Did The PM Set Mr. Iffy Up?

In my going through my daily blog reading, I came across an interesting perspective from a fellow blogger about Mr. Iffy bringing up the abortion issue as a priority for PM Harper's initiative to help the survival rate among women and children in the third world. I thought it was rather interesting viewpoint.

"When Harper proposed the initiative, the political and cynical side of me was thinking, “Harper is setting Iggy up to ensure Iggy doesn’t attract back the Catholic vote“. And sure enough, Iggy took the bait. And now he has earned the rebuke of the Archbishop of Toronto. Whatever the Liberal Party establishment may think of the Catholic Church, it’s not good politics to upset the constituency you are trying to win back to secure electoral victory."(h/t SoCon or Bust)

Are the Green Police Coming?

I know, I know it's supposed to be a light hearted Superbowl ad. It's supposed to be funny but could it be a little glimpse into our future if the global warming extremists have their way? The ad is a little eerie to me.



Governments at all levels want to impose all kinds of environmental rules on us, could the Green Police be coming to a community near you? Could this really be? The Green Police?
They already have them in the UK and New York City. Something to think about. What say you?

IRuby To Run for Toronto Mayor?

Will IRuby run for mayor of Toronto? I guess some want her to. Should she?

"Could Brampton Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla run for mayor of Toronto?

The former beauty queen and Bollywood actress wasn't returning our call asking if she has entertained the idea, but those who know Dhalla say she has been getting requests to throw her hat in the ring.

While the field for Toronto's next mayor is crowded, the Brampton-Springdale politico would provide a strong, female candidate who would jazz up the race that so far has been filled with white, male front-runners.

"That's certainly a new spin on the election trail, it certainly comes out of left field," a surprised Ryerson University professor Myer Siemiatycki said Friday. "You'd have to think that this is a long-shot prospect."

Siemiatycki said Dhalla would face a few major hurdles, including the fact she doesn't live in Toronto and her "Nannygate" incident last year, when relatives were publicly accused of mistreating foreign domestic workers, a claim Dhalla denied.

To be eligible to run, Dhalla would have to move to Toronto or own or rent property within the city.

But despite her challenges, Siemiatycki said Dhalla's entry would make it a "much more interesting contest."

With the fact municipal elections have notoriously low voter turnouts, it could be anyone's race, Siemiatycki said. The next mayor could win with just 30% of the 30% of the city's population that bothers to vote, he said." (h/t) Toronto Sun

Update: IRuby has confirmed she will not run for Toronto Mayor.
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Who the Torched MP's Office?

Yesterday someone tried to burn down Mississauga-Erindale Conservative MP Bob Deckert's constituency office. It has been deemed an arson by the police. Damages are estimated at around $5million.

Who could have done such a thing? Security cameras caught the image of someone with a canister and what looks like a barbecue lighter.



If this is person who set the fire, he's a sick, demented individual who I hope is caught and has the book thrown at him. Only someone filled with hate would attempt something so horrible. Thank God no one got seriously injured.

Update:



Police have ID the man and has issued a warrant out for his arrest. His name is Mikhail Khavkine,aged 42. I hope they catch this creep and he's put behind bars for a very long time.

What is Your MP Doing?

What have MPs been up to while Parliament is not sitting? Not much according to Kelly McParland. He even questions the value of question period. Shouldn't they not be busy at work in their constituencies tending to the concerns of their constituents? I'm sure some are. Not so sure others are though. We pay these clowns just to gripe and complain all the time? How about working together to make this country a better place for a change?

Some have given the impression that the PM and his caucus have been on vacation and the operations of government have stopped but that is not true of course, it keeps going. They have been very hard at work. Dealing with the Haiti crisis, planning for the up coming budget and the G8 and G20 summits this summer amongst other matters.

Freed from the need to present themselves on a daily basis in the House of Commons, Canada’s Members of Parliament have been busy catching up on ... nothing, apparently.

The Prime Minister has been active enough. Mr. Harper seems to have no end of duties to keep him occupied — directing Canada’s response to the devastation in Haiti; jetting off to Switzerland to commune with former U.S. president Bill Clinton and expound on the need for more effective assistance to women and children; stuffing the Senate with reliable Tories.

A few members of cabinet also seem able to keep themselves busy, especially those presented with new jobs in Mr. Harper’s recent shuffle, who now have to figure out how to avoid doing anything to upset the Prime Minister’s Office.

The remaining 300-or-so MPs seem to find themselves at loose ends. Ever since Mr. Harper told Parliament it could add four extra weeks to its Christmas break, opposition MPs in particular have been complaining about having nothing to do. Evidently, if the Prime Minister isn’t there to give them a target to aim insults at, they’re stuck for useful activities. (h/t) Kelly McParland, NP

Opposition MPs should have plenty to do in their ridings. It sounds like they want the PM to babysit them. Yet, while opposition gripes and complains about even the littlest things, the PM graciously takes a moment to wish Jack Layton who is battling prostate cancer, well wishes. Even though they're political rivals, it seems like they are good friends. Pretty classy of the PM to do that.

So I question, what has your MP been doing with themselves during this time away from parliament? Better check in and see what they're up to. We are their employers after all.

I know what my MP has been doing. My MP is Ted Menzies. He's the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. He's been very busy juggling participating in round tables around the country working on the up coming budget and his duties in the constituency office. What is yours doing?