As Michael Taube opines in today’s Ottawa Citizen, it just doesn’t make any kind of sense that the Robo-Call ‘scandal’ was directed from the upper echelon of the Conservative Party (Top Tories would never risk all to steal an election).
At this point it seems that there is little doubt that something went horribly wrong in Guelph. Many Conservative spokespersons have conceded that and hope that Elections Canada can ferret out the guilty people as quickly as possible.
But to seriously think that Stephen Harper would condone such nefarious tactics as voter suppression just defies logic:
While some party tactics have been the subject of serious debate, especially the “in-and-out” election spending debacle, stealing an election is a completely different matter. The Tories have worked too hard, and struggled for too long, to simply throw away their good name and reputation in one swift, selfish grab for the prize of a majority government.
In fact Guy Giorno was tasked with the mission of maintaining a squeaky-clean campaign according to a recent column by John Ivison:
Another Tory operative said he couldn’t understand the motivation for electoral fraud. “Why take a risk in a risk-averse environment? You’d only do it where the risk has a high return, which it doesn’t here. The culture of the party is not one conducive to freelancing. If you do, you get frog-marched out of the door and dispatched for life.”
Both said Guy Giorno, the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff, who acted as campaign manager last year, would not have tolerated such tactics. Mr. Giorno is said to have employed a full-time compliance officer to ensure the party didn’t break any electoral rules.
Unfortunately the opposition, media party and many left-wing advocacy groups are using this as a golden opportunity to tarnish the image of the CPC (and likely increase donations.)
Some are already planning for the next election with the notion of ‘co-operation‘ among the opps and then instituting electoral reform.
For now let’s allow Elections Canada to do their work, but let us also keep an eye on those who would most benefit from this type of smear campaign.
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Related
Retraction and apology – National Post:
An article published in the National Post on March 2, 2012, referred to Responsive Marketing Group Inc. and stated that former employees of RMG have alleged that they were asked by RMG to direct voters to the wrong polling stations. That report was incorrect. No allegation has been made that RMG asked its employees to direct voters to the wrong polling stations. The National Post apologizes to Responsive Marketing Group Inc. for the error.
RackNine files $5M lawsuit against NDP and MP Pat Martin – Jack’s Newswatch (with link to Deb Simms’ conspiracy theory which merits a look.)
Racknine says Pat Martin defamed company – Stephen Taylor (with docs)
National Post forced to issue apology over robocall story – BC Blue
Media Thinks Online Petition Is A Complaint Filed With Elections Canada – Paulsstuff
31,000 contacts to Election’s Canada on Robo Calls. I think I, and the NDP, might know why. – Alberta Ardvark
Something to keep in mind here (as tweeted by Stephen Taylor):
Difference between “contact” and “complaint” is signing a petition vs. detailing specific personal story re voter suppression.
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) March 3, 2012
Dear Media Party – Please take note! The language is not interchangeable.
ROBOCALL WAKE-UP CALL – Ezra Levant
It’s time for the opposition and the media to take a breather too but will they?
I’m offended by hearing Bob Rae ask in the HOC “Will the Prime Minister tell us to what degree he as party leader is responsible for what happened?”
I’m offended by Turmel’s question as well:”Why did the Prime minister abandon all ethical principles during his last election campaign?”
It’s difficult to ignore these people who continue to accuse with impunity and without proof.
Stephen Harper would not engage in or condone any of this, I’d bet my bottom dollar on that, his detractors, not so much, they have a smear campaign going and it’s gotten out of hand, let the suing begin, get out the beer and popcorn.
Bob Rae has taken himself out of contention for PM by getting in on the smear campaign. If that’s the best the Liberals have they’re going nowhere and that’s sad, we need a credible official opposition, we don’t have one now.
anyone see Rex Murphy
what a load of misleading CRAP
he states categorically that Prime Minister Harper is NOT concerned about the high jinks in the Guelph riding Rex is aiding and abetting this need of the media to further the lies of the NDPQ
the Conservative Government are assisting the investigation in Guelph it is of great concern that the person responsible be held responsible
the media need to start reporting news not misleading information
Evan Solomans aiding and abetting by doing his one sided investigation of the Conservative party
where is his dogged investigation of the ndpq and the Liberals
this is one sided reporting of the worst kind
fh
Conservatives get behind our candidate in Layton’s old riding
send money if you can
knock on doors let the wonderful Canadians know just how the Government of Canada
is helping all ALL Canadians prosper
we have the best most honest Prime Minister Canada has EVER had
we need to continue with our support
fh
O/T – sorry but I wanted to post this letter to Dalton McGuinty from someone who is losing their job here at Bluewater Youth Detention Centre. THIS is Dalton’s legacy…killing off rural/small town Ontario. As the wind howls off Lake Huron and a few more trees fall on our Courthouse Square, it all just blows!!!
“My Letter to Dalton, my MPP, and both opposition parties…….
I am a taxpayer, and I live more than an hour north of the 401 corridor. Yes we exist, there are taxpayers outside of Toronto and the 401 corridor. In August 2011, my community was devastated by an F3 tornado, with the bulk of the business district being eliminated in mere minutes, and several families losing their homes. You flew in, stayed for a brief moment, and vowed your support. It’s almost 7 months later, and we are still rebuilding our town. Some of these businesses are still closed, and some homes are still boarded up, waiting for insurance to come through.
This morning, shingles on my recently replaced roof started blowing off, but that isn’t the biggest blow we have experienced in the last 24 hours. Last night, we found out my job, one of over 200, was being eliminated as part of the Drummond report follow up. More shocking was how we found out, the 6 o’clock news report on CTV, because your Minister and his employees didn’t have the class or courage to tell us. Actually, they requested our union not tell us. The plan for our building is supposedly to sell it…to who? In the last 4 years, during your reign, we have now lost 2 of our 3 largest employers, and unless you have already forgotten, we were devastated by a tornado. Bluewater Youth Centre is 5 km south of Goderich, in an under-developed area, how much is that property going to bring in? Perhaps it is time you leave that 401 corridor and visit the area again.
For the past 19 years, and the next 8 months I am a Public Servant. In your first election campaign, you professed your heartfelt appreciation for us Public Servants, you swore your support when you wanted ours to oust Mike Harris. Now, you want to do the same thing Harris did, balance your budget on the back of us Public Servants, on the middle class. You have privatized the bulk of Youth Justice….just much quieter, over a couple of years.
Finally Dalton, I am a voter, living north of the 401 corridor, and yes we DO EXIST. Over the last 18 months, your government has closed Walkerton Jail, Owen Sound Jail, Sarnia Jail and Buewater Youth Centre, and eliminated hundreds of jobs in an already devastated area. YOU have chosen to add to the devastation, but in that same motion have caused like devastation to your party. You have forgotten that Ontario exists out of that corridor, forgotten that alot of ridings aren’t in that area…..we haven’t. Enjoy your Liberal minority, it won’t last near as long as the Party’s future futility in rural Ontario.”
Richco , if ontario had journalists like David R no doubt Dalton will be gone after the first term.
the way things are going in my community the Liberals will NEVER AGAIN get elected here!
….and, no one I know from around here is paying any attention at all to Robo-twits. We have other more pressing things to concern ourselves with locally.
“For now let’s allow Elections Canada to do their work”
I’m worried about where EC is going to take this as the CP is too I’m sure so it must be tough for them to put their faith and trust in that corrupt body (IMO) but that’s all the party can do at this point.
I’m just wondering how EC will play this. Will they call for a series of by-elections? Or will they drag out the investigation — as they did with “in-and-out” — and allow the opps, and their shills in the media, to inflict as much damage as possible based solely on speculation before concluding their investigation “coincidentally” as we’re going into the next election just as they did the last?
JP Kingsley on one of his endless CBC rounds yesterday said only a judge could order a by-election, not Elections Canada.
Though shocked by the excesses of the robocall episode, he was mute on the subject of CBC broadcasting voter results while the polls were still open.
“At this point it seems that there is little doubt that something went horribly wrong in Guelph.”
What do we know about Guelph that is fact?
We know that an unauthorized polling station was set up and subsequently given a stamp of approval by EC despite campaign literature clearly present.
We also know that the Liberal won.
The rest is just media noise because they are unwilling or incapable of providing Canadians with some real facts. EC may know but even they were not concerned with reports up until this past week or so.
As well who exactly is up the shenanigans when up until this past few days there were perhaps 1,000 concerns reported. We now have 35,000? Give me a break.!
Who now is exploiting this EC system? And then we have Boob Rae having the AUDACITY to suggest more staff is needed. These people have created the stage show of the week and their performance of phony indignation deserves the rotten tomato award.
Not only that, but the media is using omission bias to infer that numbers such as the one you have cited (as with the 31,000 reported last night, up by 4000 in just a matter of hours? Gimme a break!), falls into the complaints-specific-to-the-CP category the media has created when we don’t know the nature of those “contacts” made to EC (related to polling station changes or general nuisance calls) nor which parties are cited for those complaints. The bulk, I’m sure, are against the CP but what’s important is whether those calls to EC are made in reference to people being misdirected on where to vote or simply nuisance calls
And omission bias, as opposed to slant bias, is by far the more devious of the two and is the one being employed by the Consensus Media in this case. Just minutes ago, CBC reporter David McKie cited the volume of complaints in his “report” — although he used 31,000 — and then added that as a result of that volume it’s then hard for the CP to ignore Canadians who have made complaints to EC that they were misdirected on where to vote by the CP.
McKie didn’t misstate the facts per se as would be the case with slant bias but instead is guilty of omission bias by allowing Canadians listening to his “report” to infer that all the contacts made to EC are against the CP and all are specific to misdirecting voters on where to go.
“although he used 31,000 — and then added that as a result of that volume it’s then hard for the CP to ignore Canadians who have made complaints to EC that they were misdirected on where to vote by the CP.”
Question: how many people voted?
Enough to have the LIEbrals win ridding – and though they won – they still complain that 31,000 voters did not get a chance to vote. Whhat are they trying to prove?
We know that an unauthorized polling station was set up and subsequently given a stamp of approval by EC despite campaign literature clearly present.
We also know that the Liberal won.
Imagine that! ‘an authorized polling station was set and a liberal won? Now I wonder who was behind this, surely not a ‘conservative’
CBC is pushing over the top on this. What is disturbing, is how the media are leaving out so much information, and cherry picking from TV clips which give a false impression of what was really said BUT always leaving ONE party to look bad.
The only way to hear whats really going on is by watching question period on CPAC. The media are there….why do they conveniently mis-lead and omit with their reports?
I think the answer to this is that call centre also in Thunder Bay. Just read the Toronto Star article…”.the employees said they were calling for ELECTIONS CANADA which they wern’t supposed to do”. Right there you have the calls that went out across the country she said saying it was EC. Why won’t CBC report this?
I still can’t get that voting box at the university in Guelph out of my mind. This was the election of VOTE MOB also. Lots of special interest groups with the staff and money to do dirty tricks also. Look what they did in Copenhagen…sending emails pretending to be Jim Prentice etc. Why don’t the Conservatives bring these things up?That was dirty tricks.I could go on & on with a lot of things that are suspicious. Whats with this X-Elections Canada guy KINGSLEY. How much is CBC paying him?Whats taking so LONG…are they waiting to fry the CONServatives first with inuendo, hear say, 1/2 truths outright lies and missing facts?
Something stinks and its not the conservative party.
You have to read Michael Coren’s latest article. He makes total sense of this whole thing.
“Lust for scandal
Consensus media can’t turn Robocalls into Watergate”
http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/03/02/lust-for-scandal
It seems Sun media are the only ones in the media who have their heads screwed on straight,and well Dave Rutherford too of course. They are not getting on the bandwagon trashing the CPC without evidence like the other ones are but they too want answers like all of us do. They are using common sense. That’s who I am paying attention to.
the other thing with SNN and Rutherford is that they’re not letting the consensus media form their perspectives. They’re also writing their own and opposing narratives and it’s working well for the sake of choice, because we now HAVE a choice for news in this country.
CBC and CTV are bit-players when it comes to media and influence.
Note that the CBC too is not incorporating the “bandwagon-effect” angle to the story, with mention on how the volume of contacts has gone up 3,000% since the Consensus Media themselves started reporting the story. It’s similar to the bandwagon effect created by the CBC when they played up the Facebook page created many months ago encouraging Canadians to boycott that company and by implication having Canadians show their support for Canada’s ethical oil…. oh wait, the CBC never did that story, fearing a bandwagon effect would have resulted. My bad.
Just wanted to add from a previous post I made, McKie made the clarification just a few minutes ago in a live report, saying that the specifics of those complaints and which party they are made against are unclear. For that he deserves credit. But this cannot be an anomaly, it must be noted each and every time the volume is mentioned in the story by all media.
Chiquita Banana is the company I forgot to mention.
‘What is disturbing, is how the media are leaving out so much information, and cherry picking from TV clips’
Ontaio Girl, rather than for the PM deliver what he has for canadians on national television , the prime minister goes overseas to talk about canada, at least they wouldn’t cut him off so, whoever in canada hear him via CNN or from whereever will have the opportunity to hear the full story of the PM
‘discussing’ canada.
I aso notice that the PM goes to the province which he has plans for to deliver the news personally. Trusting media to deliver the message via air radio or on television might never reach the other end.
Mind you, after delivering in person and they know of what he has done for that province, only then does the PM takes the opportunity to go on television to address what he had delivered.
In other words, the media can cut it off air shut him down or whatever but it is too late HIS JOB WAS DONE AND RECEIVED by the very province.
No proof. Just accusations, grandstanding, prejudice, and yes bigotry in our opposition benches and in national media.
Our economy is on track we as a country are the envy of the world, rich in resources and good, steady, responsible leadership.
This is just the same disrespectful, ignorant behavior shown during the election.
I am out and about a lot I have yet to hear anyone mention this other then the haters who are allowed to spew every week in our local rag.
I might get one or two letters a year posted, with “corrections”
The haters are the bunch that Bev Oda de-funded they do NOT speak for me.
Same old recycled crap from the same failed politicians and failed parties.
I am sure they will cobble together a rainbow coalition to try and change our FPTP system.
It is the only way they will get elected.
At the end of the day I really don’t have a lot of faith in Election Canada to properly investigate anything.
The failed Liberal “Leadership Candidates” still owe a pile of money, correct me if I am wrong.
I also don’t think this latest robo-gate resonates very much beyond the bubble.
I attend my first board meeting Monday night in Qualicum.
I am energised, not angry as much as I am very focused on moving forward and being not grassroots as BEDROCK,
We will endure, we will plan, and we will prosper.
All those years ago going to my first Reform meeting we were swarmed and called Racists.
Bigots don’t scare or intimidate me just make me more determined.
All these bed wetters have is insinuation, obfuscation, and outright lies, it isn’t enough.
Everyone should check out Aardvarks post re Leadnow.ca and discover that it is a robo e-mail group that tells you to send an e-mail etc. Members of said group include a lot of ndp names. That is where all those so called complaints are coming from. Remember the Aavaraz petition during prorogation. Someone with more expertise than I have could really get in there and see who is sending those e-mails to EC.
Last night I attended a Cinderella play, put on at our elementary school, and those kids put on a better show than the opposition and EC are doing.
Is this faux scandal an attempt to keep the conservatives from using the phones during the next election.
I encourage every conservative and undecided in Jack’s riding to get out and vote for the conservative. Think what happened in the Prov election when you stayed home for whatever reason.
I really really hope that Pat Martin is forced to resign over his lawsuit. He would be the first to demand resignation if the culprit was conservative.
If any one group had motive and no risk if discovered, that would be the same bunch responsible for the mayhem at the G20, who incidentally stated they would be active during the last election. They would have nothing to lose even if they where found to be responsible.
They don’t care if they vote was subverted, their goal is to cast doubt in enough peoples minds to justify tearing down the govenment system we have.
This would explain the 30000 + new “complaints”.
The mo matches the occupy methods.
Pay attention over the next week and see who starts popping up in the media advocating for a change in how we run elections, starting with calls for proportional rep.
Mary T, Avaaz also has a robo email campaign along the same line as leadnow.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/election_fraud/?agCGTcb&s=1
If these campaigns do indeed account for those thousands of “contacts” to Elections Canada, that will become apparent to them pretty quickly since they’ll all be worded almost identically.
Avaaz and leadnow have been working together. That cooperation extends to supporting NDP Nathan Cullen for leader, who advocates joint nominations.
“Their goal is to terminate the Harper government, followed by some undefined “electoral reform” after the next election.
Then the Conservatives would never form government again and everyone — except Tories — would live happily ever after. ”
http://www.straightgoods.ca/2012/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=164&Cookies=yes
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/wheres-the-intrepid-poirot-in-a-case-like-robo-calls/article2356788/
Interesting post from Jeffrey Simpson, particularly this comment:
“Clearly, someone with an inordinately shrewd knowledge of individual candidates from the opposition parties did the deed. Calls were of a particular nature, depending on the riding, hinting at things related to an opposition party candidate. This kind of information doesn’t come from a telephone directory.”
As Joanne points out, Guy Giorno would not have approved of any malfeasance.
“Both said Guy Giorno, the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff, who acted as campaign manager last year, would not have tolerated such tactics. Mr. Giorno is said to have employed a full-time compliance officer to ensure the party didn’t break any electoral rules.”
So have unnamed senior Liberals.
“senior Liberals quietly acknowledge that they do not believe Conservative campaign chairman Guy Giorno would approve any such campaign.”
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fake+election+callers+blitzed+ridings/6208851/story.html
Guess we can’t put Rae into senior Liberal category he seems to be on the accusation bandwagon full tilt, or as Gramps used to say “hell bent for election”.
Rae is a man with a purpose. Foremost it is to be anointed leader and he is working on his creds to impressed the party brass. As the third party, the Liberals have no choice but attempt to one-up the NDP any way they can and any time they can. Rae and the Libs are wagering (praying?) that millions of Canadians who voted Conservatives will see the error of their ways and run back to the fold. The joke’s on them.
The supposed 31,000+ complaints number is actually the number of emails sent to EC through an online petition led by the NDP’s Capstick and Robin Sears to name a few.
Alberta Ardvark did a post on this as did I.
Good stuff, Paul.
Link here. Advark’s available from Paul’s site.
AA’s post and Paul’s are excellent!
I used to think that Robin Sears was a pretty decent guy, especially for an NDP-er.
Not anymore.
I hope this whole stinking fiasco blows up in Sears’, Capstick’s, and all of the other Leadnow toadies’ faces. This inversion which turns a good and decent party into a dishonest one bent on victory at all costs (hey, that’s the profile of the Librano$, isn’t it?), and transparent, orchestrated leftard pile-ons on the duly elected government into the self-righteous seeking of justice (x 31,000!), is an age-old trick accompanied by more than a whiff of sulfur.
I think I’m in filter purgatory Joanne.
Me too,
Ha-ha! You guys have done your time. Comments now released.
Opps and the Harper-haters in the media did this same ‘get Harper’ campaign re: prorogation and contempt of Parliament.
They bet the farm on these ‘death of democracy’ positions (with Andrew Coyne driving the hearse).
PMSH won his majority.
Sure, the pile on will get the average Joe and Mary to take notice.
Now they will become annoyed at receiving ANY robocall, even from the LibDippers.
This is an easy story for the lazy, out of touch media to write about, over and over and over.
It’s become an absolute bore of an issue, imo.
Message to Gerald whose comment is in moderation – Could you please try rephrasing that with something a bit less over-the-top? Thanks.
we all need to read or re read The King Of Torts by John Grisham
it is a good primer about class action suits
the lawyers are on a class action for disgruntled Canadians and robocalls
fh
On CBC yesterday ANDREW said” CBC called Elections Canada(or did EC call them?) and told them it was just CONTACTS made to them by phone,emails and letters and “some of them are doubled up meaning the same person calling more then once”
I haven’t heard that reported by CBC since. Right after CBC saying that, they continued on calling them complaints. They fail to say some are Conservatives also. Just left to assume its complaints against them.
One good thing is Terry Mildewski doing the reporting on “The National”. People remember his bias in the election against PM Harper at all his news conferences.Remember when he got the big boooooooooo?
I waited for 20 minutes to hear a report about PM Harper and Israels PM….CBC’s robocalling story was the lead off big news followed by a story running down fox news and then about 15 minutes about a bunch of “artists” doing a dancing arms flailing play, I guess it was,about Jesus. Thats more important than anything to do with Israel, the world or Canada.
I just read the court papers about the Pat Martin comments about Racknine and I honestly think there is seriously something wrong with this NDPQ. He need a phyciatrist. Why isn’t the story about him being sued on the national?
The CBC just can’t help themselves, wanting to taste the batter instead of waiting until the cake has been baked. You’d think they would have learned from all the previous faux scandals from the past they’ve generated, taking a deep breath and a step back instead of having the possibility of the whole thing blowing up in their faces. The thing that fascinates me is how many reporters and pundits — including Mildew himself — have stated that THIS ONE has the potential to cause MAJOR DAMAGE to the CP… the very thing they said about Contempt, Oda, Prorogation and the like. Someone needs to tell these people you only get to jump the shark once and not signaling the boat operator that you’d like to get another shot.
Ontario Girl, Potty mouth Pat does indeed need help.
He is getting lots of help from the CBC.
Interesting that the 30,000 contacts EC has recived, some are doubles.
I bet a lot more than some, just an organized pile on, funny enough same sort of robo-calling technology.
Maybe these people should be looked at more closely by media………..crickets
CBC is getting a 10% cut?
Add a “0″ Mr Prime Minister
The opposition the Coalition of losers is projecting again or should I say still.
I also am very offended at the accusations being made in the HC by Bob Rae and Turmel.
“Add a “0″ Mr Prime Minister”
Oh yes do…the thought of it makes my heart beat faster! CBC MUST GO!
31,000 complaints, yeah what a bloody joke. The fraud continues. The Conservatives deservedly won a decisive election victory yet the opposition continues to reject that fact. In fact, they continue to highlight their contempt for the Canadian voter.
The Liberals, NDP, and much of the media are an absolute disgrace. They talk about integrity, democracy and morality yet they exhibit daily the contrary. They are simply hypocrites. They deserve our utter contempt. They are but a cancer in our society.
Sorry, but I am absolutely disgusted with them. If that’s what they call an opposition, then we have no use for them whatsoever. Let PM Harper and the Conservatives govern for the next 20 years. Maybe by then we’ll have decent opposition parties and a MSM that is competent, objective, and deals with the real issues of the day.
Mmmmm..
hmmmmm…….. another lawsuit threatened?
the only fraud going down is that the oppositions are pretending to be effective….fools all!
Not all the media see it the way the Ottawa media do. . .
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Robocalls+work+rogues/6245349/story.html
Excellent column! A voice of reason.
Got a simplier explaination.
How many party operatives register some false or misleading info at an opposing parties website to troll for info?
Would this information not be submitted to the automated call centers during an election? And if so, when the party operative gets the automatic call with incorrect info such as being directed to the wrong poll, would it not be substantiated when the call list is reviewed?
One more point on this, correlating this info if it was supplied online, would require the police to have powers that last week everybody was up in arms about.
What a coincidence eh?
Also, how many “volunteers” to ridings are checked to ensure that they truly are conservative supporters. It would be VERY easy in the heat of an election campaign to volunteer at an opposing candidates campaign with the specific intent of creating havoc.
https://twitter.com/#!/chevymo has done some excellent and very interesting research into the connections between Pierre Lapachelle (Pierre Poutine) who originally lived in Jolliete QC and Serge Lapacelle – Marxist Candidate in QC and the fact that the Poutine shop seems to be a favoured hangout of U of G students.
I think her theory has as much credence and almost more proof given the links she has provided than the allegations the media have come up for the CPC doing this.
Now I will take off my tin foil hat. LOL
Remember the outrage when a few leftists were refused entry to some of the conservative events. Now we know why they were denied.
I hope the PMOs office has someone with the sole job of checking fb pages to see if applicants or workers are moles. There is the former staff of 100 liberal mps that would love to get their jobs back. Add those staff to the number of liberal ngo plus the members at leadnow, that is a lot of people to cause lots of problems. But, as I said elsewhere, I feel so sorry for all those foreign signers of that petition that they were sent to the wrong polling place. If EC had any guts it would throw out all those names, and make a statement that any complaint from a foreigner would result in all complaints being thrown out.
Would love to see Baird or Dean get up and name some of those phony names that liberals call complainers.
They have gone way to far, and will end up losing more seats in 2015. That goes for both ndpq and libs and maybe lizzie.
Yeah remember when the time when the CPC website was hacked into claiming the PM choked on his breakfast and was rushed to hospital. It’s interesting what Judy Rebick in that article at that time:
Canadian scholar and activist Judy Rebick said the demonstration, the hack and DePape’s protest may be connected, but not because any of the parties know each other, calling it “network politics.”
“I think this is what’s happening. We’re seeing a new youth radicalization and the target is Harper,” Rebick said. “It feels to me like it’s starting to be a movement.
“I’m looking forward to whatever comes next.”
http://www.canada.com/Hacker+hoax+claims+rushed+hospital+after+choking+breakfast/4905518/story.html
Thanks for the reminder! If it is so easy, how can it be impossible that it was someone hacking into CPC call lines to wreck havoc.
Exactly and take note of Rebick’s statement!
You’d be hard pressed to know there’s an NDP leadership race going on.
Maybe they’ll be wishing Martin wasn’t stealing so much of their thunder.
All of the attention to this issue is also allowing McGuinty to fly under the radar.
There’s a reason Warren Kinsella’s spending to much time spinning THIS and not, chatting up his man in Ontario and it’s spelled DIVERSION.
Check out my new post for a few good laughs. Sure undermines the credibility of that avaaz petition, doesn’t it?
http://paulsrants-paulsstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/elections-canada-gets-complaints-from.html
Demands of new elections by the Liberals and NDP because of concerns that legions of their supporters were unduly influenced by robocalls, and were prevented from voting, raises a lot of issues. Do the Liberals and NDP have a disproportionate number to other parties, of gullible voters, that humongous numbers can be so easily influenced to go to the wrong polling station, when every one of them received a card from elections Canada telling them where to vote?
Can a case be made for Ignatieff, that he was robbed of a chance to become Prime Minister of Canada, because of this purported deceit, and accede to the Liberal demand that Ignatieff should be given the opportunity to once again lead the Liberals in another election and to victory ? Is it possible that Stephane Dion was also a victim, and he should be re-installed as Liberal Party leader and given a second chance to take the Party to victory – is there any other reason why Dion still sits amongst that ungrateful group on the Liberal benches?
Were the NDP denied their opportunity to realize the full potential of electoral success, because hordes of their supporters in their confusion, were denied the opportunity to vote, or did the NDP fall short because Canadians, who discovered that their esteemed leader Jack Layton patronized houses of ill repute, which Layton referred to as Community Clinic in a B.C. speech, and which employed under age Oriental girls, decided to cast their ballot elsewhere.
We need answers to these questions and others before the country should be thrown into another costly 300 million dollar election.
Ontario Girl said “Also, how many “volunteers” to ridings are checked to ensure that they truly are conservative supporters. It would be VERY easy in the heat of an election campaign to volunteer at an opposing candidates campaign with the specific intent of creating havoc. ”
Infiltration is entire possible.
“And Internet activist group Avaaz.org goes one step farther, even advocating in an email that its supporters consider joining the Conservative Party to oppose Harper policies from the inside, as well as join the other parties to push to “make democracy work.”
http://www.straightgoods.ca/2012/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=164&Cookies=yes
You are right, I was checked out and I suspect most people are but there is a very good chance that what you are suggesting could occur.
Donors, previous volunteers are generally instantly approached and accepted I would guess but there was a guy in our camp that said he was an X Lib so as a Conservative volunteer, rather than acting like a loony accusatory nutcase, welcomed him. I would go to bat for him in a heartbeat.
Maybe that is our problem, we are trusting and think people are sincere.
After this diabolical game of Clue, I won’t think the same way ever again. These people make us trust no one. Sad and pathetic.
Fascinating link there, Louise.
Richard Suzzman was on Sun News TV and said ‘LEAD NOW.ca” is having a protest rally going on right now, in downtown Vancouver, with Liberals and NDP and Bob Rae he said is supposed to join it and other NDP. They want a full public enquiry and new elections re-done in 50 ridings and the election results of 2011 WHIPED CLEAN….he said he was heading over there himself.
They don’t like, don’t accept the results of the election because the Conservatives won so they’re determined to keep playing gotcha games and cause as much disruption as possible.
Most of us who value and appreciate living in this democracy thought winning a majority would at least put an end to the games played by the Left and bucked up by the media, alas it’s getting worse.
Either we get this latest attempt sorted rapidly and the opps get back to acting like adults, respecting the wishes of the majority in this democracy, or the PM will need to go to the GG and request another election. Let the people give them an even clearer message, we want adults in opposition benches in the
HOC, clear out the juvenile delinquents, we know who they are by their actions.
If that is the case then CANADA’S ECONOMY will have to be wiped clean then because it was this government under PM STEPHEN HARPER that promoted canada’s economy and resources to foreign countries. It was this government that made this canada a beckon in the world. And so on.
Everything the PM and CPC and canadians who worked their asses off to make this country the best WILL STOP WITH THEM.
Let the opposition redo canada from the ground up.
CANADA RIGHT NOW BELONGS TO PM STEPHEN AND CPC and hard working canadians.
“Florence Grottenberg’s brother laid down his life in World War II to make the world safe for democracy, and it makes me sick that some Conservative fraudster with a speed dialer has tried to cheat her out of her most democratic freedom and right, which is to cast her ballot free of interference in a general election,” said NDP MP Pat Martin.
Does that include when Martin himself put his signature on a document to form a coalition which NOT ONE SINGLE CANADIAN, let alone Ms. Grottenberg, voted for? Just wonderin’.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/03/02/jim-hillyer-pat-martins-eye-roll-robocalls_n_1317588.html
Jon, does Mrs Grottenberg know that the NDP called our soldiers who like her brother’s laid down their lives- WAR CRIMINALS’?
Maybe, she needs a dose of reality of the party she is dealing with.
CBC CTV G/M ETC have spent most of their time trying to deflect canadians from voting Conservatives but to no avail. The public wasn’t going to buy what the media was selling.
So who knows how many conservative candidates were not voted because of the media interference and influence. Therefore, there should be a do over for those cpc candidates.
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If CBC posts another story on their website about this their computers are going to blow up. Talk about fear by the CBC. Now they have that Liberal hack Greg Weston investigating for them(paid for with CBC’s taxpayers dollars?)…no wonder they won’t show their expence acctounts. National news Website is so biased…tons of stories on robocall…fighting for the Liberano cause.
“Lead now.ca” are going to have rally’s across Canada…might be coming to you. They had NDP Libby Davies making a speach….
I see the plan…we got nothing….but we are going to get Canadians to think their is something against the govt. with the help of the media and EC.
CBC getting defunded…..MP’s pensions on the block….no wonder the bottom feeders are gone nuts.
“While most Canadian media outlets are slashing jobs and other costs to stay afloat in a sea of bad economic news for the industry, the CBC is once again rattling its tin cup for more handouts from taxpayers.”
Who would’ve thunk it? Just months after publishing his views on the state broadcaster, Weston himself would end up with his snout at the public trough. *snort*
Was he being dishonest to the rest of us when he stated his views in that column? Or does Greg say that things have improved at the CBC since he had joined, as them having fought the information commish in the courts, being probed by parliamentary committees for a culture of secrecy, and spending taxpayers’ dollars on porn (I thought he cared about taxpayers?) clearly indicates… all of which Greg was mum about BTW.
Makes you wonder how much it took to buy him off.
The good news for us all is that Greg does not have tenure at the CBC so hopefully he’ll get the axe as a result of budget cuts, which would be a rather ironic fate for him to receive.
Not to worry, Greg. Since you’re a “reporter” with not a shred of credibility, and one who telegraphs that he’s into the business of selective news reporting, CTV or Global will embrace you with open arms.
I still say this is correcting their error from last time they tried to overthrow the gov…Canadians went nuts. This time, the plan involves making the govt the bad guy so when they try their overthrow, Canadians will be onside.
Not sure how they ban do an overthroe with a majority, but I couldn’t have seen this crap coming either.
Gaaaaaaaaah..sorry for the spelling errors..stupid iPad!
More of the left here:
“UPDATE84: 10:13AM 3/3 More Fakegate Fallout in the form of gotcha jounalism: Fake moral outrage translated to smear: media upset that students can choose to take an elective course on climate change at Carleton”
“I asked Mr. Tom Harris, who is specifically named in the report, if this course was a requirement for Earth Science undergraduates at Carleton, or if it was an elective.
He responded immediately that it was an elective, and that nobody was required to take it to get their Earth Sciences degree at Carleton. So it seems to me that all of the media angst and smear surrounding this report is simply that they don’t want students to even be able to choose to take it. The fake moral outrage displayed is quite impressive.”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/03/03/fake-moral-outrage-translated-to-smear-media-upset-that-students-can-choose-to-take-an-elective-course-on-climate-change-at-carleton/
link to Rex Murphy rant
http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/indepthanalysis/rexmurphy/story/2012/03/01/thenational-rexmurphy-030112.html
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What gets me about Rex et al is they seem to think PM Harper should hang tail, humble down or apologize for something he knows nothing about beyond the accusations.
I’m beginning to wonder if anyone beyond the guilty parties, the instigators, know anything about this, if it’s a set-up by a disgruntled leftist led movement and if it’s international in scope. More questions than answers. It’s going to be interesting to watch how this plays out with EC investigation.
Is it possible that Guelph was infiltrated to cause trouble and only to cause trouble since it’s Liberal stronghold? Otherwise, why Guelph?
What gets me about Rex et al is they seem to think PM Harper should hang tail, humble down or apologize for something he knows nothing about beyond the accusations.
Exactly. What does the PM have to apologize for anyway? It’s all accusations with no evidence. Should he apologize for winning a majority and the Libs getting trounced?
Look everyone forgives Bob Rae for not knowing that a rogue staffer was behind vikileaks so why can’t PM Harper be given the same? I don’t get it!
The truth is…”THEY can’t handle the truth”! They lost!
This is an inept crew of nobodies as Opposition that care absolutely nothing about our foreign policy, the country and have a mere handful of people that have more than 5 braincells from a political standpoint.
The Liberals are an embarrassment. The Son of their greatest hero, a goof-up in the extreme and this has become an aversion…..to him being a joke.
The Dippers are not the ‘real opposition’, the Rae show is and he was hell bent on not being the 3rd party but the ‘heard’ party.
Canadians imo are disgusted.
35,000.? …….1% of the population…..now that rings a bell…..1%.
Let’s call it the “Occupy Democracy Idiots’
Looks to me they’re trying to create an Arab/Canada spring to overthrow the government.
Its actually getting funny watching the lefties self destruct on this issue. We have the ceeb, star etc, blithely spouting the 30’000 number of complaints apparently not knowing that people in the US, UK, and even Belgium.
Names include Papa Smurf, Stan (at least 25 times) and I believe one person named Snot W Goatlips.
Wonder if Evan Solomon’s gonna interview the latter?
“Snot W Goatlips”
Well he might be a relative of someone at the CBC, they will have him appear with a sad story about being confused and getting lost on his way to vote for whats-his-name.
After NDPQ-F Candidates running and winning never ever having seen their Riding’s or meeting a single voter.Unless of course they were on holiday in Las Vegas at the same time.
Of course that is Democracy NDP-Q-F style Media does not have a problem with that.
What a bunch of whiny losers if they put as much energy into trying to actually doing their jobs.
Just saw a clip of the hundreds protesting in Vancouver over the robocalls. Wonder if they are the ones burning and rioting last year.
Did they get paid? That’s a handy trick of leftards: rent a protester.
Whether the calls were recorded or live is irrelevant, said Kingsley.
“If someone is representing themselves to be Elections Canada,(THUNDER BAY R&M X-EMPLOYEE SAID SO) giving false information, changing the polls, and the purpose is to confuse electors to the extent that you’re attempting to discourage them from voting, then that is against the statute, in my view,” he said.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Three+residents+complain+robocalls/6246270/story.html#ixzz1o6HCc73o
Why doesn’t this KINGSLEY stay retired. Is he EC from the sponsorship era?Why is he speaking for EC?
The media sought him out,he didn’t volunteer, I’m sure they know him well.
When they’re pulling out all the stops to get the government,he’s just another tool for them, they’re hoping he’ll say just the right things to fit in with the agenda we have reason to highly suspect this whole thing is about.
Kingsley is a part of a coterie of former bureaucats and diplomats who can be relied on to lament the present government and wax eloquently about the golden years of Liberal rule. A real interviewer could ask Kingsley any number of uncomfortable questions, but not on CBC. How about Compas Poll, or broadcasting voting results while the polls are still open?
Kingsley appears on CBC because the questions and the answers are totally scripted before hand.
This payback for Kingsley because the Conservatives forced him to retire after they took over the government.
Ah, just a little heads-up that I’ll be busy with matters on the home-front for the next few days. No emergency or anything.
But carry on here and I’ll check in when I can. Thanks.
No worries Joanne, we should have everything all sorted in the next few days!
lol! Good to hear. Thanks Liz.
did ndpq hire robocallers?
why are ndpq smearing the Canadian companies that provide this service to many Canadian companies?
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Simple question really.
Mr Kingsley, how MUCH are you being paid to be here? I am waiting Mr Kingsley.
this is kind of important because people are trying to discredit our democracy.
just askin’ if you don’t reply we will know where you are coming from.
Memo to ‘Paul Abrath’ whose comment is sitting in the pending filter. Too bad you acted so much like Pat Martin or I might have allowed your comment. There were a few good points but they got lost in the muck of personal attacks and vitriol.
Is our own CBC is an accomplice in trying to discredit our democracy?
Where else in a democracy with a duly elected majority government, managing the affairs of the country very well,would you find the opposition and the media with their hatchets constantly out hacking up endless gotchas hoping to GET the Prime Minister and his government on something and be forced out?
Watching the TV silly hours and looking at headlines one would think we had a government that committed some atrocities against it’s people given the amount of ink and chatter over this latest attempt to put down the government simply to give the NDP and Liberals another run for power is pretty scary stuff.
Pat Martin is brushing off the defamation suit against him saying they’re trying to silence him! Is that going to work for him? Is that all one has to do when litigated against, brush it off ?
Really, Martin needs to be reined in, he’s an embarrassment to our Institution of Parliament even for the party he represents. We’d be hard pressed to recall any MP so out of control in our history, he needs adult supervision which appears lacking in the NDP party at this time.
They all seem to think they’re on a roll, everybody loves them, they think they’re on the brink of attaining power. They appear to be dangerously smitten by delusions of grandeur on the strength of attaining Official Opp status on the strength of their deceased leader’s appeal in Quebec.
the smears made by NDP MP’s outside the house about Canadian companies makes my blood boil
this is the most digusting outrageou behaviour I have ever witnessed
I call on the customers of these companies to not remain silent
stand with these Canadian companies and show your support
we cannot allow members of our Canadian parliament to smear our Canadian companies
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CBC’s Rex Murphy is conducting a call in show today at 4PM eastern on cross country check-up with the subject “Robocalls”. Bet CBC has all the voted out Liberals and CBC all lined up as John’s and Sally’s etc to try and dupe the public for the coalition take over.
Strange why the Liberal party hasn’t had a leadership election yet. Guess they won’t need one…they will have the winner of the NDPQ as the Prime Minister after they over throw the Govt. That will give Peggy Nash or MulClair all summer to crame for “How to run a country without looking stupid”.
The program, as with so many others of its kind, is a sham. How can Rex and his call screener verify that those callers’ phoning into complain against the CP claims are legit and not just people who generally hate the party, never voted for them in the first place, and just want the chance of a do-over? They can’t be verified. Does CBC contact EC to make sure that callers A & B are part of the 31,000? No. So how can he treat those callers as if their complaints are legit? It’s nothing but a call-in show that will be used as a platform for those who simply hate the CP and who make claims that they had their democratic rights trampled upon.
Just a little reminder here that I’m taking the next few days off but feel free to carry on here. I’ll check in when I can. Thanks.
Hey, maybe we should all take a few days off Joanne, put a sign on the door, “wake me when it’s over” with all this madness in the HOC and media over something no one seems to know too many facts about but the accusations are over-the-top.
Sounds like a good plan Liz.
There’s no way in Hell they can overthrow the government UNLESS widespread electoral fraud can be proven to have been done by the Conservatives. If this were the case everyone would agree it a legitimate action. However, what party would be so stupid to engage in this activity?
The Conservatives ran a clean and efficient campaign and won a majority, that’s what has the crazies all going madly off in all directions to sully that government any way they can, they’ve been doing NOTHING else since this government came to power as the peoples’ choice.
What we have learned from this is we can never trust the Leftists to accept the peoples’ choice, their commie roots are showing.
Dean del Mastro told Owliver on QP today that Harry Potter was on the 31,000 list…lol
I see Pat Martin isn’t on for the NDP. Today they had Joe CoMartin and the Liberals had Mark Garneau. Garneau was running down the Conservatives on the In & Out…Irwin Cotler…Owliver let the NDP and Liberals go on & on & on with NO INTERRUPTIONS but when Dean tried to talk , of course Owliver was trying to cut him off. Some balance…3 against 1
The show will end with the gallery of biased reporters next. The hack who broke the story and ottawa the Citizen guy who constantly runs down the Govt and Gloria Gallaway. Such balance.
PM Harper always gets it right. Smear, smear smear, campaign by the left.
Did Craig Oliver just question EC’s credibility? He just said they’re going to have to ‘Open up’. Anyone hear the exact quote?
Maybe Oliver is angry over the fact EC hasn’t done much about the indebtedness of the also-rans for the last Liberal leadership!
Looks like there’s a game going on here, the Left leaning media is now going to get themselves set up to go after EC if they don’t find any wrong doing by the CPC. It would be too bad to kill this latest gotcha with the true facts.
There seemed to be a slight softening on the part of the media scrummers because they themselves agreed that the media was encouraging people to come forward, to contact EC, hinting that anecdotal evidence may not have anything to do with real complaints of wrongdoing.
Of course, Oliver would want EC “to open up” in order to provide fodder for their gabfests.
A word of (unsolicited) caution: perhaps better for the CPC and for us bloggers as well not to accuse the EC of lacking impartiality. Seeing reports of such accusations may predispose those investigating to react adversely. Let’s face it, human nature being what it is, in a similar situation we too would probably react negatively, getting our back up if someone accused us of being unfair. So let EC do its work unimpeded.
A word of (unsolicited) caution: perhaps better for the CPC and for us bloggers as well not to accuse the EC of lacking impartiality. Seeing reports of such accusations may predispose those investigating to react adversely.
I agree Gabby. Let’s allow them do their work.
Somehow doubt anyone would suggest interfering with EC as they do their investigation, it’s their duty as it is their duty to be impartial in all they investigate.
I have to agree with a very clever fellow, John Robson, who writes in the Ottawa Sun today:
” If I said MP’s sound like monkeys fighting over bananas, I’d get letters from monkeys pointing out that at least they could see bananas. Whereas these MPs have automated the process of hurling angry partisan abuse without a shred of factual backing.
Roboscreech is fast becoming the real scandal here”.
“Dean del Mastro told Owliver on QP today that Harry Potter was on the 31,000 list…lol”
Proof positive the party checks the Blogging Tories daily. I posted about Harry Potter signing yesterday.
Louise M @ 11:20 am, I went and signed the petition at Avaaz.
I gave my country as Bangladesh My e-mail as whereever@shaw.ca and my name as Mr Goatlips!.
I was rewarded by my “Name” appearing on their scroll.
Thanks for the laugh!
I just wanted to see if the “petition” would accept an invalid e-mail address, it will.
That is how much weight this so called petition really has, it means nothing.
Someone is playing games with our democracy.
I am not very happy with either the opposition, don’t let a lawsuit silence you Pat Martin keep blotivating.
Or the Media Party, I stopped watching the CBC and CTV when I started getting my news here and now from SUN This is just more of the same and there will be Scandal #31 next week stay tuned, keep your sense of humor intact.
I do miss Jack his “feigned, phony outrage” was really much better than the other Coalition Members.
Still after a week of this where’s the beef?
Where have you gone
Pieerie Poutine
A nation turns it’s
Lonely eyes to you
Coo coo ca Too
Watch for how much spam you get from now on.
The reason I say that? Because when Avaaz first came on to the Canadian scene, i.e. when Sun TV was asking for a license to broadcast, I googled their name for more information and found a website http://verbo.se/dont-sign-avaazorg-petitions where an allegation about Avaaz as being the source or the conduit for spam was being discussed, starting in 2007.
I skimmed through the comments again this morning to see what had happened with those allegations but the thread ended in April 2011, with the second-to-last commenter (not me! I didn’t comment there) expressing disappointment in Avaaz for interfering in the Canadian election. The commenter said he wasn’t a supporter of the CPC but he deplored Avaaz’s actions as those of “a political propagandist.”
I turned on TV briefly this morning to see see two CBC reporters discussing robocall and managing to say conservative party about 6 times in a soundbite; on CTV Elizabeth May talking of massive election fraud, and a demonstration in Vancouver..250 people!
One week in and the campaign continues, they never seem to run out of breath.
BTW, is that sham show called “Goldhawk Live” still on CPAC?
Goldy is full of himself, the show is billed as a call in but he usually has a gab fest with his chosen lefties allowing for very few calls. I stopped watching long time ago.
Yes, it’s still on, but now it’s on at 4:00 pm ET. I stopped watching it a while back. My Sunday political show watching schedule is full enough as it is, with QP, The Week w/Mark Sutcliffe & the latest, Tom Clark’s West Block on the English side and then Rad-Can’s Les coulisses du pouvoir on the French side.
Do the opposition realize that if the election was done over, all the candidates and leaders of that time would have to be on the ballot. And what would happen to the ndpq without Jack’s smile. And only those on the voters lists returned to EC would be allowed to vote. What if iggy were to win in a do over, where would that put Rae, and just perhaps Pat Martin would be defeated. Imagine, 300 Conservative MPs elected.
Or does the opposition only want a do over in conservative ridings.
Might be an interesting poll to ask, would you vote the same way you did on May 2, or change your vote. And could such a poll be believed.
There was something going on today in QP. Glen McGregor from the Ottawa Citizen(who broke the story) was backing down. He actually said the contacts were mostly from Lead Now.ca and Avaaz He was very low key. Even Dan Gardner said he figured this would blow over and Gloria gallaway agreed with him. Of course Craig Oliver was talking about the IN & out saying the Conservative Govt got “Nailed” then”convicted”.Same as Paul Garneau….when they are going back like that, it’s because they got NOTHING. Kevin Newman was his usual attack Tories self.
Oliver was upset with EC saying something to the effect that they better act on this faster. Guess they have run out of smears and are praying for more?
Interesting post here
http://bcblue.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/convicted-assassin-also-photographed-with-bob-rae/
The Liberals certainly are loosey goosey in their affilations.
Not very suprising really
Imagine PM Stephan Harper in that picture and the freak-out it would cause on the CBC.
Of course the Media will be all over this……………………crickets.
Bcblue has a story on VIVIAN KRAUS and more; it might elate you to read it.
Good stuff! Link here.
This was a story ran by CBC April 15 just before the May 2 election. Volpe’s story isn’t along the Liberal script they are using now. He says his staffer got a call from North Dakota and it was a live call and at the end of the call when asked who they were they said Conservative party. (NOT LIBERAL) like they are NOW claiming. Read this article…click onto the link 1/4 of the way down….what a farce and CBC is right there as usual. The comments are priceless..
Link coming..oops
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/15/cv-election-volpe-harassment.html#
Whats wrong with the Conservative research dept? They should use this article as proof of the Liberal Lies. Charlie Angus is even on one of the comments that said Joe was full of it more or less.
Joanne, I’ve discovered the smoking gun over who is responsible for the robocalls.
Don’t know if it’s true but I’m sure all us Blogging Tories will make some hay and have fun with it. Enjoy:0)
http://paulsrants-paulsstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/does-media-want-real-robocall.html
CBC runs story about conservative victims of robocalls
http://canadianconservatives.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/cbc-runs-story-about-conservative-victims-of-robocalls/
CBC is in this up to their necks. Listening to Rex Murphy’s cross country checkup was “HAIR RISING.”
17 callers “ALL” Harper Haters and venim spewed was enough to make a Canadian wonder if we were in japan or Germany during the war. Guests were BOB RAE & others all against the Govt… 3 emails read were good enough for a lawsuit. I wrote down all the names of the callers and took notes of all their slanderous comments.There was only 1 person who was for justice and he was Michael Bliss from the University of Toronto. who stated ..”Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dealing with Iran and Israel right now.”.. he also said there is a sense of smell and he doesn’t like the odo r& There is no example of people who didn’t get to vote.
Meanwhile Rex kept LEADING his callers into the direction he wanted to take them…Hate Harper. Callers seemed to be doobie smoking occupy people in a fog. What a maddening CBC radio show for 2 solid hours of CBC smears with no proof. Rex was protecting his a$$ by saying assumed or whatever then continued on to totally run down insinuate corruption you name it. CBC REX MURPHY fighting for his CBC cash$$$$$$ for his radio show in the most slimey, low down method. Using the taxpayers airline to spread the filth of CBC.
A smear campaign by CBC and the media is mild. This is snakes and pigs and skunks in action and its not the Conservative party.
I could post every word by the callers but that would take a long post.I am livid.
Right. I listened to 2 minutes, and was surprised to hear a voice of reason, I now realize was Michael Bliss. As you say, he pointed out that not a single individual thus far has demonstrated that they were deprived of their vote due to telephone shenaigans. He also indicated that on a world scale of fraudulent election behaviour, robocalls was mild stuff indeed.
After that I shut the radio off anticipating what would follow. From your account, no surprise.
There was a way for the CBC to ensure balance, which of course they have no interest in doing. Years ago I saw a call-in show on CPAC, where a contentious, very polarizing issue was being discussed (what that was, I can’t recall) and there were two 1-800 type numbers put on the screen for viewers to use. The last number was, for the most part the same with the exception of the last 4 digits. Something like 2882 & 2828 or something like that. The host(s) of the program took calls from each, alternating between one caller and the other, yeahs and neays effectively. There’s no reason why the CBC can’t do this. Other media have used it. And many still do for poll questions. Moreover, it makes for better TV or in this case radio. And it should be mandatory for a public broadcaster. The downside for the CBC, however, is that it would ensure fairness, which, for the CBC, is like kryptonite to Superman.
The CPC reminds me of ISRAEL – they are both surrounded by people and countries that want nothing to do with them and want them out of the way.
Ontario Girl, Pray every day.
Let the media eat each other up
I sent the above run down of Rex Murphy’s propaganda show to him and also added a few other comments ending with “You would make Tokyo Rose seem mild.” I wasn’t kidding. CBC is in this as thick as can be. I hope they go down along with the rest of the scum media.
NDP Ryan Cleary “MIS-SPOKE” on pensions…lol….Go PM Harper…bring down the phony’s.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/03/04/nl-ryan-cleary-pension-304.html
I think the NDP forget that smearing a Canadian company with no NO evidence
is the most outrageous scandal I have ever witnessed
this party must be held accountable for this despicable behaviour of elected members of parliament
Pat Martin thinks he is above the Law spouting his slimy despicable diatribe about a Canadian company that supports many Canadian businesses
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PET Cemetery Report.
Selections From Our MSM’s Left-Liberal Comedy Writers.
Rating by Our Judges:
* “In July, Mr. Dexter will play host to his fellow premiers as they try to eke out funding from a stingy government for health care and equalization transfers.”
** “Widespread fraud alleged over Putin’s presidential election win”
*** “Hugo Chavez’s new tumor was cancerous”
**** “John Ibbitson”
(G-M)
Bob rae on cross country check-up said:
“Winning isn’t the important thing but how you play the game.”
“People can take other forms of action..they can sue.”
“This was a black-ops operation permitted by someone in the cons operation”
“Winner takes all experience of network of consultants in other countries”.
He sounded very confident..he was at home…at the CBC, his biggest fan club.
Now Wendy Mesley is on the national comparing the Canadian election to putin in Russia and it being corrupt and dirty tricks in the US …our taxdollars working for us.
Can’t wait for the budget and them getting their budget cut…they have to much money for liberal propaganda.
Wendy Mesley caught in a lie…she said Joe Volpe had calls saying they were Liberals…wrong. April 15th CBC said it was Conservatives. now they CHANGE the story
Volpe office claims receiving call
Upping the intrigue are claims by one of Volpe’s own campaign staff that the mystery number actually called their campaign headquarters.
Marsha Sands has sworn an affidavit before a lawyer to attest to what happened when she picked up the phone at their campaign headquarters on Monday. She said she was asked if she was going to vote for Volpe.
“I said ‘Who is this?’ I could hear voices in the background,” she told CBC news in an interview.
When she pressed further, the caller said she was doing a survey.
“I said, ‘Oh fine. What’s the name of your company?’” recalled Sands, “and the girl, a female voice, said to me it was Dynamics Research.
“They didn’t say anything and I kept repeating, ‘Who is this?’ And finally they said they were conservative.”
Volpe acknowledges he has no proof who was on that telephone, or who was behind the calls, but he is now consulting lawyers and has called the Elections Canada candidate support line on what to do.
Perhaps CBC sees attrition in their future…from the top down. Ms Mesley repeating this garbage that she gets fed (we must acknowledge that some of this is fed to them via their producers) may be on the top of my list.
A GOOD journalist (CBC has few if any imo) would do their homework before recycling the same old predictable trash and being like an inanimate lampshade, taking large 6+ figures from me and you.
What’s it going to take to ‘landfill’ (sticking with the garbage theme:)) this network? Certainly not Minister Moore, the apologist.
New Nanos Research Poll remains the same….. even during robo-gate
Conservatives….35.7%
Liberanos…..29.5%
NDPQ……..25%
Best Vision for Canada
Prime Minister Harper…32.6%
Bob Rae…………………….16.2%
Dizzy May………………….8.1%
Nicole Turmel…………..7.8%
Good way to end the day….good night all!!!!
Awesome!
or…CBC just isn’t trying! HAHAHAHAHA!
no one else is buying what the oppo. and media are spinning either. Good on Canadians for having the common sense to prove what many already know – neither the opposition or their liberal media is credible any more.
This issue is just another noise-maker.
I like it too.
HAHAHAHAHA! Good news ! Thanks Ontario girl!
Me? I accidently surfed to the NDPQ debates and got suuuucccckkkked in for about 1 minute 25. Indeed I sensed in those mere seconds a frightning agenda that is not about the well being of Canadians and the economy but about the well being of them.
Completely from the top down.
O/T: beware of “Presto.” Could it really be worse than the E-scandal?? Some say yes. Poor Ontario.
That should the E-health scandal.
Nick plays a Steve Madely interview with Nick Kouvalis. It talks about the potential of a scandal greater than the E-Health scandal. Explosive interview says it all about the Presto transit card and how the contract was made. Shocking, if true!!
“The true cost of the Laurier Avenue bike lanes, changes to the payment options on OC Transpo, how the Provincial Government manages to keep their jobs and much more!”
http://devel.autopod.ca/chum/42/podcasts/
“Adam Giambrone, her predecessor, had opposed the Presto card, saying it was too expensive and had sought proposals on another open payment system where riders could pay fares with the tap of a credit card. But the province had long maintained the Greater Toronto Area should have only one payment system.”
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/ttc-move-ahead-presto-card-plan-114304092.html
If people want to look for scandals they need to concentrate on Ontario not the Prime Minister and his Conservative government.
The very idea we have opposition screechers calling this trumped up robocall thing “the worst scandal in Canadian history” with no facts to back it up should be enough to send a message to the people of just how desperate the opposition and the media are to cause mayhem and disruption for the duly elected government of this country.
It has to backfire on the likes of Bob Rae who got aboard the silly train and the NDP are lost in the mire of screed from their interim leader and loose canons like Martin and Angus. The media are still driving the bus but they’re running out of gas and air.
If the Nanos poll is any indication the media has driven its own bus and that of the opposition right over the cliff.
They continue to try to control the agenda but Canadians aren’t fooled any more. This issue is not on the radar of most hard-working Canadians.
Yes, Richco, you nailed it,they’re trying to control the agenda. They cannot bear to see the Conservatives under the best PM in memory doing a really great job of looking after our country’s best interests.
It’s rather embarrassing to have the world watching such fools sitting in the opposition benches ready to jump with accusations without a shred of evidence.
This whole ramped up nonsense about 31000 calls to EC in a matter of 2 or 3 days is not believable for starters, something fishy there. It’s a set-up by some not too smart operators led by people who think most Canadians just fell off the turnip wagon.
Has a Prime Minister ever sued for defamation? PM Harper takes far too much abuse and is treated like dirt by the media and the opposition.
all the while the real story of how McGuinty’s sinking Ontario gets by-passed.
News this morning of a “formal” announcement of another 200 jobs lost for my community.
Follow the NaNose: Breaking Wind.
“The environment was third at 6.4 per cent,”.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-support-steady-despite-robo-call-e-snooping-uproars-poll/article2357747/
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“Matt Ridley: The Beginning Of The End Of Wind”
“The government has finally seen through the wind-farm scam – but why did it take them so long?
To the nearest whole number, the percentage of the world’s energy that comes from wind turbines today is: zero. Despite the regressive subsidy (pushing pensioners into fuel poverty while improving the wine cellars of grand estates), despite tearing rural communities apart, killing jobs, despoiling views, erecting pylons, felling forests, killing bats and eagles, causing industrial accidents, clogging motorways, polluting lakes in Inner Mongolia with the toxic and radioactive tailings from refining neodymium, a ton of which is in the average turbine — despite all this, the total energy generated each day by wind has yet to reach half a per cent worldwide.
If wind power was going to work, it would have done so by now. The people of Britain see this quite clearly, though politicians are often wilfully deaf. The good news though is that if you look closely, you can see David Cameron’s government coming to its senses about the whole fiasco. The biggest investors in offshore wind — Mitsubishi, Gamesa and Siemens — are starting to worry that the government’s heart is not in wind energy any more. Vestas, which has plans for a factory in Kent, wants reassurance from the Prime Minister that there is the political will to put up turbines before it builds its factory.”
http://www.thegwpf.org/opinion-pros-a-cons/5128-matt-ridley-the-winds-of-change.html
That insight has yet to reach McGuinty’s cabinet, the last ones still clinging to the wind fantasy, full speed ahead into the 2nd century.
Martin – have you heard that anything of a rumour that with the closing of the Bluewater Youth Facility that McGuinty wants to sell that property to the wind turbine manufacturing people? That’s what’s floating around. Considering McGuinty’s plans for another 500 turbines between Goderich, Clinton and Grand Bend…..something smells.
No haven’t heard that. Usually they are content to just lease land but I would not be surprised. McGuinty really does have it in for Huron county. That Bluewater facility included a school which will be closing. Tough times for the west coast country for sure.
The Bluewater closure was announced on Monday morning. Both school and detention centre a closed tight today…Wednesday.
The speed of all this leads me to believe that something’s already in the works…and it’s going to by-pass municipalities.
Rumour has it that this was all supposed to come down in September but the tornado happened and they held off until now. Nice of them!
H/T Liberal leader Rae*, Mao Stlong’s nephew, c/o Red China.
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Mao Stlong* Lepolt.
Hald randing.
“The price of wind-generated electricity is twice that of coal, so State Grid – China’s largest grid operator in charge of connecting power with distributors – has little incentive to do any connecting. More than a quarter of installed capacity remains unlinked to the grid.”
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“Wind turbines: A blow for China”
“Wind turbines work best in a consistent breeze. If only. Indeed, the Chinese wind energy industry finds itself utterly becalmed. Since listing just over a year ago, shares in the two biggest wind turbine makers – Sinovel and Goldwind (numbers two and three in the world by capacity, after Vestas) – have fallen about two-thirds. This week Goldwind warned of a 75 per cent fall in profits for 2011.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/global-exchange/financial-times/wind-turbines-a-blow-for-china/article2358709/
I personally think that PAT MARTIN should stepped down- resign.
Charlie Angus runs to the UN to help him out in his dicision making. He knows dam well that the conservatives have been giving the ATAWASPIKAT (excese spelling) millions of dollars for the past 6years. And, by the way, since when do the ndpqf gives a darn about the aboriginals? they ndpqf, have gone against bills that were for aboriginals.
Martin should be tossed out of the HOC, he’s not even civil, something he and the NDP promised to be during the election if I recall correctly. However, apparently he cannot be removed, the Speaker tolerates him and the NDP have no adult supervision in the party.
The Speaker could refuse to recognize Martin. Maybe we should show him what a real complaint is, flood his e-mails will calls to resign and send a message to the Speaker, Please, for the sake of all Canadians, do not recognize MP Pat Martin when he rises to speak. Could we get 30,000 in 3 days.
And here we have Bob Rae….he had a meeting with PM Netanyahu…Rae sees himself as the Prime Minister…3rd party and only the interm leader. What an idiot.
Now CBC says there will be a protest on parliament hill today with over 300 Canadians protesting the Govt. on robocalling. CBC will be there with their camera crew at 12:15pm eastern.
On Anna Maria tremonte CBC radio this morning NDP Nathan Cullen was talking about a coalition with the NDP/LIB/GREEN…but AFTER the leadership race.Her CBC show spent 1/2 hour running down PM Harper and then a clip of Bob Rae. ummmmmm…setting the stage for a coup….once again. Thats the reason for this robocall BS. RAE is really busy these days with interviews and protests. Not doing much work for the country. He’s looking more and more like those doobie smoking “occupy” tend squaters.
Why Rae of the rump Liberals would be meeting with a visiting leader is puzzling, I never took Liberals to be friendly with Israel. Then again, not sure what Rae is, beyond whatever it takes to get his hands on power, so he’s a Liberal for now.
It may not be unusual for the leader of the official opposition to meet with a visiting leader but we might be in worse trouble if Turmel had requested a meeting! Netanyahu would be left scratching his head for sure!
A M Tremonti has been in the shrill lead in the robocall link to the CPC story all last week. Opposition MPs are treated as colleagues, CPC MPs like Dal Mastro with utter contempt. He was moved to chide her and CBC for not bothering to get the facts straight on the EC story.
I’m actually fine with Rae laying claim to all of this Robocall gimmick because every link we have to him of accusation and assumption will be all the more to turn back at him when he’s proven to be full of crap….OR, it’s proven that the Liberals are behind the calls.
You DO know that Canadians have a choice when it comes to where they get their news these days right? CBC is no longer a player in the game.
I’m only watching them these days for the Kraft Hockeyville news.
The numbers read ‘em and weep. The new Nanos poll numbers show steady support for the Conservative party.
As for the “massive demonstrations” in Vancouver which was posted on local news as “Filling the streets”
The pictures posted were not overhead shots which would have showed how sparse the crowd was.
I have seen bigger crowds at hot dog stands.
I have heard the crowd was 250 people, take away Media and police probably would have been more like 100.
Pretty lean crowd, I don’t think ordinary people are paying much attention to CBC or CTV anymore.
Or the screaming hissy fits of the oppo’s accusing but never proving anything.
This has been non stop, it isn’t working.
My old Dad, God rest his soul, told me a long time ago that winning was a habit, and that so was losing.
Cut their funding at the CBC, is that really what this trumped up, endlessly pumped up scandal is all about?
Bob Rae is looking more like that Baghdad Bob guy who kept saying the Americans were surrounded LOL.
I think the bigger issue here is people standing in Parliament and making accusations without any proof whatsoever.
I believe this Country is indeed fortunate to have the Leadership of PM Harper and his strong Cabinet Ministers.
I mean just look at the opposition, Turmel is incomprehensible, Rae is just rabid.
Just imagine those two running things.
Now that would be a scandal.
Wonder what all the Opps and media will do when the Conservatives are cleared of this latest gotcha? Perhaps we can send them a few rolls of toilet paper to mop off their silly ass faces after they chow down on crow.
There’s simply no way our PM or his top organizers would engage in any such illegal, unethical behaviour. PM Harper is one PM who is not desperate for power like the previous pack, Paul Martin in particular.
He’s always said he likes the job but if he is defeated he will move on and won’t be writing a somebody did me wrong book.
this is why no one believes either opposition OR the left-leaning media…..this issue just DOESN’T resonate with thinking Canadians.
http://www.facebook.com/gerry.nicholls
….and here’s the good news for my community…..it’s now “official” – thanks for nothing Dalton!
http://huron.bulletnewscanada.ca/2012/03/05/breaking-bluewater-youth-centre-will-close-by-year-end-opseu/
By line ON Sun TV with Brian Lilly at 9pm is going to blow the lid off of those 31,000 contacks that CBC is throwning around as GOLD in their hands.
Dean del Mastro said the Liberals are sitting on the millions of phone calls they made during the election…..they won’t release where they went out to across Canada.
Got one of those Liberal calls OG and I’m not a Liberal, never have been.
This will be MUST-SEE tv!
stuck in filter. Trying this again.
http://huron.bulletnewscanada.ca/2012/03/05/breaking-bluewater-youth-centre-will-close-by-year-end-opseu/
O/T – and from B.C. where teachers have started their 3 day strike. Sent to me by a parent from there. Soon to becoming to Ontario?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjlOpmQQgK8&feature=share&fb_source=message
WOW those teachers must have lots of money
I hope they contacted the authors of all the music and lyrics
my son is into making movies short films for local viewing and has to pay for all music
usually not too much if deal made ahead of time but could be costly if no deal
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Don Martin actually tweeted pic of the MASSIVE,cbc touted protest with this gem of a comment: Robo-call protest on Parl Hill..must be all of 30 people.Stephen Harper must be really afraid!’ HAHAHAHA. See,even lefty-Don gets it! Yet,the poor cbc keeps trying.Rosemary Barton is actually making me puke today..she and Carole (snout-sneer) McNeil were cackling like a pair of witches today at noon about this big robo-nonsense.Funniest thing tho,was watching Snooty-snout Carole interview the failed organizer of the little coffee-klatch group.When he was trying to say,there was a “huge groundswell of support”..when CLEARLY behind him,a few dozen people! Even CBC Carole had some trouble swallowing that crap,and when she mildly confronted him on poor turnout..the excuse??? Too cold! This,stated on the official Global-Warming Suzuki-Station!! Love it!
OMG…..Ezra Levant blows the lid off of the CBC etc on the 31,000 “contacks”. 12 minutes at the beginning of his show. AWESOME…finally some TRUTH to the dispicable, lying left wing, media biased ,reporting of conveniently “left out”information. He shows all the lefty CBC/CTV etc comentators blowing their heads off over this smear….like Carol McNeil, Robert Fife. The wheels are coming off of the CBC smear.
He also showed CBC “EXPERTS” like NDP Ian Capstick and a few others all sitting there on the CBC panel. Doesn’t get much better then this.
I saw that too. The mask is off. They have no where to hide.
Massive Demonstration? On Parliament Hill! We are not allowed to make S**t up!
I guess every one that showed up was a Liberal voter, there’s lots more though Peeair Poutine from Separation H St phoned ‘em last night and they are all in sunny Attawapiskat lookin’ for Ro-Bo Bob Rae.
The opposition has been on this kick now and hasn’t figured out yet that ordinary Canadians aren’t really all that interested in their never ending game of gotcha.
They are just tiresome, bitter, sore losers.
Speaking of which.
The BC W TF is out standing around in front of those nice schools we built for them and our Kids.
They are trying quite hard to get people to honk and show support.
I gave everyone the thumbs down, politely but firmly and asked one of the male teachers, You are kidding? Right? He was flabbergasted that we weren’t supporting their attempt at extortion.
Making a stand, indeed.
It’s for the Kids, right
Does BC WTF mean what I think it does??????
Evan wants to know the fallout for Conservatives over this…he has jamie Watt to tell us coming up. Deer in the headlights not folding.
Ezra also showed the polling booth at the Guelph University. he called it NDP organized? He showed Judy Redick…Oil Sands activist….A must watch. Brian Lilly will add to it on By-Line. CBC with egg on their face.
Jamie Watt isn’t up to date…and Evan is still onto his old smear….no up-date at all.
CBC P&P does over an HOUR so far on this faux ‘scandal!’.. John Baird gets a few minutes re Syria,so there is the ‘balance’ on cbc!! Just now,Evan tries to link the voter problems in Russia,next to the story here in Soviet Canada.God…..I need some strong drink.Ian Capstick infers Dean DelM has ‘fits!’…cue the outrage. Oh-oh! Evan admits Capstick tied in with the on-line ‘activists!’..and that they could be spurring on the outrage.Ian says he is ‘one of their advisers’..seems disappointed they couldn’t drag out enough people for todays protest,as the Cons managed to get out against the coalition! Poor baby.
Now it is the CBC that has trouble getting the story straight McNeil and Barton at 2:30 EST were clearly still talking about the 30,000 “complaints” to EC, even though this had been debunked Fri evening.
A few hours later Solomon finally outed Capstick as being one of the advisors to the online group behind the petition to EC. I saw this petition Fri night and noted Capstick’s name along with Rebbick, Sears and other NDPrs. It takes 3 days for CBC to admit that the 30,000 complaints are actually contacts, many via a petition from a left advocacy group. Just before Solomon waved around his copy of the web page, Capstick was still talking about 30,000 legitimate complaints.
CBC needs to tread carefully on this MP that fell asleep
there is a medical condition that causes people to fall asleep and they cannot control this
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I knew two fellows who suffered from narcolepsy. One could not stay awake in a moving vehicle no matter how hard he tried. If the vehicle began to move he went to sleep. The other fellow suffered a much worse form, He would literally fall asleep standing up. If you walked down the hall he was in you wouldn’t be surprised to see him leaning against the wall in a standing position fast asleep. Both were otherwise normal intelligent people. I don’t know if Rob Anders suffers from this affliction or not.
the medical condition is called narcolepsey
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Robo calls gone bust so now CBC is onto Rob Anders falling asleep in the HOC and saying he did it again in a Veterans meeting. …meanwhile they show tweets all supportive of the CBC lines. Now Evan is saying there are other reports of him falling asleep at other meetings??
Maybe its time to dig out the tape of the NDP guy that fell asleep in the HOC. They want the Conservative to step down…ummmmm
I hope PM Harper shuts this Tokyo Rose propagando show down permanently. Sun News is the only place that reports the truth. They should get the 1.2 BILLION.
http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=loi/fel/oth&document=part08&lang=e
link to elections Canada act
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When they show Evan,he is sitting there,scrolling txt msgs on his phone! gawd,another 1/2 hr of robo-junk.Single-topic smear show!
O’narcissist loves Canada.
Here’s Ben*.
“Ben is an avid biker …”.
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“Avaaz.org, a US-based group, boasts more than 56,000 people have signed its automated petition, while Leadnow.ca claims about 40,000 people have sent its auto-petition to political party leaders, Elections Canada and the Mounties.
Ben Brandzel, former fundraiser for U.S. President Barack Obama, and Ian Capstick, a former press secretary for the late Jack Layton, are among Leadnow.ca advisers.”
“Voters give robocall controversy a pass”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2012/03/05/19462801.html
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*Here’s Ben:
“Ben Brandzel is a leading international practitioner, trainer and writer in the field of progressive online organizing. Currently the Director of Incubation and International Programs at Citizen Engagement Lab, he’s served as Advocacy Director for MoveOn.org and Director of New Media Campaigns and Fundraising for Barack Obama’s Organizing for America. He’s a founding board member and former Senior Campaigner at Avaaz.org and the Chief Founding Advisor for UK’s 38 Degrees.org.uk. His writing has appeared in the American Prospect and The Nation magazines, amongst others. Ben is an avid biker and aspiring guitarist who lives in Berkeley and Washington DC.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-brandzel/
In other news …
“*But westward, look, the land is bright!”.
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“McGuinty, Charest decry Ottawa’s fiscal ‘shell game’ with provinces”
“Oil sands fuel a new manufacturing boom – in Alberta”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
*AH Clough
Just to remind a few guys that Bob Rae’s wife is Jewish. I don’t believe he shares the general Liberal attitude to Israel, which doesn’t make him very popular in certain areas of the party. Remember all the anti-Jewish stuff going around at the leadership convention in 2006 ?
Sammy @ 6:10 Yup!
Avaaz is claiming 56,000 “names” on it’s petition.
Oh goody Mr Goatlips and his friend Peeair Poutine from SeperationH St have lots of “imaginary friends” to play with.
The online petition is as meaningless as a Liberal Election Promise.
Remember the “Red Book” as in “eets in da wed book”
For your enjoyment and edification a picture of the “Massive Crowd” at the Ro-bo protest on parliament hill.
http://yfrog.com/h2spqwqj
I think the Conservatives need better people on these political panels. They are not up to date on anything. I know more then they do. Don Martin said..”well you know that the Conservatives have the dirty tricks…in & out.”
“What do you think of the federal Govt. on this scandal”
bla bla bla….Daryle Dexter…a black mark for the country.
As soon as the Cons. starts to talk the other panelists drown them out. They are a bunch of wimps. Do like they do and drown them out back. Robin Sears said” Did you know that dean del Mastro made 600,000 phone calls?” Goldie whats his name sits there. Why didn’t he say…yeah and the Liberals made 100,000 phone calls and won’t hand over their lists of where they called. Something. Then they talk about 31,000 complaints and they sit there. Don’t they watch SUN NEWS? Don Martin is a supreme Liberal HACK.
I used to think that they needed to be more agressive but I’ve gone the opposite way.
We don’t wan’t them being ONE OF THEM.
For example, fh says @ 6:23 @ 6:26 that the Opps should tread lightly re Rob Anders falling asleep because he may have a medical condition. That is a very fair statement and one that could be very true.
My point being, when the PM ended up being fed incorrect info last week that became the news, not any other real, hard facts.
This media gong show and their inept talent pool are not worthy of our time or energy.
The Three Amigos’ Coalition and their toadies in the Consensus Media staged this pathetic attempt at a coup for their benefit only: They have ringside seats — and the rest of the theatre is empty.
Quite ironic: the real fraud here is being carried out by the Liberals, NDP, the Greens, and all those wild lefties out there. A riot, really: they, themselves, are doing the real evil that they claim the (innocent) Conservatives are doing. Talk about projecting one’s fraudulent activity onto others (Conservatives). Given the past behaviour of the opposition parties, all of this is no surprise. They have not learned their lesson. Actually, they are worse than ever. The opposition is a black mark on Canada’s reputation.
“Brian Lilley – March 5th, 2012″
Excerpts:
“Those tens of thousands of complaints to Elections Canada and others are being driven by a pair of online advocacy groups with strong ties to the far left in Canada, the Obama campaign and a host of American left-wing groups.”
“What has happened is that the left has imported what they claim they hate.
That’s right Pat, American-style dirty tricks from your side to try and force a public inquiry and push for by-elections in key ridings so that the results of the election can be overturned.”
“This is not a grass roots movement, this is an orchestrated campaign – not even one to deal with legitimate complaints but one aimed at making as much noise as possible, to push for a public inquiry and to overturn Canada’s democracy.”
http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/
This in the red star from Kingsley…if it turns out the calls are from Liberals…its not illegal just “Stupid”….if the calls came from the Conservatives it’s illegal. WOW..setting the stage for the results…cons= illegal….Liberals= stupid not illegal?
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, former chief electoral officer of Canada, told the Star that if the Liberal party misdirected its own voters or made calls that harassed and annoyed their own supporters to the point they didn’t vote, “That’s called stupidity. Stupidity is not against the law.” But if another party’s callers misrepresented themselves as Liberals with the goal of dissuading others from voting Liberal, “that’s against the law,” he said.
Kingsley may have given so many interviews that he forgets what he said previously. On CBC Fri he clearly said impersonating EC was illegal, which I think is correct. I would love to see him interviewed by a real journalist, like someone from SNN, but don’t expect to see it.
http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/elections/article/514880–green-party-leader-urges-guelph-s-youth-to-cast-ballots
check message at bottom
H/T Gabby at Paulstuff
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Jo I might be in filter it is a link to Guelph Mercury article H/t Gabby at Paulstuff CAW
it is fantastic work by Gabby
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Everything in the filter is out now. Boy I have a lot of catching up to do when my grandson goes home! He’s been sleeping over the last few nights and has totally taken all my energy and concentration.
I agree with fh- great work guys.
Send this story to David R. Lowell Green among others.
What Elizabeth said about the ‘CPC not wanting students to vote is a complete outrageous lie’.
She filled the studends heads with all sorts of tactics of her own.
Leftist MSM’s Phony Robo War is over.
It’s move-on now. But, it’s a retreat when the left moves on.
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“John Ibbitson Will Cullen be Mulcair’s kingmaker in NDP leadership race?”
(G-M)
I sent Ezra’s video to all the nasty media on The National Newswatch site. I told them to get up to speed. I see CBC is still trumping their crap. Not every 3 minutes like before though. Now they have the Russian election to keep election fraud in people’s minds since they the wheels have fallen off of their smear campaign bus.
Umm…..Don’t hold your breath that they’ll look Ezra’s video, take it seriously, get up to speed and report it. First they don’t see Ezra as a serious journalist plus it just doesn’t fit with their narrative.
http://faqmp.ichannel.ca/?voted=true
please vote
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A story about Joe Volpe always is worth a read because you never know what it might contain.
The last story I read was about him signing up dead people to prop up his ailing leadership bid. When confronted by Reporters Volpe Shot back “Allegations are not definitive convictions, they’re allegations and if you allow them to go uncontested then you might as well say goodbye to the democratic process,”
I guess to Joe Volpe anything is OK as long as you get voted in. NDP MP Chalie Angus quipped “The Liberals are so desperate for new members that they’ve taken to the Ouiji board, seances and grave robbing,” said NDP MP Charlie Angus
This scandal earned Joe volpe the nickname “the six feet under candidate”
I see Charlie Angus changed his tune when the NDP and LIberanoes lost to Joe Oliver.
you’re really busy these days Ontario Girl. Keeping the discussion hot.
Yeah, great comment Ontario Girl! I’m so glad you guys are all keeping this going. Grandson taking a nap and I am counting the hours til his parents pick him up later tonight. I am going to need a long rest!
From one ‘old’ Granny to another Jo… I hear ya loud and clear!! Sure nice to see them,but after a 3 day wk-end of loving ‘interaction’ with my 2, I wasn’t sure my knees and back would ever snap back into whatever shape they were in! Gotta love ‘em tho!
Yeah it’s great to have fun with them but you are right that we can’t act the way we did in our 20′s and 30′s as much as we would like to.
Anyway he is now back home so I will take a bit of time to reorient myself to the adult world and catch my breath.
Recall the recent headline from MSM:
“Hacker group Anonymous threatens Vic Toews”
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120220/hackers-anonymous-toews-20120220/
Today’s Fox headline:
“EXCLUSIVE: Infamous international hacking group LulzSec brought down by own leader”
“The offshoot of the loose network of hackers, Anonymous, believed to have caused billions of dollars in damage to governments, international banks and corporations, was allegedly led by a shadowy figure FoxNews.com has identified as Hector Xavier Monsegur.”
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/06/hacking-group-lulzsec-swept-up-by-law-enforcement/
Tomorrows headlines will be stacked with this. Now I wonder WHO paid for this? Consider the source, the questions AND the how it’s being spun by Liberals so far..
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/44424/most-canadians-think-robocalls-were-used-broadly-in-last-election/
If they get their information from CBC /CTV one would expect the numbers to be even higher. After all CBC had a poll up showing 91% believed there was widespread voter fraud in the last election. Some people will believe anything if they see it broadcast often enough.
What’s CBC? CTV?
NSM. (Non-Sun Media)
good one NSM
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Sooooo,ctv just gave big platform for some doofus re the robo-nonsense.Just google the half-wit’s name (Shane Davis-Young)..he is one of the Occupy Ottawa Loons…did ctv host (the blandest of bland Todd vanderwhatever)/hostette (bimbette) Amanda Blitz tell us that?? Of course not.
message to government and no decency opposition we are CANADIANS
you do NOT need to put any description before the term CANADIAN
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Question: Is Carolyn Bennett permanently ‘outraged?’ Good Lordy,her face seems to be frozen in disgust whenever she is on tv..looks like a shrivelled up prune.I am so very sick of the phony ranting,and over-the-top rhetoric,especially in the Dipsh*t caucus..their arrogance is blatant and stomach-churning.
Great comments and yes #30 is winding down, that it took 9 months to surface was strange but whatever.
Reminded me of a joke;
A man is walking up the path to his house and he sees a big slug in his path, he winds up and kicks it across the yard.
9 months later his doorbell rings, he opens the door, but there is no one there.
He is about to close the door again when the slug says
What the F*** was all that about”?
Any way sombody claiming to be Mr Terry Milewski is holding forth at Stephen Taylors blog.
I got some licks in, worth a read.
http://bcblue.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/con-mp-noticed-cbcs-milewskis-silence-to-assassin-on-liberal-board-directors/
“PayPal Canada says it is co-operating with Elections Canada ‘robocall’ probe”
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/paypal-canada-says-it-is-co-operating-with-elections-canada-robocall-probe-141617803.html
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Go here for PayPal:
https://leadnow.netdonor.net/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1694&ea.campaign.id=12874
‘Nother PayPal hint?
From Our CBC.
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“Elections Canada launches online complaint form”
“The agency is also asking organizations that have set up their own complaint-gathering sites to instead direct voters to the Elections Canada website.”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/06/pol-robocalls-chief-electoral-officer-powers.html?cmp=rss
go to bcblue blog now, the site of the picture will sicken you.
Ezra is soooo good. Taking on CBC tonight..climate gate ..and coming up robogate .After PM Harper retires Ezra should be the prime Minister.
Wish PM Harper would defund CBC and give the 1.1 billion to Sun News TV…he has the majority.
Some guy from Quebec said he’s waiting for CBC/CTV/Global to report TONIGHT where the 31,000 contacts are coming from and if they don’t they are propaganda pushing their own lefty agenda.
It was Eric Duhaine who on krista Erickson ‘canada live’ said that he will be watching all three medias for the information to the whereabouts of the ‘contacts’…….
“Wish PM Harper would defund CBC and give the 1.1 billion to Sun News TV”
SNN would NEVER take it. Not in a million years. Trust me on that.
Michael Bliss from UofT on PowerPlay right now..MUST SEE..he tells Martin that PMSH is busy dealing with REAL matters of importance..and that Bob Rae is just ‘sad’ rolling around in the MUCK..he blames the msm,that msm needs to deal with serious matters and they have been suckered into this ‘flatulence!’ I LOVE this man! Martin doesn’t seem too happy he asked Bliss for his opinion!
EZRA showing the poster,with comment from Lilley.
Ezra is getting hate mail by robocalls.
CBC Evan has his LIBERAL HACKS on and the one Conservative is not available…satilite problems.yeah Evan…Media SUPPRESSION.
. Evans and cbc KNOW THE ART of SUPPRESSING Conservatives mps from talking.
A sure sign of CBC robocalls going into the dust bin is CBC Evan show now showing a Liberal Hack talking in depth about the IN& OUT…..charged, fines…James Fitsgerald…Evan…now the Conservatives are in the middle of another controvery. The power panel will talk about this.
The NDP will put in a motion bla bla bla. Liberal kennedy that got defeated on the panel….etc…..I want to puke.
Stories are connected….Robin McCallum NDP…on & on….Martin Paquin from McCleans…one person Joan Crokran is the only one for the Cons being ganged up on.
Why is this coming up now? This on CBC website…I smell a skunk
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/06/pol-supreme-court-conservatives.
Now running down the US Republicans because their robocall crap is in the toilet unless EC helps them out.
no skunk OG you recognized this one all by yourself. It’s the CBC doing their usual…turning off viewers. You should catch that wave…it’s terrific!
Most amusing moment tonight was Pat Martin turning on Solomon and disavowing any connection between NDP and Leadnow, and even Ian Capstick! Solomon was so astonished he couldn’t get the name Robin Sears out, so Martin could disavow him as well. Last night, after 3 days Solomon finally showed the Leadnow web page and confronted Capstick with it; although it was more of a mumbled aside, not the confrontational approach he takes when waving documents in front of Del Mastro.
Makes one wonder how pleasant Martin is to colleagues in caucas meetings?
Sorry I missed that one!
Election Canada now putting a form on website for Robocalls. ?????????????
NOW!!!!!!!!!!… after Lead.now.ca and avaaz webite scam in the news as bogus????
How freaky.
Maybe we should flood the complaints in-box with all the calls we get from that creepy guy wanting to ‘fix’ our computers..or the ship horn blast telling me it’s the ships captain calling..or all the bogus credit card scams.THAT is far more credible and annoying than this crappola!
Truth hates delay.
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“NDP MP David Christopherson admits the involvement of American group Avaaz in the complaints raises questions.
“I think Canadians are most comfortable, particularly when we’re talking about our elections, when things sort of stay in the country,” he said.”
“Online robocall complaint campaigns confuse Elections Canada”
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/06/online-robocall-complaint-campaigns-confuse-elections-canada
This in the ottawa Citizen
It is unclear whether Poutine ever set foot in Joliette. Records produced by Bell Canada, Virgin Mobile’s parent, showed that the outgoing calls made with the phone came from Guelph.
Sources close to the investigation say the “burner phone” in question was purchased not in Joliette but at a convenience store in Guelph.
The records Mathews obtained from RackNine were listed in a December court filing in Alberta. They included computer files with call logs and other details from at least two separate accounts, one under the name “pierces” and the other under the name “Andrew Prescott.”
Prescott served as deputy campaign manager to Guelph Conservative candidate Marty Burke. He says all the calls he made using his RackNine account were above board and denies any role in making the fake Elections Canada calls.
odd that someone would use the name Andrew Prescott a CONSERVATIVE when the cell phone was found now in Guelph…and supposed to be the burner cell used to do Robocalls to Liberals? So Andrew Pescott could be traced and using Conservative rack nine? Something stinks and its not the conservative party. If it wasn’t for robocalls would a conservative been elected instead of a LIBERAL…using the illegal voting vote mob box from the university sure helped the Liberano cause to get elected.
Don’t forget the outrage from the University of Guelph students when the Conservative Party challenged the bogus advance poll, which by the way included Michael Sonea trying to stop the phony ballot.
Could it be a disgruntled yuppy decided to cause some havoc as retribution? Used the pre-paid credit card mommy and daddy sent to them? Andrew Prescott’s name was in the Guelph paper every day during the campaign, so it wouldn’t behard for someone to find it. And why would Prescott use an alias and then his actual name in dealings with Racknine?
That phony ballot at U of G was very disturbing. I don’t know what to think anymore about all this.
For sure it was a very bitter campaign on both sides.
Yeah, just like poutine itself, a real sloppy mess to get cleaned up and sorted out.
Good analogy!
I don’t know why this Pierre Poutine episode reminds me of some bad Rick Mercer or This Hour Has 22 Minutes skits.
It also reminds me of the 2000 (?) election, when one of Stockwell Day’s proposals was for citizen initiated referendums and Mercer started one online to change Stock’s name to Doris.
“Could it be a disgruntled yuppy decided to cause some havoc as retribution?”
It could entirely be that. I have found in the past few years that young people who’ve been thwarted (which in the service industry, merely means expecting good service) don’t hesitate to be vindictive in their response. These are the entitled young people who expect “prizes” for just showing up to work on time five days in a row and who blow their tops — or become sullen and unresponsive — if they’re in any way challenged.
It’s becoming a scary world, especially when you consider all of the sensitive and personal information at employees’ fingertips because of computers and credit card scanners, etc.
I’m surprise the Consensus Media hasn’t gone to Iggy for comment on “robocall”… not to say that they’d say he too had his riding stolen but more because they don’t want to remind Canadians of the incompetence and ineptitude of the LP. And anyone notice that every Lib — or virtually every Lib — has made appearances on all the talk shows except for Dion? Why is this exactly? Probably because the Libs don’t want to remind Canadians of him either for the reasons above, nor does the Consensus Media. In opposition, Stockwell Day made many appearances, even though he, like Dion, was once leader of the CA and was replaced by Harper. So why has Dion been so silent? Why no appearances? Funny that the Consensus Media accuses PMSH of muzzling his MPs yet they allow the Libs to get away with precisely the same thing.
Regular Heads-up
Brian Lilley makes his weekly visit to Steve Madely program today at http://www.cfra.com 08:10 a.m. eastern.
One thing Lilley pointed out that I fully agree with and so did Madely is that the communications coming from the CPC on robo issue and other issues for that matter has been horrible. That’s something the CPC has to change.
Nice of the cbc resident bimbo Kady to give Libs/Rae advice! Just read one of her tweets where she says,’next time Rae is up in QP,he should take stack of phone records,walk over and drop them on table in front of PMSH’ So,now the msm is not only taking sides AGAINST the Gov’t,they are actively giving advice! Nice of them to be so non-partisan..I guess they need to ‘create’ another headline for themselves.
Interesting to note,that the msm/opposition parties seem to think Vikileaks was just nothing,that Vic Toews deserved it..make the excuse the ‘messy’ (and note they always use that term) divorce info was ‘public knowledge’,so OK. But,where was same msm to report on Layton’s visit to the rub-and-tug in the election campaign? This BARELY got a mention,and the idiots seemed to think it was nothing.BUT,the biggest ‘cover-up’ during the campaign,was same msm neglecting,no,HIDING Layton’s health issues! Some have openly admitted they should have been more forthright about this.Why didn’t they report this? Beacause it wasn’t a Conservative plain and simple.
I see the NDP want Rob Angers to resign for falling asleep. Maybe they should ask for the NDP member who fell asleep in the house of commons during a debate to resign too?You know …the one primping his hair(that was shown on CBC BUT not the part where he was sleeping)Do with the NDP like they did to Angers on The National…they are famous for showing a spotlight circle on a conservative.Typical CBC Double standard.Makes me sick.
The NDP and the Liberals have no room to go off on a tangent about anything concerning Veterans or the military. This government and PM have a heart for the military and veterans like most Canadians, they have a lot of catching up to do to fix years of Liberal neglect. Of course this is just another chance for them all on the Left and their media buddies to slag the Conservatives.
The pile-on will continue until a few of the jackasses who are playing the slagging game get sued.
The US has picked up on the Leadnow.ca, Avaaz and the 31,000 contact to Election’s Canada story. This from the Blaze, Glenn Becks news website.
Are Canadian Elections Being Manipulated by George Soros and the American Left?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/are-canadian-elections-being-manipulated-by-george-soros-and-the-american-left/
Thanks for that link!
SunNN deserves alot of the credit for exposing the US lefties intervention in this and the enviro funding. Bloggers can only take the message so far, the media (thanks Sun!) has to carry it to the masses not engaged in the social media.
The Sun team has disrupted the close knit ‘story suppression’ rules of the consensus media led by taxpayer funded CBC.
It’s plain to see why they all lite their hair on fire when SunTV was about to air.
Thank God for Sunnews! Since they’ve come on air I’ve been able to keep sane.
They’re exposing and reporting what the consensus media refuses to report because it doesn’t fit with their narrative or that they’re just too lazy. I don’t give the other media the time of day any more.
Unfortunately not many canadians have access to SNN since Rogers changed its tune to having SNN on a package deal which cost money others have no cable box what so ever because of cost. Mind you most of them may have computers or can get access to computers anywhere to listen to shows like SNN. The problem is though, SNN does not carry their shows ‘live’ on the net which will come handy.
This is where SNN needs to look into if they want viewers to ‘order’ their show in one of the package deal.
I had to pay extra to get Glenn Beck show on Fox. and, I must say it was worth every penny. In fact, I have learnt more from him than any other media.
Maurice stronge soros and the likes of them were constantly seen heard on Glenn’s show.
My information from Rogers is that Sun NN did not renew the analogue license they had, forcing them onto the higher digital channels. I did see SNN till Nov 1, then it went to a channel not on the basic cable. I would have to have a box hookup to get SNN now.
I was hoping Martin, that SNN would carry their shows ‘live’ on the net for those who were cut off and now have to have cable box which can be very costly for some folks.
I don’t know, exactly, what your post means, Martin, but last week, after I found I couldn’t access SunTV on on Rogers anymore, I called to have it added to the package we already have.
I’m paying $2.69/month and was told that I could no longer access it on channel 142 but would have to turn to 569 (I think it was; it was something in the 500s). That worked for a few days and now SunTV is back on channel 142.
What does that mean? Why the change to the 500s, then back to the original channel? All in good fun or what?
Do you guys have any cable competition in Ontario?
We do in AB and Shaw makes life very simple for us SNN viewers and always have because of competition.
Getting the ‘box’, while once very expensive, not so any longer when you get the ‘packages’.
If I had to choose between Fox (which we have too) and SNN from a price pov, I’d pick SNN because SNN covers a TON of US political stuff.
Perhaps Rogers don’t want to make this easy for you guys but I’d approach it from a ‘how much for the box setup’ and see what the cost is. We have packaged everything which includes phone right on down to computer with one provider.
Anything, absolutely anything is worth NOT watching CTV and CBC any longer.:)
I get channels 2 up to 97 on Rogers basic cable without a converter box. SNN was on this untill Nov 1 at 65 or so. My letter from Rogers, which I have no reason to doubt, states that SNN did not renew this analogue license, but wished to move to the higher channels, where it now is. I have no interest in paying more, or having even more than 100 channels, so SNN is lost for me.
I also posed this question to SNN a couple of times and got no responce, so I think it was their decision. They advertised for a week before that they would be moving to a higher channel. I can follow some of their videos on the net.
Weighst Poll: Yes? Non? Oui?
Send to elckshun.NDPBloc.poll.UPayPal.
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“Gilles Duceppe wins lifetime achievement award for government waste
Montreal Gazette”
“Ontario environmental commissioner warns of heavy costs of climate change
Toronto Star”
http://news.google.ca/
Sun News TV said each panelist, or guest, or whatever they call themselves, get $250 for each 10 minute appearance.(like jennifer Ditchburn) If you are asked to appear once a week…for a month thats a cool $1000…..looks like easy money for a newspaper columnist. No wonder they say what the CBC wants them to.Head bobbing media. Thats why they print the trash they print. Gets them on the CBC and OUR tax dollars are paying for the LOT OF THEM.
And CBC Evans wants to know how the government is spending the taxpayers dollars.
Gabby posted a link to Don Martin’s segment with Michael Bliss on last evening’s show over at Stephen Taylor.
Anyone who missed it go listen, it’s the best take on the nonsense yet and I’m betting Don Martin didn’t see Michael’s Bliss’ response coming but the man is right on.
Breaking news on Sun TV News:
Vic Toews to find out who looked at his divorce file….court order received to see who signed out in court for his documents.
Sun will report when persons names come out.
I was hoping that he would do that because despite it being available, only a person intent on making mischief or being a complete jerk (pick door 1 OR 2) would be interested in someone’s painful life information.
Everyone knows someone that has had a painful divorce or breakup and that is the last thing they want published nationally and it takes a real A-hole to think it was appropriate in order to make their point.
Thanks Ontario Girl! I found a link here.
Boy you’re on top of things!
Just as long no one touches Justin Trudeau-Bob Rae’s valentine.
This court was in Winnipeg
Vic got the order to investigate the court from a JUDGE.
Liberals brought up this name in QP today that she got the wrong voting pole in North Bay. The name he gave was Peggy Walsh Craig.
Here’s who she is….
http://northbaycivicleague.org/ourworksofar.html
Nicole Turmel NDP to be interviewed on Sun News TV at 4:30pm about NDP’s involvement in Lead now.ca in robocall. Lead now.ca have a spot to write a letter to newspapers to complain about robocall. They must keep this going. says Sun News Tv.
Thanks for that. Evan Solomon seems to be touchy about a tweet I sent.
I think we’re about to nail some stuff to the wall and it won’t be jello.
Yeah. The NDP seems rather touchy about being linked to Lead Now. And yet...
BTW I”m still scrambling to catch up. Hope to have a new thread up soon, even if it’s just a continuation of this one which is getting a bit long.
Waste of time interviewing Turmel. Deflect, deflect, deflect.
She never heard of Lead Now .ca….she mentioned the 31,000 “complaints” but doesn’t know about anything except something about the Cons and the US and nothing was mentioned about Avaaz.org…..10 minute yawn soapbox for turmel if you could even understand her.
Yes, it was garbage!
CBC has Julie Van Dussen on the CBC just now…she trapped some Conservative in the HOC about Robocall like a vicious DOG and he told her…”This is media manufactured” and left gasping.Should be good for the NATIONAL tonight… cherry picked clips galore to suit the CBC cause.
LIke Ezra, I’m riled about Mary Walsh getting a GG award, a cheque for $25,000 bucks to boot , what a farce, if that’s what passes for artistic merit I’m a friggin’ rube.
Now poor Evan is all outraged about the poor rapists/murderers/home-invaders etc,having to double-bunk in jail! Awwwwwww,sorry I can’t type more,as I can’t see for my tears!…of laughter.
Stephen Taylor has Pat Moron Martin’s response to pending lawsuit against him…seems Pat thinks he’s got a right/duty to insult people!
Anyone here following the little scandalette brewing re a letter to editor in G&M from a ‘Prof.Fryer’ ? I noticed it start up on Norm Spector’s tweets,David Aikin is involved,and there could be some libel suits coming ! It stems from some allegations from said Prof,about an election training session,that seems to have ‘encouraged’ monkey-business.It is alleged some high-up Cons were attendees.Now,the most interesting bit I have picked up,is he has ties to…wait for it…LeadNow,..and was mixed up with the Green Party! Very interesting stuff..and now WK is also tweeting with Norm about it.
I noticed that too Sammy. What are your thoughts?
Waiting for supoenas to fly! BTW,did you notice Natnewswatch now has apology to one of the Marketing groups being accused of helping Cons ..TOP of page!
The only trouble I can see in this country is CBC giving a taxpayers funded soapbox to the coalition. What a sickening bunch of liers.
Now they have an email ticker on the screen when Dean del Mastro is talking making fun of his comments…like how many times is lying Dean going to say “let me be clear “: then Snake eyes Evan actually asked questions from the comments on the ticker tape emails. Wonder where they are coming from? Don Newman sitting back in his rocking chair…or is it from Harper hater Mansbridge?
Candice Hoppner was soooo good. She demorilized Evan, the Liberal and the NDP 3 against -1She used their own tricks and just talked right over the lot of them. I’d like to see her up against pat Martin again and that Liberal mouthpiece from Guelph.
CBC SUPPRESSES CONSERVATIVES MPS from answering questions. CBC is AFRAID -AFRAID of what the cons mps will say.
PS…what is the communist show trying to do? Put a stick in the eye of Sun TV by dragging out Capstick and Ditchburn as the $250 guests tonight. Ditchburn was attacking Tom Flannigan. Earning her keep I guess.
Earning her keep I guess
The cheapest way possible OG. No hard work or racking of mind or intense research is required. all these will be provided in script. Just sit there and repeat after me sort of thing that goes on cbc.
No wonder Avaaz and the others are basically running CBC to suit themselves. And Evans and gang falls right into the trap.
I wonder if it is possible both Avaaz and CBC are paying jennifer Ditchburn extra to slam the government?
CBC needs every possible organizations that can help them to do something create anything to start a frenzy against the conservatives. YET, not one of those CBC reporters have the faintest idea that they are being use left right and center to go against their own country.
CBC and other trolls reporters across this nation have walked into a huge trap and there is no way they can get out without first ‘shutting the ‘outside propaganda machines.
In the meantime Evans and the others ARE JUST WALKING IDIOTS; they created this whole mess and they will live by it until they resign and / or apologize to the nation.
Glenn Beck has a warning for Canada, and mentions the Robocall scandal and Mr. George Soros…..hmmmmm
http://web.gbtv.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=20144447
This is required viewing….
Wow, this needs to get out!
pass it around, it needs to get out there…
Glenn Beck has a warning for Canada, and specifically mentions the robocall “scandal”…Very interesting:
http://web.gbtv.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=20144447
Wow! Must watch viewing for sure.
thanks Sammy! Pass it around. Sorry for the double post there, it got caught in the filter…
It’s worth posting twice to make sure everyone sees it.
“Liberals brought up this name in QP today that she got the wrong voting pole in North Bay. The name he gave was Peggy Walsh Craig.”
For what it’s worth, check out her Facebook page, which will probably be hidden from non-friends shortly. Seems this women has quite the hate on for Stephen Harper, the Conservative Party, the oilsands, subcribes to Charlie Angus, etc. Going back to April and May 2011, she never mentions the election, voting, misleading phone calls.
And oh yeah, she has a Leadnow.ca post from October 11th, 2011. Whenever the opposition brings up a new name, I always seem to easily trace their roots back to either the Liberal or NDP Party. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
By the way, I used that new EC complaint form to question the allegations made by this women. If she’s sworn an affadavit, EC should check her phone records to verify her story.
Peggy Walsh Craig was shown on noon TV from a story about Robocalls in North Bay. A live interview spot of her complaining. She is also on the” North Bay Civic League” and an enviromental quack and there is also something on the website about supporters of the “ARTS”. They are coming out of the woodwork 9 month later…their memories have been jogged.
I got robo calls to…press 1 if you support the NDP..2 Liberalparty 3 Conservatives and 4 if you would change your mind. BIG DEAL!!! Also from the NDP about a ride to the polls..a robocall…..and live ones from the Liberal party …I told them after the sponsorship scandal, I would NEVER vote for a liberal. She was argumentive and i hung up on her. Not one call from the Conservative party. I voted using my voters card. The election before that one didn’t have my name on the list(first time ever).They figured it out and I voted.
I think I have a comment stuck in the filter Joanne!
It’s out now. Required viewing for sure!
Thanks Jo!!!
http://faqmp.ichannel.ca/?voted=true
please vote for Phil McColeman Conservative also only one vote per day
fh
http://www.elizabethmay.ca/whats-happening/green-party-thanks-john-fryer/
link on Elizabeth May and John Fryer
fh
Bubba Brown says:
March 6, 2012 at 3:37 pm
“I got some licks in, worth a read.”
Way to go, Bubba!! Notice how he continued to repeat himself and not answer questions posed by several individuals. Now, isn’t that the typical Liberal way. Tough guy the way he labeled others for not putting down their full names. I’d tell him: yeah, well, tell me when you’re on Parliament Hill and we’ll see who’s not so brave. Pretty pathetic he has to make those comments. Anyway, Bubba, you gave it to him real good.
Thanks Ed! I have wanted to take him to the woodshed for a while.
I have been visiting over here at Climbing out of the Dark.
The lefty mindset is soo screwed anyway some good comments.
http://climbingoutofthedark.blogspot.com/2012/03/fluke-is-obamas-new-poster-child.html
So sombody finally stepped in it, the “voter supression” phrase seems to me was used a few times by the Green Candidate.
It was puzzling, but then much of the Green blather is anyway.
Sammy @ 6:10 I think that bears a very hard look.
The Greens are always blathering about rep-pop type voting it is a very bad idea.
I have some info on it and our present FPTP system if there is more said and this is what they are trying to do I will post it.
I can’t understand why John Fryer would put a letter like that in the paper? Even though their robocall is going down the toilet is this mischief to stir up suspicion for the Conservatives? Here’s a comment on David Akins blog
MgEllis says:
March 7, 2012 at 10:21 am
I find it weird that voter suppression techniques would be discussed at this campaign school. I’ve been to many of these campaign schools put on by the conservative party, the manning centre, the leadership institute and countless others. I have also run many campaigns in target seats and never once have i heard discussion (formally or even informally) about voter suppression. Not once.
This Fryer better back up this letter with some facts is all I can say.Looking like the old ..drip…drip…drip?
Mildewski was on The National saying he did some DIGGING(CBC is busy) and in Joe Olivers riding there were over 2000 votes counted with no address listed on the voters sheets. He asked Elections Canada for all the sheets(something like that) and was refused. Then in his report he showed a building that voters were derected to that was a store. Its Joe VOLPE’s riding. Joe Oliver was on and said its poor losers…the votes went UP in that riding. He won by over 4000 votes. There even had Volpe on crying the blues. How can that pathetic guy show his face after the dirty tricks he did.
Looking like the old ..drip…drip…drip?
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
“A billion+ doesn’t get you much
Our beloved cbc has ‘reported’ on a deal between Pat Martin and Campaign Research over remarks that Martin made earlier. This is Campaign Research,not RackNine.
They snuck the ‘details’ in at the end of one of their many ‘robocall’ stories as an update.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/07/pol-elections-canada-power.html
FIRE.THEM ALL.
Posted by: wallyj at March 8, 2012 6:45 AM”
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/019516.html
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“New Democrat clarifies comments
New Democrat MP Pat Martin, one of the party’s leads on the election calls file, on Wednesday clarified comments he made at the beginning of the controversy.
Martin had been threatened with a libel suit over comments he made about Campaign Research, a Conservative-linked company that runs live phone banks for the party during federal elections. A spokesman for Campaign Research released the statement on behalf of Martin after their lawyers worked out an agreement to end the threat of the lawsuit.
In a televised intervew on Feb. 26, Martin says in the statement, “I made certain comments dealing with the allegations of voter tampering at the 41st federal general election of May 2, 2011, that seem to have been misunderstood by the corporate officers in charge of Campaign Research Inc, an Ottawa-based company.
“Today, I would like to clarify my remarks. I did not accuse Campaign Research Inc. of having engaged in criminal activity in respect of robo-calls during the spring 2011 election campaign, nor did I intend to convey that meaning.
“My exact remarks were to the effect that this is a company, meaning one of a number of companies, of a size and organizational capacity as to be able to have engaged in strategies to influence the outcome of the election. In fact, the concluding part of my comments was: ‘So I would hope the investigators look at the other contractors that are working for the Conservative Party.’
“As a member of Parliament, I not only have the right, but indeed the obligation, to comment on current issues vital to democracy and to the conduct of public affairs.”"
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Good viewing right now on CPAC on an opposition motion(NDP) election canada act…Bob Rae soapbox on now. Dirty tricks…he is going to blow his head off with his conspiracy stories.