Friday, December 9 saw the final day of debate at second reading on the Cons’ seat allocation bill. And as usual, plenty of valid questions went entirely unanswered. The Big Issue Marc-Andre Morin rightly questioned the Cons’ trumped-up sense of urgency in dealing with seat allocations while they do nothing
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Canadian Progressive World: The rebels who snubbed the Queen
The Diamond Jubilee, the extravagant international celebration throughout 2012 marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 60th year at the helm of the declining British Empire, is finally here. British medals galore! Officer of the Order of the British …Read More
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Peter MacKay Doesn’t Want the Canadian Military To Have Any Balls
Is Peter MacKay feeling the pressure? The Minister of National Defence has put the squeeze on the Canadian military’s balls. In this case, they were orange stress balls. The military wanted 20,000 of them but Peter MacKay quickly nixed the purchase when news of this was made public. He didn’t
Continue readingPeter MacKay marries singer Madonna
Federal Minister of Defence married American singer and actress Madonna Ciccone in a quiet ceremony over the New Year’s weekend. After a whirlwind and clandestine courtship, the couple tied the knot at a Gander, NL fishing camp owned by Rob Crosbie. The newlyweds were whisked away in a Cormorant search-and-rescue
Continue readingNazanin Afshin-Jam shows off her true ‘human rights’ cred
I don’t know this for a fact but I doubt Mrs. MacKay has ever offered to fight for the ‘human rights’ of Canada’s Aboriginal women and children. Or the thousands of children abused by the Catholic church. I could be wrong. One thing I do know for sure. By marrying
Continue readingMacKay being used as scapegoat to clear path for Jason Kenney as next Conservative leader?
Interesting article in the Straight about Kenney’s ascension in the Conservative ranks. The writer Charlie Smith feels that Kenney is the logical successor to Harper, with the scandals plaguing former favourite Peter MacKay all but eliminating the very elite Minister of National Defence from contention. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has
Continue readingMacKay being used as scapegoat to clear path for Jason Kenney as next Conservative leader?
Interesting article in the Straight about Kenney’s ascension in the Conservative ranks. The writer Charlie Smith feels that Kenney is the logical successor to Harper, with the scandals plaguing former favourite Peter MacKay all but eliminating the very elite Minister of National Defence from contention. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany – pizzachick, chic hotels and Christopher Hitchens…
…I might be going out on a limb here… but I am predicting a green Christmas in Ottawa. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— At the risk of being flamed, I gotta say that I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about after hearing Trudeau call Kent a pizzachick! I don’t know what that
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: In defence of Peter MacKay (sort of)
See Peter. See Peter become a liability. Run Peter. You can run, Peter. You can not hide.We see that the right wing friends of the Prime Minister have launched their war on Peter MacKay. It must be a pleasant distraction from their rearguard action against the so-called War on Christmas.
Continue readingPeter MacKay’s critics say $1450 excessive for hookers
OTTAWA – Critics of Peter MacKay charged that the Defence Minister’s expenses at an overseas security conference in 2010 were out of line. Canadian Taxpayers’ Association spokesman Barney McMillan of Halifax claimed that a reasonably priced Euro-hooker should cost approximately $500, not almost $1500. McMillan added “For that kind of
Continue readingPeter MacKay: the very definition of ‘elite’
Proposed new entry in Canadian dictionary: e·lite <a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/E01/E0110200″ target=”_blank”&
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 readingBlunt Objects: MacKay’s Obviously Got Nothing to Hide
That’s why he’s threatening to sue any MPs that question his version of events surrounding the use of Armed Forces choppers to shuttle himself to events in his riding, versus the actual facts. That’s a nice lesson to teach kids, isn’t it? If you refuse even question my story, despite
Continue readingSue, Peter, Sue!
Oh course Peter MacKay will never sue his MP critics on his improbable use of search-and-rescue helicopters. It’s just another case of Conservative bawling over what people are saying about them. But I do hope MacKay actually sues. It will show what a petty bunch of thin-skinned whiners Conservatives have
Continue readingSue, Peter, Sue!
Then I wrassled this alligator with my bare hands… Oh course Peter MacKay will never sue his MP critics on his improbable use of search-and-rescue helicopters. It’s just another case of Conservative bawling over what people are saying about them. But I do hope MacKay actually sues. It will show what
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Just In From The Ministry of Truth
Citizens of Canada: All is well. Return to your workstations and your reality shows. We repeat, all is well. Return to your work stations and your reality shows. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Recommend this Post
Continue readingImpolitical: Word of the day: "retasked"
From the annals of great usages of “r” words by the federal Conservatives to haul themselves out of quagmires, joining recalibrate of prorogation fame is “retasked” now of helicopter limo service fame. Say hello to the latest in obfuscatory doublespeak courtesy of Peter MacKay: “Peter MacKay says no helicopter ‘retasked’
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 readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: An Anonymous Conservative Speaks Out Re Peter Mackay
If it was one of Chretien’s lackeys caught doing this BS on the public dime, I doubt very much that any one of us would cut them any slack for it, so why should we do so when it happens to be someone that we voted for? The overwhelming reason
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Are We Supposed to Take the Media Seriously, Or Not?
The Conservative denial machine is in full swing this afternoon, as I predicted it would be yesterday. Now that Stephen Harper has deliberately made himself complicit in the lie, we may be quite sure that his arrogant, deceitful kleptocrat of a deputy, Peter MacKay, will never be disciplined for lying
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