Updated: Conservatives, Harper & Media Bias -- Fight back against biased media! Permanently Muzzling Security Info, Muzzling Bureaucrats

Aug. 17, 05

Update 2: Muzzling and Whistleblower legislation

Along with the RCMP, CSIS, and the military, those excluded from protection for whistleblowing include, according to foreign service officer Brian McAdam's testimony at SCGOE "a total of about 63 divisions or branches of government, and 49 corporations" -- and there is more.

Also, there are links on Aug. 17, 05 above and a new comment by a reader, Tony Guitar of BendGovt who worked in Ottawa and knows something about whistleblowing.



Update 1:

Harper makes a convert of detractor Dan Dugan, Aug. 7, 05

[. . . . ] "You know, I was very much prepared to dislike him in the beginning," Senator Marjory Lebreton says.

In fact, LeBreton liked nothing about Harper when he was working to unite the Canadian Alliance and Conservative parties and she wore a black arm band on the day of the merger vote.

"But you know, he's genuine, he's not a phoney, and he works very hard on policy and cares about the country deeply," said LeBreton, who began working for the Conservatives over 40 years ago. [. . . . ]

I knew that! Stephen is a delight to meet with a wonderfully self-deprecating sense of humour and intelligence. He does not fill the air with mindless scripted sound bytes for the media. Perhaps that is part of the mainstream media's problem. Anyone who gets to know Stephen seems to be very favourably impressed. Stephen Harper does not have that finely-honed B***S*** quality essential to a Librano$ PM. For this, we thank God!

Stephen Harper would make a fine Conservative Prime Minister.



Permanently Muzzling Security Info

Bureaucrats face lifetime secrecy oath on national security
-- to protect whom? Ottawa Citizen

A federal government plan to permanently muzzle current and former employees of 14 entities with access to national security information is an affront to press freedom, the Canadian Newspaper Association warns.

Then there is the whistleblower legislation designed to protect government, not whistleblowers. Search this site for articles on "whistleblower legislation" -- there are good excerpts from Hansard with evidence from whistleblowers. Note that the RCMP will not be covered by this legislation so when they know something explosive, well, guess what? Find out what agencies are NOT allowed to whistleblow. Then you'll know where to check for more evidence of the kind of thing found in the Gomery Inquiry.




Muzzling Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats' political activity reined in Ottawa Citizen

With a general election expected early next year, the federal government has issued new guidelines to govern the political activity of public servants. [. . . . ]

Harper's chief of staff resigns -- and the Liberal Propaganda Organ /liberal / Liberal media had nothing to do with this?




What follows ia a link to an excellent article: historical overview and a must read, from Robert Stanfield to Stephen Harper, a tour of the media's take on Conservatives and their leaders. Thanks HH.


Tory woes fault of fickle liberal media August 4th, 2005, Brandon Sun/CP -- via Liberal media destroyed the Conservatives -- here



Stephen Harper's Leadership

I wrote this somewhere else (CCD?) a while ago but it is apropos today. The Liberal Propaganda Organ / CBC and the rest of the MSM / mainstream media are at it again. Yesterday, I read something negative about Stephen Harper's lack of appeal in the National Post, but then, it may have, along with its owners, their own agenda.

If as many words were wasted on supporting Stephen Harper as are used in falling into the Liberal / mainstream media trap to destroy his leadership, there wouldn't be a chance for the mainstream media discussion of Stephen's imagined shortcomings.

Stephen suffers from whatever the mainstream media can make Conservatives quibble over: he's not from Ontario, not from PQ and no-one from the West is acceptable in the Centre; he's too angry / not flashy enough / not charismatic (as defined by them); he supported Grewel--would have been termed racist or anti-immigrant if he hadn't; he's "scary" because of what? -- quiet intelligence? has some practising Christians who support him? not able to appeal to feminists, those who demand no discussion of social issues such as abortion / late-term abortion? not a glad hander? a traditional father who takes family and fatherhood seriously? lack of BS and corruption? decency? not corruptible? won't appeal to the lowest common denominator? might not play the game so people won't know who to pay off for preferential treatment? not centrist enough, even though moderate conservative policies emanated from the party grassroots and moved up through representation and discussion? . . .

There is no leader who will satisfy the Liberals except a loser that they help to create. They will use spin, polls, the MSM and even Conservative doubts to make Stephen unacceptable.

Do Canadians really believe all the poll information from companies that have contributed to the PM's leadership campaigns and the Liberal party, along with living on government contracts?

Do people really believe that Canadians are so stupid that the CPC should change leaders -- just in case a new face might work? It would play into the government's hands and the idea will be pushed by MSM until Stephen's leadership is destroyed.

Would it not be more productive to help get the word out about the CPC's policies and its leader's positive aspects? The time is ripe for Conservative Media and new television / radio with a non-Liberal bent.

Should Conservatives not be supporting this leader through letters to the editor? holding discussion and coffee parties? joining the barbeque circuit? et cetera -- whatever it takes? Fight back against biased media!

I am disheartened by all the talk of Stephen's shortcomings. He is an excellent candidate for future Prime Minister -- intelligent, capable, bilingual, a policy man who seems to have inspired a number of conservatives, both red and blue, to come together, et cetera. What would satisfy people? Another Trudeau, whose legacy is diminishing as we learn the ramifications of what he really left us? Another Chretien? The Paul Martin and claque "priorities", BS and mendacity? Spare Canada more of the same and get behind the leader Conservatives have.

Fight back against biased media! NJC

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