tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post9154843870725387230..comments2024-03-29T10:02:52.586-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: A Litany Of FailureLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-66523714421598436602017-06-26T20:53:00.657-04:002017-06-26T20:53:00.657-04:00Agreed, Owen. It does not take too many betrayals ...Agreed, Owen. It does not take too many betrayals to breed cynicism, the last thing we need if we are ever to regain a healthy democracy.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53930953013629747682017-06-26T20:51:05.360-04:002017-06-26T20:51:05.360-04:00Your analysis is incisive here, Pamela. As for you...Your analysis is incisive here, Pamela. As for your final question, I have no good answer.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19802465408783719892017-06-26T19:53:25.307-04:002017-06-26T19:53:25.307-04:00The young were Justin's most fervent backers, ...The young were Justin's most fervent backers, Lorne. If he loses them, he won't get them back.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-25446618637987018512017-06-26T17:34:43.883-04:002017-06-26T17:34:43.883-04:00When you see Lorne, the Infrastructure Bank Act, w...When you see Lorne, the Infrastructure Bank Act, wrapped up in the omnibus bill with the budget,you know the neoliberal liberal gang is no different then the Harper neoliberal gang.<br /><br />Did Trudeau have a mandate to create this neoliberal bank, including using 35B of tax payers money? No? So what. This is a government who after being elected went rogue.<br /><br />What Trudeau and his liberals are doing cannot be considered governing.<br /><br />When your government tries to hide a policy or decision that they've made, and prevents analysis, by blocking transparency, you know you're in trouble.<br /><br />Trudeau and company are using their majority government, not to govern for Canadians or nation build, but to govern for the domestic/global/corporate/military elite and turn Canada into a post nation state where the control of Canada's wealth is handed over to corporations, particularly American corporations. The question for me is why?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81348297202041451412017-06-26T14:48:07.514-04:002017-06-26T14:48:07.514-04:00Magical thinking seems to be the political currenc...Magical thinking seems to be the political currency of the land these days, Salamander. Only when more Canadians are willing to pay attention to "the man behind the curtain" will anything have a chance of changing, and I suspect by then it will be far, far too late.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-80154600520314349012017-06-26T14:44:37.334-04:002017-06-26T14:44:37.334-04:00Nonetheless, his assessment of the Trudeau 'ac...Nonetheless, his assessment of the Trudeau 'achievements' thus far seems to ring true.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-57196987369676216722017-06-26T14:14:27.082-04:002017-06-26T14:14:27.082-04:00.. will read the MacDougall piece with a pound of ..... will read the MacDougall piece with a pound of salt.. Andrew, now based in monarchy land was a trenchant Harper PR serpent & now trying to pull a Perrin & thus rehab his opinionation creds.. Perrin of course did not obfuscate or skate on Harper, Ray Novak & dear Nigel's behalves in the Duffy scandal<br /><br />Also.. (with a pound of salt) are the intentions of Beautiful British Columbia regarding pipelines.. Mound of course 'gets it' re the peripheral infrastructure to get Canadian Energy Resources Off to Asia.. the final stage being hordes of supertankers thrashing westward ho.. from west coast portlands in the remperate rain forest. .. and the vast & various pipeline networks for water supply, toxic disposals from wellheads, diluent, pumping ststions, gathering points.. you name it. And keep in mind the variations for LNG and Dilbit.. <br /><br />The miracle & political mythology is that poisoning our water tables, trashing forests & woodlands & killing off species & inter-related food chains forever is somehow 'energy security for Canadians' .. nation building even ! Goodness ! JOBS jobs Jobs.. and TFW's from Asia to man the pipelines.. all subsized by guess who ? ?<br /><br />BC - Alberta - Saskatchewan .. are pimping for Asia.. and as you may see or have seen.. its a 'long game' being 'played' - unicorn based.. fatal of course - unless you're Jason Kenney, Christy Clark et al .. shrieking it out as 'policy'the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-63889227650860862112017-06-26T14:08:18.287-04:002017-06-26T14:08:18.287-04:00Andrew MacDougall was a particIularly capable con ...Andrew MacDougall was a particIularly capable con spin doctor and was hired by a global PR firm. I find the idea that he might now write non-partisan articles for the Globe and Mail and be recommended by progressive bloggers a bit difficult to swallow. Riley's sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239456917688622474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-1712917973917336092017-06-26T12:45:11.900-04:002017-06-26T12:45:11.900-04:00Thanks, Mound. I'll read it and put it in an u...Thanks, Mound. I'll read it and put it in an update.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-11105725234537867372017-06-26T12:16:57.290-04:002017-06-26T12:16:57.290-04:00Andrew MacDougall has a companion piece in today&#...Andrew MacDougall has a companion piece in today's Globe.<br /><br />https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/dont-count-on-trudeau-to-keep-his-many-promises/article35447326/The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com