Daily Reading for May 23, 2012
May 23rd, 2012
News picks for Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
- Conservatives ask for dismissal of robocall court cases — This is hardly surprising news. What is interesting are that the Conservatives are simultaneously arguing that (a) there is no actual evidence of vote fraud, and (b) that the court cases must be thrown out because the lawsuits were filed after the 30-day statute of limitations on election fraud had run out.
- Fisheries and Oceans thinks reforms are illegal, plans new PR strategy for breaking the law — Fisheries and Oceans minister Keith Ashfield is anticipating losing court cases over his government’s disastrous fisheries reforms. You’ll be unsurprised, I’m sure, to learn that instead of actually complying with the law the government’s planned response is a new “communications strategy.”
- Harper regime plans to “ease Canadians into” surveillance by American police — It took a week for the rest of us to catch up to last week’s report in Embassy, but now the news is everywhere: the RCMP is officially planning to “ease Canadians into the idea” of letting American police and aerial surveillance operate in Canada.
- More trouble for the F-35 — New reports from the U.S. suggest that Lockheed-Martin is using a large number of counterfeit electronics to make the new jets; most of them come from China. Interestingly, buried in the article is news that the rest of the counterfeits came from Canada and Britain. The Chinese connection shouldn’t trouble the Harper regime; in the Canadian government, Cabinet ministers are even allowed to have affairs with Chinese spies.
Mark Collins
More details on the Chinese parts–and Canadian connections–at the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute’s “3Ds Blog” (I think only the Russian story you link to actually mentions the F-35):
“China: More to Worry About (with Canadian twists)”
http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1141
And now for some completely different foolishness:
“Missile Defence: Only Not for Canada You Say. Pity”
http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1144
Mark
Ottawa
Linda
Canadians really don’t care what Harper says about the robo-calls. This is a direct hit, on Canadian democracy, which Harper is trying to destroy. He is taking away, our Civil Rights and Liberties, and our right to our votes. The election is not valid, and Harper is not our P.M. Harper is the only one being investigated regarding the robo-calls. Why is Harper trying to quash the investigation, if he isn’t guilty? What does that tell us? If it was me, I sure in the hell would want that cleared up.
Heleng Guergis and her husband, were cleared of any wrong doing by the police. Helena is also suing Harper.
The Etioboke Center election, was declared null and void, by a judge. Harper is appointing, two new Conservative judges, so one of them will hear his appeal.
The war Veterans are suing Harper, for his negligence of the Veterans that have been maimed for life.
ICC’s Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo is to summons Harper, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Harper and his Conservatives have been a litany of, lies, deceit, corruption, thefts, dirty tactics, dirty politics, and they cheat to win. Their abuse of our tax dollars, is absolutely obscene.