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The Montreal Gazette story about the costs of our ...

2009-06-27T14:02:52.698-04:00

The Montreal Gazette story about the costs of our war in Afghanistan reports that Defense Minister Peter MacKay told "an audience of defence contractors and lobbyists that the government would spend $60 billion on new capital acquisitions by 2028."

MacKay actually said much more than that. Here is some of what he said:

"Speaking this past month at CANSEC, Canada’s largest annual defence trade show, Minister of Defence Peter MacKay reassured his audience that despite the country’s current economic situation defence contracts are secure. In a recent article about the trade show by Mike Blanchfield of the Canwest News Service MacKay is quoted as saying 'The funding will be there, I assure you. It’s locked in'.”

Warmongering contractors are locked in; unemployed workers on EI are locked out. In Conservative Euchre, War trumps Peace.

Here's a link to the source.

In contemplation of Harper deciding our military s...

2009-06-23T11:22:22.927-04:00

In contemplation of Harper deciding our military spending costs are none of Canadians' business, it occured to me that now Parliament is on recess, Harper will again be showing his true colours.

Without Iggy and Co. threatening an election at every turn, Harper is free to unleash his inner tyrant. Hopefully he will go to it full throttle, proving with finality that he cannot and should not be our prime minister, thus leading to his downfall when an election eventually comes.

Sounds good to me.

Here's a link to a frighteningly funny analysis by Jim Laxer of Iggy's failure as an opposition leader with respect to the adequacy of EI eligibility and benefits.

One quote: "In January, when Michael Ignatieff trashed his party's coalition with the NDP and announced that the Liberals would vote for Jim Flaherty's budget, he promised Canadians that he would watch the Harper government "like a hawk." Since then, the Hawk has flapped his wings a few times, but he has remained firmly perched on the Prime Minister's shoulder."

Even if strategic voting had elected Macklin in this riding, we would still be waiting for economic justice.

If the southern neighbours have no problem exposin...

2009-06-21T23:54:29.394-04:00

If the southern neighbours have no problem exposing their numbers, why shouldn't Canada? Stupid govt