April 2004 News from The Canadian Liberal Gun Farce

Voluntary registration favoured by West

OTTAWA -- Liberals may be considering a proposal for a voluntary firearms registration as part of the party's effort to appease western voters. Toronto MP Sarmite Bulte said Thursday members of the gun-control lobby have told members of Parliament the idea surfaced when associate defence minister Albina Guarnieri met advocates of the gun registry during her three-month review of the Firearms Act. Wendy Cukier, head of the Coalition For Gun Control, alerted MPs about the proposal in a letter outlining her concerns about a series of recommendations that Guarnieri has reportedly submitted to Anne McLellan, deputy prime minister and minister for public safety. Bulte and Montreal Liberal MP Marlene Jennings vowed the proposal would meet stiff resistance in the Liberal caucus. "All hell will break loose," said Jennings. "The overwhelming majority in every single province want compulsory gun registration. They want police to know who has guns and what guns they have."(What planet is this woman been living on? Polls over the last year, have show a "overwhelming" number of Canadians all across this country are saying 'Scrap this Crap'.. Fortunately Ms Marlene Jennings is a Quebec 'Liberal' MP , and their all slated for the trash heap after the next election anyway.. She'll be standing on the outside with her nose pressed against the parliament windows, along with Annie...As for Voluntary registration? ..hahahahahahahahahahaha...Why not!! It's as stupid an idea as the registry itself!! )
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT SIGNS PROTOCOL WITH POLICE ABOUT BEARS
"I'm very pleased we've reached this agreement clarifying that police will respond to bear problems that pose an immediate public safety threat," said Ramsay. "This will help the public know who to call when dealing with bear problems, and should help ease the minds of people living in bear country." The protocol signed today clarifies roles and responsibilities around responding to human-bear problems. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will respond to emergency bear calls and will call the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) for assistance if necessary. MNR will respond to non-emergency bear calls. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), which represents municipal police agencies and the OPP, supports the protocol and will encourage member forces to use it as a template to reach agreements with municipal forces.(If the 'City Bear Huggers' had left northern folk and there bear hunts alone, there would be no need for a "Plan to deal with nuisance bears". Nuisance bears were not as much of a nuisance before the spring hunt cancellation resulted in 'thousands of more bears' roaming the countryside looking for food.. If the spring hunt cancellation is not causing a drastic increase in the number of bears, why in the hell do we need this "agreement".. I don't think an "Agreement" with the OPP is really needed! Northerners know how to shoot their own nuisance bears, and solve the problem once and for all..)

Election call: a juggernaut in motion
The Martin juggernaut, as it used to be called, is similarly careering toward a confrontation it seems unable and unwilling to avoid, despite considerable evidence that the result could end in disaster for the Liberal Party. One factor pushing that decision might be the young men and women surrounding the Prime Minister who are determined to sweep away the current political detritus, whatever the risk. It must be said that there are good reasons for Paul Martin to call an election this spring. There are difficulties down the road that could make a fall 2004 or spring 2005 vote problematic. The Supreme Court will hand down its opinion on the same-sex legislation this fall; the Auditor-General will report on the extent and propriety of the federal government's contracts with Canada Steamship Lines; the real inquiry into the sponsorship program, headed by Mr. Justice John Gomery, will be under way, and there may or may not be a health deal with the provincial governments. In other words, everything will be the same as it is right now, only worse.(The main point to consider here, is 'IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY!' ! You absolutely know that it's going to show even more corruption, cronyism, and waste lining the pockets of liberal buddies. You absolutely know that nothing that turns up is going to paint this government in a different light! You simply have to ask yourself: Who do you want in charge when all this 'hits the fan'? Do you 'really' want the party that is responsible for this waste and corruption to be in power controlling the outcome ,what get reported, and what gets covered up for the 'next' four years? If you do, your stupid beyond all belief! Remember, this is a party that came to power 11 years ago promising new ethical standards and solid financial management. I think 11 years of their "ethical standards, and financial management" is long enough, don't you?)
Opposition accuses Liberals of 'character assassination'
OTTAWA -- A federal Liberal policy manual that has been depicted as a 'Coles Notes' version of what the party stands for has been attacked by the opposition as "character assassination." The federal Liberals have produced a draft copy of where the party stands on some 35 issues from gas prices to abortion and included along with it information on what the new Conservative party, the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois say about the topic. Entitled Liberal Candidate Policy and Information Manual - campaign 2004, the 205-page document, a copy of which was obtained by CanWest News, was shown at a special Liberal caucus meeting Tuesday night to discuss election planning. "What I don't support in an election campaign is character assassination," said Conservative MP Monte Solberg. "Stephen Harper has predicted for a long time the Liberals would attack him. The Liberal candidate book proves that's exactly what they're up to. "Canadians would rather see a much more positive campaign based on serious policies and something that doesn't insult the intelligence of the voter."(The Liberal party, which has lost much of it's credibility over the last year is facing an election, with nothing to offer but more of the same flawed logic, waste, and corruption they've offered Canadians for the last ten years. Their 'only' hope, is to appeal to the 'ignorant' voters among us, that still believe anything they are told. Old Joe Clark, tells us "Martin is the devil we know"! Does this mean we should accept a "devil we know", that is very likely going to screw us over again, just because were 'used' to being screwed by him and his government? To all the women voters out there! don't you agree with the general advise, that when your in a one sided, abusive relationship, you should do everything you can to get out of it? This government has put ALL Canadians in a one sided abusive relationship, and it IS time we got out of it.. Don't believe them for a single minute that their not going to start slapping you again! Because we ALL know that's never true. Don't give them your vote, they don't deserve it. Shortly after the election, when their comfortable again, you know the abuse will return.. It always does!)
Lying Ontario Liberals Aim to Pick your Pocket AGAIN: Report on $200,000 'citizen's dialogue' parrots Liberal budget message
Premier Dalton McGuinty has been told to tax lottery and casino winnings, raise liquor and tobacco taxes and impose new levies on luxury cars to tackle an almost $8 billion budget deficit.The Premier yesterday welcomed a consultant's report that also said Ontarians are willing to see deficits for at least two years and to pay increased user fees. The $200,000 report by the Canadian Policy Research Networks was commissioned by the government and based on day-long pre-budget focus groups earlier this year involving 250 randomly selected citizens in six cities.Virtually all participants agreed they do not want to pay higher income or sales taxes because they cannot trust the government to spend any new revenue wisely, the firm's president Judith Maxwell told a press conference." But since the participants had mainly Liberal ideas to work with, the report bears a striking resemblance to the Liberal election platform, as well as policy ideas the government has been talking about for months. ''The government provided the facts and the context for the workbook, and we provided the template,'' Maxwell said. When asked whether any Conservative or New Democrat platform material was provided to the participants, Maxwell replied: ''I doubt that.'' (Of course, McGuinty zeros right in on the tax increases, and not much (no) comment is made on the distrust of the government to use the money wisely. Hunting and fishing fees are 'supposed' to go directly into related programs, are the liberals now going to 'steal' that money too? A tax on Lottery winnings is basically a a tax on 'dreams' If that tax comes into effect, the sales of lottery tickets will take a huge drop, and every organization that benefits will be hurt. I for one, will never buy a lottery ticket again, if my winnings (how ever remote that might be) would be plundered by this government that 'lied' it's way into power, while blaming the previous government for all it's problems, and lack of foresight. THEY only inherited 'half' the deficit that was left to the conservatives by the previous liberal and ndp governments, and if history repeats itself, the conservatives will inherit 'twice' that deficit when the Liberals are finally kicked out after 'another' single term.. They ALREADY seem to have driven the proposed deficit to 8 Billion from the 4-5 they inherited. What does all this add up to? Watch for a huge increase in the underground markets for everything. These taxes may very well be paid, with money people refuse to pay taxes on. If MY WINNINGS, are taxable, MY LOSSES should be DEDUCTIBLE)
Isn't There a Song Called 'Poor Ole Joe Clark'
Joe Clark continued his assault on the new Conservative Party yesterday, urging Canadians to dig into its leader's "hidden" agenda Comparing his policies to those of President George W. Bush, Clark accused Stephen Harper of "shoving out" progressives in favour of "hardliners" who put the environment, aboriginals, women and equality on the back burner. "People are so enraged at the Liberal government that they're giving Stephen Harper and his party a buy. They should take a look at what he proposes." John Reynolds, the Conservative House leader, called Clark a "bitter old man" and "a traitor to the cause." Harper shrugged it off. "I wish he had chosen to at the very least stay quiet if he couldn't say anything positive about his former friends and colleagues," Deputy Conservative Leader Peter MacKay said. (Just about everyone has written off Joe's rather illogical statements. Every one but the Toronto Star of course, who is now one of Joe's biggest fans.. Fortunately, Mr Harper is what Canadians need right now. A break from the 'old boys club'. A break from the corruption that has become systemic within our government. A fresh look at things. The few 'old boys' that were left within the conservatives, have now been 'filtered' out. Joe clark is a political dinosaur, whose day has gone, and he just can't quite come to terms with that. If Canada is to return to a true democracy, someone has to pull the plug on the systemic corruption, graft, and patronage, which has become so ingrained within the previous political powers on both sides. Starting of course, with the current debate in the house on 'fixed election dates'. Fixing the election dates will go a long way to prevent a government from 'constructing' an election to meet their needs, and thereby 'stealing' another term for which they do not deserve. There is no way within a 'true' democracy, should a government be allowed to have a virtual dictatorship with only a percentage of the popular vote in the mid 30's. All I can say is "Joe! Retire gracefully, and Shut The F. Up, your only embarrassing yourself.)
Election timing topped menu while Martin, ministers dined at 24 Sussex
Each day the Commons sits offers the opposition another target. On Tuesday, the Conservatives will table a motion calling for fixed election dates every four years - a proposal that even some Liberal backbenchers support. The motion highlights the cold calculation taking place among Prime Minister Martin and his advisors. As Stephen Owen, the minister for Public Works who hails from the Liberals' shaky western flank in British Columbia, put it Monday afternoon: "I think we should have the election when we can win the election."(That last statement is the whole reason, and best argument for fixed election dates. Canadians 'hopefully' are ready to turf these bastards out, and relegate them to the backbench 'attrition filter' for the next ten years. If the Liberals win the 'next' election, democracy will again be set back a generation. Remember, in all probability, they will be fighting this election with money laundered, and fed back to them from friends that received 'very' lucrative contracts, and 'invoices' which in all likelihood, were padded to the extreme. 'This' is how this government has been using your tax dollars. And, if re-elected, they will only continue to do so.. And why shouldn't they? they were just re-elected again weren't they? Business as usual..)
Liberals plan massive government technology overhaul
IT upgrade promises to be biggest change since computerization of public service
The Martin government is taking aim at $13 billion in operation costs with a three-track review that could set the stage for the biggest transformation in the way public servants manage and serve Canadians since the dawn of the computer age. The reviews, led by Chief Information Officer Michelle d'Auray, are aimed at driving departments to use technology to manage "government-wide" rather than as independent fiefdoms, each using its own computer system, which often can't communicate with the computers used in other departments. Integrating and consolidating systems will go a long way to spotting problems before they escalate into into scandals, like the gun registry or the sponsorship program. He said making all departments keep track of information the same way means it can be gathered, tracked and monitored faster and easier.(After wasting A billion dollars 'plus' on a simple database, do you 'really' believe the liberals are capable of a 'integrated' computer system, that by the way 'if it were not to bankrupt the country' would be able to track and link every tiny bit of individual, personal information, on anyone across government departments. THAT is their main goal. That, and of course shifting money to their 'new' group of friends in the computer industry. This group of friends will be much more useful than the old guys at the Quebec ad firms.. Computer 'nerds' are far more capable of hiding their tracks than Ad Agency Execs.. After all, 'they' will design the system the liberals will use to track 'you'.. This is going to be a virtual 'cash cow' for the few I.T. companies that vote liberal)
British ID Cards
For the first time in more than half a century, the British government is handing out national identity cards. It's testing a system aimed at reducing the threat of terrorism in Britain. Ten thousand volunteers will receive the high-tech cards, which record biometric data including facial and iris scans and electronic fingerprints. The Home Office says the database would reduce fraud, identity theft, illegal immigration and, importantly, deter terrorists.("Your papers please"? All this, and more from the country that has 'outlawed' self defence. Where you can actually be thrown into prison for causing 'fear' to a criminal, while defending your home with a toy pistol. It would look as if the sun 'has' set on the British Empire)

Paul Martin hammered on his contracting history
"We have a smoking gun,'' said Conservative MP Monte Solberg. "The prime minister has been fingered as being directly involved in breaking all the rules in the book." The opposition kept hammering, demanding to know how Martin could champion cleaning up the awarding of government contracts when he himself had a questionable history on the matter. "How can we believe the prime minister when he says he wants to do things otherwise, when we know that, when he was in Finance, the rules were bent to the profit of his friends?" Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe asked the House. In response, Martin said the documents that have been made available to the House, "indicate very clearly there was an open, transparent tendering system." Duceppe sniffed: "It was openly, transparently made for Earnscliffe."(Custom designed contracts to virtually bypass a valid tendering process, is not only unethical, but morally decrepit. The entire government has shown Canadians that they are 'morally decrepit'. Call the election Paul, or are you going to do what liberals have done for generations, and continue this democratic deficit you keep telling us your fighting?)
Injured animals casualty of new Australian handgun laws
Brian Kentwell says he has been left with no choice but to "hammer" injured or dying animals as he patrols 75 kilometres of irrigation channels in the district. Mr Kentwell feels he is a casualty of the new handgun legislation that now precludes the use of pistols in the agricultural category. Mr Kentwell, who has been manager of the Marthaguy Irrigation Scheme for15 years, said he was no longer permitted to use the 9mm Ruger he was specifically licensed to carry for the humane euthanasia of stock and native animals bogged in channels or injured when hit by vehicles. "Just last week I had to put down a kangaroo that had two broken legs. It's not very pleasant at the best of times and doubly difficult without a firearm," he said. "I have applied for a permit for a rifle to use in my work but with the current backlog it will probably take another three months before it comes through," he said. "In my opinion, in some instances a rifle will do the job but the majority of the time a pistol would be more suitable. In the meantime I have no alternative but to hit dying animals on the head with a hoe."(Perhaps those in the Australian Government that are behind these ridiculous firearm laws would prefer to come out and help Mr. Kentwell Bludgeon these animals to death. After all, "It's for the Children"!)
Credit Tories for boosting Canada's economic fortunes
"The Prime Minister's problems with numbers are well documented. He failed to catch the $1-billion boondoggle at HRDC, missed the boat over $1 billion on the gun registry, does not have a clue about the $250 million wasted in a sponsorship scandal and failed to differentiate between $130,000 and $161 million given to his shipping empire," charged McKay. "Apparently the Prime Minister is bad at math and has a poor memory. Now he claims he does not know how his buddies got these contracts," he said, referring to the rules Martin's finance department broke in order to give some of Martin's best buddies who run Earnscliff Strategy Group untendered polling contracts. "Canadians deserve to know who is running the show, Earnscliffe or the PMO?" said McKay. the Bloc Quebecois brought up another $100-million scandal yesterday -- this one having to do with Martin's shipping empire. That's how much his company avoided paying in taxes simply by hoisting "flags of convenience" up the masts of 18 of his Canada Steamship Line ships. How do you like that math? (This country won't survive another Liberals Government.. 4 more years of waste, corruption, lies, deceit? Everyone living on Liberal 'commissions' generated by phoney invoices, whispers, and quick handshakes in the back room are counting on it. Will Ontario believe the lies, and hand over the the country to these thieves 'again'? Hopefully Eastern Canada is starting to smarten up..)
Liberals have a clever plan to demonize Conservatives
Prime Minister Paul Martin and his advisers seem almost desperate to call a June election. Even though his advisers acknowledge a majority isn't there now, they insist one is still within reach. Besides, the Liberals have a secret weapon - Stephen Harper, and a clever plan to demonize the Conservatives as a bunch of right-wing nutcases. According to the Toronto Globe and Mail, Liberal pollsters were asking voters last week "if they were more or less likely to vote for the Conservative/Alliance if you knew they had been taken over by evangelical Christians." If the Liberals are going to lean into their attitudinal data, why be so subtle? Not just any bunch of evangelicals, but a bunch of gun-toting, war mongering, gay-bashing, anti-French evangelicals at that. Yet if the only thing on offer from the Liberals is scare tactics, it doesn't say much for their version of Canadian values. And just because Martin has an agenda for health care and aboriginal rights doesn't mean the sponsorship scandal will disappear. As in 1984, there is a culture of entitlement and sleaze that has grown around the Liberals. It has a face - Andre Ouellet, the king of pork-barrel politics. Not content with his own job as president of Canada Post, the highest-paying job in government, he put six members of his own family on the payroll. That's called nepotism, and not only does it stink, the voters know it stinks.(Expect the liberals to fight this election campaign with the same sleaze and deceptive tactics they have used to deceive Canadians for a decade. They have no morals, and are not above doing what ever it takes to steal the next election. "Power at ANY Cost". Perhaps they could even accuse Stephen Harper and the conservatives of stealing millions of dollars from the taxpayers, and giving it to their friends for kickbacks to build up the party election coffers.. Naw! Only a 'completely' corrupt political party would ever contemplate something as despicable as 'that'.. )
While Martin recycles pledges of guns, Forces go without
It's a common Liberal trick to approve new weapons but never fund them
Boy, when it comes to our military, the Liberals sure do love to practice the 3Rs of recycling: reduce, reuse and recycle. Whenever possible they reduce the size of our forces. They then force the remaining troops to reuse aging equipment way past the limits of its safe operation. And finally when pressure builds to do something -anything - to better outfit our soldiers, ssailors and airmen, the Grits recycle the same procurement announcements over and over. Perhaps that's why Prime Minister Paul Martin chose recently to subject soldiers at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick to a speech that was little more than a compost of old, decaying, oft-made Liberal pledges. So close to this weekend's Earth Day, perhaps he felt compelled by his commitment to the environment to practise the 3Rs on the Forces, again. He declared: "We are fast-tracking the purchase of the $700-million mobile gun system for the army. This is exactly the kind of innovative military capability the Canadian Forces require now and for the future." Martin's right; it is the kind of weapon Canada needs. But this is at least the fourth time in the past six months that the Liberals have promised to get right on the purchase of the Stryker Mobile Gun System, essentially a lightly armoured, eight-wheeled vehicle with a tank cannon on top. It is more manoeuvrable than a battle field tank, easier to lift into conflict zones around the world, cheaper to operate and an excellent support to assaulting infantry regiments.(Military is a strange word to a liberal, they don't support it, they don't want it. From the days Trudeau (the conscientious objector i.e.-coward-), 'unified' the forces, made them all wear the same drab green uniform, and lowered moral to an all time low. Liberals have been 'anti military', 'anti defence', and 'anti Canadian history! And to think, that thousands of Canadian men and women died in two world wars to defend the homeland so that these arrogant, cowardly bastards could turn Canada into a virtually powerless society, dependant entirely on the U.S.A. for it's defence would cause them shame beyond belief. 'This' is what we have for a government, and it's about time Canadians took back their freedom, and heritage by banishing them to the backbenches for at least a generation.)
Facing an election, Liberals resort to grubby PR tactics
Universities compete for the chairs. Decisions are made by peer reviews. Politicians have absolutely no part in deciding which universities get the chairs or how they are filled. And yet, just recently, grubby political hands got a hold of these chairs for the purposes of public announcements. The change, tiny in itself, suggests how Liberals continue to use the federal public-relations machine to their benefit, especially in any pre-electoral period and despite Prime Minister Paul Martin's pledge to do politics differently. With the Liberal election machine preparing to start, taxpayers can expect multiple examples of cheap public-relations tricks. Some will be a simple matter of rewriting press releases; others will involve government advertising that coincides with the government's political priorities. Jean Chrétien used to like this kind of politics, just as former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau tolerated it as the necessary tool of lesser mortals. Mr. Chrétien believed that backbenchers needed profile in their constituencies. Of course, the Chrétien way of doing politics was ostensibly all or mostly wrong, according to the bright new lights of the Liberal Party, whose leader decried, among other things, the culture of cronyism, secrecy and "corruption." Now, with an election in the air, the little corruptions of petty public relations are back, to say nothing of the larger advertising campaigns designed to influence public opinion.(Why would Paul Martin change the tactics used by the Liberals since day one.. He's already gallivanting around the country using taxpayers money for his "not an election campaign tour"! Misleading taxpayers is what this government does best, and they been doing it for more than 10 years. Their not going to change overnight, simply because the man that 'wrote' Chairman Jeans Red Book, is now in charge!)
A good woman's name
With the Adscam muck showing no sign of washing away, some Liberals have turned to desperate measures -- blaming Auditor General Sheila Fraser for the mess Some of Paul Martin's clever Liberals have finally solved the great mystery of Adscam and the missing millions of taxpayers' dollars. The auditor general did it. With Liberal fortunes firmly (and properly) mired in the political muck of the sponsorship scandal, the forever inventive Grits have taken to sullying Auditor General Sheila Fraser and discrediting her damning Adscam report. When all else fails, shoot the messenger, even if she happens to be the most beloved and believed public servant in the country. Brilliant.(Now that the "small band of rouge bureaucrats" story has been punched full of holes, their desperate for a patsy to take the fall. The whole party is up against the wall and backing into a corner.. Blaming the Auditor General shows just how desperate and utterly devoid of morals this government actually is! Nope!!! Not us!! We're honest.. It's that damn Auditor General, making up stories just to get us in trouble. I think what 'really' pisses them off, is of all the 'incompetent' people Chrétien appointed to 'special' jobs with-in his dictatorship, why the hell did he have to 'really' screw up, and appoint someone who actually does her job....Lets all just sit back, grin, and watch the liberal polls submarine their way across Canada....!!!)
911 delay blamed for murder
REGINA (CP) -- The brother of a woman who was found dead in her apartment more than 30 minutes after her screams were reported to 911 says her death has left the family frustrated and confused. Gerry Simcak said he believes his sister Janice Kinna would still be alive if police had been able to respond sooner. "Obviously they took way too long. That is for sure," Simcak said Monday in an interview. "We are very angry and frustrated. There is no way it should have happened. No way. Not at all. "Someone screaming. To me that would be the highest priority." Kinna, 47, was found dead in an east-end Regina apartment on April 7. Police have said they took a 911 call at 4:24 p.m. from someone reporting screaming inside the apartment suite. The call was deemed an assault in progress and was classified as the highest priority. The response time on such a call should be about five minutes. But police have said but there weren't any units available at the time because of several other high-priority calls, including a break-and-enter in progress, two separate suicide attempts, an assault, a break-in involving a domestic dispute, an escapee from a psychiatric ward, a complaint of a newborn left in a car and a boy hit by a vehicle. The first officer didn't arrive at the apartment until 4:55 p.m. and Kinna was already dead. (Even a response time of FIVE minutes is far too long for a woman cowering in a house with a old boyfriend, husband, or ex, beating on the door screaming he's going to kill her.. Had this woman shot her attacker, she would then be in court for what would seem like, not allowing herself to be killed! This crap has to STOP! How many people have died in this country due to police not being 'able' to show up on time. How many more must die before the general public 'acknowledges' they have the RIGHT to self defence. How many ignorant bastard politicians, do we have to kick in the ass in order to make them understand? My advise has 'always' been.. UNLOCK, LOAD, DIAL 911 IN 'THAT' ORDER... The police don't even 'have' to show up. Their mandate is NOT to protect the individual, but the general public at large. Because they don't even have a legal requirement to show up and save your ass, there should be no laws whatsoever standing in the way of any 'obvious' self defence shooting.)

Federal auditors reject a series of Nova Scotia hurricane Juan claims
Federal auditors rejected the claims under the national disaster relief program, which is designed to help pay the costs of restoring property and businesses damaged by natural disasters. A review by Consulting and Audit Canada - an agency that routinely scrutinizes federal expenditures(?????) - uncovered a series of problems with the claims for compensation, beyond ineligible expenses. Whenever he's questioned about the slow pace of disaster assistance, Ernie Fage, the minister in charge of provincial emergency measures, has pointed the finger of blame at the federal government. Fage has dismissed the review's criticism, saying federal auditors have been "haggling with the province over every expense" not only related to hurricane Juan, but also with other disaster claims for flooding - some dating back five years. "It's very frustrating," he said in an interview. "People who've been affected by a natural disaster need support and they need now, not five years from now." Fage said he wondered where the auditors were when the federal government was handing out over $100 million dollars to Liberal-friendly advertising agencies under its discredited sponsorship program. "Whether it's gun control, whether it's the sponsorship program, whether it's (Defence Department) computers that are never delivered, it seems money is no object and it can go as quickly as possible. This (disaster) program is being shortchanged by Ottawa with not enough understanding and flexibility."(And where do you think the Liberals 'got' the money to give to all their friends.. Why from under the table funding that was 'supposed' to go to everything from disaster relief, to rebuilding the Bluenose.. If Atlantic Canada, 'keeps' voting in federal Liberals, they can only only expect 'more' of the same in the years to come.. )
By all accounts, this 'average Canadian' woman has shaken up politics
OTTAWA Sheila Fraser, Canada's top public accountant, is by most measures a portrait of restraint. But she is breaking some of the nation's most delicate political china, so much so that a recent Vancouver newspaper article described her as the "the Mick Jagger of the accounting profession." Fraser, 53, the first woman to serve as Canada's auditor general, admits to few hobbies. "I'm Sheila Fraser, average Canadian," she said in an interview. "I actually live a very quiet, dull life outside of work." "She's the iceberg that hit the Liberal Titanic," said David Cochrane, a CBC radio political reporter. Since that audit came out, the country has been gripped by daily nationally televised parliamentary hearings into the scandal that have kept Liberal Party malfeasance in the headlines and have displayed divisions in the governing party about how to manage the scandal. "The perception of the nation toward the Liberal Party in power changed the day her report was made public," said John Williams, the Conservative chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, which is investigating the scandal. "She has that much credibility."('She' has far more credibility than Paul Martin and ALL his Liberal party combined.. She just may have 'saved' the entire country.. )
Election nightmare shapes up for Harper
It's only a hunch, but my guess is that Harper is well aware of the perils of a fragile Conservative victory in the next election. Knowing his penchant for strategic thinking, he cannot but know that the absence of significant Quebec representation, the need to rely daily on the Bloc for survival, could cripple a Conservative government to the point of making its life as short as Joe Clark's 1979 six-month minority spell in power.(It would seem that the Toronto 'Liberal' Star is going to do quite a bit of sabre rattling before the next election.. For some reason, it still clings to the corrupt party in power. Sure Harper may have a problem with the Bloc. Sure they are going to threaten separation if they don't continuously get their own way, sure their going to hold another referendum, but why the hell should the rest of Canada be held hostage to maintain the largess Quebec has become accustomed to over the last forty years of Quebec based Prime Ministers. They have to make up their mind. Do they 'want to stay part of Canada and help to make things better? Can they Afford to Separate? As the old saying goes, if your not part of the solution, then your part of the problem. Quebec has been bitching and threatening separation for 50 years.. Soon will be the time... It's all boiling down to the same thing! Shit or get off the pot!)
Nostalgic Chrétienisms! It's Like He Never Left!
Prime Minister Paul Martin re-wrote history yesterday, hailing back to Canada's invasion of Norway, not Normandy, in 1944. Martin's embarrassing slip of the tongue came as he was surrounded by a sea of soldiers in camouflage gear, twice placing Canadian troops in Scandinavia at that critical phase of World War II. Martin, who is scheduled to attend the 60th anniversary celebrations of D-Day on the coast of France in June, told the 350 soldiers that the invasion as one of Canada's greatest military achievements. He later added that just as Canada did in 1944 during the "invasion of Norway," it's time to step forward and defend the values of freedom, justice and democracy. (Well, it's to be expected isn't it! Like most Liberals, he probably comes from a long line of people who weren't there either! Didn't Trudeau show up on a French Beachhead 50 years too late, just for the photo op! If any place ever needed defending, you can bet your ass no Canadian Liberal Politician was ever there! I wonder how all the 'real men' in uniform standing behind him, kept a straight face.. )
B.C. moves to ease securities approvals
Les said he would like to see B.C. and other provinces have the opportunity to develop new ideas and “potentially show some national leadership” so that a better system develops, over time, across the country. Even with restrictive and rigid systems, he said, billions worth of securities fraud has still occurred while companies followed the rules – for example, in the Enron case. By moving to a national regulator right away, argued Les, provinces will create the securities equivalent of the national gun registry. Governments won’t pay sufficient attention to the unique markets across the country and will impair their ability to develop “leading-edge” securities regulation.(Isn't it amazing how everything that is bound to screw up and cost billions is compared to 'The National Gun Registry', the new Canadian standard in worthless liberal endeavours.)
McGuinty urges Khadrs to reject terrorism
"What I would say to Mrs. Khadr in particular is that with the rights of Canadian citizenship come certain fundamental obligations, and I would argue that one of those is to reject and denounce terrorism and suicide bombing, for example." He continued: "I would expect that as a Canadian citizen, Mrs. Khadr would want to repudiate earlier statements that would not be in keeping with our responsibilities as Canadian citizens."On Tuesday, McGuinty said Elsamnah, her 14-year-old son Karim and his brother Abdurahman Khadr, 21, are entitled as Canadians to receive health-care coverage or apply for social assistance benefits. (The question 'really' is: If these people are avowed terrorists what the hell are they doing here anyway? I'm as charitable as the next guy, but if someone is 'using me' then screw em.. Send them back to wherever they feel supports their 'point of view' If they were not born here, and they support Terrorism and suicide bombings withdraw their Canadian citizenship and kick their asses out! Now, under the Liberals, both federal and provincial, terrorists have the same rights as criminals, and that means putting their rights BEFORE those of law abiding citizens.. If you don't want to live in this country, under 'generally accepted' rules of conduct, Then get the hell out! The NEXT hit on the U.S.A. may very well come from one of these terrorist assholes our bleeding heart Liberal government opened 'our' doors to. Christ, it's like giving a pedophile free room and board at the local day-care centre! It's not a matter of IF these people are going to spit in your face, it's WHEN! If McGuinty thinks his 'urging' will intice them to do an about face on their entire lifestyle, he really is dumber than he looks!)
Martin Spreads the 'pittance' to Bosnia
Prime Minister Paul Martin extended tax breaks to some 1,300 additional soldiers serving in risky overseas deployments Wednesday, even as he committed Canadian Forces to a continued presence in Afghanistan.
Martin had previously exempted 1,900 Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan from paying income taxes in last month's budget at a cost of $30 million. Finance officials said Wednesday that the $30 million will also cover 1,300 soldiers serving in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Haiti because the amount was overestimated at the time.(At first he wasn't going to give the guys in Bosnia the tax break (which really won't amount to much anyway) but public pressure forced his hand.. This man is so far removed from anything military, what else would you expect from a 'liberal' that would refer to Canadians storming the beaches of 'Norway' and not 'Normandy'.. )
Oh! What to do!
The first signs of this change of life will sprout today as the Team Martin pre-election television blitz wraps up as a public relations failure and a spending spree is launched on national defence. It's mostly fun with figures, the re-announcing of helicopter replacements, search-and-rescue aircraft and gun systems. Only a billion or two dollars for a pair of supply ships are anything close to a surprise. But at least it's the start of something real. The military fanfare will be followed Friday by a preview of Martin's health-care policy, which could be pulled from his sleeve as a snap election centrepiece if required. Premiers can expect to receive billions of new dollars targeted on shrinking surgical wait lists. How all this new spending will magically surface less than a month after Martin's budget of restraint would seem to clash with the prime minister's promise of truth and transparency in fiscal policy. What to do? Well, sources say a review of the gun registry has been essentially complete for a month, yet the cabinet lacks the stomach to implement the recommendations for fear of upsetting registry-cheerleading MPs from Quebec and Toronto. Do it. Now.(It's more than obvious to all but the incredibly paranoid, that the registry is of absolutely no use what-so-ever. Their argument that the 'police use it' and it's a useful tool' would fall flat if they ever asked the police "What kind of a problem would be caused if the registry was eliminated" the answer of course would be none at all. Some may use it because it's there, and 'might' supply another piece of information on the case before them, but the big question is "would they miss it if it were gone"? Hardly . I would think that most police officers might use it to 'try' and trace a gun they found, but if it was a legal gun that had been stolen, it would be in CPIC anyway. So essentially it's useless. The problem for the liberal is: If they shut it down, they are only admitting it was a folly and 'another' huge waste of money. Right now, the Liberals are in full damage control, and their biggest fear is that light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train loaded with bullshit repellent.)
A nightmare, even for a conspiracy theorist
First they took Nelson Thall's conspiracy talk radio show, Cloak and Dagger, off the air in Toronto (Mojo 640 AM) -- even though it was the top-rated show in its time slot. That was in February. Last week, Toronto police arrested him on a slew of alleged gun registration violations, locked him up and opposed his bail application. Two days later, he was finally released. A court hearing has been set for late April. But Thall's lawyer, Edward Greenspan, says the way he understands it, the cops entered Thall's house without a search warrant. So is someone maybe trying to send Thall, a former director of Torstar Corp., a pointed message? And if so, who? And what's the real offence? The website, cloakanddagger.ca, which is still up and running, may offer clues. Among other things, it alleges that "the Bush crime family" has hijacked the White House.(Hmmm! He obviously pushed 'somebody's' buttons! Where the hell does this guy think he lives? In a free country? How absurd! It's only a free country if you don't piss of the folks that are 'really' in charge! His show was cancelled, right after 'this' interview)
Alcock backs away from sponsorship claims
OTTAWA - Treasury Board president Reg Alcock has admitted he was wrong when he claimed a new audit has revealed that the cost of the sponsorship scandal was much less than reported by the auditor general. I made a mistake," Alcock said Monday. On Sunday, Alcock said that an audit by independent accounting firm Ernst and Young found $13 million misspending in the federal sponsorship program, not the $100 million identified in a report by Auditor General Sheila Fraser.(Amazing Eh! Just like the number of guns and their owners in Canada, they magically fell to fit the liberal 'story'! The only problem is, the Canadian people are now wise to their tricks, and with the help of western Canada, they now quickly identify 'bullshit' when they see it. Calling for Alcock the 'back up' their falling numbers caused an immediate back-pedal. It's about time the liberals 'stall muckers' were forced to hang up their shovels! I guess if the liberals felt it was time to screw over Canadians again, it might as well be, by a guy named 'Alcock' :)
The Military to Get 'Billions'
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin's government will announce Wednesday a major investment of between $6 billion and $8 billion in Canada's ailing military, including the purchase of new supply ships for the navy, and reaffirm the government's previous commitment to award the long-awaited contract to replace the Sea King helicopters. Martin is also expected to announce an acceleration of the purchase of fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft and provide details pertaining to the building of the mobile gun system, a replacement for the aging Leopard tank. Martin and Defence Minister David Pratt will make the announcement at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick, during a swing through Eastern Canada this week, the final lap of his (TAX PAYER FUNDED) pre-election campaign tour. (I don't remember 'any' of this from the latest Liberal Budget? What I do remember is Harper telling Canadians that the Liberals are hiding BILLIONS to pull out and slosh around when they politically need it! The Toronto Star Accuses Harper of making this up? Where then, did all these 'billions' come from.. Does Martin have a 'magic ass' he can simply reach into and whip out endless funding at 'the right time'? Sure the military needs this money, and sure, they should get it, but where is it coming from? My bet is Harper is absolutely right! The liberals have been over taxing us for years, and hiding it in their 'numerous foundations' where they can use YOUR money to buy YOU off in the next election. My guess is you are going to see a lot more of this 'magic money' appear for everything from health care to infrastructure. After all, they have to get rid of it before they lose the next election and are FORCED to disclose all the hidden funds to the conservatives and the taxpayers. Martin isn't fooling anyone anymore!)
Candidates clash on gun control in Nunavut
Cunningham says Karetak-Lindell's failure to take a stand on the gun registry is hurting Nunavut. "I believe as a member of Parliament it is incumbent upon her to stand up and voice for the people, to say no, this legislation is wrong, even if she's told by her party not to do that," he says. Cunningham says a Conservative government would scrap the registry. Karetak-Lindell says she's made it clear to the Liberals that Inuit believe the registry violates the Nunavut land claims agreement. She says she wants to find a system that makes sense for the North. "I sat in the House of Commons a month ago when they voted against the West Bank agreement in British Columbia, I sat across from them when they voted against the Dogrib land claims agreement, I mean they don't respect aboriginal rights and I really don't see them changing their position on this," she says. Inuit currently aren't required to register guns, pending the outcome of a lawsuit Nunavut Tunngavik launched against the federal government. (Already, the gun laws of this country are 'race based' and therefore unconstitutional. The problem 'is' the Liberals have run roughshod over the constitution, twisting parts to fit their agenda, and denying Canadians the RIGHT to challenge them in court. A law that 'by itself' is un enforceable, and never used, is a useless law, and MUST be repealed. But keep in mind, A liberal Justice Minister has already declared that none of your 'rights' under the constitution are absolute.. So basically, the Liberals regime feel you have no rights for them to worry about! "Keep in mind that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not suggest for a minute that any of the rights therein are absolute," - Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice The Kingston Whig-Standard, October 16, 2001. This statement SHOULD appear on EVERY Conservative campaign poster and billboard in Canada.)
Why the price is wrong
$100 million or $13 million — it hardly matters what was stolen or wasted in Quebec. What matters are ethics.
Federal Liberals are having trouble getting their heads around the idea that ethics are an exception to the rule that everything has a price.Before the Quebec advertising scandal became a crisis, then prime minister Jean Chrétien offered the airy rationalization that saving the country was well worth a few stolen millions. After Auditor-General Sheila Fraser's devastating report, Liberals in Paul Martin's inner circle began debunking her claim that the government got little or no value for some $100 million spent on sponsorships. On Sunday, Treasury Board president Reg Alcock dabbled in pre-election damage control by claiming — mistakenly, as it turns out — that private sector accountants still pawing through the files peg the loss at about $13 million.Wow, what a relief. Instead of being ripped off for the equivalent of, say, two Bombardier executive jets, taxpayers would, by Alcock's premature estimate, be stung for about what it would cost to buy five new magnetic image resonance (MRI) systems in a country that needs about 250 of them just to match the U.S. ratio of machines to patients. Instead of arguing that fewer millions were wasted or stolen, instead of suggesting that ethics are just another commodity with an adjustable price, Martin, Alcock and this Liberal administration should get on with the much tougher job of convincing an increasingly cynical electorate that honest government is not an oxymoron.(It's refreshing to see that there are a 'few' pockets of sanity surfacing at the Toronto Star! Wow 5 new MRI's could have been bought with the money stolen by the Liberals and their friends! The ENTIRE 250 MRI's required to equal the U.S. Ratio could have been bought, installed, and manned with the money wasted on their useless gun registry, but saving lives had nothing to do with 'that' farce. The polls show there may be a 'minority' government in the next election. The good news is , there is also a very good chance it won't be a 'liberal' minority government. If Urban Ontario pulls it's head out of it's ass, Harper should get the minority, and the chance to show us what he can do. )
Sea Kings will serve until 2012
The trouble-prone aircraft, which first flew under Canadian colours in 1963, are supposed to be replaced within four years, Defence Minister David Pratt said recently in response to a question from New Democratic Party MP Alexa McDonough. But documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show the Canadian Forces is considering 2012 as its new official retirement date for the Sea Kings. They'll be more than 50 years old by then. (If anything, the Liberals are certainly 'nostalgic' ! Why some of our young pilots will be flying the very same machines their GRANDFATHERS Flew.. Some will even DIE in them.. This is what you get when Liberals run a military! THIS is why Canadians are internationally embarrassed. This is why our country is virtually undefended. THIS is why the Liberals have to GO in the next election)
Ohio, 'State # 37' prepares to bear arms
Sheriffs in Greater Cincinnati have distributed hundreds of applications to people who want to carry concealed firearms and instructors have been flooded with Ohio gun owners who want to take training to get such a license.
But officials said they still don't know what to expect Thursday, the first day county sheriffs can start processing requests for Ohioans who want to be licensed to carry a concealed gun. "We could have a trickle or a flood of applicants," said Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg. In Warren County, Sheriff Tom Ariss, whose office will not distribute applications until Thursday morning, said the day "will be a significant day in law enforcement." In January, Ohio becomes the 37th state to enact a law allowing residents who pass a gun safety course and a criminal and mental competency background check to carry a concealed handgun. Kentucky and Indiana are among states with similar laws. (This will be state # 37 that will 'significantly' lower it's violent crime rate. NO WHERE in the U.S. has "blood run in the streets", or "road rage shoot outs" happened as the paranoid gun control groups predicted. Unfortunatly, the violent crime rate will only continue to rise in Canada. A country that won't even arm it's Immigration inspectors, it Front Line Border Personnel, or Coast Guard, but insist that we are a "culture of safety"! Explain THAT to the parents of murdered and abducted children, rape victims, and dead shopkeepers! Explain that to people who now accept night time gunfire and 'normal' and the chance of being shot in your own home increases day by day. )
Harper fiscal plan too good to be true
(A 'bit' of 'liberal' propaganda from the 'Trudeau Star')
Harper claims his party will form the next government. That may be a stretch right now. Still, Canadians must start putting him and his policies under the microscope if they are to make an informed choice at the polls.A good place to start the scrutiny is with Harper's fiscal plan for Canada, which he unveiled this week in a major policy speech in Nova Scotia.Offering a deceptively alluring alternative to the discredited right-wing prescription of deep spending cuts combined with lower taxes, Harper proposes a package of benefits for everyone at no real cost to anyone. In this all-you-can-eat menu, Harper promised to "engage in new spending," in areas such as health care, defence and compensation for farmers, foresters and others hurt by trade disruptions and disputes. And even in areas where Harper would cut or eliminate spending, he said he would divert the savings into compensating initiatives, such as more spending on law enforcement instead of the gun registry, and targeted tax breaks to replace subsidies to business. Too good to be true? For sure. If Harper wants to be seen as a qualified leader, he must stop twisting numbers, distorting assumptions — and be honest with Canadians.(The Toronto Star is absolutely unbelievable! They steadfastly hold the idealism that the Liberals are the 'only' way for Canada to go.. Where have they been for the last ten years. The statement that "If Harper wants to be seen as a qualified leader, he must stop twisting numbers, distorting assumptions — and be honest with Canadians" is incredibly naive. Do they 'truly' believe that Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien have not been "twisting numbers", and have been honest with Canadians? By the direction the Toronto Star is taking, one would have to wonder if 'they' too were recipients of Liberal largess at the taxpayers expense? Why are they being 'blind cheerleaders' for a party that has had no equal in annual of Canadian political corruption. A party that would line their own pockets, and those of their friends to stay in power. A party that has been caught stealing from the taxpayer. A party that has let our military's equipment fall so far below international standards that MOST Canadians are truly embarrassed. A party that has over taxed its citizens simply to maintain it's own lavish lifestyle. A party that CONTINUES to lie to the public, and thinks that the average Canadian is too stupid to realize the truth. Yes, THIS is the Toronto Star. Blindly Liberal. Blindly dedicated to pulling the wool over the eyes of Canadians all across this country. A newspaper that is in all probability, 'blindly following orders'. If Harper's statement sounds "too good to be true" perhaps it's because the public has been lied to for so long, many have lost hope, many have given up, many are now incapable of recognizing that 'political truth' might not always be an oxymoron. Harper's team has been 'right on the money' while exposing every little nook and cranny of this corrupt regimes under the table business dealings! What if he IS right? What if the Liberals HAVE been hiding Billions of dollars from the people? After all, they DO have a very large number of 'foundations' doling out dough that is beyond the critical eye of the Auditor General, and they are set-up exactly for that reason.. Harper may not be as far wrong as the 'Toronto Liberal Star' is trying to make us believe!)

Immigration officers want guns
Federal immigration officers have joined their Customs counterparts in calling for firearms to protect themselves at Canadian border crossings. Immigration officers said their jobs are getting more violent and they need weapons to defend themselves following an incident seven weeks ago in which a cop was fired upon by a U.S. border crasher. Officers said they're also seizing more guns being smuggled into the country for use by crime gangs. A cache of 23 was intercepted at a Windsor border crossing last month. "The job is getting more dangerous," said Janina Lebon of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union. "Some officers feel they need guns." The Canadian Border Services Agency has said it won't issue guns to Customs officers. (The liberals 'still' feel the best way to handle a threat to the security of our country, is for border 'personnel' to call 911 ! Let them into the country, let them disappear into the woodwork, let them wander around planning their next target, but for christ sake don't let them get hurt! Our border is manned by unarmed personnel, our coast guard is manned by unarmed personnel, our national parks are manned by unarmed personnel, what's left of our port authority is unarmed, and the liberals are trying their damnedest to make sure the average Canadian is not only unarmed, but conditioned to be a submissive victim by being continuously told "Don't fight back" call 911 'for eventual assistance'. Canadians it would seem, are under threats of imprisonment if they defend themselves and the 'criminal' suffers a fatality, instead of the victim. The police seem to go out of their way to 'find' something to charge a victim with, particularly if a legally owned firearm is involved.
Gun ad tab $2M = 'Good money after bad'