Showing posts with label Iggy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iggy. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Possibly Two Things.....
Today’s letters: What was Bob Rae thinking?
1) Continuing to undermine Iggy as "leader" of the liberal party.
2) Trying to gloss over his massive failure as "leader" of the Ontario NDP and Premier of Ontario.
Re: Speaking Up For Our Economic Interests Abroad, letter to the editor, Jan. 13.
One of the low-lights of my career as a trade commissioner with the Department of Foreign Affairs occurred in the early 1990s. As the trade commissioner responsible for trade development with China, I was tasked in Canada with an incoming mission, led by the vice-governor of an important, leading industrial hi-tech province.
At the time, all Canadian provincial trade departments were eager to expand trade with China and responded to the incoming mission by lining up key business and government meetings. The federal government’s policy at the time was not to isolate China for its human rights policies, post-Tiananmen, but to use trade as a device to address those issues. Provincial governments accepted this policy and responded accordingly.
Except for the Rae government in Ontario. Not only did the Ontario minister responsible for trade refuse to meet with any Chinese government representative, but bureaucrats in his department refused to co-operate.
Post-Tiananmen, I met regularly with Canadian business leaders, particularly those in the Chinese/Canadian community in Toronto, to assure them that we would not isolate China but would continue to foster our mutually beneficial trade ties, despite the Rae government’s attitude to the contrary.
If the UAE is so eager to fight violent extremism, as claimed by Mr. Rae, why are UAE ports crammed with vessels from Iran, as noted during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s current visit to the Gulf States? Some Canadian ambassador, eh?
Irving W. Rosenfeld, Canadian Trade Commissioner (retired), Ottawa.
Liberal MP Bob Rae may be correct that in the past, Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day attacked the Liberal government’s decision not to join the United States in its decision to invade Iraq. Read More »
1) Continuing to undermine Iggy as "leader" of the liberal party.
2) Trying to gloss over his massive failure as "leader" of the Ontario NDP and Premier of Ontario.
Re: Speaking Up For Our Economic Interests Abroad, letter to the editor, Jan. 13.
One of the low-lights of my career as a trade commissioner with the Department of Foreign Affairs occurred in the early 1990s. As the trade commissioner responsible for trade development with China, I was tasked in Canada with an incoming mission, led by the vice-governor of an important, leading industrial hi-tech province.
At the time, all Canadian provincial trade departments were eager to expand trade with China and responded to the incoming mission by lining up key business and government meetings. The federal government’s policy at the time was not to isolate China for its human rights policies, post-Tiananmen, but to use trade as a device to address those issues. Provincial governments accepted this policy and responded accordingly.
Except for the Rae government in Ontario. Not only did the Ontario minister responsible for trade refuse to meet with any Chinese government representative, but bureaucrats in his department refused to co-operate.
Post-Tiananmen, I met regularly with Canadian business leaders, particularly those in the Chinese/Canadian community in Toronto, to assure them that we would not isolate China but would continue to foster our mutually beneficial trade ties, despite the Rae government’s attitude to the contrary.
If the UAE is so eager to fight violent extremism, as claimed by Mr. Rae, why are UAE ports crammed with vessels from Iran, as noted during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s current visit to the Gulf States? Some Canadian ambassador, eh?
Irving W. Rosenfeld, Canadian Trade Commissioner (retired), Ottawa.
Liberal MP Bob Rae may be correct that in the past, Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day attacked the Liberal government’s decision not to join the United States in its decision to invade Iraq. Read More »
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Friday, January 07, 2011
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Iggy Moment...
Ignatieff suffering ‘enthusiasm gap’ with voters
John Ivison: Things may get so bad for Michael Ignatieff that by next week’s end, we could hear the characteristic sound of the Liberal Party calling for its next Messiah.
...prayer won't help:
John Ivison: Things may get so bad for Michael Ignatieff that by next week’s end, we could hear the characteristic sound of the Liberal Party calling for its next Messiah.
...prayer won't help:
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
iGGY MOMENT...
Kinsella: Liberal rumour
Bob Rae leaving for Isreal position? Kinsella: From a friend with deep Grit caucus connections: “Rae to Jerusalem. Smitherman to Ottawa. All’s well that ends well.”
Delacourt: Ask Bob Rae - "Completely, utterly, and totally ridiculous. False, a lie, and a calumny. "
Bob Rae zips from dove to hawk
Kinsella: Liberals fuming over ‘backroom deal’to prolong Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan. Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae peered into his crystal ball last weekend and predicted that “interesting”times lay ahead in Parliament. MORE...
Bob Rae leaving for Isreal position? Kinsella: From a friend with deep Grit caucus connections: “Rae to Jerusalem. Smitherman to Ottawa. All’s well that ends well.”
Delacourt: Ask Bob Rae - "Completely, utterly, and totally ridiculous. False, a lie, and a calumny. "
Bob Rae zips from dove to hawk
Kinsella: Liberals fuming over ‘backroom deal’to prolong Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan. Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae peered into his crystal ball last weekend and predicted that “interesting”times lay ahead in Parliament. MORE...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Iggy Moment
Is Ignatieff the Wile E. Coyote of Canadian politics?
John Ivison: Michael Ignatieff has proven to be the Wile E. Coyote of political strategy when it comes to boxing in Stephen Harper – forever being burnt to a crisp atop his own pile of Acme Corporation dynamite.
Don't vilify Iggy
Coren: He was correct when he said questioning Israeli policies is not anti-Semitism. I seldom defend Michael Ignatieff. Much as I respect the Liberal leader as an academic and author, I have rarely admired him as a politician. But this.. MORE...
IGGY'S $1 BILLION FAMILY CARE PLAN
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Iggy Moment...
Just in case you are asking Iggy Who!Ottawa's big red control freaks
Don Martin: The new control freaks on Parliament Hill are a Liberal party where freedoms of expression, dissension and individual legislation have been stripped away in a series of bizarre moves by the party leadership
Lorne Gunter: Liberals defend sanctity of free speech for themselves only
Don Martin: The new control freaks on Parliament Hill are a Liberal party where freedoms of expression, dissension and individual legislation have been stripped away in a series of bizarre moves by the party leadership
Lorne Gunter: Liberals defend sanctity of free speech for themselves only
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Rabble.CA Publishes SPAM/
...although to Laytn's credit when he was a part of Toronto City Council one of his major accomplishments to make Toronto a Nuclear Free Zone and it seems to be working.
commented on by Sean in Ottawa
Jack Layton wrote:
My Friend -
For the third time in a month, Michael Ignatieff has taken a shot at my leadership.
Last week in a Liberal video he knocked my many years of service to the Canadian people.
While Michael Ignatieff spent 34 years outside of our country, I was rolling up my sleeves as a city councillor to get things done for people - building green initiatives in Toronto, overseeing one of Canada's largest public hydro companies, presiding over the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
I'm incredibly proud of this record. I don't know why Mr. Ignatieff expects me to hide from it.
While Michael Ignatieff was writing papers at Harvard supporting George Bush's invasion of Iraq, and supporting the use of state assasinations and coercive interrogations, I was working to build a revitalized, principled, fiscally responsible New Democratic Party that is ready to take on Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Again, I'm not inclined to hide from this.
I am incredibly proud of my record. Of the things you and I have accomplished together.
It's this record of Canadian leadership that I will take to voters as I ask them to join with me to defeat this out-of-touch Conservative government.
TAKING ON STEPHEN HARPER.
A few weeks ago, Michael Ignatieff responded to Stephen Harper's divisive approach on guns by targeting six NDP MPs who consistently supported the gun registry.
And not a single Conservative MP who actually opposed it.
A lot of people have asked me, with the Liberals turning their focus solely towards us, whether I will point the NDP's election resources solely towards Michael Ignatieff's team.
No. I absolutely won't.
The focus of New Democrats across the country remains the same. To defeat Stephen Harper's out-of-touch government. And to replace it with New Democrat leadership that cares about the challenges that middle-class families face right now.
I know that after four and a half years under the Conservatives, Canadians are looking for a different kind of leadership. And only New Democrats are stepping up to the plate.
You see, in two and a half years as Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff has voted in favour of every single Stephen Harper budget.
Under his leadership, the Liberals have consistently voted to adopt Mr. Harper's tax breaks for profitable banks and big polluters. The same corporate giveaways that Mr. Ignatieff now pretends to oppose.
Michael Ignatieff even voted for the Harper HST that has caused the price of everyday essentials to skyrocket in B.C. and Ontario.
And he hasn't delivered a single thing for Canadians in return.
Michael Ignatieff has backed Stephen Harper throughout his entire political career. That is his record of public service. And that is why the only path left for him seems to be attacking New Democrats.
DEFEATING CONSERVATIVES IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
New Democrats have our sights set on the real target. Defeating Stephen Harper's government.
And I want you to be a part of it.
I'm asking you to make a pre-election donation right now. Canadians are looking for an alternative to Stephen Harper, and you and I are going to give it to them. Together we are going to defeat Conservatives across the country.
We'll defeat Stephen Harper in B.C., in Alberta, in Saskatchewan and in Manitoba - all places where New Democrats are the only alternative to the Conservatives.
We'll defeat them in Ontario, in places like Oshawa where the scars of four years of Stephen Harper's broken promises are all too evident.
We'll build a national alternative to Stephen Harper by building on our breakthrough in Quebec.
And we'll defeat Stephen Harper in Atlantic Canada, in ridings like South Shore Saint Margaret's where we finished only 2% behind the Conservatives in 2008.
I want you to help make it happen. Make your secure online donation right now - and let's launch the next election campaign with a bang.
It's time for a different kind of leadership here in Canada. Not Stephen Harper's out-of-touch approach, but leadership that cares about you. Not the Conservatives' Republican-style wedge politics, but leadership that seeks out common-sense solutions to make your life better.
As an actual small-business owner, as a professor at Ryerson University, and yes, in 28 years as an elected leader, I've learned a lot about how to get practical results for you. That's why I'm running to be your Prime Minister.
I'm ready to take up this challenge. Your New Democrat team is ready as well. With your help, we're going to make it happen.
Jack Layton
Leader of Canada's New Democrats
Iggy Moment...
Kelly McParland: Liberals’ big economic promise is to match Flaherty on the deficit
The Liberal economic plan is in! The Liberal economic plan is in!
Oh boy, just what we’ve been waiting for. Michael Ignatieff is going to tell us how a Liberal government would fix the economy. Three of his biggest thinkers — Scott Brison, Ralph Goodale and Marc Garneau — delivered speeches in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal today, providing “clear economic choices” that differentiate them from the Conservatives. According to the party, these choices will “provide hope to middle class families by easing their economic pressures with strategic investments in health and family care, pensions, learning and jobs, and global leadership.”
Wait a sec … before we go any further. “Strategic investments”? That’s code for spending programs. The Liberals are unveiling spending programs? And one of them will ease middle class suffering by investing in “global leadership”?? Uh, just how much does global leadership cost, and where do you buy it? Read More »
The Liberal economic plan is in! The Liberal economic plan is in!
Oh boy, just what we’ve been waiting for. Michael Ignatieff is going to tell us how a Liberal government would fix the economy. Three of his biggest thinkers — Scott Brison, Ralph Goodale and Marc Garneau — delivered speeches in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal today, providing “clear economic choices” that differentiate them from the Conservatives. According to the party, these choices will “provide hope to middle class families by easing their economic pressures with strategic investments in health and family care, pensions, learning and jobs, and global leadership.”
Wait a sec … before we go any further. “Strategic investments”? That’s code for spending programs. The Liberals are unveiling spending programs? And one of them will ease middle class suffering by investing in “global leadership”?? Uh, just how much does global leadership cost, and where do you buy it? Read More »
Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
Iggy Moment...
Ignatieff’s ‘personal touch’ reaches too far
Ivison: This email from Michael Ignatieff to his mass-mailing list went out this afternoon. Titled “This is personal,”it strikes me as manipulative, undignified and in poor taste —using the Liberal leader’s own personal tragedy to wring votes.. MORE...
Ivison: This email from Michael Ignatieff to his mass-mailing list went out this afternoon. Titled “This is personal,”it strikes me as manipulative, undignified and in poor taste —using the Liberal leader’s own personal tragedy to wring votes.. MORE...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Iggy Moment...
John Ivison: Ignatieff’s unfunded promises adding up fast
John Ivison October 4, 2010 – 5:17 pm
If Michael Ignatieff ever becomes Prime Minister, he should gather up all the old speeches he made in Opposition and burn them. He should probably start with the one he will make tomorrow, which will detail a national home-care strategy.
Mr. Ignatieff is keen to portray the Liberals as the party that will invest in the real priorities of Canadians like homecare, in contrast to the Conservatives, who are giving $6-billion in tax breaks to big corporations.
“The woman I met in Montreal this summer looks out at a world in which her government is spending $1.3 billion on a G8-G20 summit, $16 billion on planes without a competitive bid, triples the publicity budget of the government and is about to give big corporations a $6-billion tax break. The question she wants answered by the government is: ‘What about my priorities? When am I going to matter?’,” he said in Question Period.
READ MORE...
John Ivison October 4, 2010 – 5:17 pm
If Michael Ignatieff ever becomes Prime Minister, he should gather up all the old speeches he made in Opposition and burn them. He should probably start with the one he will make tomorrow, which will detail a national home-care strategy.
Mr. Ignatieff is keen to portray the Liberals as the party that will invest in the real priorities of Canadians like homecare, in contrast to the Conservatives, who are giving $6-billion in tax breaks to big corporations.
“The woman I met in Montreal this summer looks out at a world in which her government is spending $1.3 billion on a G8-G20 summit, $16 billion on planes without a competitive bid, triples the publicity budget of the government and is about to give big corporations a $6-billion tax break. The question she wants answered by the government is: ‘What about my priorities? When am I going to matter?’,” he said in Question Period.
READ MORE...
Saturday, October 02, 2010
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.