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I concur about CBC Television and CBC.ca.

That is an interesting point. However, if truly balanced those views you disagree with should be more conservative than your personal views sometimes and more liberal than your personal views sometimes. CBC very rarely comes across as too conservative on *anything*.

Pretty weak Michael. Just because somebody fairly takes offense to a very in your face and graphic public health announcement doesn't necessarily mean they are opposed to the idea of PHAs...

Point made, I guess. But that still doesn't really justify what those people are doing to the guy, does it?

Hmmm, I can't see her having very broad-based appeal. She could do well with the Starbucks Toronto-Vancouver-Montreal voters who vote Liberal and/or NDP now. But remember the Conservatives won this election by framing it as the Tim Horton's crowd versus the Starbuck's crowd. How would she appeal to any Canadians outside that narrow demographic?

Shakey, That appears to be a very big *IF* at the moment. Who among the sorry lot that isn't running away from the job would you consider to be *half-decent*?????? Belinda, Brison, Ignatieff, Rae. btw, let's dispel this slimmest of minorities crap too. *Your boy* Trudeau got two more seats than Stanfield in 1972. So how exactly is Harper getting 21 more seats than Martin the *slimmest* of minorities? PS: I will not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada and if drafted I will decline the *honour*.

Emerson feels people have been harassing him because people have been ringing his doorbell and protesting outside his house. It is a little too much, (Not as a defence of what he did.) But at what point is the guy allowed to have a private life?

Thanks for that tml. See I think the point that was being missed was while it could *theoretically* have happened the way L&OOC was saying, it never would in reality. I don't quite think he was getting that point. You are right, this government lasts at least 12 months, which would be just before the Liberal leadership - most likely in March. I never understood how the Liberals could command a majority in the house.

Wow, the state of this thread is similar to the state of the Liberal leadership race. A complete and utter joke!

What story didn't the CBC *get*?

Wow, a similar circumstance to something that *might* happen now took place 80 years ago. What I was saying all along, you agreed to in your last post. The government will not fall quickly because the Liberals aren't ready for it to happen. Regardless of your intimate knowledge of your *leading constitutional expert* buddy - it ain't gonna happen. Good attack on telling me to go read a book. Clearly obvious I have never read a book. Regardless of historical precedent, the quickest way to get rid of the GG in 2006 would be to have her step in and play the role GG Byng did 80 years ago. Yet another reason it won't happen. Michaell Jean's desire to save her job. P.S. Just who could command a majority in the house in the event the Conservatives fell?

They do, but Geoffrey is right about the CPC not being affected in a *major way* by banning of union and corporate donations. The CPC garners far more of its funds by smaller donations from citizens than do the Liberals or NDP.

Poor, poor Buzz. The NDP actually pulled his membership. Who will take him now? The Marxist-Leninists? Buzz has NDP membership pulled story. While Buzz write an apology letter?

Far from it. The anger in Vancouver Kingsway was well-founded to start. Now it is just being dragged on and on because the Liberals and NDP are trying to score political points. Very interesting how the *citizen* rally against Emerson yesterday was organized by the NDP. Good grassroots uprising.

The quote really isn't that surprising. He said as soon as he crossed that he felt he could best serve his constituents as a cabinet minister. Of course he wouldn't have crossed if the Liberals won. That would have meant *giving up* his cabinet seat.

Why is it worth repeating? Because the slander ended up being *only* proven to be $3.8 million in money pilfered by the Liberals? You have nothing but one story because you are too lazy to look anything else up. Yet again symbolic of the laziness from the Martinites that cost them a majority, then government. Keep up the good work.

Totally agreed, but if you look at the elections of 1997, 2000 and 2004 that is basically what they came down to. As much as people claim to be turned off by it, that is what wins elections in Canada. There is no incentive to change because if a party wants to take the high road they will win the moral victory but lose the bigger prize. Is it really worth it?

Your *precedent* has never happened in Canada. Sit and mentally masturbate with your *leading constitutional lawyer* buddy all you want. This would never happen in Canada. Why would Harper fall in the next few months? I appreciate your use of the term IF, but it ain't gonna happen. Why does it look like an attack? Hmmm, because no minority government in Canada has fallen in a couple months. Thus if the CPC did it would be a f*ckup of historical proporations. No can't see why your hypothesizing about a monumental screwup on the part of the Conservatives would be seen as an attack on the Conservatives.

Yank is just a mouthpiece who doesn't support any of what he is saying. According to this story wages in January 2006 were up 3.4% over January 2005 while inflation was only 2.2%. Hmmm, that would be growth in wages not stagnation. The USA claims the same thing. And it's phoney. Look at soaring housing prices, soaring commodities prices (particularly energy), and stagnant wages, and explain to me how real inflation isn't occurring? Your eyes aren't lying to you, my friend. Are saying that Statistics Canada is lying?Also, the kind of inflation you describe "soaring house prices" is inconsistent with "stagnant wages".

Don't believe the first one yank. Got any proof for that? The last Conservative government significantly slowed the growth of government spending from the previous Liberal government. They were the first government in 15 years to run an operating surplus. The last Conservative government significantly cut the size of our public service. Don't confuse the CPC with U.S. Conservatives. Kinda sad when facts get in the way of your rhetoric. Yet another example why the Libertarian party can't get any traction. pesky pesky facts...

Terms like *big government* are very tough to define, thus easy to throw out without having to defend them. Do conservatives face smaller government than liberals? Absolutely. Both in Canada and the U.S. How small is small enough for the likes of YankAbroad? They never define it so they can rail against the government no matter what it does.

Like I said, incoherent, illogical ranting. Look throughout the CBC thread. I *never* defend the CBC. But thanks for coming out....

Wow, you really gotta put some thought into your posts. The CBC is far from a government mouthpiece, depending on the government. Look at the 1984-1993 period. Nobody would claim the CBC acted as a mouthpiece for the PC government of the day. The CBC hates Conservative gobernments, and always will. On the week Harper is sworn in as the first Cosnervative PM in over 12 years it prominently runs a *new* story airing old Karlheinz Schreiber accusations with no new evidence to support them.

Take a look at YankAbroad's postings, because he is the most outspoken *Libertarian* on this board. Incoherent, disorganized and illogical. A well-thought out Libertarian platform is possible, simply haven't seen it.

I take it your silence means a tacit acknowledgement that your nine months to a year claim was pretty weak AND you are backing down from it? Culture wars? Don't really exist in Canada. Harper promised a free vote in Parliament on SSM and he will deliver. Abortion, probly won't even come up. Look for the accountability act, day care plan and GST to all be introduced in the spring sitting of parliament. Emerson will deal with the softwood lumber file.