderer Robert Picton. We are already paying his expenses for life and what do you think is a worse punishment – life in jail hanging with hard core criminals or life in the senate hanging out with a bunch of pasty politically correct useless douche bags?
My nomination to the Senate would be the sharpest political mind in recent Canadian history……Preston Manning.
Not so sure that he would accept, but he is, by far, the most qualified Canadian not holding office at the present time.
PS….giving a nod out to the troops in Afghanistan……it has been a rough month
GO ARMY!
VOTE REFORM!
Alberta votes for it’s senators kingstonlad. They might get a tad upset if someone decided to just bypass the process.
Yes, Atlantic Jim Alberta does vote for their senators. Jean Cretin and Paul Martin appointed liberal flunkies to the senate to represent Alberta instead of the duly elected ‘senators in waiting’. Which explains why after more than 20 years of senate elections in Alberta there is only 1 duly elected senate rep while the remaining 5 are political hacks and bagmen. The SENATE needs MAJOR reform as does the entire electoral system of Canada. Let’s face it, if the house of commons is for representation by population then each commons seat should represent aprox same number of citizens.
Sooooo, you agree with me. Great.
As a matter of fiscal prudence, Mr. Harper should suspend any further Senate appointments. How many hundreds of millions of dollars will 18 new senators, staff, and related transportation and other costs will Canadian taxpayers be hosed for?
I think this is a fair question…
I know that I’m boasting about myself but here is why I should be in the Senate.
1. I’m coming up to 67 years of age so I would be out after just 8 years.
2. Science degree in mathematics and physics, so I’m not a lawyer.
3. I worked in the information technology business for almost 20 years.
4. I now actively work in the Financial Industry
5. I lived and worked in Africa for 3 years so I have third world experience
6 Family man married for 42 years with two grown children
7 Active campaign worker for Conservative Party in Vancouver Quadra
8 I put myself forward as a candidate for the Reform Party back in the 1990s.
9 Finally I even like flying on Air Canada
It would be highly entertaining to witness a debate between Chief Louie and Lawrence Joseph, head of the F.S.I.N. Joseph is a perpetual whiner whose only answer to a problem is “more funding”. I guess you can’t really blame the guy though …. his entire career depends on keeping his own people dependent and and in a constant state of despair.
Louie’s obvious talents would be wasted in the Senate. The Senate is the ideal repository for useless slugs such as Mansbridge or May who have no known talents.
As for ConservativeConcerned’s question re fiscal prudence … the whole system stinks but Harper has to work within it. As has been pointed out numerous times, the Liberals or, god forbid, the Coalition of the Swilling would not hesitate to appoint senators if given the opportunity.
Yes, here in the Okanagan Valley we hear good things about Chief Clarence Louie.
Liberals would hate him though, because he doesn’t reward failure.
Don Cherry turns 75 this year, Joe… can’t serve.
Posted by: Yukon Gold at December 16, 2008 1:16 PM
“Don Cherry turns 75 this year, Joe… can’t serve.”
In that case Y G let’s nominate him for “Order of Canada” eh?
Nancy may want a tour of the Senate Wine Cellar before she would accept.
Jack Layton and his consensus have sent a letter to the GG, advising her that their ‘constitutional experts’ have declared that any appointments by Harper to the Senate are ‘unconstitutional’.
The reason is that they declare that he has ‘lost the confidence of the House’.
Of course, the FACT is that no such event has occurred. And second FACT is that this means that an Opposition government could block all and any Senate appointments by declaring that they have ‘lost confidence in the government’.
Oh, and a further FACT – the Constitution says nothing, absolutely nothing..that is..zilch, zero, nadda..about any nullification of the PM’s right to nominate Senators because his party has ‘lost the confidence of the House’.
Indeed, it says nothing about the PM’s nomination. The only individuals mentioned who have any right to ‘summon and appoint’ Senators a re, the Governor General and the Queen. Period.
Is there nothing Layton won’t do to try and get power? Nothing?
‘ve seen Chief Louie at many political gatherings and functions in southern Okanagan.
Sometimes it is fun to watch all the wannabes and panty types that want to push themselves to be seen talking to the guy, the feeling is that it increases their chances.
Louie is a tough guy, no doubt about it; you may say a warrior though in another sense. You can see him in places around Osoyoos, restaurants, conducting business. It is quite amazing the crowd he attracts to come to this place.
Sometimes you may think that it would be waste to have him in the senate, if you only look at the place. Nonetheless, Chief Louie will be an excellent choice for a senator; he may wake the place up. It would give him certain prestige to do what he wants to do. He already has the respect of those that know him.
It certainly is a dilemma, there is no doubt that Louie is very good at what he is doing. Downloading on the guy other responsibilities may distract from his task at hand.
On the other hand he may be severely useful in the senate.
As other already mentioned though, he would be much more useful in the HOC, industrial development or some such portfolio rather than Indian affaires. Louie could advise the PM to abolish the Indian affairs.
As for Layton talking stupid, that is what he does, there is no other purpose for this character in so far as his existence goes.
Even though I am an old army guy, and I have suffered many concussions, even I realize that Albertans would prefer to elect their senators.
But, since time is at a premium, and the ‘axis of idiots” are still a threat to bring down the government, we can worry about the semantics at a future date.
We are stuck with the rules as they now exist………get as many fiscal conservatives into the senate ASAP.
Cuz u know damn well the “coalition of the swilling” will do it for us if we hesitate.
An excellent choice in Chief Louie. He reminds of of Ed Big Plume, the Tsuu Tsinna nations Chief.
Both are excellent leaders by example. They have done much to increase the wealth of their tribes by prudent fiscal management and investment policies. They both advocate dry reserves, and expect their young people to do things with their lives.
My only concern would be who would replace them on a local level? They would both be hard to replace.
Does Alberta not have a “batting order” of who would be up next?
Jack Layton is becoming more pathetic and irrelevant by the hour.
If he had any credibility he’d do what he once spouted about doing,making Parliament work. Instead he’s still stuck on his pipe dream of getting a seat in Cabinet the only way he ever can in a crazy coalition. He’s putting himself and his party right out of contention and down to rump status where his brain appears to be.
Judy Washawhatever, NDP, has said appointing Senators is undemocratic. Guess she really hasn’t noticed that’s the way our Constitution and British Parliamentary system works and we are a democracy. She may not like it but that’s what we have. To change it would mean opening up the Constitution.
Our PM has a right and an obligation to fill the vacant seats and finally is going to do so. We can be assured he’ll give a great deal of thought to the matter and it will be beyond rewarding toadies.
I saw the Dipper’s Judy Washedupwhatever last night on a bit of Duffy and all I heard was a broken record of the same prattle no matter what the question was. It’s a wonder she didn’t invoke a “what would Tommy do” quote in all that jibberjabber.
A clear statement of the FACTS, Kingstonlad – thank-you – maybe the MSM and the Troika should treat themselves to a concussion if it would clear up the brain fog that lurks in the aforementioned quarter’s heads. Of course we all know that the show of ‘brain fog’ is designed to throw the citizens of Canada off the topic – here at SDA, Kate disperses any fog with a blast of reality – everytime. Think of what would happen in the senate if people like Kate, Chief Louis, Ezra, Dave Rutherford – or Mark Steyn – went in to mop up! The red haze would be cleared out to expose the cringing crooks under bright, blue Prairie skies. Shock and Awe!
Our PM thinks like you – my compliments to you both.
And, he says, he is milquetoast compared to his own mother when it comes to how today’s lazy aboriginal youth, almost exclusively male, should be dealt with.
“Rent a plane,” she told him, “and fly them all to Iraq. Dump ’em off and all the ones who make it back are keepers. Right on, Mom.”
–I see 2 senate seats there
The Canadian Labour Congress and its sockpuppet Jack Layton do NOT run my Canada.
You folks referring to Judy have got to get the spelling right: it’s Judy Washyourgreasyknees.
How did they get greasy? From kneeling at Jack’s altar, that’s how.
Chief Louie?
Isn’t he one of Mel Lastman’s illegitimate sons?
Hmmm … Senate Seats …. anyone know what Mike Harris is doing these days?
I turn 23 this coming year. Easily within the 45 year maximum. And in Ralph Goodale’s riding. Think a cage-match would with him would win me a senate election?
5. Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid of “Jack Layton?”
Posted by: tranio at December 16, 2008 10:00 AM
Tranio. Thank you. I literally burst out laughing while reading your post. Had I been drinking milk, it would have been forcefully spewed out through my nasal passages.