Updated "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"

That was the title of an old film, but it seems apropos today. You will understand when you read the post entitled Blue Blogging Soapbox, after this post. NJC


Update 1: Be informed. Do not miss after you check the Blue Blogging Soapbox post: Newsbeat1, Nov. 6, 05 -- lots to read and I haven't even finished looking at all the rest.

Steyn and Warren: essays on riots in France -- both mention Charles Martel

MacDonald: "Early election a must"

Fisher: "Gomery's whitewash of Martin . . . . "

Greg Weston: "new" whistleblower legislation more smoke and mirrors.............

"As she recently wrote: "It is nothing more that a government-designed, government-controlled and government-executed device to rein in those who attempt to disclose wrongdoing." [. . . . ]

And don't forget

Cross Country Checkup will be dealing with the Gomery Report this afternoon at 4:00pm ET
http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/
http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/this-week.html <




Mould & Taxpayer $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Reno work doubles cost of government building -- "a great location for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada " Kathy Tomlinson, Whistleblower, CTV News via Blue Blogging Soapbox

[. . . . ] The parent company of the firm which sold the complex to government is deeply connected to the Liberal Party of Canada. The president of Power Corporation, Andre Desmarais, is married to Jean Chretien's daughter. The government was likely the only buyer it could find, partly because the tech industry crash caused a glut in Ottawa's commercial real estate market.

"You have a process which doesn't involve a tender and then you have a seller who comes forward that has connections, deep connections, to the governing party," said Williamson, "I think that raises all kinds of red flags." [. . . . ]

The thing is Brison's allegations about Harper and the NCC get repeated by the usual suspects and this bit of news won't be featured -- for example, on the Mothercorps.



Kashechewan woes boil down to leadership -- Solomon has ideas for governance -- worth reading Nov. 5, 05

Maybe it is time democracy and accountability came to the reserves, instead of Canadian taxpayers shovelling money via chiefs, with no transparency nor accountability. Little wonder it funds factions that support the status quo.

Canadians, stop apologizing for something natives, themselves, must fix.



RCMP seizes smuggled cigarettes -- Chinese and American

RCMP in Toronto have seized almost 30,000 cartons of cigarettes they say were smuggled from China. Border inspectors in Vancouver discovered the Chinese and American brand cigarettes in a freight container during a random search. [. . . . ]

Paul Martin's Sunday National Radio Address Leaked -- "snarky comments in bold." Stephen Taylor



Scott Brison caught out -- If you scroll down to Nov. 4, 05, Federal Accountability Act

The NCC wasn't "charged" six times for violating the Elections Act, but rather they presented six court challenges to the law.

In fact, watch and listen (turn up your speakers and go to the last 20 seconds) to reporters complain about Scott Brison's weak challenge to Harper's policy proposal and to his red herring attack on the Leader of the Opposition. [. . . . ]

There is more along with other links.

That was a petty, sore-loser kind of thing for Scott to say, considering that Brison had lost his run at the Conservative party leadership to Stephen Harper.



Blue Blogging Soapbox Nov. 4 or 5, 05 (I forgot to get the date.)

"The Tory leader and the current NCC president, Gerry Nicholls, later demanded and received the withdrawal of statements made by Public Works Minister Scott Brison, that the NCC had been charged six times with violations of the Elections Act. Those accusations prompted a threatening letter from Nicholls earlier in the day.

"(Brison) was also in error to say that there was a contravention of the Lobbyist Registration Act. We are referring this to the registrar of lobbyists for him to investigate appropriately," said Renee David, a Public Works spokeswoman. "There are still some things that need to be looked at." [. . . . ]

What is a lobbyist anyway? Political Staples, November 04, 2005



More Hogwash!

PM's website -- Statement by the Prime Minister on violent demonstrations at the Summit of the Americas -- "We in Canada believe in the free and frank exchange of ideas . . . " November 4, 2005, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Think control through the CRTC; think appointed human rights groups who enforce correct speak--pc speak; think hate crimes legislation. I am not thinking of calls for death to all Jews which is clearly hate crime; I am thinking of non-violent expression of religious views, views not intended to incite violence -- Was it on homosexuality -- a BC teacher writing a letter to the editor, I think, as a private citizen? Punished by being turfed from his job for a period of time, maybe will lose his licence to teach (though I am not current on this one).

You may hold those non-pc views . . . but you'd better not express them in Librano$ Canada.



Eurabia on the rampage November 04, 2005, Melanie Phillips Diary

[. . . . ] Much of the coverage of the Paris riots has blamed the policies of France’s Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy for abandoning French Muslims inside squalid ghettoes and failing to integrate them. But as Robert Spencer points out, it is the Muslims themselves who insist on not being integrated. In her book Eurabia, Bat Ye’Or details [. . . . ]

Search: a series of agreements between the European Union and the Arab League

Aside from the above, it is the Muslims themselves in these zones who trash their own home areas in France.



... "Those who believe that the rich need to pay more in taxes proved especially adept at avoiding taxes themselves. -- Remind you of anyone in Canadian politics?

From "Do as I Say (Not as I Do); Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy"



Lawyers needed -- Canucks gittin' uppity? I wish!



STILL NO EVIDENCE GUN REGISTRY IS IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY "Public Safety Minister's feeble responses show deliberate flaws in system design." wagccan

[. . . . ] EXAMPLE #1: Breitkreuz asked: "How many successful firearms traces linked crime scenes to the accused?

McLELLAN'S RESPONSE: "The RCMP does not keep statistics on the outcome of a trace."

BREITKREUZ'S COMMENT: No wonder the Prime Minister embarrassed himself when he claimed that 50% of crime guns are smuggled into Canada from the U.S.A. - his own Minister doesn't collect the information! [. . . . ]

Link for more great examples.



The GG's 'introduction to society'!

Spending habits of the Governor General's office -- or is it PM's insistence on a blow-out party with your money, rather than a more intimate party as it was reported that the GG wished (Somewhere on this site is my post on this.)

Michaelle Jean has only just arrived in the position, and she has already cost us $1.3 million -- just for her welcome ceremony. -- via Search: gl1800 on Liberal waste -- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



Let them go, let them go -- Michael Coren is direct -- speaks for many Canadians CNEWS, Nov. 5, 05

Search:

dirty politics
Akaash Maharaj, as national policy chair of the Liberal Party, wrote to Martin
remain silent when

Note -- to comment:
http://www.michaelcoren.com
Email: editor@tor.sunpub.com



PM defensive over election threat -- Does that mean he wouldn't have time to bribe / buy enough votes with your money?

Prime Minister Paul Martin warned Saturday that an early election would derail progress on everything from aboriginal poverty to medical wait times.

Terror fundraising hits $180M -- Agency uncovers 32 cases of suspected financing from within Canada -- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) Stewart Bell, NP, Nov. 5, 05



Key Gomery figures can't be prosecuted -- law changed 2004 but can't be applied retroactively -- "One area in which the statute of limitations isn't up, however, is for fraud or other criminal offences that are punishable by indictment." Elizabeth Thompson, Nov. 5, 05, CanWest


Canada don't want too much Doha -- WTO negotiations -- "Canada, for example, says it wants to make sure there continues to be "appropriate treatment for sensitive products."" Terence Corcoran, Nov. 5, 05, FP

Canada's WTO trade policy, in other words, has been hijacked by eastern dairy and chicken sectors -- in which Canada is uncompetitive -- at the expense of western grain, meat and other sectors that have competitive advantages. That leaves Canada little negotiating leverage in other areas, including industrial products and services, that could open up markets for Canada. [. . . . ]

What province do much of your chickens and cheese come from? You guessed it.



Inflation fears rise on fewer jobless -- Rate hits 30-year low -- shortages of both skilled and non-skilled workers Financial Post, Duncan Mavin, Nov. 5, 05

In fact, most of October's job gains came in the private sector, where employment rose by more than 59,000 overall. The only significant blight on the figures was that Canadian manufacturers shed 7,700 jobs after suffering from higher energy costs, the soaring loonie and rising global competition.

Although there is some concern that 85% of the new jobs were part time, Mr.Levesque said he doesn't think there is strong support for the view that most of the jobs being created are low-pay or low-quality jobs. [. . . . ]

Jack Layton should read or review the information sent out by the NDP:

November 2, 2005
Jack Layton’s Statement on Gomery

"Judge Gomery’s report confirms the facts we heard in testimony: A scheme, run by well-connected Liberals that used tax dollars for their own benefit and the benefit of the Liberal Party..."

Liberals by the Numbers

78% of current Liberal MPs were members of the former Liberal government, including Paul Martin.
15 members of the current Cabinet were Cabinet ministers in the former Liberal government, including Paul Martin.

Paul Martin's Record:
September 14, 2004: Paul Martin appointed his Director of Communications, Mario Laguë as Ambassador to Costa Rica.
March 24, 2005: though forced to resign from Cabinet for giving contracts to a girlfriend, former Liberal MP Art Eggleton is appointed to the Senate until 2018.
March 24, 2005: Paul Martin appointed former Alberta Liberal Party Leader Grant Mitchell to the Senate, while his son Lucas works in the PMO.
August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed defeated Liberal MP Stan Keyes as Canada’s Consul General to Boston.
August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed close friend and organizer of his 2003 leadership bid, former Liberal MP Dennis Dawson to the Senate until 2024.
August 2, 2005: Paul Martin appointed the head of the Liberal Party’s elite donor club Rod Zimmer to the Senate until 2017.
August 29, 2005: Paul Martin appointed his Principal Secretary, Francis Fox, to the Senate.

Final Words from the Gomery Report
Liberals “were directly involved in illegal campaign financing”
(pg. 78, Summary Report)
Liberals “disregarded the relevant laws governing donations to political parties”
(pg. 435, Fact Finding Report)
The Liberal Party “cannot escape responsibility for the misconduct of its officers and representatives”
(pg. 78, Summary Report)
“clear evidence of political involvement”
(pg. 5, Summary Report)
Liberal operatives acted with “greed and venality.”
(pg. 438, Fact Finding Report)
“a culture of entitlement”
(pg. 7, Summary Report)

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