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Reverend Blair Reverend Blair:

Ontario has been crashing for months,

How come...Ontario has nothing to crash.

[kenmore]

Well now the news today says we are headed for the same trouble as the US.. our economy is tied to theirs and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to wake up and smell the coffee.. I couldnt believe it when harper went on national TV and said there is nothing to worry about.. I think he has those george wya cowboy boots over is head..

[Reverend Blair]

$1:

Well now the news today says we are headed for the same trouble as the US.. our economy is tied to theirs and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to wake up and smell the coffee.. I couldnt believe it when harper went on national TV and said there is nothing to worry about.. I think he has those george wya cowboy boots over is head..

Yup, all those damned economists must be taking orders from Layton.

[uwish]

Reverend Blair Reverend Blair:

What's Harper done for us, Meaden? The markets are in free-fall and his plan is basically to sing, "Don't worry, be happy." Oil prices are down, potash is down...all of the raw materials are down, and Harper is saying that everything is just dandy. Ontario has been crashing for months, and Harper's answer is that...well he doesn't really have an answer.

Every other leader has some kind of plan. Harper's plan is to do nothing and deny there's a problem.

like the markets crashing has ANYTHING to do with harper or any sitting fiscally responsible PM

grow a pair, by your logic then because I haven't been in a car accident in 20 years I don't need to wear my sealtbelt anymore.

[Reverend Blair]

It isn't whether he caused it, uwish, although a case can definitely be made that free-market ideology is a definite factor. Harper has been clear in his support for that ideology.

The real point is that a real leader would react, not sit there mumbling that everything was okay. Things are most certainly not okay and, if you live in Ontario, haven't been okay for quite some time.

[uwish]

yup a real leader is acting and the wanna be leader is talking about 50 billion in spending coming from ....?

we don't know yet

doctors for everyone and child care for everyone!

sounds great, let me know how that works out when the nation is bankrupt then who will pay for your leader's ideas?

I would trust Harper's economic educations over...what the hell is Layton anyway? let me guess another "poli sci" grad?

[QBall]

Typical NDP rhetoric. Quick to blame, but offers zero details on what they would have done different. Maybe they were planning to pay people to watch the stock market. They could have an office right next to the guys the NDP are going to hire to watch gasbuddy.com as a solution to higher gas prices.

[uwish]

fiscal conservative is what the economy requires, primarily in an unstable market like we are currently in.

Liberals will tax, carbon tax, increase GST, increase income tax

NDP basically the same and they have not explained HOW they will come up with the $50 BILLION in 'vote buying' money and GET THIS ONE

"Article from the Thaindian News, a paper for the Indian community in Thailand. It does not say where Layton made these statements.

Canadian leader backs visa office in Mumbai, official status for Punjabi

September 29th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS -

Toronto, Sep 29 (IANS) Canadian opposition leader Jack Layton has promised support for a new visa office in Mumbai and official status for the Punjabi language in Canada if he becomes prime minister after the Oct 14 polls.Jack, whose New Democratic Party (NDP) has fielded a record 14 Indian Canadian candidates to woo the million-strong community, said his party will also roll back a newly passed immigration bill that the community finds discriminatory.

India will be a priority nation for his government if it comes to power and he will visit New Delhi at the earliest, Layton told IANS in an interview.

Layton noted that given the increasing influence of India in the international business and political realms and the increasing number of immigration applications in India, “it would only make sense to expand our diplomatic and administrative presence in India.

“A visa office in Mumbai is one way that increased presence could be realized and my party government will be open to studying the merits of this proposal,” Layton added.

He said that if he becomes prime minister, “I would look forward to visiting India early in my term to discuss a variety of opportunities that exist to strengthen ties between our countries”.

Layton also made clear his displeasure over a new bill that nixes India’s chances of becoming the number one source of immigration to Canada.

“When the Conservative government tried to sneak through unfair changes to our immigration system, my party stood up and said no. We were very disappointed that other opposition Liberal Party did not stand with us and instead abstained and let Prime Minister Harper get his way. The only way to stop these changes is to send more NDP MPs to parliament,” he contended.

Noting that the NDP had a “better plan” to ensure fairness, boost Canada’s productivity and ease family reunification, Layton added: “My party launched the Creating Fair Opportunities plan to recognize foreign professionals. We fought for ending end punishing processing fees on refugees and immigrant women and children escaping domestic violence.

“We tabled legislation to allow any citizen or landed immigrant to sponsor one family member from outside the family classification for immigration,” he pointed out.

Layton replied in the affirmative when asked whether he would support demands that Punjabi, which the latest census says is the fastest growing language in Canada, be given official status.

“We are aware of the growing number of Punjabi-speaking Canadians and appreciate their rich legacy to Canadian history. We are committed to having their valuable contribution recognized by Canada.

“This includes ensuring services in Punjabi, recognizing it as being the fourth most spoken language in Canada. Already, we have seen some cities and municipalities putting up street signs and store signs in Punjabi.

There is also a rise in the number of public schools and universities offering courses in Punjabi. We welcome it and will encourage more such initiatives,” Layton said.

Greens...their the greens so who gives two shits. Already caught May in a flip flops. She said bans don't work hence her 'liberal' attitude towards DRUGS and yet she said, ban all handguns.

Someone called her on it and she ran away from the camera. I watched it on CPAC, then she lied saying, well, I never said bans don't work..they cut to the clip of her saying drug bans, and other prohibitions do NOT work.

so whats left?


normal or complete idiocy!!!!!

[mannymet]

The punjabi story is not real. The journalist and the headline writer misunderstood each other. The Stephen Taylor has updated his blog with the info: http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/english-french-and-punjabi/.

Look I am sure that there are many actual NDP policies that you can critic. So why don't you focus on them instead of a story that has been debunked by Conservative bloggers no less.

Cheers

[ziggy]

It was fun while it lasted.

[robmik43]

"Layton says...." that's enough to eliminate any
subsequent statement from worthiness.

[scarecrowe]

Jack is an Ass. Charge him with treason for fear-mongering and being alarmist. What a dolt.

[kenmore]

Well layton is right..... its here!

[ridenrain]

Since when could the NDP run anything?
They've never been close to federal power and when they get in control of a province, they grind it into the ground. face it, what little record they have, sucks.

[kenmore]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... TopStories

Harper either has his head up his ass ( or george wya's ) or he is too busy looking in the mirror( narcisstic bastard) that he didnt even know what state the economy was in or even have a plan..no plan A so now he has a plan B... taxpayer bail out?