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My MP, Patrick Brown, doesn't seem to be too interested in attending Thursday afternoon committee meetings, having sent someone else in his place at 2 of the last 3 Thursday afternoon meetings of the Health Committee.
According to his Twitter blog, he was on a plane back to the riding chatting up CBC's Ron Maclean at the time of the first meeting, and attended a gala at a local racetrack on the evening of the second meeting.
Apparently, Brown and Maclean discussed 'Hockey Night in Barrie', which is a fund-raiser for the local hospital that started out in 2004 as a hockey game between hospital staff and hockey celebrities, but which Brown has managed to usurp and turn into a partisan political event. I recently received a taxpayer-funded newsletter from Brown which consisted almost entirely of photos, including 29 photos from last year's 'Hockey Night in Barrie', which took place more than 6 months ago and was widely covered by the media.
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It looks like OpenParliament has decided that my MP is the American chairman of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission:
Mentioned by Welland Tribune U.S funding crucial for Queeston-Lewiston Bridge improvements Patrick Brown, chairman of the NFBC, said it's crucial for the economies of both countries that cars, trucks and buses move across the border as quickly and ...From the Niagara Fall's Bridge Commission's web site:
American Commissioners are appointed by the Governor of the State of New YorkPatrick D. Brown, Chairperson
Thomas G. Pryce
Linda M. DiPasquale
Norma I. Higgs
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Federal Tax Revenue - Income Tax:
2007-2008:
Personal $113,062,564,000.00
Corporate $40,627,679,000.00
2008-2009:
Personal $116,024,280,000.00
Corporate $29,475,891,000.00
2009-2010:
Personal $103,947,000,000.00
Corporate $30,361,000,000.00
Source: Public Accounts of Canada
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I received a reply from OpenParliament.ca to my email on December 21 and was assured that the articles were removed.
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First, allow me to say that I think the web site OpenParliament.ca is a great resource, however, a recent experience has me questioning how reliable the information on this site is.
I use the site to follow media coverage of my local MP, Patrick Brown. Recently the site posted links to three articles about a group of lawyers offering to represent injured veterans at no cost. One of the lawyers mentioned in the articles is named Patrick Brown. These links were posted on the OpenParliament.ca page for Barrie MP Patrick Brown. While the Barrie MP is a non-practicing lawyer, he is not the lawyer referred to in the articles.
I sent an email to the site's owner, but have received no response and the articles remain on the OpenParliament.ca page for the Barrie MP.
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HOW does that work? And to WHAT purpose?
From the article I linked to above:
Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/gun-tracing-regulations-delayed-for-third-time-by-harper-government--111348704.htmlBack in 2007, just before the Harper government postponed the firearms marking regulations for a second time, the three national associations representing police in Canada joined forces to plead for implementation.
"This can make the difference between a firearm trace taking hours versus months," said a jointly written letter to the government by associations representing police, police chiefs and police boards.
Current laws state that all firearms must have a serial number, or firearms identification number, according to the ministry of public safety.
The new regulations would require firearm manufacturers to include a marking that would indicate the origin of the firearm, and for imported firearms, the last two digits of the year it was imported.
The police associations' letter gives the example of a Beretta used in a crime in Canada. The firearm is made in Italy and typically sold to Canadian gun shops through large American distributors.
"Without an import marking physically present on the firearm, it would be unknown whether the firearm was diverted from lawful possession in Italy, the U.S.A. or Canada. Police would have to determine that through a time-consuming records check with the U.S.A. and Italy," the letter says.
"The presence of a Canadian import mark instantly identifies the firearm as having been legally admitted to Canada. In such cases, police can limit their search to domestic databases."
The police associations also argue that over time import marks would help police "answer the question of whether firearms involved in Canadian crime are smuggled (into the country) or diverted domestically."
Registration of handguns did NOT stop homicide rate here. In fact it's higher than even during the Great Depression.
This thread is about firearms marking regulations, not the gun registry.
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Gun tracing regulations delayed for third time by Harper government
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Half of Canada is "gun lobby"? Did you bother to check the vote in the House? 150 to 153.
That vote was about the gun registry. This thread is about regulations which would require gun importers to mark legally imported guns so that police can distinguish them from illegally-smuggled guns.
WHAT that has to do with public safety???
The marking regulations allow police to trace firearms used in crimes more quickly.
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Well, i could tell you all about how the chiefs of police association accepted donations from the company that built the overpriced computer network that the registry ran on, or show you proof that the toronto police department used tax payer money to lobby the government against gun owners, and prove how closely they work with the coalition for gun control and in turn how closely it works with IANSA the goals of which are to BAN all firearms, and then there are now the numerous incidents where that same police force has lied and or trampled on peoples rights, and no doubt prove that the vast majority of the leaders of these police groups have very tight connections to former and current liberal politicos.
BUT, idiots don't listen
It seems that idiots don't read either. This thread is not about the gun registry.
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They've done it again:
2010-1497 2010-11-26
PS
Firearms Act
Regulations Amending the Firearms Marking Regulations
Regulations Amending the FIREARMS MARKING REGULATIONS in order to defer the coming into force of the Regulations for two years until December 1, 2012.
Registration: SOR/2010-0276 Publication Date: 2010-12-08
This time they've put off the regulations for another two years!
The Conservatives try to portray themselves as the party of law-and-order, but they've shamefully delayed these regulations that police support in order to please the gun lobby.
And that's not all ...
2010-1496 2010-11-26
PS
Firearms Act
Regulations Amending the Gun Shows Regulations
REGULATIONS AMENDING THE GUN SHOWS REGULATIONS, in order to postpone the date on which they come into force from November 30, 2010 to November 30, 2012.
Registration: SOR/2010-0275 Publication Date: 2010-12-08
You can't be tough-on-crime when you put the interests of the gun lobby ahead of public safety.
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MP Patrick Brown's assistant seems to view Remembrance Day as an opportunity to sleep in:
Source: http://twitter.com/tab_nav/status/2526123132981248Holiday tomorrow due to the fact it is Remembrance Day. Last time I checked I could remember from bed sooooo.. Cobra?
8:00 PM Nov 10th via Mobile Web
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No one, except someone like Danny Williams, would have the ego to ask for a federal subsidy to exploit such a resource.
What about this?
Source: http://northerndevelopment.bc.ca/news/71/18/Northern-BC-Communities-Electrified-Over-Federal-130-Million-Investment-in-the-Northwest-Transmission-LineNorthern BC Communities Electrified Over Federal $130 Million Investment in the Northwest Transmission Line
Sep 17, 2009
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Communities across central and northern British Columbia were unanimous in their thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada for its announcement of $130 million to ensure that the Northwest Transmission Line is built along Highway 37.
Source: http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?featureId=4Federal investments in green infrastructure include:
* $130 million to build a transmission line that will tap into the renewable energy potential of northern British Columbia (e.g., hydro, geothermal, wind and biomass).
... or this?
$71 million for a hydro generation and transmission project in the Yukon that will boost the availability of green power in the territory.
The population of the Yukon is about 35,000. That works out to more than $2,000 per person.
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I don't. I'm always on the side of evidence rather than anything I could manage to do myself to frame another person.
So you don't have any evidence to support your theory that this might be a frame job?
Doesn't sound like you're on the side of evidence to me.
Instead of questioning the evidence that's been found so far, why don't you produce some evidence to support your theory?
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How do you know these are really his websites and not a false registration set up?
How do you know they're not? The registration for promptpolitical.com lists Mr. Henley as the registrant. The Afterburner Cup website contained a message at the bottom of each page that said it was copyright '[email protected]'. The Afterburner Cup's website is advertised on MP Brian Storseth's website.
I think you're really stretching to come up with a conspiracy theory to explain what's happened. The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
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The website for the Afterburner Cup (www.afterburnercup.ca) also seems to have been taken down. It has been replaced with the same 'COMING SOON' message.
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Interesting development ... the website at www.promptpolitical.com has been taken down and replaced with a 'COMING SOON' page.
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Conservative Thompson on the other hand, was only communicating with Conservative Party members in the riding, explaining why he supported Williamson. The fact that he used Commons letterhead and postage is really a red herring.
If Thompson's communication was only for Conservative Party members, it definitely should have been paid for by the Conservative Party, not the taxpayer.
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MPs are suppose to be there to help their constituents interact with government process, and remove red tape and fill knowledge gaps on how government functions - we shouldn't require a lawyer to help us get basic government services that tax dollars are paying for.
If it's an MP's job to help businesses get government grants, and it's the MP's assistant's job to assist the MP, is there not a conflict if the assistant is operating a business that offers services which overlap with his job as an MP's assistant?
Is the assistant charging for a service he would otherwise perform for no charge as an MP's assistant?
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My MP, Patrick Brown, was not at his constituency office at the time of the veterans' protest either. His excuse: A prior commitment. What was the prior commitment? A hockey game to raise funds for a private school in Alberta.
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Having read in the local paper that a protest by veterans was planned at my local MP's constituency office this morning, I decided to check his twitter blog to see if he had said anything about the issue of compensation for injured veterans:
# On route 2 #Cold Lake for the Brian Storseth & CFB 4 Wing Afterburner Cup. Helping Keep a School Open on the Base #supportourtroops about 1 hour ago via Mobile Web
# At breakfast meeting in St Paul, Alberta with @aliouellet ,MP Brian Storeseth and @blainecalkinsMP about 1 hour ago via Mobile Web
# At Pearson Airport. Enroute to Cold Lake, Alberta for a busy day at the Airforce Base tomorrow about 12 hours ago via Mobile Web
No, and it looks like he's out of town, in fact, in another province, at the time of the protest. It's funny how my MP, Patrick Brown, seems to find the time to show up at every photo opportunity, but when there's a protest, he's conveniently out of town.
I did a search for the term 'Afterburner Cup' and found it's website. According to the website, the 'Afterburner Cup' is a charity hockey game in support of the Art Smith Aviation Academy. (According to the Canada Revenue Agency, the Art Smith Aviation Academy and The Military Families Support Society are not registered charities). When hundreds of his constituents protested against prorogation in January, Patrick Brown was away at another charity hockey game in Peterborough, Ontario.
While I was at the website for the Afterburner Cup, I noticed this line at the bottom of each page:
Content copyright 2010. [email protected]. All rights reserved.
So I went to the website www.promptpolitical.com and found out a little about 'Prompt Political Communications Corp':
Our company is made up of individuals with various levels of experience in politics, government, business, sales, and marketing.
Politically, members of our team have worked for municipal councillors, mayors, MPP’s, MP’s and Ministers of the Federal Government. We are a team that has worked with clients on all sides of the political spectrum and view work in an objective, professional manner. At Prompt our goal is to ensure our clients are elected.
Politicians use Prompt Political Communications for various reasons, including website design and maintenance, media relations, and outgoing constituent communications.
Prompt is available to provide communications support, householders, research, surveys, speech writing, and committee support for Members of Parliament.
For municipal councillors, Prompt is able to provide much of the same work, including website design, letters to the editor, and other essential political services. What we offer you at Prompt is essentially full time political staffers that have experience working for MP’s and Ministers on Parliament Hill, for a price that fits your budget.
At Prompt, we believe it is important to prepare for election now rather than waiting 30 days before election day. By creating a strong presence early on, potential opponents will be less likely to run against you in the next campaign, allowing you to continue the great work you do for your constituents.
Grant Research: After numerous years working in the political system, members of our team have gained knowledge and experience in how to look and apply for government grants. After a brief discussion about your business, we will be able to provide a list of possible government grants, and also offer support during the application process.
With my curiosity piqued, I did a WHOIS search to see who owned the promptpolitical.com domain name:
Registrant:
Matthew Henley
171 Lees Ave
Apartment 309
Ottawa, Ontario K1S5P3
Canada
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: PROMPTPOLITICAL.COM
Created on: 23-Feb-09
Expires on: 23-Feb-11
Last Updated on: 24-Feb-10
Administrative Contact:
Henley, Matthew [email protected]
171 Lees Ave
Apartment 309
Ottawa, Ontario K1S5P3
Canada
(613) 818-6896
According to the federal government's electronic directory, Matthew Henley is Member's Assistant to MP Brian Storseth.
The address and phone number listed for Mr. Henley in the domain name registration are the same as those listed on the Contact page at promptpolitical.com (... except is says 'Apartment 309' rather than 'Suite 309').
I don't know whether it's against any of the rules, but it doesn't seem right for an MP's assistant to be moonlighting offering to help businesses get government grants.
While searching I also came across a webpage titled 'QUEBEC CITY 2003 HOMEPAGE!' which seems to be a photo album of the apparently drunken antics of young Mr. Henley and his friends and includes the following captions:
Easy access to the liquor store and bars...Even for minors!!Meet new and "interesting" people from all over Canada, like this hooch we like to call "Hooker Boots"Ladies...If you play your cards right it could be you wrapped up in that blanket getting humped by Sam!With Remembrance Day approaching, I wonder what veteran's would think of some of the people working for our government.
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$3,150.00 Fletcher, Hon. Steven
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Ignatieff wants to raise taxes by $6B this year alone!
in Federal Politics in Canada
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I received a ten-percenter today from my MP, Patrick Brown, claiming that rolling back this year's corporate tax cut would raise taxes on 'ma and pa' shops:
Corporations that qualify for the small business deduction pay a net federal tax rate of 11%, and are not affected by this corporate tax cut:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/crprtns/rts-eng.html