Surely this has got to be the ultimate Tale of Two Nazanins. Better still, Of Denial And The Tale of Two Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKays. The brand new wife of Conservative Defence Minister Peter MacKay is fuming. She accuses a journalist baiting her to criticize the Harper Government on the Omar
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Alberta Diary: Yes Minister MacKay! Perfesser Dave explains the French role in the War of 1812
One of our heroic French allies, armed with a bassoon, holds off a Russian soldier near Niagara on the Lake some time during the War of 1812 with the Russians and the Taliban. Below: Perfesser Dave; Defence Minister and amateur historian Peter MacKay. Was he overtired? Elmer MacKay, at right,
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: James Moore should give Peter MacKay history lessons
Late last year, as the federal government launched plans to celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Heritage Minister James Moore was heard to lament the fact that Canada’s high schools are doing a very poor job of teaching students about history. Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who announced Tuesday that
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Preston Manning is no saint, as secretive Carleton University scheme illustrates
Preston Manning and his then-protégé Stephen Harper back in the day. Below: Mr. Manning as he now appears (United Church Observer photo): Alberta premier E.C. Manning, Preston Manning’s father; Mr. Harper as a Reform Party candidate. Nowadays, folks think of Preston Manning as a benign force in Canadian politics –
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Tolkien’s Hobbits and Tory war minister Peter Mackay
Huh? Peter Mackay Hat tip to Kinsella for this reference: “Harper has never had to deal with ministers who wield their own political clout.…Today, [Defence Minister Peter MacKay] has the political stature of a hobbit.” Hobbitslive in homes in the ground. Peter Mackay seems to have lived in an Orchard.
Continue readingImpolitical: Peter MacKay and the “Announceables”
No, it’s not a band name, it’s how MacKay is spending his summer. Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been racking up the air mile points with his series of announcements this summer. And there’s more to come, Defence Watch has learned. In June the word went out to DND and
Continue readingcenterandleft: Conservative Transparancy Now Scientifically Proven to be a Joke
51st place isn’t necessarily always a bad thing. The 51st wealthiest person in the world, or the 51st smartest are blessed to be so lucky. It’s a placement they can be proud of. When your country is ranked 51st on any list, it is unlikely to be a source of
Continue readingLeft Over: Neil MacDonald: Try a little self-censorship on for size…
ANALYSISNeil Macdonald: Is self-censorship fueling Alice Walker’s Hebrew halt? (CBC this morning) Mr. MacDonald, with all due respect from someone who has Jewish cultural roots, you are letting your ‘fondness’ for your time in Israel cloud your usually sharp judgement.. Canada has been blindly following Israel’s lead with no perceptible
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Video: Peter MacKay hears the word plane and runs up the stairs
I was in Ottawa earlier this week and spent some time on Parliament Hill with a media pass, attending a few question periods, a few scrums, and a meeting of the ethics committee. Over the next few days I’ll share a few observations and stories from those events, as well
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Politics and its Discontents 2012-06-20 08:01:00
Well, I see that our national poster boy for privileged stupidity, the putative Defense Minister Peter MacKay, is at it again, showing how he really feels about our brave men and women in uniform. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Peter MacKay Does Enjoy The Largess of The Public Purse, Doesn’t He?
WHEN I GROW UP, I WANNA FLY A BIG JET! It seems that Peter MacKay, the Defence Minister for our self- and inaccurately-proclaimed fiscal stewards, the Conservatives, does enjoy the generosity of Canadian taxpayers, but at least he is versatile in exploiting that resource. Not content to use it only
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 readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Federal-Provincial Puzzle #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale is frustrated. “Extremely frustrated” “What is it that we have to do down here to get your attention?” she asked, rhetorically, on Thursday. She expressed that frustration in the House of Assembly in response to questions from Liberal leader Dwight Ball and in a scrum with reporters.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: We Need “Conservative Math” for Social Spending.
Can you imagine if we had the sort of hand grenade type budgeting for the social services of Canada? It would be like OH!, nationalized day care??? we thought it was like only 5 billion, but it turned out to be 7 billion, damn I guess that’s just ‘mission
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Libyan Fiasco
Oh no.Try to keep this one confidential eh? Because if the Russians find out, they'll invade us tomorrow. But it seems that Peter Dumbo MacKay, our Minister of War, is having trouble crunching massaging the numbers. Again. Amid allegations the Conservative government intentionally lowballed the price of the F-35 stealth
Continue readingbastard.logic: The F-35 boondoggle in context: This “is oppressive, dictatorial regime-building that would do any petro-state proud”
We are definitely not in Kansas anymore, Canuckistan — and Michael Harris says that we just had our “Wizard of Oz moment”: The curtain has been well and truly whipped away from the PM’s self-promoting deceptions and he is revealed for what he is: a power-tripper on a mission to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Flying Piano
I always knew that sooner or later Dumbo MacKay would hit the eject button by mistake, fly into the air, and blame the whole darn cabinet. Defence Minister Peter MacKay says cabinet ultimately signed off on the figures the Defence Department cited publicly for the cost of the F-35 stealth fighter
Continue readingLeDaro: Peter Mackay: Besides F-35 another $2 billion bungling
Defence minister Peter MacKay is taking the heat for the shortcomings of the F-35 project in public, yet he is no longer in control of the process. Chris Wattie/Reuters This one is about infantry fighting vehicles. “It is understood that the $2-billion competition to chose (sic) a supplier for up
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Vigilantes and Mercenaries: The Harper Government and the Abdication of Responsibility
With the revelation that Minister Peter MacKay failed to ask many of the obvious/necessary questions when working on the F-35 procurement, the subject of basic ministerial/government responsibility has been weighing heavily on my mind as of late. When I listen to/discuss politics with my friends who are more libertarian-leaning conservatives,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the F-35 Songs
Golly. I’m soooo jealous. Why can’t I be as popular as Peter Mackay? Everywhere you go these days you find people singing songs about him. First there was this brilliant piece by our very own Jim Bobby. Now let’s have a big hand for the Canadian Beaver Band… Damn. I
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