David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks the biggest political blunders of 2018 was all the propaganda
CBC published for the benefit of the LIEbranos and the malicious editing
of the words posted by Citizens N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/power-politics-top-five-political-moves.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/power-politics-top-five-countdown-political-moves-blunders-2018-1.4954183
Power & Politics' top five political moves and misses of 2018
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David Amos
Methinks many politicians are
relieved that the biggest political story of all was ignored since
Trudeau won his mandate 3 years ago but its duly recorded in the public
record of Federal Court N'esy Pas?
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Kevin Jonson
Justin will go down as the worst PM in the country's history.
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mo bennett
mo bennett
@Kevin Jonson as will most of the commenters on this site.
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David Amos
David Amos
@Kevin Jonson" Justin will go down as the worst PM in the country's history."
Methinks many ghosts would agree with me that the old drunk John A. Macdonald earned that title long ago N'esy Pas?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald
"His most controversial move was to approve the execution of Métis leader Louis Riel for treason in 1885; it alienated many francophones from his Conservative Party."
Methinks many ghosts would agree with me that the old drunk John A. Macdonald earned that title long ago N'esy Pas?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald
"His most controversial move was to approve the execution of Métis leader Louis Riel for treason in 1885; it alienated many francophones from his Conservative Party."
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David Amos
David Amos
@mo bennett YO Mo Nay Not So
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John Houseman
Biggest blunder was Trudeau and pipelines . What a disaster .
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Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Jay Schuster
The west coast isn't closed to tankers, only the remote northern part is. Basically to make it the same, the coast of Labrador would be banned for tankers.
The west coast isn't closed to tankers, only the remote northern part is. Basically to make it the same, the coast of Labrador would be banned for tankers.
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David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks by your
words you must have heard about the blowout in the summer of 1981 off
the coast of Labrador N'esy Pas?
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Bill Mickey
You forgot two of the most
important Liberal quotes. Hussen calling Lisa MacLeod un-Canadian and
Trudeau calling Conservatives ambulance chasers. I believe these two
quotes will come back to bite the arrogant Liberal party at election
time. They seriously underestimated how divisive they have become.
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Troy Mann
Troy Mann
@Bill Mickey
Conservatives were acting like a bunch of ambulances chasers and most canadians are good with calling a spade a spade so it only looked bad for conservatives as the shoe did fit.
Conservatives were acting like a bunch of ambulances chasers and most canadians are good with calling a spade a spade so it only looked bad for conservatives as the shoe did fit.
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Bill Mickey
Bill Mickey
@Troy Mann Sunlight is the
best disinfectant. The Liberals were quite comfortable allowing the
murderer of an 8 year old child to be sent off to a healing lodge. The
conservatives and the majority of Canadians didn't agree. If that's the
definition of an ambulance chaser, then yes. Do you think she should be
in a healing lodge?
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David Amos
David Amos
@Bill Mickey YUP
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David Amos
David Amos
@Troy Mann NOPE
Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
All of these spell the end of Justin Trudeau's reign in 2019.
Terrance Van Gemert
@Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
Nah.. just means pick up and do not do that again lessons learned by all parties.
Nah.. just means pick up and do not do that again lessons learned by all parties.
Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
@Terrance Van Gemert
3 years of blunders,being PM is not an entry level job . Canadians cannot afford incompetence any longer.
3 years of blunders,being PM is not an entry level job . Canadians cannot afford incompetence any longer.
Lee Hall
@Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
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Lee Hall
@Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
3 years of blunders,being PM is not an entry level job . Canadians
cannot afford incompetence any longer.
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I am neither impressed or reassured by Trudeau or Scheer.
Though both Trudeau and Scheer are corporatists, the Liberals at least have some policies beneficial to working people.
Doug Ford had a chance in Ontario to show a Conservative government could be good for average people. And he has failed miserably in his audition for the public.
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I am neither impressed or reassured by Trudeau or Scheer.
Though both Trudeau and Scheer are corporatists, the Liberals at least have some policies beneficial to working people.
Doug Ford had a chance in Ontario to show a Conservative government could be good for average people. And he has failed miserably in his audition for the public.
James Holden
@Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
None of that even comes close to being resignation worthy for our Prime Minister.
Even caving to the Conservatives on the first past the post (which disappointed me greatly) is not nearly enough to consider letting Scheer's Conservatives govern.
Harper is still pulling Scheer's strings. Their policies are the same and I would not wish for Canadians to suffer through that again.
None of that even comes close to being resignation worthy for our Prime Minister.
Even caving to the Conservatives on the first past the post (which disappointed me greatly) is not nearly enough to consider letting Scheer's Conservatives govern.
Harper is still pulling Scheer's strings. Their policies are the same and I would not wish for Canadians to suffer through that again.
Troy Mann
@James Holden
Proportional representation is the worst electoral system devised, ranked ballots made sense.
Proportional representation is the worst electoral system devised, ranked ballots made sense.
David Amos
@Troy Mann So you say
Robert Paul
@Troy Mann
Hmmm... Ranked ballots can make sense, but still most of us really only support one candidate and one party anyhow come election time, so forcing us to choose two is a bit pushing it.
Hmmm... Ranked ballots can make sense, but still most of us really only support one candidate and one party anyhow come election time, so forcing us to choose two is a bit pushing it.
James Holden
@Troy Mann
I agree.
I was pushing for a ranked ballot and mandatory voting .
The Australians have this one right.
I agree.
I was pushing for a ranked ballot and mandatory voting .
The Australians have this one right.
Robert Paul
@James Holden
I don't agree with them fining people who choose not to vote because they have no opinion. I'd rather not vote than vote mistakenly.
I don't agree with them fining people who choose not to vote because they have no opinion. I'd rather not vote than vote mistakenly.
John Dirlik
@Kevan Cleverbridge (Hill 70)
Replaced by Scheer? Sheerly you jest.
Liberal or Conservative, the pickings are slim. Gone are the days when at least some politicians had substance.
I remember Joe Clark being booed and heckled at a Canadian Jewish Congress event after he brought up Israel’s human rights abuses during the first Palestinian uprising. Clark calmly looked at his audience and said: “It has been my experience that denying reality does not change reality”.
That took courage. Principles. And ethics. Qualities woefully lacking in our current batch of spineless and lacklustre politicians.
Replaced by Scheer? Sheerly you jest.
Liberal or Conservative, the pickings are slim. Gone are the days when at least some politicians had substance.
I remember Joe Clark being booed and heckled at a Canadian Jewish Congress event after he brought up Israel’s human rights abuses during the first Palestinian uprising. Clark calmly looked at his audience and said: “It has been my experience that denying reality does not change reality”.
That took courage. Principles. And ethics. Qualities woefully lacking in our current batch of spineless and lacklustre politicians.
Jamie Gillis
@Troy Mann "Proportional representation is the worst electoral system devised, ranked ballots made sense."
Funny then that the majority of the top ten ranked democracies use some form of proportional rep.
Funny then that the majority of the top ten ranked democracies use some form of proportional rep.
Robert Paul
@Jamie Gillis
"The top ten ranked democracies". I don't trust this kind of list. Who makes it?
"The top ten ranked democracies". I don't trust this kind of list. Who makes it?
Robert Paul
@John Dirlik
Denying reality is all the rage these days. Apparently I with my beard can claim to be a gender I am not and actually be taken seriously by some people.
Denying reality is all the rage these days. Apparently I with my beard can claim to be a gender I am not and actually be taken seriously by some people.
David Amos
@John Dirlik "That took
courage. Principles. And ethics. Qualities woefully lacking in our
current batch of spineless and lacklustre politicians."
Well Put Sir
Well Put Sir
David Amos
@Jamie Gillis "Funny then that the majority of the top ten ranked democracies use some form of proportional rep."
Methinks you should read the transcript of what I said to the ERRE Committee when they came to my stomping grounds just before Thanksgiving in 2016 N'esy Pas?
http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/ERRE/meeting-39/evidence
Special Committee on Electoral Reform
NUMBER 039 l 1st SESSION l 42nd PARLIAMENT
EVIDENCE Friday, October 7, 2016
The Chair:
Thank you very much.
Mr. David Amos, the floor is yours.
Mr. David Amos (As an Individual):
Mr. Chair, I ran for public office five times against your party. That said, I ran against Mr. DeCourcey's boss right here in Fredericton in the election for the 39th Parliament.
I was not aware of this committee meeting in Fredericton today until I heard Mr. DeCourcey speaking on CBC this morning. I don't pretend to know something I don't, but I'm a quick study. I thought I had paid my dues to sit on the panel. I notified the clerks in a timely fashion, but I received no response. At least I get another minute and a half.
Jamie Gillis
@Robert Paul ""The top ten ranked democracies". I don't trust this kind of list. Who makes it?"
The Economist. They do an annual scoring and ranking.
The Economist. They do an annual scoring and ranking.
Jamie Gillis
@Jamie Gillis
Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland: all Pro Rep. Iceland selects their representatives by PR (and PM by FPTP), Ireland and Australia are ranked and Canada FPTP.
Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland: all Pro Rep. Iceland selects their representatives by PR (and PM by FPTP), Ireland and Australia are ranked and Canada FPTP.
David Amos
@Jamie Gillis "Iceland selects their representatives by PR (and PM by FPTP)"
Special Committee on Electoral Reform
NUMBER 039 l 1st SESSION l 42nd PARLIAMENT
EVIDENCE Friday, October 7, 2016
Mr. David Amos (As an Individual): Continued
The previous speaker answered the $64,000 question: 338. I can name every premier in the country. Governor Maggie Hassan is my governor in New Hampshire. The people there who sit in the house get paid $100 a year plus per diem expenses. I think that's the way to run a government. There are lots of seats in the house for a very small state.
My understanding of this hearing is that you have to report to Mr. Trudeau by December 1, because he said during the election that if he were elected Prime Minister, the 42nd Parliament, which I also ran in, would be the last first-past-the-post election. You don't have much time, so my suggestion to the clerks today, which I published and sent to the Prime Minister of Iceland and his Attorney General, was to do what Iceland does. Just cut and paste their rules. They have no first past the post. They have a pending election.
A former friend of mine, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, founded a party there, for which there is no leader. It is the Pirate Party. It's high in the polls right now with no leader. That's interesting. I tweeted this. You folks said that you follow tweets, so you should have seen what I tweeted before I came here this evening.
Special Committee on Electoral Reform
NUMBER 039 l 1st SESSION l 42nd PARLIAMENT
EVIDENCE Friday, October 7, 2016
Mr. David Amos (As an Individual): Continued
The previous speaker answered the $64,000 question: 338. I can name every premier in the country. Governor Maggie Hassan is my governor in New Hampshire. The people there who sit in the house get paid $100 a year plus per diem expenses. I think that's the way to run a government. There are lots of seats in the house for a very small state.
My understanding of this hearing is that you have to report to Mr. Trudeau by December 1, because he said during the election that if he were elected Prime Minister, the 42nd Parliament, which I also ran in, would be the last first-past-the-post election. You don't have much time, so my suggestion to the clerks today, which I published and sent to the Prime Minister of Iceland and his Attorney General, was to do what Iceland does. Just cut and paste their rules. They have no first past the post. They have a pending election.
A former friend of mine, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, founded a party there, for which there is no leader. It is the Pirate Party. It's high in the polls right now with no leader. That's interesting. I tweeted this. You folks said that you follow tweets, so you should have seen what I tweeted before I came here this evening.
David Amos
That said, as a Canadian, I propose something else. Number one, my understanding of the Constitution and what I read about law.... There was a constitutional expert named Edgar Schmidt who sued the government. He was the man who was supposed to vet bills for Peter MacKay to make sure they were constitutionally correct. He did not argue the charter. He argued Mr. Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights.
In 2002 I read a document filed by a former deputy minister of finance, Kevin Lynch, who later became Mr. Harper's clerk of the Privy Council. Now he's on an independent board of the Chinese oil company that bought Nexen. As deputy minister of finance, he reported to the American Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the corporation known as Canada. It is a very interesting document that I saved and forwarded to you folks. It says that he was in a quandary about whether the charter was in effect.
The Chair:
Could it be in relation to a particular voting system?
Mr. David Amos:
I did prove, after I argued with Elections Canada's lawyers in 2004.... You might have taken away my right to vote, but you can't stop me from running for public office, and I proved it five times.
The Chair:
Given that you're an experienced candidate—
Mr. David Amos:
Very experienced.
The Chair:
—does that experience provide you with a particular insight on the voting systems we're looking at?
Mr. David Amos:
In Mr. Trudeau's words, he has to come up with a plan and no more first past the post. My suggestion to you, in my contact today, is to cut and paste Iceland's rules.
The Chair:
What kind of system does Iceland have?
Mr. David Amos:
It's just what you need, just what Mr. Trudeau is ordering now. It's proportional elections.
The Chair:
Is it MMP, or is it just...?
Mr. David Amos:
I tweeted you the beginner's book for Iceland.
The Chair:
Okay, we'll look at Iceland.
We're just checking on the kind of system they have, but I appreciate the input, especially from a candidate, from somebody who has run many times.
But we do have—
Mr. David Amos:
I have two other points, because I don't think you can pull this off. I don't think it will happen.
The Chair:
Well, I'm hoping we do.
The Chair:
Could it be in relation to a particular voting system?
Mr. David Amos:
I did prove, after I argued with Elections Canada's lawyers in 2004.... You might have taken away my right to vote, but you can't stop me from running for public office, and I proved it five times.
The Chair:
Given that you're an experienced candidate—
Mr. David Amos:
Very experienced.
The Chair:
—does that experience provide you with a particular insight on the voting systems we're looking at?
Mr. David Amos:
In Mr. Trudeau's words, he has to come up with a plan and no more first past the post. My suggestion to you, in my contact today, is to cut and paste Iceland's rules.
The Chair:
What kind of system does Iceland have?
Mr. David Amos:
It's just what you need, just what Mr. Trudeau is ordering now. It's proportional elections.
The Chair:
Is it MMP, or is it just...?
Mr. David Amos:
I tweeted you the beginner's book for Iceland.
The Chair:
Okay, we'll look at Iceland.
We're just checking on the kind of system they have, but I appreciate the input, especially from a candidate, from somebody who has run many times.
But we do have—
Mr. David Amos:
I have two other points, because I don't think you can pull this off. I don't think it will happen.
The Chair:
Well, I'm hoping we do.
Elaine Hancock
The handling of the asylum
seekers from the US at the illegal border crossing has been a failure.
Our RCMP officers carrying baggage, people housed in hotels, downloading
the costs of housing, welfare, health care, etc to the provinces. This
is not immigration and it is not what most Canadians will accept as
immigration. And our expansive and expensive social safety net cannot
support it!
Fred Engle
@Elaine Hancock
Well said and the view of many Canadians.
Well said and the view of many Canadians.
Jim Graham
@Elaine Hancock
You're correct .. it isn't immigration. Instead it is refugees seeking asylum from danger. They are 2 separate programs entirely - immigration and refugee protection. And Canada welcomes those who are legitimate convention refugees.
You're correct .. it isn't immigration. Instead it is refugees seeking asylum from danger. They are 2 separate programs entirely - immigration and refugee protection. And Canada welcomes those who are legitimate convention refugees.
Walter Craig
@Fred Engle
But not the view of the CBC.
But not the view of the CBC.
Elaine Hancock
@Jim Graham Refugees seeing
asylum from danger —- from the US! In two days I’m fleeing to the US
for some warmth and sunshine. So you think I can claim refugee status
—- fleeing the cold.
Troy Mann
@Elaine Hancock
Jim isn't a judge Elaine so what he thinks and you think are not a part of the decision making. We have a system for processing people, like th US. If you claim refugee status in the US you will be processed accordingly.
Give it a try and see what happens
Jim isn't a judge Elaine so what he thinks and you think are not a part of the decision making. We have a system for processing people, like th US. If you claim refugee status in the US you will be processed accordingly.
Give it a try and see what happens
Elaine Hancock
@Troy Mann I’ll be turned back at the border!
David Amos
@Elaine Hancock Methinks Mr Mann would say anything in defense of his beloved party leader N'esy Pas?
Al. C Hill
@Jim Graham please show me
where the un explaination of economic migrates is....because their
description of refugees sure don't match what's showing up at our
borders....the globalist liberal government just signed up to what will
be the Canadian rules for refugees because they can't justify economic
migrants in the real world
Bob Charron
@David Amos
What is this ridiculous N'esy Pas?
What is this ridiculous N'esy Pas?
Robert Paul
@Jim Graham
Nope. We don't have the resources to handle the refugees of the world. They outnumber us.
Nope. We don't have the resources to handle the refugees of the world. They outnumber us.
David Amos
@Bob Charron "What is this ridiculous N'esy Pas?"
Methinks you should ask Minister Dominic Leblanc what Chiac is N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should ask Minister Dominic Leblanc what Chiac is N'esy Pas?
Stan Cox
Despite the mistakes our politicians make - on all political sides - Canada remains the best country in the world!
Maybe it's because we choose to pull together instead of pull each other apart!
Maybe it's because we choose to pull together instead of pull each other apart!
David Amos
@Stan Cox Dream on
Methinks the ghosts of my Forefathers would affirm that there hasn't been anything more divisive to our country than the actions of our politicians starting with the sneaky lawyer Macdonald and his cohorts 1867. My generation witnessed it one hundred years later when another lawyer I call Trudeau the Elder became our Prime Minister N'esy Pas?
Methinks the ghosts of my Forefathers would affirm that there hasn't been anything more divisive to our country than the actions of our politicians starting with the sneaky lawyer Macdonald and his cohorts 1867. My generation witnessed it one hundred years later when another lawyer I call Trudeau the Elder became our Prime Minister N'esy Pas?
Robert Paul
@Dayton Funk
Trudeau as far as I know has said that Canada is a "post-national" country. This is a pipe dream.
Trudeau as far as I know has said that Canada is a "post-national" country. This is a pipe dream.
David Amos
@Robert Paul I cincur
Roderick Wilson
Just a few months ago 25
million Canadians in NB, QB and ON, had Liberal Premiers leading them,
all were huge Trudeau supporters. They have now all been replaced,
showing that support for the Trudeau anti-Canadian agenda is now the
political kiss of death in our country.
Jim Graham
@Roderick Wilson
No, it shows that provinces choose independently of federal politics. Who do you really think has a chance of unseating Trudeau?
No, it shows that provinces choose independently of federal politics. Who do you really think has a chance of unseating Trudeau?
Lee Hall
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You'd have to agree Roddy, the Conservatives soured mighty quickly.
But I could have told you in advance it would happen.
You'd have to agree Roddy, the Conservatives soured mighty quickly.
But I could have told you in advance it would happen.
Jim Palmer
@Lee Hall
"..... You'd have to agree Roddy, the Conservatives soured mighty quickly.
But I could have told you in advance it would happen."
Too bad CONservatives and RepubliCONS were not bright enough to have the proper foresight regarding the consequences of their actions to begin with.
Sad.
"..... You'd have to agree Roddy, the Conservatives soured mighty quickly.
But I could have told you in advance it would happen."
Too bad CONservatives and RepubliCONS were not bright enough to have the proper foresight regarding the consequences of their actions to begin with.
Sad.
David Amos
@Roderick Wilson Methinks
that you overlooked the fact that the NDP have now become irrelevant and
Harper 2.0 and Maxime the lawyer and his new party will likely split
the vote on the right thus insuring a second mandate for Prime Minister
Trudeau The Younger N'esy Pas?
Robert Paul
@Roderick Wilson
The current Liberal vision is just too narrow for the nation. You can certainly be nice to certain special interest groups and get away with it, but to put all your eggs on just those few groups leaves the rest out, and when the rest of us realize this is happening we stop supporting the Liberals.
The current Liberal vision is just too narrow for the nation. You can certainly be nice to certain special interest groups and get away with it, but to put all your eggs on just those few groups leaves the rest out, and when the rest of us realize this is happening we stop supporting the Liberals.
James Holden
@Roderick Wilson
Provincial and Federal support do not correlate.
The Stats are conclusive.
Provincial and Federal support do not correlate.
The Stats are conclusive.
Robert Paul
@James Holden
People vote based on the particular election. I agree. Still, there is some carry over, I'm sure.
People vote based on the particular election. I agree. Still, there is some carry over, I'm sure.
David Amos
@Robert Paul I disagree Most
folks vote for the colour of the coat in every election no matter whose
name is on the ballot. Methinks many would agree that it is only a
certain amount of swing voters that decide every election N'esy Pas?
Scott Wilson
Make Justin A Drama Teacher Again.
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George Penner
@Scott Wilson Conservatives are seeking revenge for Canadians making Harper an unemployed mail boy.
Phil Walters
@Scott Wilson He was also a French and Math teacher. Not sure though if he sold a couple of insurance policies like Scheer.
James Holden
@George Penner
Harper is still pulling Scheer's strings
Harper's ex-PMO employees formed the Ontario Proud boys to manipulate Ontario's PC's leadership selection and general election.
All this while trying to stay under the radar.
Dirty tricks are the core of the Conservative party.
Harper is still pulling Scheer's strings
Harper's ex-PMO employees formed the Ontario Proud boys to manipulate Ontario's PC's leadership selection and general election.
All this while trying to stay under the radar.
Dirty tricks are the core of the Conservative party.
David Amos
@Scott Wilson Methinks JT has
already proven himself to be an excellent ringmaster at the circus
Hence his future is so bright he should wear shades N'esy Pas?
Robert Paul
@James Holden
Conspiracy theory. Something that really happened was Paul Martin's coup against the real Liberals (i.e. Jean Chretien etc) and look where that got them. The real Liberal party of the past was swept away then and there leaving this, uh, thing we have now that calls itself Liberal. The Liberal party used to be a great thing, but now it's a radical group.
Conspiracy theory. Something that really happened was Paul Martin's coup against the real Liberals (i.e. Jean Chretien etc) and look where that got them. The real Liberal party of the past was swept away then and there leaving this, uh, thing we have now that calls itself Liberal. The Liberal party used to be a great thing, but now it's a radical group.
James Holden
@Robert Paul
Cons do love to project.
Cons do love to project.
Robert Paul
@James Holden
I don't think we can generalize about cons or libs or anyone. We're all pretty individual.
I don't think we can generalize about cons or libs or anyone. We're all pretty individual.
David Amos
@Robert Paul "Conspiracy theory. Something that really happened was Paul Martin's coup"
Methinks if you are sincere then you should check my work in Federal Court ASAP N'esy Pas?
Methinks if you are sincere then you should check my work in Federal Court ASAP N'esy Pas?
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David Amos
@Robert Paul "I don't think we can generalize about cons or libs or anyone. We're all pretty individual"
I agree Trust that this is Deja Vu for many people reading my comments
FYI I have run in 6 elections as an Independent .since I received the letter from the Deputy Prime Minister which is top document in this old file that all of my political opponents should review before the New Year.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
I agree Trust that this is Deja Vu for many people reading my comments
FYI I have run in 6 elections as an Independent .since I received the letter from the Deputy Prime Minister which is top document in this old file that all of my political opponents should review before the New Year.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
Rod Begin
It’s something special how the taxpayer funded media can put positive spin on everything Trudeau!
Rob Scott
@Rod Begin
you call this positive ???
you call this positive ???
Michael Kachmar
@Rod Begin 2018 saw similar
funding extend to favored media outlets so that the spin cycle would be
favorable towards him no matter how back the actual story was.
Nancy van der Meulen
@Rod Begin
This was hardly positive about Trudeau.
It reads like something put out by the Conservative Party.
Power and Politics is Canada’s answer to FOX News.
This was hardly positive about Trudeau.
It reads like something put out by the Conservative Party.
Power and Politics is Canada’s answer to FOX News.
James Holden
@Rod Begin
Why let the body of the article get in the way of your Conservative political agenda.
Why let the body of the article get in the way of your Conservative political agenda.
John Oaktree
@Rod Begin
Yup - and under Harper, it was all Harper all the time...
And to think - Conservatives tell me that Sun News Media is now a Liberal PR machine since Trudeau helped save them from bankruptcy...
Yup - and under Harper, it was all Harper all the time...
And to think - Conservatives tell me that Sun News Media is now a Liberal PR machine since Trudeau helped save them from bankruptcy...
David Amos
@Rod Begin Very Special Indeed
Robert Paul
@Rod Begin
I do get that impression. They left Trudeau's blunders near the end and also left out most of them, just focussing on the India trip, which is nothing compared with other blunders. I'm especially upset about his vocal opposition to the right to self-defence. I live in a dangerous city as I'm not wealthy enough to afford to live elsewhere and still get to work, and I need to know that I have the right to scare off or fight off thugs. I and several family members have been the victims of crime including violent crime, and while I don't want a gun, I need to know I have a right to defend myself and them without going to jail forever in Justin's ideal world.
John Langton
"Events and failures"?
"Successes" is noticeably absent in this headline.
Then again "success" is noticeably absent from this Trudeau term of gov't as well.
"Successes" is noticeably absent in this headline.
Then again "success" is noticeably absent from this Trudeau term of gov't as well.
Terrance Van Gemert
@John Langton
Success does not show up anywhere.. scheer does not have it nor does NDP.. as we focus on USA canada like the rest of the world has no say or does not count.
Success does not show up anywhere.. scheer does not have it nor does NDP.. as we focus on USA canada like the rest of the world has no say or does not count.
@John Langton
Lowest unemployment rate in 40 years isn't a success to conservatives because they want Canada to fail.
Lowest unemployment rate in 40 years isn't a success to conservatives because they want Canada to fail.
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks the
Vestcor employees are doing very well compared to all the folks paying
taxes on their minimum wages N'esy Pas?
Robert Paul
@Troy Mann
Oooookay.
Oooookay.
John Houseman
How bad is Justin . Trump has a higher approval rating than he does .
@John Houseman
Different country, similar base.
Different country, similar base.
Terry McClinchey
@Danny Tanker different countries but a better base here and next October will show that!
@Terry McClinchey
What will next October show?
What will next October show?
Terry McClinchey
@Danny Tanker it will show
that Trudeau is as well liked as the Wynne government was and put out to
pastures before they can do Canadians any more harm!
Danny Tanker
@Terry McClinchey
"it will show that Trudeau is as well liked as the Wynne government "
Only in a few hot spots of malignant discontent in some provinces. Trudeau will lose some sets, gain in others and at the end of the day, you know as well as I do, he will be the next PM,... again.
"it will show that Trudeau is as well liked as the Wynne government "
Only in a few hot spots of malignant discontent in some provinces. Trudeau will lose some sets, gain in others and at the end of the day, you know as well as I do, he will be the next PM,... again.
Terry McClinchey
@Danny Tanker
Well nice to have dreams isn't it but Canadians are waking up tho the mistake they voted for and he will be gone. Handsome fluffy hair with no grey matter below it has been proven to be all he is.
Well nice to have dreams isn't it but Canadians are waking up tho the mistake they voted for and he will be gone. Handsome fluffy hair with no grey matter below it has been proven to be all he is.
Lilli Delf
@Terry McClinchey: then lets hope we will not get someone like Ford....
Terry McClinchey
@Lilli Delf
LOL Ford and Trump are really something are they not but Trudeau is the same just as bad but on the other side of the fence. It is sad that only fools and narcissists want power and not people with real thinking skills in place!
LOL Ford and Trump are really something are they not but Trudeau is the same just as bad but on the other side of the fence. It is sad that only fools and narcissists want power and not people with real thinking skills in place!
James Holden
@John Houseman
If the election were held a week ago when the last polling was done, the Liberals would have 174 seats to the Conservatives 135 seats.
All the con misrepresentations and whining will not win them the election.
If the election were held a week ago when the last polling was done, the Liberals would have 174 seats to the Conservatives 135 seats.
All the con misrepresentations and whining will not win them the election.
Robert Paul
@John Houseman
Conrad Black keeps writing that Trump is working a lot of positive things for the US economy; boring stuff that doesn't make headlines. Trump has about 50% support in the US. This is much higher than Our leader whose name starts with the first three letters, incidentally.
Conrad Black keeps writing that Trump is working a lot of positive things for the US economy; boring stuff that doesn't make headlines. Trump has about 50% support in the US. This is much higher than Our leader whose name starts with the first three letters, incidentally.
Robert Paul
@James Holden
Depends what polls you follow. Keep in mind that answering a phone survey is different than actually going out to vote. People tend to be motivated more by anger than support when going out to vote, which makes the anti-government vote stronger.
Depends what polls you follow. Keep in mind that answering a phone survey is different than actually going out to vote. People tend to be motivated more by anger than support when going out to vote, which makes the anti-government vote stronger.
David Amos
@John Houseman "Biggest blunder was Trudeau and pipelines . What a disaster"
Methinks there have been far bigger disasters than that way back when Trudeau The Elder was our Prime Minister N'esy Pas? .
Methinks there have been far bigger disasters than that way back when Trudeau The Elder was our Prime Minister N'esy Pas? .
mo bennett
just when exactly will the children leave the building? apparently, the entire planet could use some adult.
David Amos
@mo bennett Yo MO Methinks you are running low on fans N'esy Pas?
mo bennett
on the funnier side was captain gazebo texting pics of himself and a rather comedic trip to the call centre of the planet.
@mo bennett
yeah jason kenney looked rather silly with the off white cloth on his head.
yeah jason kenney looked rather silly with the off white cloth on his head.
mo bennett
@Terrance Van Gemert that was his homofobe attire.
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks this morning you are the star of the show N'esy Pas?
mo bennett
@David Amos no applause, just throw money.
David Amos
@mo bennett NO MO Methinks only fools would reward a clown who does nothing but insult people N'esy Pas?
mo bennett
since it's almost award's season, dissing a 7 year olds Santa belief takes 1st place in the Grinch category.
Stan Cox
@mo bennett
He shouldn't even try...
He shouldn't even try...
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you would enjoy listening to a recording of a circus in court from 3 years ago N'esy Pas?
Obviously I called the recording of the hearing Bah Humbug
https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
Obviously I called the recording of the hearing Bah Humbug
https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
David Conway
This article reminisce the soap operas of the rich and famous.
@David Conway
yeah that I can agree with.. or as the world turns.
yeah that I can agree with.. or as the world turns.
mo bennett
@David Conway can't get nothin' past you this mornin'!
David Amos
@mo bennett "can't get nothin' past you this mornin'!"
What am I? Chopped liver?
What am I? Chopped liver?
Debra Schmitz
The federal-provincial conflict over carbon pricing seems to set the stage for a pitched battle as Canadians ready themselv
Let’s do it!
Let’s do it!
Rob Scott
@Debra Schmitz
and another country heard from
and another country heard from
David Amos
@Debra Schmitz I concur
mo bennett
voters tied for second place for electing curly, larry, moe and shemp north of the 49th.
David Conway
@mo bennett
Still sleeping on the couch ?
Still sleeping on the couch ?
mo bennett
@David Conway apparently you have forgotten then you only get 1 vote per election.
David Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you forgot that some folks voted for me Everybody knows anybody can Google the following N'esy Pas?
CBC Fundy Royal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
CBC Fundy Royal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
mo bennett
@David Amos you do realize you just confirmed my usual observation that voters aren't that smart, right!
mo bennett
once again, 45 was the biggest error ever known to the human race.
David Amos
@mo bennett "once again, 45 was the biggest error ever known to the human race."
YO MO Methinks you should finally Google the following ASAP N'esy Pas?
Trump Cohen Amos NAFTA FATCA TPP
YO MO Methinks you should finally Google the following ASAP N'esy Pas?
Trump Cohen Amos NAFTA FATCA TPP
mo bennett
@David Amos methinks yer messy paws have got to you, c'est vrai?
POWER & POLITICS
Power & Politics' top five political moves and misses of 2018
Count down the year's most significant political moments with Vassy Kapelos
The Power Panel — Postmedia journalist Jen Gerson, Supriya Dwivedi of Global Radio News and Brad Lavigne of Counsel Public Affairs — helped host Vassy Kapelos count down the unforgettable political moments that defined 2018.
The biggest political blunders of 2018
5. Adrienne Clarkson's post-GG spending
Power and Politics
P&P top political blunders of 2018: number five
Adrienne Clarkson's post-GG spending. 6:10
Adrienne Clarkson retired as Canada's governor general 13 years ago, but earlier this year it came to light that from 1999 to 2005, she billed taxpayers for more than $1 million in expenses after leaving the viceregal job.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to address the issue, saying Canada's governors general deserve continued financial support once they retire but need to be more transparent and accountable for their expenses.
"These are people who've stepped up and offered tremendous service to this country, but Canadians expect a certain level of transparency and accountability, and we're going to make sure we're moving forward in a thoughtful way," Trudeau said.
4. The NDP's struggles
Power and Politics
P&P top political blunders of 2018: number four
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The NDP's struggles. 4:00
It's been a challenging year for the New Democrats, marred by weak fundraising and a lacklustre performance in the polls. Nine veteran NDP MPs announced they won't be running in 2019's federal election, and leader Jagmeet Singh is still working on winning a seat in Parliament. Will the party's fortunes pick up in 2019?
That will depend, in part, on how much money they can raise for the next election. In 2017 the party's balance sheet showed that it finished the year deeper in the red than it had been for the last 16 years.
The annual financial return, filed with Elections Canada, shows the party finished the year with assets of $6.2 million and liabilities totalling $9.3 million, leaving the party with negative net assets of $3.1 million.
3. Trump's border separation policy
Power and Politics
P&P top political blunders of 2018: number three
President Trump's border separation policy. 3:27
U.S. President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration at the border led to migrant children being separated from their parents.
The move sparked global outrage. Trudeau added his voice to those denouncing the detention policy in June.
"What's going on in the United States is wrong," Trudeau said. "I can't imagine what the families living through this are enduring. Obviously, this is not the way we do things in Canada."
2. Unparliamentary behaviour
Power and Politics
P&P top political blunders of 2018: number two
Unparliamentary conduct. 3:52
Perhaps the most scandalous behaviour involved Conservative MP Clement, who admitted in November to sending sexually explicit images and videos of himself to someone he said he believed was a consenting woman — but who turned out to be a blackmailer targeting him for financial extortion.
Clement was forced to step down as his party's justice critic, was removed from the multi-party national security and intelligence committee and eventually stepped down from the Conservative caucus altogether.
But Clement was far from the only federal politician facing questions this year. Prime Minister Trudeau had to explain allegations that he groped a young woman nearly 20 years ago at a music festival.
Liberal MP Kent Hehr was forced to step down from cabinet, but not from the party, after sexual harassment allegations emerged against him. Weir was removed from caucus in May after an independent investigation commissioned by the party upheld several complaints of harassment and sexual harassment against him.
1. Trudeau's trip to India
Power and Politics
P&P top political blunders of 2018: number one
The Prime Minister's trip to India. 6:10
This was the Trudeau government's signature pratfall on the world stage, marked by over-the-top wardrobe choices, questions about whether any work was getting done and, of course, the major security failure that allowed a convicted would-be assassin, Jaspal Atwal, to score an invite to a party with the prime minister.
In a year-end interview with Rosemary Barton, host of CBC's The National, Trudeau admitted that he learned from the trip and would not wear the colourful Indian traditional clothing should he return to the country.
The Atwal incident, however, obscured the glare from the prime minister's gold sherwani entirely. Trudeau's national security and intelligence adviser, Daniel Jean, contacted the media and gave an off-the-record briefing suggesting that rogue political elements in India may have orchestrated Atwal's invitation to embarrass Trudeau and make him seem sympathetic to Sikh extremism.
The government got a bit of reprieve when a national security and intelligence committee report on the trip revealed that the RCMP knew Atwal was making his way to India to attend events with Trudeau, but failed to failed to "validate that information."
Biggest political moves of 2018
5. Doug Ford and the notwithstanding clause
Power and Politics
P&P top political moves of 2018: number five
Doug Ford's threat to use the notwithstanding clause. 5:47
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's threat to invoke the notwithstanding clause in September meant that the political trump card suddenly got a lot more attention from Canadians.
Ford made the threat to use the clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms after an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled that his provincial government's legislation to cut the number of Toronto city councillors was unconstitutional.
The Ontario premier did not have to make good on his threat because the Ontario Court of Appeal stayed the earlier decision, paving the way for city council to be cut from 47 to 25 members.
4. John Horgan vs. TMX
Power and Politics
P&P top political moves of 2018: number four
B.C. Premier John Horgan vs. the TMX Trans Mountain pipeline. 2:15
B.C. Premier John Horgan's fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion put him at odds with his fellow NDP premier — and next-door neighbour — Alberta's Rachel Notley.
The move allowed Horgan to establish himself publicly as a protector of the environment and a steward of B.C's coast. On its own, that won't stop the eventual construction of the pipeline Trudeau is determined to see through to completion, but it still bolsters Horgan's image as an environmentally-minded political leader.
3. Legalization of marijuana
Power and Politics
P&P top political moves of 2018: number three
The legalization of cannabis in Canada. 3:20
Our pick for the number three top political move of the year is the legalization of marijuana on Oct. 17, which made Canada only the second country in the world (after Uruguay) to legalize cannabis for recreational use.
With each of the provinces running the program differently, there have been missteps in the roll-out. Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancelled the previous Liberal government's plan to roll out retail stores, forcing customers to buy from the government's online store — which experienced significant delays delivering products.
Supply shortages across the country made it difficult for Trudeau to argue that the legal market was accomplishing its goal of washing away the illegal marijuana market.
But still, it was a promise made and kept — despite the difficulties along the way — and a win for the federal Liberals.
2. Premiers vs. the carbon tax
Power and Politics
P&P top political moves of 2018: number two
Premiers vs. the national carbon pricing plan. 5:03
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister and Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney have formed a united front to take on the federal Liberals' plan to impose a national price on carbon.
They say that, far from being an environmental policy, pricing carbon is little more than a tax grab that will raise the cost of living for commuters, small businesses and farmers, and they want it cancelled.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is backing carbon pricing. A report by Mark Cameron, a former policy director in the Prime Minister's Office under Stephen Harper, said the Liberals' plan to tax polluters and return that money to Canadians directly would leave households better off financially than they are now.
The federal-provincial conflict over carbon pricing seems to set the stage for a pitched battle as Canadians ready themselves for the federal election coming in the fall.
1. Trump's trade threats and tariffs
Power and Politics
P&P top political moves of 2018: number one
Donald Trump's trade threats and tariffs. 2:36
Trump and NAFTA dominated headlines this year. His move to scrap the original trade deal, and to slap tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, had a major impact on the Canadian economy and led to some delicate cross-border diplomatic manoeuvres.
A new trade deal was signed by all three countries, but the ratification process in the United States promises to be far more complicated than it will be in Canada. Only when the new deal is implemented will we know whether Trump's strategy paid off.
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