Recent speculation has ex Justice Minister and current Treasury Board President Vic Toews accepting a patronage appointment as a federal Judge in Manitoba. It seems he may have a tough time getting re-elected in his ultra Conservative riding. Apparently these folks may have a problem with his recent divorce and an even bigger problem with the fact that he knocked up another lady out of wedlock. Vic and his boss, of course, rallied against patronage appointments while in opposition. To most Canadians, this may seem like good riddance but what about us Manitobans who may have to be subjected to the tender mercies of Vic Toews and his Spanish Inquisition outlook on justice. This is the man who campaigned for re-election to the Manitoba Legislature with a great plan to snuff out drugs in schools by randomly deploying sniffer dogs to terrorise children. A practice the Supreme court recently outlawed. This Steinbacho-fascist has no business judging a pig calling contest never mind deciding the punishments of unsuspecting Manitobans who run afoul of the law. Mr. Toews, when he was Justice Minister, appointed some of the very people who would be approving his application to become a Judge. That is a move worthy of Stalin.
This is exactly the reason the Libs and everyone else need to force an election sooner rather than later. While everyone has sat around acting like Harper hasn't done anything too ideological and waited for the polls to get better, Harper has appointed 165 judges. At least that is what some Conservative Asshole on "Duffy Live" was saying the other day. 165! We better start building some more prisons. Harper has even announced some crazy plan to elect the next Supreme Court Justice. He, of course, would still have the final say. Losing the Supreme Court would be worse than a Harper Majority. Wake up and smell the police-state, these incremental changes and appointments don't seem like much until you add them all up and you turn around and you're living in America.
2 comments:
Great reason for an election.
But, are you sure we can win right now? Because giving Harper a majority would be a disaster.
Dion will make a superb PM if we can get him elected. However, his poor English speaking skills, the recent history of the LPC in Quebec and the media's recent shift to the far right, and our financial disadvantage are not so easily surmounted. Especially with 3/4way split on the left!
I think we'd be better off waiting for the economy to tank (which it will) and Harper's mistakes and unpopular policies to accumulate. Which they are.
Besdies, Harpercrite is not nearly as intelligent as his buddies at CanWest and Quebecor would have us believe. He'll do himself in given enough time.
No, uh-huh. Canadians are already using their credit cards, the economy has tanked and worse is to come. Waiting will kill votes for Dion, no more 'waiting'. Dion doesn't need english skills this late into this gov't, even w/o english the writing is on the wall. Even media can't stop this train-wreck; there will be no harpo majority, I promise. Check out the last 2 years of Con/Lib victories, a smidgen is all that got them through. The tide would turn in a heartbeat. The time is NOW.
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