Guelph Tribune via National Newswatch ;
Kovach, who has been FCM president since December 2005 and whose term was supposed to end this May, announced Feb. 1 that she was seeking the Conservative nomination to run in the next federal election.
She said the trouble began soon afterwards when she met with Dion for prebudget discussions. With her at that meeting, her first with the new Liberal leader, was FCM first vice-president Gord Steeves of Winnipeg.
Dion “was not very engaging. He did not have a lot to say to us,” Kovach said.
Soon afterwards, FCM staff told her that Dion had contacted FCM and the Big City Mayors Caucus “to say he would not deal with FCM with me as president,” she said in an interview Wednesday.
When Mark Holland and Marlene Jennings carted property of the Conservative Party of Canada outside of the Wellington building, did they enter into another legal jurisdiction?
It’s a question the Speaker is waiting to hear answered.
Joan Tintor calls out the head of the Parliamentary Press Gallery on a few fibs;
Brennan’s concern for politicians is touching, especially coming from one of the most aggressive reporters in the history of parliamentary reporting. But his argument is (1) not true, (2) specious, and (3) futile.
Echo chamber blogging? Well, there are worse things – enter the mocking chamber!
Are you thinking of buying a Prius to do your part for the environment? Reconsider and buy a Hummer H3.
http://clubs.ccsu.edu/Recorder/editorial/editorial_item.asp?NewsID=188
http://cnwmr.com/nss-folder/automotiveenergy/
Well I really thought that Garth had hit rock bottom with his “lone wolf” post but this one takes the cake!
“Sure could use your help. If you can spare twenty bucks, please go here. There is no doubt, you will get your money’s worth.”
Does he see the writing on the wall?
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“Being held prisoner by a hostile enemy is just one of the tougher tests
of whether one is ultimately suited to a warrior’s life. Like experiencing
combat, it either tempers the steel… or it breaks it.”
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Garth*s world darkens.
Maz2 mentioned this link to an *insider*.
repocreepo.blogspot.com/2007/03/honeymoon-is-over.html
AlbertaGirl mentions the $20 request.
Poor Garth.
Never jump onto the Titanic, [Belinda Stronach], before at least a 10 second think.= TG
Iran mullah leadership has forced confessions from some of the British mariner captives.
How stupid is that?
Under threat of having one*s head hacked off, the Brits are welcome to confess to anything at all.
Even Liberals and Democrats in their right mind would never believe a single confessed word.
The Mullahs come off looking so simplistic.
The same Mullahs who make *mature* decisions about their growing nuclear projects.
I am not assured. = TG
Another savaging of the truth by the Winnipeg Freep, which couldn’t be funnier after the Black Rod’s post on Monday.
The tragedy of the Village of Umm al-Nasr Now Being Repeated (Sewage Again)
Link from here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809463/posts
Urgent : […]
The tragedy of the village of Umm al-Nasr now being repeated in the Saftawi, in the region east of low towers Saftawi according to a news report by the Voice of urgent freedom as the broadcaster said in a telephone conversation with the Director of Civil Defense that the area east of low towers Saftawi plunged sewage and making and coordination with the competent to save more than 20 houses in the region […]
Suffice God, yes to the agent when this farce Oh authority environment
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=cca62b27-0bc6-4983-9a8f-a04e91b9acb9
“REGINA — The provincial government has discovered another case of financial irregularities, this one worth about $100,000 and involving a SaskPower employee.”
A person in a ‘business supervisory’ capacity was fired over the issue.
But why haven’t we heard of charges being filed in the news? Have charges been filed against this individual? Why not? And if the claims were found to have been baseless, what sort of severance package was this ‘business supervisor’ paid?
Its been nearly a year since the discovery. What is the NDP hiding here?
Here’s a surprise:
Harper is playing partisan politics in deciding who gets to go to the VImy Ridge ceremony unveiling a new memorial. Pathetic.
http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&tt=&pid=41335&tid=41335&eid=43&so=&ps=&sb=&tso=0&tps=0&tsb=0
Ah, Iberia has been reading Wells again. Pompous, self-righteous, stuttering fool.
Boo hoo Iberia, boo hoo.
Email Harper and tell him you don’t agree.
Ahhhh….. Iberia the righteous warrior.
BTW – Checked out the elfin legal beagle’s blog and I have to agree ……. Mocking Room ….. I recall reading somewhere a comment about his blog that suggested the primary reason for most visitors there has become the comic entertainment value!
I see what they were talking about now.
I’ve emailed my councilor Gord Steves to ask what he knows about the CFM flap.
What the heck??? I find it hard to believe that anyone would allow Dion to influence their agenda or position on anything!!
Let’s never forget that when Dithers Martin was in power, he wouldn’t go to the ceremonies cause he was afraid his government would fall while he was away.
So the opposition leaders had to go along with him to make it even and by the time they quit dithering and got there, all the ceremonies were over.
Breaking! Citoyen Dion is lucid; or, is he just having a lucid moment? Is he rational or sane?
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Liberal Leader Stephane Dion claims Harper Conservatives want an election
MONTREAL (CP) – Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says he believes Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants an election. (canoe news)…-
Developing…-
An exceptional article by John Robson in the Ottawa Citizen:
…Mr. Dumont may not want a referendum. But his party, the National Post blurted out after the election, has since 2004 wanted Quebec to have its own constitution and citizenship because “Our first fidelity, our passion and our loyalty are toward Quebec.” It wants to rename Quebec the “Autonomist State of Quebec,” fight “submission to Canada” and affirm Quebec’s “sovereign rights.” What part of buzz off don’t you squareheads understand?
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In my youth I backpacked around the world feeling oh so Canadian/cosmopolitan when I got to translate between French and English for fuddled travelers. I’ve since realized the feeling was never mutual. In a recent iChannel TV discussion, one of my panelists gave the standard Anglo bilingualism-makes-us-a-glorious-tolerant-light-unto-the-nations speech, so I asked if it bothered him that this sentiment is alien to francophone Quebec. It should.
While we’re busy talking about how much they love us, they’re busy talking about how much they despise us. And neither of us seems to know it, despite all the modern communications, expensively futile second-language training, and obsessive gazing from this side into that side’s navel. Maybe Mr. Dumont got his wish. Maybe Quebec quietly left and we missed it.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=38c3d8fd-5f5d-4116-a3e0-4e2fa86c1e1c
It’s not Friday 13th? Full moon? Lirpa Loof’s Day?
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Quebecers didn’t want quick referendum or PQ would be in power: Boisclair
QUEBEC (CP) – If Quebecers had wanted a quick referendum on separation, the Parti Quebecois would have won the provincial election, says PQ Leader Andre Boisclair (canoe news)
Oh, and check out this article from far-left Ottawa Citizen columnist Susan Riley where she admits elections are advance auctions of pilfered goods:
A nation of shoppers
Susan Riley, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, March 30, 2007
How did this happen? We are becoming a nation of shoppers instead of a nation of voters: no brand loyalty, no long-term memory, interested less in our collective welfare than in scoring a deal.
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=bc4455aa-ce99-45e3-a21b-f58af1e82ea2
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Some answers to the question…
is Steffi as dumb as he seems?
“If a federal election were held
tomorrow, which one of the
following parties would you
vote for?”
A month’s worth of humiliation
from Angus-Reid.
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Any of you good folk catch Scottyboy Reid lose his friggen mind on Duff tonite?? I’m thinkin the Libs are going to be hiding him on a little rubber room holiday asap! Worse than the popcorn/beergate episode..can someone catch,and transcribe? I am certainly going to watch the replay on newsnet.The accusations about the Cons.trying to hide something re rcmp,were unbelievable,and poor old Norquay sitting beside Duff was almost bursting..even the Dipper looked stunned at his comments.I’m sure if Scott had of been in-house panel,as opposed to sat.hookup,Geoff would have had him by the throat..screaming at Reid so loud,it reverberated thru hallway!Methinks some Libs are getting a little nervous! YUM
Let me know if anyone gets that clip captured.
The blog canadianbluelemons,has pretty good commentary on Reid’s meltdown..will try to catch more of conv.and post
The Mocking Chamber is chock-full of belly laughs.
BTW, is JC running a dating/escort service from his blog?
To wit:
Date Liberals Now
Single? Date Intelligent Liberals Who Share Your Values And Politics!…-
Commenter said:
“The French” is never used for the people of la belle province.”
Really?
Don Cherry referred to ” Those frenchies,…”, and the Librano$ howled/bayed at the moon.
Lewis Reford, is a long-time resident, bilingual Conservative, who may take on Mao Strong’s nephew, Rae Bob, in Toronto Centre. Rae is Liberal Citoyen Dion’s male parachute candidate. …-
Opening up our Future Together
Lewis is a long-standing resident of Toronto Centre where he lives with his wife Susan and their two children.
Born in Ontario, Lewis grew up on a family farm in Quebec where he became fluently bilingual and learned the value of hard work in a small community setting.
more…-
Liberals addicted to power, not public service
As much as the Liberal Party struggles to change itself from within, a pathological craving for power at all costs remains embedded in the Party’s genetic code. Witness Michael Ignatieff’s most recent revelation that his commitment to run again is conditional on who will be elected Liberal leader. Translation: I’m not the MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore to represent the community, I’m here to catapult myself into power, and if I fail in that ego-centric mission, sayonara! Geez, Paul Martin couldn’t have scripted it any better. Well, I have news for Ignatieff, Bob Rae, and for that matter citizen Frank McKenna, all of whom look at leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada as an all-or-nothing proposition. …-
http://www.lewisreford.com
(via jack’s newswatch)
The Dionsky Code:
“I will fight this election whenever it comes and I will fight hard. Canadians will know who I am and what I stand for and they will know what Mr. Harper’s regime will do to this country — the smallness of ideology, the meanness of spirit, the inability to understand the enormity of Canada’s future.”
“Canadians will know who I am and what I stand for” – right now they have no idea who I am or what I stand for. Then again, neither do I.
The “smallness of ideology” – Harper’s not a Marxist, like me, seeking big government solutions every time, cavorting with Chairman Mo, while sticking it to the “man.”
The “meanness of spirit” – He actually responds, in kind, when smeared by me or my “rat pack,” ignoring demands for “apologies.”
The “inability to understand the enormity of Canada’s future” – He refuses to support giant, bloated government programs like Day Care, Long Gun Registry, HRDC boondogle or Kyoto for oil.
His statements demonstrate nothing but paucity of policy, they are just rhetoric. (His Clarity for Flaherty quip was at least clever). The quest for power alone is their raison d’etre. That’s who he is; that’s what he stands for. Otherwise, where are their policies?
Some speech. Some barnburner. Harper will mop the floor with this guy in the next election, especially the debate.
Let’s have an election and put the clowns, Dionsky, Goodale, Holland, et al, out of their misery. Then LPC can get on with the ten year job of rebuilding their party, perhaps with a real leader this time.
Something doesnt add up here !! Stephan Dion refuses to deal with Gloria Kovach as president of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities because she planned to seek the Conservative nomination in the next federal election ? No way this could be true !! I swear I heard Dion himself say he wants to greatly increase women members in parliament. He would never be involved in having her removed as head of CFM . In a few days we should see Stephan , along with all women Liberal MP’S come to the defence of Gloria Kovach , just wait and see………….
Sammy:
Ya I saw Scott Reid foaming at the mouth with rabies. I can’t believe what he said.
To paraphrase:
The ONLY reason that the Libs aren’t the government today (because in his mind all the latest polls show that Canadians like the Libs better than Harper and the Conservatives????) is because they were “screwed” by the RCMP. And that the Conservative government isn’t calling a judicial enquiry now is that they’re afraid it will turn up proof that the Conservatives are behind everything shady at the RCMP.
This guy is a complete whack job! I am dissappointed that CTV.com conveniently doesn’t have the clip of that segment in it’s MDL section.
I really hope someone over at a place like officiallyscrewed.com got a copy of it. Because this needs to be seen by Canadians.
Oh, and another tidbit I found over at Stephen Taylor’s blog.
http://www.stephentaylor.ca/
The libs managed to get Youtube to pull the video showing the shipping label on the “negligently left behind” boxes.
More on Scotty Reid on Duff:Laughs mockingly,as Geoff Norquay talks about budget,scoffs,snorts.
Refers to PMSH as an ‘April Fools joke’
Duff goes to end the ‘strategists’segment,Reid absolutely EXPLODES!As Reid posted above,he almost screams..’the rcmp screwed us in the last election..what is it that the Cons.don’t want uncovered?How come you won’t let an inquiry happen?’
Geoff tries to explain what Day’s/Con.plan for this investigation is..Reid yelling..”it may as well be a book review”,then likens whoever Cons.get to oversee review,to Capt.Kangaroo!More yelling about Cons.choosing not to do all they can,and asks,’what answers don’t you want dug up?’
Norquay,and Ann McGrath are stunned..Geoff tries to speak,Reid yells some more..”what was going on with PMSH relationship with Zac?Why was he the first one PMSH met with after he became PM?Why didn’t PMSH do something about Zac?”
Norquay blows..he’s yelling “WE FIRED HIM”..then,”that was beneath contempt Scott”
Duff seems stunned..goes to break,then camera pans to Fife/Galloway in wings..they too look shocked. Fife/Galloway on.
Duff:”are they out of Valium in TO??What was that all about?”
Fife:’The Martin clique still hasn’t gotten over Zac..Zac was close to Chretien’ talks about too much closeness between politicians,and upper echelon of rcmp..says something about Zac having arm around Chretien..goes on to really praise rank and file rcmp members..Good for you Fife!
Galloway has to bring up Shapiro “quitting” This was just ridiculous,but I think it shows how badly the Libs are dealing with being out of power,and it’s killing them.DELICIOUS.
I sent an email to duffy@ctv.ca expressing my dissappointment at them not having the video of that segment up on their website and requesting they put it up.
I think we should start an SDA movement and flood them with email to get that video up.
Reid,
Correct, that YouTube yellow label has been pulled.
You can still see the large clear yellow label on:
theCanadianSentinel.blogspot.com
and a link to AngyGWN coverage.=TG
The Scott Reid debacle was quite entertaining. He essentially implied that the RCMP is an agent of the Conservative Party of Canada. I’m starting to think those guys actually thought there were going to be soldiers in the streets. Apparently, everyone is out to get them. Given all the hassle the media gives the Tories about how they politicize the judiciary, I’m kind of interested in seeing what they are going to say about this. Probably nothing.
A-Class radio yet again…
http://www.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=316da0f5-4aa1-47de-ab74-088664b4572d
I caught a speech today by Dion in Montreal. Hard to understand what he was saying – lots of words but not too many concise thoughts.
However, did anyone else hear him say that ANYONE who lost money on the Income Trust decision will be reimbursed 2/3 of their losses if he is Prime MInister!!!!!
I am gaga. So now the taxpayer bails out stock market speculators???? What did they think – that the stock market is a guaranteed income supplement?
What will this cost?
Do they just mean poor seniors or how about all of the wealthy lawyers and corporate stock holders. How about Paul Martin’s friend who owns the Medysys Private health care clinics in Quebec and Ontario. He is an Income Trust.
THIS promise is absolutely bizarre. And the media did not pick this up?
In the not too distant past, I remember the “west” always mocking “eastern block countries”.
Now it looks like the tables have been turned. It was the system all along. Not the people themselves.
When it comes to brains, the Czech president has it all over a former American VP.
“… The U.S. congressmen were asking how humans contribute to climate change and how these changes should be dealt with in legislation.
Another high-ranking figure whose views were heard was former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, one of the leading voices calling for changes in human behaviour to avert an environmental catastrophe.
Conversely, the Czech President asked the congressmen not to yield to pressure from environmentalists and abandon the principles of free society: “the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity at the beginning of the 21st century is not communism or its various softer variants. Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism.”
“This ideology,” Klaus said, “wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central, now global, planning of the whole world.”
The Czech President is strongly opposed to environmentalism, which he calls a “religion based on political ambitions rather than science,” and accuses environmentalists of using “sophisticated methods of media manipulation” to spread “fear and panic”.” (IPS)
//www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37133
Just when things were going so well in Northern Iraq. [As per MichaelTotten.com ]
I wonder if this readying is really for an offensive or rather a passive defensive. I hope the latter.
todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=105912
Turkey readying for spring offensive against PKK
The leaves of military personnel have been canceled and additional forces have been deployed to the border with Iraq as the military apparently prepares for an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The measures come amid frustration with US inactivity against the PKK and the expected infiltration of PKK militants from their mountain bases in northern Iraq with the arrival of spring.
Much more at the link above.
TodaysZaman seems reliable and with a code of ethics, however I admit to not knowing yet = TG
How to get the Brit mariners returned. [Hewit*s idea]
HH: Now let’s get to the first major issue of the day, which is Iran. Mr. Speaker, if the United Kingdom feels obliged to use force, if diplomacy fails to get their people back, will you applaud?
NG: I think there are two very simple steps that should be taken. The first is to use a covert operation, or a special forces operation to knock out the only gasoline producing refinery in Iran. There’s only one. And the second is to simply intercede by Naval force, and block any tankers from bringing gasoline to Iran…
HH: Would you do, would you urge them…
NG: And say to the Iranians, you know, you can keep the sailors as long as you want, but in about 30 days, everybody in your country will be walking. …. and more. . .
hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/7057beba-c66b-4a5f-a8fe-d8da01fe61db
= TG
How to get the Brit mariners returned. [Hewitt*s idea]
HH: Now let’s get to the first major issue of the day, which is Iran. Mr. Speaker, if the United Kingdom feels obliged to use force, if diplomacy fails to get their people back, will you applaud?
NG: I think there are two very simple steps that should be taken. The first is to use a covert operation, or a special forces operation to knock out the only gasoline producing refinery in Iran. There’s only one. And the second is to simply intercede by Naval force, and block any tankers from bringing gasoline to Iran…
HH: Would you do, would you urge them…
NG: And say to the Iranians, you know, you can keep the sailors as long as you want, but in about 30 days, everybody in your country will be walking. …. and more. . .
hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/7057beba-c66b-4a5f-a8fe-d8da01fe61db
= TG
Forces’ Terror Manual Lists Natives With Hezbollah
Radical natives are listed in the Canadian army’s counterinsurgency manual as a potential military opponent, lumping aboriginals in with the Tamil Tigers, Hezbollah and the Islamic Jihad.
national newswatch
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Liberal AdScam Martin Is a Lobbyist for the Indian Chiefs:
Chef Dion’s Liberals: Soft on terrorism.
[…]
A private member’s bill requiring the Canadian government to “fulfil its obligations under the Kelowna Accord,” easily passed in the House of Commons by a 176-126 vote on Wednesday.
“Parliament has spoken, the House of Commons has spoken,” said former prime minister Paul Martin, who initiated the bill. […]
But private member’s bills cannot compel the government of the day to spend money, and the Conservatives insist they are charting their own course. …-
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070321/national/kelowna_vote
Librano$: Gagliano says: All In The Famiglia Di Cani.
A Part of the Legacy to Canadians From: AdScam Chretien-Martin-Dion, et al….-
Former Chretien aide Pelletier wins second wrongful-dismissal case
OTTAWA (CP) – The top aide to former prime minister Jean Chretien won his second straight wrongful-dismissal suit against the federal government Friday. […]
Soon after taking office, Martin fired a number of close allies to Chretien, his predecessor and bitter political rival. …-
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=7fa007ab-dc19-401b-a266-ee0ed976e67d&k=22130
Separated At Birth: Stephane Dion & Kermit The Frog
http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2007/03/separated-at-birth-stephane-dion-kermit.html
Hilariously striking side-by-side photographic comparos!
… and , what are you doin’ for Easter?
Nothin’ … just hangin’ ’round…-
Ecce cocoa
You read it here first. And once our post about an art gallery’s plans to display an ‘anatomically correct’ Chocolate Jesus was picked up by Ed Driscoll and Pajamas Media, so did the rest of the world.
Today, Chocolate Jesus died for art’s sins.
N.Y. gallery cancels naked chocolate Jesus exhibit
Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:56pm ET …-
http://www.newcriterion.com/weblog/armavirumque.html
Liberal Garth Turner has a tip on how to collect political donations WITHOUT having to document them THUS getting around the new election contribution restrictions in the Accountability Act:
A nice big Liberal loophole you could drive a lot of plain brown paper envelopes through:
“Thanks a lot to those folks who sent me twenty bucks yesterday, in the first known digital equivalent of passing-the-hat.
Under new election fundraising rules, supporters of a candidate can toss a bill into a hat (or a jar, or a hand), or in this case a PayPal account, and it goes to the cause without the same bureaucracy as a larger donation.”
Without the “same bureaucracy”…hmmmm – code words from Liberal Garth for “without anyone knowing about it because it is not recorded or reported?
CAW is plagiarizing CAW from SDA. It’s infrigwmnwet of copyleft… CAW…-
Auto workers occupy Scarborough plant [plant closing]
“They have absolutely every obligation, lawful and otherwise, including an agreement with us, our union — CAW, to pay that severance out.” ..-
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/198138
1,000 Words
One of the most touching photos in years taken by an AP photographer moved across the wires last night and few newspapers published it. The Daily Mail did. It showed President Bush helping Robert Byrd walk.
The occasion was the overdue awarding of a congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee airmen who served in World War II. There is irony there.
But there also is compassion from President Bush. This may be why the photo received so little play in the newspapers today.
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http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2007/03/30/569/
(via instapundit)
Added to the “Caused by GW-CC List” . …-
Deadly Dengue: Hemorrhagic dengue fever surges in Mexico with Climate Changes, Migration
Mexico City – The deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fiver is increasing dramatically in Mexico, and experts predict a surge throughout Latin America fueled by climate change, migration and faltering mosquito eradication efforts. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809954/posts
Hour of thoughtful darkness inspires
Sydney Morning Herald – 9 hours ago
ACTOR Cate Blanchett embraced an hour of “thoughtful darkness” last night as organisers of the inaugural Earth Hour vowed to make it an annual event. …-
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/hour-of-thoughtful-darkness-inspires/2007/03/31/1174761821370.html
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There, upon the border of a vast sea, the Cimmerians dwelt in the congenial gloom, their habits forming the theme of grotesque fables. (Anon)…-
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
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Newest draft of climate report maps out ‘highway to extinction’
WASHINGTON (AP) – A key element of the second major report on climate change being released Friday in Belgium is a chart that maps out the effects of global warming with every degree of temperature rise, most of them bad. …-
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2007/03/10/3726610-ap.html
…. and another $900 Million goes to QC – this time to the areo-space industries. No doubt it was huge news in QC.
The item rated one column about 5″ long and tucked away on Page 10 of the Calgary Herald (Sat).
Really! How much more of this are Westerners going to absorb without standing up and being counted?
It seems AB is about to get another round of Green dumped on us very soon via Harper & Baird.
Already the AB environment minister is whimpering publicly about “how little” the proposed AB regulations really are – no doubt getting ready to support whatever the Feds throw our way.