Oh Good Lord please spare us.

For what it is worth, Stephane Dion is the new Liberal leader. I think I called it…

See what our bureaucrats are spending. I wish I had that kind of money to blow away.

I’m not a Liberal. I think I’ve voted Liberal once federally in the 5 or so elections I’ve voted in. But, I’m going to throw out there my prediction for the new Liberal leader since everyone else is doing it: Stephane Dion. I don’t like Rae, Ignatieff is hardly a Canadian anymore, Dryden played for the best hockey team ever, but that won’t do it for him, and I don’t know much about the other so-called frontrunners.

Hmmm. As earlier mentoned here, the Globe has appointed themselves as language police in the Liberal race. As Kinsella points out here, whoops…

Update: after re-investigating the afore mentioned Globe article, they’ve re-written it to not include the candidates they mislabled the first time. Sorry guys, damage already done.

You know you’re desperate when your only bilingualism criterion for a new leader is that they speak a second language (French or English) better than Harper does.

Well, looks like the Conservatives will be running the show for a little while yet. So far in the race to be the next Liberal leader:

• A former Dipper
• A former Tory
• A bunch of former Liberal cabinet ministers no one has heard of
• A guy who hasn’t lived in the country for 30 yeas
• A bunch of people no one has heard of

Oy yoy yoy. Sounds like a plan for success to me.

Federal Accountability Act = Baloney.
Well, it was a nice thought. We all realised something was up the day they were sworn in and Emerson showed up. But this (and all happenings pertaining to this) takes the cake. How on earth are you supposed to have accountability to the people of Canada if you won’t talk to the press (which is the way most of us “ordinary Canadians” find out about anything that happens on the Hill)?
And yes, in case you can’t tell, this bothers me.

For those who have, and for those who have not read about the latest “controversy” surrounding Mr. Harper… here is an article written by Warren Kinsella about Stephen Harper’s use of the phrase “God bless Canada” at the end of some of his speeches. Some have deemed it one step away from George Bush’s America (even though Bush is not the only president to have used the phrase in the past) while others have said that the way our country is headed, we need all of the help we can get (see Saturday’s National Post Letters to the Editor section – I read the print edition this weekend, so I have no link). I have been told that today on Cross Country Checkup (CBC Radio One) – which I unfortunately missed because I was busy pretending to study – Rex Murphy dealt with the issue and there were some excellent callers (one of whom was from Victoria, apparently, and was quite well-spoken, or so my landlords said – Rex actually kept him on for 15 min or so). It sounds like the country is pretty well split. Or at least the people that care to comment are split. An interesting comment that came up repeatedly on Cross Country Checkup (or so I was told), and one which I have thought myself in the past, is that everyone seems free to speak their mind except Christians, because Christian Harper is (and CMA as well! Yay for the Alliance Church!). Interesting thought. So, what do you think?