Posted by
Joanne on
11 April 2008, 2:48 pm
In the print edition of Friday’s National Post:
(The above widget keeps changing, but it’s kind of cool. Just hold your cursor over the pic and you will see arrows that will allow you to flip through Clement’s archives.)
Christian Conservative has the Dion cartoon here.
In response to the Speaker’s statement saying, “All in favour of the government’s motion say ‘AYE’”, Dion responds with the following:
“AYE am actually opposed and outraged by this government’s abuse of…“
The Clement archive can also be found here. (H/T Uncommon Truths)
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Also just got into my new issue of Macleans. Paul Wells has a fascinating article about Dion titled, “Party of One”. H/T to reader Jad for the link.
Posted by
Joanne on
11 April 2008, 7:35 am
Brent Butt will be pulling the plug on Corner Gas next season. The series finale will air sometime in the spring of 2009.
Brent wants the award-winning show to finish on top.
Contrast this with Sarah Polley’s whining on Parliament Hill yesterday. Hunter covers the story here.
I have no idea how government subsidies work in film vs. television but I have a strong suspicion that if it’s a good production, people will watch it and it will become successful.
And guess what, Ms. Polley? Something can be a hit without using sex and violence to attract a large audience.
Jackass!
Now excuse me while I go drown my sorrows with a big plate of chili cheese-dogs.
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Update:
Metro –
Polley pleads case:
…But the Conservatives reacted quickly to Polley’s statements, claiming she had a political vendetta against the party.
In the 2004 election campaign, Polley was an active member of the “Stop Harper” campaign, and attached her name to a news release attacking the now prime minister.
“Hard-working Canadians are growing increasingly tired of special interest groups telling them what to do,” Tory MP Pierre Poilievre (Nepean-Carleton) said in a news release. “If famous actors and actresses want to produce materials that are offensive to the majority of Canadians, they can do it on their own dime, not on the backs of Canadian taxpayers.”
Right on.
So now I’m faced with a problem. There were a few other well-known Canadian artists involved in the Stop-Harper campaign. I funded some of them directly by purchasing their CDs and attending their concerts.
It will be easy to deface my Chantel Kreviazuk CDs, but Sarah McLachlan too?
Too bad she’s so misguided.
