Comments on: Goodbye to all that

By: Wotcher?

Wotcher? — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:25:11 +0000

What I want to know is why do we never get to see the video of numerous heads exploding in Canadian newsrooms?

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:50 +0000

Many journalists reported on the incoherence/idiocy of the whole thing but I don't remember one cornering an MP and asking him/her to explain it. Maybe a missed an episode of the Braaawdcast, mind you.

It wasn't rocket science to figure out how absurd the legislation was.

By: bigcitylib

bigcitylib — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:32 +0000

By the way, this story was a triumph of the blogosphere. Blogger Red Tory got a jump on the MSM and all of our elected reps by–shock! horror!–actually reading the legislation in question and pointing out that hey! all the parties ranting indignantly had just signed it barely a month before. The fake indignation died fairly swiftly after that.

By: Capt. Discourageous

Capt. Discourageous — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:21:26 +0000

Well I'm wearing a ski mask next time just to prove the point

By: Crit_Reasoning

Crit_Reasoning — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:16:35 +0000

Selley: According to Elections Canada, not a single elector attempted to vote with her face covered in the last federal election

If this is true, I'm stunned that so much ink was spilled on this non-issue.

By: Amateur Hour

Amateur Hour — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:31:28 +0000

inge, you beat me to it.

This issue came to a head in the midst of the "reasonable accommodation" hearings in Quebec, which helped highlight how a few small town bigots can hijack a provincial, then national, political agenda — all without having to learn to read.

Harper lied about this matter too, as did his ministers and MPs. They lied repeatedly because the facts didn't match their political bluster. Just like they lied about what the election laws actually say about "in-and-out" financing.

They have no problem lying, such as about relying on the Bloc/NDP, the legality (not wisdom) of coalitions in a parliament, meeting/not meeting with and offering/not offering Chuck Cadman inducements, etc.

Sad, really.

By: inge

inge — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:46:18 +0000

As I recall, Kady also reminded everybody (more than once) that you can't really insist that those voting in person have to show picture id if other people are allowed to vote by mail.

By: tobyornotoby

tobyornotoby — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:41:10 +0000

I still can't believe anyone on Parliament Hill ever wanted civl servants to do something other than what the law tells them to do, but repeatedly that's just what Harper's government has asked of them.

There should be mandatory MP citizenship classes, not half day orientations, but the Full Forsey with an exam and published results.

By: dan in van

dan in van — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:33:08 +0000

I believe Kady was pretty adamant that this law was more than merely dumb…

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:53 +0000

He's better over there. Immersed in a dense fog of right-wing stupidity, he shines.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:07:02 +0000

I can't recall one journalist ever confronting any MP over this issue. Not one. All of you wasted our time over this and had us starting to believe that it's *we* who are crazy and not our political class.

By: CAPS

CAPS — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:45:46 +0000

I want to see a list of said top five.

By: john g

john g — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35:13 +0000

Poor Chris Selley. The guy gets laid off from Maclean's, but Macleans still posts his stuff. I hope he at least gets a royalty check when you guys use his content…

By: Capt. Discourageous

Capt. Discourageous — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:29:42 +0000

The whole thing was a sham issue championed by a sham Prime Minister.