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Tim Harper: A Stephen Harper endorsement of Trump gives the Liberals a foreign policy opening
Look Harper agrees with Trump if you hate Trump re-elect Libs. because the CPC like Trump fook me slow news day I guess
Tim Harper: A Stephen Harper endorsement of Trump gives the Liberals a foreign policy opening
Look Harper agrees with Trump if you hate Trump re-elect Libs. because the CPC like Trump fook me slow news day I guess
Yeah, but he has a new plan to polish the image...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Talking Tribute Portrait Doll
Good grief.
does the Justine doll say sorey?Yeah, but he has a new plan to polish the image...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Talking Tribute Portrait Doll
Good grief.
does the Justine doll say sorey?
Among other things. There's also the classic prefixes Umm, uh, er, uhhh.
It also cries real tears, and comes with a hankey.
I bet the right wing morons know enough math to know 40% if 4 out of 10, not 3 out of 10.
Conservatives steal Liberal riding in Quebec
OTTAWA - The Conservatives have stolen a Quebec riding away from Justin Trudeau's ruling Liberals, in the first test of Andrew Scheer's effort to recreate the nationalist-conservative coalition that helped federal Tories dominate the province in the 1980s.
Conservative candidate Richard Martel captured 52.7 per cent of the vote in a federal byelection held in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord — more than 5,000 votes ahead of Liberal Lina Boivin, who took 29.5 per cent.
The NDP and Bloc Quebecois candidates were not in contention, capturing just 8.7 per cent and 5.6 per cent respectively, while the Green candidate brought up the rear with just 3.1 per cent of the vote.
Just 36 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots.
The byelection was precipitated by the resignation of rookie Liberal MP Denis Lemieux.
He won the riding almost by fluke in the 2015 general election, with just 31 per cent of the vote. At that time, the contest was a four-way fight, with the NDP capturing 29.7 per cent of the vote, the Bloc taking 20.5 per cent and the Conservatives taking 16.6 per cent.
Boivin's showing Monday was only marginally worse than Lemieux's but there was no longer a split vote for her to benefit from. The Conservatives, who've been assiduously wooing former separatists and soft nationalists in the riding, benefited from the collapse in support for the Bloc and NDP, vaulting from fourth place to first.
Conservative Leader Scheer campaigned in the riding last week with former Bloc leader Michel Gauthier, who urged voters who used to support the separatist party — currently leaderless and in disarray after months of infighting — to switch their allegiance to the Conservatives.
Scheer has also endorsed a number of Quebec-focused policies designed to appeal to erstwhile separatists and soft nationalists — such as allowing Quebec to collect federal taxes on Ottawa’s behalf so that Quebecers would be able to file a single federal-provincial tax return each year, rather than the two they're currently required to file.
As well, Scheer has said he'd give Quebec more power over culture and immigration and has promised to crack down on the influx of irregular refugee claimants, which has become a particular problem at Quebec's Lacolle border crossing.
He made no mention of any of that Monday as he welcomed Martel's byelection victory.
“Quebecers and Canadians are tired of the prime minister’s big deficit and high tax agenda. More and more, they are disappointed by this Liberal government and understand that only the Conservative Party can defend their interests," Scheer said in a written statement.
“Conservatives believe in responsible spending and in lowering taxes to make life more affordable for all Canadians. I look forward to working with Richard to spread our positive Conservative vision for Canada.” Chicoutimi-Le Fjord marks the Liberals' first byelection defeat in a held riding since Trudeau became Liberal leader in 2013. For the Tories, Monday's victory will help make up for the three ridings Trudeau's Liberals have stolen from them in byelections, in addition to one snagged from the NDP.
The byelection comes just as Trudeau is mired in a nasty trade dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The riding is in Quebec's Saguenay region, the heart of the province's aluminum industry.
Trump has imposed a tariff of 10 per cent on aluminum imports and 25 per cent on steel, using national security as the justification. Trudeau has called that "insulting" to Canada and has vowed to slap dollar-for-dollar tariffs on a range of U.S. exports to Canada, starting July 1. Trudeau's stance earned him an unprecedented, personal attack from Trump and his emissaries following the G7 summit in Quebec earlier this month. Trump called the prime minister "weak" and "dishonest" while one of his top aides said there's "a special place in hell" for Trudeau and others who negotiate in bad faith with the president.
While opinion polls suggest Canadians have rallied behind Trudeau, the issue evidently didn't help Liberal fortunes in the byelection.
Canada's supply management system for dairy, eggs and poultry has also been in Trump's crosshairs of late. While Trudeau has vowed to defend the system, his suggestion in a U.S. television interview that he's willing to be "flexible" on the subject has concerned dairy farmers in Quebec, some of whom protested during a campaign stop the prime minister made in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord earlier this month.
Scheer had his own woes over supply management. Last week, he fired one-time leadership rival Maxime Bernier from his post in the Conservative shadow cabinet after Bernier posted on his website a controversial chapter from his forthcoming book.
In that chapter, Bernier, a staunch advocate for dismantling supply management, accuses Scheer of winning the leadership by mobilizing Quebec dairy farmers to ensure Bernier wasn't victorious.
That controversy doesn't appear to have hurt the Conservatives in Monday's byelection.
They bolstered their chances in the riding by choosing Martel as their candidate, a well known junior hockey coach who was easily the highest profile contender in the race. A well known local candidate can be particularly influential in a byelection, when voters know their choice will make no difference to which party forms government.
Chicoutimi-Le Fjord was held by the Bloc from 2004 to 2011, when the NDP snagged the riding as part of the orange wave that swept the province.
Monday's result is more dismal news for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose efforts to re-ignite the party have shown no discernible results so far.
And it doesn't bode well for the NDP in another imminent Quebec byelection once Singh's predecessor, Tom Mulcair, resigns his Montreal seat of Outremont later this month.
OTTAWA - The Conservatives have stolen a Quebec riding away from Justin Trudeau's ruling Liberals, in the first test of Andrew Scheer's effort to recreate the nationalist-conservative coalition that helped federal Tories dominate the province in the 1980s.
Conservative candidate Richard Martel captured 52.7 per cent of the vote in a federal byelection held in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord — more than 5,000 votes ahead of Liberal Lina Boivin, who took 29.5 per cent.
The NDP and Bloc Quebecois candidates were not in contention, capturing just 8.7 per cent and 5.6 per cent respectively, while the Green candidate brought up the rear with just 3.1 per cent of the vote.
Just 36 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots.
The byelection was precipitated by the resignation of rookie Liberal MP Denis Lemieux.
He won the riding almost by fluke in the 2015 general election, with just 31 per cent of the vote. At that time, the contest was a four-way fight, with the NDP capturing 29.7 per cent of the vote, the Bloc taking 20.5 per cent and the Conservatives taking 16.6 per cent.
Boivin's showing Monday was only marginally worse than Lemieux's but there was no longer a split vote for her to benefit from. The Conservatives, who've been assiduously wooing former separatists and soft nationalists in the riding, benefited from the collapse in support for the Bloc and NDP, vaulting from fourth place to first.
Conservative Leader Scheer campaigned in the riding last week with former Bloc leader Michel Gauthier, who urged voters who used to support the separatist party — currently leaderless and in disarray after months of infighting — to switch their allegiance to the Conservatives.
Scheer has also endorsed a number of Quebec-focused policies designed to appeal to erstwhile separatists and soft nationalists — such as allowing Quebec to collect federal taxes on Ottawa’s behalf so that Quebecers would be able to file a single federal-provincial tax return each year, rather than the two they're currently required to file.
As well, Scheer has said he'd give Quebec more power over culture and immigration and has promised to crack down on the influx of irregular refugee claimants, which has become a particular problem at Quebec's Lacolle border crossing.
He made no mention of any of that Monday as he welcomed Martel's byelection victory.
“Quebecers and Canadians are tired of the prime minister’s big deficit and high tax agenda. More and more, they are disappointed by this Liberal government and understand that only the Conservative Party can defend their interests," Scheer said in a written statement.
“Conservatives believe in responsible spending and in lowering taxes to make life more affordable for all Canadians. I look forward to working with Richard to spread our positive Conservative vision for Canada.” Chicoutimi-Le Fjord marks the Liberals' first byelection defeat in a held riding since Trudeau became Liberal leader in 2013. For the Tories, Monday's victory will help make up for the three ridings Trudeau's Liberals have stolen from them in byelections, in addition to one snagged from the NDP.
The byelection comes just as Trudeau is mired in a nasty trade dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump.
The riding is in Quebec's Saguenay region, the heart of the province's aluminum industry.
Trump has imposed a tariff of 10 per cent on aluminum imports and 25 per cent on steel, using national security as the justification. Trudeau has called that "insulting" to Canada and has vowed to slap dollar-for-dollar tariffs on a range of U.S. exports to Canada, starting July 1. Trudeau's stance earned him an unprecedented, personal attack from Trump and his emissaries following the G7 summit in Quebec earlier this month. Trump called the prime minister "weak" and "dishonest" while one of his top aides said there's "a special place in hell" for Trudeau and others who negotiate in bad faith with the president.
While opinion polls suggest Canadians have rallied behind Trudeau, the issue evidently didn't help Liberal fortunes in the byelection.
Canada's supply management system for dairy, eggs and poultry has also been in Trump's crosshairs of late. While Trudeau has vowed to defend the system, his suggestion in a U.S. television interview that he's willing to be "flexible" on the subject has concerned dairy farmers in Quebec, some of whom protested during a campaign stop the prime minister made in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord earlier this month.
Scheer had his own woes over supply management. Last week, he fired one-time leadership rival Maxime Bernier from his post in the Conservative shadow cabinet after Bernier posted on his website a controversial chapter from his forthcoming book.
In that chapter, Bernier, a staunch advocate for dismantling supply management, accuses Scheer of winning the leadership by mobilizing Quebec dairy farmers to ensure Bernier wasn't victorious.
That controversy doesn't appear to have hurt the Conservatives in Monday's byelection.
They bolstered their chances in the riding by choosing Martel as their candidate, a well known junior hockey coach who was easily the highest profile contender in the race. A well known local candidate can be particularly influential in a byelection, when voters know their choice will make no difference to which party forms government.
Chicoutimi-Le Fjord was held by the Bloc from 2004 to 2011, when the NDP snagged the riding as part of the orange wave that swept the province.
Monday's result is more dismal news for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose efforts to re-ignite the party have shown no discernible results so far.
And it doesn't bode well for the NDP in another imminent Quebec byelection once Singh's predecessor, Tom Mulcair, resigns his Montreal seat of Outremont later this month.
I just saw a Green Party political commercial telling us Ontari-owe must move to 100 percent renewable energy! Apparently the Greenies DID NOT watch the recent TVO documentary on Pakistan - where that govt is working with China to install massive solar panel arrays! And does anybody want to ask just how much solar power is produced when the sun goes down? Big swaths of Pakistan go DARK at night- house lights fail, street lamps shut down and traffic lights fail to work- for some MYSTERIOUS REASON!
And here are some thoughts offered up by NDP strategists- no doubt the same ones that are advising federal NDPer Jagmeet Singh on the best way to destroy his campaign!
NDP leader Andrea Horvath says she can fund all sorts of dental and drug plans- AND pay for a grand new day care plan simply by asking wealthy Cdns to “pay a little more tax”! How many wealthy people does the idiot think are left in Ontari-owe after 15 years of predatory LIE-beral taxes?
NDP leader Horvath is distressed by high gas prices- does the idiot not understand the purpose of a carbon tax is designed to FORCE us OUT of the fossil fuel market?
IF Horvath is- as she claims- upset about gas prices now- with the carbon tax at $10. - how upset will she be when it reaches $50.00?
If Horvath thinks high gas prices are bad for ordinary people now - maybe we should ask if she is smart enough to consider how we will get along with NO GAS AT ALL- assuming NDP/GREEN/LIE-beral policy succeeds and kills the Cdn oil patch?
Since Horvath is upset about gas prices- does this mean NDP support for carbon crap and trade tax is ENDING? Or should we just assume all NDP policy is built on a fabirc of lies that sound convenient at the moment?
Yeah I don't think they realize that all Canadians are paying for the excessive taxes plied to Energy companies, upstream, downstream, production, contractor Carbon taxes. Add all the pennies together how much does it raise the price of fuel?
Those commodities are highly inelastic and governments found out long ago that the sky is the limit taxing them. Consumers will pay, pay, pay, no matter what.
Evil Green Energy LLC
My BCHydro bill at 6 cent kWh worked out to the same as SaskPower at 14 cents after taxes and levies in BC.
My BCHydro bill at 6 cent kWh worked out to the same as SaskPower at 14 cents after taxes and levies in BC.
Poor silly LIE-berals!!!! They want to pretend that all our fiscal problems are created by tax breaks given to corporations!
And in TRUE madness they think that our debt problems can be solved by destroying private business with new taxes!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But there are some little details LIE-berals DO NOT want to discuss!
Such as- I can deal with Ford Motor company, The Bay, Costco, Ikea and many other companies as and when I see fit!
I DO NOT have to pay these companies whatever they demand whenever they demand it- I can go for years or even decades without paying these companies a penny- this is unlike any service supplied by civil service Hogs!
I point to our teacher Hogs who get our taxes even if we DO NOT HAVE KIDS! WE ALL PAY FOR TEACHER HOGS regardless of whether we need their service or not!
It is this pay up and shut up routine that has allowed our high school teachers to amass the single largest pension fund in all of North America! With Ontari-owe municipal employees pension fund in the top five largest and Quebec municipal employees pension fund in the top ten in North America!
And these penultimate PIGS at the trough want to blame PRIVATE COMPANIES for our fiscal problems??????????
None of those companies can lure me in their door UNLESS they offer up GOOD PRICES!
NONE of these companies will stay long in business if they do not offer up suitable quality and service!
The pressures on private companies are totally UNLIKE the LACK of pressures on civil service Hogs with a monopoly stranglehold on an essential service and they ruthlessly exploit that stranglehold to the maximum!
Private business MUST be more diligent in serving me or I go someplace else- its NOT an option when dealing with Hogs!
And Hogs are curiously reluctant to discuss just WHO IT IS who OWNS the stocks in those corporations!
And why are Hogs suddenly attacking the corporations THEY essentially own?
Firstly because LIE-berals have so screwed our economy with mad debt that corporate profits and stock dividends are now so low Hogs see no real harm in kicking them even lower by taxing business heavily!
Hogs are DESPERATE for more gravy and since LIE-berals cannot deliver that gravy- Hogs are now thrashing about seeking it from any other source they can find! Their greed is such they are prepared to cannibalize the very corporations they OWN in their hunt for gravy! Hogs simply assume govt will bail out big biz if it really gets into trouble!
Yes- Hogs are prepared to destroy our jobs and their own stock options in their frantic hunt for gravy at any price!
Hogs and LIE-berals have made such fiscal a mess that Hogs are prepared to lay waste in the country in a frantic short sighted gravy grab because they THINK they are immune to the Greek style fiscal chaos we are heading towards if LIE-berals are not halted!
Hogs DO NOT want to discuss fiscal matters in ANY REAL WAY! WE owe Ford and other corporations NOTHING!
But LIE-berals have promised OSSTF/Ontari-owe high school teachers over fifty five billion dollars in pension top ups in exchange for their votes!
LIE-berals have promised a billion dollars to assorted Hydro and OPG union types- with LIE-berals and their Hog pals PRETENDING that it is a privacy matter and none of our business how much WE ALLEGEDLY OWE them!
WE know that federal LIE-berals promised nearly THREE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS to federal level Hogs in 2012- after that it became a "privacy issue" and it is NONE OF OUR BUSINESS what LIE-berals promised on our behalf as they bought those Hog votes with IOU`s that we cannot honour without bankrupting our economy!
WE know that many billions of dollars more have been promised to Hogs at the municipal level and more billions promised to the Hogs at Crown Corps such as ORNGE, E-health, Metrolinx, colleges, universities, hospitals and etc!
It is NOT corporations that are looting and pillaging our economy- it is civil service union Hogs!
LIE-berals have promised civil service union Hogs untold BILLIONS of dollars in exchange for their votes and these promises are ruining the country!
Even worse- airhead NDPers- the less intelligent cousins of LIE- berals have taken up the mad promises and bought the Hog votes- at the point where LIE-berals left off!
LIE-berals have promised corporations NOTHING- but LIE-berals and NDPers have SOLD US INTO TAX SLAVERY TO HOGS!