Tuesday, June 18, 2013 

One of Premier Brad Wall's Gov't MLA's scrambles to repay 'speaking engagement' fees ...



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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has caused some problems for one of his caucus members with his attack on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for charging speaker fees while sitting as an MP:

 "Sask. Party MLA and former Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Gene Makowsky has paid back more than $2,000 in fees he received this spring for appearing at charity events.
Makowsky returned the money this weekend after Premier Brad Wall made national headlines criticizing federal Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau for accepting hefty payments for speaking at charity functions."
Regina Leader-Post

So, in light of all of this ... the political columnist at the Regina Leader-Post lashes out at everybody:
-Murray Mandryk - Leader/Star Services: Trudeau, Wall adding to cynicism

posted by leftdog at Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | |

Sunday, June 16, 2013 

Since Brad Wall Is On A Roll ... He Should Ask Stephen Harper To Come Clean With Canadians About The Duffy/Wright Affair...


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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is on a roll. His challenge of Justin Trudeau's speaking fees (while sitting as an MP) garnered lots of attention. Enough attention that Mr. Trudeau has since reconsidered his original stance.

 So .. Premier Wall .. you're on a roll. Pick up the phone and call your old friend, the Prime Minister.

Ask him how Nigel Wright's 'cheque' went from being an 'honourable act' to requiring his rapid departure from the PMO.

 Surely Canadians have a right to know what happens with our tax money ... you know the wages paid to Duffy ... Wright ... and even Harper himself. 

Go on .. phone him .. the number is 1-800-622-6232 ....

posted by leftdog at Sunday, June 16, 2013 | |

Saturday, June 15, 2013 

Wall Hits Liberal Nerve ....



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'If you throw a rock into the dark and hear a yelp .. you hit the dog.'
Old Sask CCF populist political wisdom


 -Saskatoon Star Phoenix: 'Wall calls for Trudeau to pay back $20K speaking fee.'  


Note: for the record ... I have no horse in this race. I simply enjoy good old fashioned Canadian politics. 
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UPDATED:
  -Justin Trudeau to 'make it right' with charities that paid him to fundraise

posted by leftdog at Saturday, June 15, 2013 | |

 

Conservatives Heading For A BIG Fall With Harper .... Brad Wall Could Change All Of That ...



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I know Brad Wall. Not extremely well, but like a neighbour that you wave to as you come and go on your street. He's friendly. Nice family. The lawn is mowed. 

 I don't like his politics. He took his political apprenticeship with the disastrous Progressive Conservative administration of Grant Devine  ... many of who were convicted of fraud and breach of trust after two terms in the 1980's. Wall has the kind of politics that holds firm to the belief that 'if it's good for the corporate world, by golly, it's gonna be good for everybody..'

 Premier Brad Wall's key political tool in Saskatchewan politics is that it is hard not to like him as a person even if you disagree with his agenda and his actions. He has a sense of humour and at times makes himself the butt of a joke. You don't find many politicians who can achieve that. I tend to be a bit hard on him on this blogsite ... but he deserves it.

 Now ... my point. 

 I am not sure if Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has his eye on a move to federal politics. In the last number of months he has stuck his toe into national political waters in a manner that makes me think that he just may be contemplating such a move. 

 -He jumped on Thomas Mulcair over Canada's problem with the 'high dollar' impact on manufacturing that economists call 'Dutch Disease'.
-He has angrily gone after President Barrack Obama on the XL pipeline issue .. including speaking engagements in the US to advance his pro-pipeline position.
-He has shocked a lot of Conservatives by recently changing his position on abolishing the corrupt Canadian Senate.
-His  participation in the 2013 Bilderberg Conference on 'EU/North American Trade' in the UK.
-He has now taken a strip off of Federal Liberal Leader, Justin Trudeau for his exorbitant and outrageous demand for speaking engagement fees while sitting as an elected Member of Parliament.

 Is Brad Wall looking at a move to Federal politics? Well ....

 It appears that Stephen Harper is in trouble up to his neck. Unlike Wall, Harper is neither friendly nor engaging. He is rigid, cold, calculating and humorless. The fact that the 'office' of the Prime Minister of Canada is now under criminal investigation by the RCMP surely must leave a lot of Conservatives wondering where this is all going to end. 

 As an old political hack, I can tell you where it is going to end. Like the fall of the once massive Mulroney majority, the Conservatives are headed for opposition under the leadership of Stephen Harper. 

 What could change their fortunes? Well .. a new leader ... the right leader just might be able to breathe fresh air into the stale, dank backrooms of the Conservative Party of Canada.

 But who? Well ... John Baird is too angry. Jason Kenney is too nasty. Peter McKay is too self absorbed .. Jim Flaherty is too sickly ... Bernard Lord is too chicken ... so who?

 Well, if the knives are going to come out at the Conservative Convention later this month in Calgary, there are a lot of individuals who would do worse as Conservative Party leader than Brad Wall.

 Stay tuned!

posted by leftdog at Saturday, June 15, 2013 | |

Friday, June 14, 2013 

Stephen Harper's Speech To UK Parliament Called 'Not-Prime Ministerial' ... more suitable for “a meeting of the parliamentary Conservative party.”



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Harper speech to UK Parliament ‘not prime ministerial’...

"Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a stop in London to speak to both Houses of Parliament Thursday, one shadow cabinet minister was annoyed by Harper’s partisan tone. John Spellar, the Labour party’s shadow minister for foreign and commonwealth affairs, told iPolitics Friday he found Harper’s address to the members “distinctly partisan,” saying parts of the speech would have been more appropriate for “a meeting of the parliamentary Conservative party.”
iPolitics.ca

posted by leftdog at Friday, June 14, 2013 | |

Thursday, June 13, 2013 

NEWS FLASHBACK!!! Conservative MP blows by Hill security check


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A little retro story for our Conservative friends ... especially those with conveniently short term memory ....

Conservative MP blows by Hill security check


Tory MP Pierre Poilievre is in hot water again, this time for bypassing a security check at Parliament Hill because he didn’t want to wait in line.

The Star

posted by leftdog at Thursday, June 13, 2013 | |

 

Thomas Mulcair Feels Wrath Of Rookie Gate Attendant On Parliament Hill ....



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It's sort of comical watching the Conservatives go through contortions trying to equate difficulties the Leader of the Official Opposition experienced this morning with a new employee (working the gate on Parliament Hill) with their numerous ethical, legal and moral sins. 

To hear the Conservatives tell it, Mulcair's traffic difficulty is equal to Conservative sins such as: 
-the missing $3.1Billion tax dollars 
-the $90,000 mystery cheque to Senator Mike Duffy 
-the mysterious resignation of Nigel Wright from the PMO 
-Speaker Scheer's blatant disregard and defiance of the Chief Electoral Officer 
-the whitewash of the Senate Report on Mike Duffy by Senator Tkachuk  

Equivalency?? No way!

 Dear Conservatives .... show us the $90,000 Nigel Wright cheque!!

 CTV News

 BREAKING NEWS!!
 OTTAWA - The RCMP says there's enough evidence to start a criminal investigation into the $90,000 the prime minister's chief of staff gave to Sen. Mike Duffy to cover bogus housing claims.

posted by leftdog at Thursday, June 13, 2013 | |

 

I have to take a shot at Justin Trudeau over his earlier interpretation of Lib Senator Marc Harb's troubles ...



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Last weekend, in an interview with Global News, Trudeau suggested that Harb's troubles were "an honest mistake or a misunderstanding of the rules."

"For me, there’s a real difference between what Mac Harb is going through and what Senators Duffy and Wallin seem to have on their plate," he said adding that Harb could be allowed back into the Liberal fold once the matter is cleared.

Unfortunately for taxpayers AND for the Liberal Party Leader, Senator Harb's situation is far, far worse than poor old Justin anticipated .....

Senator Mac Harb owes $231K in expenses

 H/T to Whatever.com

posted by leftdog at Thursday, June 13, 2013 | |

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 

Toronto Talk Radio 640 AM Host Calls Ontario NDP Leader Horwath A 'Whore' On Morning Talk Show



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Here’s the transcript, via this blog:

Lou Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there. 

John Oakley: Well, well let’s not take it that far.

Schizas: What do you mean? She was bought.

Oakley: Alright, bought and paid for. Alright, it’s a pejorative.

Schizas: Alright, Sorry, I’ll take the hit.

Oakley: That’s alright.

Schizas: I’ll take the hit.

The exchange took place on the The John Oakley Show during a panel with Buzz Hargrove and Catherine Swift, who apparently did not call Schizas out on his comment after Oakley’s soft chiding.
Schizas is a business correspondent and joins Oakley for his a “Happy Capitalism” segment.
We’ve left a message with the station for comment and awaiting their reply.


Lou Schizas has neither retracted his comment nor offered an on air apology. The very worst kind of nasty 'Conservatism' ooozes out of every pore of his being. Toronto radio listeners should tune these folks out .......

NOTE: This vile radio program has a 'comment' page where you can tell them  what you think of their 'broadcasting standards'.

posted by leftdog at Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | |

 

UPDATED: Canadian News Reporter Saša Petricic Arrested In Turkey ...


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No details are yet available other than Mr. Petricic's tweet above that turned up about an hour ago .... stay tuned for more info when available ...

"CBC confirmed that Petricic was arrested “and may be one of many journalists who were.”

The broadcaster said it is investigating"

-The Toronto Star has now picked up this story ... 

 UPDATE:

posted by leftdog at Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | |

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 

Candid Camera - 'PM Harper May 2011 Election Night Behind The Scenes' .. YouTube



 Stephen Harper imitating Joe Clark - John Diefenbaker - Brian Mulroney. This appeared on YouTube on the evening of June 11, 2013. No idea who posted it.

posted by leftdog at Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |

 

House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer Decides To Uphold And Reward Ongoing Conservative Party Electoral Misdeeds



Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, is WRONG to let two Conservative 'candidates' sit in the House of Commons in spite of an Elections Canada ruling that they should not be allowed to vote or receive remuneration as a result of violating the Canada Election Act in the last election. SHAME!!!  

Hill Times

posted by leftdog at Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |

 

... if I hear one more bloody Conservative say .. 'We Support The Troops' ..


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Injured soldier who testified about struggles given discharge notice

"An injured Canadian soldier who testified about his struggle for health benefits has been notified that he will be discharged in six months, despite assurances from Defence Minister Peter MacKay that he would suffer “no ramifications” for speaking out."
CTV News

More ...  
-The Ongoing Myth That Stephen Harper 'Supports The Troops' ...

posted by leftdog at Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |



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