Stephen Harper? Paul Martin?
Or is it Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer and head of Elections Canada?
You decide.
Stephen Harper? Paul Martin?
Or is it Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer and head of Elections Canada?
You decide.
Canadian politics are too fragmented and too inconsistent. Some people will say that makes it more interesting. I contend it makes it so much more ineffective, resulting in single party rule simply because people for the most part WANT to know what to expect.
Conservatives are not really conservatives, liberals are socialists, no one really speaks to principles and right and wrong.
Canada is suffering from its stubborness in taking on anything that remotely resembles the US. We could learn a valubale lesson from their two party history.
There is a solution. Allow Quebec, no ENCOURAGE Quebec to separate. Then geographic imbalances will fade and come to an equilibrium. There will no longer be this push-pull identity crisis of whether Cananda is European/North American anymore. Trudeau will be revealed gor what he truly was–an unruly adolescent thumbing his nose at the US with the long term cost of casting Canada into a three deacde long identity crisis.
This nonsense needs to end. Look to Australia. There is one culture with a wide array of opinions and the political system works. Any system with two opposing cultures containing cannot work, period.
Canada need to grow up and learn to benefit from the fact of our location to the US, not wallow in victimology.
Think like a victim and you stay a victim.
Trudeau was not a unifier, but a divider.
Canada needs a unifier, it needs a Ronald Reagan and quick.
I fail to see how this election steals Christmas. After all, just because it’s Christmas on December 25 doesn’t mean we shut down electricity generators or emergency rooms from December 1 to January 23.
If you can’t get over politicing for as long as you need to at Christmas, that’s your problem, not Canada’s. I mean, at a minimum, couldn’t you just say a little prayer of thanks that in the middle of pitched political battle you still have your family and friends to celebrate Christmas with?
just a quick question.
if Alberta separates before Quebec. I know its wishful thinking, will it still have to pay a proportionate share of quebecs debt load or what ever a hotshot like stephanie dion negotiates or that scaredy cat ditherer PMPM>????
It is my understanding that your question is jurisprudentially unanswerable at this time, Cal2.
Paul AdScam Martin & the Librano$$$$$$$$$$ wish all these porkers a very, merry ****************.
Handing out the sugar-plums on your behalf; let nothing you dismay.Remember Paul the saviour on election day.>>>>
Recent government appointments before the Liberals were defeated:
In the last two weeks before the Liberals were defeated, there were a number of government appointments worth noting.
On Nov. 24, Industry Minister David Emerson appointed Christiane Germain and Gordon MacInnis to the Canadian Tourism Commission for a three-year term.
On Nov. 23, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew appointed Nancy Riche and Michael Small to the board of directors of Rights and Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) for three years. Mr. Pettigrew also appointed former auditor general Denis Desautels to the International Development Research Centre’s board of governors.
On Nov. 23, Industry Minister David Emerson appointed Suzanne Fortier as president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Edwin Bourget as a member of NSERC. On the same day, Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Robert D. Laing as Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2006.
On Nov. 22, the federal Cabinet appointed John H. McArthur and Kenneth S. Courtis to the board of directors of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. The appointments of Dr. McArthur and Dr. Courtis are part of a renewal at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, which includes the provision of an endowment from the Government of Canada and the appointment of co-CEOs Paul Evans and Yuen Pau Woo.
Kroeger was appointed to Industry Canada’s senior management
On Nov. 21, Mr. Emerson appointed Arthur Kroeger as an adviser to Industry Canada’s senior management. He will advise the department on the overall transparency, governance and accountability of the Transformative Technologies Program. The new program which Mr. Emerson announced on Sept. 20, 2005, will share with Canadian industry in the costs of innovation and technology adoption projects. Its goal will be to support leading-edge industrial research in Canada and to ensure that Canadian firms are competitive in the global economy. It is the successor program to Technology Partnerships Canada, which Mr. Emerson announced will be wound down over the coming months.
On the same day, Mr. Emerson also appointed Louise Pag� to the Canadian Tourism Commission board of directors. The Canadian Tourism Commission is a Crown corporation that works in partnership with the tourism industry and provincial and territorial governments to market Canada as a four-season destination.
Shugart named to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Health Task Force
On Nov. 18, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Ian Shugart was appointed as chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Health Task Force. The Health Task Force was created two years ago after the outbreak of SARS, to address health-related threats to economies, focusing mainly on emerging infectious diseases. Mr. Shugart’s appointment will start in January 2006 and is effective for two years.
Mr. Emerson also appointed Jean Nicolas to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology on Nov. 18 for a three-year term. The council’s role is to provide expert advice on national research and innovation goals and policies, and their application to increasing Canadian economic, social and cultural well-being.
Pettigrew names Preston Ambassador to Poland
On Nov. 17, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew appointed David Preston as the Ambassador to the Republic of Poland. On the same day, Mr. Emerson appointed Louis Brunel and Delwyn Fredlund to the National Research Council of Canada Governing Council for a three year-term. On the same day, Defence Minister Bill Graham appointed James Downey as Chair of the Board of Governors of Royal Military College, replacing Dr. Bernard Shapiro.
Emerson names Krentz to Standards Council of Canada
On Nov. 16, Mr. Emerson reappointed Hugh A. Krentz as chair of the Standards Council of Canada. On Nov. 15, Mr. Emerson also appointed Suzanne Fortier as the president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Martin appoints Amey first-ever president of Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency
On Nov. 10, Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Allan F. Amey as the country’s first-ever president of the Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency. Announced in Budget 2005, the newly-established Climate Fund Agency is a market-based institution for the purchase of emission reductions and removals on behalf of the Government of Canada. Mr. Amey will assume the role of President as of Jan. 1, 2006. >>>
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thehilltimes
I could understand why there is confusion about there being a problem with holding an election on Christmas. If one is to follow the liberal dogma, the population affected by this holiday is such a small minority, might as well not celebrate and get some work done.
“if Alberta separates before Quebec. I know its wishful thinking, will it still have to pay a proportionate share of quebecs debt load”
If you really want to dump the old bag one doesn’t argue that you are getting divorced as soon as she clears up her Visa bill.
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Don’t feel sorry for these turkeys having to work christmass/boxing day, they’ll be paid mega bucks an hour. Think of all the military who work these days, they don’t get paid overtime, most of them don’t get paid enough to live on and then when their commitment (contract) is up the government will steal half of their severence pay. I speak from experience.
Back to the unfortunate souls that have to “work”, I say jokeingly, from limited conversations I have had most don’t sound like their religion celibrates christmas anyway.
This is a mutlicultural country. There have to be some non-Christians who would like triple time for working on stat holidays. Non-issue. Doctors and nurses and emergency departments work Christmas day, as do police, fire chiefs, etc. No reason why Kingsley can’t call a time out for a day, sanctioned by all three parties.
But if Christmas is celebrated by too few of the population and become a non-holiday…what is to happen to all the overtime pay/income?
If Qeubec were to separate (the sooner the better), they get to take all the Liberano member who live in Quebec with them. That would mean that Paul Martin wouldn’t have a seat, along with a bunch of other crooked bastards. This is a win-win for the rest of Canada.
When the West separates (which gets more likely with each passing election and the dispensing of more $$$$ to Quebec), then I’m certain we’d stiff the rest of Canada with as much as we could. And why not, the West has been paying the bills for years so that Ontario and Quebec could live high on the hog.
Sounds like a plan to me.
We shall se if Kingsley passes the grinch test as well as the tesy of integrity in office…there is a formal complaint filed by the Libertarian party to have the Liberal party of Canada decertified as a party due to ackowledged theft of public funds and criminal breech of public trust as per the regualtory demands of the Canada elections act.
The case against the Liberal party is a lock as they have damitted culpability by repaying stolen public funds…they are obviously in breech of statute as a registered party…Kingsley’s duty is to decertify them….and before the election as the complaint was filed in a timely manner.
The clock is ticking on Kingsley’s integrity.
Does pouring new wine into old bags help the “Party”? Does pouring old whine into new bags help the “Party”?
Jean Augustine has a “whine list” for Mikhail & Paul. She’s checking it twice and reading it wherever, whenever she has an audience. Merry Ckjdfwqls, Jean. Here’s an excerpt from Augustine’s “whine list”:>>>
Rogue riding executive stirring up trouble for Ignatieff: MP
Outgoing Liberal MP Jean Augustine defends her successor and denies she was pushed out.
Despite rumours that she was pushed out by senior Liberal strategists, former MP Jean Augustine is rushing to defend the party’s new star recruit who is getting off to a rough start in his bid to replace her as Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore.
Ms. Augustine said tension in the riding–stirred up by the arrival of the new Liberal candidate, academic Michael Ignatieff–is being caused not by senior Liberal officials, but rather by a rogue riding association executive that has long been a thorn in her side.
“This is a group of Ukrainians that have taken over the riding association and every single one is of Ukrainian origin,” said Ms. Augustine, 68. “It is a not an inclusive association, representative of all people living in the riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore and they were just sitting there waiting for me [to leave] going. All this mess that is going on–it has a little bit to do with their own ambitions.”
Members of the executive in the riding association have complained about Mr. Ignatieff’s candidacy, arguing that others were blocked from challenging the academic at last week’s nomination meeting. Some have also staged protests against Mr. Ignatieff, 58, over an analysis of Ukrainian nationalism in his book Blood and Belonging.
It spilled over into his nomination meeting last Wednesday, as dozens of angry Ukrainian Canadian Liberals jeered as Mr. Ignatieff’s supporters tried to out-shout them. But Ms. Augustine said she’s not surprised they are giving him a hard time.
Ms. Augustine suggested that the new members of the executive rigged a riding association election last year, so that they could control the nomination process and push through their own Liberal candidate.
“They never supported me, they have never raised money for me, never had a meeting inviting others, never came to my Christmas Party, my Open House, Canada Day. They took over the riding, but they did nothing since then,” Ms. Augustine said.
She added that the executive managed to defeat her own slate of candidates last year.
“I had a list where all communities were represented, Italians, Croatians, Somalians–a nice group of people working together. They took over the riding association, but they did nothing for liberalism, nothing to improve the conditions of the people in the riding or creating some interests to promote the party,” she said. “They were never around during election time and if I see them right now, except for the president, I wouldn’t recognize them.” >>>>>
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thehilltimes
If you believe that Kingley will decertify the Liberal party, you are dreaming. I could make lots of weird similies, but I won’t.
Business as usual. Screw the Canadian public at every opportunity.
WL Mackenzie Redux
Never mind ticking, kingsley’s alarm went off when he told people flooded out of their homes in MB they had to vote in 1997 because chretiens early urgetn election timetable was more important than theirs.
Does anyone remember why we needed the early election.
If libs were not above the law they would be decertified, but they are above the law.
“With all candidates + campaign workers taking the day off, and voting day a month later, why should their Christmas Day with family be ruined?”
Because in the Liberal’s perfect world this is not considered Christmas Day – it’s Holiday Day, so why all the fuss? I haven’t been inside a church in years for spiritual reasons but I think I will this ‘Holiday’ season just to piss off a Liberal. Does that make me intolerant?
Garry, while you’re there to spite the Libs, toss some Karma in the collection plate and say a prayer that the Tories win.
In the last two weeks before the Liberals were defeated, there were a number of government appointments worth noting …
Thank you very much maz2, now I’m really depressed. Every one of those appointments is to a useless agency doing useless work that no one asked for and no one needs. Is any prime minister of Canada ever going to crack the whip and turn these rich, comfortable parasites out onto the street? Probably not, until we’re as broke as Argentina.
Its a toss up between THE GRINCH or EBENIZER SCROOGE becuase JACOB MARLEY is dead jim