Our Glorious Leader, Kim il Pinocchio -&- Leak? Income Trusts -&- Ignatieff or Chyczij?

When you hear our Glorious Leader, Kim il Pinocchio huff and puff about the Kyoto Accord and that his government is going to . . . holier than thou in the US . . . blah, blah, blah, point out page A6 of the National Post, Dec. 8, 05, Canada's Kyoto History, part of an article:

Martin adds fuel to global warming debate, by Anne Dawson, with files from Alan woods and Elizabeth Thompson.

November 2005 A United Nations report finds that by 2003, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 24% from 1990 levels. Canada has the sixth highest rate of increase on the list of 40 countries. The United States, which is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and which has been maligned for not signing Kyoto, has seen its emissions rise by 13% since 1990.

An appealing move! The Anointed, Michael Ignatieff, or the local Riding President, Ron Chyczij?

Whose party is it, anyway? Kenneth Kidd, Dec. 4, 2005

[. . . . Ron] Chyczij has been the president of the Liberal riding association in Etobicoke-Lakeshore for more than a year, but his real ambition is loftier: To become the party's local candidate in the federal election now underway.

Party headquarters, alas, had other plans, chiefly the installation of one Michael Ignatieff, late of Harvard University, as the riding's Liberal standard-bearer.

"They chipped me out on the basis of some very minor technicalities," says Chyczij. This he's appealing. [. . . . ]

Online posts suggest leak in income trust case

Kathy Tomlinson, CTV News
[Someone gave this to me; check for the link and the date--Dec. 6, 05?]

In the two weeks since Canada's Finance Minister announced a tax cut to dividend-paying stocks, the big question in financial and political circles is whether some people had advance notice of his Nov. 23 announcement. A CTV Whistleblower investigation into what happened that day has found that may have been the case.

"I believe some information leaked out somewhere," said Christopher Thomas of Measured Markets, a company that analyzes stock trading patterns.



Noblesse Oblige . . . Should bloggers bow in appreciation?

Some bloggers would have written anyway; just watch them try to throw all jail for speaking out. BaaaaaaaaaaaaD Optics!

A gift to the Opposition

Elections Canada sees no problem with blogging during the election by Romeo St. Martin. [PoliticsWatch Updated 4:15 p.m. December 2, 2005]

OTTAWA — Canadian bloggers may breathe a little easier Friday after Canada's chief electoral officer confirmed that he doesn't plan to have a crackdown on political blogs during the election campaign. [. . . . ]

He may not 'plan to' but what if . . . ?

Well, some powerful, perhaps even desperate people with plans, who are involved int the election, might just pack enough clout if they see their plans threatened to . . . well, take corrective action, shall we say. You've seen them at work before, surely. A little thing like bowling over anyone or anything that gets in their way is not beyond them. Who appointed Canada's Chief Electoral Officer? I ask only because I have seen the system kick in.

Note: I don't even know the name of this individual (Chief Electoral Officer) who may be the soul of honour; I am simply extrapolating from what I have seen take place in the past at the behest of the powerful . . . and politicians, some of whom are one and the same. NJC

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