Iggy - "Okay, so Dion's Carbon Tax sucked big time"

That's pretty much what he said yesterday in Edmonton, according to the Toronto Star.

Dion's carbon tax plan was a vote loser, Ignatieff says
'You've got to work with the grain of Canadians and not against them,' Liberal leader tells Albertans
February 28, 2009 - Les Whittington
OTTAWA BUREAU

OTTAWA – Michael Ignatieff used an appearance in Alberta to slam his predecessor's carbon tax plan as the new Liberal leader opened his party's latest attempt to win back the West.

But what the Star didn't report, however, was that he then quietly whispered, "I just hope no one figures out that he stole the idea from me..."

Ignatieff calls for 'carbon tax' to aid climate
Liberal leadership candidate also eyes cuts to taxes on cleaner fuels to create incentives
Peter O'Neil - Vancouver Sun
Monday, August 21, 2006

OTTAWA -- Canadians are ready for tough measures, including a controversial "carbon tax" to boost the cost of environmentally-unfriendly fuel, in order to deal with the escalating problem of climate change, Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff said Sunday.

Ignatieff, the race front-runner who will unveil his full plan in Vancouver today, is proposing a boost in the GST and excise taxes for regular gas and a concurrent tax cut for cleaner fuels made from agricultural products, like ethanol.

(sorry to the fellow BTer who I should h/t for this link, but my Internet Explorer crashed while initially posting this, and I don't remember who I got it from!)

Time to redefine the role of the CBC

I think this quote in the Toronto Star sums up my core issues with the CBC...

Lacroix's scenarios would jeopardize the CBC's mandate of defining Canada to Canadians and are unlikely to produce more advertising, critics say.

I'm sorry, but I don't want my tax dollars being used to tell me what it means to be a Canadian.

Or, put more realisticly, I don't want our tax dollars to be given to a small group of left-leaning Canadian unbanites and being used to redefine the image of Canada into their own image.

Go ahead and tell us about our current identity, report on what's happening, and even opening our eyes to a part of ourselves we may have missed. But don't you DARE go and try telling me how I ought to think.

Full disclosure... my wife is regularly paid by the CBC, so don't go thinking I support scrapping the public broadcaster. I think it has an important role in this country, but it should be INFORMING us, not dictating to us what to think. Bring to us the world and all that's going on from a Canadian perspective, but don't go trying to determine for us what that perspective ought to be.

Just tell it like it is, not how YOU think it ought to be.

Get ready for a summer election

I almost dare the Opposition to send Canadians to the polls again, for the fourth time in five years... because based on what I'm hearing from the regular folks on the ground, the party that sends us to the polls again is gonna get punished pretty hard.

Bring it on Iggy & Co., bring it on.

This might get me on board against the CHRC

I've been one of the bloggers reluctant to get on board against the Canadian Human Rights Commissions, and their out to lunch Ontario counterparts. The reason is that I'm actually more in agreement with Warren Kinsella on this file... yes, they need to be reformed, but way back when they stuck working within their original mandate, it was a useful forum to fight discrimination. For the record, when the vote in Winnipeg took place about striking down Section 13, I intentionally made sure I was out of the room.

However, if this case gets any traction, you better believe that I'll jump on board the bandwagon seeking to kill the Ontario Human Rights Tribunals once and for all.

I'm sorry DUDE but when you applied for membership, you we're a man... or, at least, still a man. We can get into all the symantic debates about attempted gender swapping all you want, but this guy was PRE-OPERATIVE... which means there's absolutely no doubt about what gender he was at the time. And he was trying to get membership to a women's only gym, including the changerooms? How do all you women feel about that? That's right... a guy wanted the right to change with you.

This one better be thrown right out the window, PRONTO. I'll be making a few phone calls about this one.

By the way, if anyone's interested... this one is post #2000 for this wii little blog.

Ontario PC Convention, Niagara Falls 2009

First impressions of the 2009 Ontario PC Convention in Niagara Falls... I was pleasantly surprised. Turnout was significantly higher than the projected estimates, the atmosphere was for the most part positive and upbeat, and John Tory was, during his speech during Saturday night's dinner, definitely on his game... almost Premier-esque. Honestly, I'd have to give him an 8.5 out of 10.

Okay, now down to the details. I only showed up mid-Saturday afternoon, missing out on all the policy resolutions and votes, so I don't really have much of anything to say about that. I had only really planned to show up for the suites afterward, hang out with other Federal folks and such, since I'm pretty much uninvolved on the Provincial level... apart from my occasional and well known criticisms of Mr. Tory, that is. But there's a bit of an irony to that, because my past public stance on Tory may have actually helped me out yesterday.

Because I was just crashing the party, I hadn't pre-registered or anything. So I figured I'd give things a shot, and went to the registration table, and asked if they were credentialing any bloggers. Well, one of them asked me which blog I ran, so I told her. There was instant recognition, and to make a long story short, various people made a few inquiries, and I was very shortly issued my first ever media pass, which allowed me into Mr. Tory's speech during dinner. I've been noticing regular visits from Queen's Park lately, so it looks like I've got the attention of a couple of folks down there. As such, and based on the rumour that John Tory wants to reach out to bloggers like me, it looks like they jumped at the chance to do so. Anyway, with my press pass in hand, it was time for dinner.

Funny side story about dinner. Of the 1000 people there, at the random table which I happened to sit at, I ended up sitting next to a guy who I'd never met before, who used to go to the church where my sister-in-law grew up, and has known her for pretty much her entire life. Talk about a small world!

So, for my first "press" related gig, I figured I needed some of the tools of the trade. So I snagged a pen and a pad of paper provided by the hotel, and jotted down a couple of notes during the dinner. The first set of notes I took dealt with the applause levels that the various MPP's and "special guests" received from the crowd. Of the MPP's that got introduced, Tim Hudak got by far the loudest round... probably due to the fact that we were in his home riding. Frank Klees, Christine Elliott, Elizabeth Whitmer, and Bob Runciman all got great responses. By comparison, Randy Hillier was somewhat, okay, significantly lower on the list of applause levels. Hopefully, that will throw a little cold water on any ideas folks might have about taking a hard right turn, or even starting up a new hard-right party, as some on the fringe have been suggesting.

Then we were told to turn our attention to the video screens to watch a brief address from someone who couldn't make it this weekend... and a BIG round of applause was given when the video started off with a Canadian flag, a photo of Parliament Hill, and the seal of the Prime Minister of Canada came on screen. The Right Honourable Stephen Harper passed on some brief remarks, specifically thanking everyone in attendance who helped out during the recent Federal Election. Got another big round of applause at the end of the message.

Laurie Scott, who stepped down to allow John Tory to run in her riding for this by-election, got a one minute standing ovation upon her introduction. She's definitely a rising star to watch, who's stock has gone up within the Party by stepping aside. John Tory got about the same duration of a standing ovation, though you could tell there were still a few who held back somewhat.

But the he got going into his speech. Now remember folks, I'm a known critic of John Tory. Like I said at the beginning of this post, he did really well. He really spoke from the heart, making significant eye contact with the crowd, it appeared that he was barely even using the teleprompter. He had a couple good shots at McGuinty, of course. He channeled Obama in talking about all the red tape facing small business in the province, saying "While small business owners say 'Yes we can', the government of Ontario says to them, 'No you can't'." He also took a shot at McGuinty, who said that the reason he didn't sound the alarm about the current recession months ago was because he didn't want to frighten business in the province. To that, Tory said, "It's like a ships captain, who refuses to change course when heading for the rocks ahead because he doesn't want to frighten the passengers."

Towards the end of the speech, he wrapped up with the following appeal to the membership, regarding our Province that's lost it's way as Canada's economic engine under the McGuinty government... "We've got to reset the compass... we've got to reset the compass. This government, the McGuinty government, they don't even have a compass, he's a weather vane." That one got a loud round of applause, he was bang on with that one. The current Liberal government IS like a weather vane, pointing wherever the wind is blowing, and not providing any sort of direction, not having a ideological compass to guide them during these stormy times. His analysis was right on the money, and if he keeps talking like that, and if he can start taking control of the media agenda with that message, and not let the Liberals continually control the media agenda, then he might actually have a chance... and might even be able to win folks like me back.

Of course, once that got wrapped up, it was off to the hospitality suites.

Time to critize the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel here... two of four elevators going to the 22nd floor were down, so it was a mess trying to get upstairs. Come on guys, call in the repair crews already!!! You've got 1000 people for a Convention, and you've got a whack of elevators down? You've got to be kidding me!!! And of course, I have to take a shot at the impatient party members on the third floor of the Convention, who in order to go up, got on the elevators that were going DOWN to the ground floor, and loaded them up, so by the time the elevators got down to us in the lobby, they were already full. Thanks guys, thanks a whole heaping bunch. We had to walk 22 freaking flights of stairs. Got some video of that, haven't decided if that rant is going to get posted to YouTube or not. Stay tuned.

Anyway, after making a stop in a friend's room on the 19th floor, we finally made it to the 22nd. I'd have to say that the best room was put on by the eastern Ontario MPP's, including Bob Runciman. Well done guys, yours was the room we kept floating back to all night. Ken Zeize had a good one too when there wasn't too big a crowd, we stopped in there for a bit. Is always nice to bump into lots of folks you know and who know you, including bloggers like Darryl Wolk and Stephen Taylor, various current and past members of the OPCYA, various Federal and EDA folks, and other contacts that I've built up over the two or so years I've been involved. Not a bad evening over all, lots of good conversation, analysis of the current Federal and Provincial situations, and the all important collection of the business cards that will come in handy later. (which reminds me, I have a couple e-mails to write...)

Anyway, I'm sure there's more I've forgotten, and more I'll follow up on tomorrow, but since I only got about four hours of really interupted sleep last night (totally wasn't thinking when I had that large coffee after 9pm...), I have got to get my butt into bed.

Would love to hear further anacdotes from others who were there, what did you guys think of the weekend? Let's hear from you!

Ontario PC Convention, Niagara Falls 2009

First impressions of the 2009 Ontario PC Convention in Niagara Falls... I was pleasantly surprised. Turnout was significantly higher than the projected estimates, the atmosphere was for the most part positive and upbeat, and John Tory was, during his speech during Saturday night's dinner, definitely on his game... almost Premier-esque. Honestly, I'd have to give him an 8.5 out of 10.

Okay, now down to the details. I only showed up mid-Saturday afternoon, missing out on all the policy resolutions and votes, so I don't really have much of anything to say about that. I had only really planned to show up for the suites afterward, hang out with other Federal folks and such, since I'm pretty much uninvolved on the Provincial level... apart from my occasional and well known criticisms of Mr. Tory, that is. But there's a bit of an irony to that, because my past public stance on Tory may have actually helped me out yesterday.

Because I was just crashing the party, I hadn't pre-registered or anything. So I figured I'd give things a shot, and went to the registration table, and asked if they were credentialing any bloggers. Well, one of them asked me which blog I ran, so I told her. There was instant recognition, and to make a long story short, various people made a few inquiries, and I was very shortly issued my first ever media pass, which allowed me into Mr. Tory's speech during dinner. I've been noticing regular visits from Queen's Park lately, so it looks like I've got the attention of a couple of folks down there. As such, and based on the rumour that John Tory wants to reach out to bloggers like me, it looks like they jumped at the chance to do so. Anyway, with my press pass in hand, it was time for dinner.

Funny side story about dinner. Of the 1000 people there, at the random table which I happened to sit at, I ended up sitting next to a guy who I'd never met before, who used to go to the church where my sister-in-law grew up, and has known her for pretty much her entire life. Talk about a small world!

So, for my first "press" related gig, I figured I needed some of the tools of the trade. So I snagged a pen and a pad of paper provided by the hotel, and jotted down a couple of notes during the dinner. The first set of notes I took dealt with the applause levels that the various MPP's and "special guests" received from the crowd. Of the MPP's that got introduced, Tim Hudak got by far the loudest round... probably due to the fact that we were in his home riding. Frank Klees, Christine Elliott, Elizabeth Whitmer, and Bob Runciman all got great responses. By comparison, Randy Hillier was somewhat, okay, significantly lower on the list of applause levels. Hopefully, that will throw a little cold water on any ideas folks might have about taking a hard right turn, or even starting up a new hard-right party, as some on the fringe have been suggesting.

Then we were told to turn our attention to the video screens to watch a brief address from someone who couldn't make it this weekend... and a BIG round of applause was given when the video started off with a Canadian flag, a photo of Parliament Hill, and the seal of the Prime Minister of Canada came on screen. The Right Honourable Stephen Harper passed on some brief remarks, specifically thanking everyone in attendance who helped out during the recent Federal Election. Got another big round of applause at the end of the message.

Laurie Scott, who stepped down to allow John Tory to run in her riding for this by-election, got a one minute standing ovation upon her introduction. She's definitely a rising star to watch, who's stock has gone up within the Party by stepping aside. John Tory got about the same duration of a standing ovation, though you could tell there were still a few who held back somewhat.

But the he got going into his speech. Now remember folks, I'm a known critic of John Tory. Like I said at the beginning of this post, he did really well. He really spoke from the heart, making significant eye contact with the crowd, it appeared that he was barely even using the teleprompter. He had a couple good shots at McGuinty, of course. He channeled Obama in talking about all the red tape facing small business in the province, saying "While small business owners say 'Yes we can', the government of Ontario says to them, 'No you can't'." He also took a shot at McGuinty, who said that the reason he didn't sound the alarm about the current recession months ago was because he didn't want to frighten business in the province. To that, Tory said, "It's like a ships captain, who refuses to change course when heading for the rocks ahead because he doesn't want to frighten the passengers."

Towards the end of the speech, he wrapped up with the following appeal to the membership, regarding our Province that's lost it's way as Canada's economic engine under the McGuinty government... "We've got to reset the compass... we've got to reset the compass. This government, the McGuinty government, they don't even have a compass, he's a weather vane." That one got a loud round of applause, he was bang on with that one. The current Liberal government IS like a weather vane, pointing wherever the wind is blowing, and not providing any sort of direction, not having a ideological compass to guide them during these stormy times. His analysis was right on the money, and if he keeps talking like that, and if he can start taking control of the media agenda with that message, and not let the Liberals continually control the media agenda, then he might actually have a chance... and might even be able to win folks like me back.

Of course, once that got wrapped up, it was off to the hospitality suites.

Time to critize the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel here... two of four elevators going to the 22nd floor were down, so it was a mess trying to get upstairs. Come on guys, call in the repair crews already!!! You've got 1000 people for a Convention, and you've got a whack of elevators down? You've got to be kidding me!!! And of course, I have to take a shot at the impatient party members on the third floor of the Convention, who in order to go up, got on the elevators that were going DOWN to the ground floor, and loaded them up, so by the time the elevators got down to us in the lobby, they were already full. Thanks guys, thanks a whole heaping bunch. We had to walk 22 freaking flights of stairs. Got some video of that, haven't decided if that rant is going to get posted to YouTube or not. Stay tuned.

Anyway, after making a stop in a friend's room on the 19th floor, we finally made it to the 22nd. I'd have to say that the best room was put on by the eastern Ontario MPP's, including Bob Runciman. Well done guys, yours was the room we kept floating back to all night. Ken Zeize had a good one too when there wasn't too big a crowd, we stopped in there for a bit. Is always nice to bump into lots of folks you know and who know you, including bloggers like Darryl Wolk and Stephen Taylor, various current and past members of the OPCYA, various Federal and EDA folks, and other contacts that I've built up over the two or so years I've been involved. Not a bad evening over all, lots of good conversation, analysis of the current Federal and Provincial situations, and the all important collection of the business cards that will come in handy later. (which reminds me, I have a couple e-mails to write...)

Anyway, I'm sure there's more I've forgotten, and more I'll follow up on tomorrow, but since I only got about four hours of really interupted sleep last night (totally wasn't thinking when I had that large coffee after 9pm...), I have got to get my butt into bed.

Would love to hear further anacdotes from others who were there, what did you guys think of the weekend? Let's hear from you!

A blessing to my fellow bloggers

I'll admit it, I'm guilty too, we bloggers on opposing sides can tend to get pretty mean and nasty to each other. We forget that most of us, even though we have differing views on how to solve our problems, really are just wanting to make this country a better place.

So, in that spirit, I'd like to wish Red Tory and Canadian Cynic, who have been in the past some of my most vocal critics, a wonderful day tomorrow. No catch, no rhyme or reason, just because. Because they're my fellow countrymen, who I firmly believe only desire to make Canada a better place.

Have a great day guys. I wish many blessings on you, and will pray that tomorrow will hold an unexpected blessing.

Obama vs. Harper pics

A couple Liberals (read: Warren) are trying to make big deals about how Obama and Harper AREN'T anything alike. Well, looks like we're the ones setting the agenda on this issue, eh Warren? (got that from some book I read... always keep the other guys talking about what YOU want to talk about) Of course, they're doing this to try and distract people from the incredible ideological similarites these two men have.

Anyway, here's the photo they've been posting of Obama...


And here's my preferred one of Harper... with that expression, I think he's either aiming at the media, or a Liberal... heads up Warren!

Harper winning, Iggy whining

With today's visit to Ottawa from Saint Obama, the media is doing a fine job of exposing the Liberals for what they are... a bunch of whining babies.

I'm not saying that Iggy shouldn't be able to have his meeting, even a longer one with St. Obama. But their strategy of dealing with this issue, from a non-partisan perspective, really sucks.

But from my partisan perspective, I must say, keep up the good work Iggy & Co.!

Sorry to disappoint my detractors

Sorry folks, but yes, I'm still alive. Haven't been blogging lately cause I've been sick, nursing a cold for the last two weeks. Any free time has been spent trying to keep up with work.

But I'm slowly coming back... just wait till this weekend. Oh yea, it's Convention time baby!

If it had been Bush?

You know this would have been played over, and over, and OVER again in the media. But Obama? Well, at least they mentioned it...

Obama's "New Politics" look remarkably "Old School"

Looks like putting the word "New" in Obama's "New Politics" is pretty much like the "New" in "New Democrats"... sounds pretty good, but is completely meaningless.

First, the money quotes from The Washington Post:

"The Age of Obama begins with perhaps the greatest frenzy of old-politics influence peddling ever seen in Washington."

"After Obama's miraculous 2008 presidential campaign, it was clear that at some point the magical mystery tour would have to end. The nation would rub its eyes and begin to emerge from its reverie. The hallucinatory Obama would give way to the mere mortal. The great ethical transformations promised would be seen as a fairy tale that all presidents tell -- and that this president told better than anyone.

I thought the awakening would take six months. It took two and a half weeks."

Here's the article in full:

The Fierce Urgency of Pork
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, February 6, 2009; A17

"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe."
-- President Obama, Feb. 4.

Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared "we have chosen hope over fear." Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill.

And so much for the promise to banish the money changers and influence peddlers from the temple. An ostentatious executive order banning lobbyists was immediately followed by the nomination of at least a dozen current or former lobbyists to high position. Followed by a Treasury secretary who allegedly couldn't understand the payroll tax provisions in his 1040. Followed by Tom Daschle, who had to fall on his sword according to the new Washington rule that no Cabinet can have more than one tax delinquent.

The Daschle affair was more serious because his offense involved more than taxes. As Michael Kinsley once observed, in Washington the real scandal isn't what's illegal, but what's legal. Not paying taxes is one thing. But what made this case intolerable was the perfectly legal dealings that amassed Daschle $5.2 million in just two years.

He'd been getting $1 million per year from a law firm. But he's not a lawyer, nor a registered lobbyist. You don't get paid this kind of money to instruct partners on the Senate markup process. You get it for picking up the phone and peddling influence.

At least Tim Geithner, the tax-challenged Treasury secretary, had been working for years as a humble international civil servant earning non-stratospheric wages. Daschle, who had made another cool million a year (plus chauffeur and Caddy) for unspecified services to a pal's private equity firm, represented everything Obama said he'd come to Washington to upend.

And yet more damaging to Obama's image than all the hypocrisies in the appointment process is his signature bill: the stimulus package. He inexplicably delegated the writing to Nancy Pelosi and the barons of the House. The product, which inevitably carries Obama's name, was not just bad, not just flawed, but a legislative abomination.

It's not just pages and pages of special-interest tax breaks, giveaways and protections, one of which would set off a ruinous Smoot-Hawley trade war. It's not just the waste, such as the $88.6 million for new construction for Milwaukee Public Schools, which, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, have shrinking enrollment, 15 vacant schools and, quite logically, no plans for new construction.

It's the essential fraud of rushing through a bill in which the normal rules (committee hearings, finding revenue to pay for the programs) are suspended on the grounds that a national emergency requires an immediate job-creating stimulus -- and then throwing into it hundreds of billions that have nothing to do with stimulus, that Congress's own budget office says won't be spent until 2011 and beyond, and that are little more than the back-scratching, special-interest, lobby-driven parochialism that Obama came to Washington to abolish. He said.

Not just to abolish but to create something new -- a new politics where the moneyed pork-barreling and corrupt logrolling of the past would give way to a bottom-up, grass-roots participatory democracy. That is what made Obama so dazzling and new. Turns out the "fierce urgency of now" includes $150 million for livestock (and honeybee and farm-raised fish) insurance.

The Age of Obama begins with perhaps the greatest frenzy of old-politics influence peddling ever seen in Washington. By the time the stimulus bill reached the Senate, reports the Wall Street Journal, pharmaceutical and high-tech companies were lobbying furiously for a new plan to repatriate overseas profits that would yield major tax savings. California wine growers and Florida citrus producers were fighting to change a single phrase in one provision. Substituting "planted" for "ready to market" would mean a windfall garnered from a new "bonus depreciation" incentive.

After Obama's miraculous 2008 presidential campaign, it was clear that at some point the magical mystery tour would have to end. The nation would rub its eyes and begin to emerge from its reverie. The hallucinatory Obama would give way to the mere mortal. The great ethical transformations promised would be seen as a fairy tale that all presidents tell -- and that this president told better than anyone.

I thought the awakening would take six months. It took two and a half weeks.

letters@charleskrauthammer.com

h/t to Dr. Roy

Dinner with Senator Mike Duffy in Cambridge!

Talk about ironic timing... no sooner do I rip some "liberal" from London for his "disgusting" personal attack on Senator Mike Duffy, what arrives in my mailbox? An invitation to have dinner with Senator Mike Duffy!

Price is a bit steep for me, but don't forget that you'll get a partial tax receipt for it.

Spread the word!

Interesting Google search finds my blog

It's interesting what search terms lead someone to finding your blog. Take this one I got today, from some "liberal" (I'm assuming here, of course) Bell Sympatico customer in London, Ontario:

"mike duffy is fat and disguisting"
First of all, learn to spell. Second of all, you've just helped me prove, once again, how hateful many "liberals" really are. So thanks. Got a screen cap of that one for sure.

Liberals LIE about project funding in the House

Guess what? Gerard Kennedy, and the Liberal Party in general, should be called out for CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT, for their boldfaced lies in the House of Commons yesterday.

In Kennedy's statement regarding funding of projects, the Liberals accused the Conservatives saying that 77% of the projects funded under the Building Canada Fund went to Conservative held ridings. Well folks, that's a pure lie, and I can prove it, with their own press release on the issue.

From their own backgrounder document, under the section entited, "Projects in Conservative Ridings":

Safety Improvements on Highway 17, 2008/07/24 Not specified - (Kenora; Greg Rickford)

Downtown Conference Centre 2008/02/22 $4 million - (Fredericton; Keith Ashfield)

Saint John Harbour Cleanup + other 2007/12/07 $126.6 million
major projects - (Saint John; Rodney Weston)

Did you spot the lie? The clue is in the dates when the funding was announced.

Let's see, who were the MP's for those ridings on the dates funding was announced?

MP for Kenora, ON on 2008/07/24 - Liberal Roger Valley
MP for Saint John, NB on 2007/12/07 - Liberal Paul Zed
MP for Fredericton, NB on 2008/02/22 - Liberal Andy Scott

That changes the percentage somewhat, from 77% down to 66% right off the bat... from over three quarters to two thirds. Interestingly enough, for some reason the CBC didn't catch that when they reported the story yesterday. Humm... maybe we should report it to the Ombudsman? Looks like we have another CBC reporter acting as a Liberal shill, without actually, you know, investigating the Liberal claims before reporting them.

Then consider that some (I'm not exactly sure which, for the record) of the projects in BC are related to the Olympics? Or as John Baird indicated in his reply to the question, of which the jist was, "When spending money in BC, it's kinda hard NOT to spend it in CPC ridings, cause there's lots of them.". And then of course there's the Alberta projects, which kinda HAVE to go to Tory ridings, no? Basicly, this is much to do about nothing folks.

Then there's this one that takes the cake:

Multi-purpose at IPSCO Place 2007/09/20 $20 million
(Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre; Tom Lukiwski)

Just for the record, that's just one kilometre outside of Liberal MP Ralph Goodale's riding of Wascana. That's kinda splitting hairs, if you ask me, as Ralph's riding will likely get just as much benefit as the riding the IPSCO Place is actually in. Here's the question... would they be complaining if the riding border was one KM further west?

Liberals... caught lying, AGAIN, to Canadians while trying to score political points. Sometimes it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Liberals LIE about project funding in the House

POST MOVED HERE DUE TO ISSUE WITH BT AGGREGATOR - CC

I just can't bring myself to do it

I tried, I honestly tried, but I just can't bring myself to do it... I went online to look up the candidates for the upcoming provincial by-election, specifically, the Liberal candidate. I had it all planned out too... I was going to go online, look them up, get their website address, and put up an official endorsement for them on my blog. Yep, my plan was to oppose John Tory by supporting their Liberal rival.

But no matter how much I dislike and oppose Mr. Tory, I just can't bring myself to support the Liberal candidate in this by-election. I think the final straw was the fact that this guy, Rick Johnson, is yet another public school teacher. If there's one thing I dislike more that Dalton McGuinty's Liberals, it's the public sector employees who support them, and use third party front organizations to allow the Liberals to skirt around election spending and advertising laws. (look up the "Working Families Coalition" if you don't know what I'm talking about)

Anyway, a friend of mine and I were joking that it would be a blast to organize a carload of folks to go help out in the by-election... especially if we went up to help different parties! We'll just have to see how it goes... there's always the Reform Party of Ontario, but I just have a major problem lending them my support, as they're actually TOO FAR right for my liking.

Sigh... it's sad when you don't have an ideological home for your political views. (on a provincial level, that is)

I guess I'm going to have to take a closer look at the Ontario Green Party... no, seriously, I mean it, that's how pathetic things have gotten in Ontario.

Or as I've come to call it, the Kingdom of Dalton. (Anyone else thinking "8 not 12"? Hey, I tried, I was one of the 33.1%)

Down for the count

Been sick as a dog for the last day or so, so been away from the computer.  (you know I'm really sick when I'm not blogging)

On the bright side, it gave me time to catch up on my West Wing... blasted through half of Season Three yesterday.  On goes the next disc.