Canada's Liberals

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McVety said his group, which opposes same-sex marriage, helped a number of like-minded Liberals secure nominations prior to last year's election.

Among them were Toronto-area MPs Paul Szabo, Tom Wappel, Jim Karygiannis, Dan McTeague and Albina Guarnieri, now veterans affairs minister, and Oshawa MP Judi Longfield.

Liberals are scary

-k

[The Terrible Sweal]

These "Liberals" especially.

Among them were Toronto-area MPs Paul Szabo, Tom Wappel, Jim Karygiannis, Dan McTeague and Albina Guarnieri, now veterans affairs minister, and Oshawa MP Judi Longfield.

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These "Liberals" especially.

Among them were Toronto-area MPs Paul Szabo, Tom Wappel, Jim Karygiannis, Dan McTeague and Albina Guarnieri, now veterans affairs minister, and Oshawa MP Judi Longfield.

pfff. I doubt any of these guys could have you buried alive in the foundations of a new construction project. Alfonso, now that guy was scary.

-k

[bigdude]

MP O'Brien quits Liberals

O'Brien said that prime ministerial pledge is not being honoured: ``The truth is not what you say, the truth is what you do."

Apart from O'Brien's comment above, it boggles my mind that our government is now threatened over SSM an issue that most Canadians apart from the religious fundamenalists don't give a damn about. Only in Canada. If this keeps up the independents are going to outnumber some of the political parties. Imagine real democracy in Canada void of party politics.

What's just as fascinating is, from the same article:

"There are some different dynamics at play, for sure," said Lunn.

"We've got to make sure (the government) doesn't fall by accident."

[bigdude]

Martin Should Improve His Image, Say Canadians

Some Canadians believe their current prime minister must strive to regain the trust of voters, according to a poll by Pollara Inc. published in Maclean’s. 33 per cent of respondents believe Paul Martin has the most work ahead to improve his public image.

Conservative leader Stephen Harper was second on the list with 28 per cent, followed by Belinda Stronach—who left the Tories to join the Liberal government—with 14 per cent.

Is this what politics boils down to now - a leader's image. Forget policies, or principles. Just image.

[bigdude]

How sad!

We have so much in Canada and yet our government won't even live up to its committments to help the less fortunate societies.

First the details spewing out of the Gomery commission is seriously eroding Canada's international anti-corruption reputation, and on July 2 Canada is going to be severely embarassed by the concert organized to chastise the G8 members.

Lewis pleads with PM for aid

Canada's reputation in the world is being damaged because it is not doing enough to meet its international aid target, Stephen Lewis said yesterday.

Lewis made a personal appeal to Prime Minister Paul Martin to set a timetable to live up to an international aid pledge that Canada agreed to five years ago.

In 2000, Canada joined other developed countries in reiterating that they would devote 0.7 per cent of the gross domestic product to foreign aid by 2015.

Many European countries are well on track to meet that goal, but at the rate Canada is going, this country will be barely at the half-way point by 2015, according to Lewis, the U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

"In the international community, Canada's standing is being eroded by our refusal to set a timetable for what everybody agrees ... is absolutely the centrepiece of international policy," Lewis told a Rights and Democracy conference on the Millennium Development Goals.

[The Terrible Sweal]

Foreign aid should be halted. Every dollar spent on foreign aid is a theft from the mouth of a hungry child in Canada.

Stephen Lewis should be ashamed of himself. Livng in comfort while he pisses away the taxes paid by poor Canadians.

He and his kind sicken me.

[kimmy]

Foreign aid should be halted.  Every dollar spent on foreign aid is a theft from the mouth of a hungry child in Canada.

Stephen Lewis should be ashamed of himself.  Livng in comfort while he pisses away the taxes paid by poor Canadians. 

He and his kind sicken me.

Well, I don't really agree, but I can at least respect the position. I could respect our leaders a little more if they'd just come out and say that, instead of promising the moon to relieve suffering... then delivering practically nothing when it comes time to pay for it.

Foreign aid, peacekeeping, and international involvement are things that many Canadians place a high value on. If Martin respects people who holds those views, he should either pony up on the commitments he made, or else come out and articulate an argument like you've just made, Sweal. "Look, I know we promised more, but frankly we need the money for projects here in Canada." Our leaders making big promises and not delivering within our own country is something that frankly we've gotten too used to. Making big promises in the international community then not delivering can't do much for our international respect, which is something many Canadians supposedly place a high value on.

-k

[Canuck E Stan]

New Liberal Election slogan as spoken by Ken Dryden:

you don't need to know because the future's going to decide it.

As for long-term child-care costs: "You really don't know," he said with trademark candour. "In fact, you don't need to know because the future's going to decide it.

"I realize that's not particularly satisfying, but that's how it'll work. That's how systems get created. That's how they evolve."

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