La Presse, the popular Montreal broadsheet, weighs in on what is happening in La Belle and, more specifically, up the street from La Presse in Outremont.
Andre Pratt postulates that the next Prime Minister of Canada may have hit a road bump in the last few days, one that will only serve to boost the Bloc Quebecois. He makes the point that in the last five years or so the two parties that can and will govern this country for the foreseeable future, the Liberals and Conservatives, have not done a great job at attracting the vote of Quebecers.
Mr. Pratt's take on this current situation is that history shows that federal party leaders, even when they come from Quebec, need a strong Quebec lieutenant. A boss. An Ernest Lapointe or a Marc Lalonde type.
My take on the situation is similar; like it or not, Quebec is Quebec and it is important to realize that. I just think that it is a bit early to do like media have been doing for the last few days, attacking Michael Ignatieff.
The only party that truly understands the dynamics of Canada from Sea to Shining Sea is the Liberal Party and the only leader that gets that is ours.
This is merely a speedbump.
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Showing posts with label Bloc Quebecois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bloc Quebecois. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
935...Now On To More Important Things
The party that should be running the show will be introducing a motion today to topple the Tory government today.
The Canadian Press reports that the Liberals will table a non-confidence motion in the Commons today and bring a vote on that Thursday. According to the story I am sourcing this is probably going to fail but at least, unlike, well, not to point fingers but, Jack Layton, hello, at least Mikey I talks the talk and walks the walk.
Gilles Ducppe, the Bloc Quebecois leader, says that he will support the Liberal motion.
This week we find out if the NDPers really are true to their convictions or going to hang with their friends in the Conservative Party. Like they did earlier this month.
The NDP's only Quebec MP Thomas Mulcair said today "...the important thing is to try to keep Parliament working so that we can do things that are in the public interest.'' He failed to mention that if the election is held this fall the NDP will get beaten like a rented mule.
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The Canadian Press reports that the Liberals will table a non-confidence motion in the Commons today and bring a vote on that Thursday. According to the story I am sourcing this is probably going to fail but at least, unlike, well, not to point fingers but, Jack Layton, hello, at least Mikey I talks the talk and walks the walk.
Gilles Ducppe, the Bloc Quebecois leader, says that he will support the Liberal motion.
This week we find out if the NDPers really are true to their convictions or going to hang with their friends in the Conservative Party. Like they did earlier this month.
The NDP's only Quebec MP Thomas Mulcair said today "...the important thing is to try to keep Parliament working so that we can do things that are in the public interest.'' He failed to mention that if the election is held this fall the NDP will get beaten like a rented mule.
WFDS
Thursday, September 17, 2009
873...More Tory Propaganda
This time from a more credible source, Peter Worthington, in the Toronto Sun.
Mr. Worthington postulates that the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, may be getting bored with partisan politics and may just be gerrymandering an election so he can get defeated and go back to scribbling books and sipping champagne on the international smart guy circuit.
The emminent Toronto Sun writer goes on to say that he is speculating and that now that both the Bloc Quebecois and NDP seem to have backed off what was sure-fire election agitation a couple of weeks ago, maybe Mr. Ignatieff is now captive of election-mania rather than its instigator. He also makes the important point that since the Tories seem likely to benefit most if there's an election, maybe Stephen Harper will provoke one.
After a few hundred words disparaging partisan politics, Mr. Worthington does point out that Mikey I is an intriguing fellow and that it would be surprising if one as bright at the next PM wasn't distracted a bit by the goings on on the Hill.
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Mr. Worthington postulates that the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, may be getting bored with partisan politics and may just be gerrymandering an election so he can get defeated and go back to scribbling books and sipping champagne on the international smart guy circuit.
The emminent Toronto Sun writer goes on to say that he is speculating and that now that both the Bloc Quebecois and NDP seem to have backed off what was sure-fire election agitation a couple of weeks ago, maybe Mr. Ignatieff is now captive of election-mania rather than its instigator. He also makes the important point that since the Tories seem likely to benefit most if there's an election, maybe Stephen Harper will provoke one.
After a few hundred words disparaging partisan politics, Mr. Worthington does point out that Mikey I is an intriguing fellow and that it would be surprising if one as bright at the next PM wasn't distracted a bit by the goings on on the Hill.
WFDS
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
870...At Least Michael Ignatieff Has Stones
Love him or hate him, fact is at least one knows where the next Prime Minister of Canada stands.
New story out of Ottawa bureau of the Canadian Press states that, following the Bloc Quebecois, Jack Layton and the NDP will support the Tories in Stephen Harper's bid to cling to power and the perks that it gives him.
"The NDP says it will support the Conservatives on a crucial budget motion Friday - and keep propping up the government long enough to pass EI legislation to help unemployed workers. The news appears to rule out a fall election - as long as EI legislation is still in play."
So now we have the right wing right way Tories in bed with the party that wants to break up the country and the dreaded socialists. At least you are consistently inconsistent Mr. Harper.
My Lord we do need Mikey I and we need him now but I am willing to wait til next summer when all the pensions of the soon to be losing candidates in the NDP and Bloc are vested.
Then Canada will truly soar.
WFDS
New story out of Ottawa bureau of the Canadian Press states that, following the Bloc Quebecois, Jack Layton and the NDP will support the Tories in Stephen Harper's bid to cling to power and the perks that it gives him.
"The NDP says it will support the Conservatives on a crucial budget motion Friday - and keep propping up the government long enough to pass EI legislation to help unemployed workers. The news appears to rule out a fall election - as long as EI legislation is still in play."
So now we have the right wing right way Tories in bed with the party that wants to break up the country and the dreaded socialists. At least you are consistently inconsistent Mr. Harper.
My Lord we do need Mikey I and we need him now but I am willing to wait til next summer when all the pensions of the soon to be losing candidates in the NDP and Bloc are vested.
Then Canada will truly soar.
WFDS
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
862...The BQ Blinks First
It was either Jack Layton or Gilles Duceppe that was going to save the Tories from another election. Gilles Duceppe, who has 16 MPs who need to hang in til middle of 2010 to get their pension, was the man who blinked first.
The BQ says it will support the Ways and Means motion because there is nothing bad in it. Just in case the NDP will also support the motion Friday because of the EI stuff they want pushed through.
This means that future Calgary realtor of the year [or should that be Realtor of the Year] Stephen Harper and the minority Conservative government will survive at least until the first week of October when the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals plan to introduce a non-confidence motion.
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The BQ says it will support the Ways and Means motion because there is nothing bad in it. Just in case the NDP will also support the motion Friday because of the EI stuff they want pushed through.
This means that future Calgary realtor of the year [or should that be Realtor of the Year] Stephen Harper and the minority Conservative government will survive at least until the first week of October when the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals plan to introduce a non-confidence motion.
WFDS
Monday, September 14, 2009
850...As I Was Saying In Post 849
Kevin Dougherty of the Montreal Gazette writes this morning that "The Bloc Québécois could support the Harper government this Friday on its Ways and Means Motion."
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposes a motion to adopt his government's home renovation program, "We'll support it," Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe said.
Plus Mr. Duceppe has 16 Members on the pension bubble. That is 1/3 of his caucus.
These things matter.
WFDS
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposes a motion to adopt his government's home renovation program, "We'll support it," Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe said.
Plus Mr. Duceppe has 16 Members on the pension bubble. That is 1/3 of his caucus.
These things matter.
WFDS
849...Here Is Why There Won't Be An Election
For months I been saying privately what Mike De Souza writes about in today's Edmonton Sun.
What I have been saying is that there is not going to be an election because one in five Members of Parliament need to stay put until July of next year to qualify for their pensions. The amount of money at stake is not huge but it is hugeish, to wit, if the 74 affected members [36 Conservatives, 16 Bloc Quebecois MPs, 14 Liberals and eight New Democrats] stay put for another ten months or so they will qualify for a 25,000 dollar annual pension. If they don't and they go down, no pension.
New Democrat Nathan Cullen, who finds himself in the category of members with less than six years of experience, suggested the issue of pensions might be a concern for some of the older politicians. He added, however, that he doubts it is a major factor that could determine whether they try to force or prevent an election.
Interestingly Jack Layton is one of the MPs that needs to build time to get his pension. I would posit that his seat is a safe one but he has seven fellow Dips who also need to build time and at least one, Dennis Bevington from the Western Arctic, is looking at a tough fight to hold his seat and if he loses, no pension. This has to be weighing on his and many other MPs minds.
It all factors in.
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What I have been saying is that there is not going to be an election because one in five Members of Parliament need to stay put until July of next year to qualify for their pensions. The amount of money at stake is not huge but it is hugeish, to wit, if the 74 affected members [36 Conservatives, 16 Bloc Quebecois MPs, 14 Liberals and eight New Democrats] stay put for another ten months or so they will qualify for a 25,000 dollar annual pension. If they don't and they go down, no pension.
New Democrat Nathan Cullen, who finds himself in the category of members with less than six years of experience, suggested the issue of pensions might be a concern for some of the older politicians. He added, however, that he doubts it is a major factor that could determine whether they try to force or prevent an election.
Interestingly Jack Layton is one of the MPs that needs to build time to get his pension. I would posit that his seat is a safe one but he has seven fellow Dips who also need to build time and at least one, Dennis Bevington from the Western Arctic, is looking at a tough fight to hold his seat and if he loses, no pension. This has to be weighing on his and many other MPs minds.
It all factors in.
WFDS
Sunday, September 13, 2009
841...No One Reads Comments Sooooooo
I am printing this one.
Even though the person that wrote it was not proud or secure enough to sign it he/she/ts/q/etc [see I am politically correct!] he/she/etc makes some valid points:
Even though the person that wrote it was not proud or secure enough to sign it he/she/ts/q/etc [see I am politically correct!] he/she/etc makes some valid points:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "824...Stephen Harper Makes A Video":
Why would Stephen Harper get warm fuzzies over the Opposition? Layton proudly declares he has voted against the Cons 79 times (didn't have to even read the budget to declare the NDP would vote NO!) That's real cooperation, Jack.
As for Ignatieff, he has met with the P.M. 3 times since his coronation in Jan. (twice at the request of the P.M.) His attitude of "he (Harper) knows where to find me" reeks of arrogance. When Harper was in Opposition, he was in constant communication with the P.M. advocating for Canadian people, a high-salaried job that Ignatieff has no clue about as official leader of the opposition. So... 9 months into the year we have heard blustering remarks from Ignatieff about his desire to take down the government no less than 3 times. We are starting to look like a banana republic internationally. The NDP and Liberals equate Harper's "meaness" with not caving in to their expensive demands, other than the budget which was opposition driven. I think the shoe is on the other foot..the Opposition is not cooperating with Harper. If you doubt this check "How'd They Vote" a website which clearly shows the voting records of all M.P.'s. It's an eye-opener!
As for the justice system --WHAT JUSTICE SYSTEM??? Thankfully Harper has initiated a federal agency to support VICTIMS of crime, since they have largely been forgotten by the NDP/Liberals and Bloc.
And NO, the Bloc should have no positions in the outcomes of what happens to the rest of Canada, since their mandate is to separate from it. They represent Quebec--leave it at that. Canadians don't want a nanny state --although lately the groanings indicate we might have to grow up a little. As Kennedy said (paraphrased) "ask what you can do for your country, not what it can do for you."
Why would Stephen Harper get warm fuzzies over the Opposition? Layton proudly declares he has voted against the Cons 79 times (didn't have to even read the budget to declare the NDP would vote NO!) That's real cooperation, Jack.
As for Ignatieff, he has met with the P.M. 3 times since his coronation in Jan. (twice at the request of the P.M.) His attitude of "he (Harper) knows where to find me" reeks of arrogance. When Harper was in Opposition, he was in constant communication with the P.M. advocating for Canadian people, a high-salaried job that Ignatieff has no clue about as official leader of the opposition. So... 9 months into the year we have heard blustering remarks from Ignatieff about his desire to take down the government no less than 3 times. We are starting to look like a banana republic internationally. The NDP and Liberals equate Harper's "meaness" with not caving in to their expensive demands, other than the budget which was opposition driven. I think the shoe is on the other foot..the Opposition is not cooperating with Harper. If you doubt this check "How'd They Vote" a website which clearly shows the voting records of all M.P.'s. It's an eye-opener!
As for the justice system --WHAT JUSTICE SYSTEM??? Thankfully Harper has initiated a federal agency to support VICTIMS of crime, since they have largely been forgotten by the NDP/Liberals and Bloc.
And NO, the Bloc should have no positions in the outcomes of what happens to the rest of Canada, since their mandate is to separate from it. They represent Quebec--leave it at that. Canadians don't want a nanny state --although lately the groanings indicate we might have to grow up a little. As Kennedy said (paraphrased) "ask what you can do for your country, not what it can do for you."
By the way, about 20 sics in there.
LOL.
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LOL.
WFDS
Friday, September 11, 2009
832...IxNay To The OalitionCay
That is what Michael Ignatieff says and good on him.
It is reported by all credible news outlets in our land that their will be no sleeping with the enemy for the next Prime Minister of Canada; he is going to lead a government made up entirely of Grits after the next trip to the ballot box.
Unless the Bloc Quebecois or the NDP prop up the Tories this fall that trip is going to be sooner rather than later.
WFDS
It is reported by all credible news outlets in our land that their will be no sleeping with the enemy for the next Prime Minister of Canada; he is going to lead a government made up entirely of Grits after the next trip to the ballot box.
Unless the Bloc Quebecois or the NDP prop up the Tories this fall that trip is going to be sooner rather than later.
WFDS
Thursday, September 10, 2009
824...Stephen Harper Makes A Video
And Andy Blatchford at the Canadian Press reports that the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada did not impress his fellow leaders.
The next Prime Minister, Michael Ignatieff said that the leaked video taped comments show the real PM, a man who doesn't like the other political parties in the Great White North nor does he like the social institutions and justice system that we have developed in this country.
Gilles Duceppe, the captain of team Bloc Quebecois, says that the behind closed doors Mr. Harper sounds like a leader on the fringes of the Republican Party in the States. The BQ is particularly vexed by the fact that Mr. Harper takes pride in blocking leftists from being appointed to the judiciary and other public institutions.
The NDP called the remarks "...low politics that undermine Canada's justice system."
Interestingly nothing from Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party who, as has been observed, tends to not be particularly current.
She's probably waiting for the movie.
WFDS
The next Prime Minister, Michael Ignatieff said that the leaked video taped comments show the real PM, a man who doesn't like the other political parties in the Great White North nor does he like the social institutions and justice system that we have developed in this country.
Gilles Duceppe, the captain of team Bloc Quebecois, says that the behind closed doors Mr. Harper sounds like a leader on the fringes of the Republican Party in the States. The BQ is particularly vexed by the fact that Mr. Harper takes pride in blocking leftists from being appointed to the judiciary and other public institutions.
The NDP called the remarks "...low politics that undermine Canada's justice system."
Interestingly nothing from Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party who, as has been observed, tends to not be particularly current.
She's probably waiting for the movie.
WFDS
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
813...This Sunday Is Momentous
Momentous for two reasons.
First off, it is the opening day of the full schedule of the NFL.
More importantly it is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, a battle that changed the face of the North American continent and the world in a matter of minutes.
To review, before the battle, the French were a major colonizer in the New World. After the battle, not so much. Fifty years after the fight the French presence in North America was pretty much spent.
In celebration of the anniversary a 24 hour event Moulin a paroles [word mill] will start at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon reading key passages from the history of Quebec such as the song lyrics, information about the 1837-38 rebellion, the 1755 Acadian deportation and most controversially the Front de Liberation du Quebec's 1970 manifesto.
The FLQ were the small group of terrorists who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat and Pierre Laporte, a Quebec cabinet minister, in October of 1970, sending Canada into a state of emergency.
The reading of this manifesto is sure to cause controversy but, as reported by Kevin Dougherty in today's Montreal Gazette, Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, supports the reading on the basis of its historical value. He states that not reading it would be censorship, that those who are against it being read are pro censorship and he is right on the money there.
WFDS
First off, it is the opening day of the full schedule of the NFL.
More importantly it is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, a battle that changed the face of the North American continent and the world in a matter of minutes.
To review, before the battle, the French were a major colonizer in the New World. After the battle, not so much. Fifty years after the fight the French presence in North America was pretty much spent.
In celebration of the anniversary a 24 hour event Moulin a paroles [word mill] will start at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon reading key passages from the history of Quebec such as the song lyrics, information about the 1837-38 rebellion, the 1755 Acadian deportation and most controversially the Front de Liberation du Quebec's 1970 manifesto.
The FLQ were the small group of terrorists who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat and Pierre Laporte, a Quebec cabinet minister, in October of 1970, sending Canada into a state of emergency.
The reading of this manifesto is sure to cause controversy but, as reported by Kevin Dougherty in today's Montreal Gazette, Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, supports the reading on the basis of its historical value. He states that not reading it would be censorship, that those who are against it being read are pro censorship and he is right on the money there.
WFDS
Friday, September 4, 2009
783...Straight Talk From Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe held a press conference in deepest and darkest Quebec
yesterday, in a town called Bois-de-Fillion and,
as reported in the Canadian Press, he said that he is open to voting
with the Liberals to topple the Tories. He is also
open to voting with the Tories to stop a fall election.
Mr. Duceppe's priorities are very consistent:
"If it's good for Quebec, we vote for it."
Tail wagging the dog for certain but if you can pull it off,
and the Bloc Quebecois
has been able to pull it off for years upon years, props to you.
WFDS
Thursday, August 20, 2009
704...New Canadian Poll Doesn't Look Good
For Canadians.
New Ekos Poll:
Liberals: 30.2
CPC: 32.8
NDP: 17.3
Green: 11
Bloc: 8,7
May be the Greens and the NDP and the Liberals could park their
egos at the door and join
forces, you know, like the Conservatives and
the Reform did in the 1990s?
Of course not.
WFDS
Friday, August 14, 2009
673...Checking In Fro' The 'Peg, Steven Fletcher
The Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State [Democratic Reform] has been a busy man writing letter after letter to the papers that matter.
Check it out:
Montreal Gazette
Bloc not targetted [sic]
Fri Aug 14 2009
Page: A12
Section: Editorial / Op-Ed
Source: The Gazette
Re: "Duceppe: I am not a quitter" (Gazette, Aug. 13).
While others have advocated ending the per-vote subsidy only for the Bloc Québécois, that is not the position of our Conservative government.
We believe that no party should have its operations supported by this taxpayer subsidy and that all parties should be primarily funded by their supporters. In fact, the Conservative Party would lose the most money should the per-vote subsidy be ended.
To suggest, as your story does, that the government would target a specific party is wrong and a misrepresentation of our view.
Steven Fletcher
Minister of State
(Democratic Reform)
Ottawa
End taxpayer subsidy of parties
The Toronto Star
Fri Aug 14 2009
Page: A24
Section: Editorial
Rewriting the rules won't make Bloc
Go away, Column, Aug. 11
While some have advocated ending the per-vote subsidy only for the Bloc Quebecois, that is not the position of our Conservative government. We believe that no party should have its operations supported by this taxpayer subsidy and that all parties should be primarily funded by their supporters.
Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), Ottawa
This, of course, is some serious bullsh't.
WFDS
Friday, July 3, 2009
436...At Least The Conservatives Hate Everyone
Back in January The Bloc Quebecois pointed to Stephen Harper's western connections as a reason Quebecers should shun the Conservatives, saying they shouldn't let "Calgary'' decide their future. The Bloc published an ad in eastern Quebec featuring a stetson above the words "We won't let Calgary decide for Quebec.''
Five months later the Tories counterpunch.
Jab, jab, jab, body shot.
Daniel LeBlanc in The Globe and Mail leads his story with
Five months later the Tories counterpunch.
Jab, jab, jab, body shot.
Daniel LeBlanc in The Globe and Mail leads his story with
A pervert in a plaid shirt is luring a child in a park, but the Bloc Québécois will not do anything to stop him, the Conservative Party says in a new round of attack ads. The message, which was sent at taxpayers' expense in every single Bloc riding, features a blurry picture of a small boy leaving a park with an older man. The two are walking hand-in-hand, and a nearby kiddy swing is empty. “Your Bloc MP has voted against the protection of children,” the tag line states.
What the Bloc actually voted against was the removal of judicial discretion. “Minimum sentences have no dissuasive effect,” said Bloc MP and whip Michel Guimond.
Jab, jab, jab, body shot.
Of course when it comes to scaring the f'k out of the Canadian public about le law and le order Stephen Harper's Conservatives have never let empiricism, facts, get in the way.
WFDS
Monday, June 22, 2009
349...We Love To Talk In Canada
Talk.
And talk.
And talk some more.
In my town, Ottawa, we have been talking about moving the Central Canada Exhibition, The Ex, since the middle of World War Two. Still at Lansdowne Park. We have been talking about building rapid transit, a subway, something something, in this town since, minimum, the 1974 mayoralty eleciton. Still no rapid transit.
Parliament Hill is in my town and on the Hill they have been talking about buliding a superfast supertrain from Quebec City to Windsor as long as I can remember and I can remember back into the 1960's.
Here we go again.
Mike De Souza of Canwest News Services writes this morning that Joe Volpe, the Liberal Party transportation critic, says that now is the time for such a train and that it would aid in nation building. Even though they are separatists, the BQ follows the Canadian way and to that end the Bloc Quebecois transportation critic, Mario Laframboise dit "no way", unless of course, the nation you are talking about is Quebec and then what do we need a train for anyhow?
Oy f'ing vey.
Do something already.
WFDS
And talk.
And talk some more.
In my town, Ottawa, we have been talking about moving the Central Canada Exhibition, The Ex, since the middle of World War Two. Still at Lansdowne Park. We have been talking about building rapid transit, a subway, something something, in this town since, minimum, the 1974 mayoralty eleciton. Still no rapid transit.
Parliament Hill is in my town and on the Hill they have been talking about buliding a superfast supertrain from Quebec City to Windsor as long as I can remember and I can remember back into the 1960's.
Here we go again.
Mike De Souza of Canwest News Services writes this morning that Joe Volpe, the Liberal Party transportation critic, says that now is the time for such a train and that it would aid in nation building. Even though they are separatists, the BQ follows the Canadian way and to that end the Bloc Quebecois transportation critic, Mario Laframboise dit "no way", unless of course, the nation you are talking about is Quebec and then what do we need a train for anyhow?
Oy f'ing vey.
Do something already.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
306...Win/Win For Mikey I.
At least that is what Steve Travers indicates in this morning's edition of the Toronto Star. Mr. Travers opines that, after all is said and done in Ottawa this week, Michael Ignatieff will either be on his way to being elected Prime Minister of Canada or, if the Conservatives/New Democrats/Bloc Quebecois blink, "...exorcises the Stephane Dion demon."
Four elections in five years is not something to be thrilled about for certain and a summer 2009 election will not bring in a majority government that is for certain, setting The Dominion up for yet another soon-to-come election, but no matter what happens, Mikey I. is going to come out of this smelling like a rose.
His time may not have come, but it is coming.
WFDS
Four elections in five years is not something to be thrilled about for certain and a summer 2009 election will not bring in a majority government that is for certain, setting The Dominion up for yet another soon-to-come election, but no matter what happens, Mikey I. is going to come out of this smelling like a rose.
His time may not have come, but it is coming.
WFDS
Monday, June 15, 2009
296...11 O'Clock This Morning Mikey I. Speaks
According to my morning Ottawa Citizen, the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, will most likely make an announcement as early as this morning whether Canadians can expect to head back to the polls, or if the Liberal Party will support the Conservative government's economic report.
Our current Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, future Calgary real estate salesman of the year, weighed in on the issue, telling reporters that Canadians don't want an election during a recession.
Inexplicably the Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party want an election even though polls show that both parties will lose seats in a summer of 2009 vote.
A last point to consider is that the Members of Parliament that were elected in the June 2004 election don't get their pensions fully vested until they spend six years in Ottawa. This is no trifling manner; one has to think that the future personal security of the scores of MPs who came in in 2004 is in play as well.
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Our current Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, future Calgary real estate salesman of the year, weighed in on the issue, telling reporters that Canadians don't want an election during a recession.
Inexplicably the Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party want an election even though polls show that both parties will lose seats in a summer of 2009 vote.
A last point to consider is that the Members of Parliament that were elected in the June 2004 election don't get their pensions fully vested until they spend six years in Ottawa. This is no trifling manner; one has to think that the future personal security of the scores of MPs who came in in 2004 is in play as well.
WFDS
Sunday, June 14, 2009
292...Soon We Will Know
If the man who will be the next Prime Minister, Michael Ignatieff, will be triggering an election this week.
According to Bruce Cheadle's story in the Canadian Press both the Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party will lose seats if an election happens this summer. The election will be the second we have faced in Canada in less than a year and it seems to me that even though the Bloc and the Dips will lose seats they are more concerned about losing face by not pushing for the demise of the Tories.
Putting the onus on Mikey I.
Stay tuned.
WFDS
According to Bruce Cheadle's story in the Canadian Press both the Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party will lose seats if an election happens this summer. The election will be the second we have faced in Canada in less than a year and it seems to me that even though the Bloc and the Dips will lose seats they are more concerned about losing face by not pushing for the demise of the Tories.
Putting the onus on Mikey I.
Stay tuned.
WFDS
Saturday, June 6, 2009
224...The Next Prime Minister Picking Up Steam
The Next Prime Minister, Michael Ignatieff, is picking up huge amounts of steam and proof thereof is this lovely headline on today's Op-Ed page of the Montreal Gazette:
Ignatieff: the man they love to misquote; Both the Conservatives and Bloc are taking shots at the Liberal leader
They be scared.
WFDS
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