Topic related open thread.
Not all decisions have been read yet, but everything is going as expected by everyone except the politically motivated.
Update: Cleared on all 31.
Topic related open thread.
Not all decisions have been read yet, but everything is going as expected by everyone except the politically motivated.
Update: Cleared on all 31.
Glad to learn that Duffy can get back to his taskless thanks, I guess they will be especially taskless now.
old white guy says………..I was right.
Well said, you’ve got it in a nutshell.
As for the Trudeau Charter, it’s the worst of the worst documents ever, coupled with the multiculturalism it is a recipe for division, the end of a strong united country….we are well on our way.
I was taken aback by Vaillancourt’s condemnation of the PMO as well. However the PMO should never have interfered at all and this was where he was able to make a connection and opine on it.
It will be interesting to watch how long the media hacks like Fife et al carp on it and attempt to look like credible journalists instead of partisan hacks.
By the way, the reality now is that the Canadian taxpayer will likely foot the bill for making Mike Duffy a millionaire once the dust settles on all the litigation.
Thefoxes now have permission to devastate the henhouse
Looking to the Future:
The Senate has been holding meetings open to the public casting about for ideas on operating procedures and a system that will eventually make the chamber useful.
Some are doubtful.
// Saskatchewan Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk – a 22-year veteran of the Senate – seemed to hit the limit of his capacity to comprehend exactly how a chamber without a traditional government caucus – and, by inference, without a traditional government leader or whip – would actually work.
“Someone has to do the work of the whip,” Tkachuk said to LeBlanc.
And someone, he told LeBlanc “has to allocate offices, and parking spaces” //
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// Since the split, they’ve begun holding open caucus sessions – open not just to reporters, but to parliamentarians from all corners, as well as the public.
Earlier this month, their discussion on electoral reform proved so popular that some spectators ended up sitting on the floor, while last week’s panel on the logistics of legalizing marijuana attracted not only considerable public interest, but also controversy, at least at first, after activists posting to the event webpage pointed to a perceived bias towards witnesses opposed to the plan.
[…].
The forum even attracted a visitor from the other side of the aisle: Conservative Senator Kelvin Ogilvie, who quizzed the witnesses – which included Bill Blair, the parliamentary secretary charged with handling the file – on the dangers a liberalized pot policy could pose to youth.
The resulting ruckus had far more in common with a town hall than a committee hearing – sprawling, spontaneous and under constant threat of unscheduled outbursts and unexpected tangents, in the best possible way.
If the 20-odd independent-by-design senators selected to fill out the Senate roster can capture that adventurous spirit and combine it with the Conservatives’ newfound zeal for holding the government to account, Canadians may find themselves better served by the red chamber than ever in their history. //
http://ottawacitizen.com/storyline/kady-how-will-the-revamped-senate-work-maybe-better
Eventually “factions” will form. That’s how parties intially got started. But they don’t have to be along present party lines.
Too bad Maurice Price can’t be charged criminally for fraud. He really should pay the signing bonus back.
Your comment 10:25 pm yesterday, on the opposition and media.
Snakes or even scorpions a very accurate description. I always knew the media would turn on Prime Minister Harper. Where in the heck were his advisors?
Still they cannot let go. Harper, Harper, Harper and PMO- and they having been gone since August last. Pure Orwell in my humble opinion.
Seriously? We enjoyed PMSH for NOT being charismatic, face it, he was dull. And that’s ok.
Better then the Selfie Shipdit we are now stuck with.
How’s that extra 200 BILLION in debt gonna look in 4 years? Accomplishing nothing, but payoffs to the usual suspects, bagmen, corrupt natives and their lawyers, plus their most favoured unions and special interest groups.
The average Canadian will not benefit one iota from these tards in the LIEbral cabal. But they can be legally stoned, so that makes it kewl, I know, I know…..
Hey Bert,
I’m a Maritimer. I’m not on pogey.
So you are already incorrect.
So please regale us with the many achievements and accomplishments that you obviously must have in order to be so superior.
I’m guessing you have none and really just look for someone to attack to make yourself feel better.
Uninformed loser.
A senator does not have to be a resident of the province he represents but he must own property in the province he represents.
His principal residence is his principal residence – common sense tells you that. It is not what you want to declare it.
“…Duffy did not want to do this because he felt he had done nothing wrong. He had not, but …”
Duffy had done lots of things that are wrong, but they aren’t illegal or even against the Senate’s own policies and practises. Perhaps he has done more of these wrong things than many Senators have, but nothing that isn’t done on some level by most of them.