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It’s the LABEL, Stupid

Posted by Joanne on 7 September 2010, 9:07 am

The BC Wildlife Federation has issued a press release explaining why Jack Layton’s ‘compromise’ on the Long-Gun Registry impasse just won’t cut the mustard – BCWF says “No Thanks” to Layton’s Compromise on Long-Gun Registry.  They want the long-gun registry scrapped because no matter how you slice it, they would still be treated as ‘paper criminals’:

The BC Wildlife Federation says, “Thanks, but no thanks,” to Layton’s efforts. Not only is his proposed compromise virtually identical to the one floated by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff this spring, it is also unconstitutional. How could it not be a crime to violate federal criminal law?
Layton’s compromise is to decriminalize any long-gun owner’s failure to register, but if Layton’s bill became law, anyone accepting to pay a “ticket” for an un-registered long gun would be automatically pleading guilty. This means they would most likely have to accept at least a 5-year ban on owning or acquiring a firearm.
“Canadian gun owners have not asked for an easier way to plead guilty, but to stop being treated as criminals.” says BC Wildlife Federation Firearms Committee Chair, Mike Fowler. “We support laws that protect Canadians from criminal behaviour; the long-gun registry fails this test. Criminals are not affected by gun laws; only law abiding citizens can meet the licensing requirements. No piece of paper placed beside a gun can improve public safety.”

Matt Gurney picks up on this theme in today’s column – Sorry, Jack. The gun registry can’t be saved:

It won’t work. Layton fundamentally misunderstands why the registry is so hated by millions of Canadians. It’s not about fees or paperwork. The problem is that the registry, from its very inception, has symbolized the political elite’s distrust of anyone so retrograde as to own a gun.

By the very rationale advanced by the Chretien Liberals that introduced it — making the public and police safer by collecting information on individuals and their property — the registry could only ever serve to alienate those that it targets. Any law-abiding citizen, if told they must submit private information to the government for the safety of society, cannot help but feel that that very same society considers them dangerous.

So this is the essence of the objection by law-abiding duck-hunters. They are tired of being used politically by left-leaning politicians and top-cop big brass.:

They want this symbol of unfairness, of the suspicion with which their government regards them, destroyed, so that they don’t have to feel like pariahs anymore. Everything that has happened since — the massive cost overruns, the bureaucratic nightmares, the lost documentation and constant data-entry errors, not to mention the Liberal flip-flop on their promise to never use the registry to try and ban guns — has merely added to the outrage.

Meanwhile, Police Chiefs are still waging their war of words and left-leaning newspapers like the Record are backing them up with excessively partisan rhetoric like this:

Locally, Waterloo Regional Police Chief Matt Torigian has made an exceptionally compelling case in favour of the registry. He offered his opinion in a column that appeared in The Record on Saturday. Torigian says the regional police used the registry 13,629 times in 2009 and 9,708 times so far during 2010. This is about 31 times a day. He adds that police use the register for a specific purpose. They do not make routine queries.

For example, police may want to know if guns of any kind exist in a home to which they have been called to investigate a report of domestic violence. Who can blame them? Would Hoeppner, the MP sponsoring the private member’s bill, or Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has opposed the registry, want this information if they had to go into a home to investigate such a crime? Surely they would; or, rather, surely they should.

Good grief!!!

And what about Julian Fantino?  Why didn’t the Record include him on their naughty list? (H/T Shotgun)

Let’s expose the long-gun registry for what it really is: a political tool to keep the law-abiding Canadian citizens under the thumbs of Big Cities, Big Government, Big Law Enforcement and Big Bureaucracy.

Some pundits have expressed surprise that the tough-on-crime Conservative Party would be against the long-gun registry.  Well they are concerned about real criminals – not paper ones.  It seems that in the world of the Left that belief system is reversed.

This is the time to really pressure our MPs to side with the people who got them there in the first place – instead of voting to insult them.

Filed under Accountability, Arrogance, Big Bureaucracy, CPC majority solution, Coalition of the swilling, Coddling the real criminals, Flicking politicians, Follow the money, Incompetence, Jack Layton, Law & Justice, Liberal Party of Donolo, Liberal Party of Toronto, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Liberal machine, MSM bias, Media Watch, Michael Ignatieff, Nanny State, Real criminals love Liberals, Sports, Too many Fools on the Hill, Too many pigs at the trough, Unions, Voter cynicism, Your tax-dollars, democracy, grassroots power.
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Smoke and mirrors: Primary school division

Posted by Joanne on 6 September 2010, 11:33 am

Ah yes.  That nice man who “plays well with other children” says Jack Layton lacks ‘leadership and principles’, and calls the NDP the No Darn Principle Party. Oh yes, and Jack may even be a thief.

How sporting of Mr. Ignatieff.

Let’s give him an ‘H’ for hypocrisy.

Or are we supposed to be impressed that he didn’t use the word ‘damn’?

Filed under Accountability, Hypocrisy, Iffy, Iggo Waffles, Iggy, Iggyssiah, Jack Layton, Liberal Party of Donolo, Liberal Party of Toronto, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Liberal machine, Michael Ignatieff, Too many Fools on the Hill.
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The Economy Premier?

Posted by Joanne on 2 September 2010, 1:25 pm

Not content to merely be known as the ‘Education Premier’, Dalton McGuinty has now taken to giving advice to the Bank of Canada – Ontario premier urges Bank of Canada not to hike interest rate.

He actually has the gall to talk about the need for ‘prudence’(!):

“It points to the need for continuing prudence,” he said.

“Try as we might, we cannot completely uncouple ourselves from the American economy. They’re our single largest trading partner and consumer confidence — American consumer confidence — is a powerful factor in determining the health and vitality of our own economy here.”

McGuinty made the remarks from a Toronto elementary school where he was promoting a new expense for Ontario: full-day kindergarten for four- and five-year-olds.

The self-described education premier announced plans last fall to forge ahead with the costly project despite the economic downturn and warnings of a record-setting deficit.

The program, which is expected to cost $1.5 billion a year once fully implemented, is being slowly phased in over five years, starting with 600 schools this fall.

Ontario is also seeing higher inflation than other provinces, largely due to the July 1 implementation of the new harmonized sales tax.

Consumer prices in Ontario rose 2.9 per cent in July — the largest year-over-year hike among the provinces — with the HST accounting for about 1.3 per cent of that increase. Canada’s annual inflation rate rose by eight-tenths of a point to 1.8 per cent, according to Statistics Canada…

Is it possible that Dalton McGuinty is finally beginning to wake up to the possible nightmarish consequences of his many disastrous policies?

Nah, he’s just hoping he can get away with it.

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Friday Update

Does Dalton have a backbone?: Sun Editorial

Filed under Arrogance, Big Green, Culture of Conceit, Dalton Days, Dalton McGuinty, Flicking politicians, Follow the money, HST, Hypocrisy, Incompetence, Just trust Dalton, Lemmings love Fiberals, Lemmings love taxes, Liberal arrogance, Ontario economy, Premier Hudak in 2011, Socialism, Unions, Your tax-dollars, eHealth, economy, education, scandals.
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WE THE PEOPLE must take a stand

Posted by Joanne on 1 September 2010, 8:36 am

Mary T nailed it when she mused that it’s rather hypocritical of Iggy to say ‘we make the rules‘, and then force his democratically-elected caucus members to vote the way he wants, rather than according their constituents’ wishes on the subject of the Long-Gun Registry.

What with this and the Liberal obsession about the long-form census, they seem to be evolving into the Party of Bureaucratic Coercion and Enforcement.

I’m with Prairie Tory on this one, wondering what’s their game-plan?

This dog won’t hunt – except among Big City and Top-Cop elitists and irate public sector unions.

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Worth Reading:

More from Tom Brodbeck at Raise a Little Hell.

Why the Gun Registry Needs To Go – Garry Breitkreuz

Filed under CPC majority solution, Culture of Conceit, Entitlement, Follow the money, Harper best PM ever, Iffy, Iggo Waffles, Iggy, Iggyssiah, Incompetence, Liberal Party of Donolo, Liberal Party of Toronto, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Liberal machine, Michael Ignatieff, Nanny State, Too many Fools on the Hill, Too many pigs at the trough, ToryBoy, Unions, grassroots power.
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ABP gaining traction?

Posted by Joanne on 29 August 2010, 8:58 am

Is the ‘Anyone But’ Party going to be the big winner at the Ontario municipal and provincial level?  And if so, how would that impact the next Federal election?

While driving home yesterday afternoon we happened to tune into AM 640 and Arlene Bynon’s program was centering on these questions – especially the first.

Lorrie Goldstein was interviewed on the subject and has a column in this morning’s Sun outlining the effect of the arrogant lefties’ assaults on Rob Ford – it is causing support to increase for Ford’s more fiscally conservative stance.  The tax and spend mentality of the NDPers in Toronto may have finally hit the wall of voters’ tolerance, especially in the outlying ‘burbs.

Christina Blizzard picks up this theme and extrapolates it to the Ontario Liberal government which is now the status quo and becoming increasingly arrogant and out-of-touch with the taxpayer.  The 2011 election may see a backlash there.  In fact it has already started:

…For the first time since he was re-elected in 2007, Dalton McGuinty is trailing the PC leader in the polls.

Ipsos figures show the PCs at 36%, have a narrow lead over the Liberals, at 35%.

The NDP is at 18% and Greens are at 11%.

Sure, a slim 1% margin hardly makes Tory Tim Hudak a shoo-in for the premier, but it gives the Tories a needed boost.

That figure isn’t the most important one. On every question, the Tories were ahead. A whopping 64% of those polled want a change in government.

What’s most surprising about the figures is that Hudak is largely unknown. It’s not so much Hudak they’re voting for as it is McGuinty they’re voting against.

They want anyone but him…

So if voter intention is moving against the status quo in Toronto and Ontario, what about the federal scene? Are the incumbent Tories in trouble?

My guess is not, because of the minority situation where the Government’s hands are bound by the 3 opposition parties and the constant threat of an election. So federally the fact is that the status quo is still the tax & spend mentality because a more fiscally-responsible position would be trashed by the left.

Therefore I think that if the Harper Conservatives could put forth a vision of Canada that would safeguard our economy, our communities and our borders, and restore respect to the taxpayer, then a majority is a realistic possibility – especially if it builds on the anyone-but-lefties momentum.

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Related

Iggy to Harper: “We make the rules!” – David Akin (Great truth-ad fodder for the next election!)

And how about this from the same source?

The Conservatives, for the last three years, have raised twice as much money from twice as many people as all the other parties, including the Liberals, combined.

“Politics is not a spectator sport,” Ignatieff told the crowd here. “We need your help. We are up against the toughest political machine, the nastiest political machine in the history of Canadian politics.”

So any grass root supporters donating to the Conservative Party are enabling the nastiest political machine in the history of Canadian politics, according to Michael Ignatieff. Don’t you feel ashamed of yourselves?

I’m sure that Maria Augimeri would not be impressed with your progress on the ‘learning curve’ either.

Filed under Arrogance, CPC majority solution, Coalition of the swilling, Culture of Conceit, Dalton McGuinty, David Miller, Entitlement, Flicking politicians, Goldstein, Harper best PM ever, Lemmings love taxes, Liberal Party of Toronto, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Michael Ignatieff, Only one tax-payer, Ontario Politics, Ontario government, Ours to Recover, Premier Hudak in 2011, Tim Hudak, Too many pigs at the trough, Toronto, Truth ads, Unions, Your tax-dollars, democracy, elections, grassroots power.
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Sorry Australia, Michael Ignatieff disapproves

Posted by Joanne on 14 August 2010, 9:00 pm

Australia obviously doesn’t have principles according to Michael Ignatieff (H/T Maz2):

Ignatieff dismissed calls that Canada should have followed Australia’s policy on refugees and turned the Tamil refugee boat away.

“This is Canada, not Australia,” Ignatieff said. “That means Canada has principles, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our international obligations.“

Anyone from the Liberal camp willing to issue an apology to one of our fellow coalition partners in Afghanistan?

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Sunday Update

Iffy on how he would have handled Tamil ship – BC Blue

Michael Ignatieff: Canada has principles…unlike Australia – Prairie Tory

Ignatieff Does Sack of Hammers – CanadianSense

MSM fails to report ridiculous comments from Ignatieff – Paulsstuff

Smugglers may have made more than $20-million from Tamil ship – National Post (H/T Michael Harkov)

Ottawa vows to stop illegal migrants before they depart for Canada – Globe

End refugee free-for-all – Ezra Levant (Sun)

Very interesting immigration debate going on in Australia.  This site is well worth checking out.

And from Lorne Gunter:

In Canada, Tigers and Tiger supporters in the Tamil community have extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from Tamil Canadians by threatening their businesses here or their families back home unless they paid upwards of $2,500 a month to Tiger front groups.

Indeed, the MV Sun Sea, which steamed into Victoria under RCMP and navy escort this week is thought to be the former Tiger gun-running ship, still owned by the terror group. And the Tigers are thought to be behind the current human-smuggling voyage, charging those on board as much as $45,000 each to get them to Canada.

The cash will help the Tigers rekindle their war with Sri Lanka and the refugees themselves may be being used as cover to conceal Tiger commanders who are thought to be eager to set up a government-in-waiting here until such time as they can take up the fight in their homeland again.

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Monday Update

RCMP eyes Canadian financial ties to Tamil migrant ship – Globe:

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said he has been told the organizers of the voyage of the MV Sun Sea, which reached Canadian waters on Friday with more than 450 men, women and children on board, charged up to $50,000 a passenger – for a potential total haul of more than $20-million.

Inside the Harper government, questions are being raised as to whether Canadian residents helped pay, Mr. Toews said in an interview Sunday. It is a criminal offence to give money to a banned terrorist organization or to participate in human smuggling.

Tamil Migrant Story- Some Facts for your Consideration – LankaWeb

Filed under Afghanistan, Canadian Politics, Iffy, Iggo Waffles, Iggy, Iggyssiah, Incompetence, International news, International politics, Liberal Party of Donolo, Liberal Party of Toronto, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Liberal machine, Michael Ignatieff, Peter Principle, Tamil Tigers, Tamils, The LPC is dysfunctional.
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Just watch me

Posted by Joanne on 9 August 2010, 8:08 am

In response to a question in the no-lib candidate riding of Chatham-Kent Essex, Michael Ignatieff was asked how he proposes to give Canadians an ‘alternative’ without an election (H/T NNW).

Count Iggy responded, “You’ll see.”

If ever the Tories needed proof that the Coalition threat is still alive, this is it.

Or perhaps the Liberals still feel entitled to govern the country. We will acclaim them –  just the way Mr. Iffy became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Filed under Bloc, CPC majority solution, Coalition of the swilling, Culture of Conceit, Election fever, Harper best PM ever, Iffy, Iggo Waffles, Iggy, Iggyssiah, Jack Layton, Liberal Party of Donolo, Liberal arrogance, Liberal entitlement, Michael Ignatieff, The LPC is dysfunctional, Victims rights?, democracy.
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