Comments on: Paul Martin: From Rogue “Group” To Rogue Government

By: WL Mackenzie

WL Mackenzie — Wed, 11 May 2005 20:47:58 +0000

If one believes in the social concept of leadership by example, then we should all take our cues from this liberal ruling cartel and breach conventional civil propriety ourselves.
We should make the same liberal interpretations of law and constitutional convention in our daily lives as our leaders do in their sacred trust.

With the unconventional liberal reinterpretations of law you can:

Run stop signs if you are in a hurry

Pay tax when you feel like it and then only enough as your personal balanced budget doctrine allows

Exercise your democratic franchise only when it benefits you and only when you have rigged things for an out come you want.

Pay your news vendors to say what you want to hear.

View the charter and constitutional as only a rough guideline and place your individual welfare above the constraints of these documents.

After all the only reason to break convention is to further your own personal interests...right Paul? Parliamentary and constitutional convention, the law and ethical civil behavior are all open to corruption if it meets your endsâ¦this is the reality of Liberal political culture

By: kent Blaker

kent Blaker — Wed, 11 May 2005 18:04:33 +0000

The mainstream media has received well over 10 billion dollars from the Liberal government since Jean Chretien gained power. After his last election the Liberals gave the media $160 million (for their support during the election?) Conflict of interest? When CBC says it is "Connected" it is refering to it's Liberal party of Canada connection.

By: Jim Whyte

Jim Whyte — Wed, 11 May 2005 17:55:48 +0000

John:

Incorrect. Any specific motion put in the House passing censure, advising dismissal, or praying resignation is a question of confidence, as is the general budgetary motion and the Appropriations Act (annual supply). A motion of non-confidence is a motion, not a piece of legislation.

Yes, the government, when defeated on a confidence question, remains the government until it resigns or is dismissed. So Werner is incorrect about our no longer having an "official" government. But they do have to resign or the Governor General will have a plain duty to dismiss them (provided always that the Governor can find at least a caretaker government to advise dissolution and an election).

By: richfisher

richfisher — Wed, 11 May 2005 17:41:31 +0000

John sounds a lot like John Duffy (liberal Strategist and influencial MSM reporter)
Same piece of cover was written in the post this morning by him.
Most Canaadians think he is a nonpartisan reporter.
Or they've just given up caring.
Why doesn't he start all his smiling next door neighbour smirking pieces with
Hi I'm a paid liberal shill and here's the story I've been told to recite by the guvment .

By: Joseph Molnar

Joseph Molnar — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:21:36 +0000

Unless mainstream media condemns Liberal corruption editorially during the next election we may well have a replay of a minority situation.
The smoke of corruption was evident for ten years yet the mainstream media was nothing more then enablers of that corruption to continue.
Canada needs its own FOX News to clean out the rot both politically and in the enabling media.

By: John

John — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:18:19 +0000

Sorry guys, a non-confidence motion is a specific piece of legislation. The above wasn't a non-confidence motion. The government is still the government. Legally, which is the only sense that matters.

This is like being pregnant, you either are or you aren't.

As a PR stunt though, yesterday's theatrics have captured today's headlines and will give the conservatives more leverage when they hit the campain trail. As it was designed for.

I liked the breathless commentary though.

By: Werner George Patels

Werner George Patels — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:01:38 +0000

Opposition leader Stephen Harper has said that this shows that Martin is moving from dithering to desperate and dangerous.

It is dangerous, indeed - no two ways about it. Canada at this point has no official government, because a majority in Parliament has voted them out of office. Paul Martin's attempt to cling to power has now established an undemocratic banana-republic "government" that no longer has the confidence of a majority.

This won't be good for Canada's international ties and economy. How can the US, for example, deal with Canada at an official level when Canada no longer has an official government?

Canada, as a nation, needs clarity, and Canadians deserve a democratically elected government that is not given to corruption and mafia-style tactics.

What does one have to do to restore democracy in Canada? Call on George W. Bush to send his troops to Ottawa?

By: Angry in the Great White North

Angry in the Great White North — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:00:58 +0000

Kakistocratic Canada
Canada is ruled by a party that has shown itself least suited for the role. There is a word for this sort of government: a kakistocracy.

By: small dead animals

small dead animals — Wed, 11 May 2005 14:36:28 +0000

The Power Of Blogs For a time last night, my post on Paul Martin's "Rogue Government" at Outside The Beltway was the number one Google News hit for "Paul Martin". Those days of writing a letter to the editor, in hope your views will...

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 11 May 2005 14:04:22 +0000

Uh, DW -- you don't think people in Canada care that their government is disregarding hundreds of years of parliamentary precedent established not only in Ottawa but in London?

Let me guess -- you also didn't care about a President of the United States committing perjury for the express purpose of denying a plaintiff her chance at getting justice in court, either.

By: dw

dw — Wed, 11 May 2005 06:25:12 +0000

You know, I don't think anyone really cares. Sorry to break it to you.

By: Peaktalk

Peaktalk — Wed, 11 May 2005 03:29:53 +0000

DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
Rather than fixing the democratic deficit, one of his avowed articles of political faith, Canadian prime-minister Paul Martin is now taking full advantage of its existence to cling to power: Opposition MPs managed to force a motion through the House...

By: Conservative Life - Canadian Politics

Conservative Life - Canadian Politics — Wed, 11 May 2005 03:21:42 +0000

Was today's vote a confidence vote?
Andrew Heard of Simon Fraser University examines whether or not today's vote in the House of Commons was a confidence vote...

It is a firm constitutional convention that prime ministers must either resign or call an election if they lose a vote of ...

By: Cadillac Tight

Cadillac Tight — Wed, 11 May 2005 02:45:01 +0000

3...2...1...
How long before the American left starts to howl for a vote of confidence in the Bush Administration?

The federal government waded into uncharted constitutional waters Tuesday night after the Liberals were narrowly defeated in a vote the Conservativ...

By: Inacio T. da Silva

Inacio T. da Silva — Wed, 11 May 2005 02:27:16 +0000

OUT LIBERALS. OUT MARTING.
I prefer an untimely election than to be governed by thieves.