"We're falling down on our job to hold government to account, and we're giving them a blank cheque to go ahead and spend whatever they want," Martin said. "What could we possibly be doing that's more important than watching the public purse strings?"

Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/dark+over+gov...l#ixzz20mypm7Xu

what's more important? ask bev oda: SPENDING IT. ask tony clement: DIVERTING IT. ask peter mckay: CAN'T COUNT IT.

WE ARE TAX SLAVES.

Kenny...Kinda jumping into this post..I don't think things are any worse then before..I just think we know more now....look how much the libs gave away cancelling the eh101 contract and how many lives have been lost do to that one political decision...don't get me wrong..I am not a Harper supporter but my bullsh*t meter is off the scale living in an area where our daily rag is red..

I have had two family members work for Indian and Northern affairs..if the public ever knew how much money goes through that department they absolutely freak... and how about the dept of multiculturalism or what ever it is called now..

Until we get someone into the lib/ndp leadership that we can vote for rather than just "beating Harper" , I think Canada is going to be blue for awhile.

At the moment , a hypocritical ex lib is in the ndp and an screw up ndp is running the libs... good times in Canada..

My loonie worth...Grassy

A senior aide to the prime minister is moving into a government affairs job with Air Canada, raising pointed questions about the strength of ethical rules governing the post-political lives of government staffers on Parliament Hill.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/19/pol-harper-staffer-to-air-canada.html

sure, its all above board. stop the revolving door, captain blah said. no barrier at all now.

A photo posted on Facebook shows a yellow search and rescue helicopter parked on the shore with five people in the water. They appear to be fishing.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundla...ishing-720.html

reward workers for work they're trained and expected to perform?
i agree that rewards are meant to recoginze efforts but DO NOT DEPLOY DND RESOURCES FOR FISHING TRIPS. this SECOND EVENT clearly demonstrates the lack of direction at DND. A youngster in this region froze to death last winter because DND could not put a bird in the air to assist in his search and rescue. DEPLORABLE. the commanding officer should be disciplined and COPTER BOY MCKAY should be canned immediately.

It matters not that the team would be out of rotation for 12 hours, rather the EXPLOITATION OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES FOR PERSONAL GAIN, with no expectation of repercussion needs to be addressed. the culture of greed runs deep.

Maude Barlow, the chair of Council of Canadians who was singled out for criticism by the Conservatives as a "virulent critic" of Prime Minister Stephen Harper who had "orchestrated" the litigation, said Thursday night her group was "very pleased with this thoughtful decision."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/19/pol-council-of-canadians-lawsuit.html

NEW ELECTION NOW! felony charges need to be applied to those responsible. the pirate lawyer says there's no proof that voters DID NOT VOTE because they were misdirected, THEREBY MAKING ROBOCALLS AN ACCEPTABLE CAMPAIGN PRACTICE????? WTF!

If Harper or his staff made up the allegations, then they were not engaging in their public duties, Victor argued.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/judge-questions-guergis-suit-163149306.html

parliamentary privileges include IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION. protect pirates at any cost. there were hookers and cocaine and tossed out DUI and reckless driving charges, you know, regular weekend pirate-play. This behaviour does not smear the tory image at all, it pales in comparison to tony clement's diversion of MILLIONS TO SPRUCE UP THE HOOD. and does not compare in any way to HARPER'S BILLION DOLLAR G-20 SECURITY BOONDOGLE.

PAY UP HARPER! just liquidate those expensive G-20 gifts you got, that should about cover it!

Mr. Toews told the Americans he needs unedited and uncensored copies of the footage before he can make a decision on Mr. Khadr’s request to return to Canada.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/poli...article4430435/

strange that a single minister can wield so much power. STROKE THEM EGOS STEVIE.

"I wish I knew what the reason was; it appears to be nothing more than a lack of courage to do the right thing in this case."

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/khadrs-lawyer-blasts-ottawa-163273316.html

lack of courage; lack of morals; lack of intelligence; lack of empathy and compassion; lack of vision. now if khadr knows of a teenage babysitter or two, things might go in his favour.

how is it that a babysitter-fucker, an immoral asshole who fucked around on his wife with several women; who fought paying support payments (did he feel entitled to have NUMEROUS AFFAIRS, INCLUDING FUCKING A BABY SITTER)gets to cabinet level, gets to make these types of decisions? WHY ARE IMMORAL ASSHOLES RUNNING THIS COUNTRY? because the non-voters put and keep them here.

when sitter-fucker towes makes a decision it will be to keep khadr in GITMO until the VERY LAST DAY OF HIS 8 YRS. Then of course he'll be repatriated to canada after another round of lengthy delays. But he will return without the benefit of any treatment and further with fewer restrictions on his freedoms.

"She's a person of integrity and honesty. I accepted what she told me," he said. "The only thing she did is allow Jack King to take pictures of her naked, which I understand was a part of their sex life."

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/judge-didnt-know-about-sex-scheme-witnesses-163272986.html

if the kinky judge has any integrity and honesty, she'd resign her position RIGHT NOW, stop the proceedings, save the taxpayers lots of dough and further embarrassment. the reason otherwise: $$$ the money is SO GOOD!

The Honourable Lori Douglas, Associate Chief Justice, Family Division, Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba ITS TIME TO WALK THE PLANK!

At the Summit of the Americas in April, Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested he was open to discussing the war on drugs.

"I think what everyone believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach is not working, but it is not clear what we should do," he told reporters.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/07/23/aids-hiv-drug-policy.html

WELL JUST CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE DELUGE OF EVIDENCE, stay the course, keep them bad cops employed, keep destroying families needlessly, keep patients from getting unfettered access, keep all your jails full and keep enslaving the electorate. if so, then keep away from the election in 2015, you're sure to lose.