Parliament in Review: December 9, 2011
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…
Peter MacKay
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…
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…
Peter 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…
Nazanin 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…
MacKay 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…
MacKay 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…
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…
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…
Peter 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…
Peter 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”&
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…
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…
Sue, 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…
Sue, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…