A quick observation. In the media Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Dumdum wanted to convince reporters that he and his staff – who were so incompetent that they didn’t know there was a disaster at Attawapiskat in the first place – had the matter well in hand. (I guess the spinners
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Crazy Bitches R Us: Attawapiskat: Minister Dum-dum the Red Cross won’t swallow your spin.
A quick observation. In the media Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Dumdum wanted to convince reporters that he and his staff – who were so incompetent that they didn’t know there was a disaster at Attawapiskat in the first place – had the matter we…
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Critic Carolyn Bennett said he was in so far
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs Critic Carolyn Bennett said he was in so far
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Thoughts on the political circus around Attawapiskat
Sometimes you have to laugh, or cry. Today I did a bit of both. Minister Duncan’s (aka Minister Dum-dum’s)performance and lack of knowledge about his file meant his press secretary had to rescue him from a press conference. Liberal Aboriginal Affairs C…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Attawapiskat and Our New Canadian Flag
It’s going to be -21 degrees and feel like -30 in Attawapiskat today. Where some families are living in tents and plywood shacks like this one. So what is our hideous Con government doing, more than a month after that poor little community declared a state of emergency? Preparing to
Continue readingBlevkog: Dear Canadian Taxpayer Federation:
I have an idea for your next target research focus. Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day While the known costs for the auditor are $1,300 daily, that sum could rise significantly once travel and other expenses are factored in, said Grand Chief David Harper, of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Continue readingAttawapiskat v. the patriarichal Prime Minister.
Today our Prime Minister is forcing Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to pay $1300 a day for some Accountant to come into the community to take control of the local finances. According to the CBC, The federal government is forcing the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation to pay a private-sector consultant about
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Are First Nation Complaints All Part of a Commie Plot?
At the root of the Conservative movement on both sides of the border, is the fear of Communism. In the U.S. they rallied around Joseph McCarthy, and Ronald Reagan became the poster boy for the anti-communist movement. I read yesterday that Canada’s First Nation chiefs are taking their case to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Monica Townson analyzes the Cons’ private-sector pension scheme and determines that it doesn’t add anything to the privileged treatment already granted to saving by those who can afford it. – pogge points out that as part of Peter MacKay’s desperation in trying
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Attawapiskat Sheds Light on Canada’s Ghetto System
There was a joke floating around several years ago, with an American and Canadian arguing the benefits of their respective countries. The Canadian lashed out at the American “At least in Canada, we don’t have ghettos”, to which the American replied, “I know. You call them “reserves”” Most of our cities do have
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: ‘Twas just weeks before Christmas in Attawapiskat
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I got me a new video an’ poem all about Attawapiskat. Here it is: ‘Twas just weeks before Christmas, when all through the land,Attention was aimed at a First Nation band;Canadians heard as they’d oft heard before,Of hardship and squalour so hard to ignore;Of children
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: ‘Twas just weeks before Christmas in Attawapiskat
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I got me a new video an’ poem all about Attawapiskat. Here it is: ‘Twas just weeks before Christmas, when all through the land,Attention was aimed at a First Nation band;Canadians heard as they’d oft heard before,Of hardship and squalour so hard to ignore;Of children
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: ‘Twas just weeks before Christmas in Attawapiskat
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I got me a new video an’ poem all about Attawapiskat. Here it is:’Twas just weeks before Christmas, when all through the land,Attention was aimed at a First Nation band;Canadians heard as they’d oft heard before,Of hards…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Attawapiskat and the Shameless Cons
Woohoo. Excellent. I see the Con Injun Agent has been kicked out of Attawapiskat. Attawapiskat band councillors kicked out a federal appointee in charge of overseeing the troubled band’s finances on Monday when he showed up in the remote Northern Ontario reserve. Good for that little community. First the Cons
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – If anybody hasn’t yet seen Bruce Anderson’s critique of the Cons’ dirty tricks, it’s well worth a read – especially in emphasizing how a party supposedly built around morals and ethics is so quick to declare that anything goes when it comes to
Continue readingMike Holmes’s Holme-run
Mike Holmes said it best regarding the housing crisis in Attawapiskat. We need to stop building crap. It’s as simple as that Couple this with the allegation that the Government knew of the problems in Attawakpiskat for several years. Retired Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl recounted to Evan Solomon on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Greg Weston nicely chronicles Peter MacKay’s flat-out lies about how he came to take a $30,000 helicopter ride. And while Weston despairs about the likelihood that MacKay will pay any price, he does point out why we shouldn’t accept anything less: Few things
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Let’s Occupy #Attawapiskat in Twitter on December 7
I wrote a piece the other day on Attawapiskat, and how it enrages me. Not just the case in those communities, but how it’s representative of Canada’s largely racist relationship with first nations and, frankly, all “disposable” people. This, by the way, is an amazing piece with essential information about
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Ezra Levant’s Rant Has a Ring of Truth, But His Din is Deafening
One of my right-wing friends asked me to watch Ezra Levant’s take on the Attawapiskat crisis, feeling, I suppose, that he presented a compelling argument. Levant is right when he suggests that it is hypocritical for Charlie Angus to use the photos of the devastation against Stephen Harper. Angus has
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