HALIFAX (CP) – Nova Scotians can’t trust Peter MacKay to look after their interests in a Conservative government, says Prime Minister Paul Martin, because right-wing Albertans will be running the show.
“Peter MacKay doesn’t really count,” the prime minister said of the Nova Scotia Tory in a phone interview from Ontario on Thursday.
“All of (Conservative Leader) Stephen Harper’s advisers come from Calgary. They come from where he is. Peter MacKay is not going to be the person who’s going to be deciding.”
But Martin is a desperate man saying desperate things, said MacKay, and he pointed out that Harper promised in Halifax earlier in the campaign to maintain the funding levels for ACOA.
Atlantic Canadians should not believe that, said Martin. Harper is a zealot who wants to massively cut government, he said, and that would mean hard times for Atlantic Canadians.
“The single most important influence on Stephen Harper – and he has said it himself – described the far-right American conservative movement `as an inspiration and a light.’ That’s the biggest source of his political influence. And their basic view is, there are no subsidies for industry.”
Harper changed his position on ACOA over the years. When he was with the Canadian Alliance, he proposed killing the program quickly.
Now he has promised to maintain its funding level and have the auditor general review it. He has not said what kind of changes he might make.
Martin will bring his pro-ACOA, anti-Harper message to the Atlantic region Friday.
He’s going to St. John’s, N.L., and Fredericton to shore up Liberal support in the region, one of the few parts of the country where Liberal strength has held during a campaign that has seen much
of English Canada turn to the Tories.
That’s why Martin is attacking now, MacKay said. “It’s more of the same fear-mongering, diminishing, insulting, distracting behaviour that has become the hallmark of Mr. Martin in
this campaign,” he said.
MacKay pointed out that the Tories built the fixed link to Prince Edward Island, along with the Hibernia oil development off Newfoundland and the Veterans Affairs Canada office in
Charlottetown.
“One only has to look at the record and one will quickly realize that the last major infrastructure investment in Atlantic Canada (was) under a Conservative government,” he said.
This is a very good time for Conservatives to call their Liberal campaign offices and demand an answer to why the Prime MInister is anti-Western.
The sheer hypocrisy of “Mr. United Canada” continues to astound during this campaign. A Harper government will by its very existence unite the country, in the sense that they will have seats from every part of the country.
Martin on the other hand is so craven and so hypocritical that he will go out of his way to divide the country on the eve of such a reunification, just in a desperate attempt to stave off a Conservative majority. It’s really hard to stomach.
Anti western??
How can you say that about our beloved leader??? (lmao)
Why when he took office he spoke eloquently about the west stating that he would consider his reign as PM a failure if he failed to address Western ailenation.
And deliver he has… Goodale is finance minister (tho he appears to have forgotten Saskatchewan in his equalization deals) And Anne McLellan has risen to the post of deputy leader. And she has clearly done alot for us (I just cant remember one of them at the moment. Let me search the news for a couple days) Not only that…. ummm that’s all I got on the plus side. Unless you count that he flew out here (twice was it, I can’t remember?)
I think he’s a failure. He’s done almost as much for the Democratic deficit (which he campaigned on last election) as he has for us in the west.
Barclay
wasn’t it P.E.Trudeau. that remarked about the “corporate welfare bums”?
and wasn’t it Calgary engineering firms that designed the Confederation Bridge to P.E.I. ?
if I’m wrong will someone please set me straight?
Oh shit, Kate , you didn’t tell me you’re All from Calgary.
So, are y’all a bunch of lying, thieving, pro-abortion, anti-American, psedo commie, UGLY, Liberal-voting freaks?
No?.
Wow!. What a friggin relief!
That settles it. I’m voting Green.
As a transplanted Saskatchewan farmboy, a proud hard working Albertan and a proud Canadian this kind of thing use to really piss me off.
Now I just consider the source.
Nuff said.
Syncro
“A Stephen Harper govt would put a smile on Ralph Klein’s face.” Will this scare the east and make them vote lib to spare us from an Alberta style govt? I guess America bashing wasn’t working.
Some Mr. unity he is.
I am not sure what Terry said even made sense to me??
How does being from Calgary identify any of that?? (I’m Saskatchewan by the way)
Communisim is a political movement that emphasizes state ownership and doling out. That doesn’t apply to Alberta at all. Maybe Saskatchewan (NDP government with 80+ Crown corporations).
Anti-American? isn’t the west the most pro American part of Canada? Not sayin we want to jump on side with everything, but they seem to match my values much more than downtown Toronto.
Liberal Voting??? Maybe you’d like to count the number of liberal seats in Alberta and Saskatchewan. I don’t even need to take off my mittens.
Lying, theving, Ugly, freaks??? That is just plain slander and conjecture. Name calling from someone desperately pleading to be noticed.
Barclay
If Paul Martin and this, smile while you lie, bunch of Liberal hypocrites manage to smear their way to victory, the Canada we know now will be no more. That may sound dramatic but Quebec and Alberta will not remain in a Canada that is governed by those who would justify their despicable actions in the name of self preservation.
Sorry Paul, it wont work this time. Peter Mc. will have much more influence in the new government than any elected liberal from Toronto.
I have been waiting for the Alberta card to be played. Does want Alberta to separate along with Quebec. So much for unity. The NDP candidate in martins riding just had a baby, lets see martin top that for votes. Chinese community upset because she is an unwed mother. How about PETs mistress and mother of his only daughter running for the liberals. This mother will benefit from Harpers 1200.00.
Has anyone seen the movie Scanners(1981)? I am expecting to see the PM’s head blow up at any time now.
Tell me Liberal voters, how does this crap help national unity????
Ardvark
I think Terry was being a tad cheeky Barclay.
Wots that saying? “figures lie… and liars figure”? Not that anyone in PMO would lie about figures.Sure seems to be an awful lot of pencil sharpening in there tho! :~D
Well, as promised Martin certainly addressed Western alienation. He increased it.
Terry: I am NOT a freak.
Is there a link to the original CP story somewhere?
I’m sure one of the dedicated has a link to it Candace. Check the usual suspects? Will post if I find one.
Yep, Paul Martin has taken out the Alberta Card and placed national unity in greater jeopardy than ever before. Such desperation and uncaringness. It must be said that Paul Martin, with his willing divisiveness, is nothing more than a crooked old bigot and rules as such. If he’s returned to power, it’s all over.
Ontario better not get stupid again if they want to continue to have a Canada. This is a very dangerous game the Liberals and their ultra-extreme bum buddies the left are playing with our country and they must not be rewarded for it.
It’s actually the Liberals and their friends the most extreme left we’ve ever seen who are the frightenting ones here. And suddenly the MSM has decided to go back over to the dark side. Yes, they’re helping the Liberals now. They’ve been playing us for fools! No more!
LET’S ROLL!
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/478399.html
Yes, Paul was down here at the plantation to remind us all how much we’ll regret Emancipation, what with all those Western carpet-baggers and their Pictou County scalawag friends taking advantage of us. If those scary Conservatives get in, we’ll soon see separate water-fountains marked “Whites” and “Bluenoses”.
When I click the article this morning the CP byline is gone; at the bottom of the article there is what appears to be the author’s email, smaher@herald.ca. Some of the wording appears to have changed from the time Kate posted this, ie:
“Nova Scotians can�t trust Peter MacKay to look after their interests in a Conservative government, says Paul Martin, because scary right-wing Albertans will be running the show.”
The word “scary” appears to have been added. Why?
It’s significant because there is mounting evidence the Canadian Press is a flat-out Liberal Propaganda Machine, see Martin O’Hanlon’s recent CP article which invents two brand new “Charter Rights”:
“The prime minister launched his most blistering attack yet on Stephen Harper, suggesting Thursday that the Tory leader would stack the courts with socially conservative judges to overturn Charter rights such as gay marriage and access to abortion.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060119/ca_pr_on_na/fedelxn;_ylt=AupBJoWqnPu4AWAd1WjiXvKFM1IB;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Paul Martin will say and do anything to retain the trappings of power.
The Toronto Star has some negative columns about the Tories this morning and are really trying to fight the campaign for Martin ie. criticizing the childcare plan of the Tories.
We an only hope and believe that Canadians will not fall for this insanity and the desire for change will trump all this negativity that is permeating the airwaves.
To paraphase the most famous former Paul Martin supporter in the world –
“Canada needs more Alberta”
Mike, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
If the Libs win even a minority this time around it will be time to take to the streets with our blue scarves. The Libs will have manipulated the election and rigged the ballot boxes–real Canadians cannot tolerate this–if we do nothing we deserve the Libs
Doesn’t Paul realize the Liberal in MacKay’s riding doesn’t stand a chance?
This is not about MacKay’s riding. This is simply another opportunity for our illustrious Prime Minister to desperately try and instill fear into as many Canadians as possible, by bashing Albertans. Sadly, it works with some people.
“I had my hand on each of the 2 solitudes. Clearly, something was up.”
(Speaking of re-runs)
I am utterly DISGUSTED by Paul Martin. He will say anything this stupid and untrue to keep his cushy job. The sad thing is, like Anne Mclellan, he wil be eligible for a nice pension when he’s done. An article in the Calgary Sun the other day, stated that landslide annie will recieve between $80,000-90,000.00 per year MP pension when she’s done. This is on top of any wage she may recieve when she’s back to work in the private sector. What a load of crap.
I hate Lieberals.
I’m so pissed right now, I cannot write anything more here that is clear.
the mad redneck
was Buzz hargrove standing beside him waving a Bloc flag ?
Playing one group against another, that is so Bosnian.
What a great way Unite Canada, first you have the Buzz comments, now this. Trouble is he Get’s away with it. Until the non-comitted voter’s start listening to fact’s and not fiction it will continue. Eg: I over heard a little old lady the other day continually saying Harper will have us in Iraq, I did not even attempt to convince her that it was Martin that made the statement in 2003. The people are brainwashed because rhetoric such as Iraq, SSM, & now woman’s right’s are playing into their fears. This is how the liberal’s win. Let’s hope this time it did not work.
Bloggers should ask MSM today why they would continue to be the enablers of the corrupt Liberal machine that ran the country for the past twelve years. It only takes a few minutes if we all send emails today.
Time is running out. MSM still has the last go at the public mind.
MSM the enablers of Liberal government corruption.
This is also up at NealeNews now.
I am one of the target audience of Mr Martins demagoguery. I think the Andrew Coyne’s count floyd article summed up the way most Nova Scotians will regard these scare tactics..ooo,kids can you say stephen harper, alberta, scarrrryyy…at lease i hope we can be that perceptive
“the bear”… I like your Bosnian reference.
I suppose we can say that PM is the Slobodan Milosovich of Canada? Time to throw back some mud.
I’m not sure how Martin can even think about being the leader of Canada anymore. I’m sure if a poll was conducted that guy would rank as the most despised Canadian in history (next to Trudeau and Paul Bernardo). How can he expect to represent Canadians from coast to coast who hate his guts?
Our illustrious leader using his charm to unite the people…. what a moron,he’s degenerating in front of our eyes.
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that Alberta is made up of a very large number of Newfoundland ex-patriates. We joke down here that Alberta should really be called “Little Newfoundland”. I’d estimate that half of my extended family from Central Newfoundland lives and works in Alberta somewhere.
Martin using Alberta to scare Atlantic Canadians again shows how out of touch he is with this region.
Un-freakin-believable!!!
I just read the article at the Chronicle herald paper @ http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/478399.html
Obviously Paul Martian is completely delusional, and had better get off the drugs or get better drugs.
I guess, according to PMPM, I’m a “scary right-wing albertan”. His quote!! I always thought of myself as a Canadian, with a capital “C”, but this quote from our resident alien PM (soon to be former PM) is absolutely preposterous.
The icing on the cake with him, happened a long time ago, but this just pushed the cake off the damn table. What an asshole!!!
PM deserves to be tied to an anchor of a CSL ship and dropped to the deepest depths of the sea for eternity. Ah, maybe not…think of the poor fishies. Even the maggots of the sea wouldn’t gnaw on his sorry corpse.
the mad redneck
So….having “right wing Albertans running the show” is baaaaaad…
However, being a rich shipping magnate beholden to a Quebec business cartel for your wealth and office is ok?
Using your office to cut tax breaks for your business and patronizing your Quebec corporate bosses and Ontario lackeys with fat no-bid/no-product contracts is “Canadian values”.
Elaborate public fund embezzlements which enrich Quebec party bagmen and kick back public money into party coffers is the “natural function” of a Natural governing party of Canada”?
Having ties to, and cabinet Ministers from, the Quebec mafia is how we define ourselves as Canadians?
I say bring on the cowboys and “Albertacize” the PMO
When I click the article this morning the CP byline is gone; at the bottom of the article there is what appears to be the author’s email, smaher@herald.ca. Some of the wording appears to have changed from the time Kate posted this, ie:
“Nova Scotians can�t trust Peter MacKay to look after their interests in a Conservative government, says Paul Martin, because scary right-wing Albertans will be running the show.”
The word “scary” appears to have been added. Why?
I’d like to know what’s up with that as well. Kate posted that at 12:03 AM but the article shows a date of Jan. 20th.
Norman – the bosnian reference isn’t exactly mine, it came from someone who did two tours there.
Martin is tired and shouldn’t be running the country.
But this time he does have a point.
“MacKay pointed out that the Tories built the fixed link to Prince Edward Island, along with the Hibernia oil development off Newfoundland and the Veterans Affairs Canada office in
Charlottetown.
“One only has to look at the record and one will quickly realize that the last major infrastructure investment in Atlantic Canada (was) under a Conservative government,” he said.”
Yeah, the PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE party, which no longer exists. The Conservative Party which is poised to govern Canada is essentially untried, and dominated by whingey westerners. You have the oil, but for exactly how long will that matter? The fact that 2/3 of the country’s population will be either under- or un-represented in the next parliament is bloody scary (both regionally and politically).
And to Anonalogue:
Charter Rights: the point is that gay marriage and a woman’s right to choose are protected by the rights given to minorities and women in the charter, if not those two particular things explicitly.
It’s significant because there is mounting evidence the Canadian Press is a flat-out Liberal Propaganda Machine
Um, right. That’s why they report little things like liberal scandals and conservative momentum. Go watch some Fox News, I’m sure you’ll find it unbiased and balanced for your taste 🙂
SC makes an important point. Here on PEI, we all have a brother, a son, a cousin, or a friend who has gone to Alberta permanently or for the winter.
Alberta is seen as a place of opportunity, friendly people, beautiful places….and a place where you can work hard and make good money. Have Liberal policies made it easier for twenty-somethings to stay on the East Coast?
Mackay and Harper should come out and say that the Libs’ are basically saying that there is a culture of dependance here. They’re implying that Liberals don’t think we can be self-reliant and that we can be scared into voting for those who promise the most pork.
Kate would be interested in this: Our “progressive” Liberal candidate, Lawrence MacAuley, has been getting campaign help from Elsie Wayne, a scary right-wing conservative on behalf of vote marriage Canada.
The fact that 2/3 of the country’s population will be either under- or un-represented in the next parliament is bloody scary (both regionally and politically).
He’s/she’s saying the Conservatives will form gov’t with 30% of the vote.
And he/she calls us “whingey”.
That should, of course, read 33 1/3%.
“The fact that 2/3 of the country’s population will be either under- or un-represented in the next parliament is bloody scary (both regionally and politically).”
Isn’t this the case if the Liberals win? The majority of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and rural Manitoba has no representation by Liberals. That also holds true of Quebec outside of Montreal. And may become a reality of Ontario outside of Ottawa and Toronto.
And Harper likely doesn’t agree with ACOA and all the other regional corporate welfare operations. But we are electing a party to power not a one man dictatorship so the party position will be followed.
There is lukewarm support for the regional corporate welfare in the CPC party because it is politically popular.
Hey SC, thought Fort MacMurray was Newfoundland’s biggest city…
Same with Calgary being Saskatchewan’s biggest city.
😉
how long will the oil matter.
lets see. Ranking of World Oil Reserves
Saudi Arabia #1, Canada #2(or Alberta alone #2), Iraq #3,Iran#4, Emirates#5,Kuwait#6
lets say a long time.
who would you rather be buddies with on that list ???— CIA website.
Alberta also has 50% of the coal in the country.
AS long as the temperature in Canada hovers anywhere near the +1C average for the year, despite all the Kyotos that PMPM could sign,the quest for fire goes on.
Honestly, I�m surprised Paul Martin wants the job anymore. Being Prime Minister has to be the worst job in the world � like trying to calm a roomful of crying, whiney babies.
Has any prime-minister done a good job in the eyes of the WT�s in this thread? Let�s see.. Paul Martin � nope. Chretien � Ha!. Kim Campbell � blah. Mulroney � Hahaha. Trudeau � let�s not start� does anyone make you happy?
Things have never been better in Canada than they are today � Kate has paid off her house and her bitches are due to litter any day now. Yet people still complain ad-nauseum. Sadly � we have nowhere to go but down. Come on fellow WT � can�t we just get along?!
will someone else please ask what “WT” stands for, I’m too embarrassed.
As for never been better in Canada, first look south please, it’s not because of the Liberals, heck we might even be further along…
I assume WT – “White Trash” – but perhaps Rick could clarify.
Looks like the CBC picked up on the MacKay story…
oh wait…
that’s a story about MacKay apologizing to Alexa for suggesting she ‘stick to her knitting’.
That’s waaaaay more offensive than a sitting prime minister attacking an entire province.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canadavotes2006/national/2006/01/20/elxn-mackay-knitting.html
Speaking of the CBC, did anyone else notice how fast they moved through the story on Vellacott last night on The National? If I hadn’t heard the story already via the blogs I think i would’ve been left only with the impression that Vellacott has commited the act he was accused of. It felt like when someone on a sitcom starts to say something they don’t want to say, then proceeds to cover their mouth and mumble out the rest… Don’t know if that makes sense, but that’s how I perceived the story was done. The media is back in full Martin-protection mode.