drewski

you're right, i just reread the law. my bad

well then, ok. we should also believe all the convicts who said they didn't do it either. even if they were invited, that doesn't mean that the NDP agreed to let it be recorded. Tory lawyers are going to be awfully busy between Cadman, the in & out and now this

supposedly Fife at CTV is saying the GG WON'T agree to any progrogue request

I hope not. There were plenty of other items in the ES that were intolerable, ie the removal of the right to strike, the removal of the ability for women to fight for their rights and the imaginary asset sales

don't twist my words. I never said I supported corporate donations. I only said if you're going to remove the government subsidy that was put in place to make up for corporate donations being banned and individual limits being lower, then its only fair to allow them again Personally, seeing as its only a drop in the bucket, my preference would be to leave the subsidies and limits as is

not really as it was in reference to his marching orders for Conservatives in Parliament to be less aggressive, and this plan goes totally against that directive

this reeks of nasty partisan politics which goes against Harper new policy of being less aggressive and "playing nice". IF Harper was fair, this would be a temporary move combined with a matching temporary move to raise individual donation limits and allow corporate donations to make up for lost revenues for the parties

http://farnwide.blogspot.com/2008/11/red-flags.html In Question Period today the Conservative's are already using quotes from that interview against Bob and the Liberals. The Tory War Room must be salivating at all the juicy quotes they have and are sure to get regarding rae and the economy

when that boom went bust at the start of this decade, there was a world wide recession, save for a few countries, including Canada. one of the reason's that have been cited for our ability to stay out of that global recession was the fiscal policies that the Liberals had put in place

according to our independent parliamentary budget officer its...and here's a shocker...Harper http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/20/report-budget.html

don't forget the personal chefs to make healthy food

the question is how much are they spending while there? Personally, my family and I will try to but the same quantity of gifts this season, maybe a few less, but we've all agreed the value of those gifts will be a lot less then they have been in the last few years I also remember reading that many stores were starting sales early this year, so the "rush" not be as big as you expect because many are taking advantage of these sales early

going by applause on sunday, I was pleasantly surprised by the length and loudness of the applause Dominic got. I think it showed he's already got more support than many people care to believe, and it will only grow as his name and idea's get out there more. I think we've already started to get a good organization going and some people will be surprised how well he does. and lets remember, Iggy was presumed the winner last time too but his campaign seemed to hit a bit of a roadblock a few weeks before the convention. To quote Chris Berman...Thats why they play the a game http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/484308

LeBlanc brings the experience, been an MPO for years, worked under Chretien, and his dad has held pretty much every office except for PM (MP, senator, Speaker of Senate, GG), without the massive baggage of his Premiership and the fact he's from here in Toronto, and lets not forget his hissy fit this weekend. Hell, Dominic probably knew more about the true workings of Canadian politics and Parliament before he could drive then most of us will ever know.

duties are tiny (2.5% for cars) compared to the profit made from the devalued Yen you're right in that they dont' have unions but you're wrong about no direct costs. in the US they still have pension and health care obligations, which are small right now, retired workers are in the hundreds thats only a relatively recent occurrence, as they've built their market share (with help from previous profits from Japanese build cars) they've built their manufacturing presence, and even then there are still a number of vehicles brought over. All Lexus' except for the RH are made in Japan because they can't build to the

as distasteful as it would be, bailing out the auto sector is a necessary evil. It is too ingrained in the US economy to let it fail, they directly or indirectly employ over 3 million people and represent $150 BILLION in income. What we are going through will be nothing compared to what will happen to our economies if they failed. IMO both the union with it ridiculous wage & benefit demands and managements poor decisions are partially to blame, but this hasnt' exactly been a fair fight either. Japanese cars can be provided at a a lower cost, but why? Well one BIG reason is the Japanese government has kept the Yen artificially low for years which has allowed Toyota, Honda et al to sell their Japanese made product in the US at a low cost while still reaping TONS of profit and essentially restricting sales of American cars out of the market, all the while the US government sat back and said, oh well. Not too mention, they are still l new to American manufacturing sector so they don't have the legacy costs of things like retirement benefits...YET.

good old Jim sell off assets to get a one-time cash infusion to make the books look good temporarily

Looking through the Elections act, I managed to find info regarding 3rd party spending during an election in part 17 but nothing about spending in between elections. Anybody know the legality of this kind of group and its advertising rules up here between elections?

no its not because language is independents of language. you can have black, white, asian or arab francophones

I'd also like to point out that Ontario's definition of motorcycles includes more then just 2 wheeled vehicles so 3 wheeled vehicles like the 3 wheelers like the can-am spyder, trikes, 3-wheeled roadsters and motorcycles with sidecars (which could be fully enclosed like a car)

and how many of those drunk riders had kids on their bikes? just because they rode drunk (which I have NEVER done and don't believe in whatsoever) doesn't mean they will do it with kids I disagree. There typically an emotional responsible to reckless behaviours and that response helps to shape our views & memories. do you remember all the cars that drive normally? I bet you don't. Because we have a certain capacity for memory, we remember things that extraordinary, not the ordinary . So your gonna to remember the reckless driver's/riders far more often then you will the one's that are obeying the law. I feel we need to focus on the types of riders that we are considering, which are different but you seem to be grouping together unfairly. The majority the reckless riders are younger, and in general, don't have kids, or if they do they are EXTREMELY young children. The people who ride with young adults (I'm not going to use kids because that implies riding with any sized child, which I don't agree with necessarily), more often then not, are older and from years of personal observation, not reckless.

a)race isn't involved because quebecois isn't a race, nor are they discriminating against anybody based on race. EVERYBODY coming to Quebec, regardless of origin has to learn French b)they are forcing superiority (not even sure what exactly that means) on anybody. they are merely ensuring that immigrants can speak the only official language in the province. a language that is the 1st, second or 3rd language of 95% of the population

reports in the Globe this morning are saying Rae might not run this time around which would be a big boost for Iggy

I think Martin Niemöller said it best

so we should become what we are trying to eradicate? we're supposed to be civilized. Thats is not how a civilized people work.