tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post111654970871532839..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Non-confidence defeat should end the Ottawa sideshowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1116606509511174152005-05-20T09:28:00.000-07:002005-05-20T09:28:00.000-07:00I am surprised that Willcocks does not see the iro...I am surprised that Willcocks does not see the irony of juxtaposing his column in support of STV with his criticism of the budget voting process in Ottawa. With STV we could look forward to that kind of goings on every week- if any party could avoid having to call an election every six months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1116552370558657962005-05-19T18:26:00.000-07:002005-05-19T18:26:00.000-07:00As uncomfortable as it might be to comprehend, the...As uncomfortable as it might be to comprehend, the system is doing precisely what it was designed to do in response to these allegations of fraud. The mills of justice are grinding their slow way. <BR/><BR/>Try and recall the Commissions that were set up by Mulroney during his reign when allegations of fraud were made. <BR/><BR/>Can't remember? <BR/><BR/>For the first time in our history two PM's testified under oath to a Commission of Inquiry. The Auditor General's report wasn't sent to committee once it was delivered, it went straight to the floor of the Commons. Martin has vowed publicly and repeatedly that an election will be called within 30 days of Gomery's final report. Criminal trials are on the court schedule right now and more charges may yet be laid possibly against more people. <BR/><BR/>The "sideshow" isn't Gomery. Gomery *is* the government's business and a vital part of it at that. The question never should be about whether there's fraud going on. Of course there is, somehere, probably all the time and probably in every endeavour that humans engage in. The question should always be about what's being done in response. What's being done by Gomery is appropriate but I repeat it *is* government business.<BR/><BR/>The sideshow is Harper's baby. <BR/><BR/>Which would be OK too if I believed that he had the best interests of the citizens of Canada at heart. I simply don't believe it. <BR/><BR/>His entire professional life and reputation has been founded on an expressed contempt for Canada, it's institutions, traditions and people. <BR/><BR/>His recent one time attempt to rehabilitate that reputation rings as hollow as an upturned bowl and simply reinforces my opinion that he is a hypocrite as well.<BR/><BR/>In ways both subtle and gross he is a threat to the fabric of this country. Perhaps even a greater threat than the Quebec seperatistes because he has been given permission by the press to operate in deep stealth mode under the comfortable yet misleading moniker of Tory. <BR/><BR/>Why else were all his writings and speeches removed from the website of the Citizens Coalition within hours of his ascendancy to the leadership of the Conservative party? <BR/><BR/>I say bravo Belinda. Having been involved in the creation of the party she now finds that it's in the hands of carpetbaggers, fools and charlatans. What person in their right mind would stay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com