Conservatives exposed (Canadian Ones)

[Demeter]

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May 23, 2007
Conservatives exposed


If anyone in this fair land (Canada) is still under the illusion the Stephen Harper's Conservatives represent any type accountable government, the last few months should have cured them of that misguided notion. Between the lies, corruption, secrecy, bullying and incompetence, the Cons have revealed themselves to be nothing more than Liberals with an ugly George Bush fetish. Lawrence Martin lays out the unravelling of the Conservatives in today's Globe:

"It's rare that a week has gone by without evidence of blatant obstructionism, or ministerial misconduct, or political thuggery of some kind. The Conservatives haven't yet stooped to the levels of contamination that the Grits reached in their bad seasons. But give them time.
Last week was symptomatic. At an ethics-committee probe of the Afghan detainee controversy, they tried for hours to block the appearance of witnesses whose testimony could prove embarrassing. They shut down the official languages committee - the same day as the tabling of a report by the Official Languages Commissioner highly critical of their performance.

In the Commons, they typically ran away from pointed questions, choosing instead to "hide behind political rants," as Liberal Ken Dryden put it.

On the cleanliness front, they've been caught up in several conflict-of-interest allegations and, now, just like the Grits, are getting dinged for living the high life at taxpayers' expense.

One of the first to be cited was Heritage Minister Bev Oda. Declining to use a minivan, she racked up $6,000 in limousine expenses in Halifax last year while attending the Juno Awards. In reference to a famous film about a Ms. Daisy, the NDP labelled the affair "Driving Ms. Lazy.".... "



Combine their incompetence and malignant ideology with a Republicanesque game plan to paralyze the proper functioning of Parliament and you have a graphic illustration of pack of anti-government crusaders and corporate bag-men who have no interest whatsoever in governing. It is control of the levers of power that holds their attention.

In order to escape his mensis horribilus, Harper has fled to Afghanistan in an attempt to leech some credibility and gravitas from our men and women in uniform, while also informing them that they will be stuck in Afghanistan long after the current deployment is supposed to end. Like his buddy President Codpiece, Harper is more than happy to use public concern for our soldiers to prop himself up and demonize as unpatriotic his critics. Is there any more loathesome trait in a politician?

When the sad history of the neconservative era is written, Canada's chapter will be exceptionally embarassing for us all. We had years of disastrous Bush rule to warn us of the danger of putting our government in the hands of men who hate government, yet we went ahead and did it. That we wound up with a minority government has saved us from their worst excesses, but we will not emerge unscathed.

Posted by Tim at May 23, 2007 12:25 PM | TrackBack

CANADA FELL THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, TOO. POOR SODS.

[sam sarrha]

1. Oh... i was hoping it was about finding who Assinated the environmentalist

[applegrove]

2. Thanks for that. Are they still beginning to tank in the polls?

[Demeter]

3. Not Being Canadian, Nor Having Crystal Ball, I Couldn't Say

but they sure don't get good press on CBC or BBC.

[applegrove]

5. A few weeks ago they started to tank because of their handling of the

twin issues of troops in Afghanistan and the environment. I haven't read a paper since. But I hope they are still falling.

[MrPrax]

4. Wow!!

I am from Canada and I don't understand a single thing mentioned in this neo liberal yarn spun by 'today's Globe' about how Harper was worst than the actual corporate raiders that ran Canada during the 90s and long into the Oughts?

Is this more Cult positioning? Why not post this Globe story over in the Canada forum. I would love to tell you about how you don't understand Canadian politics.

Is the DLC still shepherding New Dem celebs through their American universities as well?

Didn't the corporate culture, you speak of, start in the US?

Since Canada is mere colony (a British Monarch on our money, Americans run our corporations) Why would someone be so worried about Harper's corporate ties? Why not the corporate ties of the OTHER three parties in the Canadian Parliament? Didn't see anything in the Gob's editorial about what the other parties think about corporatism, such things as the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund buying up BCE on behalf of CanWest?

Hey has Jack yet explained why he took the opportunity to have his picture taken with Cindy Sheehan, only to sell out her cause in the Canadian Parliament?

Why not post all this sordid mess in the Canada forum, huh?

[applegrove]

6. Wow. You are really surprised to find such an article in a discussion forum.

Neocons here and there are pertinent to the general discussion. It is a worldwide movement. Lots of Canadian posts make it to general forums. Relax. It is nice that they talk about us. Better than if they didn't. I've never seen one of the Americans on the DU tell us to move the posts to the Canada forum.

Important that we compare one neocon group in power with another. Very important. That tells us the patterns. Explains a whole lot.

[MrPrax]

7. Thanks!!!

aw shucks...don't thank me for posting Canadian content! Thank ...um...BTW...who?

neocon?

I said 'neo liberal yarn'. You know...as in neo-liberalism? You know as in the Thompson oligarchy bought Reuters and so now the news is more efficient! It's a term used to describe people who support a corporate solution to simple problems

So you like the M$M I take it? Toney editorials in flagship national publications gives you a thrill?

Lots of Canadian posts make it to GD forums.

Oh ya?
Which ones?
You could have made that point by underscoring it with all the posts in GD? But you didn't? Why is that?
Couldn't find any examples?

Nawh of course you can't, coz this was posted in Editorials and, I as a Canadian, who have posted here at DU since 2003 would have been more than keen to offer an opinion if such event occured. Oh come on...you can find one at least. Americans loves to talk about the politics of Iran, Ukraine, Russia, China, red states, whatever

So let's just leave that bit of motherfucker horse shit alone.

(Americans like the word 'motherfucker'...get it...if you insult someone you tell them they sleep with their moms...kinda like the 72 virgins Muslims get if they kill people...they only want sex so that's why they kill us...that's actually M$M propaganda from the 80s...endlessly repeated by Americans...who buy sex constantly while at the same time PREACH morality and target places like Canada)


I already know that the M$M is worldwide movement. Do you?

That's why I red-flagged this piece of BS because I am Canadian? ARE YOU? Was your post intended to suggest that people living in other places shouldn't comment on editorials placed in Canadian papers by Canadians posted by Americans?

Now did you want to talk about my reply to the post or did you want to continue to lecture me on how to use my free speech properly like a good 'peace, order and good government' Canadian?

[applegrove]

8. It was an informative piece. Why do you want to bury it? G&M is not

a dangerous MSM entity. I prints lots of good articles. Likely why we have only a minority neocon government. Now if you want to talk about the National Post...there is something I will agree with ya on.