It doesn't mean the agenda is 'hidden', that means it's downplayed.
Put down the gun for a second and take the red herring out of your mouth.
Parliamentary page sacrifices her job for anti-Harper protest
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It doesn't mean the agenda is 'hidden', that means it's downplayed.
Put down the gun for a second and take the red herring out of your mouth.
I'm sorry but I have to call bull on that... sweeping something under the rug means hiding it. lol.
"Swept under the rug" is hidden.......to anyone capable of English language comprehension.
Excuse me, I downplayed the dirt on the floor by sweeping it under the rug
lol lol lol lol lol
You have verified everything I said below about the left......
Too funny.
"downplayed"
lol
Well, okay, that's not what I meant by the metaphor then.
Can you tell captain Uzi to take his seizure medication now?
Sure.... I just don't interpret and manipulate in the way you guys do to weave my magic.
So you're the elusive "they" huh? Boy, some folk would like a word or two with you
Now you know one of the big reasons I don't teach anymore: I have VERY limited tolerance for fools.
An unusual number of whom can be found in school administration, encouraging the development of same in the classroom.
How else could you look in the mirror every morning????
(Too easy, I couldn't resist)
How else could you look in the mirror every morning????
(Too easy, I couldn't resist)
Nice. Are we gonna herring all the way to your momma jokes now?
Funny you mention it....How else could you look in the mirror every morning????
(Too easy, I couldn't resist)
I go: "screw you" to the guy in the mirror first thing every morning. After that, no one else's cusses on me matter ... 'cuz I got to be first.
Thank you. That seems clear enough for me.
Yes, I agree but in a different way than you do. I think we finally have a government that can properly address those issues.
Protesting page a symptom, not a saviour
stuff we already know...
...DePape's motivations notwithstanding, however, it seems there has been a profound dearth in discussion about why the protest was necessary in the first place.
The former page said that three quarters of Canadians didn't vote for Harper. That's true. But then, almost 40 per cent of Canadians — more than half of the 75 per cent of voters DePape speaks about — didn't bother to vote at all. Among Canadians who marked a ballot, 39.6 per cent voted in favour of the Conservative candidate. Under Canada's first past the post (FPP) electoral system, that constitutes a win by popular support.
DePape's argument must be with the electoral system, which has placed a party in a majority government without true majority support. If this is the case, the former page is barking up the wrong tree: referendums on electoral reform at the provincial level were rejected twice in British Columbia in 2005 and 2009, and Ontario voters rejected reform in 2007. It would appear by the numbers that voters are decisively opposed to electoral reform, and the majority of decided voters — by nine per cent — support Stephen Harper.
So why, then, was DePape's protest so captivating to journalists and politicians, and why is she so concerned about the direction Canadian politics has taken?
DePape said in her press release that "Harper's agenda is disastrous for this country and my generation." She argued that Harper's military spending and corporate tax cuts need to be curtailed, and that, "Most people in this country know what we need are green jobs, better medicare... and a healthy environment."
But, by the numbers, most people clearly don't. The majority of Canada's decided voters went Conservative. But a large portion of Canadians didn't even bother to vote.
DePape is not a saviour, and she's not a figure to rally around. She's a symptom of an ailing system of government in a country whose citizens have become far too complacent about political matters. And until Canada finds the means to energize the electorate, Canadians will continue to deal with the same issues that drove DePape to walk to the middle of the Senate chamber and hold up her little paper sign.
Op-Ed: Canada ? Protesting page a symptom, not a saviour
stuff we already know...
...DePape's motivations notwithstanding, however, it seems there has been a profound dearth in discussion about why the protest was necessary in the first place.
The former page said that three quarters of Canadians didn't vote for Harper. That's true. But then, almost 40 per cent of Canadians — more than half of the 75 per cent of voters DePape speaks about — didn't bother to vote at all. Among Canadians who marked a ballot, 39.6 per cent voted in favour of the Conservative candidate. Under Canada's first past the post (FPP) electoral system, that constitutes a win by popular support.
DePape's argument must be with the electoral system, which has placed a party in a majority government without true majority support. If this is the case, the former page is barking up the wrong tree: referendums on electoral reform at the provincial level were rejected twice in British Columbia in 2005 and 2009, and Ontario voters rejected reform in 2007. It would appear by the numbers that voters are decisively opposed to electoral reform, and the majority of decided voters — by nine per cent — support Stephen Harper.
So why, then, was DePape's protest so captivating to journalists and politicians, and why is she so concerned about the direction Canadian politics has taken?
DePape said in her press release that "Harper's agenda is disastrous for this country and my generation." She argued that Harper's military spending and corporate tax cuts need to be curtailed, and that, "Most people in this country know what we need are green jobs, better medicare... and a healthy environment."
But, by the numbers, most people clearly don't. The majority of Canada's decided voters went Conservative. But a large portion of Canadians didn't even bother to vote.
DePape is not a saviour, and she's not a figure to rally around. She's a symptom of an ailing system of government in a country whose citizens have become far too complacent about political matters. And until Canada finds the means to energize the electorate, Canadians will continue to deal with the same issues that drove DePape to walk to the middle of the Senate chamber and hold up her little paper sign.
Op-Ed: Canada ? Protesting page a symptom, not a saviour
We need to support this young girl in her move to make this land a better place
A bumper sticker that says Harper In two inch white letters on a red background
Stick them on STOP signs around the country
A bumper sticker that says Harper In two inch white letters on a red background
Stick them on STOP signs around the country
I don't think so! She will get NO support from me. I don't agree with her political leanings, but I would have supported her right to do something like this in her own time out of work in the name of "free speech". But she crossed the line and she was aware of the probable consequences. Firing her was the right decision. We expect all our civil servants to be impartial (or at least leave their preferences at home) and that goes right the way from the top civil servants all the way to a new hire just in the door.
I think that's a great idea!
She is a wonderful person and a role model for youth engaging in politics while fighting for justice and freedom.
Canada needs more like her and less like Harper.
Yep.
That's what we need. More spoiled, stupid, self-obsessed little morons that do not understand that the ritual they are spitting on (the Speech from the Throne) is the very essence of democracy.....the freely-elected representatives of the people putting words into the mouth of the Monarch.......the symbolic triumph of the people over their rulers.
but HEY! Let's throw out the results of the election! Some little trollop and her drug addled followers don't like it! What they need is a Canadian version of the "Arab Spring".....during which, faced with REAL tyranny, they would hide under the nearest bed, peeing in their panties, and praying for mercy........
Complete idiots.....one could understand it from her....she who just completed a completely useless degree majoring in Old White Guy's Sins.......but her followers......OMG! The brain-dead led by the naive........
Isn't it time we got past this???
Her making-a-fool-of-herself moment deserved to be forgotten shortly after she got her walking papers.
This falling to the knees at her feet by the insipid of society reveals how deeply desperate they really are..........
She is hardly a youth engaging in politics. Any one can hold up a sign, it takes a little more intelligence to express your views articulately and explain why you believe there are things that you are for or against politically. We really have no idea about her and really how "engaged" she is on politics in general. She was and is a "protester" with a bit of courage and that is all we can determine from holding up a sign.