Canada General Discussion

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I realized this thread was missing from this forum, surprisingly. OH NOES!

Anyways, Steve had a cabinet shuffle yesterday:

David Emerson (C-BC) kept Foreign Affairs
Christian Paradis (C-QC) got Public Works in addition to Secretary of State for Agriculture
Michael Fortier (C-QC), only non-MP member of the cabinet, moved from Public Works to International Trade (formerly held by Emerson, C-BC).

And Maxime Bernier (C-QC), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, held his first public meeting since the Couillard scandal in his Beauce riding. Apparently people still love him there. Bunch of idiots.

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The idea of "cabinet reshuffles" has always amused me. Why move people to positions in which they're not experiences? But I guess that's what you get with a parliamentary cabinet...

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Harper is continuing his brownosing of Quebec voters by promoting Quebecois to high posts in government, even though they have no experience at all (unconvinced? Try Max Bernier!).

IIRC, he 'celebrated' the QC national day on June 24. At the same time, the Conservatives were falling back in Quebec polls. Coincidence?

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hey, even I celebrated Quebec's national holiday:



Look closely at the NDP pin on my hat though lol

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hey, even I celebrated Quebec's national holiday:



Look closely at the NDP pin on my hat though lol

SHouldn't it be a PQ pin, then?

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hey, even I celebrated Quebec's national holiday:



Look closely at the NDP pin on my hat though lol

SHouldn't it be a PQ pin, then?

I wanted to stand out from all the other crazies waving les fleur de lis in their blue and white hats.

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Julie Couillard, Bernier's ex, destroyed him and ate him alive last night on both CBC and Radio-Canada.

According to her, he's an incompetent, stupid, lying, piece of sh**t.

In addition, she said that he was against the war in Afghanistan, believed that global warming was a big fat liberal/ecologist hoax, and made fun of Harper's weight and called him a control freak. At an event in his Beauce constituency, he apparently whispered derogatory and distasteful statements about his constituents. 

On the affair of the secret documents, he apparently told her to throw them away. Then he called her to convince her that no secret documents ever existed.

She hates him. Apparently.

Lol.

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...and yet he'll still win Beauce

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...and yet he'll still win Beauce

Yes. They love him there. His name helps a lot too.

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...and yet he'll still win Beauce

Yes. They love him there. His name helps a lot too.

The scandal appears to be killing the Tories in Quebec, though.

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lol

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Dion has resigned, but will stay on until May 2009, when a leadership review/now-contest is scheduled.

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Two ADQ MNAs, André Riedl (Iberville) and Pierre Michel Auger (Champlain) have crossed the floor from the ADQ to the Liberal Party. This is the first party-to-party floor crossing since 1979, when a UN MNA joined the Liberals.

lol ADQ

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What sort of seats are those?

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What sort of seats are those?

Iberville is Eastern Townships seat that was Liberal from 2003 until 2007, though the PQ held it in the past and finished second in 2007.

Champlain is right east of Trois-Rivieres and was notable for having a tied election in 2003 (later settled in a by-election that was won by the PQ). The ADQ won the seat by 15% in 2007. The Liberals finished third there too.

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So each could concievably reelect their Liberal MNAs?

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So each could concievably reelect their Liberal MNAs?

Conceivably yes. We're heading for a big Liberal majority in the next election as it goes right now. There's more talk of a snap election too. I wouldn't surprised to see one in early 2009.

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So each could concievably reelect their Liberal MNAs?

Conceivably yes. We're heading for a big Liberal majority in the next election as it goes right now. There's more talk of a snap election too. I wouldn't surprised to see one in early 2009.

Though if anyone can mess up, Harpo can!

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So each could concievably reelect their Liberal MNAs?

Conceivably yes. We're heading for a big Liberal majority in the next election as it goes right now. There's more talk of a snap election too. I wouldn't surprised to see one in early 2009.

Is Dumont expected to make more gains against the pequistes again?

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So each could concievably reelect their Liberal MNAs?

Conceivably yes. We're heading for a big Liberal majority in the next election as it goes right now. There's more talk of a snap election too. I wouldn't surprised to see one in early 2009.

Is Dumont expected to make more gains against the pequistes again?

Look at recent by-election results for the ADQ and you can answer that yourself.

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Steve's new "cabinet".

Rob Nicholson
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture)

Gregory Francis Thompson
Minister of Veterans Affairs

Marjory LeBreton
Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister of State (Seniors)

Chuck Strahl
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians

Peter MacKay
Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway

Doris Day
Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway

Vic Toews
President of the Treasury Board

Rona lol Ambrose
Minister of Labour

Diane Finley
Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development

Bev "The Green Plant" Oda
Minister of International Cooperation

Jim Prentice
Minister of the Environment and Minister Responsible for Humiliating Canada at International Conferences

John Baird
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Lawrence Cannon
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Tony Clement
Minister of Industry

James Flaherty
Minister of Finance

Josée "Harper can thank me for not having a majority" Verner
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister for La Francophonie

Jay D. Hill
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Peter "The Bully" Van Loan
Minister of Public Safety

Gerry "Cold-Cuts" Ritz
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board

Jason "I attend Blang-Tuk-Tuk New Year even if I don't give a " Kenney
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

Christian Paradis
Minister of Public Works and Government Services

James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages

Leona Aglukkaq
Minister of Health

Lisa Raitt
Minister of Natural Resources

Gail Shea
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Gary Lunn
Minister of State (Sport)

Gordon O'Connor
Minister of State and Chief Government Whip

Helena Guergis
Minister of State (Status of Women)

Diane Ablonczy
Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)

Rob Merrifield
Minister of State (Transport)

Lynne Yelich
Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)

Steven John Fletcher
Minister of State (Democratic Reform)

Gary Goodyear (Not the tire. I think)
Minister of State (Science and Technology)

Denis Lebel (wtf)
Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec)

Keith Ashfield
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)

Peter Kent
Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas)


Maxime Bernier
Minister for Lost Documents and Dating

Michael Fortier
Minister of Losers

Mario Dumont
Minister for Idiocy

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Most women ever in cabinet, first ever inuit cabinet minister - the Tories are the party of inclusion.

Laughing @ Gary Lunn, who by all accounts is seriously pissed off at his demotion.

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lol

And Canada gets its first male minister of Heritage

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OCTranspo has rejected the city's contract to end the strike with 64.4% voting no on a turnout of nearly 75%. Therefore, the strike will continue. Apparently, it could now last until January 27, when Steve's long vacation ends so that the federal government could negotiate (OCTranspo is the federal's responsibility, since some routes extend into Hull). However, John Baird, who is supposed to represent Ottawa, says he won't introduce legislation to make OCTranspo a "necessary service" since it would "take too long". What a joke MP.

Some drivers, whose only job is to drive a damn bus, earn more than soldiers, who risk their lives in Afghanistan. Let's fire all these lazy bastards or force them back to work. And destroy Andre Cornellier, the worst union leader in the world.

OCTranspo, making the SNCF look like hard workers.

/rant.

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Bus drivers aren't lazy, Hashemite. If you only knew the sh!t they had to put up with. I think I discussed this topic well in my facebook blog today, and so I will re post it here

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