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So you are prepaired to show where a peice of that legislation was reversed to a prior wording, or taking a right away? What was done in it was an amendment, someone with such reading comprehension should be able to figure this out.
google the definition of amendment... sorry, no help for you this time. Try it - google is your friend. -
I fail to see how that i a role back of safety requlation which is what dobbin was talking about. This is amending unionization rules, not sure how that effectsworker safety.Where is the proof that tories wan to reverse the safety and labour laws.
you're welcome... again
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This Bill 26
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/bills/2009/pdf/bill-026.pdf
I doubt you will find anything on labour laws in a wildlife act.
lil' help for the Alta dude...
- restricting new employees of a construction company from participating in a union organizing drive for the first 30 days of employment— huh! freedom of association... what freedom of association? Nice!
- a 90-day reconsideration window by employees following a certification... hmmm... cause you want to ensure employers are given an opportunity to turn a certification around. Nice!
so... ya, I'd say those are a couple of examples of Stelmach wanting to mess with labor laws. You're welcome.
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notwithstanding Alta4ever's misunderstandings & "bigot" labeling... or Argus' overwhelming need for a left/right polarization...
a refreshing National Post smackdown!
Mr. Minister - we're not asking about your religion
McIlroy asked Goodyear whether he believes in evolution and he spluttered, “I don’t think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.” Well and good, Minister, but you weren’t asked about your religion. His panicked answer left listeners with the strong impression that Goodyear must, in fact, hew to some metaphysical belief system that is inherently inconsistent with Darwinian evolution. Late today he tried to clarify matters, giving a garbled explanation that he does indeed believe in some form of “evolution” (though his reference to “running shoes or high heels” leaves confusion over whether he is talking about the biological kind at all). In trying to justify himself, he essentially confirmed that McIlroy’s original inquiry was a fair one. -
Actaully waldorf if you will read that artical and listen to the charles adler program on it, you will find that the professor does not have right leanings, but whatever waldorf. keep schreeching and ranting putz.
oh, I see... when you're asked for an example in regards your statement
and you give that example... which is now proved as a bogus example... you didn't mean to imply the example related to the "right part(y) line" you referenced. Thanks for clarifying, further.Go and apply for job at any research university and if you tow the right part line or share their beleifs good luck getting a job.
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Alta4ever, your attempt to pronounce that branches of science take on political leanings... has failed:
Do you actually think evolutionary biology has a political alignment? Tell me, what political alignment does General Relativity have? How about quantum mechanics? What side of the House would geology sit on? Who would more likely be elected in Calgary West, marine biology or particle physics?Go and apply for job at any research university and if you tow the right part line or share their beleifs good luck getting a job.Can you give me an example?
A professor at the university of Ottawa is in the process of being fired because of his views on afganistan. This is a tenured professor, he teaches engineering, and is being removed due to a political veiw point.
I think his name was rancour or something like that.so, Alta4ever, beaks off about a supposed firing of a tenured 'engineering' professor for expressed political views on Afghanistan (presumed to be right leaning political views, per Alta4ever's squawk talk)... where in actuality the physics professors firing has no political attachment; rather, it's a firing based on the principles/practices of teaching at the University of Ottawa.
The Two Languages of Academic Freedom
Dismissing critical pedagogy: Denis Rancourt vs. University of Ottawa
Rancourt, a physics professor in his 22nd year at the school, had been at loggerheads with the previous administration since 2005 when he began applying a form of critical pedagogy not traditionally practiced in North American institutions.Critical pedagogy, for Rancourt, is all about democratizing the classroom. Students are given input over the curriculum, they are encouraged to take classroom discussion wherever it may lead, and there are no grades. Rancourt's preference is a pass/fail system, but when the university refused to allow this he announced on the first day of classes in 2007 that all students would be receiving an A+. -
newsflash! flip-flopping Science Minister Goodblimp now offers... as fact... we are evolving!!!
uhhh... apparently, Goodblimp's understanding of evolution has nothing to do with natural selection acting on individual genetic variations... towards the development of new species. Rather, Goodblimp's evolution is all about changing from Nikes to Jimmy Choos depending on surface particulars. He is a chiropractor... after all!
what's worse - a creationist Minister Goodblimp refusing to acknowledge his belief by falsely/mistakenly associating evolution to religion... or an imbecilic creationist Minister Goodblimp refusing to acknowledge his belief by falsely/mistakenly associating evolution to religion while not even understanding what evolution actually is?
waldorf, you should read the forum rules. We've been warned more than once by the mods that we are to use the proper names when referring to third parties.
yes, Ms. HallMonitor… thanks for contributing – nothing to the actual discussion, vis-à-vis evolution vs. religion and the stupidity/quackery of Steven Harper’s Minister of Faith Based Science…
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Read the so-called retraction. He said, "
We are evolving every year, every decade. that's a fact, whether it is to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement vs. anything else, whether it's running shoes or high heel;s, of course we are evolving to our environment. But that's irrelevant"...
Damn straight that's irrelevant.
Someone care to show me where he's acknowledging the theory of evolution?
I see a creationist 'evolving' into his tap-dancing shoes.
newsflash! flip-flopping Science Minister Goodblimp now offers... as fact... we are evolving!!!
uhhh... apparently, Goodblimp's understanding of evolution has nothing to do with natural selection acting on individual genetic variations... towards the development of new species. Rather, Goodblimp's evolution is all about changing from Nikes to Jimmy Choos depending on surface particulars. He is a chiropractor... after all!
what's worse - a creationist Minister Goodblimp refusing to acknowledge his belief by falsely/mistakenly associating evolution to religion... or an imbecilic creationist Minister Goodblimp refusing to acknowledge his belief by falsely/mistakenly associating evolution to religion while not even understanding what evolution actually is?
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You are the one who doubts his ablity to do his job, based on no facts you are just disriminating against him and his religion. You are a bigot.
in your best non-bigoted, non-discriminating fashion, perhaps you could enlighten... what exactly does evolution have to do with religion?
as for CPC Minister Goodblimp's views impacting his job, perhaps as big a question/concern relates to the overall CPC policy towards research...
Researchers fear Stagnation under Tories
But what the government sees as supporting priorities, others see as politics directing science.Andrew Weaver, a world leading climatologist at the University of Victoria and Canada Research Chair in climate modelling and analysis, points to new competitions run through the federal Networks of Centres of Excellence. These are to provide $5-million grants over five years for very particular projects, such as “Energy Production in the Oil Sands,” Dr. Weaver said, or “New media animation and games.”“Governments have always had a say in research, but this is getting down to micromanagement, this is really specific,” said Dr. Weaver.What is worse, he said, is that academic researchers must have an industrial partner to qualify for the grant, “so the taxpayer is being used to subsidize Canadian corporate research.“They're cutting the [basic research] funding system and also stipulating what you can do,” he said. “This is unbelievable – this is Orwellian.” -
You are the one who doubts his ablity to do his job, based on no facts you are just disriminating against him and his religion. You are a bigot.
can/has/does religion evolve?
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consistency is good! By the following linkees poll numbers, non-believer Goodblimp is just toeing the CPC party faithful line.
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It's an interesting issue in that Liberals are so paranoid they won't discuss policy matters openly in case their ideas are stolen. Sounds like an excuse for the elites to hatch party policy behind closed doors, away from the media and without grassroots input. That internet "En Famille" exercise is just to appease the peasants.
as I said, a bogus disingenuous thread... in your zeal to fabricate "controversy"... in your concerted efforts to deny the content of your own linked to article, you're hopelessly mixing decisions and process relative to platform policy versus convention policy.
there appears a commonality of process between the Liberal and CPC parties as to whether convention policy eventually works its way into platform policy. Don't let that stop you from fabricating!
as for 'guarding' platform policy I expect all parties have reservations in bringing that platform policy forward prior to an actual election... and since the CPC couldn't be bothered to actually table a platform during the last election... and since the CPC had to be "pressured" by the media/public/Opposition into finally bringing forward a platform - they finally relented (caved to the pressure) and brought an election platform forward, albeit one conveniently timed after the leaders debate.
should we be surprised the Harper Conservatives would actually deny the Canadian public an understanding of their intentions? Why didn't your CPC party bring forward an election platform at the beginning of the last election... like other parties did? Other parties offered the Canadian public a statement of intent should they become the governing party... why didn't the CPC do the same? What was the CPC hiding by not bringing forward an election platform? What was the CPC "afraid" of? Is your CPC party above actually informing the Canadian public of it's (election) platform intentions?
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Alta4ever, of course you're frustrated with the ever diminishing Harper Conservative polling numbers. Certainly, it's tough to accept that the opportunity for that ever elusive Harper Conservative majority has been lost. Of course, it's outright humbling for you to recognize the last 'hurrah' of a failed, beaten Harper Conservative party... conservative in name only.
don't worry - be happy!
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- from the "poll thread"... thanks to Vancouver King for highlighting the March 13th Harris Decima poll results:
Latest Harris/Decima poll showing dead heat between the main rivals. Their analysis shows significant movement of women away from the Conservatives. Quebec remains a Tory wasteland - they poll only half their actual 2008 election result.Liberal - 33%
Conservative - 32%
NDP - 14%
Green - 10%
Bloc - 9%
http://www.harrisdecima.com/en/downloads/p...ses/031309E.pdf
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nice (disingenuous) try
Yes, that's what all Liberals say to anything critical of their party.
All the more reason to question the purpose of a non-policy, non-leadership race national convention. All the supposed policy work is being done via the internet and that work will probably be ignored by Ignatieff. I mean, the convention will be nothing but a large and expensive gabfest to accomplish what? The only thing I can think of is that the party brass wants the media coverage of the convention to showcase the anointed Count. Will plumes of white smoke rise from the convention floor when Ignatieff is acclaimed leader?
no - this thread is bogus... and disingenuous since you obviously didn't read your own linked to article in an attempt to fabricate an issue... all the while "conveniently" ignoring your own Conservative party's convention process and recent 2005/2008 convention results.
you say non-policy national convention, yet your linked to article states otherwise: let me re-quote - again - for the second time... directly from your linked to article:
The Liberal Party is holding a policy convention in Vancouver the first week of May where party members and MPs will participate in policy workshops and debates, as well as vote on resolutions as to what the party's policy will be on certain issues.you say non-leadership race national convention - you are aware that the upcoming Vancouver Liberal convention will ratify the selection of Ignatieff as the party leader? You know that, right? In any case, apparently, you're suggesting that national conventions are only held if leadership is to be determined. By the way, did the CPC 2008 Winnipeg national convention determine a leader for the CPC? No? Why ever was a CPC convention held then?
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you need to man-up to your Harper Conservative government's actions/budget - otherwise you're stating an Opposition party had direct input to the budget (which doesn't seem to be common/public knowledge).
please detail the Opposition party supplied items that Harper incorporated into his budget... into your Conservative party's budget
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man-up... accept that Harper and his Conservative party have responsibility for the budget... they own it... as Ingatieff continues to reinforce.
besides - what's the problem... have you no confidence in Harper and his crew to actually manage the economy and turn around those deficits? C'mon, just think how good it will feel to pull the ole 'told you so' card... unless you have no confidence in Harper/Flaherty - oh my!
Did you just crawl out from under a rock or something? Where have you been the last few months? You missed that whole business of the three stooges and then Harper shutting down parliament and all that biz?
Read a newspaper some day. Or have someone read it to you.
c'mon... man-up... and show a modicum of consistency. Your man Harper repeatedly stated ("complained") he received no input from the Opposition towards the budget makeup - you know, his repeated attempts to demean the Opposition as non-contributors. As Ignatieff stated, it's not the job of the Opposition to create the budget... it's a Conservative (non-conservative) budget - Harper owns it.
now Harper (and I guess you) like to play both sides of it while not accepting any responsibility and ownership - apparently, you feel Harper was forced to craft such a budget under threat of losing government - since he'd already played the perogy card. Apparently, you feel Harper compromised Conservative policy/principles in order to retain government.
just say it... you'll feel better... just say, "Harper's overwhelming need to retain power trumped Conservative party policy/principles". C'mon - you can say it!
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The Liberal Party convention soon to be held in Vancouver doesn't seem to have an agenda. There won't be a leadership race since the appointment of interim leader Ignatieff will merely be rubber stamped. The Party has said no policy ideas will be discussed because they're afraid the Conservatives will steal them.
So how will Liberal brass develop policy? It looks like the grassroots will be out of the loop once again. They did not get to have a voice in Ignatieff's selection as leader and now will not have a say in the future direction of party policy.
This is not good optics for the party. It leaves the impression that everything flows from the top. Not good when you're trying to build your membership.
nice (disingenuous) try - here... let me quote you from your own linked article:
The Liberal Party is holding a policy convention in Vancouver the first week of May where party members and MPs will participate in policy workshops and debates, as well as vote on resolutions as to what the party's policy will be on certain issues.The (Liberal) party has also created an online forum, "En Famille," where party members can participate in online discussions, and vote on policies. The website is closed to the public, and party members must have a password in order to access the forum."People are free to debate and voice their views and that's the way it should be and you deal with that. Whether or not a certain debate will be incorporated into the platform, or have influence on the platform is not for me to decide, it's the leader's responsibility," he said.perhaps we should examine the recent CPC 2008 Winnipeg convention - where the Conservative grassroots membership certainly should have been most encouraged to spend the big bucks to travel to Winnipeg after hearing the quote from Conservative Party spokesman Ryan Sparrow who played down the potential impact of the convention resolutions on government decisions. "They're just like any other consultation you would have with any stakeholder group," he said, confirming the government will not be bound by the Winnipeg decisions.
notwithstanding it was also the small numbered Conservative National Council that determined the (final) makeup of the 2008 CPC convention resolutions.
... and... Harper didn't even attend the CPC 2008 Winnipeg convention - certainly a disappointment to all those who might have been looking for another incident like at the 2005 CPC convention where the "spirited" Harper, in frustration over convention policy direction, kicked a chair and uttered an expletive deleted.
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You talk like a back room political hack, one of those dishonest, weaselly clowns for whom truth and honesty are meaningless, and it's spin that matters. You're not going to be able to spin your way out of your share of responsibility for this "incentive" program, though, no matter how much you lie.
you need to man-up to your Harper Conservative government's actions/budget - otherwise you're stating an Opposition party had direct input to the budget (which doesn't seem to be common/public knowledge).
please detail the Opposition party supplied items that Harper incorporated into his budget... into your Conservative party's budget
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man-up... accept that Harper and his Conservative party have responsibility for the budget... they own it... as Ingatieff continues to reinforce.
besides - what's the problem... have you no confidence in Harper and his crew to actually manage the economy and turn around those deficits? C'mon, just think how good it will feel to pull the ole 'told you so' card... unless you have no confidence in Harper/Flaherty - oh my!
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and... these Harper Conservative shenanigans don't need the protection umbrella of Parliamentary privilege - certainly, anything the Harper crew wants to say inside the House will be/can be said outside the House... certainly, obviously, definitely - twits!
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If the Liberals can "demonstrate" fiscal conservatism, then I (and I suspect many others) would vote for them.
Unfortunately, Liberals have a habit of demonstrating one thing and then doing another.
even if we ignore the undeniable demonstrations of past Liberal fiscal conservatism, if fiscal conservatism really is your determining vote factor...
why, oh why would you continue to support the Harper Con-machine that lacks any semblance of fiscal conservatism?
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Steven Harper's conservatism summed up as, "freedom, family........ and faith". Uhhh - minutemen and militia forming to the... right!
Tinfoil anyone???
blueblood, you misunderestimate me… clearly conspiratorial musings do not apply. I was simply offering a congratulatory attaboy to Steve for his attempt to reach out and rally “the base”.
Harper played it well – or as well as he might dare, given his very BIG-spending, BIG-deficit, BIG-government, non-conservative actions. Certainly, we couldn’t expect his 3F “Freedom, Family, Faith” conservative summation to become 4F and actually include Fiscal-Management… not even Harper would aspire to that level of hypocrisy in front of all those small-c think tankers.
so… he went with his 3F strengths – and I simply acknowledged the rallying minutemen/militia types who chow down on that Freedom kinda stuff. Let me hasten to add the evangelical component of the base… didn’t mean to gloss over the impact Harper’s Family/Faith callout would have with them.
it truly was an illuminating Harper speech – after all - we now know that the global recession was caused by all those wascally greedy spendthrift U.S. consumers who, apparently, out snookered the banks, mortgage companies, failed hedge fund managers, etc..
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Don't think he means common people persay. He may mean those that respect and care to be of service to everyone within the common body of society. Looks as if what he may also mean is that once these people are in position - they become disconnected and lose the common touch - leaving them out of touch.
no - this is Alta4ever we're digesting here... after all! He's talking bout Floyd & Barney from down over at Ernie's place.
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http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/f...nservatism.aspx
I guess we will continue to see Harper attack the courts and civil service until he appoints all Tory ideologues to the job.
Meanwhile, he attacks big government while not acknowledging he was the biggest spender of them all.
Steven Harper's conservatism summed up as, "freedom, family........ and faith". Uhhh - minutemen and militia forming to the... right!
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I beleive they should be replaced with common people and have a very short expiry date on their service before the power has had time to corrupt them. Much of the civil service is waste anyway people who have no real use or power so they exploite the little we give them. The governmetn and the civil service need to be drastically reduced.
which is it? Which of the civil service, the judiciary or the politicos... which of these have been, as you say, "corrupted"?
you want the common people where? As politicians? As judges (huh!)? As civil servants (aren't those "common folk")?
government reduced? Speak to the hand..... of Harper? C'mon Steve - trim some fat!
so - just how does your grassroots common people replacement drive come about?
Are the Liberals Heading Back to Church
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well - of course - as guyser was mimicking Steven Harper's Minister of Faith Based Science & Technology... we can accept your failing grade assignment on Goodyear's behalf.