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CANADA SUFFERING FROM ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION! COUP PLANNED BY OPPOSTION PARTIES
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dcmdart
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OK - here goes the story....

1)  The elected governing party of Canada (the Conservatives) just elected in October is about to be overthrown by a coalition of left-leaning parties including 1 separatist party(the Bloq Quebecois, known in English Canada as the "Blockheads")  who is devoted to breaking up the country.

 

2)  They are going to do this by: a: voting down a government bill which would either force an election or b: ask the Queen's representative in Canada (the Governor General) to allow the other parties to form a government by coalition.

 

3)  The governing party wants to stop this from happening by closing down or suspending Parliament - basically, "if you don't play by my rules - I'm taking the ball home".

 

4)  The Prime Minister went on TV Wednesday night to tell Canadians why he should be allowed to continue to govern (with a minority of seats in the Parliament) and why the opposition parties should not be allowed to take over the government.

 

5)  The Oppostion Coalition head by the Liberal Party was supposed to deliver a tape to the networks last night, to be aired just after the Prime Minister's speech, to explain why THEY should be allowed to take over the government BUT they couldn't get a proper tape to the networks on time and with broadcast quality. 

The following is a true timeline of the tape fiasco - I'm not making this up:

 

  • 6:15-6:30 - The Liberals miss their promised deadline to deliver their leader's (Stephane Dion) statement to the television networks.
  • 6:40 - Liberals arrive with a single tape at the press gallery in Ottawa. They were supposed to deliver two tapes: one in French, one in English. They arrived with a single tape in DVD-minicam format, which is not broadcast quality.
  • Shortly after 6:40 - The Liberals decide to run back to their offices -- a block away -- because the French portion of the tape needs another edit.
  • 7:05 - Liberal staffers are still in their offices as the networks go to air with the Harper address.
  • 7:07 - The Prime Minister Harper's statement finishes and network anchors are forced to kill time as they wait for Dion's address.
  • 7:10 to 7:15 - Liberal staffers arrive back at the press gallery on Wellington Street with a DVD-minicam player that they had taken from their own offices, along with the associated cables. There is still only one tape, not two. A press gallery official tells the Liberals that the gallery is not the feed point and an argument ensues. The Liberals ask why they weren't told that earlier. The feed point is next door at the CBC building, which is the long-established feed play point for all network pools. The Liberals are informed that they need to be walked into the building by authorized staff.
  • 7:20 - English network anchors are still live on television, wondering where the tape is. CTV has still had no communications from the Liberals about Dion's address.
  • Approximately 7:15 - CBC receives the tape and begins dubbing into French and English versions. This takes about 10 minutes.
  • 7:28 - CTV decides to go off-air and back to regular scheduled programming at 7:30. CTV has still not seen a feed of the tape.
  • 7:28 - CBC incorrectly punches out the finished feed only to their network.
  • 7:30 - CTV signs off broadcast at scheduled time.

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    WELCOME TO THE BANANA REPULIC OF CANADA!
    Kudos!
    12-04-2008 11:22 AM  

         
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    Burntha
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    Outstanding - thanks for the inspiration.  Here's my take in a blog post "Banana Canada Republic: True, North, Strong & Bananas"
    Kudos!
    12-05-2008 01:00 AM  

         
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    MyHeartIsOnTheLeft
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    Nice try dcmdart.

     

    Our model of parliamentary democracy will survive even the machinations of the cowardly PM Harper who hides behind the skirts of the GG because he will lose a confidence vote in the *elected* House of Commons. Some 'Coup'.  It will also survive the incompetent Liberal leadership.

     

    Harper's egregious bullying has divided the country and will likely cause his Government to be thrown in the garbage like piece of old toast. Some political mind he's got there.

     

    The 'coalition' is an agreement between the centrist Liberal Party and the leftist NDP. The sovereigntist Bloc has merely agreed to support the coalition because they too recognize an incompetent government. Some economic stimulus! A joke!

     

    When these same 'separatists' propped up Harper's minority Konservatif Government for years they weren't so bad were they?

     

    They will likely defeat the government on a motion of non-confidence. To listen to your 'bill' thingy is to wonder if you understand the system of government we have in Canada.

     

    Your disparaging remarks about the Bloc (whom I disagree with strongly) is merely language the PM and his mouthbreathers have used to inflame all Quebecers of both federalist and sovereigntist camps. You must be a Konservatif backbencher. There won't be a Konservatif one for a generation or two after the PM's demagoguery the other night.

     

    As for the Leader of the Oppostion, the hapless Dion, he is an amateur right out of the Gong Show. Your scheming PM Harper has played right into the hands of the so-called 'Stooges'. How dumb is that? The democratic fact is that the entire Canadian Parliament is united against the bully. Too bad for Harper he has a minority government.

     

    Dion will be gone in a few weeks - certainly before the session begins. Good riddence.

     

    The cowardice of PM Harper is unprecedented constitutionally. His lying in Parliment was breathtaking- and I mean flat out lying. Stunning really. Notwithstanding the public support he undoubtedly has at the moment - he is toast. Some calculation. Brilliant mind he has <sarcasm>

     

    For a good summary of what's happened Don Newman's column is enlightening. I'd hardly call him a separatist leftie - but he paints an accurate picture I think. Certainly moreso than than what we see here above.

     

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/05/f-vp-newman.html
    Kudos!
    12-07-2008 06:03 PM  

         
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