Hey, our Prime Minister actually opened something, instead of closing it down. You, know, like Parliament?  It is unbelievable, but he’s actually had a business meeting, in preparation for the upcoming budget, with the head of Ganong Chocolates. Isn’t that nice, we now get our economic plans from a chocolate maker.

The group, which included J.D. Irving Ltd. president Jim Irving, Ganong Bros. president David Ganong and Greg Thompson, minister of veterans affairs and MP for New Brunswick Southwest, discussed a range of issues, including the deficit, as well as economic stimulus and infrastructure spending. ( source – CBC News )

Frankly I do not understand politics anymore. Sure, it was never perfect, but it had character, it had some interest, excitement even. Today it is more about being mean, about hiding the realities of life, of failing to stand up for what is right. I mean there shouldn’t be any question, that USA should use of our waters for transport of hazardous materials AND that is not going to happen. Instead Harper side steps the issue, as usual.  THAT ISN’T BEING A LEADER.

People are out of work, the Loonie is soaring, menaing higher prices and business is still reaping profits, on the backs of the poor and middle class. And Stephen Harper is on holidays, taking parliament with him. IF Harper stays in office much longer, we won’t have a Middle Class anymore. We will truly become a 3rd World Country, as Hilary Clinton called us, as George Bush treated us.

IS THIS THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP WE WANT FOR CANADA?

A MAN WHO RUNS FROM PARLIAMENT, BUT EMBRACES THE CORPORATE WORLD AT ANY COST?

You have to love how well politicians lie, to make a sellout seem a good thing. Then there is the Politician that tells you how great it is to share such an open border, and how good of a friend you are, while at the same time killing tourism in your country, and putting the blame for their own incompetence onto your shoulders.

Hats off to both Conservative Cannon, our Foreign Affairs dufus, and Hilary Rodham Clinton, the US poster model for failed political hacks, for their stellar performance in announcing that the Great Lakes Water Treaty of 1909 will be renegotiated, as merely a way to update how we preserve the environment. 

“We have to update it to reflect new knowledge, new technologies and, unfortunately, new threats,” Clinton said.

“The rivers, the lakes, the streams, the watersheds along our boundary do not belong to one nation, they belong to all of us,” she said at celebrations overlooking the falls.

“The friendship between Canada and the United States is a model for the world,” said Cannon. ( CBC News )

Funny how Clinton makes that sly remark, about it not belonging to anyone, course the fact that it is her country who pollutes the lakes faster than one can say ‘defeated candidate’, and is the one who thinks we are a third world country,  doesn’t come into play, now does it?

After all it is her Government that is trying to steal the Northern Waters of Canada so they can legally send their warships through the passages, and their oil tankers, without meeting our tougher restrictions on pollution. Mind you, our lovely fair haired boy, Stevie, is doing everything he can, to reduce those restrictions, those protective services. After all, he’d like nothing better than to be the Governor of the 51st USA State.

And you have to love how they talk about free exchange of goods, through NAFTA and the cross border shopping, while it it is the USA who constantly tries to deny Canadian Industry a role in the US Market. Or how their new regulations, requiring anyone over 16 to have a passport in order to enter their land of plenty.

And our eager and willing stupe, Cannon, plays right into it, extolling the virtues of a country that has led the world to economic ruin, because of its greed. Course it is his same boss, that is allowing Mining Companies to dump toxic waste into our streams, so they can make huge profits. And too, in all fairness, so that Canada will be just like the United States, a dumping ground for polluters. After all, wouldn’t be fair to have pristeen lakes, clear and clean water, when our gentle giant of a neighbour has nothing but sludge and ooze in its lakes & rivers, from the same practice of dumping and pollution.

Now would it?

When Harper brought in his budget, one of the things he changed, was the authority for environmental reviews. A lot was in the news, then & earlier, about how he was moving to allow Mining Companies, many in British Columbia, from dumping their toxic waste, into our lakes & rivers. The claim was, that they weren’t really toxic, that much, and that it was vital for insuring the economic viability of these companies.

“The performance of the B.C. mining industry amidst a crashing economy in the later part of 2008 was nothing short of outstanding”, said Michael Cinnamond, a partner in PwC’s mining practice and co-author of the report. ( source – CBC News )

Setting aside, the environmental issue, the biggest argument put forth, was that it was vital to keep these industries growing, to insure their economic survival in tough times.

Well here is the proof, that what Harper & Our Mining Minister claimed, was utter, and complete BULL. While the environmental issue is before the courts, still not being acted on, these poor desperate companies are posting record profits, while the world economy is in the toilet.

Tell me again Mr. Harper how we need to protect their profits, at the expense of our lakes, rivers, and wildlife?

Our Health Minister is deeply concerned over the findings of a report, showing high concentration of lead in childrens toys, as reported in an investigative report by the Toronto Star. It really is interesting listening to the shock & dismay by our Minister, given how he and his boss, Stephen Harper are slowly stripping away all pretence of consumer safety. Thanks in large part to the ruthless enforcement of NAFTA by greedy US firms, and an unwillingness of our Federal Government to act, we are starting to see the gradual disintegration of Canadian Values, that used to seperate us from our American cousins south.

The federal department this week issued recalls for toys including charm kits and a miniature hockey stick, following a Toronto Star investigation that found the children’s products contained unsafe levels of lead. (source – CBC News)

Clements promises tougher laws for those firms that break the law, in bringing in this tainted crap, but then didn’t his boss make the same claim last year? At the same time, didn’t Stevie Boy also say our agencies were much tougher on inspecting for this crap? Funny how that all lead up to the election, and now that it is over, has fallen by the wayside. Funny too, how suddenly we have a slew of recalls, not found by our Inspectors, but by a Journalist Report.

What other hidden dangerous stuff are we being subjected to by this Harper Government of Big Business? Banks are getting bailed out, and our Finance Minister has said we will need to borrow money to help them out, which certainly wasn’t his story during the election, now was it?

Then we have Dow Chemical wanting to sell its dangerous chemicals in Canada, even though banned in the United States. Yet under Brian Mulroney NAFTA, they are attempting to do just that, so that Canadian consumers will once more be subjected to chemical poisoning, even though we are opposed to it. Well we are, Stephen Harper is quite willing to allow NAFTA to aid in the poisoning of our land, of our people.

We have come full circle, to where Canada is slowly being made into a wasteland, courtesy of the United States & Harper. Our values, our interests are being sold down the river, because Stephen Harper & his conservatives are nothing more than puppets for the corporate interests of the giant conglomerates. Food safety is a joke, and now we see, so is the safety of toys. Lead tainted toys leads to lower intelligence, it is a proven fact, but obviously it has been around for a bit of time. After all, look at how many bought into Stephen Harper’s lies, attack ads, and re-elected his gang of thugs, and jokers.

Just as Americans got sold a bill of goods by smart mouthing George Bush, Canadians also got swindled by the sweater wearing Stephen Harper, with his smug grin, his attempt at looking like he was in charge, that was nothing but smoke & mirrors. The markets continue to plummet then rise, gas is at under $65 a barrel and yet the price at the pump is still over $1.00 a liter, dropping ever so slowly. Now the loonie takes a nose dive and while that should be good news for our exports, the only problem is, do we have anything to export?

Our manufacturing industry has been gutted, and Government is doing nothing, has done nothing, so that even a dropping dollar isn’t going to lessen the impact on our cost of living. Inflation has gone up to over 3% and our Government spent over ONE BILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN IT HAD IN AUGUST, but our wonderful Finance MInister tells us there is nothing to worry about, that we won’t go into Deficit Financing.

Like does anyone still believe these LIARS?