June 16, 2005
Double-dealing in Librano-land
June 16 -
The Judge is Angry:
MONTREAL - First, it was Jean Chretien taking John Gomery to court. Now, Justice Gomery is taking Paul Martin to court.
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I predict that we're going to see more and more of this between now and next spring. The Liberals may very well rue the decision to not have an election in May/June, when they could have been seen as 'doing the right thing' after they lost the non-confidence votes in the House. Martin could also have claimed to be defending the principles of the House and showing due respect. Now he can do neither and these things will only continue to get worse for him.
Don't believe the polls. Canadians are sick and tired of Martin.
I also predict that these slap lawsuits against anyone who dares to criticize the Liberals will also backfire BIGTIME.
Posted by: John Crittenden at June 16, 2005 02:38 PM (cONYb)
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The Judge (Gomery) is angry; Stephen Harper is angry; who is the next angry man?
Is this a trend?
Name it Canadian Angry.
Ya heard it here first.
Posted by: maz2 at June 16, 2005 10:01 PM (d3jak)
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Yes Maz2 I am angry 2 and John, I hope you are correct. I know you are right though.
We all agree Regime change is long overdue.
What steps do you suggest?
Demonstrations have taken place to save the stickle back minnow.
What does it take to demonstrate in order to save our Canada?
Life is unreal at times.
Does it strike you as odd that no marching or even standing group demonstrations are taking place?
What groups do you think are most likely to march in protest of Hundreds of Millions of our money being siphoned off?
Or, what group seems most fitting to demonstrate against Vote buying fraud proven by four hours of negotiation on Grewal recordings?
We analyze and outline the situation in detail very well. What action, media coverage do we generate?
Seems there should be CPC people with leadership ability to get some informed people or even bloggers, to walk up and down in front of Governor General Clarkson's mansion and on the hill.
They should all have a few well worded hand bills or news releases to hand to the media.
The mansion has just been put up for sale, so time is running out.
73s TG at BendGovernment.blogspot.com
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 18, 2005 02:59 AM (rmMzv)
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I love that article. I sincerely hope the Libs last long enough for Gomery to complete his report and then...
run as a CPC candidate in Quebec!!!!!
Would that not be PERFECT????
sorry for the yelling, but really, what a f*ing fantasy that is ;-)
(note to self: get a life)
Posted by: Candace at June 18, 2005 05:27 AM (R7nd+)
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I guess Canadians are just too different for us to understand down here but I'm amazed the way the population doesn't seem to care, the way they're just shrugging it off.
Posted by: Jay at June 19, 2005 01:14 AM (PuNh2)
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Amazing, poor communications skills and all. While everyone slings mud, no one seems to notice Belinda has done the impossible.
Her loyalty is the building of wealth and power. Thus she is loyal to Magna and all the varied manufacturing plants that supply the variety of products that is Magna. She has won!
Belinda now heads the ministry that has the most potential to benefit her corporate interests. Namely the laws and conditions that apply to part time workers.
Part time workers require almost no pension and benefits overhead. They are the quickest growing segment of manufacturing labour.
So let's wait until Belinda loses one before we fling dirt at her.
We think she has clawed her way onto the Titanic, but if the Martinites have bought off the Judges just as they have the MSM, then Belinda may be correct again. May not be the Titanic after all.
Ooh my aching headache.
They are getting away with murdering our rights to honest government and we are quibbling about SSM.
SSM only applies to a tiny part of our population.
We are the mainstream. Government is supposed to reflect mainstream priorities first.
The mainstream priority is to settle hundreds of millions worth of fraud and scams. We can deal with SSM when the fabric of government is repaired and ready to deal with lesser items.
While Belinda ruthlessly achieves her goals, we do not have so much as one picketer on the hill or in front of Governor General Clarkson's mansion.
We should have pickets marching in both places with placcards reading *Dissolve Govt Now*, *Stop this Fraud*,
*NDP not Elected*, * $4.6 Billion not Debated*. and more.
Respect your enemy. Could be a shark in disguise.
BendGovernment.blogspot.com 73s TonyGuitar
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 19, 2005 01:55 PM (rmMzv)
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A bewildering number of lawsuits
June 16 - My question about the libel suit against
David Frum has been answered - in spades. Many thanks to Candace for finding this
discussion thread on the Frum column and for digging up an older item on
Adscam-related lawsuits.
I'll state this up front: I believe it is up to bloggers to stand by and defend these commentators. It pisses me off beyond reason that their colleagues are not doing so, but things are what they are in Canada these days and it won't be the first time bloggers were trailblazers.
Frum wrote he has been served with papers accusing him of libel.
There are confirmed reports that National Post columnist Andrew Coyne and reporter Laurent Soumis of the Journal de Montreal have also been served and, although I have yet to find confirmation, CTV's Mike Duffy and Warren Kinsella may also have been served. (Note that I have no way of ascertaining if these four as the ones to which Frum was referring and there are in fact good reason to doubt this is the case.)
Of necessity this is a fairly long post so click on the extended entry for more, but I'm putting Kate's opening on this side of the post because she tears a deservedly giant strip off the feckless Canadian media:
In any sane democratic country, a slap suit against an opinion columnist by a government operative would provoke outrage and non-stop editorials in the mainstream press. The item would be leading the newscasts, with punditry convening soberly on our TV screens. Reporter scrums would pepper government leaders to explain their actions in curtailling that most hallowed (in their eyes) of all freedoms - freedom of the press.
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"...the truth is not relevant in libel suits up here."
Is that seriously correct?! I mean, I know that defamation is easier to prove in common-law countries outside the US, given that under the old English rule rather than
New York Times v. Sullivan, truth is an affirmative defense rather than falsehood being an actual element of the tort, but truth being irrelevant seems to go far far beyond that. If that's the case, it gets me to wondering why Canada rather than England isn't the international libel forum of choice. Wouldn't/couldn't the contours of the law of defamation vary from province to province in Canada anyway?
Posted by: Dave J at June 16, 2005 02:37 PM (WV4/D)
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Contours of law may not matter much when the sledgehammer of cash is the tool of choice by the Liberal scam artists.
Misgivings about how much of the judisury may be honestly unbiased is something I have wondered about for some time. 73s TG
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 17, 2005 01:46 AM (rmMzv)
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Something in the water? Canadians apathetic about theft of public monies.
Canadian media professionals Apathetic about coming to the defense of fellow media types?
73s TG
Posted by: TonyGuitar at June 18, 2005 03:25 AM (rmMzv)
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Great entry "Deb". I agree that Bloggers should tangle with the legal bunch but I fear it would be a wasted effort. Most people aren't watching...nobody gives a damn anymore.
And nothing that happens in this country would surprise me or those who ignore it all.
It's "La La Land" -- Writ Large
Posted by: Jack at June 19, 2005 08:02 PM (77T1g)
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Hi Jack! I get what you're saying, but if we only publicize these lawsuits we're still doing more than the media!
Seriously, how many Canadians are even aware that commentators have been targeted? One would think the media would be howling over this, and their lack of howl speaks volumes.
Posted by: Debbye at June 29, 2005 04:53 PM (ydrAz)
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