Sigh... more years of Canadian Bush. Hopefully he will use his mandate to abolish the monarchy and not concentrate on imperialistic Arctic ambitions.
Happy to see the Conservative majority. Even happier to see the Bloc pounded. I'll be home in Montreal for the first time in years to see a daughter graduate, and the Bloc swept away as a force will make my visit extra happy.
Michael
Harper's speech was gracious and inclusive, He remains a Canadian and my Prime Minister so I have a faint hope for the best.
Of course I'm disappointed at him cutting "now witness the power of this fully operational battle station!" out of his speech.
It's a little too late, but is there something I can read up on to find out what the actual platforms of the parties are?
I like to read the comment sections in the Globe & Mail, CBC and National Post web sites. Invariably, the vast majority of comments are vicious attack on the CPC. Obviously those people are not a good representation of what Canadians really think out there. I find it much more balanced here in P&N.
!?!?!?!?!?I still can't believe Dan McTeague lost...wtf people, I thought we are supposed to vote for the best candidate not the party?
The governor general holds the power to appoint senators, although, in modern practice, he or she makes appointments only on the advice of the prime minister. Senators originally held their seats for life; however, under the British North America Act, 1965 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1965), members, save for those appointed prior to the change, may not sit in the Senate after reaching the age of 75. Prime ministers normally choose members of their own parties to be senators, though they sometimes nominate independents or members of opposing parties. In practice, a large number of the members of the Senate are ex-Cabinet ministers, ex-provincial premiers, and other eminent people.
I am really pissed off at the result in my riding...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/places/ontario-ridings/election-fed2011/r35072/
wtf.
I am really pissed off at the result in my riding...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/places/ontario-ridings/election-fed2011/r35072/
wtf.
!?!?!?!?!?
Are you sure you understand how Canada works?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_senate#Senators
Read that twice over. If you have no brain of your own and you suck the prime minister's penis on every single issue, you will be appointed to the senate where you have the best job in the entire world and you have that job for the rest of your life (or until age 75). Independent thinking is strongly discouraged. Whoever you vote for will blindly follow the party no matter what because being a senator is the ultimate job anyone could have.
Didn't you guys help vote Ford in?
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aw, come on.Yes, I am mad the idiots voted for the party as opposed to the better candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_McTeague
MPs become senators. You become a senator by following the leader and never questioning them. The party even has a dedicated person to make sure everyone votes the "correct" way.MP<> Senators. I don't know what part of that you missed. Senate reform is one thing I would like to see happening but what has that got to do with this election?
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are party 'enforcers', who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy. A whip's role is also to ensure that the elected representatives of their party are in attendance when important votes are taken. The usage comes from the hunting term whipping in, i.e. preventing hounds from wandering away from the pack.
MPs become senators. You become a senator by following the leader and never questioning them. The party even has a dedicated person to make sure everyone votes the "correct" way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_whip
The Canada-specific article is here, but it's probably not worth reading since it's basically the same in every country. You either vote with us or you're out of the party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Whip_%28Canada%29
I still can't believe Dan McTeague lost...wtf people, I thought we are supposed to vote for the best candidate not the party?
The McTeague comments - along with his positions at the C-32 committee - raise important questions about how the Liberal Opposition Critic for Consumer and Consular Affairs has emerged as the most anti-consumer MP on the committee from any party (a point noted in a follow-up letter to the editor). Even more troubling is evidence to suggest that McTeague's comments are being actively fed by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, with McTeague using his platform on the committee to effectively become an unofficial spokesperson.
On the substance of McTeague's response, it is worth emphasizing that the Canadian lawsuit against isoHunt is a stand alone suit that relies exclusively on current Canadian law to argue for damages and a judicially ordered shutdown of the site. While isoHunt may have filed the first suit, the response from the industry has been unequivocal in all court documents as it firmly argues that the site is not compliant with current Canadian law.
Rather than focusing on the timing of the suits, one would think that McTeague would be more interested in the substance. Yet the C-32 hearings to date suggest that he is not particularly interested in responses that veer from the CRIA script.
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Were this nothing more than an MP getting the law wrong, it would not be particularly noteworthy. More important is that McTeague's recent comments appear to be coming directly from CRIA. The Toronto Star letter to the editor includes quotes from two old posts on my blog (here and here). The visitor log for my site reveals that only one party accessed both posts in the period between February 14th (when the column first appeared) and February 21st (when the letter to the editor appeared). That party was CRIA, suggesting that the McTeague letter may largely be a cut and paste of materials supplied by CRIA lobbyists.
This is hardly the first time the link between McTeague and CRIA has been made. In 2006, he wrote an op-ed in the Hill Times that observers noted could have been written by CRIA as it hauled out every claim in the book - no matter how disputed - to make the case that "our businesses, the police, and prosecutors are left saddled with an ineffectual legal regime that is the object of world condemnation."
Unfortunately the best hope, Bob Rae, will not be elected leader although he is the most level headed and capable person.
Dan McTeague losing is great news!
Liberal MP Dan McTeague Emerges As Unofficial CRIA Spokesperson
So long, Danny boy! Hope the CRIA still likes you enough to offer you a job even though you're now useless to them!
I think in the severe rebuilding phase the Liberals are about to embark upon he has a very good shot.
I didn't say I agree with him 100%, there are things that I don't agree with him on. But overall, he was the best candidate at hand. Look at his overall record, not just that particular issue.
He did opposed the previous incarnation of copyright reform calling it too restrictive.
oh well, I should get over it.
Yes, I am mad the idiots voted for the party as opposed to the better candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_McTeague
I don't have a problem with PC, I have a big issue with Reform. And Manning said out right it was a Reform Party Government.
Having said that, I have no control over other ridings, but I am pissed at the people in my riding that voted for NDP and knocked a good MP from parliament. He fought UBB for crying out loud.
To sum up the Liberal campaign message:
"We're the Liberals damnit!...what the hell is wrong with you people?"
Somehow it was a message that failed to connect with voters.
I think your position and disappointment about McTeague are totally warranted if you feel he's been a good MP to your riding and served your interests. As someone outside his riding, the range of issues I care about that he affected were a lot smaller - so from my perspective it's great that he got the boot. I think it's reasonable for both of our sentiments to coexist.