[NEWS] Some Tuesday news links (Randy McDonald’s Livejournal)

Everyone, welcome [NEWS]! I’ll find a suitable icon as quickly as I can. The New York Times reports on the growing global demand for the element lithium, so critical in battery manufacture. Canada’s responding maturely to criticism of the seal hunt, the Times of London reports, by putting seal meat on the menu of the federal parliament’s cafeteria. Perhaps nore maturely on the same topic,…

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[NEWS] Some Tuesday news links (Randy McDonald’s Livejournal)

Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: You call that a spending cut? (Full Comment)

Deficit reduction: Phase I Good news, everyone: Only $6,698,600,000 left to cut! If, at any point since the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada, you’d have described it to us as a party that’s “about law and order, a strong military, smaller government with low tax rates, traditional Anglo-Saxon family values and flag-waving patriotism,” we’d have deemed it a…

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Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: You call that a spending cut? (Full Comment)

Going out on a limb (ottlib)

If the allegations of Professor Attaran become the topic of conversation for the remainder of the Spring Parliamentary session the Liberals will win a majority government in the next election, regardless of when it occurs. Very few Canadians will support a government that appears to have been complicit in committing war crimes. Certainly, some of the more ardent Conservatives, who…

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Going out on a limb (ottlib)

O tempora, o mores – O Canada stays the same … . (Morton’s Musings)

Cicero, Catilina I, 1, 2 I rather like “thou dost in us command.” Well, I guess I’m just too liberal — or maybe too old fashioned (it was the form of the original English version). Conservatives backtrack on ‘O Canada‘ review in face of public outcry By Joan Bryden THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – O Canada, the Harper government is standing on guard for your lyrics after…

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O tempora, o mores – O Canada stays the same … . (Morton’s Musings)

Sons won’t be expelled from Canadian anthem (The Reference Frame)

What’s wrong with this anthem? Yes, it says “True patriot love in all thy sons command,” without any reference to daughters. So as Gordon has pointed out, the “Conservative” party of Canada proposed to make the text more inclusive and replace the verse by a gender-neutral “True patriot love thou dost in us” (”thou dost” is an archaic version of “you do”). Fortunately, Stephen…

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Sons won’t be expelled from Canadian anthem (The Reference Frame)

A so-so budget, but the best one we were likely to get (Russ Campbell’s Blog)

N ow that the chatter over the federal budget has tapered off, I’ll add my two cents worth. As a conservative, I give the budget a failing grade. As a Conservative Party supporter, however, I’d say it’s about as good as we were likely to get. Simply put, no Tory minority government is ever going to be able to get a budget passed that is anything like what the party’s…

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A so-so budget, but the best one we were likely to get (Russ Campbell’s Blog)

"injurious" to whom? to the conservative party, of course (we move to canada)

The federal government has asked a former Supreme Court of Canada judge to review whether there would be “injurious” effects if some Afghan detainee documents were made public. I have no doubt that releasing the documents would have injurious effects. On this Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I agree. The effects could be catastrophically injurious to the Conservative Party…

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"injurious" to whom? to the conservative party, of course (we move to canada)

"injurious" to whom? to the conservative party, of course (we move to canada)

The federal government has asked a former Supreme Court of Canada judge to review whether there would be “injurious” effects if some Afghan detainee documents were made public. I have no doubt that releasing the documents would have injurious effects. On this Prime Minister Stephen Harper and I agree. The effects could be catastrophically injurious to the Conservative Party…

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"injurious" to whom? to the conservative party, of course (we move to canada)

PM announces the appointment of Bob Dechert as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Conservative Party of Canada)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the appointment of Bob Dechert, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice.

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PM announces the appointment of Bob Dechert as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Conservative Party of Canada)

PM announces the appointment of Bob Dechert as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Conservative Party of Canada)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the appointment of Bob Dechert, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice.

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PM announces the appointment of Bob Dechert as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Conservative Party of Canada)

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