Stephen Harper's Leadership & Daycare: Speak out! -- CPC Gomery Submissions -- & More

Stephen Harper's Leadership & Daycare: Speak out!

Make your views known by snail mail, fax, email or telephone.

Personally, I am infuriated about the hatchet job being done on this decent leader, who actually believes in being an active father to his children, who actually does not paste on a false smile of the everything is dandy in this best of all possible worlds type; I urge you to act if you feel the same. Our society, particularly in its advertising is demeaning fathers and the mainstream media--in the face of corruption in government--is grasping at any straw to destroy this man's leadership.

Stephen Harper, stay. Don't let the $#%^!&*% grind you down!

Many of us support you and are just waiting to vote for you and the Conservative Party of Canada again.

Telephone toll free: 1-(866) 808-8407 and ask for Stephen Harper's office.

The Honourable Stephen Harper
Leader of the Opposition
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Tel: (613 ) 996-6740
Fax: (613) 947-0310
Email: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca

The Right Hon. Paul Martin, PC, MPPrime Minister of Canada
Langevin Building
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Tel: (613) 992-4211
Fax: (613) 941-6900
E-mail: Martin.P@parl.gc.ca

The Hon. Ken Dryden, PC, MP
Minister of Social Development
355 North River Road, Tower B
20th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L1
Tel: (613) 941-0766
Fax: (613) 941-0889
E-mail: Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca

Do not forget to mention how you feel about the fact that the Liberal Daycare plan is intended for those who leave their children in the care of others. This demeans the importance of parenting and is unfair to that parent who sees bringing up a child as equally important--even more so--than bringing home a second paycheck. Please act.




Statement by Stephen Harper on Conservative Party’s final submission at the Gomery Inquiry 15 June 2005

OTTAWA – Conservative leader and Leader of the Opposition Stephen Harper made the following statement today:

“Today in Montreal, the Conservative Party of Canada made its final oral arguments before the Gomery Commission.

“The evidence presented to Justice Gomery over the past few months paints a very clear picture of public corruption, and leads to one inescapable conclusion: that the Liberal Party, at all levels, exercised improper political interference and influence over the sponsorship and advertising activities of the federal government.

“The sponsorship program was created by and for the benefit of the Liberal Party. Public funds were used to reward Liberal supporters, to finance the operations of the Liberal Party, and to fund its election efforts in Quebec during two federal election campaigns.

“The evidence presented at the Inquiry included the direct testimony of prominent and influential Liberals, like Benoît Corbeil and Michel Béliveau, who testified under oath that advertising agencies and executives paid Liberal Party employees and gave the party kickbacks and cash payments. All of this was made possible through influence peddling and direct interference in the contracting process by Ministers and high level bureaucrats.

“The commission was limited by its own terms of reference. Evidence consistently revealed the involvement of numerous individuals from the Liberal Party, but the commission’s terms of reference could not be expanded to permit a full investigation of all of these incidents and individuals. As well, the terms of reference did not allow an examination of the Cabinet and particularly its senior Quebec Ministers as a group, for failing to prevent this scandal from occurring. In particular, we believe that many of the same irregularities that applied to Sponsorship and Advertising also occurred in public opinion research, and that the terms of reference of the commission were deliberately worded to exclude from its study the award of polling contracts to Earnscliffe.

“Justice Gomery will issue his reports in the months to come. But his reports bring no guarantee of change. Only a new government with a plan and the political will to implement it will be able to ensure that a mess like the sponsorship scandal never happens again.

“Recently, I outlined steps to strengthen Canadians’ access to government information. In addition, a Conservative government would take the following initiatives to increase government accountability and restore integrity to the federal government:

• Protect public servants who expose corruption and wrongdoing from reprisal..
• Strengthen internal audit and comptroller functions to ensure cost-effective public spending and provide public exposure of cost overruns..
• Permit the Auditor General to table reports when Parliament is not in session.
• Provide the Auditor General with full access to all federal organizations, agencies, Crown corporations, boards and foundations.
• Make the Ethics Commissioner responsible to Parliament.”

The final written submission by the party, as well as an executive summary, is available at www.conservative.ca.

Conservative Party of Canada Submission To the Gomery Commission - Executive Summary (PDF) -- download them -- ( javascript: expPopupWindow('/media/20050615-GomeryExecutiveSummary.pdf',640,480,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1); )

Commission of Inquiry Into The Sponsorship Program And Advertising Activities - The Conservative Party of Canada's Written Submissions (PDF) -- ( javascript: expPopupWindow('/media/20050615-CPCGomerySubmissions.PDF',640,480,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1); )





Club Gitmo -- You are going to love it! via newsbeat1 and check Rumsfeld on Gitmo




Hansard Excerpts-Access to Information- starts at 10:10am-Government transparency? Read the whole thing from the link -- or check Hansard

These are just a couple of samples:

Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics

Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, CPC) [. . . . ]

It is fascinating to me, when a former Liberal cabinet minister, someone who served for six consecutive elections and for close to 20 years in this place with great distinction, that members of his own party would be the only ones on the access to information committee to oppose his extension for one year.

[. . . . ] The only thing I can think of is that Mr. Reid has categorically stated that what he would like to see in new access to information legislation would be the increased level of information that would be available to all Canadians upon request.

[. . . . ] À +-(1040)

Just read it. Unbelievable!





UNSCAM: Memo links Annan, Cotecna Betsy Pisik, Washington Times, June 15, 05

NEW YORK -- The United Nations panel investigating the Iraq oil-for-food scandal said yesterday it is "urgently reviewing" a 1998 memo in which U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appears to endorse a bid by the Swiss firm Cotecna to monitor the program.

If accurate, the memo would contradict a claim by Mr. Annan that he did not know about the bid by Cotecna at the time -- a potential conflict of interest because Cotecna employed Mr. Annan's son, Kojo Annan.

[. . . . ]

Search: Michael Wilson, a former Cotecna vice president





I listened to Senator Colin Kenny (the Dini Petty CBC show -- tv); he was simply excellent in explaining a common sense approach to border security, particularly the issue of arming border guards on the US Canada border.

There was another guest who had been invited to make input but he sounded . . . well, L/liberal to me, a professor / instructor from a university in Montreal. (Check) who seemed to be more concerned with the $$$ that the government collects in taxing goods that cross than with security, although I was working on something else and may have missed something important. Anyway, he did not make his case.

Why is it that for so much commentary, CBC finds someone in the Toronto-Ottawa-Quebec City-Montreal triangle? How about interviewing someone from the far East (No, not Asia) or the West? But that might reinforce Senator Kenny's view -- and we couldn't have that, could we? This is the country of the useless gun registry. Anyway, check the CBC site and read Give border agents guns, committee says By KATHLEEN HARRIS, Parliamentary Bureau June 15, 05 -- via newsbeat1, June 15, 05: Substitute headline . . .




Can Saudi Arabia keep its promise to pump more oil? -- "a just-released book, Twilight in the Desert, by veteran oil industry investment banker Matthew Simmons "casts doubt on pledges to raise output" by John W. Schoen, June 15, 05

Related: on that webpage

OPEC agrees to lift oil output limits [. . . ]
• Can Saudi Arabia keep its oil promises?
• Oil prices rally despite OPEC output hike
• Top Saudi says kingdom has plenty of oil
• WP: Where oil is mined, not pumped
• Nuclear industry sees resurgence
• Nigerian militants kidnap six oil workers
• Russian pipeline hits environmental snag
• Oil & Energy Section Front

[. . . . ]




B.C. warned of meth invasion -- Limit sale of drug ingredients or face influx of U.S. criminals, N.D. official says Ian Bailey, The Province, June 12, 2005

REGINA -- B.C. faces a flood of U.S. criminals hungry for products that can be used to make crystal meth -- unless it matches tough restrictions on sales of the ingredients being adopted by U.S. states.

[. . . . ] These are some of the easy-to-purchase ingredients the government would have to restrict access to if crystal-meth labs are to be curtailed:

- acetone

- lye

- methyl hydrate

- camp fuel

- muriatic acid

- any cold medicine containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine [. . . . ]

Search: North Dakota's attorney-general, Republican Wayne Stenehjem , the most serious law-enforcement problem

Just lately, I viewed a program featuring a teen who had been addicted after trying crystal meth ONCE. The solution many have is to ask government act to control cold medications which contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Instead of controlling the purchasing power of ordinary, non-crystal meth manufacturers, I have a suggestion.

Send away for life anyone found manufacturing this product which is used to destroy children, teens, and young adults. Stop punishing the law abiding citizens and really punish those who threaten our society.

Personally, I would hand them the death penalty--for death in life is what they hand our kids when they lure them with promises of . . . what? nirvana? feeling good? breaking rules made by adults who aren't any fun? When these criminals entice, then give or sell crystal meth, they have passed beyond what any society should endure.

In our politically correct world, the death penalty, it seems, is just not on. Pity! Try being the parent of one of these victims -- even though victimization might be the result of the young person's own folly.

There are some crimes so heinous that the commission of them should bring swift, certain and harsh punishment. Don't waste society's time with talk of rehabilitation and $$$ in the same breath -- after the child's youth has been ruined -- a child who never even got a clean start because of crystal meth. Once a child is brought to the stage of prostituting herself for money for a drug this addictive, even if rehabilitated, her life has been forever altered, negatively. (CBC or CTV? Check) Let's take some real action for the sake of our children and the future.

What has happened to Canada in the last many years? What have these governments wrought by their inaction? Why should decent people and parents not be able to demand that strong, decisive action be taken? I don't care about the tender pink psyches of the guys who make and distribute a product like crystal methamphetamine. . . . They gave up any right to societal compassion when they decided making money was more important than the lives of their young victims.

No, I don't give a hoot what you think of what I say; I don't need to be liked to live quite nicely. However, putting forward clear reasoning against my position is something else. If you have a sensible response on why a society should not act forcefully against these predators and for its own preservation, perhaps in a manner such as I have suggested, please comment in the space provided below.



EU granting Gaelic official status; to become group's 21st recognized language Shawn Pogatchnik, June 15, 05

"It's a real psychological boost for the Irish language," Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said in a telephone interview from an EU meeting in Luxembourg. He estimated that the move would create about 30 jobs for Gaelic speakers in the EU bureaucracy.

Ahern said the move would go into effect Jan. 1, 2007, after which any Irish representative will be free to speak Gaelic, rather than the universally spoken English, at EU ministerial meetings or in the European Parliament. [. . . . ]

Might I suggest that the judicious application of a few animateurs to keep demanding and agitating should raise those employment numbers. Then there will be demands for . . . fill in the rest yourself. How do I know? I live in Canada.





Family praises killer dad Broadcast News, Jun. 14, 05

VANCOUVER -- A Sikh man who killed his teenage daughter over an affair with a white man is being praised by his wife and other children.

Rajinder Atwal of Kitimat was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 stabbing death of his daughter Amandeep.

He had objected to her love affair [. . . . ]