“The chief electoral officer has not been consulted, and we heard the minister’s comments,” said spokesman John Enright.OF COURSE the Harper Cons didn't consult with the chief electoral officer about their new Elections bill!
“There’s been no consultation on the contents of the bill.”
“It’s ominous … given their track record with Elections Canada, which has been confrontational right from Day 1, and then resentful. It now may have moved to vindictive,” said Goodale.Yes, I expect it will be. Trevor Purdy's got it right:
“It’s significant that they’ve prepared this [bill] without any serious discussion with anyone at Elections Canada. I think everyone would be well advised to read the fine print with a great deal of care.”
Goodale recited just some of the fractious Conservative history with the elections watchdog and said parliamentarians “all need to be very alert.”
“This could in effect be the gutting of Elections Canada.”
CPC have a nasty track record of making rule changes that benefit them and hinder others. I don't trust this electoral reform bill. #cdnpoli
— Trevor Purdy (@TrevorsIdeas) February 4, 2014
This may be the first country to die of the incredibly obvious.And I guess nobody remembers anymore that unions are good for the economy?
This Sunday, millions of Americans will gather around their televisions to watch their favorite athletes compete in a thrilling contest of physical will, fearless playmaking and instinctive grace. A bunch of other people will be watching the Super Bowl.And here's the link to last year's PB videos.
..the Liberal leader had simply refused to acknowledge one important element of the Canada Job Grant: the basic notion’s ability to cheer people up.As Dave writes:
“Mr. Speaker, I noted that the Canada Job Grant was in fact very well received by those in the marketplace,” Mr. Harper enthused, “by people who want to upgrade their skills, want to receive more training, want to gain jobs and, by pluralism, want to create jobs.” . . . a bit like the film industry deciding to promote movies that have not yet been financed or cast.
Well, that just makes you all squishy thinking about all those happy people dreaming about the imaginary jobs they're going to get when the Harper government finally gets off their collective asses and actually negotiates a deal with the people who will be providing the access to training. Someday. Maybe. Would you like a sparkle pony with that elephant turd pie?And Montreal Simon continues
Canadians were GRATEFUL to pay millions of their hard earned tax dollars to make it look like he was creating jobs when he wasn't?No, actually, I think he's just listening a little too much to the Beatles lately. He and the rest of the Harper Cons make about this much sense...
Huh?
... OMG. Has the mad emperor no trappings of decency?
Or has our mad Moses lost his marbles?
Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
...
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
... the government representatives were pre-occupied by another strategy,” Justice Griffin wrote. “Their strategy was to put such pressure on the union that it would provoke a strike by the union. The government representative thought this would give government the opportunity to gain political support for imposing legislation on the union.”Yes, exactly!
...The government’s team, led by former president and CEO of the Public Sector Employers’ Council Paul Straszak ...thought all that was needed to make the legislation constitutional was consultation – a conclusion condemned by Justice Griffin as incorrect.
“A party cannot say it is consulting if it starts from the position that its mind is made up no matter what the other side presents by way of evidence or concerns,” she said.
