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Accidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review – April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 25 saw one of the more noteworthy economic debates we’ve seen in the current session of Parliament, as a former-PC-turned-Liberal raised the issue of income inequality to a noteworthy response from the Harper Cons. The Big Issue Scott Brison presented what should have been a relatively non-controversial motion
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: He’s Just Another Politician
Despite the ongoing and very critical coverage of Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair and his myriad leadership failures at the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, the truculent top cop refuses to both apologize and resign. The most withering criticism I can think to make is that Blair is just another
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Happy Anniversary!
One year ago today, Stephen Harper turned an “unwanted election” into his first majority government, Jack Layton and the NDP soared to never before seen heights, and Liberals spent the evening curled up in a fetal position sobbing in the corner. On political anniversaries, it’s tempting to give each party
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Happy Anniversary!
One year ago today, Stephen Harper turned an “unwanted election” into his first majority government, Jack Layton and the NDP soared to never before seen heights, and Liberals spent the evening curled up in a fetal position sobbing in the corner. On political anniversaries, it’s tempting to give each party
Continue readingbastard.logic: The Real Bev Oda Scandal: Politicizing (& Corporatizing) Canadian Foreign Aid
That now-infamous taxpayer-subsidized luxury hotel switcheroo in Mother London? Small potatoes. Don Cayo: [A]nalysis by Fraser Reilly-King, a policy analyst at the non-profit Canadian Council for International Co-operation, shows substantial cuts to foreign aid in last month’s federal budget are aimed mainly at the same kind of underprivileged countries [that were
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Bev Oda is Fraudulent, But Still No More Expensive than her Predecesors
Okay, so Bev Oda, aside from being a documented liar, is also a pampered, self-entitled twit who thinks the proper use for taxpayer dollars is on swanky five-star hotels and thousand-dollar-a-day limousines. That makes her wasteful, and the fact that she herself acknowledges these should never have been expensed to
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: New Song & Video: "Bev’s Crystal Chandelier"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon the latest Bev Oda schmozzle ain’t anywhere near as important as the robocalls election fraud thing or the F35 deal but I had a couplafew requests to do a song about Bev an’ I aim to please my thousands an’ thou…
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: New Song & Video: "Bev’s Crystal Chandelier"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon the latest Bev Oda schmozzle ain’t anywhere near as important as the robocalls election fraud thing or the F35 deal but I had a couplafew requests to do a song about Bev an’ I aim to please my thousands an’ thousands of adulating
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: New Song & Video: "Bev’s Crystal Chandelier"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon the latest Bev Oda schmozzle ain’t anywhere near as important as the robocalls election fraud thing or the F35 deal but I had a couplafew requests to do a song about Bev an’ I aim to please my thousands an’ thousands of adulating
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Limo Madness: The Expensive Adventures of Bev Oda
Oh no. Somebody call Limousine Anonymous. I see poor Bev Oda has had another unfortunate relapse. Oda was originally supposed to stay at the Grange St. Paul's Hotel, the site of the conference on international immunizations she was in London to attend. The Savoy is two kilometres away and Oda
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Bev Oda’s luxurious, tax payer funded life
Bev Oda, the Minister of International Development, has done it again. In 2006 she was forced to return $2200 to taxpayers for a $5500 dollar limo bill. In 2008 she was accused of hiding a whopping $17,000 in limo expenses. Now she has had to return money to tax payers
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: For those sick of blog posts on Alberta politics…
Bev Oda paid $16 for a glass of orange juice. In fairness, it was a really good glass of orange juice.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Short But Not So Sweet Letter
Here is a copy of the letter that I just fired off to my Conservative Member of Parliament, David Sweet: Dear Mr. Sweet, Although I am sure you are only too aware of the hypocrisy involved, it seems more than passing strange that your government should suddenly cancel the Katimavik
Continue readingLeDaro: Bev Oda likes Savoy Hotel in London, England
It seems only the best will do for International Development Minister Bev Oda, who refused to stay at one five-star hotel in London, England, last year and rebooked at a swanky establishment for more than double the cost. (CP) Savoy Hotel was twice as expensive as 5 star hotel where
Continue readingAsian Pacific Post: "Con-woman’ sent workers to Canada"
The above headline stopped me in my tracks this morning walking along Burrard. I think I have a new label for the likes of Bev Oda and Jenni Byrne.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Gruending On CIDA: Canada’s New Foreign Policy = Helping Canuck Mining Companies
Another fine piece from the author of Pulpit and Politics: CIDA will soon abandon a number of its long-standing development partners among Canadian NGOs, including a number of church-based organizations. Reliable sources say that a number of those groups will see their funding ended or curtailed this year. CIDA is
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Trost Trashes Oda
Some additional detail around the Tory Gov’s recent decision to re-fund Planned Parenthood International that I don’t think has appeared elsewhere:
Trost said he understands that six staffers in the office of International Cooperation Minister Be…
Continue readingSurprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not
Harpercon MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt and Fetus Fetishist extraordinaire, Brad Trost is having a temper tantrum as of late:
Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about a news story on the CBC that had run earlier in the day. The . . . → Read More: Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Grant Humes: The Best Side Of Politics
Grant Humes, the Liberal candidate in the riding of Durham, is the exact opposite of his opponent Bev Oda: he is honest, intelligent and truly decent. Grant got into politics after thirty years in business. He was Vice-President and Chief … Continue reading →
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