The Globe is reporting that the Conservative Party of Canada will start airing a television ad attacking the Liberal Party for (get ready) possibly, sometime in the future, launching a television ad attacking the Conservative Party.
My goodness, the Conservatives must be truly are terrified of the Liberals exploiting their greatest weakness (their leader’s charisma and character, or lack thereof) to launch such a clearly oxymoronic advertisement.
The CBC is reporting that the Canadian Shooting Sports Association will continue with its plan to spend $100,000 on an advertising campaign despite the recent Boxing Day shooting at the Eaton’s Centre, in Toronto.
Now, I’m not the most rabid fan of the proposed anti-handgun legislation (as I fear it will be costly and less effective than one might hope), any public relations campaign needs to consider the receptiveness of the audience it’s trying to affect. I’m sure that the CSSA is hoping to get their policy position on the voters’ radar, but given the recent death of an innocent bystander this PR campaign will be for naught.
They’d be better off spending $100,000 on quiet lobbying of individual politicians in the hopes of affecting votes in the next parliament.
Despite serious allegations of misconduct, Ralph Goodale says he won’t step aside. Some choice quotes from the article:
“This is not an allegation of jaywalking; it’s an allegation of something much more serious than that,” he said, “but it is just that, it is an allegation.
“It is not by any means proven and I know I’ve examined my own conduct in this matter and I’m confident that conduct is consistent with 30 years of integrity and trust in public life.”
But …
Questioned repeatedly about why he won’t step aside until the investigation is complete, Goodale said RCMP officials aren’t at the root of the allegations. “The opposition have made those allegations.”
You know, where I work we still abide by the old dictum that the appearance of impropriety is almost as severe as true impropriety. Apparently we are held (and hold ourselves) to a higher ethical standard than the feds.
I don’t tend to agree with the conservatives on many issues, but this is one that I think that Harper has gotten right: Harper commits to a veterans’ bill of rights. War veterans sacrificed greatly for our country, and they deserve to be respected and protected.
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Turns out that the Green Party, despite a phenomenal showing at the polls in 2004 and standing a strong chance in January’s election, has decided that now would be a good time for some serious infighting.
I was speaking with some friends and family just the other day about what a conscientious person is to do in January’s election. Supporting the Liberals is out based on their association (direct or indirect) with horrific fraud. The conservatives are just a thin veneer over some seriously bat-shit crazy folks who will attempt to implement U. S. style social conservatism at the first opportunity. The NDP deserve nothing but scorn and derision for having played chicken with Paul Martin rather than seeing their agenda advance as party to a minority coalition. And I couldn’t vote for the Bloc if I wanted to (in passing, here’s a funny parody site).
So, like many other voters, I find myself casting around for a party to support based on any moral principle, sound policy or even a good vision. The Green Party looked like it was fitting the bill. Now is really not the time for infighting, guys.
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