The Swearing in, and immediate controversy, of the 22nd Prime Minister.

The people of Canada have voted for the Conservatives to form a minority Government, yet I hear these very people already complaining that they don't like that a Liberal has crossed the floor to sit in a Cabinet position. Is it because Emerson ran as a Liberal, or is it because these people are short sighted , narrow minded and too untrusting to believe that the Prime Minister they elected would want the best for Canada? I expect that Mr. Emerson's Liberal constituents may feel betrayed, but at the same time why wouldn't you want the MP you voted for in a place of influence for you?

There are any number of reasons that the PM might ask someone to join his party in a Cabinet position, and although I may be wrong, I choose to believe that Mr. Harper saw something in Mr. Emerson that would be to the ultimate benefit Canada! This is COMPLETELY different from the Stronach’s defection where Martin was trying to buy votes to pass controversial legislation, but the only motive I see here is for a stronger Canada. We have yet to see or hear why Mr. Emerson was asked to join the Conservative cabinet, but people are so quick to jump to a negative conclusion before they think about all the possibilities of the action that was taken!

When Stronach crossed the floor it was for personal gain and political advancement, however Emerson crosses the floor without bettering his position only maintaining the status quo. Of course a cabinet post is always sought after, but from the sounds of it Mr. Emerson did not seek it out but was invited based on his past performance.

I believe our system of Government is antiquated and limiting for any true positive advancement for Canada, and the people of Canada seem to be happy with its limitations because they can't see past the two parties. Our Government is based on an adversarial system (hence the term opposition), but that doesn't mean they have to oppose every initiative set forth by the Government. In the same thinking why shouldn't the Government consider members of other parties for recruiting if it betters Canada?

I think that people have jumped to conclusion with Mr. Emerson's move, and they need to sit back and judge the outcome of the action instead of just the action. We tell people not to judge a book by its cover, but that is EXACTLY what people are doing by getting upset about this action before they know the whole story or have seen any outcome.


Bob

After the election.

On Monday January 23rd, 2006 the Canadian people made it clear that even though they were scared of not knowing what Stephen Harper might do, they were even more horrified and upset with the Liberal's history in power.

I am pleased to see a Conservative Government, and with it I hope to see an onset of moral legislations coming from Ottawa (instead of them passing laws that condone immorality). My biggest concern for this Government is getting the support they need from the other parties to fulfill the promises they made. And then of course if the Conservatives are unable to fill all their promises, are the voters going to see that the onus lies on the other parties who don't back the legislations? I myself doubt it, and I say this because most Canadians don't get involved enough with politics to vote responsibly (See Informed voters below), let alone understand the way Parliament works. Simply put this means that when the average person hears about a bill they like being defeated they will put the blame on the Conservative Government, instead of looking at the house voting results and finding out who actually caused the bill to fail.

There are a number of things that bother me about elections, and here are a few of them.

Campaign Tactics:
While I understand that these tactics are now the norm for today’s politicians, I feel that they detract from the integrity of the politician that employs them. They also demean the public by their obvious implication that we are not intelligent enough to think past base emotions like fear and anger, or that we don't want to hear (or that we wouldn't understand) the real issues. It’s time to get over this era of fear mongering, and start telling the people truthfully where they stand! This doesn’t mean a bunch of numbers, charts and confusing information, but it can be simply put into a format that everyone would understand and give them solid ground to base their opinions on.

Candidates, Image versus Honesty:
I read an article in the local paper which said "there is no wit, no wisdom and frankly not much fun, either. Where's the buffoonery?” when referring to modern politicians. This made me wonder what we are looking for in our politicians. Is it responsible, mature, moral individuals, or is it people that can not show any type of self control and their idiotic and outrageous antics are there to entertain us on a regular basis? Don't we get enough foolishness out of the celebrities in Hollyweird that we should want for the leaders of our country NOT to act like this? Are we so spoon fed on this constant diet of ridiculousness that we need it from everyone in the public eye, or can we overcome our need for the absurd to take a minute and look seriously at this very important issue? Would you really want Mr. Bean as your Prime Minister (or even an MP in your riding)? I "personally", will take the time to look for someone moral and responsible, even if they may not appear “fun”.

Voter Responsibility:
Three simple things here;
1. Get to know the FACTS, and not just the propaganda spouted on campaign ads!
2. Don’t stop with only knowing what your MP stands for, but know what the party policies and values are, because those values are the ultimately what your MP stands for.
3. It is YOUR responsibility to find this information out to become an informed voter, and anyone truly interested in the best thing for their area and their country will not just “vote for who they’ve always voted for” but will make the effort to help better our country by becoming an “INFORMED VOTER”.


God bless Canada,

Bob

See how your MP voted.

Below is a list of MPs who voted for the same sex marriage legislation.

YEAS
Members
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Adams
Alcock
Anderson (Victoria)
André
Angus
Augustine
Bachand
Bagnell
Bains
Barnes
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell
Bellavance
Bennett
Bevilacqua
Bigras
Blaikie
Blais
Blondin-Andrew
Boire
Boivin
Bonsant
Boudria
Boulianne
Bourgeois
Bradshaw
Brison
Broadbent
Brown (Oakville)
Brunelle
Bulte
Carrier
Carroll
Catterall
Chan
Christopherson
Clavet
Cleary
Coderre
Comartin
Côté
Cotler
Crête
Crowder
Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley)
D'Amours
Davies
Demers
Deschamps
DeVillers
Dhalla
Dion
Dosanjh
Drouin
Dryden
Duceppe
Easter
Emerson
Eyking
Faille
Folco
Fontana
Frulla
Fry
Gagnon (Québec)
Gagnon (Saint-Maurice—Champlain)
Gagnon (Jonquière—Alma)
Gauthier
Godbout
Godfrey
Godin
Goodale
Graham
Guarnieri
Guay
Guimond
Holland
Ianno
Jennings
Julian
Kadis
Karetak-Lindell
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Laframboise
Lalonde
Lapierre (Outremont)
Lapierre (Lévis—Bellechasse)
Lavallée
Layton
LeBlanc
Lemay
Lessard
Lévesque
Loubier
Macklin
Marceau
Marleau
Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca)
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (LaSalle—Émard)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Masse
McCallum
McDonough
McGuinty
McGuire
McLellan
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Minna
Mitchell
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Murphy
Myers
Neville
Owen
Paradis
Peterson
Pettigrew
Phinney
Picard (Drummond)
Pickard (Chatham-Kent—Essex)
Plamondon
Poirier-Rivard
Powers
Prentice
Proulx
Ratansi
Redman
Regan
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rota
Roy
Russell
Saada
Sauvageau
Savage
Scott
Sgro
Siksay
Silva
Simard (Beauport—Limoilou)
Smith (Pontiac)
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stoffer
Stronach
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thibault (West Nova)
Torsney
Valeri
Valley
Vincent
Volpe
Wrzesnewskyj

Total: -- 158
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And the list of MPs that voted against the bill.

NAYS
Members
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Abbott
Ablonczy
Allison
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
Batters
Benoit
Bezan
Bonin
Boshcoff
Bouchard
Breitkreuz
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Cannis
Cardin
Carr
Carrie
Casey
Casson
Chamberlain
Chatters
Chong
Comuzzi
Cummins
Cuzner
Day
Desjarlais
Devolin
Doyle
Duncan
Epp
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Forseth
Gallant
Gallaway
Gaudet
Goldring
Goodyear
Grewal (Newton—North Delta)
Grewal (Fleetwood—Port Kells)
Guergis
Hanger
Harper
Harris
Harrison
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Hinton
Hubbard
Jaffer
Jean
Johnston
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karygiannis
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Kilgour
Komarnicki
Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Lastewka
Lauzon
Lee
Longfield
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
MacAulay
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Malhi
Maloney
Mark
Matthews
McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
McTeague
Menzies
Merrifield
Miller
Mills
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Nicholson
O'Brien
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Pacetti
Pallister
Perron
Poilievre
Preston
Rajotte
Reid
Reynolds
Richardson
Ritz
Savoy
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Schmidt (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Simard (Saint Boniface)
Simms
Skelton
Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul)
Solberg
Sorenson
Steckle
Stinson
Strahl
Szabo
Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Ur
Van Loan
Vellacott
Wappel
Warawa
Watson
White
Wilfert
Williams
Yelich
Zed

Total: -- 133

June 24, 2005.

Another huge step for Liberal communism.

In an amazing display of arrogance and underhandedness the Liberals call an emergency vote to stay in power. Wow colour me shocked, Liberals scheming and conniving to get what they want.

- My FIRST problem with what the Liberals just pulled:
Members of Parliament are the representatives of the people, if my member is not available when a vote happens then I am not represented and the vote should not be held. PERIOD, NO QUESTION! If all the MP's are not sitting there should be NO VOTING! If it is what is best for the Country, then it should only be voted on when everyone is available to vote, otherwise what we have is called COMMUNISM!

- My Second problem:
It took buying off the NDP to get this budget passed on top of the trickery they pulled last night.

- My Third Problem:
Is the pure fact that they are using such devious schemes to stay in power and push through what they want. The are unscrupulous, deviant, immoral, unethical and have no moral right to govern our Country.

My last problem is that people are too stupid to see that the liberals are taking them for a ride. It is utterly amazing that these thieves have any support, but I guess they can afford to pay off a lot of people with everything they've stolen. (ie: 1.3 billion of unassigned funds to Quebec to buy the separatist vote.)

May 18, 2005

Liberals buying your MPs to stay in power.

After Belinda Stronach's defection to the Liberal party I asked myself, Why did she cross over? I thought maybe it was because she truly thought it was best to do so, but then I found out she was given the Liberal Human Resources Officer cabinet post..... The Liberals BOUGHT HER! On the heals of this defection they are trying to buy other Conservative MPs, well I say HAVE SOME MORALS! We need less MPs willing to sell their souls for a title post, and they aren't doing it for the benefit of Canadians but for their own political advancement! For lack of better wording they are making themselves political WHORES!

What level will the Liberal party sink to just to stay in power? Now think about this, if they are pulling these type of dirty tricks to stay in power are they really doing it for Canadian's best interests, or their own political advancement and to line their pockets with these heafty cabinet paycheques? If you haven't figured it out I'll make it simple for you, it's all about what they can get out of their position and Canadian citizens be damned. After all we are allowing a corrupt Government to run an investigation on itself, boy are Canadians smart.

Politicians prey on they stupidity of the citizens, it's time for us to take back control over the Government and make them realize they are accountable to US! If your MP doesn't hear from you, he'll never know what you expect of him or her.

God bless Canada, especially if the Liberals stay in power because then we are really going to need it.

May 9, 2005

The Gomery Inquiry.

Just a thought....

What type of idiot believes that a corrupt Government will honestly try to get the bottom of a scandal it is expressly involved in? If we wouldn't trust a criminal to run their own trial, then why does this Government expect us to trust them to investigate themselves?

I wonder how much the Liberals spent to buy the Eastern votes, I mean no one is stupid enough to vote in the Liberals on purpose (Especially after Chretien)... Are they?

November 17, 2004

The Honourable (and I use the term questionably) Carolyn Parrish.

Once again I'm shocked at the STUPIDITY of our leaders! This time in particular it would obviously be Carolyn Parrish. When you are become an MP you take on a position where you speak for the people, it's time for your personal opinions and views to take a back seat to that of your constituents. Ever heard the saying "think before you speak" Carolyn? You are after all a POLITICIAN, I mean you liberals can pull off the sponsorship scandal but you can't keep your trap shut to further our relations with the US?

I myself was dumbfounded that so many eastern Canadian helped the liberals get in, especially after the Chretien fiasco! But you have your jobs, you've been voted in by the public. Now as PUBLIC SERVANTS you have a responsibility to do just that, SERVE THE PUBLIC! What would be best for Canada, showing your disapproval for a government you have no control over, or changing the government you're in to help the people you're supposed to be serving?

I'm going to be blunt here, I watch the CPAC station for ten minutes before I have to turn away. The reason is simple, our elected leaders act worse toward each other than schoolchildren at recess! For all of our sakes, GROW UP!! Treat each other with the respect you were taught, and no matter WHAT party you belong to WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE CANADA BETTER!!!! You should treat each other like a fortune 500 think tank, take ALL they ideas (not just the leadership parties', there's no place for Prima Donna's in a successful business!!!) and use the best ones! You are all there to make Canada better, well LET'S START SEEING IT!!!

Dec 1st, 2004

A query, a quandary, a thought... or two.

President Bush arrived in Ottawa to throngs of protestors, my first thought was WHAT ARE THEY PROTESTING? The war in Iraq? Canada didn't support their efforts in any way so let's face the fact... IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

Instead of protesting President Bush, let's focus on our own Government and protest where we can make some change! Here are a couple of items that I think SHOULD be protested about but aren't.

- The definition of marriage being perverted by the homosexual agenda.
- The wholesale slaughter of innocent lives through abortion.
- Government action for support of farmers affected by the BSE scare.
- Lobbying for Accountable, Moral and Ethical Government.

THESE are things that we should concern ourselves with, not such petty items like a disagreement with President Bush's policies for the US! I mean think about this, what are the priorities of the people who protest such inane items, and do we want these petty individuals to define us as Canadians?

Here are my views on the first two of these issues:
- Homosexuality is neither Moral or Natural, and you aren't "born that way".
- Abortion is the willful murder of a life, it is NOT just the removal of "TISSUE". This can be emotionally devastating, as well as physically traumatic to the mother in the future.*
- As for the last two items I feel that Government lacks accountability to the public it's supposed to be there to serve, making Canada more like a communist regime rather than a democracy.


*My disapproval of these immoral and unnatural acts should in no way be construed as disapproval for the people pursuing them, but of the act only.