Apolitical Staples

Just curious. What’s the amount sitting in those un-audited, arms-reach, Liberal created foundations? Last time I heard it was around 7.2 out of 9 billion.

Harper to Quebeckers: Vote Conservative! We have enough money to sustain the welfare state in all the economic basket cases under our jurisdiction, both in eastern Canada and in central Asia.

I think this move is targeting Dion more than Harper. This type of issue would actually play to Harper’s favour - definitely rally his base and attract a lot of swing voters while leaving the other parties to fight over the remaining political real-estate.

Dion however, is up a certain creek on this one … he was a member of the cabinet that sent them to Kandahar and even on the two year extension vote, the Liberals were very divided. I just saw an interview where Dion tried to explain the cabinet decision as a mission to “transition the Afghanistan conflict from a US-led mission to a NATO mission - now that is complete, so Canada’s responsibilities are finished” … the interviewer was stammering on how to react to this nonsense. Dion was a total joke actually … it was embarrassing.

Definitely targetting Dion.

Dion’s talking about ‘reviewing’ the Liberals Afghan policy - ie. having it both ways. It looks good to the left wing their trying to court, while not alienating the right.

The seperation of the right leaning libs from the left officially began today.

It will continue with each passing issue.

Culminating, I suspect with tax cuts by the CPC, which Dion will reflexively oppose.

Watch the Lib numbers drop.

Um, can anyone explain then why Jason Cherniak supports Dion? Jason is about as blue a liberal as you will find. When he starts slagging Dion, I might believe your “mass flight” of blue Liberals into the loving embrace of Stephen Harper. theory. Until then, colour me skeptical. Btw, don’t most polls show Canadians hold views closer to Dion’s than Harper’s on Afghanistan? This issue does not seem to be as clear cut as you suggest, other than with confirmed conservatives.

“Btw, don’t most polls show Canadians hold views closer to Dion’s than Harper’s on Afghanistan?”

By the way, aren’t most polls unreliable push polls, conducted and publicized in order to create news for a moribund news industry?

“confirmed conservatives”

There’s nothing particularly “conservative” about foreign military interventions. Just ask Tony Blair, George Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt or another non-conservative warmaking leader of your choice. Or, if you prefer, just ask Christopher Hitchens.

Yes the fiscal imbalance will really spook Dueceppe and Boysclair. It will also become more clear with Flaherty’s calculation formula of “net” zero debt by 2020. The utopian status quo pundits hate this calculation because there’s so much disclosure in it.

The “net” calculation will disclose the $120 billion in debt that Quebec has run up in its ill-conceived extreme socialist policies and its submission to corrupt big unions in the Province.

It will also show that Mayor Miller is running a deficit of $200 million and he too is beholding to big unions and developers who are now running Toronto.

The good side of this neat calculation of Flaherty’s will be announcing to the OECD and anybody who’ll listen that Canada looks pretty good on hidden items such as our funded pensions; as compared to Mark Steyn’s demographically imploding Europe. Only Australia and a couple of other countries will look as good, which is a good marketing tool, once we get Quebec straightened out. Harper and Charest will get Quebec to fall into line quickly once the public stops being lied to by the MSM.

PS. We need to do audits on the “foundations” that BBS mentions above, plus the EDC, BDC quasi-banks that fund Quebec under the table. This is great fun, we’re starting to get at the Enron-type financial manoeuvres of the Librano$.

Sinister Greg,

When Cherniak declares his loyalty to a party or candidate, his blinders go into overdrive. The day Cherniak flips is the day you wake up and admit global warming is a natural phenomenon. :)