[Winnipegger]

Stephen Harper claimed multiple corruptions. The president of the Mint went on business trips to increase sales. Since they make money the only customers are countries, so they had to entertain kings, shaws, presidents, prime ministers, and their finance ministers. It worked, he increased sales. Increased profit was greater than the cost of the sales trips. But he couldn't be bothered to fill out expense reports, so claimed everything as a personal expense. The auditor objected but the president didn't care. He could have had a junior bookkeeper fill out expense reports, but wouldn't. So the auditor raised to the only person who could overrule the president: the cabinet minister. This brought it to the attention of politicians. Stephen Harper demanded his resignation. Liberals refused, but since it was a minority government, eventually capitulated. When Stephen Harper was PM, he claimed the president shouldn't have been asked to resign. Excuse me!?!?! He was the one who demanded the resignation!

The president of the Mint is a civil servant. All civil servants are prohibited from being members of any political party, or engaging in politics in any way. They have to work with whoever wins the election. But when the president was called before a parliamentary committee hearing, he said "I'm entitled to my entitlements." That video was part of Conservative election campaigns for 2006. That guy was not a Liberal, he was a civil servant. But Conservatives won't tell you that.

I hope the president of the Mint didn't have any ambitions to run for politics. Someone who says that on camera at a parliamentary hearing does not have what it takes.

Then Stephen Harper accused Ralph Goodale of releasing budget information to certain individuals before it was released to the public. The RCMP said it was all politics, there was nothing to the accusation, so they wouldn't investigate. But one NDP MP, Judy Wasylycia-Leis, wrote a formal letter to the RCMP requesting an investigation. Many people aren't aware this is one privilege of an MP. If the RCMP receive a letter on official MP letterhead, signed by the MP him or herself, then the RCMP are required by law to conduct a full investigation. Even though the RCMP already said there is nothing to the accusation, once they got this letter they were required to do so. So they did investigate, and found Ralph Goodale did nothing wrong. Surprise, surprise. Many people think there must have been something to the accusation since the RCMP did a full investigation, but the RCMP didn't want to. They only did so because they were forced to do so by law once they got that letter.

The only real thing was the Sponsorship Scandal. Nasty. Paul Martin was set-up as the scape goat. Mr. Martin did the maximum a Prime Minister can: he called a full judicial inquiry, and charged the RCMP to do a full investigation as well. Many people said only do one or the other, but Paul Martin ordered both. Those found to be involved were charged with criminal offences.

During the Duffy trial, some said they longed for the Sponsorship Scandal. It was mild in comparison.

Referendums: the Parti Québécois got elected for the first time in 1976. They claimed they would hold a referendum to separate from Canada. And would use their position as provincial government of Quebec to ensure citizens were so pissed off at Canada that they would vote in favour. So Trudeau Sr. called a snap referendum when they weren't ready, just to spoil it. It worked, although 40% still voted for separation. In 1995 the Parti Québécois complained that they weren't ready, that the first referendum wasn't fair. So a second one was held, this time being very careful to ensure no one did anything that could be accused of bias. Polls showed support for separation hadn't changed, but many in Quebec found the PQ could use the threat of separation to extort all sorts of goodies from the federal government. They didn't want that threat to go away, so some voted for separation just to continue that threat even though they didn't want to separate. It was so damn close that most in Quebec were scared at what they almost did. They'll never do that again.

I was a teenager through the first referendum. But how would you have handled it?

[bootlegga]

martin14 martin14:

Thanos Thanos:

I live in Harper's riding.

I had a look.

So are you now in Calgary Heritage, with

34th 1988–1993 Bobbie Sparrow Progressive Conservative
35th 1993–1997 Preston Manning Reform
36th 1997–2000 2000–2000 Alliance
37th 2000–2002
2002–2003 Stephen Harper Alliance
2003–2004 Conservative

or the new riding of Calgary Mindanao, where all the housekeepers live ?



Vote for this guy: Nicolas Duchastel de Montrouge

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a ... -1.3246967

Take a photo of your ballot, and send it off to Con HQ.
It will make them crazy

Now that is an awesome idea!