You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
Liberal Keith Martin gets smacked back by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
You may recall I gave Keith Martin a bit of credit for wanting to indict Robert Mugabe but he brought the motion forward a year after it was news that thousands were dying at the hands of Mugabe.
This one is priceless.
If you can’t see the video above by clicking it ONCE, then try clicking the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNi6WK0b7c
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Matt over at A Step To The Right has a post pointing people to go view the new advertisement released on Dianne Haskett’s website as part of her campaign to take the London North Centre seat that is up for grabs in the November 27th By-election.
As much as the ad is great, I just had to point out that even better than the ad is the opening flash sequence on Haskett’s website. The music is rocking, the news headlines are crisp and positive and the message is great.
Haskett should turn that into an advertisement!!!
Take a look/listen for yourself.
This riding has special meaning to me as I lived in it for three years while going to the Unversity of Western Ontario. First in a townhouse on Limberlost, then in a small apartment off of Sarnia Rd. and then in a house just North of Oxford on the west side of Wharncliffe Rd. near the railroad tracks.
I hope Haskett can pull a rabbit out of the hat and steal this seat. She certainly has the background and history in London.
Every investment advisor teaches new investors the meaning of having a “diversified” portfolio. This is a way we hedge against a particular sector being hit too hard and wiping out our savings. It involved looking at how risky you are willing to get and then balancing your portfolio to ensure a proper distribution between growth funds, income funds, sector funds, bond funds and any others you may want to be invested in.
I myself started my RRSP when I got my first full time job because I read a great book called The Wealthy Barber
If you held a big percentage of your savings in Income Trusts or if your financial advisor had you do so, then shame on you and shame on him or her. You should have been better diversified.
Tonight on The National, Claire Martin, the British accented weatherbimbo, not once, but twice, alluded to the Income Trust changes announced by the government. The first time, she even called it the Income Trust debacle.
For Claire’s information, the Income Trust debacle was when Ralph Goodale’s Ministry of Finance leaked the Liberal announcement in October of 2005. To call the current government’s decision to debaucle is just wrong. And weather reporting eye candy has no place commenting on the governments decision anymore than a sports caster.
The CBC has gone too far this time. No matter what your opinion on the governments decision, this was a further blatant attempt at the CBC trying to influence the viewers against the government and is simply wrong.
Claire Martin should apologize and the CBC needs to get their act together.
I highly urge you all to visit their ombudsman’s website and register a complaint.
The broadcast took place November 2nd, 2006 at approximately 10:55pm EST.
ADDENDUM I took the liberty of recording the rebroadcast from CBC Newsworld at 11pm to 12pm and got the clip on YouTube. You can see it by clicking the link below.
If the above image does not work for you, then you can try visiting the YouTube page by clicking the link below.
The following took place during the Oral Questions in Parliament on October 31st, 2006:
Hon. John Godfrey (Don Valley West, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the government’s cop-out plan on global warming has no short term targets, no medium targets and no action on greenhouse gases for 50 years. While the Conservatives talk, greenhouse gas emissions are increasing.
This dead air act is a sham. It is a smokescreen designed to avoid doing anything real on global warming. No amendments to the bill could ever change that fact. When will the minister withdraw this embarrassing mistake?
Hon. Rona Ambrose (Minister of the Environment, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, I would point out to the hon. member that I believe the Liberal leadership candidate he is supporting has the same target that this government has adopted and that was recommended by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
I will also suggest to him that we will not do what the former government did and set arbitrary targets. We have given our word to the provinces and territories that we will work with them over the coming months and we will set short term targets in the very near future. I hope his party will work with us to make sure we can implement them.
(bold text emphasis is mine)
It’s nice to see that the Conservative Party knows more about the views of the Liberal leadership candidates than the supporters of said candidates.
This morning on Canada AM, the crew I enjoy watching threw a curve ball out there when discussing the stem cell research position Michael J. Fox holds and the criticism Rush Limbaugh gave Mr. Fox. The conversation appeared to make Rush Limbaugh out to be a monster for criticizing Michael J. Fox’s promotion of candidates who support stem cell research.
I am one who thinks Rush may have crossed a line and I was glad to hear he apologized, but I must point out that CTV made Michael J. Fox sound like a hero without giving the story due diligence.
There are many types of stem cell research, as I have reported in the past. And for Michael J. Fox and the CTV to not differentiate which ones are being discussed is wrong. From Mr. Fox’s perspective, he has a vested interest in any research which may cure his Parkinson’s so he is biased. From the CTV’s perspective, they should report the differences.
These include the fact that Adult stem cell research has cured many things, as has umbilical cord stem cell research, whereas embryonic has not cured anything. The first two are legal in most western nations. It is the embryonic stem cell research that is in question.
I think both Mr. Fox and the CTV need to do a bit more homework.