madmax

I am not a doctor either but my balls aren't located near my frontal lobe ... That said, I would be willing to watch what you can do with two bricks....

90% of the Unreported Crimes I am aware of are with respect to sexual assault. The women normally seek counselling and help but find the Criminal System far to demeaning with poor results, as often this is a family member or an esteemed member of the community..... So, It still won't create a need for more prison space if there is no reported crime or process towards a criminal conviction.

the Maximum Security Prisons are not close to capacity. They are not overcrowded I believe Kingstons Prisons have also been shown to be more economical then the Projected Private Prisons and thus have been given a reprieve just a few short unpublicized weeks ago. However, the Provincially run Prisons for short term prison sentences have been closed down at an Alarming Rate since the PC Harris Conservatives in the late 90s...now another round of closures to fight the deficit will be occurring with no new facilities..... this requires alot more transport of prisoners, but capacity is still not a problem (or so we are told).

A service can be delivered and paid for by the consumer in Public or Private to create GDP. Hydro, Insurance, HealthCare... anything where public and private models crossover or have exclusive control.

FYI no disagreement... It follows true with what I was highlighting...just more detailed.... but it is the realities we deal with. And yes, I also concur with your assessment of Northern Europe. Only pointing out that it works for them. We are in the middle between the two polars and I believe that is the balance this country requires. Mixed ..

Love the History Lesson... I remember alot of it...

LMAO... taste of your own medicine..you are the strawman king when it comes to Greece...

Corporations also redistribute wealth. Wealth can be take from Canada and redistributed in China. Public Sector Services often perform cheaper, more affordable and effecient then there corporate counterparts. And while the waste is there, and we taxpayers are more critical, corporations have HUGE WASTE, incompetence along with brilliance, just like any other organization. Whenever I see a public service transferred to the private sector, the costs of the service increase, and ironically the wages to the employees decrease. Perhaps you need to break your argument into 3 parts. Government, Corporations, and Small business. Comparing a Corporation to a small business is a huge mistake. Even a small Company run by an owner/operator yet far above the scope and definition of a small business is far and away nothing comparable to Manulife, Cibc, or Shell. Actually in heavily left countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland) the elite is smaller while the middleclass is larger and the poor is smaller. The Highly right and Capitalist countries have an elite and smaller middle class and a larger portion of poor. Pick your poison. I find Canada has done well and the more we move to the Liberal Economic Policy adopted by the Conservative Party, the greater chance we have to be more like those third world countries.

No I don't, which is why I scorn a polarized Debate on the Economy. It could, then the government will pay a price for that decision. Two things normally occur, the Consumer (AKA TAXPAYER in this case) demand the services restored, or the Private sector fills the gap and the costs to the consumer increase. Anyone dealing with a company and a government contract has seen this game many times. As I said, I don't have to agree with their choices. I also agreed (Although less so then Smallc, that deficit spending was required, as I believe its more like pissing in a lake, if you spend your stimulus unwisely) And I don't agree with a number of the Conservative Choices for cuts, but we haven't seen them all. I am even more offended by their omnibus bill. That said, Paul Martin did notorious cuts to public services, he reduced the deficit and it was time those cuts were restored or the benefits of those cuts demonstrated to Canadians and not to billions upon billions of corporate tax cuts. In that discussion is where Martin and Harper share idealogy, and its in this way that the services to the public decline and profits to corporations increase. One must then believe that corporations increase benefits to Canadians in reinvestment and while it was good to see the government get their fiscal house together, the benefits to the corporate tax cuts, trickle down effects, investments and job creation, never occurred. Regardless their is a point where cuts shrink the economy, and I don't know if we are close to that point yet but I also don't think we are to far away from it. I would be nervous.

As you are good for Canings.... I notice you completely ignore corporate criminals. Did you ever think of investigating Saudi Arabia for punishment. Imagine people like those convicted of Corporate Fraud, like the Enron/WorldCom and Maddof characters all doing business missing one hand.

Infact I concur with BlueBlood Point, however, I disagree with his analysis of the Conservative Reasoning for their tough on crime agenda. It has bugger all to do with repeat offenders. This is about building and filling new prisons, expanding the catchment area of "What actions are criminal" and of course the infamous "UNREPORTED CRIME" by stockwell day that is going to justify more prisons. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stockwell-day-cites-alarming-rise-in-unreported-crime-to-justify-new-prisons/article1375836/ sorry, I can only laugh at tke Keystone Cons and their corporate prison agenda.

Corporations must get approval from government (S). Listed above is part of the negotiation process. Its interesting to read those who want a deal, those who think any deal is a good deal, those who want to protect the environment, those who want common sense to apply and those who want Canadians to benefit. Its all part of a good debate. Therefore, I am concerned only if the debate is shut down prematurely. I have read alot of good stuff so far, here, I can only think this same debate should occur within government. No need to sell ourselves short. I also want to see the real figures on where this "270 Billion" comes from and how much of it ends up in Alberta, in BC and in Canada, and over what timeline. I am also not aware that all the previous pipelines others listed have thousands of jobs attached, so why would this one? I enjoyed the discussion on raw bit upgrading vs oil refinery. I didn't understand the difference until now. Regardless I personally would make both mandatory, as A job here is more important then a subsized job in China.

1) WB, you get your oil from Saudi not Alberta.. Alberta is targeted to go to China on your dime.. Never mind lol...

Not NDP turf, but It sounds like betwen 300 and 400 attended an acclaimation. Call it what you want, but that is not normal for an NDP nomination and it appears that others wanting to run against her knew she was going to sweep the floor. Its a Tory riding to lose, all bets are on...

.yup still in the church.

This wouldn't prevent the rapist that I am aware of whom used Knitting Needles on his victims.... nor would it prevent a rape.

IIRCThere isn't a Provincial NDP in Quebec, just like there isn't a PC party in BC, Sask or Quebec.

I think its pretty obvious whats going on... Unfortuneately Smallc is one of the few on here looking through the least partisan eyes. Seems those complaining can't be happy that... A) the deficit is slowly moving back in the right direction the opposition moved the government towards required Stimulus spending (Regardless of the chosen Projects) Regardless, its still early days... and there is a LONG WAY to go towards eliminating the deficit let alone tackling the debt. Its not pretty, but considering some other countries its not anything like a basketcase. I don't give the goverment alot of credit one way or the other, as most of the stronger fundamentals were created by the previous liberal government, so, short of being totally incompetent, staying the course is a sound direction, could it be done better, I think so, could it be done worse, I think so.

Yes they are a "Carbon Tax" only in that they are a fixed tax on a Fossil Fuel measure. Nor am I a believer in the Carbon Tax economic nonsense of reduction in CO2 emmissions. That said, the reason governments want GST and Carbon Tax by % on fuel is that the execise taxes have to keep coming back to government to be raised and that is political suicide (Joe Clark). Thus a % based tax goes up with the price of fuel. Its a tax of fuel, if you believe tax on fuel reduces carbon, then feel free to live in fantasy world. It does increase government revenues and works as a tax more designed to affect those of lesser incomes then greater incomes. Thus a double fantasy for those who ask for lower income taxes for the well off and greater taxes on consumption. However, if this idea had come in the 70s.......or 80s... We would likely have fuel costing more money and driving cars without catalytic converters and with Carborators as well as no movement towards 4 gas analysers...... You want emmissions reduced, you tackle the source. You put in regulations. But freemarket believers think that the invisible hand with a carbon tax will fix all woes. good luck with that.... I would hazard a guess that BCs fuel consumption is unchanged, its emmissions unchanged, and its taxe revnues higher. I recall when BC legislated emmisions testing. That did more for vehicles and industry jobs then any BS tax scheme.

He quotes Anders Behring Breivik thats not Conservative, nor the political values of Canadians of any political party stripe short of but a few fringe Rightwing Radicals. nuff said.

Sounds like the Prohibitionist Argument.... Of course smuggling is the bane of all governments. Smuggling is the freemarket at work based on supply and demand vs the law. Lots of criminals during the prohibition of liquor and beer. Lots of smuggling. Lots of guns. I personally think WB has stated all the social aspects of illegal drugs and guns, but the solution is more difficult. Interesting that you put more concern on drugs then on the guns. Some put the weight on both and others on the guns alone. What I would like to see is the offender (s) involved in that shooting have a lifetime in prison.

I am sitting pretty tight with Army Guy on this one and it appears this is the service of the military where he has a bit more close up insight. What Cyber Coma was alluding to was yourself and Derek highjacking the thread and going round in circles for 242 pages...... And quitel frankly read my mind..... I don't believe there is any issue with regards to you replying to Army Guy... just a polite pointer to not get caught going in circles.... eventually the thread gets whittled town to a two punter pissing contest that everyone stops reading.... take no offense, we all have had that happen.... Just an observation... Also, one may have an opinion on everything, but we can't be experts on everything. (Thats why CyberComa is wrong about Temp Agencies ) Ok, back on track.... How about dem trucks.... Its easy to see how the Department has lost its way. There needs to be a correlation between needs in the field and purchasing, without the undue special interests or influence. However, its been nearly 5 years and the trucks in service continue to rot, and sit idle, actually out of service. Its like a wrecking yard compound.

Interesting Article today about debt.... http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/Europe+caricatures+tell+story/6960113/story.html It would seem there are those looking deeper and questioning the Conservative narrative... -------------- According to the IMF, Canada’s net debt in 2011 was 33.3 per cent. That’s good. It’s better than Germany’s (56.1 per cent). It’s better than that of most other developed countries’. And it’s vastly better than that of France (80.4 per cent) and Italy (99.6 per cent). But it’s worse than Canada’s net debt in 2006 (26.3 per cent), when Stephen Harper took office. It’s also worse than the 2011 net debt of the Netherlands (31.8 per cent). And it’s much worse than the 2011 net debt of Denmark (2.6 per cent). And it’s positively horrible compared to the net debt of Sweden (-21.4 per cent). And Finland — which, as we have seen, has a net debt of -59.9 per cent. How can Sweden and Finland have negative net debt? They have overflowing public pension funds. So their total public assets exceed their total public liabilities. Which is a sweet position to be in. Norway is in an even better position, with a net debt of -168.1 per cent. But that’s because they’re making big money from oil, and, unlike Alberta, they’re saving it. Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Europe+caricatures+tell+story/6960113/story.html#ixzz21MdDx09I

I bet, being as you are in Guelph and its a solid Liberal Riding. And My humble guess is that the Conservatives are going to drop to 3rd or 4th in the next Election in that riding. Down to their base support as they have burned their credibility in that riding.

Yes, I think the courts will hear it and its likely going to be a coin toss from here on in.