He says he wants to preserve Canada's social programs. And he wants to give taxpayers back some of their money by eliminating wasteful spending on things such as the sponsorship program. Sounds like common sense to me. ORGANIZED Harper was actually pretty solid, answering questions in both English and French. He's organized in his thoughts. And, by and large, he answers questions directly -- a rare quality in a politician these days. He does lack colour and personality. But who's he up against -- Prime Minister Paul Martin, the guy who's got the personality of a guppy? Besides, what Harper lacks in style he more than makes up for in substance.
He's what they call a "policy wonk" in political circles, meaning he knows his stuff inside and out. He can share a stage with Martin in a leadership debate and bloody his nose pretty good. And he will. So, I'm happy to report that Harper isn't any scarier than the milkman or your kid's soccer coach. In fact, he seems more in tune with the average soccer mom than most of the dead wood on Parliament Hill. (It certainly IS time for a change, and a sharp turn from the 'good ol boys backroom dealing' is what the country needs. Paul Martin is one of the 'good ol backroom boys' that avoids paying Canadian taxes, and probably owes more to his buddies at Power Corp. than he does to the 'no bodies' out there who are dumb enough to vote for him. A vote for a Liberal Candidate, is a Vote for more of the same old Liberal style politics.. Haven't 'you' had enough?)
Scrap gun registry, poll urges OTTAWA -- A majority of Canadians of all political stripes firmly believe the federal government could fight crime better by scrapping its controversial gun registry and putting the money into other law enforcement priorities, a new poll suggests. The poll, commissioned by Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz, found 61.6 per cent of Canadians who responded in a national telephone survey "strongly agree" the government should spend the money elsewhere. A further 15.1 per cent "somewhat" agreed with the suggestion, prompting Breitkreuz to say in a statement he intends to release today that fully 76.7 per cent of Canadians across the entire political spectrum agree the registry should be scrapped. "The Liberals are living in their own gun-control dreamland," Breitkreuz said when he released an advance copy of the poll results. "Canadian voters know that the gun registry isn't gun control, but for some inexplicable reason the Liberals just don't get it."(And just 'why' should they get it? They have never 'really' consulted with anybody on anything they wanted in the past. Don't confuse them with facts. All they really want is your money, and all the power over you they can get! They didn't listen in 95 when rock was told he was living a 'pipe dream', and they have never listened since. After all, 'what's another wasted billion dollars' to a Liberal!)
When a government doesn't believe in its own laws
What happens when the government doesn't believe its own laws?  Ask Ed Hudson of the Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association, and he'll tell you. "They're afraid to charge us for fear of what will happen once this hits the courts," says Hudson.  What exactly does that mean? Senator-in-Waiting Ted Morton describes in his research paper "How the Firearms Act (Bill C-68) Violates The Charter of Rights and Freedoms":  "Bill C-68 (the Firearms Act) contains as many as 28 distinct Charter violations. If the Supreme Court applies the same Charter rules to law-abiding firearm owners as it has to drunk-drivers, drug dealers, prostitutes, pimps, single parent welfare recipients, abortion providers, murderers, refugee claimants and owners of child pornography, that is if it applies the law of the land with an even hand then it will be forced by its own precedents to declare Bill-68 unconstitutional and thus of no force or effect." Ed Hudson agrees. "The government knows the Firearms Act cannot withstand a constitutional challenge. That's why they refuse to charge us. We traveled to every provincial capital, and to Ottawa twice protesting this law. We've given every Provincial Attorney General evidence that we've broken this law. We gave them videotaped evidence of illegal firearm transfers. We've given the same evidence to the Prime Minister. Nobody will charge us under the Firearms Act."(Ontario, under Mike Harris, told the Liberals to go get stuffed. Ontario would not charge simple registry/license offences, and Pinocchio McGuinty has not even opened his mouth on the subject since he stole  office by lying himself into government. Only the stupid, or the ignorant believe it's of any use, or worth the billions wasted on it. But, as long as the liberals are in power, you will see millions and millions of more tax dollars pissed away on this farce every single year! How many more studies, how many more reports, how many more lies do they expect Canadians to believe when they won't even test this farce in court. Nothing will happen, and if elected 'again' this government will continue to bleed your tax dollars on 'feel good' debacles such as this!)
Gun legislation a failure, let us count the ways
If you listen to the anti-gunners, the mere presence of guns will increase the rates of homicides, suicides and violent crimes. So Canada and the United States should be the worst places to live. Admittedly, the U.S. has the highest incidence of gun crime. So it's the fattest kid at the gym. But if we look at the last 10 years, the results from the U.S. contradict other countries' attempts to solve the problem. The rate of decline of gun-related crimes in the U.S. is better than Canada's. It's also much better than in Britain and Australia. Countries where they have banned and confiscated guns are seeing crime rates rise significantly. The U.S. diet is working; ours is not. The anti-gunners like to point to suicide statistics as proof Bill C-68 in Canada is working. Indeed, gun suicides are going down, arguably due to the increased complexities and scrutiny in obtaining a gun. However, the total number of suicides is not changing. People bent on destroying themselves turn to other methods. So again the expensive experiment has failed to achieve one of its stated purposes.(According to the 'anti's' the mere fact that people are not killing themselves with guns, means success.. Their all just as dead mind you, but the slow strangulation on the end of a rope is so much more politically correct, and that's 'really' what it all about isn't it?)
Time To Dump The Gun Registry!
The Martin government is letting slip tantalizing hints that it might do something about Canada's $1-billion gun registry. We are told that this has nothing to do with the election expected on June 28. Still, we can't help but note that if there were a political dimension to this, we would be seeing just what we are seeing now: acknowledgement of a problem but no specifics of a solution. Any precise step might cost votes. Something certainly has to be done about the registry. The government's own estimates show that the cost of this thing, first estimated at $2 million, will reach $1 billion by next year and could climb past $2 billion within the next few years. To date, about 7 million firearms have been registered, leaving an estimated 1 million unaccounted for.(A GREAT start would be for the media and everyone else to stop spouting the bogus figure supplied by the government.  There are FAR more unregistered, legally obtained firearms in the hands of farmers, hunters, and target shooters than the government wants you to believe. Their own previous estimates show millions more guns, and even the last 'Just-Us' minister 'admitted' that there was a 10 MILLION gun discrepancy in the governments figures. The Liberals have wasted 2 billion dollars to register about 1 third of the legally obtained firearms in this country. The 14 million 'without' registration? They are the PRIVATE PROPERTY of Canadian citizens, and will NEVER be registered regardless of how many hoplophobes are squandering your tax dollars!).
Chrétienites shut out of next Liberal campaign
OTTAWA -- Most of the top-flight Liberal strategists who helped deliver three consecutive majorities for Jean Chrétien have been shut out of any campaign role as Prime Minister Paul Martin prepares to plunge the ruling party into its toughest election fight in a decade. Despite a series of reconciliation meetings between Martin campaign organizers and veterans from the Chrétien era, most senior Chrétien loyalists say Mr. Martin's tight inner circle has sought neither their advice nor their expertise.  As a result, when Mr. Martin calls an election later this week, former members of Mr. Chrétien's national campaign team will be relegated to helping out individual Liberal candidates or simply sitting back and watching the campaign unfold. Warren Kinsella, a former Chrétien aide who ran the Liberal Party's war room during the past three campaigns, has announced that he won't even vote Liberal this time. Several other Chrétien loyalists privately admit they won't either.(Liberals, that won't vote Liberal! Why? Because they've seen the polls, and  know, who the best man is for Prime Minister is. )
Your money on drugs
It concluded total spending on drug enforcement alone may be as much as $1 billion a year.  What benefit Canadian taxpayers get for this lavish spending is a mystery. The auditor general noted that the government does not have clear expectations for its spending and that even if it did, there is no way to measure whether those goals are being met because there are no national data on drug use, convictions or sentences. In other words, the government doesn't know what it's spending, why it's spending it, or whether its efforts are working.  All of which makes the gun registry look like a model of sound public policy. But it gets worse.(These are 'liberal' policies, of course it gets worse, It usually does!)
Oscar Guilty?
EDMONTON (CP) - A former sergeant-at-arms at the Alberta legislature was found guilty Thursday of weapons charges brought against him after he protested Ottawa's gun registry. Oscar Lacombe, a Korean War veteran, brought an old .22-calibre rifle to a rally on the legislature grounds Jan. 1, 2003, the day new registration requirements under the Firearms Act came into effect. He was later charged with offences that already existed under the Criminal Code: possession of a firearm without a licence or registration certificate and carrying a weapon to a public meeting. The gun was wrapped in plastic, unloaded and with its bolt removed so it was inoperable. Lacombe requested he be arrested under the provisions of the Firearms Act. Alberta justice officials have said they won't prosecute gun owners who break the law by failing to register their weapons.(Except of course when they lie and do it anyway.. Oscar brought a totally un-fireable 'frame or receiver' securely wrapped in plastic. Im sure if he had a baseball bat in his possession (basically the same thing) he would never have been arrested.. But, I guess the Fed./Provincial prosecutors, could actually 'see' the evil gun 'photons' leaking  through the plastic.. Truly a day of shame for the Alberta Legislature, and a day of reckoning for the Liberals and their farce of a firearms act, that they won't prosecute anyone under, but use it simply as a club to keep the peons in order..Something that will change after the Federal election.)
N.B. police warn of bandits using dirty needles
FREDERICTON — Highwaymen favoured the flashing blade and Jesse James preferred the six gun, but the weapon of choice for hold-up artists in the New Brunswick capital these days is the loaded syringe. Fredericton police said Thursday they are concerned about a trend towards using hypodermic needles in robberies at convenience stores, gas bars and, in one case, a taxi cab. Sgt. Gary Arbour said that of 12 robberies in recent weeks in the capital, seven have been staged by robbers brandishing what appear to be dirty needles, threatening to stick clerks if they don't hand over cash. "We're advising clerks to regard these syringes as dangerous weapons," Arbour said. "Given the kind of contagious diseases that can be spread by needles, these weapons are very frightening." Owners and managers of convenience stores in the area are telling their workers to cooperate if confronted by a robber with a hypodermic needle. Cathy Detchevery, manager of one of the city's Subway restaurants, said the robber who held up her store a few weeks ago told the clerk the syringe he was holding was loaded with blood. "Our advice to our workers is 'Do whatever they say, give them whatever they want, it's not worth your life'," she said. "Give them a sub if they really want it." (It's probably not the owner of the store that's being threatened by the punk with the needle.. If it IS the owner being threatened, my recommendation? Pull out a F'n baseball bat.. Christ it's only a needle, and a baseball bat is much larger, and has better 'reach' and if a needle is all he's armed with you definitely have the upper hand.. If owners were to take a bat and beat the shit of these losers, instead of giving them what they want, the robberies would cease because criminals are basically cowards. On the other hand employees 'should' be told to simply hand over whatever the robber wants.. what the hell, it's not 'their' property, and not worth the risk..)
This MP3 player is a blast!
So after all those million and millions of dollars spent on setting it up and advertising that we all need to be good little boys and girls and register our guns; after all the teeth-gnashing about increases in safety real or imagined, and heated debate over whether or not only criminals will now have guns; there appears to be one great way around the Canadian gun registry.Order an MP3 player online. 21-year-old Brandon Buchan, an English student at the University of Saskatchewan, was surprised to open a package he received in the mail, and find a Smith & Wesson in it. That was largely because Buchan hadn't ordered a .22, but rather a few hundred megs. His order, from a U.S. pawn shop via an online auction, was supposed to be a brand new shiny MP3 player. It wasn't. It was a gun. And a license, to boot. (Strike #2 eh!.. First a Ak-47 labelled 'Aluminium Baseball Bat' and now a handgun labelled 'MP3 Player'.. Makes you wonder why the gangbangers bother to smuggle, instead of just having their firearms mailed, and if caught feign, ignorance and astonishment that they received a 'gun' instead of a what? Dildo?.. The mind boggles...)
Liberals plan early ad attack on Harper
OTTAWA -- The Martin Liberals are preparing to bring out the "heavy artillery" next week, launching a barrage of attack ads aimed at demonizing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper -- an early strike in what is expected to be a nasty campaign by all parties.  The ads, quoting contentious statements Mr. Harper has made over the years on issues such as immigration, are expected to be broadcast next week -- except in Quebec -- just days before a probable election call and in the pre-writ period when election spending rules do not apply.  This strategy came as Prime Minister Paul Martin reached out to Chrétien Liberals yesterday in a last-ditch effort to unify the party.  However, some Liberals are questioning the ad strategy, especially after a furor in caucus last week over a previous series of negative ads targeting Mr. Harper.  The new ads are apparently toned-down versions of the earlier ads prepared for the party, mocking Mr. Harper's views. The new ones feature only his words with no menacing sound effects or interpretation of his remarks.  Attack ads are usually used near the end of a campaign when a party is bleeding support. "I've never seen a campaign where you start using negative ads before the writ is dropped," said a veteran Liberal organizer. "Usually it's at the end of the campaign . . . desperation."(Desperation is the word! Perhaps they could accuse him of wasting billions and billions of tax dollars on frivolous 'party projects' and friends?.. A party that did THAT, could never get elected.. Perhaps they could point out any of Stephen's People that have been recently arrested for fraud? Perhaps they could find a reason to convince people NOT to vote for a fresh government, a government that has based it's platform on returning this country to a democracy? Perhaps they could just accuse him of blatant ignorance of Canadian History, and planning to invade Norway? Maybe he has some of his property registered in another country to avoid paying Canadian taxes! Perhaps Stephen's business was 'really' given 160 million dollars instead of the 130 thousand he told Canadians he received.. After all, their 'desperate' I'm sure if they dig far enough, they can come up with 'something'..!)
Forest Hills teenager banned from playing violent video games
A Forest Hills student who mailed an assault rifle to a Canadian teenager will be on probation for three years until he turns 18. As part of that probation, the 15-year-old is banned from playing violent video games. His case was handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office which is rare for a juvenile. United States Attorney Phil Green tells 24 Hour News 8 that he suggested the teen be forced to avoid violent computer games because they were a reason for his interest in guns.(There is nothing wrong with a teenager having an interest in guns, providing he or she gets their information from a 'good source', such as hunter education, and firearms safely programs. Unfortunately many kids that live in Urban settings are usually identified as 'freaks' by their teachers for even thinking about learning how to safely handle firearms. The general feeling is "Keep em Ignorant, Keep em Safe" and we all know how well that works.. If this boys parents had 'mentored' him up with someone that could safely teach him about firearms, 'Before' buying him the AK47, this incident would never have happened.)
Liberal alleges fraud in Fry's nomination
Vancouver -- A member of the federal Liberal Party is alleging fraud in the nomination process for Vancouver-Centre MP Hedy Fry. David McCann took his complaints to the police, but it's not clear if an investigation will be launched.  Mr. McCann claims Ms. Fry's supporters backdated membership forms, allowing her campaign to continue signing up members after nominations closed. She denies the allegations.(And why wouldn't she deny the allegations? Ms. Hedy 'crosses are burning as we speak' Fry, is a pillar of Liberal truthfulness)
New anti-gang law used in Toronto gun round-up
Malvern is a neighborhood in far northeast Toronto that has been particularly plagued by gun violence. As an example, at least two people living there died in their homes after being struck by stray bullets.  "We are overjoyed that this has occurred today. We feel it's a response to our prayers on the street," said Orim Meikle, pastor of Rhema Christian Ministries. "With most of these guns off the street right now, we save a lot of lives today," said Patricia Fough.  Her 21-year-old son Omar Kent Hortley was shot and killed this year as he walked to a friend's home. He wasn't involved with any gang.  "It's just been three months and a half right now," Fough said. "I know he would want me to be strong and keep going, but he's always in my heart." Hortley's murder, which was Toronto's fifth of 2004, remains unsolved. The city's homicide count now stands at 19.(I'm sure that Chief Fantino will give credit to the "gun registry" as being a HUGE help in this crack down. HaHaHa.....  If 'any' of the guns recovered were in fact previously legal, but stolen guns, they will show up on CPIC. The rest, will simply be a long string of 'Not Found's, and the numbers will be forwarded to the U.S.,  who seem to have the ability to trace firearms 'without' a billion dollar boondoggle at their disposal.. With 19 homicides in Toronto so far this year, I'm sure the "gun registry" has been simply 'MONUMENTAL' in solving each and every one of them, and VASTLY more life saving, than the 235 MRI Machines that 'could' have been bought, installed, and operated for the same amount of money!  We all know, that it's more 'Liberally Correct' to die while waiting for diagnostic treatment, than take the remote chance of being shot by a small band of renegade duck hunters, because the 'gun registry' has ZERO effect on Criminals!!)
Charges vindicate Fraser
But voters will have to judge whether Prime Minister Paul Martin also pays a price over sponsorship scandal
When all is said and done, the criminal charges laid Monday against two of the main principals in the federal sponsorship program vindicate only one player in the saga and it is not the Prime Minister. For weeks, Liberal members of the public accounts committee had been chipping away at the credibility of Auditor-General Sheila Fraser. With the help of a handful of advertising executives, they had built a tentative case that she had construed a mountain of improprieties out of an accounting molehill. But now a police investigation has validated Fraser's initial finding that something was terribly wrong with the management of the federal government's advertising funds. The courts will ultimately decide whether the Liberal government's efforts to be more visible were used, as the RCMP suggests, as a cover for fraudulent activity.(I'm just as sure, that this will turn out to be only 'one' of the cookie jars this corrupt government had it's fingers in. If companies like e-bay, can run an amazing online database of thousands and thousands of individual's and their thousands and thousands of items for what I assume is only a 'fraction' of what was wasted on a Canadian licensing and gun registry scheme. It makes you wonder what 'could' they have spend all that money on? The shear amount, and level of incompetence, would have to be simply staggering beyond all comprehension! I'm also just as sure that when we have a change of government, a large number of the players in 'this' current government will be indicted on one charge or another. The liberals are truly fighting this coming election for 'their' freedom, from incarceration..)
Conservative defence critic confirms party’s plans to help military if elected
Just blocks away from 8 Wing Trenton, the Conservative Party’s senior national defence critic unveiled before local supporters the party’s plans—if voted into power this year—to pump billions more dollars into the defence budget as well as to replace the Canadian Forces’ aging fleet of Hercules planes, acquire some heavy-lift transport aircraft and buy 28 new Maritime helicopters to replace the Sea Kings. And that’s not all. British Columbia MP Jay Hill, speaking before about 40 people at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Trenton last Wednesday night, highlighted military policy recommendations the party’s caucus recently drew up for leader Stephen Harper. Hill said a Conservative government would speed up increases in the defence budget to provide an additional $1.2-billion a year over and above the increases in the 2003 federal budget to move toward a $2-billion per year increase.(Even Mulroney tried to fix some of the previous liberal attacks on the moral of the military, by dumping the unification that Trudeau in his total disdain of anything military, inflicted on them. Something 'has' to be done and it's damn sure the Liberals won't do it. Canada IS a defence freeloader, and the Liberal 911 line is connected to the WhiteHouse. THIS is the liberal view of Canadian Sovereignty, and Canadians are sick of it!)
D-Day veterans to get subsidy
$1M more to send 1,500 to France Ottawa retreats under pressure
A public outcry forced the government to reconsider. Yesterday, McCallum hinted changes would soon be announced."The government is listening. The government realizes the public wants more and the government is going to act very soon," he told the Commons.Fact is, the extra cash may be too late. Travel agents say there's not a hotel room available within three hours of the events.In question period yesterday, the Conservatives again accused the government of short-changing veterans while wasting millions of dollars on the sponsorship scandal, gun registry and governor-general's trips."They were all sent there to fight for their country, but they are not all getting the opportunity to go back there and be thankful for the fact that they did not die on those beaches," Conservative MP Rick Casson (Lethbridge) said.(Yet 'another' Canadian embarrassment from the government that thinks nothing of wasting millions to send Adrian Clarkson on a useless gallivant around Norway (Paul Martins invasion not withstanding) Yet cries 'poor' when told to send some of the last of our veterans to celebrate the fact they didn't die on those beaches, so the likes of politicians that form our 'liberal' government could screw some of the more disabled ones out of a large chunk of pension, through more of their mismanagement.  I'm anxiously waiting for the public outcry that will happen on election day, when we can finally restore democracy from this wasteful ,liberal  dictatorship)
Liberals may benefit, but not likely
Politically, only one question matters: Will the charges laid yesterday against Charles Guité and Jean Brault help or hurt Paul Martin's re-election chances?  Conventional wisdom holds that the charges will help. More likely, however, they will hurt.  They will hurt because they come at the wrong time, because they raise the possibility of other charges and because they evoke a fearful phrase: the gun registry. Worst of all for the Liberals, the police allege that Mr. Guité and Mr. Brault conspired to defraud the gun registry by fabricating a bogus communications contract. That will only confirm the worst suspicions of the millions of citizens who are skeptical of the program. They now have reason to believe that the registry, apart from being wasteful, inefficient and intrusive, may also have been used for a scam.  It may be that none of this will affect Liberal fortunes in the election, that the criminal charges will only confirm what everyone had already suspected and discounted, that people want to move on, that the election will be about whether Stephen Harper, rather than Paul Martin, can be trusted.  (The simple fact that Stephen Harper is NOT a millionaire lawyer, or business man that  dodges Canadian taxes by registering 'his' property outside the country, or supports health care for the wealthy by using a doctor that owns a string of MRI clinics (perhaps this is why Paul Martin wasted a billion harassing duck hunters and not installing 240 MRI machines across the country)  But, is probably a man that 'knows' what it might be like to 'work' for a living.  Joe 'who' says: "vote for the devil you know"! Well you certainly know Mr. Martin. He's the guy that cut 'billions' of dollars from health care, avoids Canadian taxes, supports wasting over a hundred million (and probably much,much more) each and every year on a totally useless gun registration scheme that certainly has no "irritants" for criminals, been handing out money to his friends while claiming he didn't know they were his friends, and claims to be 'restoring' the democratic deficit, although he had evoked closure on a debate within ten days of taking office, and has yet to allow any free votes..  THIS is the "Devil you know".  Why in the hell would you vote for him?  It's like seeing two men walking towards you.  You know the one on the left IS  definitely going to kick you in the balls because he's done it before, and it's his nature, and the one on the right 'may' kick you in the balls, or 'may' shake your hand..  You just have to make a decision "between the devil you KNOW, and the one you don't"! One of those decisions could leave you smiling, the other! Well, keep your legs crossed...)
The tip of the iceberg
While RCMP officials made it clear yesterday their investigations are far from over and more players may well find themselves in handcuffs, there seems to have been a certain lack of urgency in the Mounties getting their men. But that's not the worst news. Many of the charges laid yesterday don't involve the sponsorship program at all. That suggests the scandal may be much larger than the $250-million sponsorship scheme, almost certainly spilling over to the more than $1 billion spent on other government advertising and public relations activities in the past decade of Liberal rule. Two of the contracts the RCMP allege were fraudulent involved the controversial federal gun registration program, already a monumental waste of money for all kinds of other reasons. As the Sun's Stephanie Rubec first revealed in 2002, the government paid Groupaction $330,000 supposedly for a public relations program to support the much-maligned gun registry. Justice Department officials responsible for the registry told Rubec that no such PR program was ever requested by them, nor was any produced. One of the other firearms-related contracts issued by Guite's department that brought charges yesterday paid Groupaction $150,000 to monitor the gun lobby and its various websites. (well, I know for a fact websites were being monitored, because this one used to get a hit from the government snoop 2-3 times a week. The hit service I used, would record the the isp address of every connections, and make a list  not of 'who' was visiting the site, but only 'where' they were coming from. The last hit I bothered with was in June 2003- My entry:  "The Justice Department is 'Still' checking this Website
Tracker Log Entry: 23 Jun 2003 / 05:15:20 PM  URL> stop.justice.gc.ca  I've have always thought the perfect department to oversee the Firearms Farce should be Called STOP JUSTICE Ironic Ain't it?" I sort of 'enjoyed' them coming on the site. That way, I could insult and ridicule them directly..ha..)
RCMP Arrest Guité And Brault In Sponsorship Scandal
The RCMP have arrested two key figures in the highly publicized federal sponsorship probe. On Monday, the RCMP arrested Chuck Guité the former bureaucrat in charge of the sponsorship program as well as Jean Brault, the head of Groupaction. Both men face six counts each for fraud totaling nearly $2 million said the RCMP. The charges are directly related to three contracts awarded to Groupaction between 1996 and 1999, worth $500,000, $550,000 and $575,000. The RCMP said Guité and Brault conspired to defraud the government "by way of a bogus contract worth $330,000". Guité and Brault also face charges relating to the federal gun registry. The RCMP allege the two men defrauded the federal government of $150,000 in relation to a gun registry contract. During a live briefing the RCMP asked anyone with information that could help their investigation into the sponsorship scandal to come forward. The pair could face up to 10 years in prison on each charge for a total of 60 years. Both both men will appear in front of Montreal Superior Court Judge this afternoon. More charges are possible as the investigation continues, said the RCMP. Guité was arrested in Ottawa and Brault turned himself in to police in Montreal.(Well! How about that... Just in time for an election eh! Well, I guess that about settles it as far as the liberals are concerned! Here is your "small band of rogue bureaucrats" all wrapped up in time for the election.. What was it Jean the weasel said a year ago about being honest, and that no one had been arrested? Are YOU next Jean? These guys will open up like a whores legs at a frat party, and drag a lot of those "honest"(..ha) liberals down with them.. No more protecting papadoc jean.. Maybe we'll even find out just how 'large' the "small band of rogue bureaucrats" actually is)
Grits aim to fix gun registry
Have Flying pigs sighted over Ottawa?
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is considering four main proposals to fix the $1-billion gun registry -- including reducing or eliminating user fees, extending the renewal period to register guns to 10 years and handing over management of the registry to the RCMP. It is also considering changes to the firearms registry that will address the needs of long gun owners, such as farmers, hunters, fishermen and aboriginals. Sources told CanWest News Service that no decisions have been made -- but that these are some of the key reecommendations put forward in a recent report by Associate Defence Minister Albina Guarnieri, who was asked by Prime Minister Paul Martin to propose solutions to fix the problem-plagued registry. However, she acknowledged the solution must take into account that long gun owners -- mostly hunters, aboriginals and farmers -- must be given different considerations than handgun owners. Sources say options include removing long gun owners from the Criminal Code to take away the perception hunters and farmers are no different than criminals. Currently, all gun owners who fail to comply with the law face criminal charges. By removing long gun owners, they would instead be subject to a summary conviction or a ticket, sources say.(First things first.. Because it's highly unlikely "landslide Annie" will be around after the next election, why the hell is she even in the equation?  And if long gun owners are to be treated differently,  handgun owners" are to be equated with criminals? What a bunch of paranoid assholes.. How do they even drive down the road without worrying that some psycho is  going to swerve in front of them and kill their whole family, which by the way is far more likely than a legal handgun owner shooting them? Why aren't all people who have the occasional drink, and own a car, not treated as the potential drunk drivers they must be under liberal paranoia rules? By even suggesting these changes, they have admitted that the entire c-68 is a useless mess, and the only reason they are not dumping it is they would be admitting they were wrong in the first place. Christ Paul!! Call the god damn election, lets get rid of as many of you useless paranoid bastards as soon as possible. )
The 'M' Mom march..
The Million Mom March took place on Sunday. 999,000 moms decided to stay home.  Lost on the organizers, as well as the marchers, is the irony of holding a gun-control rally in Washington, D.C. More than a quarter century after the nation's capital banned nearly all private firearms, the city's gun-violence problem has not gotten any better. The latest statistics show that Washington is once again murder capital of the United States. For cities of greater than 500,000 people, the district's 262 killings in 2002 made its murder rate higher than Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, and other dangerous cities. Perhaps this helps explain the sparse attendance at the Mother's Day rally — even in the midst of a national debate on renewing the assault-weapons ban. (It would look as if 999,000 of the 'million moms' have decided that this group is a pack of 'flakes'. Banning guns, would turn 'every' American city into a "Washington D.C.". I think D.C. stands for "Disarmed Citizens" of course, it could also stand for "Dead Citizens", 262 of them last year to be exact! Only the police should have firearms? perhaps they would like to confer with citizens..er.. subjects, of 'any' country where "only the police" have firearms first? After all, in a perfect society, where no one has firearms 'but' the police, why would 'they' still need them.. Because without them, the citizens would be in control!)
Gun maker gets 7 years
Illegal factory run in Mississauga basement
A Mississauga man who ran an illegal gun factory in his basement "like he was selling suits" has received a seven-year prison sentence. While police never proved the weapons that Zoltan Balatoni made from parts he stole from the Para-Ordnance gun factory in Scarborough ended up being used in serious crimes, crown prosecutor Brian McGuire told Balatoni's sentencing hearing this week there was no doubt Balatoni's salesmen sold his home-built weapons to criminals."He produced illegal handguns as if he was selling suits," McGuire said. Balatoni, he said, was "motivated by greed." The court heard that each weapon fetched about $500 on the street.(Hmmmm I paid well over a thousand for my 'legal' Para.. 500 sounds pretty damn cheap.. A para handgun is one of the finest handguns in the world.. No wonder business was brisk! Their handguns are great, but I find their magazines are crap!! If your shooting ipsic indoors , hit the button and drop the mag onto a concrete floor, the chances are very good that the base of the mag will break or fly apart.. I've put cushions on all mine, but according to the rulebook (and pointed out to me by a range officer)  that is a 'mag extension' and takes me out of production class.... But 500 bucks.. wow, that's cheap!!!)
Correctional Service Canada demonstrates cavalier attitude toward officer safety
MONTREAL, May 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Statements to a Toronto newspaper show that Correctional Service Canada still doesn't get it on the health and safety of its 5,700 correctional officers. Questioned by a reporter on the use of stab-proof vests in its 54 institutions across Canada, a CSC spokesperson showed once again that federal prison managers care little for the daily risks their staff take in one of the most dangerous occupations in the country. "There are less than two stabbings a year against staff," CSC spokesperson Michelle Pilon-Santilli is quoted as saying in the May 5 edition of the Toronto Sun. "It's our policy that safety equipment shouldn't be at the discretional use of employees." However, the CSC's own statistics show that more than 600 weapons, including knives, guns and explosives, were seized in federal institutions last year. And in maximum-security penitentiaries, six inmates were murdered (many with home-made knives, or "shanks") over the same period - a murder rate 100 times the Canadian average.(Well, lets put this in 'proper liberal context'! Just HOW MANY officers will have to die before they are allowed to 'offend' the criminals 'sensitivities' in our prisons by wearing a 'stab proof vest' that basically says "we don't trust you with our lives" ? This is the excuse given by the prison public relations dork for not handing out protective vests. This 'excuse'  was from a bureaucrat who obviously has no contact with reality, 'or' career criminals.. Perhaps he should 'shadow' a corrections officer for six months, and if he survives, may come away with a very different attitude!)
Cancer poster draws lots of fire
Guelph—A controversial fundraising poster featuring eight provocatively clad, gun-slinging female police officers is drawing fire. The poster, with the caption "Girls with Guns Target Breast Cancer," is a fundraiser for breast cancer research but that message is lost, detractors say, in images of sexy, heavily armed officers. "There they are sporting guns as if it's a fun thing to do," said Dawn Reynolds, a family therapist in Guelph who is offended by the poster. "Guns are what kill women. They are not a good thing. I regret hugely that this was done, especially for such a worthy cause as breast cancer."(Perhaps this 'therapist' should have a talk with one of his colleagues and get some help! With our government by passing the opportunity to really save some women, they blow a couple of billion on registering duck guns, and throw a few scraps to breast cancer research.. Is health care 'really' Paul Martins #1 priority? or is paying off his friends in ad agencies, and friends of the 'other' liberal slush fund ? "Clearly" Mr Martin has his head up his ass when it come to what 'will' save lives, and prefers to keep funding what 'will' keep his parasitic buddies happy?)
DEA agent shoots self in leg during gun-safety class for kids
ORLANDO -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating an incident in which one of its agents giving a presentation to Orlando-area children on gun safety shot himself in the thigh. During the speech, the agent drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, the report said. He then pulled back the slide and asked a man in the audience to look inside the weapon to make sure it was not loaded, the report said. "The person nodded that it didn't have ammunition," Farmer recounted. "The gun was never pointed at anyone." Witnesses told police that the agent kept his gun pointed toward the floor and when he released the slide, the weapon fired one shot into the top of his thigh.(Ahhh one up the pipe left there by the defective 'nut' behind the trigger, the 'real' reason for N.D.'s (Negligent Discharges).. Canadian Police 'are' better trained it would seem. They only negligently discharge 'their' firearms into lockers, mirrors, and court room floors. Looking back at 'Rock's' statement "I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that only police and soldiers should have guns" leaves me with absolutely no doubt about  just how intelligent 'those' option might be?)
The Last Bastion of a Desperate Government:
'Spreading false rumours'
There is a rule in politics that if you don't define yourself, your opponent will do it for you. In Stephen Harper's case, it means immunizing himself from the accusation that he is dangerous. You know, a health-care slashing, war-mongering, gun-toting, homophobic, anti-French, xenophobic wild-eyed radical. The leader of the far right, from the far West. The inoculation process begins with a sense of humour, preferably about oneself. While self-deprecating humour has been previously undetected in Harper, he showed a deft touch leading off question period yesterday with the observation that the Liberals were preparing a new advertising campaign even as they were cleaning up the mess from the last one. Harper knew the Liberals were planning to demonize him in the election campaign, but not the lengths to which they're prepared to go in depicting him as a threat to Canadian values, indeed to the Canadian way of life.(You mean the 'liberals' view of the Canadian way of life? I.E. A Disarmed population in a country where prisoners can vote, sentencing for multiple crimes are 'concurrent' (like a two for one sale where you do two crimes, and  only do the time for one), where the criminal has more rights than the victim,  where the military has been reduced to a 'token' force, where, farmers can lose their  land and livelihood because a endangered worm might be burrowing in their soil, where the police can 'inspect' your home without a warrant because you are a target shooter, or hunter, where pedophiles can roam freely across the country but a  law abiding firearm owners will face jail time if they don't disclose their whereabouts within 30 days, where special interest 'fringe groups' like PETA and CFGC get funding from the government to support their 'junk science', where millions of your tax dollars line the pockets of government 'friendlies', where a 'leader' that 'says' health care is his #1 priority, but  is in fact the same guy that slashed BILLIONS, AND BILLIONS from health care almost as soon as he became finance minister? The list goes on and on.. The Liberals view of Canadian life should be what THEY want it to be, with little regard for what the people actually want. Canada, won't survive another liberal government. We've already lost the Canadian freedoms our parents and grand parents enjoyed, and this election should be all about getting it back)
Go Ahead Paul! Piss off 8 million fishermen now!
“Very little science behind Liberals’ proposed ban on lead sinkers and brass fishing lures.”
Mr. Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville, CPC): Mr. Speaker, men and women who enjoy fishing are on the Liberal hit list.  Decades of Liberal red tape has been killing hunting and shooting sports in Canada. Now they have picked the fishing industry as their next target.  A few weeks ago, the environment minister tried to quietly announce his proposal to ban all lead sinkers and brass fishing lures. He plans to put his plan into place in October, after the election. There are about eight million men and women in Canada who enjoy fishing. This Liberal government is going after them, just like it went after firearms owners.  Liberals have driven hundreds of thousands of responsible firearms owners out of their sport; have cost the Canadian economy more than 10,000 businesses and the thousands of jobs that go with them. Now they have a plan to do the same thing to the fishing industry by banning fishing tackle. All this is being done without sufficient scientific evidence that there is even a problem. It is about time we gave Liberals the hook. “The Liberals are using the same death-by-a-thousand-cuts tactics to attack the recreational fishing industry that has been so successful in ravaging the hunting and shooting sports in Canada over the last 30 years,” declared Breitkreuz.  “Minister Anderson started his behind-closed-doors anti-fishing campaign in June of 2000 and has repeatedly refused to meet with or respond to calls and correspondence from the Canadian Sport Fishing Industry Association.”
“During debate of a Private Member’s Bill on the same issue just two years ago, the government promised a three-step program:  Promise #1: “a clear understanding of the impact of lead fishing gear on wildlife” - NOT IMPLEMENTED! Promise #2: “work in partnership with stakeholders” - NOT IMPLEMENTED! 
Promise #3: “scientific information for discussion with all stakeholders” - NOT IMPLEMENTED! After the election will be too late for the fishing industry.  Today is the day for every Canadian who enjoys fishing to demand answers from Paul Martin’s Liberals,” concluded Breitkreuz. (There are far more people who fish in this country, than hunt. This government is on a quest to eliminate the taking of ALL wildlife! Who's running this government anyway?  We know that 'Wendy' and her 'junk science' has the liberal ear, as far as firearms are concerned. Does PETA have their wet tongue in Paul's 'other' ear? From the 'Species at risk' bill that can render a farmers land worthless because some rare 'worm' has been found in the soil, to the animal protection bill that could see farmers bankrupt from litigation cost over frivolous animal rights group lawsuits. It would seem that this government has a 'secret agenda' or possible a 'secret pact' with idiotic groups like PETA. Hunting and fishing is a RIGHT of ALL Canadians. Make sure EVERYONE who enjoys fishing, KNOWS that now 'they' are going to face the same fight for their rights that hunters have faced for years. The vast, vast ,vast, majority of lead in water came from 'shot'. lead shot is no longer being used for waterfowl hunting, and the elimination of  lead fishing sinkers, and brass spinners will have no effect either way. Other than of course, a financially devastating blow to the fishing and tourist industries. PETA (perverts, eco-terrorists & assholes) may have followed the same plan as the CFGC (Cukier's fools for Gun Confiscation) and their 'junk science'. They may very well have convinced many of the dim bulbs in the liberal party not to be confused by 'REAL' facts.. After all,  any old stigma is good enough to beat a dogma with!)
Prof's study takes shot at Canada's gun registry
Canada's gun registry does not work, according to Dr. Gary Mauser, a Simon Fraser University professor. He spoke Saturday in Saskatoon at a conference organized by the Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association (CUFOA). "We have spent $2 billion on licensing and registering guns in Canada and it has not decreased violent crime and suicide," Mauser said. He has authored a study: The Failed Experiment, Gun Control and Public Safety in Canada, Australia, England and Wales and the Firearms Act.(The Feds. have always disregarded 'everything' Dr. Mauser has said. He has only been wrong once, that anyone knows of! That's when he told the Liberals that their registry was going to end up costing a billion dollars.. It is in fact, closer to TWO BILLION.. and the waste will continue, as long as the liberals are in charge.. The liberals aren't 'shocked' by the amount they have wasted on this, they 'knew' it was going to cost 'two something', only they told parliament it was in 'millions', not 'BILLIONS' what's a few zeros to a liberal.. sure some of the money may have also been stolen, but if it only saves 'one' life it's worth it.. Unfortunately, as the bodies are piling up, were 'still' waiting for that one life to be saved.. )
Shooter Goes Out with a Bang
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Friends of a champion Irish clay pigeon shooter have fulfilled his dying wish by packing his ashes into shotgun cartridges and blasting his remains over firing ranges around the world. Shooting enthusiast Tony Mullan made the request before he died at Easter aged 63 after a year-long illness.  "Tony said 'I want to go out with a bang and it's up to you guys to help me,'" said Willie Hughes, Mullan's best friend and shooting partner of 20 years.  "So I took the lead out of 50 cartridges, put Tony's ashes into them and recrimped them, and now every ground I go to I fire one off," he added.  "Tony would have done the same for me," he told Reuters. (Ahhh friends, you can gauge the good ones by their caliber)
It's just a rumour..
The Waste WILL continue as planned
Associate defence minister Albina Guarnieri has denied she is recommending a voluntary gun registry to replace the existing costly program and insists the government is committed to maintaining a registration system for all weapons. Guarnieri on Friday blamed gun-control lobbyists trying to stir up trouble for rumours that she has recommended some sort of optional registry in advance of a federal election.(From the look of 'this' report, the Lib's are still going to proceed with this useless endeavour of a gun registry.. They know what they want, they just don't want to be confused with 'facts' .. Come on Paul! Call the goddamn election.. Lets get this show on the road.. The public already knows your party is corrupt and wasteful, lets see how many of you we can actually get rid of.. Hey 'landslide' Annie? Got any new job prospects yet? Yer gonna need em..)
Voluntary gun registry idea 'absurd'