Questions for the Cons: Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake? Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really? Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended? How
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Questions for the Cons:
Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake?
Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really?
Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended?
How about the report about a journalist who was punched in the face? Got anything to say about that?
And this one? Emomotimi Azorbo charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, but friends say he couldn’t hear and follow police instructions. He is deaf.
Can you tell us why the TO police chief says he’s “shocked” by the violence? “Shocked”?
Seriously, if you Cons thought Canadians were outraged at the $1 billion security tab you racked up for this farce, just wait until the fallout from this really hits the fan.
And Saturday nite has only just begun…
And while you try to blame what’s going on on a bunch of anarchists, more than a bit of self-reflection about this absolutely bone-headed, politically-motivated decision you made about the location of this clusterfuck will definitely be in order.
I’ll tell you what: next time you guys want to get together, do the rest of us a favour and try Cuba. I hear Gitmo has damn good and cheap security. And that pesky “free speech” thing won’t even be an issue.
G…
Questions for the Cons: Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake? Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really? Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended? How
Continue readingA. Picazo: Chevron – Because BP Wasn’t Drilling Deep Enough
Fifty miles off the coast of Louisiana, upwards of 100,000 barrels per day of oil are gushing from BP’s Deepwater Horizon well into the Gulf of Mexico. With the equivalent of one Exxon-Valdez seeping into the Gulf every three days, mass devastation of the wetlands, wildlife, and marshes surrounding the
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: If I Had a Billion Dollars – The Video!
You asked for it, you got it: the musical stylings of Jennifer Smith, Iain Smith and Lesley Stankaitis with “If I Had a Billion Dollars”.
Enjoy.
UPDATE – Welcome, Toronto Star readers! Oh, and National Newswatch too. Hello there!
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: If I Had a Billion Dollars
(with apologies to the Ladies)
If I had a billion dollars (If I had a billion dollars)
I’d build you a lake (I would build you a lake)
If I had a billion dollars (If I had a billion dollars)
I’d buy you furniture for your lake (maybe a nice Muskoka c…
liberal catnip: Control Freak Steve
It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan war as some sort of peacekeeping mission. (See also: 2007:
Continue readingliberal catnip: Control Freak Steve
It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan …
Continue readingControl Freak Steve
It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan war as some sort of peacekeeping mission. (See also: 2007:
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Another Decree from King Stephen I
I’ve been wondering what it would take to rouse me from my municipal campaign-induced indifference to federal politics. This did the trick:
Ottawa bars ministers’ staff from appearing before committees
New Conservative policy says ministers, not th…
A. Picazo: Who’s Influencing Policy Decisions In Stephen Harper’s Government?
In the wake Marci McDonald’s newly released book The Armageddon Factor: The Rise Of Christian Nationalism In Canada, a political firestorm has erupted on Parliament Hill, igniting debate about just who’s influencing the policy decisions made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The release of McDonald’s book comes amid the brewing tension
Continue readingA. Picazo: At The G8, Refusing To Be Silenced On Women’s Rights
A Monday gathering of Canadian and international women’s rights experts on Parliament Hill was intended to discuss Canada’s role in the maternal and child health initiative at the upcoming G8 summit; To voice their concerns over the erosion of gender equality and women’s rights in foreign policy under Stephen Harper,
Continue readingA. Picazo: A Landmark Decision, A Democratic Victory
In a historic decision regarding the battle for access to documents on Afghan detainees, Speaker of the House Peter Milliken ruled in favour of the opposition, reaffirming the notion that Parliament reigns supreme over the powers of Prime Minister and the Federal Government. “Before us are issues that question the
Continue readingThe Afghan Documents: The Speaker’s Ruling
After providing an exhaustive review (45 minutes of background, precendents and rulings) of the case of whether Harper’s government had breached parliamentary privilege by censoring and delaying the release of the documents related to questions about w…
Continue readingA. Picazo: Behind The Redactions
The detainee document game of hide-and-seek the Conservatives are engaging in is an affront to members of Parliament and a subversion of the Military Police Complaints Commission. It cannot be allowed to continue, and this government must be held accountable for their willful complicity in the torture of Afghan detainees.
Continue readingA. Picazo: Denial And Deceit: The Harper Government And Torture In Afghanistan
Canada has long been known as a peacekeeping nation; lauded for our humanitarian missions and respected for our international contributions. The unassuming nature of Canadian soldiers garners an admiration few other militaries can boast; A history of moral and honourable service. But for the mission in Afghanistan, the ethics and
Continue readingA. Picazo: Afghanistan Beyond 2011 – It’s A Done Deal
It’s official: Canada will remain in Afghanistan beyond the mission’s scheduled conclusion in 2011. The confirmation came Saturday; Defence minister Peter MacKay acknowledging that Canada will play a ‘non-combat’ role in Afghanistan beyond the 2011 withdrawal of combat forces. MacKay stressed he’d work “within the parameters of the parliamentary motion
Continue readingA. Picazo: It’s Time For An Open, Honest Debate On Afghanistan
As the date for withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Canadian forces approaches, pressure to remain in the battle mounts amid two high profile requests for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reconsider his decision to abandon the Afghan mission. On March 29, in an interview with CTV’s Tom Clark, U.S. Secretary
Continue readingA. Picazo: Stephen Harper’s Maternal Health Disaster
In what is arguably an effort to win over fundamentalist Christian voters, Stephen Harper’s G8 maternal and child health initiative, as it currently stands, will result in far more preventable deaths than the overall number of lives saved. In what Huffington Post contributor Jodi Jacobson called an “absurd move,” Harper
Continue readingA. Picazo: Stephen Harper Takes Your Questions!
Pre-screened questions, pre-scripted answers, and a pre-taped interview. That, in essence, is as authentic as Stephen Harper gets. The ‘much’ anticipated You Tube question and answer session with the Prime Minister was supposed to allow Harper to avoid the (alleged) filter of traditional media, so instead it was fed to
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