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Weekly Archive: May 15, 2005 - May 21, 2005
May 21, 2005
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Today's update is up. Coming soon -- the TTLB Rank Number will be a hyperlink to that blog's Ecosystem details page....
May 20, 2005
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Hat tip to NealeNews. Apparently, everyone in Newmarket-Aurora received a letter today from Belinda Stronach, their Liberal MP, in which she tears the Liberal Party apart over corruption and short-changing Ontario. Of course, these were probably in the mail when...
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Looks like the Canadian Blog Rankings are going to be a popular addition to this site. It takes me about five minutes to regerenate the list (including time to rebuild the files) since my spreadsheet queries the TTLB system an...
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Tony Valeri on yesterday's budget vote:"I'm certainly encouraging my colleagues and my counterparts (in other parties) to respect the outcome of the vote."Let's recall Tony Valeri's words on May 6:But House Leader Tony Valeri shrugged [a Tory non-confidence vote] off,...
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This could get interesting -- ministers to appear at the Gomery Inquiry:The sponsorship inquiry has agreed to hear from several key Liberals, including a number of former public works ministers. Among those who will be testifying for the first time...
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The blog rankings have been moved to a permanent home on my left side bar. Review it at your leisure, and visit these great bloggers. If you have a Canadian blog, and you want to appear, make sure you sign...
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Does Canada need more than just a party leader? An ideological demagogue from the right to do more than just win an election, but to earn a following.
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Taking my inspiration from Political Staples most excellent "Top Canadian Blogs" post, I decided to take things one step further, but at the same time, one step back. Here's what I mean. I've semi-automated the process of extracting the data...
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One bit of good news: at least Chuck Cadman is from BC. Imagine if he was from Ontario! Albertans would be going ballistic about how Ontario had again foiled the desires of the West to deal with the Liberals. But...
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When all was said and done, everything went according to plan. Everyone voted the way they were expected, including Chuck Cadman, who had made it increasing clear he was going to support the government. The Liberals won both budget votes,...
May 19, 2005
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Assuming everyone shows up who is supposed to show up (yeah, I'm talking to you, Efford), then it all comes down to Chuck Cadman....
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A follow-up to the post about John Effords being in Ottawa today. Recall that John Effords is the Liberal MP paired up with Darrel Stinson, the Conservative MP from Alberta who is in Alberta recovering from cancer surgery. John Efford...
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Here's a little bit of news to make everyone nervous. Everyone knows that Conservative MP Darrel Stinson has undergone surgery to treat his cancer and will not be on hand for the budget vote. But that's OK because the Liberals...
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Carolyn Parrish, the independent MP who has said she would support the government in the budget vote, gave the Liberals a scare when she suffered abdominal pains this morning. The fear was that she would miss the vote tonight. But...
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I posted my thoughts about the Vickers & Benson aspect of the Gomery Inquiry, and how I figured that this aspect of the case my be a dead end, crippled by contradictory testimony and no corroborating evidence. I may have...
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This little tidbit tucked at the bottom of the news pile:Also on Thursday, a lawyer for Alfonso Gagliano said the former public works minister has joined a move by former prime minister Jean Chrétien to have Gomery removed as presiding...
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A go-between is now saying that Conservative member of Parliament Gurmant Grewal initiated the discussions with Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh in an attempt to trade his vote to defeat the government for a diplomatic posting or a Senate seat for...
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When Chuck Guité testified last at the Gomery Inquiry, he related a story that was quite shocking. The ad firm of Vickers & Benson was about to be bought out, but for the sale to proceed, guarantees had to be...
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Whatever happens tonight, there are going to be a lot of disgruntled people tomorrow. Presumably the other side will be filled with people who are very gruntled by comparison. Gruntled? Turns out that "gruntled" is not the opposite of "disgruntled",...
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Some thoughts about changing the way things work in Ottawa, written in 2000:The prime minister and his office used the people's money to seduce voters with choice handouts while rulling all government members, including Cabinet, with an iron fist. However,...
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Apparently independent MP Carolyn Parrish is feeling better. And apparently she's a Liberal, too:The Prime Minister's Office says Independent MP Carolyn Parrish "does not believe she has appendicitis" and "she is determined" to be in the Commons for a vote...
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I wish Warren Kinsella and I agreed on more things. He is a great writer, and I love it when we do agree, because he can frame my thoughts in such better words than I ever could. With regards to...
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Or perhaps it would be better if she stopped talking altogether. From the Edmonton Sun: Stronach implied in at least one interview shortly after her appointment to the Martin cabinet that she spoke to [Former prime minister Brian] Mulroney before...
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CTV got lucky today. They had a planned interview with ex-Liberal independent MP Carolyn Parrish, but when she didn't show, they called, and were told that she might be suffering from appendicitis, and might not make it for tonight's vote....
May 18, 2005
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Breaking news from the CBC:Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal alleges that the Liberals offered him plum posts if he helped their minority government survive. Grewal said the Liberals promised him an ambassadorship or Senate seat for his wife Nina, also a...
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Funny phrase, "trust fund". Inevitably comes up in situation where distrust is the order of the day. This case is no different. From CTV:The Liberals will be announcing the creation of a $750,000 trust fund to cover any ill-gotten sponsorship...
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Is Dan Rather looking for a job? Not yet, but maybe soon......
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Don't take my word for it. Read the words of the creators of South Park....
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We all know about how Belinda Stronach dropped out of York University after less than a year, figuring a formal education wasn't required for her resume. Of course it wasn't -- daddy made her CEO of the company. A formal...
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More MPs being drawn to the pipings of Paul Martin?Opposition Leader Stephen Harper's office says another Conservative MP was approached with an offer of a cabinet post in exchange for switching to the Liberals. Spokesman Geoff Norquay would not say...
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It's hard to see it when it's still fresh, but one day, and soon, Peter MacKay might come to see his former girlfriend Belinda Stronach in a whole new light. The former glam couple of Parliament Hill are, of course,...
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How can the Liberals continue to say that the Conservatives have a "hidden agenda" with Belinda Stronach standing right there? I mean, now we can be told what secret plans the Conservatives have for the country, right? (Hat tip to...
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Ever see that move, "The Live", in which horrific aliens live among us, but we perceive them as normal (actually good-looking) humans, unless you get your hands on these special sunglasses? I bring it up to suggest an explanation to...
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Some Liberal hack had better get his butt in gear and head over to Martha Hall Findlay's web site. Who is Martha Hall Findlay? She was the woman found run over yesterday. Forensic analysis of the evidence suggests two vehicles...
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At small dead animals, Kate has noticed the subtle hint that there will be no election after the Gomery Report, as promised:Paul Martin: Ms. Stronach will assume responsibilities for democratic renewal and will help guide the implementation of the recommendations...
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A panel of accountants (Robert Macdonald, Pierre St-Laurent, and Steven Whitla) are still scheduled to appear before the Gomery Inquiry, representing the firm of Kroll Lindquist Avery, retained by Justice Gomery to conduct a proper forensic audit to determine where...
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I dismissed my own concerns yesterday on the issue of whether Belinda Stronach's defection could potentially provide key insights to the Liberals about the plans of the Conservatives:I have to assume that Belinda Stronach was in on all the planning...
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From BlogsCanada:A good friend of mine from Vancouver was in town last night, and we had drinks and dinner. We talked politics, and he told me about a Conservative Party event he'd been to for Belinda Stronach. Belinda was working...
May 17, 2005
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From CTV:Conservative Leader Stephen Harper announced Tuesday night that the Tories would be voting in support of the federal budget on Thursday, but that they would still try to defeat the minority government on separate legislation. The amendment in question...
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It's been twelve hours already. You'd think someone would add Belinda Stronach to the Liberal Party cabinet web page already. I mean, they are proud to have her on the team, right?...
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It looks like someone got hold of Belinda Stronach's personal cell number. The parallels between Belinda Stronach and Paris Hilton are scary, aren't they? Nevertheless, I can't suggest to anyone to call that number, or to submit it to every...
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Check out the Sophist's Saga, a journal of suburban life in the 21st century. The focus is shifting to pre-election and election commentary, and I expect to be checking in as I look for ideas to steal to inspire me....
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I have to wonder whether we're better off without Belinda Stronach. The more background I read, the more creeped out I get. This from veteran member of the Ontario legislative press gallery, Eric Dowd, about Ontario über-premier Bill Davis and...
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From March 2004:When asked what she will do to "reduce the power of Ontario and Quebec" and address Western alienation, Stronach appeared at a loss for words. After a few false starts and long pauses, she said she believes all...
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That was fast. Isn't there a swearing in ceremony for cabinet ministers? I hate to be a stickler... Funny thing is that Belinda Stronach's line on the web site is not a hyperlink. The webheads for the Prime Minister have...
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I have to assume that Belinda Stronach was in on all the planning meetings and strategy sessions that the Conservatives have been holding in the last few weeks. She might be giving Paul Martin and the Liberals all sorts of...
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"Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest." Benjamin Franklin "There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is...
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From January 20, 2004:Business leader Belinda Stronach today said that starting right now she is running to become new Leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for the riding of Newmarket-Aurora. "I want principled government,...
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From CBC:Belinda Stronach, the millionaire businesswoman who ran for the leadership of the Conservative party in early 2004, has crossed the floor to the Liberal party and will sit in Paul Martin's cabinet as minister of human resources and skills...
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In 1990, in an attempt to fend off an attack by his enemies, Saddam Hussein of Iraq took groups of foreign nationals and moved them to strategic locations. These human shields would face injury or worse if the location was...
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[Hat tip to Andrew Coyne] It's probably a good thing that Liberals aren't fitted out to beep loudly when they back up.Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has called a meeting of experts to discuss how the selection of federal judges can...
May 16, 2005
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The silver lining to the news that the Brault and Guite trials have been delayed...we should be allowed to see all the testimony.
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Why review Prince Edward Island? Because of what Mr. Justice Gordon Campbell, a PEI Supreme Court judge, had to say about the appointment process:A former provincial Liberal Party president and chairman of several election campaigns, Judge Campbell said that some...
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From the Globe and Mail:Scanning a list of every judge on the Newfoundland bench, former Conservative justice minister John Crosbie rhymes off their prior political affiliations. "Jim Adams, he was a good Liberal," Mr. Crosbie says. "Doug Cook, another good...
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A level of fatigue seems to have been reached in Ottawa over the weekend:The federal Conservatives, after a week of bitter parliamentary gamesmanship, now appear willing to pin their hopes for a spring election on a single, high-stakes roll of...
May 15, 2005
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Honestly, I'm not sure what this means. In 2000, the following contributions were made to the Liberal Party of Canada (courtesy of the Elections Canada database): Liberal Party of Newfoundland & Labrador: $230.62 Saskatchewan Liberal Association: $6,339.42 New Brunswick Liberal...
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This NDP blogger just doesn't get it. From Dymaxion World: Christ, they really can't wait a single week? The Tories and the Bloc shut down parliament today, and are threatening to do it until they get a confidence vote. Unbelievable....
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Just before election day in 2004, the Liberals were polling 32% in popular support in Ontario (the data is found in one of the polling subpages of CBC's Canada Votes 2004). Apparently Liberal popularity amount Ontario lawyers is much higher....
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