What kind of people are we electing to Ottawa? A HarperCon backbencher, Brad Trost, is floating a rumour that Diane Ablonczy has been stripped of her responsibilities for overseeing major stimulus finding in tourism - her portfolio.
The reason being given is she approved a grant ot the Toronto Gay Pride celebrations. Of course the official PMO spin was that she was eventually going to relinquish this responsibility to Industry Minister Tony Clement...who is conveniently in Italy at the G8 and unavailable for comment.
So a $100m stimulus fund for "Marquee Tourism Events" is not properly positioned in the Ministry of Small Business and Tourism but better administered in the Department of Industry??? And that this was done weeks ago but Minister Clement has been too busy bailing out General Motors to pay attention to his tourism duties. Sure thing. That is why Ablonczy's Small Business and Tourism Department is no longer in the small business and tourism business so far as stimulus finding goes. Right!
The Harper Cons have tried to blow smoke that they are learning to become socially tolerant and even perhaps a bit moderate and inclusive. Well that is as any thinking Canadian expected. It is more political positioning that heartfelt values for the neo-Cons mini-Rovarian Republican wanna-be Harper Caucus.
What kind of people have we elected and do they reflect the kind of Canada we are and aspire to be? We need an election to clean out the House of Commons and get rid of these reactionaries and homophobes. That kind of discrimination must not be accepted in Canada anymore.
Canadians are clear they want the minority Parliament to work and don't want election right now. Everyday the Harper Cons provide more reasons as to why we need an election sooner than later - even if we don't want one right now.
Yes. We need an election right now to elect a Stephen Harper majority government.
ReplyDeleteJeez, Ken, I'd hate to see what you'd have to say if they actually refused to give money to the Gay Pride parade.
ReplyDeleteLet me get this straight - the Conservatives are homophobes because the media is making a big deal about the specifics of Ablonczy's ministerial responsibilities?
Come on, Brad Trost can say whatever he wants, it doesn't make it true.
This whole issue is rather infantile, the government funded the Gay Pride parade, what more do you want?
Of course "its not true" Greg and if you are right why then hasn't Mr. Trost been disciplined for promulgating a lie about his own party?
ReplyDeleteHarper is in trouble with his so-con base and this incident serves his internal partisan purposes. Sometimes in politics you have to put away you "principles" and do the right thing. Harper only does the right thing when all other options are exhausted.