Every now and again you read something from someone who really should know better – this is one of those times, and David Akin is one of those people.
The judge who sentenced Rahim Jaffer is a Tory?
So there was Iggy, plastered across my TV screen, wearing that arrogant sh*t eating grin of his and saying [paraphrased] “we won’t support the budget but we won’t vote against it in numbers large enough to bring down the government because Canadians don’t want an election” — seriously people, what, by the great and ponderous hairy bag of the Daghda himself, is that supposed to mean?
Usually, at some point in the blogging day, I pop open the Blogging Tories aggregator to see what they’re talking about. There’s generally no more of interest to see there than at Liblog, but every now and again I read something like this
Conservatives don’t like to tell other people how to live their lives.
It’s the sort of thing that reminds me why I have a personal rule about scanning partisan blog aggregators with coffee in my mouth.
One party comes up with an idea or a position and the other party labels it as “anti-”…. show of hands now, is anyone surprised?
Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party (NDP) is now the best-ranked federal party leader in Canada, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 29 per cent of respondents approve of Layton’s performance, up three points since February.
In which Charles Anthony of the Politic dons his Marie Antoinette ruffles and prescribes a cure for Inuit infant mortality.
Family obligations kept me from attending the event on Parliament Hill this afternoon, but from the Twitter traffic and images that I saw it was a good day for CAPP folks.
According to the latest Angus Reid survey, respondents were less likely to believe that the prime minister prorogued parliament “out of self-interest” after being exposed to the Liberal ad campaign.
Tom Flanagan: “The governments talking points don’t have much credibility. Everybody knows that Parliament was prorogued in order to shut down the Afghan inquiry, and the trouble is that the government doesn’t want to explain why that was necessary. I personally think it was a highly defensable action but instead of having an adult defense of it the government comes up with these childish talking points.“
We can only get our work done when those other pesky elected MP’s aren’t around to bother us.
Progressive Conservative Party MLA Rob Anderson crosses floor and sits with the Wildrose Alliance Party stating
Not only are there rarely free votes in the Legislature, there are very few free votes in caucus. Virtually all legislation is created and developed by various unelected government appointees with direction from the Premier and a small cadre of Cabinet Ministers whose distinguishing attribute is unconditional allegiance to their Leader. All other elected MLAs generally have little, if any, real input into the decisions that impact the lives of their constituents.
Sounds pretty much like how any political party operates to me.
That was then, this is now, suck it up
An idea that doesn’t go nearly far enough.
In the poll, released exclusively to CBC: Power & Politics, Canadians were asked if Elections Canada offered a safe way of voting on the internet, how likely is it that they would use it.
Around 49 per cent of respondents said they were very likely and 15 per cent said they were somewhat likely.
#1: We’re starting to see lots more pictures of heroic troops and cool equipment.
Former ambassadors condemn Ottawa’s attack on diplomat
Twenty-three former ambassadors are speaking out against the Conservative government’s attacks on the credibility of diplomat Richard Colvin, saying Ottawa’s response to his Afghan detainee abuse testimony threatens to cast a chill over Canada’s foreign service.
The ex-heads of Canadian diplomatic missions say in a letter released to the media that they’re worried the treatment of Mr. Colvin will discourage diplomats from reporting frankly to Ottawa from their foreign postings.
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