Far better ones exist. I really don’t get where this idea comes from. Can you name anything bad, ever that our Senate has prevented? Did it prevent Trudeau’s Martial Law? Did it stop the internment of Japanese Canadians? R…
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Autonomy For All: No, The Senate is Not a Worthwhile Check on the Prime Minister
Far better ones exist. I really don’t get where this idea comes from. Can you name anything bad, ever that our Senate has prevented? Did it prevent Trudeau’s Martial Law? Did it stop the internment of Japanese Canadians? Racist laws like head taxes on Chinese immigrants? Aboriginal residential schools? The
Continue readingAutonomy For All: No, The Senate is Not a Worthwhile Check on the Prime Minister
Far better ones exist. I really don’t get where this idea comes from. Can you name anything bad, ever that our Senate has prevented? Did it prevent Trudeau’s Martial Law? Did it stop the internment of Japanese Canadians? Racist laws like head taxes on Chinese immigrants? Aboriginal residential schools? The
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: My brief comments on the ongoing Conservative Senate Saga Scandal
You might have noticed I’ve not said much on the continuing allegations/bombshells being dropped in the Senate these days – with more bombs on additional cheques and PMO and PM involvement being dropped/alleged by ex-Con Senator Mike Duffy today. At this point, I don’t really have much to add that
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: I’m sick of reading and hearing people say things like…
I’m sick of reading and hearing people say things like “It’s not fair to suspend those senators without pay, without conducting a full investigation and giving them their day it court.” The dishonourable Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau have already been proven guilty of embezzling from the Canadian
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Puffster’s Senate Speech
As much as I detest Mike Duffy and everything he stands for, I have to confess that in listening to his Senate speech yesterday I was much-taken with both its content and delivery. Thundering at his erstwhile allies and colleagues, Duffy rebuked the motion of suspension pending against him and
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sen. Pamela Wallin says Canadian Senate has a “lynch mob” mentality
by: Obert Madondo Former Conservative Sen. Pamela Wallin. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) If there’s anywhere in the world an appointed public official more arrogant than Sen. Pamela Wallin, please let me know. Wallin, an embattled former Conservative Senator, has repaid the $138,969 she fraudulently claimed from the Senate, plus $13,938.19 in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Sunday Recreation
Think I’ll go out on my bicycle this morning. In the meantime, enjoy these letters on the Senate imbroglio found in yesterday’s Star: Machiavelli wrote: “Those who governed the state of Florence . . . used to say it was necessary to reconstitute the government every five years . .
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Referendum on Senate? Only if it includes all options – including a “reform” one
Michael Bliss, Professor at U of T, argues in the Globe today that the Senate must be abolished, and lays out why it can’t be reformed. I’ll put aside that part of the argument for now; what I’m interested in is how he feels abolishing the Senate would be any
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Here is a blast from the past. A drunken, bloated Conservative…
Here is a blast from the past. A drunken, bloated Conservative senator Mike Duffy acts like a pompous, over-stuffed bag of Conservative shit, trying to defend Conservative overspending of our tax dollars by himself and 26 other recently appointed Conservative senators. NDP MP Peter Stoffer rightfully tears a strip off
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Conservatives vs. Conservatives – Anti-union bill gets gutted in Canadian Senate
When the Federal Tories took “progressive” out of their title after merging with the Reform Party, it was inevitable that the radical right wing ideology of the Reformers would come into conflict with the more pragmatic former Progressive Conservatives. This … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Hope He Has A Restful Summer
Wondering if the rotund Senator from somewhere has made his annual pilgramage to P.E.I. yet. In any event, the Cavendish Cottager (as The Disaffected Lib refers to him) should not travel too far afield, as the RCMP may have some questions for him soon. As reported in The Ottawa Citizen,
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Senator Wallin seriously contradicts Wright-Duffy timeline…
Peter Mansbridge’s interview with Senator Pamela Wallin aired the evening of Thursday, June 13th. [ Transcript ] What about the Conservative caucus? Was that your decision or was it clear to you they wanted you out? It was clear to me that they wanted me out. That was, a phone
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles…
These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles added. What a bunch of crooks and parasites these Conservatives are — all brought to power by cheating, lying and taking advantage of an antiquated, semi-democratic, rigged system. We warned you, but millions didn’t listen. Many still remain oblivious.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Word From The West
We are still in Alberta, having just returned to Edmonton from a trip to Banff and Lake Louise conducted by our son. I suspect that even if we weren’t here, I would have some sympathy for the West’s reaction to the latest utterance from Justin Trudeau. Although I generally don’t
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: ● “People have got to know whether or not their…
● “People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” – disgraced American president Richard Nixon ● “I don’t recall. I don’t recall that.” – disgraced American president Ronald Reagan ● “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof?
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate can be abolished
If history is any guide, some amount of subterfuge and/or bribery will probably be required By: Lee Tunstall | Troy Media Sick of the senators? And by senators I do not mean the ones on skates, although admittedly the other ones are skating on pretty thin ice right now. Given the recent
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Mike Duffy Tried To Influence CRTC Decision on Sun Media
There just seems to be no bottom to this cesspool. Now the Puffster is said to have tried to subvert the CRTC hearing so that the money-losing Sun News gets its wish to be carried on basic cable. You can watch the video here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Larger Problem
In his column this morning, Thomas Walkom suggests that Mike Duffy’s current scandal-plagued problems are representative of much deeper ones in the Senate, namely that our much-cossetted members of that ‘chamber of sober second thought’ are appointed, not because of their expertise (many of them have none), not because of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I Know This Is Probably Getting A Tad Tiresome But
…. people showing such contempt for my intelligence really inflames me: A senior PMO official told Fife that Duffy couldn’t afford to repay the $90,000 and did not want to borrow money from a bank, fearing that his wife would be stuck with the large debt if he died suddenly
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