New rules for Canadian political reporting:If a federal government department is proposing to raise user fees, that has nothing to do with Tony Clement or any other Harper Con, particular when it comes to evaluating Clement’s promises that user fees we…
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Impolitical: Clement’s user fees kabuki dance
Well this seems strange: “Federal departments to propose user fees hikes despite government promises.”The Harper government may have vowed that cutting the deficit would not lead to higher user fees, but documents show that as many as a dozen federal d…
Continue readingthe reeves report: RCMP finally investigates Muskoka’s G8 ‘Legacy Infrastructure’
Uh oh – time for Tony Clement to get all huffy and defiant again because dammit, we just wont go away with the questions about how $50M was distributed throughout Muskoka! Circle the wagons, ’cause the RCMP are coming, Tony! First off, it’s about damn time someone looked into this! Chances are when something looks … Continue reading »
Pushed to the Left and Loving It: RCMP Looking Into Misappropiation of Funds Re: G-8 Spending
Several people, including myself, have contacted the RCMP about the $50 million dollars spent in Tony Clement’s riding, that was supposed to be for border security and the easing of congestion at crossings.Stephen Harper’s only defense was that they ha…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I Stand Corrected on Tony Clement
I’m still unable to leave comments on my blog, or even respond to them, but several of my readers provided some vital insight into Clement’s spending orgy.One dealt with bicycle racks, which are indeed part of infrastructure spending. However, they sho…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- When Paul Wells tears into a story, you can be assured of results that are both entertaining and frustrating. This week, he’s been hard at work pointing the complete lack of transparency and credibility in cuts which…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: We Don’t Want an Apology From Tony Clement. We Want an Investigation.
Embezzlement – To take (money, for example) for one’s own use in violation of a trust.Fraud – deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage. I watched the news coverage l…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: I Like the Acting AG Already
“The government didn’t tell Parliament it was approving $50 million for a G8 legacy fund that doled out cash for projects in cabinet minister Tony Clement’s riding based on his advice, according to the auditor general, who could find no paper trai…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Is the G20 slush fund scandal the Harper Tory gun registry?
When the Auditor General first reported about the gun registry, she told Canadians that “What’s really inexcusable is that Parliament was in the dark” about the cost of building the long gun registry.
Then opposition Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkr…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Never Seen Anything Like It? I Have. Mike Harris all Over Again
Why can’t taxpayers press charges against politicians who steal our money?Tony Clement deliberately misled Parliament, suggesting that he needed money for border security and instead used it for his re-election campaign. And listening to John Baird tr…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw Massacre
Only Stephen Harper’s tormented mind could have conjured up such a ghastly apparition. The sight of the bumbling idiot Tony Clement coming after us with a humming chainsaw.Mr. Clement says there will be no backing down…“Yeah, …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: And The Contempt Continues
Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:”Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a parliamentary committee to e…
Continue readingNow that makes perfect sense.
Let’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the fight against the Orange Crush. Sir Stephen was all, “oh, an NDP government will cause the stock market to fall”; “the price of gas will […]
Confessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TWELVE: Campaign Quick Hitters (#2 in a series)
Not discussed in any detail yet on this campaign was the gutting of an important Canadian institution: Statistics Canada. For those with short memories here is a sample of the fear-mongering, that preceded their doing away with the mandatory long for…
Continue readingCensus vote!
The House of Commons will vote on a motion to call on the Government to reinstate the long form census, about 40 minutes from now. It is known that the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc will all support the motion, with the Conservatives likely voting against it…
Continue readingA. Picazo: Lies, Damned Lies, And The Census
“(The Unites States), and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.” – Stephen Harper, 1997 In an astonishing display of incompetence, and a complete disregard for the facts, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is forging ahead with plans to
Continue readingSheikh’s resignation removed from Stats Can site
Yesterday I posted Munir A. Sheikh resignation letter from Statistics Canada, warning that t was likely to be removed.
24 hours later, it’s gone. In its place is this:
Media advisory: 2011 Census
July 16, 2010
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is not in…
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