tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5438714514173253906..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: An Auspicious StartLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-12823347732550883362015-11-06T09:16:56.396-05:002015-11-06T09:16:56.396-05:00And I just read in this morning's (Friday'...And I just read in this morning's (Friday's) paper, Mound, that the same Con Kool Aid is being served.:<br />" .... newly elected Conservative MPs who met in Ottawa Thursday for the first time since the Oct. 19 loss. All underscored the need for the party to change its tone and communicate its message better. But most insisted the party’s policies were sound and “compassionate.”<br /><br />No further comment, I take it, is needed here.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-3838612216524746552015-11-05T17:47:06.498-05:002015-11-05T17:47:06.498-05:00Jesus Christ on a crutch, Lorne, the silly buggers...Jesus Christ on a crutch, Lorne, the silly buggers chose Rona Ambrose as their interim leader. <br /><br />https://youtu.be/OL5BZtdumcw Blue Swede "Hooked on a Feeling"The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-276937424506988842015-11-05T16:33:53.434-05:002015-11-05T16:33:53.434-05:00There are a lot of hopes riding on this new govern...There are a lot of hopes riding on this new government, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-28122367385824266712015-11-05T15:41:54.807-05:002015-11-05T15:41:54.807-05:00An excellent omen, Lorne. Let's hope there are...An excellent omen, Lorne. Let's hope there are more of them to come.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-20690772859025019082015-11-05T15:17:16.068-05:002015-11-05T15:17:16.068-05:00I read your post on the NEB, Mound. That swamp cer...I read your post on the NEB, Mound. That swamp certainly has to be drained with dispatch. With regard to the other issues you raise, I'm not sure if they are regulation issues that can quickly be enacted, but if so, as you say, there is little time to lose. <br /><br />One of the questions on my mind is when the entourage goes to Paris, will Canada make a specific commitment on reduction targets, the details to be worked out afterwards with the provinces, or will it be something less? There is obviously no time for consultations at this point, but I would rather see the former than the latter.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-4712726832678616122015-11-05T15:05:50.582-05:002015-11-05T15:05:50.582-05:00If he's got enough mops and pails, Lorne, ther...If he's got enough mops and pails, Lorne, there's a great deal Mr. Trudeau can do in short order to clean up the messes of the past decade. There will be no end of interests clamoring for priority. I would like to see the National Energy Board stopped dead in its tracks until the industry-sourced panel can be replaced. It needs people who represent Canada, not the Canadian Petroleum Producers Association. I also want the west coast defences reinstated - shuttered Coast Guard stations re-opened, fisheries, waterways and navigation regulations brought back, scientists and monitors axed from the Fisheries & Oceans department re-hired and put back on the job. Yet these things can't be done with the flip of a switch. <br /><br />Perhaps the most important matter is the Paris climate summit just weeks away. That is widely considered the "make it or break it" opportunity to find global consensus on effective emissions reductions. I believe the consensus that holds if that opportunity slips through our fingers it's unlikely we'll ever get another chance in the time that remains.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com