"Honour", Brison Dissembles, Security & Sharing Info, Privacy & Travelling Without Docs - Easy

No decency, no class, no honour

Why do I think this was planned and not an accident? -- There is nothing to which the ubiquitous "they" will not stoop.

Mr. Norquay said Jay Hill, the Conservative whip, was given invitations for Alberta's Tory caucus, but was expressly told Mr. Harper would receive a separate invitation. [. . . . ]

Of course, the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition did not receive an invitation. Who would be in charge of sending out invitations to the Alberta dinner with the Queen? Such pettiness is beneath contempt, not so much for Mr. Harper, as contempt for the institution of Parliament for Stephen Harper is the Queen's Leader of the Opposition. No decency, no class, no honour . . . . . as expected.

The media will not pursue this, I'll bet. Not in Liberal Canada.

My guess: The PM needed his photo op with the Queen and he didn't want anyone else to have the same opportunity nor visibility. Paul, if you had anything to do with this, you are even more puny than I expected.




"Public Works Minister Scott Brison has called on Conservative leader Stephen Harper to stop acting like a 'petulant child' "

That's Scott Brison's "story" and he's sticking to it . . . despite evidence to the contrary. As punching bag for the PM, Scott should grow up and realize he's learning to dissemble from the best dissemblers in . . . . . well, you know.

[. . . . ] Conservative House leader Jay Hill responded that his party has not attempted to obstruct Parliament and that it has been the Liberals, not the Conservatives, who "shut down democracy" when they cancelled six opposition days, days in which the opposition is entitled to set the government agenda. Those days have since been rescheduled. "I would suggest that Mr. Brison and Mr. Valeri take a long hard look at who has been denying democracy in the chamber over the past number of weeks. The record is pretty clear on this," said Mr. Hill. "It had nothing to do with trying to stall legislation. It had to do with trying to hold the government accountable when they took away our opposition days." [. . . . ]

Have you read Scott Brison's own responses to legitimate questions in the House of Commons where he fronted for the Doling out Dollars Ditherer? Repetitious. He treated the business of the House with disdain as he responded to the questions which an Opposition is supposed to ask -- as though he were a parrot trained to spout one answer to all questions.

Scott Brison has always omitted the part about Justice Gomery NOT being able to lay blame. Can't you see the writing on the wall, the lies to come, the petering away of any justice to be had from the Gomery Commission, perhaps delaying the report somehow using the courts (the appointed justices who are apolitical), the calls to "let's get it behind us and get on with the business of governing" . . . and more in like vein.

Paul Martin needs the native votes in future so some sweet deals will get the chiefs on board. . . . If he keeps his word about an election, PM's got the media on side criticizing Stephen Harper (criticized no matter what he does), and the PM's got months for giveaways of other people's money to buy votes, even bringing into Canada new voters for the future. Same. Same, Same old.

Canadians, suckered by the masters of it. Pity.




Why is something sitting on my shoulder telling me there's a "deal" that PM was desperate to get in place for the future, to "ease access to natural resources" . . . and it was not your future or mine of which he was thinking. Min. Scott is just the messenger for the PM's plans, in my opinion.

Ottawa set to speed course toward native self sufficiency Sue Bailey, May 26, 05

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is set to sign a new deal that sources say would dramatically change how Ottawa treats First Nations.

The accord, to be announced at a Liberal cabinet retreat here Tuesday, is ultimately meant to ease access to natural resources and pave the way out of grinding poverty toward First Nations self-sufficiency. Strategies to improve dismal housing and education standards on reserves are also expected.

Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott confirmed [blah, blah, blah. . . . ]

Search: rare meeting of aboriginal leaders with , private home ownership , native school boards

Why would that kind of "major announcement" not be made in the place of the nation's business, the House?

It is that "mineral wealth underground" and "oil" you should always search in the case of the ministry and the natives.

I'm a cynic and seldom disappointed.




Union: spies won't share info May 26, 05

[. . . . ] Customs union officials met last month with a Senate committee on national security to outline their concerns. The committee chairman, Sen. Colin Kenny, said security officials have nine different databases available to check.

"It is not a perfect system," Kenny said. "Whatever information can be shared, should be shared."

Helen Leslie, of the Canada Border Services Agency, said its officers are well-trained and have ways of contacting CSIS to obtain information on suspects.

CSIS spokesman Barbara Campion said the spy agency's anti-terrorism database is for internal use only. "There is no need for people to know who is being investigated," Campion said. [. . . . ]

Is that last bit a necessary part of security? I don't know. Maybe. The greater the number who know about anything, the more likely it is to get out . . . when it should not. However, in this country, "privacy" is too often used to hide what should be exposed. (For myriad examples, see government responses to legitimate requests for information.)




B.C. man in Chechen mystery resurfaces -- Friend allegedly killed in insurgency Stewart Bell, May 26, 05, National Post

Seven months after Russian troops claimed to have killed a Canadian they said was fighting alongside Chechen insurgent forces, a British Columbia man linked to the mystery has reappeared in Vancouver.

Azer Tagiev walked into the Canadian consulate in Seattle last week and asked for travel documents so he could return to Canada. He arrived in B.C. mid-week and was questioned by RCMP national security investigators.

He was not arrested, but officials are hoping he can shed light on the fate of his friends Kamal Elbahja and Rudwan Khalil Abubaker, who travelled to Azerbaijan to attend Mr. Tagiev's wedding but went missing.

[. . . . ] Neither Mr. Lipinski nor Mr. Abubaker's family have heard from Mr. Tagiev since his return, they said. The Department of Foreign Affairs said it could not comment because of the Privacy Act.

Friends? How did he get into the US without documents?

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