Seriously? Everyone voted to slap Maclean's on the wrist for printing the truth? Maybe they should take it to the HRC's. I expect the CPC numbers to drop after this stupidity. The only party that won was the separatist Bloc, and they hate Canada, well, except for their pensions.
That this House, while recognizing the importance of vigorous debate on subjects of public interest, expresses its profound sadness at the prejudice displayed and the stereotypes employed by Maclean’s Magazine to denigrate the Quebec nation, its history and its institutions.
This is Parliament, not a grade 3 student president election. How juvenile. Talk about pandering to Quebec. I expected better of the Conservatives. It seems that they are so intent on a majority that they think they too have to kiss Quebec's butt. They would have gotten more respect from Quebec if they stood up against this obviously biased motion. This motion had no place in our House of Commons! Shame on the Bloc for bringing in forward, and shame on all MP's, from all parties, who voted for it.
Try reining in the HRC's, instead of attacking a magazine for it's article. Freedom of speech is dying in Canada, and it disgusts me that the Conservatives are too chicken to do anything about the HRC's even though it was one of their mandates from the last conference. Find your balls!
Way back in March, I posted a Youtube video showing how dysfunctional Parliament had become. I re-post it to show you how bad this Parliament had become. Remember this is way back in March....
So, to those opposition people (see I didn't use lefties! HA!) who think Parliament was working, get real!
Also contrast the slogans:
Liberals: Greener, richer, fairer Conservatives: United, strong and free
Can you sissy Liberals come down from your elitist cloud and realize that the average Joe Blow Canadian can not relate to you and your message? Right over your heads I see, oh well, at least the Conservatives get it!
Nothing will change the rabid Liberal supporters? The Globe and Mail is one disgusting paper, and the people who comment there are so rabid that even Old Yeller looks sane.
But the Prime Minister may yet decide to pull the plug on his minority Conservative government as early as Sept. 2 without waiting for the tête-à-tête with Mr. Dion.
“[Mr. Dion] is essentially refusing to meet and, not only refusing to meet, refusing to speak by phone,” Kory Teneycke, Harper's communication director, said Monday.
“This is a sign that he's, for all intents and purposes, broken off communication with the prime minister.”
So, Dion is a coward. He blabs about an election, then when challenged, he goes into hiding. What a weenie. Do the Liberal supporters see it that way? Nope.
Alan Pater from Vancouver, Canada writes: Another alternative to electing another dysfunctional government is for the current opposition to get together and form a coalition government. Then elections can take place as scheduled in a year.
This is my favorite delusion, the lefties can run the government! HA! Go for it, way to tick off all voters.
jack sprat from Canada writes: Ummmmm, isn't the election date already set? Why the fuss?
Steve was adamant that this date was fixed in stone and gave all kinds of reasons, and niced quotes as to why he would never cause an election himself.
So with an election date set, why should Dion meet with him, and why only on Harper's schedule. Steve is ujnavailable all this week as he splurges on another trip to the one seat Arctic.
Dion is right, whats the rush? Schedule a mutually agreeable date in the next couple of weeks as schedules allow.
This silliness by Harpo has to go, he shows no leadership at all.
Then you get the ones that are clearly scared out of their minds that the Liberals might have to actually go to an election. Too funny!
Ed Long from Canada writes: Mssrs. Dion and Layton and Duceppe are under no requirement, constitutionally or ethically, to meet with the PM prior to the beginning of Parliament.
And their agreement to do so simply makes them pawns in PM Harper's immature, duplicitous and irresponsible attempt to deflect attention from his own inability to lead.
Here is another example of delusional thinking, those lefties are funny. They claim to take the high road, and then slither in the mud.
The Globe and Mail has become Canada's National Enquirer, sleazy reporting, rabid comments, and reporters married to Liberal communications directors. They have two or three articles a day about the Conservative government, none of them positive, ever. Can they afford to lose 36% of their readers?
Just to remind you of how dysfunctional this Parliament has become, let me re-run this example of how Liberals have been voting lately:
