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Interesting that Telus and BCC haven't been paying any taxes since ??? Also interesting is that staunch Tory/Harper supporters are now refusing to ever vote for him again because he has hit them where it hurts the most, in their wallets. With ITF, personal income taxes and the GST is not making a difference to the bottom line. Tis so sweet to hear them trash ole Steve when just a year ago I couldn't say a word about politics or Harper without getting my head bite off. The voters understand lies. What they can't forgive is the thievery of their hard earned $$$ by Steve and Jimmie.

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Just as solar energy users have a back-up system cause the sun does not shine 24-7, so too back-up systems are used for wind energy. Using a combination is what the goal should be which would help enormously in greening electricity and heating of homes and businesses. The latest energy efficient hotel that was built in Red Deer, Alberta operated totally with solar energy but still has a back-up system. http://www.tiny.cc/JuIdy

Anyone ever tell Steve that yellow snow is not good?

You gotta love CBC trying again to bury Harper and make him look bad. -snipped- Thanks ignatieff. Maybe Harper shoudl have left that alone and just maybe, everyone would be talking about Quebec as a nation instead of the environment. Every news and media service is carrying this story of Steve's brilliance in "educating" the unwashed regarding the "Who." LOL Harper's brilliance has nothing to do with Ignatieff. :)

Too bad that Steve choose to cancel Paul Martin's Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund which provided $4 billion for sewage treatment along with other infrastructure. What is Stevie doing with all those extra funds?????? He gave Dubya $1 billion and spent many more billions on the military. Where is the rest?

I think Stocky boy is under orders to find anything, just anything on Liberals and what better way than to have an inquiry or an audit, no matter what the cost or how ridiculous the idea. He's gonna come up with more Hot Air. Maybe Steve can implement it into his Act.

Support for kyoto is huge... Link It's just Steve who thinks he knows best and has given us his version of Clean (HOT) Air Act.

Separatists in Alberta number in the hundreds. They are a dying breed whose time has come and gone. Even the Tory party in Alberta is on the decline and it will not be replaced by the likes of an Alberta Alliance. This fact was proven in the election for Premier when some 50,000 plus plunked down $5 to make sure that Morton did not win. These weren't Tories either. I suspect the Liberal vote in Alberta in the next federal election to go up significantly. Cons didn't do so well in BC either last election and that decline should be greater in the next. I suspect that Cons in Saskatchewan and Manitoba will decline as well. Especially since Steve and Chuckie are trying to sc**w the farmers over on their grain marketing. T'will be sweet.

Another loss for Steve and his southern buddies. Court nixes U.S. lumber group bid Steve you didn't have to bend over for Dubya and then give him $1 billion for the privilege of getting scr**ed. Quote: WASHINGTON — The U.S. lumber industry has lost its bid to have NAFTA's dispute settlement system declared unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday dismissed the case against a vital part of the North American free-trade agreement on what U.S. lumber companies described as a technicality. Canada has won a string of NAFTA rulings in a dispute over Canadian lumber.

More Steve mo.......... paying more, getting scr**ed over by the big guy. Time to go vontage.

No way would Chretien have sent troops to Iraq, ever. He only sent troops to Afghanistan as part of the reconstruction and since Steve has been voted in our troops are at war. Steve just spent $217 million to send our tanks to Afghanistan. Do you know how many rusting Russian tanks dot the countryside over there? Harper did plenty of brainwashing while in opposition. His buddy Zac, the RCMP commish helped with the announcement of an inquiry into Ralph Goodale during the last stages of the federal election, even thought there was no evidence to go on. And when the s**t hit the fan, Steve tried to cover Zac's butt but the can of worms popped it's lid. We'd be really smart to stay away from American style politics. After Katerina hit New Orleans, the diaster bill that passed in the US had attached to it numerous goodies like a bridge in someone's riding, a road here. a road there in order to get the votes to pass the bill. Most pathetic way to do politics. And why on earth would we regulate ourselves to go to the polls every two years? Really, for what? As for the senate, if the provinces wants to elect senators-in-waiting then appoint them but many provinces do not want this. I sure don't want the likes of Morton in the Senate. The election for premier of Alberta was a big farce. Anyone and their dog could plunk down $5 on the day of voting and vote. This meant that the best person for the job didn't get in. Oh well.... Tories in Alberta are on their way out. The way the Liberals elected their leader was the way to go. Each member voted for their choice based upon information that was available when they voted, most of that info gleaned from the media, but when the delegates got to the convention, they got to meet the candidates and to vote for the best person for the job. There isn't a better system in the world than what Canada has. Except that losers always want to change the odds. I suggest they campaign smarter.

Seems the Clean Air Act is just a Hot Air Act that Layton has offered to tweak so it is more acceptable or in line with Kyoto... and Steve accepted his offer. (committee to change Hot Air Act to Kyoto in new year) Even Rona Ambrose is going for the extreme make-over, ( and that's not her hair) by flip flopping all over the place. Air act to be nipped, tucked, Ambrose doesn't say no to buying emissions credits quote: The Minister had another surprise for us yesterday. During her testimony, she talked about how the government isn't necessarily opposed to buying international emissions credits with taxpayers' money. When she was asked by a reporter if she'd be willing to use public money on international projects if they produced verifiable results, she replied in the affirmative. So much for the "made-in-Canada" plan and the election platform criticism of the Liberals for signing "ambitious international treaties" and sending "money to foreign governments for hot air credits." Ambrose was also far more animated about Canada's future participation in the Kyoto process, post-2012. While she made it clear there needs to be broader participation -- current signatories account for just 30% of global emissions -- we are now, it seems, much more enthusiastic about taking our place in a coalition of the willing.

How the bank rates are set. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/faq/faq_bank_monetary.html

Government can and does interfere with bank rates. Governments will also force the loonie up or down. Your chart is mortgage interest rates. What about business rates and personal loans?

You cannot keep on ignoring Dion's Project Green program that was implemented and was starting to work towards attaining the goals set by Kyoto. Harper canceled all Project Green programs and announced that the Liberals did nothing for the economy. A total liar that Steve. You obviously do not understand women and what has been happening to them and why many need assistance from the Status of Women. That's okay, they won't vote for Steve anymore. It takes more that to have more fight.

You are mistaken. It was Mulroney who lost Lucien Bouchard who started the Bloc because of Mulroney's failed tinkering with the constitution. Mulroney left office as the most unpopular prime minister because of the GST and Meech Lake and Charlottown Accord. He also left Canada on the verge of bankruptcy with a deficit of $40 billion that Canadians had to suck up to pay and eliminate. During the years 1985-1990 - the heart of Mulroney's rule - were the period in which taxes were increased most dramatically in recent Canadian history. Mulroney also tried eliminating inflation through high interest rates, he let John Crow hike up interest rates which led directly to the severe unemployment - which was a fundamental policy of his government, and which exaggerated the effects of the disastrous recession of the early 90's. Mulroney claims that the Free Trade agreement ushered in a new age of free trade for Canada, and helped it adapt to the new economy. In fact, if we look back at the claims Mulroney made for Free Trade, we find that it has made little difference to Canada. The first claim was that it would create jobs. This has obviously not been the case - Canada's unemployment rate rose rapidly after the FTA was implemented, and has stayed that way for many years. Whether or not the FTA was responsible for this is a matter of debate - what is certain is that it did not have any positive effect on employment. The other claim was that it would protect Canada from arbitrary trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. in areas such as softwood lumber and grain. In this, it has been a complete failure. Whenever the Free Trade panel has ruled against U.S. measures, the U.S. has simply ignored it. The U.S. has continued to unjustly pressure Canada about exports, forcing us to make export-restricting deals in softwood, grain and various other commodities as if the FTA had never happened. As for NAFTA, Mulroney's other free trade deal, the stupidity of making a free trade deal between a first world and a third world country became apparent in Mexico's peso crisis, from which it is still barely recovering, and which threatened to drag down the other partners in the deal with it. So, it is unlikely that the FTA will be seen as any kind of substantial accomplishment by history. Thanks to Mulroney and Harper, our softwood lumber industry has been royally scr**ed over and Bush has a billion of our $$$$ even though all court decisions said Canada was right and the US was wrong, and now Steve and Chuckie are in the process of dismantling the farmers Wheat Board for the glory of George W. In fact China is rapidly replacing Canada as the USA's biggest trading partner and that is without a FTA or NAFTA. In fact Mulroney was an sneeringly arrogant presence in the PMO that has not been seen before or since. I heard that He once got drunk, hopped on his plane and ended up at the White House. Bush Sr covered for him and got him back home before the public found out.

Seems like there are dynamics under the surface that will determine the outcome of the next election. 1. Zac is no longer the Top Cop to pull a dummy investigation against Ralph Goodale, of all people, towards the end of an election campaign. 2. People who ran under the Green banner are asking Dion to run as Liberals. 3. Layton has lost his bloom and his support. 4. Harper does not have a plan for the environment whereas Dion is primed to go with what Steve canceled, plus much more. 5. Steve has pi**ed off the women's vote with his systematically destruction of the Status of Women by cutting their funding and eliminating all reference of "equality" on the government web site as pertaining to women. 6. Dion has more heart.

The CWB is not a crown corporation but is a farmer's organizations that is controlled by farmers. So why does Steve and Chuckie think they can destroy the selling desk of the western canadian grain farmer where the farmer gets the benefits and not the big companies?

Carolynn Parish will be pleased to know that she has been elevated to a position of world leader.

Canada's Liberal governments have been working with China on improving Human Rights before Steve Harper ever thought of playing politics with this important issue. For example in 1999, Senator Lois Wilson led a seven member ecumenical delegation to China, meeting with partners and officials to discuss issues related to religious freedom. The Chinese reciprocated by sending a delegation to Canada led by the Director General of the State Administration for Religious Affairs in February 2003. During their visits to China throughout the years, Canada has always raised questions about human rights and good governance with Chinese authorities. For many years Canada has been working with China on initiatives which include the training of judges, criminal law reform, women’s rights, legal aid, and the development of civil society. In 2005 the Joint Committee on Human Rights which provides a forum for examining human rights problems in detail and for working on the development of good governance, the rule of law, and an active civil society in China met for the ninth time in Ottawa. This committee, for the first time did not meet in 2006. Wonder why? Chretien also said he was the first western leader to speak publicly in China about human rights, and noted that he brought former president Jiang Zemin before the media to face questions during a visit to Canada. Chretien spoke about human rights at every meeting with Chinese leaders and never had to wait outside the bathroom to meet with Chinese leaders. Harper just proved that he is a bumbling amateur on the International Stage and should stay home and quit embarrassing Canada.

You are missing the point. The specific details (average citizens do not even know what they are anyway!) of the two deals are irrelevant. They are both symbolic of the federal government's long reach into regional affairs. We have to have national standards in certain areas or else parts of the country will slip into third world conditions. The federal government has the constitution for all of Canada and therefore they get to dictate what wording will be used to bamboozle people into voting to separate. The NEP was totally different and was about boosting Canadian ownership in the oil industry, to make the country a self-sufficient oil producer and to increase the federal share of energy revenue. Now we have Harper wanting to restrict China owning Canadian companies, mostly oil companies. Isn't that interfering in regional affairs?

Gomery is a Liberal and I think he should have held Chretien in contempt of court. Chretien's arrogance to Justice Gomery was horrifying. Gomery's comment to the press were horrifying. And Gomery being a Liberal didn't stop him from pointing fingers at those who were really guilty. None of which included any Liberal MPs, present or former.

So we can't talk about Steve's cronyism cause Dion hired a Liberal on his transition team. What should he have done? Hired someone who knows nothing about politics? Or maybe a conservative. Ya. Except that Harper hired Derek Burney, a former Mulroney chief of staff and a former ambassador to Washington, Camille Guilbault, former deputy chief of staff to Mulroney, Elizabeth Roscoe, a former chief of staff to senior Mulroney ministers, Maurice Archdeacon, a veteran public servant with expertise in security issues, and Ray Speaker, a founding member of the Reform party and a former Alberta cabinet minister. But then these were Mulroney cronies. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

That's a food for thought. He is the "little guy..." and little guys are allowed to be corrupt? And they can relate because little guys will do the same if they have the opportunity that he had? Now that's a hasty generalization that little guys would not like. A weak argument too. Ralph Klein of Alberta is also a "little guy" that people liked and related to. He was one of us just as Chretien was one of us. But according to your argument we have: A. Jean Chretien is a little guy B. Ralph Klein is a little guy C. Little guys are corrupt D. Therefore Chretien and Klein are corrupt Except that Justice Gomery did not find anything to indict Chretien on even after Chretien showed Gomery his balls.