Harper taking to airwaves in bid to save government

Argus · December 3, 2008

She was, IMO, an excellent Governor General.

If you're looking for someone to give a few speeches someone else wrote for her, to open supermarkets and greet foreign dignitaries, to hold a few parties and show the flag then sure.

If you're looking for someone to preside over a constitutional crisis then her excellent fashion sense and ability to memorize lines for the TV cameras might not be all you could hope for.

g_bambino · December 3, 2008

Well, given that Dion during the election pledged he wouldn't enter into any coalitions.....so any votes for him hypothetically are without a coalition mandate...yeah, he could make that argument.

Sooo... every time a politician breaks a promise he loses the democratic right to participate in proper parliamentary process?

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Edited December 3, 2008 by g_bambino

blueblood · December 3, 2008

Dion is on CTV right now, jeez the Liberals are short for cash, they are using a friggin camcorder. Looks like Dion shot this himself.

Argus · December 3, 2008

And there is nothing wrong with having an absolutely stunningly gorgeous GG....even the queen was quite the looker in her day...

The queen has had sixty years of close education in the innermost goings on of parliament and government, not to mention an intimate knowledge of every aspect of the society, culture and nation she rules over.

And Jean - has good fashion sense and is pretty.

Argus · December 3, 2008

Dion is on CTV right now, jeez the Liberals are short for cash, they are using a friggin camcorder. Looks like Dion shot this himself.

Don't worry, they'll be using your money soon.

M.Dancer · December 3, 2008

The queen has had sixty years of close education in the innermost goings on of parliament and government, not to mention an intimate knowledge of every aspect of the society, culture and nation she rules over.
And Jean - has good fashion sense and is pretty.

Speaks 5 or 6 languages and is considered to have a fomidable intellect.

mjp · December 3, 2008

Don't worry, they'll be using your money soon.

I'm waiting for jack to speak. :lol:

M.Dancer · December 3, 2008

Dion is on CTV right now, jeez the Liberals are short for cash, they are using a friggin camcorder. Looks like Dion shot this himself.

He is gong to work "day and nights"...just like everyone else will have to if the NDP get their hand on the economy....

mjp · December 3, 2008

He is gong to work "day and nights"...just like everyone else will have to if the NDP get their hand on the economy....

its all ok you know, this is all to fast track the NAU and national ID cards and what not

capricorn · December 3, 2008

Layton is speaking now. Not only does he look like a funeral director tonight, he sounds like one.

According to Jack, Canadians will go to bed worrying about how they'll put food on the table. Jeez, I didn't know things were that bad. Wait while I slap myself with a wet noodle....

Slim MacSquinty · December 3, 2008

Listening to Duceppe, he lays it all out, it seems clear that the opposition got together and decided that they ideolically opposed the Tories and therefore saw they had the ability to reject the results of the election defeat them. He said little about stimulating the economy, he spoke most about what he got for Quebec.

He also described what the concessions that he was able to wrangle out of the coalition, which is essentially unravel most of what has been done in parliment in the last two terms. Specifically he got some opt out of federal programs, he got money for forestry, he got concessions on pensions and he had at least four other things which he mentioned so fast I missed.

The fact that all leaders seemed to need to speak, therefore I question the unity of the coalition and the ability to corral the egos. furthermore the fact that Duceppe came out tonight seems to indicate to me that in fact he is a part of the coalition and the fact of the numbers require his party further prove that.

I'm sure that, like the recording said, this scheme was brewed up long ago and that the confidence crisis was inevitable no matter what Harper did or does, and in retrospect I am suprised the throne speech passed.

capricorn · December 4, 2008

The fact that all leaders seemed to need to speak, therefore I question the unity of the coalition and the ability to corral the egos. furthermore the fact that Duceppe came out tonight seems to indicate to me that in fact he is a part of the coalition and the fact of the numbers require his party further prove that.

Any claim that the coalition is non-partisan has been discredited.

Vancouver King · December 4, 2008

....and did you notice not a single Canadian flag behind Harper's desk. For shame.

Smallc · December 4, 2008

....and did you notice not a single Canadian flag behind Harper's desk. For shame.

There were 2.

Slim MacSquinty · December 4, 2008

Listening to Dion's speech was just a continuation of the election campaign. He makes lots of promises that are very vague with little or no substance and he essentially admits that they are prepared to overturn the government despite having no plan beyond platitudes to do anything different, just more meetings with unknown experts. ALthough we now know that three of four legitimate partisan experts have already declined participation.

Good acting no substance.

Really interesting times, scary, internationally embarassing, probably harming the economy but interesting.

blueblood · December 4, 2008

Score 1 for the Tory PR War Machine!!!

mjp · December 4, 2008

its time for the green party to come in and save the day :lol:

Vancouver King · December 4, 2008

There were 2.

They must have been the same brand as those behind the coalition sign in - the type invisible to Harper.

M.Dancer · December 4, 2008

And the Good News

Elizabeth May was no where to be seen.

Smallc · December 4, 2008

They must have been the same brand as those behind the coalition sign in - the type invisible to Harper.

lol, I thought that might have been where you were going.

M.Dancer · December 4, 2008

They must have been the same brand as those behind the coalition sign in - the type invisible to Harper.

there were no falgs behind the troika...the flags were moved to the side lest duceppe get skittish...

charter.rights · December 4, 2008

Layton is speaking now. Not only does he look like a funeral director tonight, he sounds like one.
According to Jack, Canadians will go to bed worrying about how they'll put food on the table. Jeez, I didn't know things were that bad. Wait while I slap myself with a wet noodle....

Yes things are THAT bad. It was announced yesterday that the Greater Toronto Area is the poverty capital of Ontario. Toronto and surrounding municipalities hold 50% of all the children in the province that are poor. And according to the Childrens Aid report which compiled the statistics, the darker their skin is the more apt they are poor. Food bank use in the GTA is up about 33%.

So yes there are lot's of Canadians - over 1 million in the GTA alone that are worried not only about putting food on the table but if they will continue to have a roof over their heads.