Yeah but to me the UK Parliament is fun to watch because they are witty and they confront each other directly and rapidly.
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Yeah but to me the UK Parliament is fun to watch because they are witty and they confront each other directly and rapidly.
The Conservatives have invoked closure or shut down debates 26 times since May 2 last year.
Nathan Cullen (NDP House leader) implored the Speaker of the House to consider the restrictions on Members of Parliament to debate the issues and make things clear for Canadians, so they understand what the Government is doing. The Harper government was awarded the dubious distinction of being THE MOST SECRETIVE government in Canadian history. They win that award hands down.
Nathan Cullen asked why have Members of Parliament at all if they cannot go back to their home ridings and tell their constituents with a clean clear consicence that the government was held to account, and all i's were dotted and all t's were crossed?
The word "Parliament" means to speak, to debate. It is the very essence of determining what is right and best for Canada.
You take that away, as the Tories have done so contemptuously, then you have a Dictatorship, not a government representing the whole of Canada.
The House of Commons is a shell of its' former self.
Parliament means TO SPEAK, TO DEBATE. What do we call it now that debates are irrelevant?
Conservatives have a "catch us if you can" agenda, and when you catch them, they ignore you and say it's all "baseless smears".
Then they attack you as socialists or union whores.
It's despicable.
They have no qualms dividing the country bitterly, while hypocritically saying it's the Opposition doing so.
I want these shitheads to suffer badly. Tories have got to go, Man.
Experts and Authorities have testified at committees recently about major items that will be affected by this ridiculous budget bill, and the government expunges all records of their testimony from committee reports!!!!!
When I heard that yesterday I nearly threw my TV out the window.
Abuse of Power?
THEY ARE WRITING THE BOOK BABY.
Their policies are a recipe for a financial crisis far worse than the one they never even saw coming and then took credit for bringing us through it.
And then what will they say?
It was Europe's fault?
Who will they blame then?
The writing is on the wall, and it's in blood.
Mr. Leonard Cohen was right: I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, BABY. AND IT'S MURDER.
To any Conservative fuckhead reading this:
1. What mandate did Harper receive from Canadians to change Employment Insurance legislation in the last election?
2. What mandate did he receive from Canadians to raise the retirement age for OAS from 65 to 67 in the last election?
3. What mandate did he receive from Canucks to gut environmental regulations and give full authority of such matters solely to the Minister of the Environment in the last election?
4. What mandate did Steve get from Canadians in the last election to eliminate the Environmental Assessment Act (which took almost a decade to perfect) and replace it with a brand-new Act that strips environmental groups the ability to contest anything and forces the government to fast-track environmental assessments of pipleline projects?
5. What mandate did he get from Canadians to perform Robo-Call fraud?
6. What mandate did he EVER GET from Canadians? Enlighten me.
Did you know that the changes to Immigration that the Tories have wrought are beyond insane?
They have just totally overhauled the immigration system, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has the sole discretion to accept or reject an immigrant. ONE MAN has all the power!!!! Never have we seen something so Orwellian here in Canada.
I call Kenney "Turban-Boy", because he was on a shady and shifty trip to India two years ago, where he sported a blue turban for the entire visit, walking around lavish compounds with oil sheiks and doing God-knows-what kind of backroom business with them.
I got your number, Turban-Boy.
You have no idea how much I will celebrate the Conservative parties' destruction.
When did Canada become so stupid?
There will be a 24-hour straight vote on the OMINOUS budget bill tonight, the last and final thing the opposition can do to stop this OIL MACHINE.
Over 70 pieces of legislation have been repealed in this budget, thousands and thousands of jobs have been obliterated, Search and Rescue has been cut in Vancouver- that city is outraged by the removal of the Coast Guard's only rescue centre for boats that get lost. The government said that the new hovercraft that Vancouver is getting will cover all search and rescue missions.
RIGHT. Vancouverites are THRILLED, I'm sure...
No housing crisis plans for Canada in this budget. No money for seniors in any capacity. E.I. legislation is completely overhauled- which they are legally not allowed to do, but hey, it's a Majority government. Watch it and weep.
A giant oil spill in Red Deer Alberta a few days ago makes all environmental gutting in the budget all the more rosy. Makes us all feel REAL COZY about gutting environment regulations.
Guess who discovered the spill?
First Nation Natives. In their backyards.
It wasn't an oversight agency. It wasn't the government, because there IS NO oversight. Whatsoever.
It was Natives who discovered it and sounded the alarm.
Alberta Premier Alison Redford basically said the spill wasn't a problem, clean-ups are underway, go back about your business, people...
No infrastructure projects or transit plans with the provinces, no vision, no plan, NO NOTHING.
Bill C-38 is called the Jobs, Growth and Prosperity Act.
It's proper name is the Jobs (slashed and cut like crazy), Growth (for oilmongers) and Prosperity (for rich bitches) Act.
That's the PROPER title of this bill.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was just on CBC, telling the World that this budget bill must pass quickly and that the opposition is just stalling.
HEY FUCKY:
A reporter asked you if your Government was just bullying their way through this vote. You LAUGHED and SNICKERED.
You said that the opposition has no justifiable reason for opposing this bill.
REALLY.
How about raping democracy? In the name of a buck?
That's the only reason you need, but there are scores more. It amazes me how much the Cons think Canadians don't know what they are up to.
It's so disrespectful and sick to insult Canadians' intelligence like this.
You're all fired, Jim.
You all fail with flying colors.
Thanks for showing the world how stupid and incompetent your team is.
And why have a media scrum to tell the Opposition to pass this bill quickly when you know full well that it will pass anyway?
You have a Majority. The Opposition is hog-tied. Any bill you conjure up will pass and you know it, so why the charade?
Why pretend the Opposition can do anything to stop your money train?
They can't.
Especially when you invoke closure and shut down debates every single time on every single item of business.
Why not tell the Opposition to not even show up to work? That your goon squad can handle running the country by yourselves?
Because that is essentially what you are saying, you fuckhead FLEECER.
The longest day in Canadian government history ended late last night, and I was overwhelmed to see Democracy in Action.
I actually teared up at the very end- at the final vote.
When Green party Leader Elizabeth May stood up, turned around, and put her head down on her lectern I almost sobbed.
What happened Wednesday night cannot be understated.
The Arrogance and Sheer CONTEMPT of the Conservative party was on full display in glorious technicolor.
They voted down EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT to the "ominous" budget bill. ALL 700+ amendments!
They told Canadians point blank: "WE KNOW BEST. WE DON'T CONSULT EXPERTS, SCIENTISTS or AUTHORITIES ON ANY SUBJECT WHATSOEVER.
OUR BILL WAS PRISTINE AND FLAWLESS. A MINTED MASTERPIECE ON CONCEPTION. FUCK CANADA. WE HAVE A CORRUPT MAJORITY."
They said to everyone in Canada: FUCK YOU. WE HAVE NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT FOR YOU. We will ram through our agenda whether you like it or not. Our Economic Rape Plan must pass immediately! We know we will be fired in the next election so this shit must pass NOW! Don't argue about it- don't debate me- don't form a sound, reasoned attack on this brick of a bill. Because we do not listen to reason. We are the Fifth Reich Republicans, and don't you EVER forget it, peasant!
I was beyond proud of the Opposition- and let me remind you that ALL FOUR opposition parties were voting against this fucked up and sick bogus bill.
24 hours straight the Members of Parliament voted!
It was amazing to see Jim Flaherty simmering with rage at having to sit in his Commons seat for a marathon vote.
Harper didn't even get up out of his seat for a couple votes- and NDP MP Yves Godin called him out on it to the Speaker- guess what the Speaker did. Nothing. MP's would rush to their seats for votes after taking a piss break, ingesting caffeine or to eat some dark chocolate, and some wouldn't be there in time for the vote- but the Speaker knew the deal. All votes were counted, because we know EXACTLY what this was about:
HOLDING THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT.
Which the Opposition did Gloriously. BRAVO TO ALL OF THEM.
If they DID NOT hold the gov't to account, I would have been screaming bloody murder and given up on politics altogether.
It was beautiful to see the resolve of the Opposition to make these shitheads suffer for their boneheaded ideology.
And it was utterly disgusting to see Tories act like little children. I hope many Canadians watched that marathon vote with a laser eye, because it showed for all time that the harper goofs are beyond arrogant and stupid- they have struck a new mold for arrogance and stupidity.
They voted down every single amendment. Not one was accepted. NOT ONE? NOT EVEN ONE?
How can any Canadian (Conservative or not) say that those vote results were justified?
I mean, it was BREATHTAKING, Bubba.
Dean del Mastro has also been served affidavits to search his bank records. Pierre Spoilivere keeps speaking up for Dino- Dean can't speak for himself on this matter? even though he hasn't been removed from cabinet? He still sits across the aisle and can't speak on his own behalf on this?
Hey Tories:
YOU FUCKERS ARE TOAST. THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR GAME NOW.
I'm glad Canada had a good day. Apparently this has been brewing for some time. But as you know we down here find Canadian news if at all on page 15. I looked for this 24-hour budget session and found a story online only on BBC News. I cannot find it in the NYTimes. I still need to know just what happened exactly. Not sure you can say "THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR GAME NOW," because form the US position, the world isn't watching.
Yep, it doesn't mean jack shit to Amercians, and maybe it shouldn't.
They've got their own disasters to look after.
Did you see The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night?
The Idaho environment catastrophy?
The JP MORGAN bombshell about how they OWN Republican Senators?
I could not believe my EYES.
I didn't see that; I don't have TV. But I saw how the JP Morgan Chase CEO pranced and preened himself before Congress. He knows most of them work for Wall Street.
The Conservatives have spent $28 million to "celebrate" the War of 1812.
Re-enactments, a new monument, all kinds of fancy ceremonies...
When will it fucking END, Lord?
Is this a time of fiscal constraint or not?!?!?!?
No. It will never end.
:)
Pretty much. LOL
Dean del Mastro is in DEEP SHIT over election fraud. Now we know that there was a kickback scheme he offered to friends and family to contribute to his 2008 campaign- "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.."
That fat fucking CLOWN is going to jail. And the Tories won't say a peep about it when it happens.
They'll just act like nothing happened, a blip on the radar..
DEL MASTRO IS THE PRIME MINISTERS RIGHT-HAND MAN ON ETHICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How does this shit fucking LOOK, TORIES!?! Have a gander at the optics of this!
He refuses to step aside during this investigation and the PM will not remove him either.
As I've said before (and I'll say until I'm blue in the face): He won't leave unless he's in handcuffs.
JUST LIKE HARPER! Who knew?
And then the Conservatives will act as if there was no harm, no foul, like nothing even transpired.
Immigration Minster Jason Kenney is just a bag of hammers these days.
During the marathon vote on the ominous budget bill he spilled a big bottle of water all over his deluxe laptop in his Commons seat.
NERVOUS?
You Betcha. Go Rogue!
And this week he sent a nasty e-mail to an Alberta PC member and accidentally hit "SEND TO ALL".
His expletive laced e-mail shows great strain on the Conservative brand.
What gaffes we are seeing lately. I'm excited about it because it means that more doozies are on the way, some real LARGE Doozies.
Tories never change their ways. Secrecy will kill them silently, like a ninja.
The more you duck and jive, dare and scare, the more you will hang yourself with your own rope.
Watch it and weep.
We have a profoundly arrogant and dumb Conservative party here in Canada.
They can't see the forest for the tar sands.
Parliament has broken for the summer- they will reconvene in September- what a lush life these sacks of shit have, no?
Peter MacKay is rumoured to be demoted and shuffled off to another portfolio this summer. He should be shuffled off to death row as far as I'm concerned. He's such a fucking moron it's beyond comprehension. He's just an abomination. I saw him sucking Brian Mulroney's cock last week on CPAC, and Mulroney gave GIANT kudos to the Conservative party. How much were you paid, Brian?
Your crimes have earned you a special place in hell.
Send word when you get there! LET ME KNOW WHAT I'M MISSING!
I will say anything I want about our Government in Canada- I have never made more than $25,000 a year and I like it that way.
It ensures that I don't lose my soul and earn my place in hell.
The Bible states that one should never waste time pursuing riches- your money can be gone in a nanosecond, and then you are no different from a cockroach looking to survive. So wealth and money is all in your head. And it's driven by FEAR.
Remember: people only do things for one of 2 reasons:
LOVE or FEAR.
And you can see how people in government behave- they are in fear of losing the best job they will ever have.
So I use a sledgehammer on 'em until they wake up.
By the way, I am in the process of moving to Montreal.
I intend to cover that film festival every year. After mulling over a move for quite some time, I'm now going to the cultural capital of Canada.
Ottawa's film scene is too limited.
And TIFF just pissed me off too much to ever reconsider moving back to the Big Smoke.
Quebec is home now.
Good luck in Montreal. Work on your French!
No different from college teachers. I don't want to condemn them for leading a good life.Quote:
Parliament has broken for the summer- they will reconvene in September- what a lush life these sacks of shit have, no?