Harper hints at early exit after election defeat
Harper flew back to Ottawa from Calgary on Tuesday afternoon and briefly talked to reporters aboard his campaign plane. Harper says the big picture is good for the new Conservative party, but adds the world is unfolding slower than he expected. "I'm always willing to serve so I'm going to take a little bit of time with my family," he said when reporters asked whether he would stay. "And obviously I'm already talking to people across the country." Conservative party strategists are also sifting through the election results to figure out what went wrong. (What went wrong had little to do with Stephen Harper! This man took a new party, and leadership to 99 seats in it's first election. 24 of those in the Liberal Red Ontario. Losing Harper would be a real blow to the party. Paul Martin would also be able to say the 'new' guy is scarier than Harper. Which, to Toronto's gullible voters, would be pure gospel! )
There will be no coalition, Martin says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he's confident he can get the Liberals' major policies through Parliament without a formal coalition with another party. Martin met reporters on Tuesday, a day after his party won 135 seats, enough to form a minority government.  Voters elected 99 Conservatives, 19 New Democrats, 54 members of the Bloc Québécois and one Non-Affiliated The results mean the Liberals can't get any laws passed without the co-operation of at least some of the members of the other parties. But Martin said he's confident he can work on a case-by-case basis to find common ground on his main priorities: health care, a national day-care program and a better deal for cities.  (Well, 'this' might be a good thing! The last one to govern as if they had a majority was Joke Lark, and we all know what happened to him! If the Government goes down, it will be because of Liberal arrogance, and ineptitude. Maybe we should have more faith in 'The Amazing Kreskin' who not only picked the correct number for Liberal seats, but also made the prediction that if the government folds within 14 months, Martin won't win the next election.. I don't happen to think Kreskin is any more 'Amazing' than any other skilled illusionist, because it 'is' rare for a minority P.M. to win a majority or even for a party to win 5 elections in a row.. But, I AM going to enjoy watching the liberals crash after the 'real' truth starts to come out, and Toronto can 'really' see what their unreasonable fear, and gullible belief in Liberal scare tactics, did to the rest of the country.)
Blame Canada
Our northern neighbors may try to cut gun freedoms here.
It's an easy bone for Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin to throw to his coalition partners, but it's a bad idea. While Canada has banned most handgun ownership since 1977, Canadians remain even more likely to hunt and shoot than their American counterparts. The NDP wants none of this: It proposes taking away vaguely defined "assault weapons" (this likely refers to hunting weapons, since private ownership of machine guns is already illegal in Canada) and lobbying U.S. state and federal governments to take away their own citizens' guns.
In addition to being awfully arrogant, this plan is ironic, since more crime probably flows from Canada to the U.S. than vice versa: The nation has an overall crime rate half again higher than the United States'. Toronto, once the safest large city in North America, now has more muggings, car thefts, and violent assaults per capita than New York City. All of Canada's major provinces would rank among the 20 most dangerous American states. Since American crime rates peaked in the early 1990s, crime has fallen in 48 American states and over 80 percent of America's major cities. Meanwhile, it has risen in six of Canada's ten major providences and seven of its ten largest cities. The reasons for this divide are complex, but it's notable that the United States imprisons wrongdoers at about five times Canada's rate and has about a quarter more police on a per-capita basis. Canada, meanwhile, can boast only of a national gun-registration database that cost 1,000 times more than originally projected.  Gun control has failed in Canada and everywhere else governments have tried to impose it. Canadians have reasonable concerns about crime, but their next government's likely gun-control plans won't help things.(Some of their 'facts' might be a tad off, but the main jest is accurate enough. The historical fact that folks who beat their weapons into plowshares, will end up plowing for those that didn't, seems always to be lost on left wing parties.. Disarming will never protect you or your family, and only an idiot would believe that! If 'I' owned and operated a variety store in downtown Toronto, I WOULD have a loaded 12 ga. tactical shotgun, with-in immediate reach behind the counter at all times. I would not want to be another shopkeeper on the growing list of small business owners being killed for drug money. Toronto votes Liberal, and Liberals 'demand' You die, rather than have the tools to defend yourself.. And, there's no better time than a  funeral to reflect on this.)
Election results...riding by riding
Yorkton-Melville: (New Riding) 191 of 193 polls
x- Garry Breitkreuz CON 19752, (over 14,000 votes ahead of his competitor)
These are the results of voting in the 2004 general election as compiled by The Canadian Press.
Redistribution has added seven new ridings since the 2000 federal election and altered the boundaries of many of the other ridings. For the majority of ridings, the information in brackets after the riding name indicates the party of an incumbent who held the most comparable riding when Parliament was prorogued and includes that incumbent's margin of victory in the last election or subsequent byelection. In several instances, however, old ridings were eliminated and others created in a different area of the province. For these ridings, it was possible to assign a party incumbency but not possible to assign a margin figure. To signify this anomaly, the single digit 1 has been assigned after the party designation.(There was never any doubt about Garry winning his seat, and you can bet he will keep up the fight. The results although a little disappointing, it's absolutely incredible, that a party that didn't even exist several months ago, now has 99 seats in parliament. The best part of course is that the Liberals will not have the dictatorial powers that are so fond of wielding.. If they can manage a free vote on the gun registry (this does NOT have to be a confidence vote) , they may also be able to secure enough votes from other party members to get rid of it. It will take some concessions to the B.Q., but I'm sure 'all' of them don't 'really' think it's of any value.. There are Liberals, NDP, and B.Q. members that have told the government to shut it down. and or have told the public they are against it.. Now is the time to prove what they said were not just more election lies. If, there are only enough of them, and they have the guts, the fight is far from over. The biggest disappointment was obviously Urban Ontario, particularly Toronto, where it seems that a politician can lie, steal, commit fraud, and basically thumb his/her nose at the public, and 'still' get elected! )
Landslide Annie Squeeks through Again
Edmonton - It wasn't the closest race of her career, but Anne McLellan managed to hang onto her seat Monday night, remaining one of only two Liberals in the province. Known as "Landslide Annie" for her previous squeaker victories, McLellan was in yet another close race this election. The results teetered back and forth with each poll counted, until McLellan was declared the winner almost 3.5 hours after the polls closed. Anne McLellan celebrates keeping her seat. In the end, McLellan, deputy prime minister under Paul Martin, beat Conservative candidate Laurie Hawn by 711 votes. It's about the same margin of victory she had in 2000.(Amazing! Her lead only dropped by 21 votes since the last election! I wonder where she found 'this' extra ballot box?)
Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man
On Tuesday, David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke will publish "Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man," in which the authors accuse Moore of "serial mendacity." The book is published by Regan Books, which also printed Moore’s "Stupid White Men." Hardy and Clarke take issue with such matters as the timeline of economic events Moore presents surrounding General Motors plant closings in his home turf of Flint, Mich., in "Roger & Me"; the parallels Moore draws between the Ku Klux Klan and the National Rifle Association in "Bowling for Columbine"; and Moore’s refutation in his book "Dude, Where’s My Country?" of potential ties between Iraq and Osama bin Laden. "He creates a false impression without ever uttering a word that is untrue," said Hardy, a former U.S. Interior Department attorney who runs the Web site mooreexposed.com. "Moore is a master of that."(Moore shamelessly denied REAL documentary film makers at chance for a 'deserved' Oscar, with his 'politically correct' bullshit film Bowling for Comlubine. This sham of a film has permanently tarnished the documentary award forever. No mater who gets one from now on, people will wonder if it was earned, or only 'politically favoured' by the Academy.. Everyone's right, Michael Moore 'can't' handle the truth, or even document it...)
Lotts More on Moore!
I know that the murder rate goes up in the summer. I also know that ice cream sales go up in the summer. But only a simpleton would assert that ice cream “causes” murder. But, of course, Michael Moore is just such a simpleton. And, not to be disrespectful, but simplemindedness is to be occasionally expected of a college dropout. When we choose people to teach our students, through lectures or films or books, we should give some consideration to their educational qualifications. And let me be a Lott Moore (pun intended) specific. In the name of intellectual diversity, I am asking the Women’s Center to invite John Lott to speak at UNC-Wilmington. John Lott has taught at the University of Chicago and Yale University and has authored what is perhaps the best critique of gun control ever written, “More Guns, Less Crime.”  Some of my colleagues disagree with his recommendations for public policy but are completely unable to specify any flaws in his research or in his logic. In fact, one of them once told me that he was very disturbed by data indicating that right-to-carry permits seemed to be reducing the amount of crime in jurisdictions that had made them available. And that is where we find ourselves too often in academia. We support policies that feel good and reject policies that contradict our feelings, even when they actually save lives. Clearly, the time has come for the academy to promote the public interest, not a given political agenda that is in line with certain feelings.(Common sense is not a valued commodity within the ranks of the 'gun control' paranoids. Unfortunately they will continue to be "very disturbed by data  indicating that right-to-carry permits seemed to be reducing the amount of crime in jurisdictions that had made them available". As long as people like Wendy Cukier keep their 'ignorance is bliss attitude', people will be denied the ability to defend themselves in this country, and the criminals will continue to take advantage of their increasing opportunities.)

Blaikie asserts NDP not 'soft' on gun registry
Kenora: NDP Parliamentary Leader Bill Blaikie wants voters in the Kenora riding to know his party's real stance on the gun registry. "I'm here just to set the record straight for the NDP on this issue," said Blaikie from NDP candidate Susan Barclay's Kenora office on Tuesday. "The national stance is that there isn't one. Candidates are free to choose their own stance." Blaikie said that because of this open party policy of allowing their candidates to determine whether or not to support the gun registry, they have been unfairly attacked by the Conservatives.  "I think what's been happening here, as it has been in rural communities across Canada, is that the Conservatives are misrepresenting the NDP on this issue," said Blaikie. Blaikie, who has been the member of parliament in what is now the Elmwood-Transcona riding in Winnipeg for the last 24 years, said suggestions that the NDP is "soft" on the gun registry are completely false. "They're not telling the true story. I'm still here and I voted against it in '95," said Blaikie referring to the controversial Bill C-68 that was passed in 1995. Blaikie added that during that vote, eight of the nine NDP members in Parliament voted against the bill, including himself.  He said the issue is not gun control, which has been around for some time in the form of regulations on the safe storage, handling, and proper use of firearms, but the gun registry itself. "You can be for gun control but not for the gun registry," said Blaikie. "It's a waste of money that could be used elsewhere."(I wonder if Jack Layton is aware of Mr. Blaitie speaking for the party, and contradicting him? The 'true' test of course is will they vote with the conservative government, override the B.Q. , and end this useless farce? Or do they intend to keep taxpayers saddled with this white elephant by preventing it's demise for the same reason it was concocted in the first place.. Purely political reasoning..)
DOG: 1, Firearms Registry: 0
Dog Proven More Useful Than 2 Billion Dollar Firearms Registry
TORONTO -- A man with five guns and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition set himself up beside a Beaches water plant yesterday planning to commit mass homicide. But a dog's affection apparently persuaded him not to go through with his plan. The man started to ready his weapons in the early afternoon sunshine outside the grounds of the R.C. Harris filtration plant at Victoria Park Avenue and Queen Street. He later told police that he planned to shoot people in the park and then drive around the city killing whomever he could to ensure he would get life in jail. Police said the man, who is unemployed and in his mid-40s, arrived in Toronto from New Brunswick early yesterday and had made up his mind to go on a rampage. They did not release his name. He was not known to police and the weapons were all legally purchased and registered. "At the moment, our investigation indicates no previous [medical] condition," Det. Ashley said. "He simply states that he had these feelings and he wanted to do these things and he felt that if he shot enough people he would stay in custody permanently."(Well, it seems that even a 'dog' has more control over crazy people than the firearms registry that happily gave this guy a licence and registered all his firearms. Yup this registry thing is a 'real' boom (no pun intended) to a "culture of safety". They tell us this horrendous waste of money was spent to 'prevent' people like this nut case from obtaining firearms, and now we know 'for sure' that the liberals would have been much better off buying a billion bucks worth of 'dogs', and promoting the slogan "Lord, help me to become the the person my dog thinks I am" !... I noticed that they said they also found  a collection of CDs that revealed a taste for the music of Mariah Carey, the Doors, Abba and Judas Priest! Wendy, please, check your CD collections for tell tale signs of insanity, particularly if you intend to play them backwards with a dull needle!!! Wow, a billion dollars to keep firearms out of the hands of those that should not have them... What a success story... To bad it was only a success For the pockets of the "friends for liberals" foundations.... Once again the firearms registry is proven useless at it's promoted, main function.. On June 28th, Stop the insanity, stop the waste, stop the social engineering agenda of the Liberals. Vote Conservative return Canada to the once proud nation it 'was')
"He wants to be as notorious as Paul Bernardo. He thinks it's the greatest thing. He's thinks [Paul Bernardo] has got a nice cell, he's got a computer and a colour TV," she said. The reality, Ms. Perry said, is that Ferrier cannot exist outside prison and has no contacts that are not criminal. She said he once bragged about making the "lifers" basketball team while in prison. This year, he threatened to order an attack on her by associates with the Hells Angels. Ms. Perry has been lobbying, unsuccessfully, for legislative changes that would see her son and other notorious criminals like him declared dangerous offenders. So far, all of Ferrier's convictions have landed him relatively light sentences and he has been able to avoid the extra restrictions that accompany a dangerous offender status. "I don't believe in three strikes you're out, but I believe in 63 strikes and you're out," Ms. Perry said.(Also see Killer below . If you live in Brampton, you might want to take a firearm out of storage, and keep it handy while this freak is on the streets.. Of course, he 'did' sign that contract to be good, so perhaps there's nothing at all to worry about. You can always dial 911 with a knife sticking out of your back while he's raping your wife, girlfriend, daughter can't you?.. Welcome to the 'touchy - feeley' world of the liberal JUST-US system... 63 strikes, and he's STILL not out! )
Supreme Court clears prison killer on weapons charge
At trial, Jason Kerr was acquitted of murder and of possessing a dangerous weapon. An appeals court upheld the murder acquittal on reasons of self-defence, but overturned the ruling on the weapon charge, substituting a conviction. In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court restored the second acquittal. On Jan. 16, 2000, Kerr stabbed Joseph Garon in the head with a sharpened spoon during a fight in a kitchen at the Edmonton Institution.
The night before, the court heard, Garon had threatened to smash Kerr's head in because Kerr refused to get him coffee. In the morning, Garon was armed with his own knife and attacked Kerr. Garon was known to be a member of a gang in the prison. Crown lawyers argued that acquitting Kerr on the weapons charges would set off an arms race in federal prisons, that prisoners would see such a decision as permission to arm themselves with homemade knives and shivs. The court heard, however, that in 2000, the Edmonton Institution was rife with weapons and gang violence. The trial judge, Justice Terry Clackson of the Court of Queen's Bench, ruled that the two handmade knives deterred attacks, and allowed him to defend himself. Kerr is serving a six-year sentence for several crimes including robbery. (Does this mean that now,  the owner of a convenience store that has been robbed and assaulted several times has the RIGHT to arm and defend 'him/her self' or is this just another benefit of being a criminal in Canada, where the criminal 'always' has more rights than the victim, or in most cases,  the potential victim?? The Judges quote "The court heard, however, that in 2000, the Edmonton Institution was rife with weapons and gang violence." Much like I suppose, the streets of any major city in Canada...)
Bought gun he thought was legal
A SALESMAN bought a gun and cartridges over the internet, a North Wales court heard yesterday.
Paul Anthony Mallon claimed he wanted to put it in a glass case on his desk. But the pistol and 50 rounds of ammunition were seized by Customs officers at Dover. Mallon bought the weapon from a French site, Guns2u.com, believing he was allowed to own it. Yesterday the 29-year-old of High Street, Connah's Quay, admitted attempting to illegally possess the Kumar MOD92 9mm blank firing automatic pistol and a screw or flare firing attachment with 50 Umarex blank cartridges. Flintshire magistrates fined him £250 and ordered him to pay £55 costs. They ordered the gun, for which he paid more than £80, should be destroyed.(This is a 'non gun' any place but the U.K. I have a Kumar Mod. 85, 8mm blank gun, which by the way makes an excellent 'bear banger'. It's loud, but, it 'looks' like a real Beretta 85, and the barrel is plugged solid. It 'can not be made to fire anything but blanks. I also have a blank firing .22 snub revolver, that I bought in a Kentucky truck stop over 40 years ago for $12.00u.s., but it's nowhere as loud as the 8mm. Canadian law designates a 'blank firing gun' in the same classification as a 'nail gun', but if you 'present it to anyone as a 'real' gun, you will be charged for firearms offences because it would then be a 'imitation' firearm. And, most importantly, because it looks 'exactly' like the real thing, you don't walk around with it unless you are extremely stupid! Mine is kept in a side pocket of my backpack, on canoe/camping trips in the bush. Provincial parks will not allow you to carry a firearm, but this is a tool, used only in the event a bear becomes too curious. With 7 or 8 thousand 'more' bears in the Ontario bush every year over the last 4 years, thanks to the spring bear hunt cancellation, something has to be used to deter them, and I sure don't feel comfortable if the bear is close enough to use pepper spray. I'd just as soon make sure it didn't 'ever' get that close and the Kumar makes a loud enough noise with upto 8 shots,  to scare the bear safely away. Your not hurt, the bear is not hurt, and your equipment remains intact. But, there are hoplophobes that would disagree, only because it 'looks' real...) 
Martin shifts position on gun registry
A day before making a first campaign stop in Regina, Prime Minister Paul Martin said he's now open to decriminalizing Ottawa's controversial gun registry. "I think that's something we want to look at," Martin said in a telephone interview Tuesday from B.C. "But I'm very open." The law requires all gun owners to register their weapons. However, the law hasn't been popular with farmers and recreational hunters who use rifles and shotguns, particularly in Saskatchewan and other western provinces. Under the law, failing to register guns is a criminal offence. After Associate Defence Minister Albina Guarnieri conducted a three-month review of the federal firearms registry earlier this year, she urged the government to take the requirement for registration of rifles and shotguns out of the Criminal Code. The change would mean violators would receive a ticket and a fine rather than a criminal record. However, when Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan announced changes to the law days before the election was called May 23, the law was still in the Criminal Code. The other changes McLellan announced included eliminating registration fees and capping the costs of the program at $25 million a year. Martin said the Liberal party still stands behind the gun registry, adding it's supported by the majority of Canadian police chiefs. But further changes to the law are possible to deal with concerns of people who use long guns, he said. Asked if he would consider making a gun registry infraction a ticketable, summary offence, Martin said yes. Lorne Nystrom, NDP candidate for Regina-Qu'Appelle and a longtime critic of the gun registry, said he was skeptical the Martin Liberals would follow through if re-elected. "I just don't believe him on it," Nystrom said. "I think he'd have problems with his big city base."(Yes...Yes..., I'm sure it's "Clearly a priority", and "Come Hell or High Water" etc...etc..etc... I don't think anyone else would believe him either.. He's a Liberal with a "Power at any cost" mentality, which means he's lying. He had the chance to decriminalize with the changes recommended by Albina Guarnieri. Obviously, he was taken aback, by the sweeping changes recommended by his own minister, so he decided to ignore  90% of them. His reasoning flawed, and still mired in the junk science and paranoia of the Coalition for gun control. Who by the way are benefactors of generous liberal grants to lobby for even more useless laws controlling only the law abiding. From Kyoto, to gun control, this government is driven by junk science, special interest groups, and liberal friends, with their hands out grubbing for money. At this point in the game, a statement such has the one he just made, shows how desperate he is becoming.. Promise them anything, Power at any cost! And why not, it worked for McGuinty in Ontario! In the mean time, Go buy some Canadian flags for your ships Paul, maybe even buy them in Canada! Also see Martin Ready to Soften Vote-Losing Gun Registry )
On June 28, vote Conservative
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What's more, we have no comfort that the Liberals, if re-elected, would not continue to squander our money. Canadians are clearly furious with them over the sponsorship scandal -- not just with the facts, but also with the way the scandal has been handled. Mr. Martin promised Canadians a speedy investigation that would spare no effort to get at the truth, then allowed his MPs to stonewall the public accounts committee, and even now refuses to release an internal audit that would shine much needed light on the flow of funds. As he's vacillated between his desire to appease the public thirst for knowledge and his party's urge to protect its own, while simultaneously failing to move forward with any decisive action on other policy fronts, it has become clear that he lacks any rudder beyond political convenience. Despite their commendable track record on the economy, the Liberals' wastefulness and blind dogma on health care have engendered a climate of distrust and impatience in the electorate. And if the polls are accurate, Paul Martin is about to suffer a stinging electoral setback.
Stephen Harper, the man who could well head Canada's next government, is not a revolutionary. If anything, he has adopted a more moderate agenda than was necessary. He is nonetheless the only political leader in Canada with a practical plan that would take this country forward rather than backward. Canadians are fatigued by more than a decade of Liberal government. We feel comfortable with the prospect of Mr. Harper as prime minister. That's why we believe that, for voters seeking positive change, the Conservative party is the only sensible option.(Back stepping, Lies, stammering, and attack ads are the highlights of the liberal campaign. For a political party that 'said' they were going to take the highroad, they have certainly been shovelling a lot of muck (personally, I have another word for it). It simply boggles the mind how a group of politicians that have lied, embezzled, stolen, and squandered their way across the last eleven years has 'any' standings in the polls what-so-ever.. If after all that, they are re-elected, than Canada surely 'does' deserve the government it's going to get. My god, I hope Canadians are not 'that' stupid!)
Keep Voting Liberal, and 'this' will be Canada
Legal gun ownership is slowly being strangled to death with an estimated refusal rate of up to 90% of all applications which have been launched this year. Johannesburg gun dealers say they fear the situation is about to get worse when the new Firearms Control Act comes into operation. The new law introduces a two-step process for those wishing to apply for a gun licence.  Applicants must be over 21, a South African citizen, be in sound mind and not inclined to violence, must not be addicted to drugs and alcohol, have no criminal record and not have previous convictions for violent crimes, sex crimes or domestic abuse. Filling these criteria does not guarantee one a licence as gun dealers found out since last year. Refusals for gun licences rocketed from 16% in 1998 (according to a study by the Institute for Security Studies) to 70% last year. Dealers believe this year's figures might be as high as 90%. On May 18 and May 20, a number of Johannesburg gun dealers received blanket refusals of gun licences.  We had refusals left right and centre. Almost all outstanding applications were simply refused," Paul Bennett from E-Gunshop in Johannesburg said. "Lack of motivation" is the main reason why the licence applications of people who want firearms for "purposes of self-defence" are turned down. Other reasons include: For women: "Your husband can protect you.", For a resident of a crime-riddled area: "The police will protect you.", For applicants between 22 and 26 years old: "You are too young."(S.A. which has a 'horrendous' murder rate now, will not see it get any better by disarming the law abiding. Do they really think they are refusing applications from 'criminals'? All they are doing is creating more victims, fodder for the criminals that will never comply with 'any' gun law..At least in S.A. their is a 'possibility' of carrying a concealed handgun for self defence. In Canada, the law says you 'must' be killed by the criminal, you can not carry a firearm for self defence.. They say a permit is available, but what they wont tell you is the permit is illusory, and the supreme court has already dealt with the illegality of illusory permits. What it boils down to, is if the gun is registered, and 'you' are licensed, you will still be arrested, harassed, and charged with a multitude of 'other' offences, done solely to make life miserable for anyone bucking the system, and 'not' wishing to become a victim. Canada, a liberal culture of defencelessness created by junk science, and the paranoia of "A bunch of zealots")
PM outdated, not our troops
The soldier was furious. Prime Minister Paul Martin, he said, "is an idiot who just doesn't get it."
"I voluntarily became a soldier knowing that it might one day mean me losing my life for Canada. Can Martin say that? When did he ever serve? He's a fat cat billionaire without a clue about what it means to be a soldier. What he said was an insult to every man and woman in this country in uniform. All of them better Canadians than him. But what's he care? Our military size has been so shrunk he figures the Liberals don't need their votes to win." The soldier was reacting to a front-page newspaper story he read on the weekend in which Martin, during an interview, attacked Conservative leader Stephen Harper's plans for the Canadian military. Martin, according to the article, saying Harper would impose a warlike "ready aye ready" philosophy that is out of vogue in today's Canadian society. "I went ballistic. Harper never served, either, but he's a hell of a lot more understanding and realistic as to what the armed forces should be than that ignorant fool Martin. As for outdated, it's old Martin who's outdated. What does he think the role of Canadian soldiers is? To hand out candies? Carry toy guns? Just sit around and watch? Being trained and ready to fight and kill the enemy in the defence of freedom is what soldiers willingly do. "Men and women aren't forced to sign up, they sign up because they're willing and want to be warriors, and somebody tell Martin they're damn fine people, not thugs like he makes it sound. He insults every soldier in this country as well as their families." The soldier slammed the Liberals' anti-Harper ad on TV portraying him as a warmonger. "The Canadian soldiers jumping out of armoured personnel carriers and attacking with their weapons -- just what the hell is wrong with that? They're soldiers, for krissake. Does the scene turn Martin's weak, little, stomach? Does he hope Canadians will puke with disgust over it? If they do, then we're a nation of pussycats and in real trouble.(The Liberals are used to insulting our military. From Trudeau running around Quebec backroads on a motorcycle wearing a nazi helmet in wartime, to people like Chrétien and Martin who think the military is for national decoration only. Unfortunately a lot of people that came to this country seeking freedom, came from oppressive countries where military is a word that brings fear. This is the only explanation I could think of, that would see for example, Anne McLellan running neck and neck with Ex Fighter Pilot Laurie Hawn. Choosing which one I would want handling Canada security is a no brainer..., only an idiot would think there should be any contest at all.!) Protesters try to disrupt Harper's metro rally
About a dozen protestors tried to derail Stephen Harper's campaign stopover in Dartmouth last night, yelling out "Moron" and "Bigot" while the Conservative leader spoke to about 250 of his party faithful in a breezy downtown parking lot. The group, who carried banners with slogans like "Make Space for Peace" had some well-placed members at the Conservative rally, crowded in front of the headquarters of Conversative candidate Michael MacDonald. He drew the biggest cheer for dismissing the Liberals' gun registry law. "Instead of wasting our money disarming our duck hunters, let's re-arm our military!" Criticizing the timing of the Liberals' recent promise to restore royalties from offshore oil and gas to Nova Scotia, he challenged the crowd to question the prime minister. "Where was he for 11 years where, as minister of finance, he denied every single request?" For one family in the crowd - some who waited an hour for a glimpse of the Conservative leader - Mr. Harper exudes integrity and moral values. "We've never really been excited about voting in the past, but we are now," said Norman Stevens and his wife, Sandy, of Dartmouth. (It's truly unfortunate that voters have such a short memory.. Even in Ontario where the latest Liberal smear campaign is underway. They tell us Mulroney left a huge deficit, but neglect to mention it was Trudeau's 'financially disastrous liberals' that bequeathed 75% of it. They 'then' tell us that Mike Harris Left a 5.6 Billion dollar deficit, but fail to mention 'he' inherited a 10 billion dollar deficit, and a 100 billion dollars debt, and 'still' managed to spur the economy and reduce taxes.. If McGuinty can't handle a 5.6 B deficit, what in hell would he have done if 'he' had inherited the NDP/Liberal Deficit/Debt ? They also hope that you forget it was Paul Martin who SLASHED health care spending, and downloaded the cost to the provinces.. Anyone know why were 'still' paying Martins 1.5 cent per litre deficit reduction tax on gasoline when the deficit has been gone for years? It's probably just being deposited into the  the "funds for liberal friends" foundation, one of many he created just to 'possibly' keep the prying eyes of the Auditor General from discovering how corrupt they 'really' are... Why did he call the election after telling Canadians he would wait for the inquiry results? Was there something else he was worried about coming to the surface? During the debate, he claimed he 'could' have swept it all under the table! If the P.M. has 'that' kind of power, what DID he sweep under the table, what else is he hiding?  If he's re-elected, we will never know, because he has already said "I could have swept it under the table" and he will!! For all but a total of 17 months of the last 36 years, our country has been controlled by millionaire lawyers from Quebec. It's really 'is'  time for a change, time for a 'different' perspective. It's time to send the Liberals to the back bench attrition filter for 10 years of corruption cleansing.. It worked for the conservatives, it will work for the Liberals. When the 'old boys club' that knows all the angles, and who's palms to grease have been purged, maybe then...just maybe?)
A 'Liberal' Heaven and Hell Story!"
While vacationing on a ranch, Paul Martin gets thrown from his horse, lands on a rattlesnake, gets bitten and  dies because the emergency room at the nearest hospital is too understaffed to treat him in time.   So his soul arrives in heaven and he is met by St., Peter at the Pearly Gates.  "Welcome to Heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a  Liberal around these parts, so we're not sure what to do with you." (It's the gospel truth...I Swear!!!)
Martin disappearing quickly
With one week to go before election day, there are signs everywhere that Paul Martin and his once mighty Liberal ship are sinking. Lawn signs, actually. Across the country, Liberal signs, posters, Web sites and campaign junk mail are being altered to obliterate formerly dominant references to the Grit leader and "Team Martin." A random survey of Liberal candidates' Web sites finds the great one of Gritdom evaporating into cyberspace. Once happy to ride Martin's coattails, some Liberal candidates now can't seem to get far enough away, a rather poignant indication even Grit party faithful are getting desperate. It is also a stunning show of just how far Martin's meteoric flameout has descended, from the Liberals' shining star to their smoldering liability in barely six months. (Voters, Particularly in Ontario, have come to the realization that "Team Martin", is actually "Scheme Martin" After the 'Mcguinty' experience, Ontario voters know all to well, that a Liberal will promise 'anything' to get power. Liberal motto? "Power at any Cost")
Warm welcome for Johnson on comeback trail
No one answers the 12th-floor apartment door in Don Valley East, but Conservative hopeful David Johnson feels welcome anyway.It's the sign taped under the peephole."Do not knock on this door if you are a left-wing political agitator. If you are canvassing for the Liberal party, NDP, Green party etc. do not knock. Do not litter our floor with your disgusting, lying propaganda."Johnson's grin gives way to a gleeful laugh. He writes a note on his own brochure and slides it through the mail slot with less than two weeks until the June 28 federal election."I'm just telling him I fully concur," says Johnson, once a top cabinet minister under former Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris. He's attempting a political comeback after a stunning defeat in the riding in the 1999 provincial election.(I have TWO large Conservative signs on my front lawn, and a NDP'er whom I suppose can't read, knocked on my front door. I was not home, but my daughter laughed and told the campaigner "You must be Kidding, or Blind!".. Not being as 'politically correct' as my daughter, I would have accused the person of being 'stupid' as well!)
STAR EDITORIAL: Justice for Holly Jones
hardly!
After the pain of losing her 10-year-old daughter to a child murderer, Maria Jones was at least spared the agony of a protracted trial to bring her child's killer to justice. But Michael Briere deserves no gratitude, or thanks, for pleading guilty to first-degree murder yesterday in the death of Holly Jones.Toronto's dedicated homicide investigators painstakingly built a wall of rock-solid evidence around this criminal. He had no way to escape. In her desperate last moments of life, Holly managed to scratch and injure Briere, leaving telltale samples of his skin and blood under her fingernails. DNA from that tissue formed a scientific trail leading unmistakably to Holly's killer.We will never know how many lives Holly may have saved by struggling against her murderer. Thanks to the evidence she provided, Briere was swept up by police, leaving him unable to rape, strangle and dismember other children. The law calls for an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years in such cases. So Briere won't be hurting other kids. Holly is gone but the good she did will live on, especially if everyone takes up the fight against those who prey on children. Briere said he was triggered to attack Holly in May, 2003, after watching child pornography downloaded from the Internet."I have failed as a human being," he sobbed in court, adding that offenders like him should be "put away for good." We can only agree.(I don't agree!! This useless waste of skin is probably the best walking advertisement for capital punishment I have seen since Paul Bernardo and his bitch! Instead of spending 25 years in prison, this piece of crap should be dangling on the end of a rope.. Had he not ever existed, 25 years from now Holly would in all likelihood be a 35 year old woman with young children of her own. This has been taken from her, and she won't magically get it back in 25 years. there is NO REASONthis pervert should ever see the light of day again. We are not likely to ever see scum like him 'dangling' is this country, but I would highly advocate letting him out of his 25 year solitary confinement at least 'once' to exercise with the 'other' prisoners.. This would in all likelihood relieve us of the financial burden of feeding, clothing, and housing this sub-human for the balance of his incarceration. But instead, we will probably be going through all this again with another of his victims in 25 years. As for our Supreme court finding 'Artistic Merit' in ANY form of child pornography, SHAME ON THEM. Stephen Harper has always said he would invoke the not-withstanding clause to override this Liberal Atrocity, and if you have no other reason to vote Conservative in this election, think about kids like Holly Jones when your casting that vote.. "Artistic Merit" my ass, THIS is what liberal appointments to the Supreme Court have done to our justice system... I know I have said in the past that the not withstanding clause makes a joke of our constitution, but as long as were stuck with it, we might as well insist it be used to scrape some of the scum off this planet, and not just to curtail human rights at the whim of government )
Martin's Alberta dreams have turned to ashes
Mr. Martin had come to Alberta with the message that he wanted to deal with Western grievances. He rustled up some respectable candidates. He met with the cattlemen. Their association gave his government public kudos after the mad-cow crisis. He insisted that his government would work more co-operatively with the provinces.
Alberta Conservatives worried that perhaps Mr. Martin would scrap the Kyoto Treaty on climate change, or scrub the gun registry, thereby offering tangible evidence of listening to Alberta complaints. He did neither. Then came the sponsorship scandal, and those Martin dreams for Alberta turned to ashes, as they have elsewhere in Canada. Now, the Liberals can hope only to retain their two Edmonton seats. It won't be easy.
Ms. McLellan has never won by much, hence her nickname, Landslide Anne. A poll last week placed her in a statistical dead heat with Conservative challenger Laurie Hawn, a retired fighter pilot who's been campaigning for months and seems to have a fine organization. If Ms. McLellan wins, it will likely be by a whisker. But with that poll showing a dead heat, something potentially fatal to Ms. McLellan's hopes has crept into the calculation. Ms. McLellan ran, in part, on being Edmonton's and Alberta's voice at the cabinet table. Her personal popularity extended beyond the Liberal Party, but a certain number of people - no one can ever say how many - voted for her because she had done things for Edmonton, spoke for the city and the province at the cabinet table, and had been made Deputy Prime Minister by Mr. Martin. It was, therefore, not mere happenstance that two days ago, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein told an interviewer that Ms. McLellan hadn't really stood up for Alberta on such issues as Kyoto and the gun registry.(As it looks now, a vote for Annie will be a vote for 'nothing'. We know the Liberals are toast, were just waiting for the Canadian toaster to 'pop up' on the 28th)
Shot for his gun collection
MONTREAL -- Jose Silveiro was a wise and witty grandfather to many who knew him - including the young man who masterminded a home-invasion robbery that ended in the retired engineer's death. David Langlais, 22, once spent Christmas with the Silveiro clan. And Silveiro once showed him his prized handgun collection, which he kept in a safe at his home. It was this collection of nine guns that robbers came to steal the night the 66-year-old man was shot in the face at point-blank range. Langlais and his co-accused, Donald Fernandes and Raphael Gopie, both 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and using a gun in the commission of a robbery. Each man apologized to Silveiro's family at a pre-sentencing hearing yesterday. The Crown and the defence are both requesting that Gopie be sentenced to 10 years in jail, while Fernandes and Langlais would each receive seven-year sentences. Quebec court Judge Claude Parent will sentence the three men on June 25. (And the  'Liberal style' Multiple charge discount will apply.. If you break into a mans home (who has been legislated into 'defencelessness') , and shoot him in the face, killing him. THAT'S MURDER and you should be in prison for LIFE.. REAL LIFE not some pansyassed liberal, let him go in 10 years life. THAT'S why this asshole felt safe breaking into a firearm owner house and killing him. They know, by law, he is unable to reach the tools he needs to defend his very life, and THAT'S WRONG)
Post-election possibilities
"In a minority situation, even if he (Martin) has fewer seats than the Conservatives, he has that right to meet the House of Commons and put forth his agenda - end of story," says political scientist David Docherty.
Canada's political conventions say that if no party wins a clear majority, the incumbent prime minister - Martin gets the first crack at forming the next government regardless of who won the most ridings. Even if Harper's Conservatives take more seats than the Liberals, without a majority, Harper will be second choice. The precedent dates back to the federal election of October 1925, which returned 102 Liberals, 114 Conservatives and 29 Progressives, Labour and Independents. Mackenzie King, the incumbent Liberal prime minister, governed with the support of the Progressives until the following June, when his government was defeated and the Conservatives were allowed to form a government.(The Liberals Simply Can Not win a Majority Government. Martin said he would basically seize parliament and force a confidence vote even if they lost by as many as 30 seats.  He would then bribe the bloc and the NDP with something they would pretty much have to accept. Thereby winning their support and confidence for as long as possible while continuing to steal from us until the end of his mandate or until the Bloc can no longer stomach the waste and corruption and he finally loses a confidence vote. The Bloc says they want him out, but if, I suppose, the offered 'plum' is big and costly enough, the Bloc will support him anyway.  The Canadian population will have no say in this, UNLESS Mr. Harper wins a 'clear' majority. Lets make damn sure that happens on the 28th. Remember the unspoken Liberal Motto: "Power at Any Cost" and they damn well mean it! This is FINALLY our chance to repair the Liberals democratic deficit... Don't Blow it!)
`Landslide Annie' faces biggest fight of her life
McLellan was first elected by just 12 votes in 1993, earning the nickname Landslide Annie. She was re-elected by 1,400 votes in 1997 and had a 700-vote margin in 2000. The narrow victory was over, first, the Reform, then the Canadian Alliance candidate. With the right now united, Liberals slumping in polls and the Conservative party thinking it can sweep all 28 Alberta seats, this could be her toughest fight yet.But McLellan, along with fellow Edmontonian David Kilgour the only incumbent Liberals in the province, insists she's confident she can win. Her well-used pitch remains to provide "a strong voice for the west" in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. (With the Conservatives poised to literally sweep Ontario, and the Bloc wiping out the liberals in Quebec, the government 'will not' be Paul Martins. So, if the riding 'inherited' by Annie due entirely to vote splitting, actually 'elects' her, they will have a 'minor' back bench M.P... A 'nobody' as Trudeau was fond of calling them! The voters in Edmonton Centre had better do a bit of 'thinking' before they throw their vote away on a 'minor' backbench M.P. with NO say what-so-ever. Who will represent you in Ottawa? A Ex Canadian Fighter Pilot, or a Ex Liberal Minister that wasted a billion dollars persecuting and harassing, but not prosecuting duck hunters)
Gun registry triggers lively all-candidates debate
OTTAWA - Candidates in Carleton-Lanark tackled some tough rural issues in Kinburn Wednesday night, including the controversial gun registry. About 150 people came out to hear their would-be representatives on a range of issues.  But the issue that continues trigger emotional response is the federal gun registry. The candidates were asked, "Why do you support the continued registration of long guns despite the cost and the failure of the program?" First to answer was Liberal candidate Dan Wicklum, who said, "I grew up on a farm. Guns were literally a daily part of my existence. Until I actually looked at the data, I thought this was a crazy idea. When I see this data, and understand its impact, I think we should give this a chance." He said the cost of running the system is relatively low, now that the system is in place.(Here is a perfect example of a politician that can't think for himself. He simply accepts the skewed statistics, junk science, and bogus figures fed to the Liberal party by organization(s) that have a financial gain by keeping this farce active. AND, the cost of the system IS NOT low, they have trouble keeping it a 100 million, their chances of keeping it afloat for 25 million (12 times the original amount they said the whole thing was going to cost in the first place) What do the do when the 25 m is gone, used up? do they just stop registering everything? Or, do they they do what they've been doing all along, continuing to use supplemental under the table funds, to keep this farce afloat. They incompetence of the people running this farce is absolutely astounding. These Zealots, couldn't organize a fart contest in a bean factory, and they've wasted as much money as Canadian citizen are going to allow them. There done, their toast.)
Harper is right to shed Kyoto