Another day, another embarassment... . for Minister of State for the Status of Women Helena Guergis.
This time it's her executive assistant who's under fire -- but not fired, apparently -- for writing letters to the editors at local newspapers praising her boss' work, but signing them with her married name, to give the impression the letters came from an average voter in Simcoe-Grey.
Video from Parliament here:
http://tinyurl.com/y8bxs8f
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David Dingwall, “I’m entitled to my entitlements”.
That’s the Liberal Party in a nutshell, they can’t change and like the dinosaurs that they are, are doomed to extinction.
It will be a slow and painful suicide when in the next election they’ll find that they’ve lost another 20-30 seats, possibly becoming “da turd pardi” , just as likely the fourth.
Followed by another long stretch of insignificant bleetings and their brand of cheap tawdry gotcha politics, then finally the end of the line.
“the natural ruling party”, sure……………………..
Canadians shocked by the size of his tab, Dingwall continued, need to consider it in context.
"If you're travelling abroad ... you're going to have expenses," he said. "You know, you're not taking a canoe. You're not getting the train to Montreal here."
According to the documents obtained under the Access to Information Act by Conservative MP Brian Pallister and made public Wednesday, in 2004 Dingwall and his colleagues spent $130,000 in foreign and domestic travel, $14,000 in meals and $11,000 in hospitality.
The Mint also appears to have picked up a $1,400 tab for Dingwall's membership in an Ottawa-area golf club, $5,900 in operating expenses for a car he leased, and $1,500 in membership fees in the Nova Scotia barristers' society.
"He was not only charging for expenses like travel, he was also charging for things like chewing gum, water and newspapers, which obviously became a point of concern," reports CTV's Rosemary Thompson.
When asked why he would expense a pack of gum -- particularly in light of his $277,000 annual salary as CEO of the Mint -- Dingwall saw no reason to apologize.
"Look, I just throw the receipts on the desk, they take after them and they submit them accordingly," he said.
When the Liberals were in office we saw massive cutting of transfers to the provinces for Health, Education and Social Services, the raiding of the pensions of the Public Service, the RCMP and the Military, the illegal appropriation of some $54 Billion Dollars paid by workers and their employers into EI, myriad scandals involving graft and corruption by the Liberal Party, the most notable being ADSCAM, and one of the most infamous quotes coming from Justice Gomery saying of the Liberal Party, 'they are criminally organized”.
The Liberal Party is toast, there is no way back.
And now they suggest a national carbon tax?
And when will they pay back that missing $40 Million from ADSCAM?
What about the $162 Million Taxpayer Dollars Paul Martin's CSL received while he was Finance Minister?
Trolls at play. Boring.
Anon: The title of the blog is "Guergis again..."
so why post unrelated items?
As for your assertion that the Liberal party is dead, well I can assure you that it is not!
Moreover, I watched the Conference and nowhere did the Liberal Party of Canada "suggest" a national carbon tax...Nice try!
Carbon tax a hot topic at Liberals' conference
By Hubert Bauch, The Gazette
March 27, 2010
An old idea got fresh traction at this weekend’s federal Liberal thinkers’ conference which is supposed to be generating new ideas for the country and the party.
The idea of a carbon tax as a means of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, which the Liberals rode to a resounding defeat in the last federal election, got strong support from invited experts at afternoon panel discussions on the theme of energy, environment and economic growth.
“Nothing will influence what our (energy) landscape will look like more than pricing,” said Michael Phelps, former CEO of natural gas company West Coast Energy Inc., who predicted a 40 per cent rise in global energy demand over the coming two decades, of which 80 per cent will be reliant on fossil fuels.
Only high prices will change behaviour, he said. “If I wanted to change behaviour I’d be yelling about a carbon tax. People won’t pay $2 per litre for gasoline. That will change behaviours. Nothing else will. But then, of course, I’m not running for office.”
Dan Gagnier, head of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and former chief of staff to Quebec Premier Jean Charest, suggested the political risk of proposing a carbon tax might be overcome by properly attuning the public to its benefits.
“Normally you say tax and they run for the hills. You need to give people a clear idea of the benefits instead of scaring the bejeezus our of them.”
Leading Quebec environmentalist Stephen Guilbault said a consensus in favour of carbon taxation is forming, with even oil giant Exxon showing signs of coming around. “At this point I can’t see who except Stephen Harper can still be opposed.”
In a morning session on health care the conference was told that Canadians and their governments must face up to some hard facts and have “an adult conversation” about the future of the country’s health care system.
The advice came from David Dodge, the past governor of the Bank of Canada and former deputy finance minister who said medicare costs will inevitably rise in coming years at a greater rate than government revenues and the country’s gross domestic product, and require some unpalatable choices to be made.
Choices he suggested include new taxes specifically dedicated for health care or a steady reduction in the scope and quality of services provided by the public health system that would require people to either pay for private care themselves or suffer ever greater wait times for service in the public system.
“These are stark and unpalatable choices that we face with respect to health care, but there is no magic solution,” he said. “We absolutely must have an adult debate about how we deal with this. Finding solutions in this area is extraordinarily difficult, but it is imperative.”
The conference title, Canada 150, is a reference to the upcoming 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. The event is billed as non-partisan and not all speakers and those in attendance are Liberals, but is intended to give the Liberals policy ideas that will assist the party in crafting its next election platform.
In addition to the main event, 53 satellite gatherings were held across the country today where participants can follow the webcast of the conference and interact with the speakers. On the conference’s Friday opening day it drew 9,500 Internet viewers and was the country’s top Twitter topic.
Party leader Michael Ignatieff said the conference represents a democratic renewal for both the party and the country. “It’s probably the most inclusive pan-Canadian conference any party has put on in the history of the country.”
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