Don’t be so hard on him…
Recent releases show the Liberals raised less funds than the Conservatives in 2008. A lot less! So perhaps Michael Ignatieff can explain why he donated a grand sum of $0 in 2008, a year the Liberals under Stephane Dion were trying to topple the Harper government.
I don’t think foreigners are permitted to make political contributions under Canadian law.
Besides, if you’ve been paying attention to Canadian media lately, it’s only a matter of time before the Natural Governing Party will be back in a position to get everything they need through Public Works. Iggy’s so confident, he’s got the memo boy on stand by!
h/t Bourque.
Update – trusty commentor Ted shares this intriguing rumour… Michael Ignatieff’s contributions are not in the Elections Canada database as they have been funneled through an organization known to party insiders only as “the Laurier Club” … developing…
(PS.. would someone down there help Ted get the fishhook out of his mouth?)
“Methinks the proletariat doth protest too much”- King Iggy
He’s got the memo boy on stand by…..and a few brown bags full of cash in the wings.
he’s got the memo boy on stand by….and a stack of brown bags in the wings waiting to be stuffed with cash from the the taxpayer trough (courtesy of EEEEEEEVIL Alberta!).
Liberal leadership doesn’t spend their money . . . that’s their entitlement.
They Believe they are entitled to spend your money while they get paid by using your money . . you know, entitled to entitlements.
It is the Liberal way.
Proves most people are too smart or too cheap to donate to the party. Mind, they haven’t done much to earn it so maybe the supporters are waiting ’till they unpark from a sharp stick and ask them what they want.
Harper should have slipped in the cut in taxpayer per vote funding , the lieberals probalbly read the bill as close as Taliban Jack. He didnt need to read it as he was voting against it anyway.
Danny Williams intrepretation,
All Equalization should be equal but some folks equalization should be more equal than others.( paraphase from George Orwell )
Liberal Party Recycling Memo:
Bring lunch to work in brown paper bag.
Do Not dispose of bag.
While fund raising, use brown paper bag by placing it on head before seizing taxpayer money.
Do not dispose of bag.
Use brown paper bag to distribute money to Liberal friends.
Do not dispose of bag.
Bring it back home for your next lunch.
NB: Do not use plastic bags. While it may keep CO2 from causing global warming, you may suffocate while seizing taxpayer money. Besides some places are now charging a nickel a bag.
Who cares where Iggy spends or doesn’t spend his money?
I send my hard-earned money to causes and charities I believe in.
That’s good enough for me.
If you’re prone to find faults in others, start by looking in the mirror.
When you look in the mirror do you see a halo around your head?
Ghost:
No, I see an imperfect human being.
And you?
I see a liberal behind me with a gun to my head.
Ghost:
Wow! What an imagination.
You do have control over your own dignity, don’t you?
Oh, I’ll keep my dignity despite liberal efforts to steal that too.
Ghost:
Sounds like you have many positive attributes.
Those are what will define you and make you a successful human being.
The pursuit of undignified juvenile taunting, gossip and character assassination are best left to the left. They do immaturity pretty good.
SYF,
Do you even read what you write?
“Only sends money to causes or charities I belive in”
By your own comments you tell us Iggy does not beleive in the party he now leads. Yeah that’ll work
“Only sends money to causes or charities I belive in”
lol point set match
My apologies for wandering off-topic so early in this thread, but I have to go out, and I just found this, and I simply must share it. (Apparently it’s a “classic”, but I missed it the first time.)
I suggest that you have a change of pants ready.
Islamic technology meets German engineering
At the very least he should be committing the maximum allowed under contribution limits which is actually not that much. If you believe in something you support it. The leaders of the other parties of done that (not sure about May) – $1,000 out of their pockets is not that much (given their salaries and benefits)
Perhaps any day now we’ll see a marathon telethon on the CBC, raising funds for the Liberals, the air time paid entirely by taxpayers. Though there would of course be an outrage, I would actually love to see it happen … as long as a broad spectrum of e-mails sent into them were published on-air. SDA regulars who have a field day!!
Just curious – how much did Stephen Harper donate to the CP? and where does this information reside? – it would be neat to see what others have donated.
Gord…check out the first link.
“Memo boy” (snicker). Add that to the CV, along with coffee-fetching. Probably sent out for some cat chow mein takeway the odd time or two.
Just a wild guess, but would seem likely that Iggy is putting any spare pennies against his leadership campaign tab.
Speaking of leadership tabs, Dion must also have a bit of a headache in that area.
Most asked question in sponsorship fiasco; “Will that be paper or plastic”.
Ken:
My point being is what’s it our business to tell Iggy where to spend his money?
If you accept the premise that we should tell Iggy where to spend his money, then Iggy would be totally justified in telling you where to spend your money
Capice?
“that we should tell Iggy where to spend his money”
You completely missed the point. Nobody cares where iggy spends his money, we’re laughing at the fact he doesn’t spend it on his party. I don’t care if it’s a flaw in his character, I’m just interested in what it says about him; matter of fact, i applaud his good judgment.
And, secondarily, this would be regarded as a great chuckle if it was Harper.
hudson:
When you laugh, does that make you superior … or does is just make you FEEL superior?
Just asking.
My apologies for wandering off-topic so early in this thread, but I have to go out, and I just found this, and I simply must share it. (Apparently it’s a “classic”, but I missed it the first time.)
I suggest that you have a change of pants ready.
Islamic technology meets German engineering
Posted by: Darrell at February 4, 2009 4:08 PM
Thanks for sharing that Darrell. Bloody hilarious video. Does this make it official then? Is terrorism now officially funny? 😉 (And, just so nobody takes me the wrong way, I’m making a reference to an old South Park episode when AIDS officially became funny).
oops…
in a related issue the maximum per person is far too low. The CP had a convention this year and the limit caused real problems for some people. $5000 – indexed – non-deductible and with no subsidy attached would be more appropriate.
(personally i think there should be no limit whatsoever (and no party loans) – with everyone’s contribution being done by interac (no cash) and instantly published on a public elections canada website, but that isn’t likely anytime soon.)
SYF,
I accept your premise, I don’t want to tell him where to spend his money that is his choice and only his choice. But what does it say that he does not believe enough in the party he leads that he can’t give even the meagrest(Sp?) amount.
On the second point, I as a voter and citizen of Canada have the express duty and responsibilty (through the voting process) to tell him where to spend my money, as he would be receiving almost 40% of it. If you don’t want to beleive me, just ask Iggy; isn’t that the excuse that allowed him to let his 6 NFLD members vote against this budget
Slainte
Not the brown envelopes again. Was there a difference in shade between the Karl Heinz envelopes and those to which you refer?
I don’t know what you’re gripeing about anyway.Change the sweater, and absorb the grimaces that pass for smiles, and what’s the diff?
Both spent the bulk of their past lives philosophizing on how to maintain an Empire, without actually spending a day in the trenches. Think about it. Neither are leading in relation to the current global economic crises. That should tell people something. Both are simply waiting for others to lead so they can react and in some way that appears appropriate, and allows them to save political face.
Harper even had to take a time out. Purpose of which was to follow Obama’s lead. I’m not criticizing that as such, but I think it would be good for Canadians to understand this for what it was. The tail waited for the dog to tell it when to wag.
Lastly, quit leaving your droppings on Obama, he is an ordinary guy like most of us, cepin’ he is half black. Ya so? Give him a chance. You all thinks Harper is ok cause he isn’t from the elite, well neither is Obama. You think the cards aren’t stacked against him? You think this happened by accident?
You believe in fairies too?
SYF Firstly, I’m already free I don’t need your help or your benediction. Secondly the Girl Guide Troop Leader would set a good example by not buying the cookies wouldn’t they. CEO’s recieve stock options so they have an interest in benefiting the organization. Iggy phfft.
A large number of the comments on this blog post you refer to seems to be indicating that the data is not accurate. Apparently the database only accounts $3.2 million of the $5.9 million the LPC received and many people are trying to find their own contributions, but are not able to. It seems like their is too much missing for the claim to be declared accurate – at best, it’s a false rumour not worth spreading.
The only way this Country is gonna change is if Ottawa sinks into the Earth , never to be seen again. The Lost City of Tax Bandits.
Seems that Iggy knows a good investment when he sees one 🙁
Speedy:
Your strength resides within you.
It does not depend on scoffing at the weaknesses of others.
I spend my money where I choose. Iggy does not spend his money where he chooses.
I respect his choice.
The claim is false.
Even Bourque has taken it off his NewsBought site. None of the 2008 contributions through the Laurier Club are showing up.
But as we see with the Bill Casey smears, Stephen Taylor’s lies yesterday about phantom software purchases, the Riddell smears when he turned on the party and they had to pay him, AECL, and so on and so on, Harper and his minions are not concerned about truth in the pursuit of attacking someone’s character. Which is not even to mention the in and out scam, the “financial consideration” offered to Cadman for his vote, Flaherty’s illegal sole sourced contract to a friend and donor, Harper mystery big business backers, Harper’s convention fee “mistake”, calling an election against his own law and promise, cancelling Parliament to avoid a confidence vote and so on and so on. They were right when they said they had accomplished more in 3 years than the Liberals had in 13: the Say-Anything-Do-Anything-for-Power Party strikes again with false claims about party donations!
And some wonder why we witnessed a record low voter turnout under the Conservatives.
set U free
apparently logic is not your forte
Iggy is the leader of the LPC, and hopes to one day be leader of Canada, so we have not only a right to scrutinize Iggy, we have a duty to do so. And as far as comments in here go, they are a way of communicating our thoughts, and to illicit other’s thoughts, thusly helping our evaluation process, that is also a duty of the electorate.
A question for all you Psychologists out there;
Just what Classification Type of person is WK anyways ?? (Whom, BTW, I like a lot)
Ted:
Highest voter turnout for the Conservative Party, who gained a higher percentage of the vote than they did in the last elections.
Lower voter turnout for the opposition parties.
Hmmm. I guess the voters found the opposition parties had such unappealing platforms that even fewer voters cast ballots for them than they did for the Conservative Party.
Is that the way you see it?
Actually, SYF, that is a false claim too. What is it with you Conservatives these days and your dislike of truth? You are sounding way too desperate already and the Igster’s only been on the job for 6 weeks!
The total actual Canadians voting for Deceivin’ Stephen and the Say Anything Party were down almost a million votes. Not as bad as the Libs with their most hapless of all leaders, true, but down nonetheless, not up as you claim.
One, two, three, are you free?
So why are you censoring my posts? I’m not hateful like you, I just tell the truth.
Ted:
Why not deal with your question with facts and on a logical plane?
The Conservatives gained seats.
The opposition lost seats.
Therefore, there was less support for the opposition viewpoints.
If the opposition did, in fact, gain more votes than the Conservatives then they would be in government.
Any part of that you wish to disagree with?
I want to be the first American Prime Minister.
I apologize in advance if this discussion has taken place already but…
Does anyone remember a fella called Tom Long, who was running for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance in 2000? I recall that at that time the media made a huge deal of him having been a U.S. citizen even though he’d been a resident of Canada and a citizen of Canada most of his life, he had also gotten U.S. Citizenship at some point. I can remember many a comment by the media about his being unqualified for the job since he was a U.S. citizen. Seems to me there is a huge double standard here.
Discussion says CanuckInMI. What discussion? Party approved discussion? Harper/Ignatieff approved discussion?
As if this site wasn’t already a bad joke.
Keep it up, Hugger, and you will be tossed. You managed to include a word tagged as spam, and the software automatically filtered you out.
Now, next time it happens, behave yourself like everyone else does, and wait until I have time to check the junk filter.
Kate:
Good catch!
My, my, hugger. Are you not feeling the love tonight? Have you and Ted put your puffin savior so high on a pedestal that you cannot fathom how some people may actually have an opinion contrairy to yours? Like the Great “O” down south, Iggy’s halo will soon tarnish and the leftoid zealots will turn on him.
Leftoids really anoy me and the reason is because they are so blinded by their (flawed) beliefs, they think that to disagree is the sign of a _____ (fill in the blank with anyone of a hundred derogatory terms). Facts don’t matter in the land of hemp and taxpayer honey.