Insite Making Partisan Mountains Out of Political Molehills
Safe injection site poses dilemmas for addiction treatment, federal government
If one were to believe some of the rhetoric being forwarded by supporters of Insite, Vancouver's Safe Injection Site and (predictably) opposition MPs, one would think that the site is under immediate threat of being shut down by federal Health Minister Tony Clement.
"This is going to be catastrophic for people who have substance abuse problems, for society, for taxpayers, for crime," said Liberal MP Dr Keith Martin. Martin was, at the time, referring to then-forthcoming Conservative party drug policies.
Some may recall that the policies covered three different pillars: enforcement, prevention and treatment. In one of the most blatant examples of intellectual dishonesty in recent history, various left-wing ideologues refused to ackowledge the fact that $32 million -- the largest parcel of funds being doled out under the new program -- was directed toward new treatment programs, while another $10 million toward prevention programs. The very same treatment and prevention programs that most of Canada's top drug-policy experts advocate.
Thanks to The Nexus Of Assholery
Harper defends database shutdown *
Costs and delays – not excessive secrecy – drove the Conservatives to shut down a key Access to Information database, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper Mr. Harper was forced to explain in the House of Commons Monday why his government quietly killed off a database called the Co-ordination of Access to Information Requests System. [...more]
7 comments:
oh. so, now you're for insite are you?
How quickly we change tune.
WRONG!!!!!
well then, which is it. Often Walter we can't tell. Are you for Insite, or against it today?
I told some tcm members about this and we had a good laugh. Because we ALL recall when you railed for days on end how Insite was nothing but a bleeding heart social inactivist's grab for tax payer's money to coddle the junkie's that were stealing and committing crime to get their drugs and should be locked up instead. You have on so so many occasions inferred that Insite encourages crime to get drugs. Don't even try to deny it, we all read it.
So this situation puts you, in a bit of a pickle. I'm guessing perhaps a bunch of other loud mouthed righteous righters too. Good on you.
Congratulations. You are the righteous right equivalent to Canadian Cynic. Seems to me the left doesn't have a lock on 2 faced liars...
It is difficult to reply to any of your comments without sinking to the same level as you so I will forgo that opportunity and suggest that you read the title and look at the two postings which are responses to two of the issues that the tories are currently being pilloried. As usual it seems to be don't bother with the facts......
BTW where is the listing of high paying jobs that will be lost in Leslieville when the new Walmart opens? Where is a copy of the email you sent to Bob Kinnear? The list goes on and on.....
Your comments fall just short of being SPAM,
"I told some tcm members about this and we had a good laugh. Because we ALL recall when you railed for days on end how Insite was nothing but a bleeding heart social inactivist's grab for tax payer's money to coddle the junkie's that were stealing and committing crime to get their drugs and should be locked up instead. You have on so so many occasions inferred that Insite encourages crime to get drugs. Don't even try to deny it, we all read it."
I find it sad that "some tcm members" and you have nothing better to do with your time than make me the center of attention (When the Walmart opens you can meet at the MacDonalds and ogle the other patrons and make snide remarks about them) but that aside I always ask "WHERE DO THE ADDICTS GET THE $$$$ TO BUY THEIR DRUGS?" and I have never had a response.
always the self important ass.
see. it didn't take long to get you to ask a stupid question again.
Done.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080529.winsite30/BNStory/National/home
Gee! What a surprise!!!!
Your moron heroes have proven once again, ideology before brains.
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