Contrary to what one might believe reading my various entries on the police, I recognize the difficult job that they have, and I realize that they are often capable of feats of great heroism when they put themselves at peril to protect the public. As a retired teacher, I also
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A BCer in Toronto: Why is Julian Fantino hiding his campaign donors?
Blogger The Sixth Estate has written a post drawing attention to the campaign finance filing of Vaughan Conservative MP Julian Fantino from last year’s election, noting two campaign contributions of “Dinner” and “Donation” that are rather odd names you don’t hear every day. And if they are names, at $117,600
Continue readingImpolitical: F-35 insanity: The movie reel
Is this a “tactical retreat” as the Globe very generously frames the Fantino backtrack on F-35s this week? Is Harper admitting he was wrong? It’s hard to believe anything this government says on this file. Their approach has been heavy-handed throughout. From the first day of the ludicrously showy roll-out,
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Julian Fantino Hates Canada According To Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino of February 13th, 2012 hates Julian Fantino of March 13th, 2012 Julian Fantino has been unequivocal: anyone that questions the purchase of the F-35 fighter jets hates Canada. Let’s sample some of his statements praising the F-35s, shall we? The Government of Canada determined that the F-35 is
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Epochal Moment in Toryland
While there has been a long and sustained objection to Canada’s planned purchase of F-35 jets, today marks the first time that the Harper regime has, even for a moment, taken its head out of the clouds. Associate Defence Minister Julian (the dour and humourless) Fantino has raised the possibility
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Vaughan M.P. Has Some Splainin’ to Do.
My my my. It looks like Mr. Law-and-Order, the dour and humourless M.P. Julian Fantino, may not have been playing by the rules in the last election. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: If Maurizio Bevilacqua Wants to Clean up Vaughan I Know Where he Should Sweep
404 System Error, score another home run with their exposure of some questionable financing in Julian Fantino’s campaign. Seems Fantino is running two separate accounts, in a non-transparent fashion, one with a balance of $300,000. Why two accounts and why were the records of only one of the accounts presented to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mike de Souza’s report on the Cons’ attempts to hide both the oil industry’s involvement and its own lack of credibility is well worth a read in full. But let’s focus on a more basic revelation: Harper has set up a publicly-funded
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Why The F-35 Won’t Fly
If you are interested in why the F-35 is an exceedingly poor choice for our next generation of fighter planes, read this article, where you will also see the infantile way in which Harper government toady Julian Fantino dismisses reasoned arguments against the purchase. Recommend this Post
Continue readingImpolitical: On the lighter side…
Blessed art thou, F-35, amongst holy implements: Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino reached heavenward for words Thursday when trying to defend his government’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets during question period. Fantino said a recent report criticizing the purchase in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal was “critical of everything that
Continue readingThe Equivocator: …and Boisvenu makes three.
First, Julian Fantino writes about his love of the death penalty in his book. Then PM Harper talks about his support for the government having the ability to kill Canadians in an interview last year. On Wednesday it was reported that Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu suggested that prisoners should be
Continue readingImpolitical: Lawful access legislation to retain warrant requirement?
Fantino last night: Speaking to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in Windsor, Ont. Sunday evening, associate Minister of National Defence Julian Fantino said the government will retable a bill designed to address a “pressing real need” f…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Fun with Numbers: The Conservatives
Last month, I looked at ridings where the Liberals exceeded expectations. Today, a look at ridings where the Tories did better than we would have thought given what was going on around them. If you’re confused about what the numbers in brackets mean, c…
Continue readingDemocratic Progress: CPC Pork and You
Big day in federal politics today, as Con MPs fan out across the country to hand out taxpayer dollars in an attempt to purchase re-election. I have a rather lengthy response.
It’s Our Money
Here’s the first thing that the Liberals should be reminding…
Continue readingPrime Minister marks five years in office
Prime Minister Cowboy Steve marks five years in power as Canada’s big cheese, eclipsing the tenures of long-serving Conservative heavyweights Joe Clark and Kim Campbell. Party faithful gathered to celebrate the occasion, and invited guests joined in the festivities.
Cowboy Steve was presented with a joke cake by newbie MP
Julian Fantino. The boss warned “I know where you live, Kojak”
Julian Fantino. The boss warned “I know where you live, Kojak”
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More Notes From Underground: Kelly McParland Repeats Big Lie About Toronto
This was the most remarkable idiocy in an otherwise blisteringly stupid column about how Toronto doesn’t matter any more in Canadian politics: “Toronto’s political clout hasn’t disappeared altogether — it continues to suck up large amounts of provincial and federal funding” Toronto of course contributes more to federal and provincial
Continue readingTories tab former Mallcop Fantino as Vaughan byelection candidate
Former mallcop Julian Fantino has been handpicked by the Conservatives to run as the party’s candidate in the upcoming federal byelecton in Vaughan, it was revealed at a press conference this morning. The erstwhile security guard has served as the top cop of the London, Toronto and OPP forces, as well as Cloverdale Mall and the Eglinton Square Shopping Centre.
At the announcement, the former retail security specialist was asked whether he will be allowed to speak freely. “The Prime Minister deals with issues as he sees them,” Mr. Fantino replied. “I know what leadership is all about … It’s about doing whatever the leader says, no matter how unpopular or wacky it seems.” He added that he hoped the Conservative leader shares his strong interest in child pornography.
The former security guard is confident he can wrest Vaughan from the Liberals. “This is another journey. It’s a journey in pursuit of what I call ‘the other journey’, but a journey nonetheless. Just another one.” Mr. Fantino said. He praised Cowboy Steve’s steadfast commitment to law and order. “I’m no homo, but I’ve personally seen the Prime Minister’s cojones, and frankly, let me tell you they’re quite impressive.”
Mr. Fantino closed the announcement, saying his selection is “a proud moment for rent-a-cops everywhere”. A Conservative Party insider commented “This is so exciting in two ways: We haven’t had a minority candidate since Rahim Jaffer. And he’s a redneck! Yee-Haw!”<div class=”statcounter”><a title=”blogger visitor counter” class=”statcounter” href=”http://www.statcounter.com/blogger/”><img class=”statcounter” src=”http://c.statcounter.com/5554999/0/1562fe85/1/” alt=”blogger visitor counter” /></a></div>
Mr. Fantino’s autobiography Mallcop! Click to buy
