tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post7982379970182959087..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: If Tory MPs Won't Work, Liberal Candidates Are Glad To Pitch Inbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-53121997164634865642010-01-25T20:31:45.674-05:002010-01-25T20:31:45.674-05:00But, but, but.... ADSCAM!!! Chretien!!! Trudeau!!!...But, but, but.... ADSCAM!!! Chretien!!! Trudeau!!!!<br />Puleeze, is that all you Cons got?thebananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700281732428931533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-20100830575402755162010-01-25T20:13:07.612-05:002010-01-25T20:13:07.612-05:00"I think memories of adscam are still fresh e..."I think memories of adscam are still fresh enough that most voters still have some cynicism about Liberal's taking the moral high ground."<br /><br />Then again that might just be the view from where you are. From my part of Canada, adscam is just a thing of the past and something Conservatives like to whinge about. Though it loses it's weight with each move by Harper & co.Gene Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438068218145410142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-30801651778737253182010-01-25T15:00:56.263-05:002010-01-25T15:00:56.263-05:00Yeah. I saw that. Since Parliament is not sitting ...Yeah. I saw that. Since Parliament is not sitting they cannot even debate this.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-50522162734127370792010-01-25T14:20:29.301-05:002010-01-25T14:20:29.301-05:00Speaking of Harper's torture coverup, the vind...Speaking of Harper's torture coverup, the vindictive cowardly Government of Harper has failed to fund Colvin's legal bills in violation of his rights as a civil servant:<br /><br />http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9014948.htmlHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-1010013222381877572010-01-25T14:14:52.720-05:002010-01-25T14:14:52.720-05:00TofKW:
Harper was wrong to do it. "But Chrét...TofKW:<br /><br /><i>Harper was wrong to do it. "But Chrétien did it" is not an excuse.</i><br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br />And I've read the proposals, and, in theory don't have any objection to that, and suppose it is "something". But, really, I don't think Canadians are all that affected by this prorogue issue, which is more of a political issue than an issue of substance.<br /><br />Where will the Liberals be taking us, on substantive REAL issues would be my question.<br /><br />The difficulty, candidly, being that when their position is relating to broad issues of honesty and accountability, I think memories of adscam are still fresh enough that most voters still have some cynicism about Liberal's taking the moral high ground.Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-75051487235029864212010-01-25T13:50:40.553-05:002010-01-25T13:50:40.553-05:00Bob Rae prorogued the legislature in order to avoi...Bob Rae prorogued the legislature in order to avoid an investgation by a committee? Really?Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-71320417782010193432010-01-25T13:29:52.761-05:002010-01-25T13:29:52.761-05:00I'm already being called a "socialist&quo...<i>I'm already being called a "socialist"</i><br /><br />You are in good company sir. I've been branded a liberal leftard since 2003 now, for refusing to support the CPoC. At this point I wear it as a badge of honour.<br /><br />I do offer you this little kernel of thought for your ex-Reform cohorts. Since we are in for a long period of minority government in this country for the foreseeable future, it is entirely feasible that once Harper looses an election it could be to a Lib-NDP coalition.<br /><br />Imagine Layton with real power corrupting the Libs so they can maintain government. Now imagine them proroguing as Harper has done - to avoid confidence votes - to avoid scrutiny in parliamentary committees.<br /><br />Harper was wrong to do it. "But Chrétien did it" is not an excuse. If this is a concrete proposal from the Grits, and is constitutionally doable, then they just got my respect today ...and quite possibly my vote.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-76567293412466820332010-01-25T12:34:27.258-05:002010-01-25T12:34:27.258-05:00It's a very clever stunt, if so. Well done.It's a very clever stunt, if so. Well done.Chrystal Oceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171002438761303983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-4990708257581496592010-01-25T12:30:57.773-05:002010-01-25T12:30:57.773-05:00Iggys proposals are outlined here:
http://www.the...Iggys proposals are outlined here:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/trumping-ndp-michael-ignatieff-lays-out-tough-new-prorogation-rules/article1443101/<br /><br />Rae took lots of crap for proroguing back in the day. If there had been facebook back then, who knows what might have happened.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-75479914862646827882010-01-25T12:27:16.485-05:002010-01-25T12:27:16.485-05:00BCL.
I'm already being called a "sociali...BCL.<br /><br />I'm already being called a "socialist" and being told that if Ralph Klein was still leader of the Alberta PC's that I would be drummed out of the party.. because, in part, that I don't subscribe to the notion that the prorogue is not Harper's best idea.<br /><br />So.<br /><br />In that context, I still ask:<br /><br />Is there something coming from Michael Ignatieff beyond telling us why the Conservatives are bad?<br /><br />I would find the Liberal response to the prorogue more legitimate if:<br /><br />a) Bob Rae hadn't don't the exact same thing, but for a longer period when he was Premier of Ontario; and<br /><br />b) If it was accomanied by some indication of what THEIR plan is, and what THEY can offer that the Conservatives don't.Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.com