Canada's Federal Election 2015: The Official Thread
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I think what's got a lot of people side tracked is they expect the Prime Minister to micro manage people, money etc. I'm not sure what the annual Federal budget is for the whole country, but it's undoubtedly several $trillion, so W.T.F. would people expect him to develop an aneurism over $90 thousand? He has about 160 direct minions to concern himself with and maybe two or three times as many indirect ones not to mention counterparts in 200 countries world wide, so little Mikey Duffy is like a speck of sh*t in a corn field.
Alberta man gets $543 ticket for posting 'F--- Harper' sign in car window
Chris Purdy, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 06:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 07:08 PM EDT
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton man plans to fight a traffic ticket he was given for sticking a crude political message in the rear window of his car.
Rob Wells posted the handmade, pink "F--- Harper" sign a week ago to voice his contempt for Stephen Harper's Conservative government in the upcoming federal election.
He recently took a road trip to Vancouver and kept a log of about 60 other drivers who reacted with support.
"All the way out there I'm getting thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up," Wells recalled Wednesday.
On the drive back, after he hit the Calgary area on Sunday, he said he saw a few middle fingers.
RCMP then pulled him over about 50 kilometres south of Edmonton. An officer demanded he remove the sign, Wells said.
"I insisted that I had a right to have it ... it's a political statement."
He said the officer told him, "if you don't get rid of it, I'm writing you a ticket."
"I said, 'OK. We'll see you in court.'"
Wells was handed a $543 fine under the section of the Highway Traffic Act that prohibits anything that distracts other drivers.
Wells said he plans to be in Ponoka provincial court Nov. 12 to argue against the ticket and will also be filing a complaint with the RCMP.
RCMP Sgt. Josee Valiquette wouldn't comment on the political sign. She said police stopped Wells after receiving two complaints about erratic driving.
Wells argues his sign isn't distracting and he was simply stopped by police because of its message.
"It's sure not as distracting as a pretty girl driving around in convertible with the top down."
Wells said he was pulled over by Edmonton police 15 years ago, after he put a "F--- Ralph" bumper sticker on his car to protest former Alberta premier Ralph Klein's push for private health care.
He wasn't charged.
Police determined he wasn't doing anything illegal, Wells said, and he recently dug up a police directive he received after his stop that states that officers shouldn't pull over vehicles with offensive political signs, unless the messages are hate crimes.
Wells plans to keep the Harper sign in the window of the Saturn hatchback parked outside his home, at least until the election is over.
He doesn't care if he gets stopped by police again.
"They can write up another ticket."
Rob Wells stands with his Steven Harper sign he put in his vehicle's rear window in Edmonton Alta, on Wednesday Aug 19, 2015. Wells has been fined $543 by police for having the sign in his car. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Alberta man gets $543 ticket for posting 'F--- Harper' sign in car window | Cana
Chris Purdy, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 06:58 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 07:08 PM EDT
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton man plans to fight a traffic ticket he was given for sticking a crude political message in the rear window of his car.
Rob Wells posted the handmade, pink "F--- Harper" sign a week ago to voice his contempt for Stephen Harper's Conservative government in the upcoming federal election.
He recently took a road trip to Vancouver and kept a log of about 60 other drivers who reacted with support.
"All the way out there I'm getting thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up," Wells recalled Wednesday.
On the drive back, after he hit the Calgary area on Sunday, he said he saw a few middle fingers.
RCMP then pulled him over about 50 kilometres south of Edmonton. An officer demanded he remove the sign, Wells said.
"I insisted that I had a right to have it ... it's a political statement."
He said the officer told him, "if you don't get rid of it, I'm writing you a ticket."
"I said, 'OK. We'll see you in court.'"
Wells was handed a $543 fine under the section of the Highway Traffic Act that prohibits anything that distracts other drivers.
Wells said he plans to be in Ponoka provincial court Nov. 12 to argue against the ticket and will also be filing a complaint with the RCMP.
RCMP Sgt. Josee Valiquette wouldn't comment on the political sign. She said police stopped Wells after receiving two complaints about erratic driving.
Wells argues his sign isn't distracting and he was simply stopped by police because of its message.
"It's sure not as distracting as a pretty girl driving around in convertible with the top down."
Wells said he was pulled over by Edmonton police 15 years ago, after he put a "F--- Ralph" bumper sticker on his car to protest former Alberta premier Ralph Klein's push for private health care.
He wasn't charged.
Police determined he wasn't doing anything illegal, Wells said, and he recently dug up a police directive he received after his stop that states that officers shouldn't pull over vehicles with offensive political signs, unless the messages are hate crimes.
Wells plans to keep the Harper sign in the window of the Saturn hatchback parked outside his home, at least until the election is over.
He doesn't care if he gets stopped by police again.
"They can write up another ticket."
Rob Wells stands with his Steven Harper sign he put in his vehicle's rear window in Edmonton Alta, on Wednesday Aug 19, 2015. Wells has been fined $543 by police for having the sign in his car. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
Alberta man gets $543 ticket for posting 'F--- Harper' sign in car window | Cana
when Harper Derangement Syndrome becomes terminal:
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like the good ol' shiny pony days in parliament with Peter Kent. although CBC didn't make much noise about it then.
anyway...
The Delusions of the Canadian Mind
What explains the outrage at Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
"To dismiss this record as creeping authoritarianism, and to cite as proof that press conferences are less rowdy than they used to be, is to reveal an appetite for grievance so ravenous that it will swallow anything and pronounce it a meal."
more here:
What Stephen Marche Gets Wrong About Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper - The Atlantic
like the good ol' shiny pony days in parliament with Peter Kent. although CBC didn't make much noise about it then.
anyway...
The Delusions of the Canadian Mind
What explains the outrage at Prime Minister Stephen Harper?
"To dismiss this record as creeping authoritarianism, and to cite as proof that press conferences are less rowdy than they used to be, is to reveal an appetite for grievance so ravenous that it will swallow anything and pronounce it a meal."
more here:
What Stephen Marche Gets Wrong About Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper - The Atlantic
Apparently the guy was a former Conservative MP.
A former Conservative MP from British Columbia says he is thinking of changing his vote.
Randy White told CTV’s Richard Madan outside an NDP rally in Parksville, B.C., that he’s “not happy with what’s going on in Ottawa.”
“There’s a lot of problems there. The Senate’s not even the biggest one, but it’s serious,” White said.
“The economy isn’t what the government is saying it is; it’s not good,” he added.
Former Conservative MP Randy White may change vote | CTV News
A former Conservative MP from British Columbia says he is thinking of changing his vote.
Randy White told CTV’s Richard Madan outside an NDP rally in Parksville, B.C., that he’s “not happy with what’s going on in Ottawa.”
“There’s a lot of problems there. The Senate’s not even the biggest one, but it’s serious,” White said.
“The economy isn’t what the government is saying it is; it’s not good,” he added.
Former Conservative MP Randy White may change vote | CTV News
Sheila Gunn Reid @SheilaGunnReid 
moron her
You’ll notice that tweet was directed at a well-known Jew, Ezra Levant.
The Liberals and their Media Party shills’ defence was that Buzreba was only 17 at the time of the other vicious tweets so it’s unfair to judge her yet here we have this latest example of her Jew-bigotry dated July 31, 2014 when she was 20.
And don’t get me started on what Buzreba was doing here:
Trudeau defended Liberal candidate who told Jew to “pack up and leave to Israel� - The Rebel
shiny liberalism
When conbots aren't rallying for offensive free speech, they rail against offensive free speech.
Ezra should draw another cartoon about it.
The iron filings would be extra tasty.
Ezra should draw another cartoon about it.
The iron filings would be extra tasty.
I guess you haven't been following very closely, there's a couple of issues that I agree with Gerry on. I'd mention the 'A' word but don't particularly want to get that restarted.
Liberal candidate admits he broke spending laws to win nomination
Liberal candidate admits he broke spending laws to win nomination | Election 2015
Liberal candidate admits he broke spending laws to win nomination | Election 2015
Mulcair scales back magnitude of NDP's promised corporate tax hike
Mulcair scales back magnitude of NDP's promised corporate tax hike | News and Fe
Mulcair scales back magnitude of NDP's promised corporate tax hike | News and Fe
People don't really appreciate how much they are actually trying to move to the center.
Conservatives - at least the soft Conservatives - should definitely take some time consider that.
Conservatives - at least the soft Conservatives - should definitely take some time consider that.
Conservatives have lost edge they had on the economy
The trump card that has decided elections in the Conservatives' favour is no longer so useful
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/canada-election-2015-grenier-economy-leaders-aug25-1.3201735
The trump card that has decided elections in the Conservatives' favour is no longer so useful
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/canada-election-2015-grenier-economy-leaders-aug25-1.3201735
The CBC . What did you expect them to say . They have not written one positive word about Harper or the conservative government in 8 years .