I'm more curious to see what it says Americans should vote for.Wow, that thing has been up for 2 or 3 days and its gotten 570k runs. Impressive.
How about the F35 Lobbyist that is now a Conservative candidate? I couldn't believe it when I heard that.
Believe me, I've been harping about C-32 for a while now. Geist knows it, too (I talk to the guy, and with others) on a regular basis. The problem is that DRM trumps consumer (oh, I HATE that word, I prefer "citizen") rights... and the Conservatives know it, but refuse to budge on this point.
While Cons are known to pander to the "ethnic vote", it would serve them well if the "ethnics" would realize that C-32, in its current form criminalizes the circumvention of ANY digital locks. This includes region coding for DVDs. In other words, watch a DVD from Europe, Asia or Oceania = automatically become a criminal.
Some will say that this is nothing, or "everybody does it, like jaywalking"... but I have serious concerns against broad laws which have the potential to criminalize a large portion of the population - it's like giving any government/authority a "carte blanche" to fine, jail or harass you at will. Could this be used as an excuse to deal with inconvenient people? History says yes... all hyperbole aside, remember that Al Capone was not tried for racketeering - instead, they got him on a tax evasion charge.
Will many people be affected directly and drastically by C-32 in its current form? Common sense says no, but... why should we live under that idiotic threat?
And, on the other hand, does it serve the country to create laws that nobody in their right mind would respect? What does this say about the democratic process? What does it say about the legal system? I've seen this happen in Eastern Europe, it's destructive for the society in the long run.
I think that may be because your instincts are telling you something's amiss with reporting on that item. Are you referring to the Toronto Star article Tory candidate lobbied for firm selling F-35 jets? You likely didn't notice that buried in the story, in the 12th or 13th paragraph is the sentence, "There is no record of Sturgeon having met with any government officials, but there are shiny new pictures on his Facebook page of the candidate sharing an intimate moment with Harper in the Prime Minister’s Office."
It's been rightly denounced as slimy reporting by others in the media.
What are the NDP and Liberals pitching as alternatives to C-32? As I recall, they're on board with it. Oddly the Bloc has a wonderfully progressive stance on the issue but I still wouldn't vote for them.
The Liberals invented pandering to the ethnic vote in this country - the worst of that manifested in their looking the other way and allowing the Tamil Tigers to operate in this country until the Conservatives came into power and declared them a terrorist organization. They continued to collect money for their operations in this country as long as they did because of some people in the Tamil community could nearly guarantee a riding or two here in the Greater Toronto Area. That is a fact.
Offhand, "ethnics" are as capable of understanding discussions of bills and technology as well as "non-ethnics", so I don't think they need anything explained to them.
I am going by this one
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...r-us-fighter-jet-manufacturer/article1959650/
I would like to hear more clarifications on this.
A candidate running for the Conservative Party was also a lobbyist for Lockeed Martin, the manufacturer of the F-35 fighter jet that has been a source of controversy on Parliament Hill.
Raymond Sturgeon, who is trying to unseat NDP MP Carol Hughes in the northern Ontario riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, is a senior partner at the Ottawa-based lobbying firm CFN Consultants. It specializes in defence and security and Lockheed Martin is one of several clients that sells aircraft and equipment to government departments.
Sturgeon, who had a long career in the Canadian military and at the Department of National Defence before becoming a lobbyist, now has an "inactive" registration with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada on the Lockheed Martin file.
The registry shows he was an active lobbyist for Lockheed Martin until December 15, 2010. There are no records indicating he met with any government officials on behalf of his client. Shortly after his registration as a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin ended, Sturgeon was selected as the Conservative candidate in January.
Third opinion: CBC - Tory candidate lobbied for F-35 jet firm, with the subtitle "No indication northern Ont. candidate met with government officials".
Registered as a lobbyist, never met with a government official, went inactive, is now a candidate. Doesn't sell as many papers as selective omissions or burying the facts would, but that's our media nowadays.
Third opinion: CBC - Tory candidate lobbied for F-35 jet firm, with the subtitle "No indication northern Ont. candidate met with government officials".
Registered as a lobbyist, never met with a government official, went inactive, is now a candidate. Doesn't sell as many papers as selective omissions or burying the facts would, but that's our media nowadays.
Like I said, I would like to hear more. There would only be a record if the meeting happened in parliamentary office or the government person actually reported it. I am not saying it happened, I just would like to see more clarification.
Sonofabitch, it's too bad Ignatief sucks so much.
So close to me! get out of my head!
http://www.imagebam.com/image/51e968125702963
Like I didn't know. Smack where I belong!
Third opinion: CBC - Tory candidate lobbied for F-35 jet firm, with the subtitle "No indication northern Ont. candidate met with government officials".
Registered as a lobbyist, never met with a government official, went inactive, is now a candidate. Doesn't sell as many papers as selective omissions or burying the facts would, but that's our media nowadays.
The US Accountability Officials released a report on the F-35, the cost is a lot higher. Conservatives are saying 75million a pop, the report is saying $115million (AFAIK our budget overseers got a similar amount).
We need a new jet, of that there is no debate, the price however is iffy.
Time again to vote based on which turd stinks less. I don't even have a Green, Pirate or Communist candidate in my area to vote for out of spite.
Time again to vote based on which turd stinks less. I don't even have a Green, Pirate or Communist candidate in my area to vote for out of spite.
Eurofighter?
Time again to vote based on which turd stinks less. I don't even have a Green, Pirate or Communist candidate in my area to vote for out of spite.