But Baird will certainly be doing the rounds, “getting the message out about the Conservative Green Plan”.
Oh yes. All the Golden’ Oldies’ will be replayed over the next 15 days. These include:
“Liberals did nothing for 13 years!”
“Canadians want real action now…”
“We’re working with Industry”
“We’re consulting with relevant stakeholders”
“Did I mention the Liberals did nothing for 13 years?”
“Expect more from Canada’s NEW government.”
Baird’s gonna need some of that to oil his vocal cords, after all that shouting. (Now if only he could put that energy into implementing reductions, even intensity-based, now, instead of 2010 …)
John Baird is a disaster as environment minister. Just shutting him up would reduce Canada’s hot air emissions by 60%. Really, he should come out of the closet on this issue.
What I find strange is why don’t all the bible thumping theoCONs out there blast Baird for his record. He’s a foaming at the mouth neoCON pickpocket with a history as a spendthrift with our tax dollars.
The Conservative environmental plans look quite detailed to me. They sure are better then the liberal plan of doing nothing.
It’s much better than sending tens of millions of dollars to China and India don’t you think ?
Perhaps you like Dions plan to finally support Kyoto. The problem with that is that even Dion knows Kyoto is dead. He just likes to “play up” to his fool minion followers.
Besides Zorph, doing nothing is a liberal trait, not a Conservative one.
It’s true. The Liberals failed in dealing with the environment. It’s also true, the Reformes aka CPC are failing just as bad.
Having a detailed plan that accomplishes nothing in the end is a farce. I’m sure history will judge both the Liberals and Reformers, aka CPC, equally as ineffective on the environment.
If we are going to spend an average of 150 billion a year, should we not ensure that we are spending it on R & D that will help maximize our reductions in pollutants.
Kyoto is dead! Thank God for that. We would spend 750 billion on a 5 year program that would garner us a scant 7 days more of clean air.
I suspect the Reform, aka CPC, environment policy isn’t going to attain any better of a result.
Looks like the Greens may be our only true hope of seriously tackling our environmental problems.
I think a minority government with the greens as the opposition would be a very good start. They could hopefully get some appropriate changes made, and let us see how they may govern and act in parliament.
Milton Man, I suggest you look into Harper history and actually spend the time reading ~cough~ the Environmental Plan. Oh, and Milty, if any one is blind from hate hate here, it is you and your hatred of Garth. I’d suggest you should look in the mirror, but you vision is completely obscured.
As for the rest of you, you should read the fine print on the bottle on the left hand side, it’s the best!
The plan is worth nothing until it is implemented, and nothing takes effect until 2010. So, considering the Cons have power, why are *they* not doing anything yet keep complaining? Can’t they take the moral high ground and actually do something? Or is being honest too painful?
What a put down. Simple, yet childish. Zorpheous must be devastated.
Honestly, Milton Teenager, get back to your XBOX. The video game universe is in dire need of your help in freeing itself from evil liberal enviro-aliens. Super Mario Rocks!
As I sit here and quietly watch the dollar move way past parity, and see the manufacturing jobs evaporate, I cant help but wonder what it is the Liberals would plan on doing.
These days all I see is chatter back and forth about climate and election here.
Funny thing is, without jobs, all that simply doesnt matter.
If the volume of cartoons goes up at the cost of quality, I would prefer you spend more time on the creative process.
Sorry.
By Ed Brooks on 10.23.07 2:50 pm
Why Ed, are you suggesting that maybe the CPC line of “Not a Leader” is tired and old as well? LOL, sorry Ed, I have one more in my “Harper – Keeping Government Clean” theme coming out tomorrow. I’ll work on new material shortly, promise. Although I did take a quick wack at Ezra today as well. I have a few BQ and NDP toons in the works as well,….
“The National Post’s wine critic, Michael Vaughan, has been tracking the price of wines in Canada for decades. He’s also a former economics professor, so he not only knows his wines, he has a sharp sense of how the provincial monopolists rip off their customers. While the Canadian dollar has soared, wine prices have stayed flat — or risen. An example: A bottle of California Bonterra Chardonnay sells for $17.95 at the Ontario monopoly. “It has been the same price for at least two years,” Mr. Vaughan says. The same wine can be purchased in the United States today “for under US$9 a bottle.”
Gordon Gibson’s opinion is NOT WORTH the paper it’s written on. He’s always on board for a gang-bang … and usually a late comer, after he’s decided it’s safe to comment. I notice more than one journalist has noted that PMSH’s popularity numbers are dynamic and can change on a dime.
What I cannot understand is the rapid rise in grocery prices. In the last two weeks a can of mixed fruit has gone from $1.99 to $2.25 at the local grocery stores. This is just one example. The higher the dollar the higher the price of U.S. imports. Breads, all kinds of canned goods, etc. have taken a bit jump in price here.
TF, I can’t speak for Dion; however, I did hear him address a business audience a week or so ago and state that he would slash the Federal tax rate on corporations in order to make them more competitive.
I don’t know if corporate tax cuts are the answer – but so far Dion is the only leader who has suggested steps that might help that sector. The CONs are nowhere on this file.
Just look at their sound bites…er, “priorities”. A GST cut is useless. Getting “tough” on crime is useless, and so is “arctic sovereignty” and senate reform. Flaherty’s approach of “talking” to retailers and asking them to cut prices sure won’t work (have you seen service fees for ATM’s drop after Flaherty “talked” with the banks?).
Point is, I doubt the “new” government cares one hoot about the manufacturing sector since most of those jobs are in the GTA, the greater Montreal area and the greater Vancouver area, places the CONs don’t win seats. All he cares about is Alberta and rural Quebec (where he hopes to buy some seats at the expense of the rest of Canada).
Even his sole GTAish MP, Flaherty, has totally ignored the issue. (honestly, the guys a personal injury lawyer – what would he know about industrial policy?). He’s the worse finance minister Ontario ever had, and he’s turning out to be the worse finance minister Canada ever had.
Who? A failed politician now commentator? An old school lib who hasn’t been in the ring for 20-30 years? I can’t really bring myself to care to much what he has to say. Sounds like he has bought into the con and media portrayal of Mr. Dion. He can yap all he likes. Let’s see Dion in an election, then these people can start spouting there garbage.
Get used to it. As Canadian horticultural/vegetable growers are forced out of business via: sacrificial lambs in free trade deals, your prices for food will climb. Canadian growers are the ‘competition’ and we keep your prices under control. Sadly there are fewer and fewer of us left around.
Once enough of us have been pushed under, companies like Dole et el, will have a free reign on what you will have to pay for your unhygienic, chemical laced crap.
Lawrence and Harry plus all the other cons.
Will you please give me your opinion on Harper not leaving Kyoto?
the whole argument against was how much it is going to cost.So since Baird said we are not leaving KYOTO then how much extra is from Harpers inaction of the last two years?
I understand if you do not have answers, or maybe the PMO has not issued the standard statement to his minions yet.
LEASA: I don’t understand you. If you really feel this way, then why aren’t you demanding the dismantling of NAFTA? Why aren’t you supporting the NDP?
I submit that we have gained very little from Free trade with the United States. Once we signed on to the free trade agreement, we lost huge swaths of Canadian industry – and the response of the government in charge at the time was to introduce the GST (because they knew manufacturing was going down the tubes).
We now have a government that seems to be wedded to Washington. Foolish!
I say forget NAFTA. We should negotiate a free trade arrangement with the EEC, China, Russia, India and Brazil. The EEC is a huge economy with a standard of living (and democratic principles) close to our own. The rest are just fast growing economies we would be foolish to ignore.
The US economy is titanic (i.e. its sinking) – its time to take to the lifeboats before its too late.
Obviously you do not live anywhere near the Vancouver area. I have been in the market for a new flat panel and found identical T.V.s here and in Washington state. The ones south of the border are approx. 200+ more then here. It is a supply and demand market. We have lots of supply and competition so we are far cheaper then other areas. The market should decide the prices of goods, not a government.
To win the next election that is looming ever closer (front page of the Toronto Star indicates Harper’s upcoming ‘mini-budget’ will be designed to force an election) the Liberals will have to do much more than pit Dion against Harper in terms of ‘looking like a leader’. I fear that the Conservative attack ads have already swayed the ’sheep’ media to be skewed against Dion.
The Liberals will need to pit their entire leadership team against Harper to win… Dion, Rae, Ignatieff, Dryden, Brison, McCallum, Hall-Findley, Kennedy, Goodale, Turner, etc. The Conservatives have no hope of matching the combined intelligence and skill of this team.
Harper will no doubt try and run the next campaign from a central office, tightly scripted, with himself making all of the platform announcements. The Liberals should use their top 8 or 10 members of the leadership team to fan out across the country, take areas of specialty in the Liberal platform and pound the hell out their positions, focusing on an action-oriented platform, not simply whining about the Conservatives. Parry and thrust…brush off the neoCon attacks with the realityh of neoCon inactivity….and hammer the hell out of them with intelligent, action-oriented solutions.
Dion should be able to ‘out content’ Harper in terms of policy decisions. Harper has shown himself to be short-sighted, and only interested in piece-meal solutions that offer no integrated vision and plan. Dion along with his platform team (Rae etc.) has the intellect and talent to put forth an outstanding platform.
To win the hearts of voters is another matter. Neither Dion or Harper is a ‘warm’ personality. The Liberals will need to showcase the likes of Rae, Kennedy, Justin Trudeau, Hall-Findley, Turner, Brison to pull on the emotions of the electorate. The neoCons do not have any ‘warm’ personalities to put into battle. Prentice may be their closest. Other than attack dogs like Baird the Canadian public hasn’t been exposed to many of the Conservatives. The Liberals need to capitalize on this lack of familiarity by showcasing their team that does have some recognition in the homes of average Canadians.
The Conservatives may have a bigger war chest…but the Liberals can win this one if they fight smart.
I don’t have to get used to it because I am lucky enough to be in a position to grow more and more of my own food and buy locally whenever possible.
Unfortunately, this summer was too cold and wet to produce a good crop and I am forced to buy more than usual from the supermarket. Hopefully, this is not a long term trend.
Like Elias I do not understand why you are so supportive of the globalization of the marketplace that is designed to put Canadian farmers out of business. Both the Liberals and new Conservatives are committed to corporate globalization no matter where it takes our economy. They believe that it is the invisible hand of the “market” that should decide whatever they mean by that.
If you look at the policy of creating “gateways” on the west and east coasts for foreign products to flow in and our natural resources to flow out it is based on an economic model that is exceedingly expensive to taxpayers and not sustainable economically or environmentally.
Yet neither party has the vision to look beyond that increasingly obsolete concept of trade.
Comment on the opinion piece posted by Captain George on 10.23.07 3:45 pm,
What a good example of the snobbery of the “old boys club”! The elite establishment rejected Dion from the beginning because he was not seen as “one of them” while Ignatieff and Rae clearly are.
Arrogant individuals like Gibson carry their disdain for regular party members, voters, and democracy wide open for everyone to see. This is an ideal example of the neo-con/neo-lib elitist point of view.
What many partisans do not understand is that Gibson reflects how the establishment views them.
Zorpheous, another brilliant contribution to the House of Comics and this no-longer-new government.
Thankyou.
Check your driver’s licence. I was shocked when I saw this. I tried this, and what I found was frightening! We should all be writing our politicians about this!!! Check your driver’s license information online. Now you can see anyone’s drivers license on the Internet, including your own! It asks for U.S. Information, but fortunately it works for Canadian Licenses as well. I just searched for mine and there it was…. Picture and all! This is just too much! Can you say ‘invasion of privacy’?!
I definitely removed mine. I suggest you all do the same. Go to the website and check it out. It’s unbelievable! Just enter your name (for Canadians just leave it as ‘Select a State’) to see if they have yours on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked ‘Please Remove’.
To win the next election that is looming ever closer (front page of the Toronto Star indicates Harper’s upcoming ‘mini-budget’ will be designed to force an election) the Liberals will have to do much more than pit Dion against Harper in terms of ‘looking like a leader’. I fear that the Conservative attack ads have already swayed the ’sheep’ media to be skewed against Dion.
The Liberals will need to pit their entire leadership team against Harper to win… Dion, Rae, Ignatieff, Dryden, Brison, McCallum, Hall-Findley, Kennedy, Goodale, Turner, etc. The Conservatives have no hope of matching the combined intelligence and skill of this team.
Harper will no doubt try and run the next campaign from a central office, tightly scripted, with himself making all of the platform announcements. The Liberals should use their top 8 or 10 members of the leadership team to fan out across the country, take areas of specialty in the Liberal platform and pound the hell out their positions, focusing on an action-oriented platform, not simply whining about the Conservatives. Parry and thrust…brush off the neoCon attacks with the realityh of neoCon inactivity….and hammer the hell out of them with intelligent, action-oriented solutions.
Dion should be able to ‘out content’ Harper in terms of policy decisions. Harper has shown himself to be short-sighted, and only interested in piece-meal solutions that offer no integrated vision and plan. Dion along with his platform team (Rae etc.) has the intellect and talent to put forth an outstanding platform.
To win the hearts of voters is another matter. Neither Dion or Harper is a ‘warm’ personality. The Liberals will need to showcase the likes of Rae, Kennedy, Justin Trudeau, Hall-Findley, Turner, Brison to pull on the emotions of the electorate. The neoCons do not have any ‘warm’ personalities to put into battle. Prentice may be their closest. Other than attack dogs like Baird the Canadian public hasn’t been exposed to many of the Conservatives. The Liberals need to capitalize on this lack of familiarity by showcasing their team that does have some recognition in the homes of average Canadians.
The Conservatives may have a bigger war chest…but the Liberals can win this one if they fight smart.
Errrr,… is the regular Shadow I know from other blogs, and if it is, what the heck happened to you, did Harper kill your puppy? Shoot you in face? Pee in your Corn Flakes?
No, this has to be another Shadow, This Shadow actually makes sense,…
Interesting the “The Shadow Knows” appears to have stolen my original post (today at 6:24 pm) and having it look like it came from The Shadow… I suppose imitation is the highest form of flattery.
During the Liberal party leadership convention, it looked to me that the combination of Dion and Kennedy had the potential to be as powerful a team as Baldwin and Lafontaine were. Garth, right now it looks like the Liberal car is only firing on 4 of the 8 cylinders.
Most simple, concise, complete global warming argument. Video. should watch.
10min.
There’s more if you want to know detailed info. in a video series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PPY6ElKZM
Send link to your Governments, MP,MPP,local.
Some of the answers for global climate change with also help us all deal with the ‘peal-oil’ troubles, sooner that you think. http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/
Tell all your friend and your Government to take action to help us all get on with dealing with these emergances. Do you care? Do you have kids? Do you enjoy your own life?
Do you like to eat food and have clean water? Do you like your home to be warm in winter and have air conditioning in heat waves in summer?
Don’t think you’ll see the troubles your self?
‘Belief in myth avoids the discomfort of thought’.
As for the rest of you, you should read the fine print on the bottle on the left hand side, it’s the best!
By Zorpheous on 10.23.07 2:18 pm
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I must admit there is a somewhat juvenile humour in your attempt to caricaturize the Prime Minister of Canada and the Conservative party chosen by the people of Canada to govern the country. What puzzles me is why somebody would resort to cartooning to express their obsessive fear or hatred of Prime Minister Harper.
Until Canadians turf the lackey Cons out it’s time to buy 100% Canadian.
Eat the 100 mile diet; shop locally, think globally; grow your own whenever possible, work in community gardens; eschew imported goods unless absolutely necessary (yeah, right, except for wine, coffee and brie, oh yeah and grapes); put off major purchases as long as possible: new year buys of last year’s stuff are taxed less and are only old on paper; reduce, reuse, recycle. Give till it hurts and send the receipts to Ottawa.
For every dollar you don’t spend, you rob the government of at least 14 cents. Think about that.
Thanks for your replies. I have always made it clear that I do not support my party on Free Trade. It was over Free Trade that I actually voted Liberal when Mr. Chretien on the campaign trail said he would scrap it.
I do fire letters to the government on a regular basis, calling on them to stop using our food supply when signing these deals.
Why do I still support the CPC? Because the NDP will never get elected, will never be in a position to change this and the Liberals will only continue to take us apart sector by sector.
This issue is the only thing that separates me from the CPC. I also feel very strongly on issues of crime and a few others that I know the CPC is on the right track with.
I will always continue to fight to save a safe clean domestic food supply for Canada.
We are organizing to make the public aware of the danger they are in. Our food sovereignty is important.
I must admit there is a somewhat juvenile humour in your attempt to caricaturize the Prime Minister of Canada and the Conservative party chosen by the people of Canada to govern the country.[...]
By Harry S on 10.23.07 11:37 pm
1. Canadians didn’t choose Harper as the leader of the Cons. Only a majority of Conservative members.
2. Canadians didn’t choose Harper as their PM. Only about 36% of voters having cast their ballots (about a quarter of all eligible voters) supported the conservatives, and as PMPM resigned as PM, the GG asked SH to form government.
3. Only Cons and their great fear of being openly laughed at would care about being caricaturized.
I think it’s fair to say, Harry S, that you have been brainwashed, since you cannot think for yourself.
(Btw, is “Harry S” a pseudonym for Harper Steve? It looks too similar.)
I think it’s fair to say, Harry S, that you have been brainwashed, since you cannot think for yourself.
(Btw, is “Harry S†a pseudonym for Harper Steve? It looks too similar.)
By Jonnay on 10.24.07 9:41 am
Why are you so obsessed with Stephen Harper; what is it that you so fear?
As for your 36% majority winner complaint, I remind you that we live in a democracy and that means Harper has the privilege of forming Canada’s government.
Are you suggesting that there should be a different government installed who received less than 36% approval? Wouldn’t that be usurping democracy using your warped logic?
Why are you so obsessed with Stephen Harper; what is it that you so fear?
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By Harry S on 10.24.07 10:10 am
Be corrected: I’m not obsessed with him; I’m obsessed with getting rid of him. I fear Harper’s control and his ability to brainwash so many so-called followers (or employees of the PMO). I see in him the same as Hitler; slowly going down the road of removing rights of women minorities, which of course constitute a majority of the people. Did you know some of my great grand-fathers were interned in German work-camps in WW2? That’s the road I see us going down on, with Bush down south as guidance. Is it normal we have to send reservists to fight a war? This never-ending war in Afghanistan is also just an excuse to invoke patriotism to avoid answering questions regarding his leadership.
I think that, if a significant number of people are afraid of their PM, there’s something wrong. Why wasn’t I afraid of PMJC, even though I thought of some of the policies as wrong? Because he was a true man, an honest man, who loved to communicate with the people, and who inspired trust. Real Canadians, that is those who won’t be brainwashed into believing Harper’s lies (as outlined a few days ago), want someone they can trust, not some control freak who’s screwing up everything that became good about this place.
Btw, before you reply, and this also applies to all the John G H I K L in this country, if you keep complaining so much about the majority of non-conservatives in this country and you support the Bush-style policies of the PMSH, save your breath and move south. In this country, we want to build something better, not drive it into the ground.
(Oh, and you didn’t answer my question, is Harry S a pseudonym for Steve HARper?)
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Ah, Baird has spent millions developing a spray version of K-Y Jelly, eh?
Again – excellence by Zorpheus. Is he for hire?
Libs could use him now.
I’d laugh harder if it wasn’t so true.
But Baird will certainly be doing the rounds, “getting the message out about the Conservative Green Plan”.
Oh yes. All the Golden’ Oldies’ will be replayed over the next 15 days. These include:
“Liberals did nothing for 13 years!”
“Canadians want real action now…”
“We’re working with Industry”
“We’re consulting with relevant stakeholders”
“Did I mention the Liberals did nothing for 13 years?”
“Expect more from Canada’s NEW government.”
I just read blogger – Liberal Life and Times in Liblogs – “VERY” interesting about the NDP Constitution – very interesting indeed.
A suggested read folks.
Problem is the HoC is so full of “spin Lubricant” from all sides, it looks like an environmental disaster.
Baird’s gonna need some of that to oil his vocal cords, after all that shouting. (Now if only he could put that energy into implementing reductions, even intensity-based, now, instead of 2010 …)
Is there not a “spin” involved in this very posting.
The point is that all political parties do it. Let’s at least not pretend that only other parties spin their policies, but that we are self-righteous.
We all need to get real with the electorate who can easily see when we are being manipulated by spin-doctors, of whatever partisan persuasion.
These “spins” are little motivated by a desire for truth, but would seem to be more motivated by a desire for power.
Another good one Zorph.
John Baird is a disaster as environment minister. Just shutting him up would reduce Canada’s hot air emissions by 60%. Really, he should come out of the closet on this issue.
What I find strange is why don’t all the bible thumping theoCONs out there blast Baird for his record. He’s a foaming at the mouth neoCON pickpocket with a history as a spendthrift with our tax dollars.
I guess you are blinded by hate Zorph.
The Conservative environmental plans look quite detailed to me. They sure are better then the liberal plan of doing nothing.
It’s much better than sending tens of millions of dollars to China and India don’t you think ?
Perhaps you like Dions plan to finally support Kyoto. The problem with that is that even Dion knows Kyoto is dead. He just likes to “play up” to his fool minion followers.
Besides Zorph, doing nothing is a liberal trait, not a Conservative one.
Harper Rocks. You suck.
It’s true. The Liberals failed in dealing with the environment. It’s also true, the Reformes aka CPC are failing just as bad.
Having a detailed plan that accomplishes nothing in the end is a farce. I’m sure history will judge both the Liberals and Reformers, aka CPC, equally as ineffective on the environment.
If we are going to spend an average of 150 billion a year, should we not ensure that we are spending it on R & D that will help maximize our reductions in pollutants.
Kyoto is dead! Thank God for that. We would spend 750 billion on a 5 year program that would garner us a scant 7 days more of clean air.
I suspect the Reform, aka CPC, environment policy isn’t going to attain any better of a result.
Looks like the Greens may be our only true hope of seriously tackling our environmental problems.
I think a minority government with the greens as the opposition would be a very good start. They could hopefully get some appropriate changes made, and let us see how they may govern and act in parliament.
Milton Man, I suggest you look into Harper history and actually spend the time reading ~cough~ the Environmental Plan. Oh, and Milty, if any one is blind from hate hate here, it is you and your hatred of Garth. I’d suggest you should look in the mirror, but you vision is completely obscured.
As for the rest of you, you should read the fine print on the bottle on the left hand side, it’s the best!
By Milton man on 10.23.07 1:56 pm
The plan is worth nothing until it is implemented, and nothing takes effect until 2010. So, considering the Cons have power, why are *they* not doing anything yet keep complaining? Can’t they take the moral high ground and actually do something? Or is being honest too painful?
MILTON “MAN”: “Harper Rocks. You suck.”
What a put down. Simple, yet childish. Zorpheous must be devastated.
Honestly, Milton Teenager, get back to your XBOX. The video game universe is in dire need of your help in freeing itself from evil liberal enviro-aliens. Super Mario Rocks!
Again – excellence by Zorpheus. Is he for hire?
Frankly, I think these are getting derivative. Funny/Amusing once or twice, but now I’m just starting to shrug.
If the volume of cartoons goes up at the cost of quality, I would prefer you spend more time on the creative process.
Sorry.
By Milton man on 10.23.07 1:56 pm
Are you suggesting that editorial cartoonists are blinded by hate?
Bizarre…
Zorpheous: My vision isn’t quite what it should be, Could you confirm that this is what it says on the fine print on the bottle’s left hand side:
“Warning. Environmentally hazardous. May cause permanent hearing loss. Toxic to all carbon base life forms”
Besides Zorph, doing nothing is a liberal trait, not a Conservative one.
Harper Rocks. You suck.
By Milton man on 10.23.07 1:56 pm
OK – so, besides blaming the Liberals for doing nothing, what, exactly, has Harper done for the enviroment?
Zorpheus, we get it: Loud and clear!
Dion, will you please listen to Jack and pull the plug!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071023.wlaytonlib1023/BNStory/National/home
Garth,
No offense-I am a supporter of you.
As I sit here and quietly watch the dollar move way past parity, and see the manufacturing jobs evaporate, I cant help but wonder what it is the Liberals would plan on doing.
These days all I see is chatter back and forth about climate and election here.
Funny thing is, without jobs, all that simply doesnt matter.
Please take that back to Dion-fast.
Say it ain’t so…
http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20071023/COGIBSON23/Headlines/headdex/headdexComment/2/2/7/
If the volume of cartoons goes up at the cost of quality, I would prefer you spend more time on the creative process.
Sorry.
By Ed Brooks on 10.23.07 2:50 pm
Why Ed, are you suggesting that maybe the CPC line of “Not a Leader” is tired and old as well? LOL, sorry Ed, I have one more in my “Harper – Keeping Government Clean” theme coming out tomorrow. I’ll work on new material shortly, promise. Although I did take a quick wack at Ezra today as well. I have a few BQ and NDP toons in the works as well,….
PRICE WARS … WINES …[HIC!FLAHERTY]
“The National Post’s wine critic, Michael Vaughan, has been tracking the price of wines in Canada for decades. He’s also a former economics professor, so he not only knows his wines, he has a sharp sense of how the provincial monopolists rip off their customers. While the Canadian dollar has soared, wine prices have stayed flat — or risen. An example: A bottle of California Bonterra Chardonnay sells for $17.95 at the Ontario monopoly. “It has been the same price for at least two years,” Mr. Vaughan says. The same wine can be purchased in the United States today “for under US$9 a bottle.”
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/columnists/story.html?id=440dae1b-9468-40df-ae23-b5891aa4d1b7
Flaherty gets earful from political opponents over retail fight
http://communities.canada.com/financialpost/blogs/fpposted/archive/2007/10/23/flaherty-gets-earful-from-political-opponents-over-retail-fight.aspx
Moral suasion for price cuts
NUCLEAR BOMB for Income Trusts
Say it ain’t so…
By Captain George on 10.23.07 3:45 pm
Gordon Gibson’s opinion is NOT WORTH the paper it’s written on. He’s always on board for a gang-bang … and usually a late comer, after he’s decided it’s safe to comment. I notice more than one journalist has noted that PMSH’s popularity numbers are dynamic and can change on a dime.
What I cannot understand is the rapid rise in grocery prices. In the last two weeks a can of mixed fruit has gone from $1.99 to $2.25 at the local grocery stores. This is just one example. The higher the dollar the higher the price of U.S. imports. Breads, all kinds of canned goods, etc. have taken a bit jump in price here.
A suggested read folks.
By slg on 10.23.07 1:13 pm
I went, I read, I was flabbergasted.
Two t’ings … full credit to Jean
See how they link their definition of ‘delegates’ to contributions, and
No mention of Buzz as persona non grata
See how they treat their NDYC ‘yout’s’
… No age of consent preconditions. You’re in if you’re malleable.
TF, I can’t speak for Dion; however, I did hear him address a business audience a week or so ago and state that he would slash the Federal tax rate on corporations in order to make them more competitive.
I don’t know if corporate tax cuts are the answer – but so far Dion is the only leader who has suggested steps that might help that sector. The CONs are nowhere on this file.
Just look at their sound bites…er, “priorities”. A GST cut is useless. Getting “tough” on crime is useless, and so is “arctic sovereignty” and senate reform. Flaherty’s approach of “talking” to retailers and asking them to cut prices sure won’t work (have you seen service fees for ATM’s drop after Flaherty “talked” with the banks?).
Point is, I doubt the “new” government cares one hoot about the manufacturing sector since most of those jobs are in the GTA, the greater Montreal area and the greater Vancouver area, places the CONs don’t win seats. All he cares about is Alberta and rural Quebec (where he hopes to buy some seats at the expense of the rest of Canada).
Even his sole GTAish MP, Flaherty, has totally ignored the issue. (honestly, the guys a personal injury lawyer – what would he know about industrial policy?). He’s the worse finance minister Ontario ever had, and he’s turning out to be the worse finance minister Canada ever had.
Zorpheus, we get it: Loud and clear!
Ditto, pour moi! Didja notice, when you enlarge the image, it provides a ‘constant’ for clarity. Whey-to-go Z!
Say it ain’t so…
http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20071023/COGIBSON23/Headlines/headdex/headdexComment/2/2/7/
By Captain George on 10.23.07 3:45 pm
Who? A failed politician now commentator? An old school lib who hasn’t been in the ring for 20-30 years? I can’t really bring myself to care to much what he has to say. Sounds like he has bought into the con and media portrayal of Mr. Dion. He can yap all he likes. Let’s see Dion in an election, then these people can start spouting there garbage.
Perhaps you like Dions plan to finally support Kyoto. The problem with that is that even Dion knows Kyoto is dead.
Harper Rocks. You suck.
By Milton man on 10.23.07 1:56 pm
Not according to Harper and Baird. They’ve never said Kyoto is dead. They want to stay within Kyoto although they admit that the tagets can’t be met!
By C. B. Innes on 10.23.07 4:12 pm
Get used to it. As Canadian horticultural/vegetable growers are forced out of business via: sacrificial lambs in free trade deals, your prices for food will climb. Canadian growers are the ‘competition’ and we keep your prices under control. Sadly there are fewer and fewer of us left around.
Once enough of us have been pushed under, companies like Dole et el, will have a free reign on what you will have to pay for your unhygienic, chemical laced crap.
Bon appetit!
Let’s see Dion in an election, then these people can start spouting there garbage.
By SJ on 10.23.07 4:31 pm
I agree….the underdog is never hyped correctly.
Sad.
Manufacturers are continuing to lay off. Well paid jobs
The dollar is opening pandoras box to go on shopping sprees to the states. Just this week alone I ran into 3 people who
a) bought a car from the states
b) Bought a Flat screen TV from the states
c) Started going to the states to buy groceries etc.
All of the above is a net effect on the canadian economy.
These are not small purchases and not small losses to wages.
We are in for some interesting times. I am glad the politicians are doing nothing.
That way, I am not surprised.
Lawrence and Harry plus all the other cons.
Will you please give me your opinion on Harper not leaving Kyoto?
the whole argument against was how much it is going to cost.So since Baird said we are not leaving KYOTO then how much extra is from Harpers inaction of the last two years?
I understand if you do not have answers, or maybe the PMO has not issued the standard statement to his minions yet.
By keith phibbs on 10.23.07 5:
LEASA: I don’t understand you. If you really feel this way, then why aren’t you demanding the dismantling of NAFTA? Why aren’t you supporting the NDP?
I submit that we have gained very little from Free trade with the United States. Once we signed on to the free trade agreement, we lost huge swaths of Canadian industry – and the response of the government in charge at the time was to introduce the GST (because they knew manufacturing was going down the tubes).
We now have a government that seems to be wedded to Washington. Foolish!
I say forget NAFTA. We should negotiate a free trade arrangement with the EEC, China, Russia, India and Brazil. The EEC is a huge economy with a standard of living (and democratic principles) close to our own. The rest are just fast growing economies we would be foolish to ignore.
The US economy is titanic (i.e. its sinking) – its time to take to the lifeboats before its too late.
By TF on 10.23.07 5:18 pm
Obviously you do not live anywhere near the Vancouver area. I have been in the market for a new flat panel and found identical T.V.s here and in Washington state. The ones south of the border are approx. 200+ more then here. It is a supply and demand market. We have lots of supply and competition so we are far cheaper then other areas. The market should decide the prices of goods, not a government.
Unfortunately the public at large doesn’t seem to be concerned with real issues and is more concerned with ‘looking the part’…
http://technology.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Competent+faces+can+swing+voters+researchers+say/NewsandOpinions/ContentPosting.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=science-faces&feedname=CBC-TECH-SCIENCE&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
To win the next election that is looming ever closer (front page of the Toronto Star indicates Harper’s upcoming ‘mini-budget’ will be designed to force an election) the Liberals will have to do much more than pit Dion against Harper in terms of ‘looking like a leader’. I fear that the Conservative attack ads have already swayed the ’sheep’ media to be skewed against Dion.
The Liberals will need to pit their entire leadership team against Harper to win… Dion, Rae, Ignatieff, Dryden, Brison, McCallum, Hall-Findley, Kennedy, Goodale, Turner, etc. The Conservatives have no hope of matching the combined intelligence and skill of this team.
Harper will no doubt try and run the next campaign from a central office, tightly scripted, with himself making all of the platform announcements. The Liberals should use their top 8 or 10 members of the leadership team to fan out across the country, take areas of specialty in the Liberal platform and pound the hell out their positions, focusing on an action-oriented platform, not simply whining about the Conservatives. Parry and thrust…brush off the neoCon attacks with the realityh of neoCon inactivity….and hammer the hell out of them with intelligent, action-oriented solutions.
Dion should be able to ‘out content’ Harper in terms of policy decisions. Harper has shown himself to be short-sighted, and only interested in piece-meal solutions that offer no integrated vision and plan. Dion along with his platform team (Rae etc.) has the intellect and talent to put forth an outstanding platform.
To win the hearts of voters is another matter. Neither Dion or Harper is a ‘warm’ personality. The Liberals will need to showcase the likes of Rae, Kennedy, Justin Trudeau, Hall-Findley, Turner, Brison to pull on the emotions of the electorate. The neoCons do not have any ‘warm’ personalities to put into battle. Prentice may be their closest. Other than attack dogs like Baird the Canadian public hasn’t been exposed to many of the Conservatives. The Liberals need to capitalize on this lack of familiarity by showcasing their team that does have some recognition in the homes of average Canadians.
The Conservatives may have a bigger war chest…but the Liberals can win this one if they fight smart.
Harper Rocks. You suck.
By Milton man on 10.23.07 1:56 pm
Hey Zorph, you must be doing something right if a CARTOON provokes a reaction like that from MM!
Leasa on 10.23.07 5:04 pm,
I don’t have to get used to it because I am lucky enough to be in a position to grow more and more of my own food and buy locally whenever possible.
Unfortunately, this summer was too cold and wet to produce a good crop and I am forced to buy more than usual from the supermarket. Hopefully, this is not a long term trend.
Like Elias I do not understand why you are so supportive of the globalization of the marketplace that is designed to put Canadian farmers out of business. Both the Liberals and new Conservatives are committed to corporate globalization no matter where it takes our economy. They believe that it is the invisible hand of the “market” that should decide whatever they mean by that.
If you look at the policy of creating “gateways” on the west and east coasts for foreign products to flow in and our natural resources to flow out it is based on an economic model that is exceedingly expensive to taxpayers and not sustainable economically or environmentally.
Yet neither party has the vision to look beyond that increasingly obsolete concept of trade.
So much for dogma. Perhaps it is time for all forms of dogma to be abolished.
Then again, probably not. It would mean this world becoming a very happy place to live!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071023/hl_nm/honduras_aids_dc
So much for the american military “freedom of choice”.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21362930/
The Conservatives may have a bigger war chest…but the Liberals can win this one if they fight smart.
By TS on 10.23.07 6:24 pm
Great post, with sound advice. Let’s hope the Liberals think about this option. I don’t know who you are, but I like how you think!
Comment on the opinion piece posted by Captain George on 10.23.07 3:45 pm,
What a good example of the snobbery of the “old boys club”! The elite establishment rejected Dion from the beginning because he was not seen as “one of them” while Ignatieff and Rae clearly are.
Arrogant individuals like Gibson carry their disdain for regular party members, voters, and democracy wide open for everyone to see. This is an ideal example of the neo-con/neo-lib elitist point of view.
What many partisans do not understand is that Gibson reflects how the establishment views them.
Zorpheous, another brilliant contribution to the House of Comics and this no-longer-new government.
Thankyou.
Check your driver’s licence. I was shocked when I saw this. I tried this, and what I found was frightening! We should all be writing our politicians about this!!! Check your driver’s license information online. Now you can see anyone’s drivers license on the Internet, including your own! It asks for U.S. Information, but fortunately it works for Canadian Licenses as well. I just searched for mine and there it was…. Picture and all! This is just too much! Can you say ‘invasion of privacy’?!
I definitely removed mine. I suggest you all do the same. Go to the website and check it out. It’s unbelievable! Just enter your name (for Canadians just leave it as ‘Select a State’) to see if they have yours on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked ‘Please Remove’.
http://www.license.shorturl.com
THH22M pretty much summed up what Harper needs to do to win a majority. Stop being a Disingenuous-Insensitive-Conservative-Knowitall!
Rick Mercer hit some nails very square in Rick’s Rant tonight as well!
Unfortunately the public at large doesn’t seem to be concerned with real issues and is more concerned with ‘looking the part’…
http://technology.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Competent+faces+can+swing+voters+researchers+say/NewsandOpinions/ContentPosting.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=science-faces&feedname=CBC-TECH-SCIENCE&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
To win the next election that is looming ever closer (front page of the Toronto Star indicates Harper’s upcoming ‘mini-budget’ will be designed to force an election) the Liberals will have to do much more than pit Dion against Harper in terms of ‘looking like a leader’. I fear that the Conservative attack ads have already swayed the ’sheep’ media to be skewed against Dion.
The Liberals will need to pit their entire leadership team against Harper to win… Dion, Rae, Ignatieff, Dryden, Brison, McCallum, Hall-Findley, Kennedy, Goodale, Turner, etc. The Conservatives have no hope of matching the combined intelligence and skill of this team.
Harper will no doubt try and run the next campaign from a central office, tightly scripted, with himself making all of the platform announcements. The Liberals should use their top 8 or 10 members of the leadership team to fan out across the country, take areas of specialty in the Liberal platform and pound the hell out their positions, focusing on an action-oriented platform, not simply whining about the Conservatives. Parry and thrust…brush off the neoCon attacks with the realityh of neoCon inactivity….and hammer the hell out of them with intelligent, action-oriented solutions.
Dion should be able to ‘out content’ Harper in terms of policy decisions. Harper has shown himself to be short-sighted, and only interested in piece-meal solutions that offer no integrated vision and plan. Dion along with his platform team (Rae etc.) has the intellect and talent to put forth an outstanding platform.
To win the hearts of voters is another matter. Neither Dion or Harper is a ‘warm’ personality. The Liberals will need to showcase the likes of Rae, Kennedy, Justin Trudeau, Hall-Findley, Turner, Brison to pull on the emotions of the electorate. The neoCons do not have any ‘warm’ personalities to put into battle. Prentice may be their closest. Other than attack dogs like Baird the Canadian public hasn’t been exposed to many of the Conservatives. The Liberals need to capitalize on this lack of familiarity by showcasing their team that does have some recognition in the homes of average Canadians.
The Conservatives may have a bigger war chest…but the Liberals can win this one if they fight smart.
By THE SHADOW KNOWS on 10.23.07 8:40 pm
Errrr,… is the regular Shadow I know from other blogs, and if it is, what the heck happened to you, did Harper kill your puppy? Shoot you in face? Pee in your Corn Flakes?
No, this has to be another Shadow, This Shadow actually makes sense,…
I’m so confused
Interesting the “The Shadow Knows” appears to have stolen my original post (today at 6:24 pm) and having it look like it came from The Shadow… I suppose imitation is the highest form of flattery.
During the Liberal party leadership convention, it looked to me that the combination of Dion and Kennedy had the potential to be as powerful a team as Baldwin and Lafontaine were. Garth, right now it looks like the Liberal car is only firing on 4 of the 8 cylinders.
Mr Garth TurnerMP,
Most simple, concise, complete global warming argument. Video. should watch.
10min.
There’s more if you want to know detailed info. in a video series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PPY6ElKZM
Send link to your Governments, MP,MPP,local.
Some of the answers for global climate change with also help us all deal with the ‘peal-oil’ troubles, sooner that you think.
http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/
Tell all your friend and your Government to take action to help us all get on with dealing with these emergances. Do you care? Do you have kids? Do you enjoy your own life?
Do you like to eat food and have clean water? Do you like your home to be warm in winter and have air conditioning in heat waves in summer?
Don’t think you’ll see the troubles your self?
‘Belief in myth avoids the discomfort of thought’.
Mr Garth TurnerMP,
Some solutions for global climate change. see part 1-4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7z6lHW4vzk
As for the rest of you, you should read the fine print on the bottle on the left hand side, it’s the best!
By Zorpheous on 10.23.07 2:18 pm
………………………………..
I must admit there is a somewhat juvenile humour in your attempt to caricaturize the Prime Minister of Canada and the Conservative party chosen by the people of Canada to govern the country. What puzzles me is why somebody would resort to cartooning to express their obsessive fear or hatred of Prime Minister Harper.
Until Canadians turf the lackey Cons out it’s time to buy 100% Canadian.
Eat the 100 mile diet; shop locally, think globally; grow your own whenever possible, work in community gardens; eschew imported goods unless absolutely necessary (yeah, right, except for wine, coffee and brie, oh yeah and grapes); put off major purchases as long as possible: new year buys of last year’s stuff are taxed less and are only old on paper; reduce, reuse, recycle. Give till it hurts and send the receipts to Ottawa.
For every dollar you don’t spend, you rob the government of at least 14 cents. Think about that.
Thanks for your replies. I have always made it clear that I do not support my party on Free Trade. It was over Free Trade that I actually voted Liberal when Mr. Chretien on the campaign trail said he would scrap it.
I do fire letters to the government on a regular basis, calling on them to stop using our food supply when signing these deals.
Why do I still support the CPC? Because the NDP will never get elected, will never be in a position to change this and the Liberals will only continue to take us apart sector by sector.
This issue is the only thing that separates me from the CPC. I also feel very strongly on issues of crime and a few others that I know the CPC is on the right track with.
I will always continue to fight to save a safe clean domestic food supply for Canada.
We are organizing to make the public aware of the danger they are in. Our food sovereignty is important.
Catch W-5 at 7 p.m. this Saturday.
Leasa
By Zorpheous on 10.23.07 9:05 pm
I see you noticed the gross disparity in behaviour also!
First, if the SK we have all come to wait for its every comment is this one, then MPD is a confirmed diagnosis.
Or, SK just found out he was molested somewhere in life by Harper.
Or, it is the result of J.K. Rowling outing Dumbledorf, and SK felt left out.
Or, who actually cares? LOL
I must admit there is a somewhat juvenile humour in your attempt to caricaturize the Prime Minister of Canada and the Conservative party chosen by the people of Canada to govern the country.[...]
By Harry S on 10.23.07 11:37 pm
1. Canadians didn’t choose Harper as the leader of the Cons. Only a majority of Conservative members.
2. Canadians didn’t choose Harper as their PM. Only about 36% of voters having cast their ballots (about a quarter of all eligible voters) supported the conservatives, and as PMPM resigned as PM, the GG asked SH to form government.
3. Only Cons and their great fear of being openly laughed at would care about being caricaturized.
I think it’s fair to say, Harry S, that you have been brainwashed, since you cannot think for yourself.
(Btw, is “Harry S” a pseudonym for Harper Steve? It looks too similar.)
I think it’s fair to say, Harry S, that you have been brainwashed, since you cannot think for yourself.
(Btw, is “Harry S†a pseudonym for Harper Steve? It looks too similar.)
By Jonnay on 10.24.07 9:41 am
Why are you so obsessed with Stephen Harper; what is it that you so fear?
As for your 36% majority winner complaint, I remind you that we live in a democracy and that means Harper has the privilege of forming Canada’s government.
Are you suggesting that there should be a different government installed who received less than 36% approval? Wouldn’t that be usurping democracy using your warped logic?
Why are you so obsessed with Stephen Harper; what is it that you so fear?
By Harry S on 10.24.07 10:10 am
Harry, I’m just wondering why you are parroting Garth? Not enough crackers in your cage? Van Loan been eating them all up on you?
Why are you so obsessed with Stephen Harper; what is it that you so fear?
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By Harry S on 10.24.07 10:10 am
Be corrected: I’m not obsessed with him; I’m obsessed with getting rid of him. I fear Harper’s control and his ability to brainwash so many so-called followers (or employees of the PMO). I see in him the same as Hitler; slowly going down the road of removing rights of women minorities, which of course constitute a majority of the people. Did you know some of my great grand-fathers were interned in German work-camps in WW2? That’s the road I see us going down on, with Bush down south as guidance. Is it normal we have to send reservists to fight a war? This never-ending war in Afghanistan is also just an excuse to invoke patriotism to avoid answering questions regarding his leadership.
I think that, if a significant number of people are afraid of their PM, there’s something wrong. Why wasn’t I afraid of PMJC, even though I thought of some of the policies as wrong? Because he was a true man, an honest man, who loved to communicate with the people, and who inspired trust. Real Canadians, that is those who won’t be brainwashed into believing Harper’s lies (as outlined a few days ago), want someone they can trust, not some control freak who’s screwing up everything that became good about this place.
Btw, before you reply, and this also applies to all the John G H I K L in this country, if you keep complaining so much about the majority of non-conservatives in this country and you support the Bush-style policies of the PMSH, save your breath and move south. In this country, we want to build something better, not drive it into the ground.
(Oh, and you didn’t answer my question, is Harry S a pseudonym for Steve HARper?)