Devin Baines says he got a call from the government.
On behalf of an NDP candidate.
19 Replies to “1-800-BAD-IDEA”
a) That explains why the NDP wanted to vote “no-confidence” in Paul Martin… for a long-shot of a Prime Minister Jack Layton.
b) In Washington State, this would get you in front of my state’s Public Disclosure Commission and fined hundreds of $$$. Also probably the state ethics board. I would strongly recommend prosecuting this to the max…
That’s why they are called ‘guidelines’. Ever heard of any government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring ‘guidelines’?
Really, really wrong. While the public service should not be denied the right to become involved in politics, they should be doing it on their own time and not on the taxpayer’s nickel. Thre are very clear guidelines federally and in every province on this. I actually think the guidelines are quite liberal and that many career civil servants keep a more circumscribed distance.
Ever heard of any government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring ‘guidelines’?
I’ve never heard of a government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring the law – nevermind guidelines. Now whistleblowing – that’s completely different!!!
This is really kind of sad isn’t it. Man. Ottawa really is a hoplesssly f*cked up place. There just isn’t any hope to save this thing is there?
Tulpe asked..There just isn’t any hope to save this thing is there?
Sure is. It’s called napalm.
Josef said… I would strongly recommend prosecuting this to the max…ROTFLMAO. This just confirmed by suspision you are American. No Canuck would relate prosecution and a goevernment official in the same paragraph!!! It’s the Un-Canadian thing, eh.
This “Nora Balogh” may be the same person. If so, odds are she is a paid worker for the NDP.
This must be brought to the attention of whom/what/where/how/ RCMP? Nah. Kingsley? Nah. PSAC? Nah? Mr. Ed? Nah? SDA? Yes. Submit this on CEEBEEcee Fourum.>>
Results:
1
Name of contributor Year Class Name of political party Donation $
NORA BALOGH 1995 Individual NDP $375.00
NORA BALOGH 1999 Individual NDP $270.00
NORA BALOGH 2000 Individual NDP $127.53
via: http://www.boundbygravity.com/SEC/ECSearch.aspx
Actually, making a complaint to the Deputy Minister would provide a major headache for the department.
In particular, asking for details about steps taken to ensure this is not ongoing puts the DM in a very awkward position.
Someone from Social Development Canada pimping for politicians on taxpayer time? Must be a mistake. That would be like stealing bread from poor people, and that’s not the kind of person who we have working for us as public servants.
I’m sure that if you checked this person’s calendar, you would find that she and her entire department were extremely busy all day, dealing with bureaucratic compensation issues, discussing the size of their offices with staff from Public Works, sending each other memos on which private contractors should get commissioned to write reports on the state of the poor, booking travel to Europe and Asia to attend conferences on the state of the poor, filling out their expenses from the last conference, consulting historical studies on the gender- and race-based discriminatory practises against the poor, getting ready for their next departmental retreat at Montebello (to brainstorm new ways to improve the condition of the poor), drafting political memos for the minister, and so on. Political campaigning would cut into all of that vital work.
Justzumgai: Your 10:03 post would be funny it it wasn’t true.
LMAO!!!!
Good for you Devin!!!
Right on!
I concur wholeheartedly
Always glad to provide a public service 😉
No surprise here, NDPers see Sven getting away with stealing a sixty four thousand dollar piece of jewellery and subconciously think that there are no consequences for their actions. An impicit sense of “entitlement”, if you will.
Dollars to donuts if “Nora” gets any heat over this she’ll do the following: a) take stress leave, fully paid, b) “Victim up” and say it was her boss who made her do it, or perhaps blame her wounded inner child, and c) ultimately receive a slap on the wrist, if anything, from a Liberal judge.
Liberal, NDP, what’s the difference, both corrupt, selfserving, would sell their mother for power.
If you want to help Canada, this is the election to do something! Vote Conservative and make sure all your friends know this crap about NDP and Liberals and make sure they vote!
the sad thing is, she’s a manager. she should know not to do what she did. As a manager, It’s her duty to inform her staff that especially during elections that they stay politically neutral, and not to use government equipment to influence any candidate or political party. She puts a capital D in Dumb! Can you rehabilitate stupidity?
‘…the sad thing is, she’s a manager. she should know not to do what she did…’
Having worked for a federal crown corporation for about 4 years I can tell you that managers are the absolute worst violators of following any policy or procedure. The majority of them have been civil servants most of their lives & know only too well how to manipulate the system to ensure that no entitlement is left unturned.
Culture of “entitlement” transcends partisan lines in Ottawa.
Why am I not surprised that some radical 5th column extremist is attracted to the Liberal party apparatus? Seems like a perfect fit; intolernat statist punk with intolerant uncivil Liberal statism? Nothing new in this revelation. As for what she said… If you read hansard of the justice hearings and senate hearings of C-68 ( the Liberal registry law which criminalizes all firearms owners), sportsmen and women ( like Linda Thom) were mocked with the same slurs from sitting Liberal MPs…it’s not like ideological bigots do not populate the Liberal party…it’s a magnet for them.
a) That explains why the NDP wanted to vote “no-confidence” in Paul Martin… for a long-shot of a Prime Minister Jack Layton.
b) In Washington State, this would get you in front of my state’s Public Disclosure Commission and fined hundreds of $$$. Also probably the state ethics board. I would strongly recommend prosecuting this to the max…
That’s why they are called ‘guidelines’. Ever heard of any government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring ‘guidelines’?
Really, really wrong. While the public service should not be denied the right to become involved in politics, they should be doing it on their own time and not on the taxpayer’s nickel. Thre are very clear guidelines federally and in every province on this. I actually think the guidelines are quite liberal and that many career civil servants keep a more circumscribed distance.
Ever heard of any government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring ‘guidelines’?
I’ve never heard of a government flunky who was disciplined/prosecuted for ignoring the law – nevermind guidelines. Now whistleblowing – that’s completely different!!!
This is really kind of sad isn’t it. Man. Ottawa really is a hoplesssly f*cked up place. There just isn’t any hope to save this thing is there?
Tulpe asked..There just isn’t any hope to save this thing is there?
Sure is. It’s called napalm.
Josef said… I would strongly recommend prosecuting this to the max…ROTFLMAO. This just confirmed by suspision you are American. No Canuck would relate prosecution and a goevernment official in the same paragraph!!! It’s the Un-Canadian thing, eh.
This “Nora Balogh” may be the same person. If so, odds are she is a paid worker for the NDP.
This must be brought to the attention of whom/what/where/how/ RCMP? Nah. Kingsley? Nah. PSAC? Nah? Mr. Ed? Nah? SDA? Yes. Submit this on CEEBEEcee Fourum.>>
Results:
1
Name of contributor Year Class Name of political party Donation $
NORA BALOGH 1995 Individual NDP $375.00
NORA BALOGH 1999 Individual NDP $270.00
NORA BALOGH 2000 Individual NDP $127.53
via:
http://www.boundbygravity.com/SEC/ECSearch.aspx
Actually, making a complaint to the Deputy Minister would provide a major headache for the department.
In particular, asking for details about steps taken to ensure this is not ongoing puts the DM in a very awkward position.
Someone from Social Development Canada pimping for politicians on taxpayer time? Must be a mistake. That would be like stealing bread from poor people, and that’s not the kind of person who we have working for us as public servants.
I’m sure that if you checked this person’s calendar, you would find that she and her entire department were extremely busy all day, dealing with bureaucratic compensation issues, discussing the size of their offices with staff from Public Works, sending each other memos on which private contractors should get commissioned to write reports on the state of the poor, booking travel to Europe and Asia to attend conferences on the state of the poor, filling out their expenses from the last conference, consulting historical studies on the gender- and race-based discriminatory practises against the poor, getting ready for their next departmental retreat at Montebello (to brainstorm new ways to improve the condition of the poor), drafting political memos for the minister, and so on. Political campaigning would cut into all of that vital work.
Justzumgai: Your 10:03 post would be funny it it wasn’t true.
I just came up with this:
http://langhjelm.blogspot.com/2005/12/stop-martin.html
Feel free to use it
LMAO!!!!
Good for you Devin!!!
Right on!
I concur wholeheartedly
Always glad to provide a public service 😉
No surprise here, NDPers see Sven getting away with stealing a sixty four thousand dollar piece of jewellery and subconciously think that there are no consequences for their actions. An impicit sense of “entitlement”, if you will.
Dollars to donuts if “Nora” gets any heat over this she’ll do the following: a) take stress leave, fully paid, b) “Victim up” and say it was her boss who made her do it, or perhaps blame her wounded inner child, and c) ultimately receive a slap on the wrist, if anything, from a Liberal judge.
Liberal, NDP, what’s the difference, both corrupt, selfserving, would sell their mother for power.
If you want to help Canada, this is the election to do something! Vote Conservative and make sure all your friends know this crap about NDP and Liberals and make sure they vote!
the sad thing is, she’s a manager. she should know not to do what she did. As a manager, It’s her duty to inform her staff that especially during elections that they stay politically neutral, and not to use government equipment to influence any candidate or political party. She puts a capital D in Dumb! Can you rehabilitate stupidity?
‘…the sad thing is, she’s a manager. she should know not to do what she did…’
Having worked for a federal crown corporation for about 4 years I can tell you that managers are the absolute worst violators of following any policy or procedure. The majority of them have been civil servants most of their lives & know only too well how to manipulate the system to ensure that no entitlement is left unturned.
Culture of “entitlement” transcends partisan lines in Ottawa.
Why am I not surprised that some radical 5th column extremist is attracted to the Liberal party apparatus? Seems like a perfect fit; intolernat statist punk with intolerant uncivil Liberal statism? Nothing new in this revelation. As for what she said… If you read hansard of the justice hearings and senate hearings of C-68 ( the Liberal registry law which criminalizes all firearms owners), sportsmen and women ( like Linda Thom) were mocked with the same slurs from sitting Liberal MPs…it’s not like ideological bigots do not populate the Liberal party…it’s a magnet for them.