Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Call to action: Day coming to town - UPDATE


Federal public safety minister Stockwell Day (and Penticton-area MP) will be doing a fundraiser with Betty Hinton at Forsters convention centre (in the Best Western) this Saturday at 5 PM. Dinner is $100 for non-Conservative members, but the speeches at 6 PM are only $5 at the door.
KTCVC has been informed that a number of local groups will be organizing a rally against the federal budget at Forster's, beginning at 4:30 PM on Saturday. The rally is open to all.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you really want to donate $5 to the re-elect Hinton campaign? Ouch, I'll stay outside, if you don't mind.

Anonymous said...

Come for dinner....yummmmy!

Anonymous said...

Do you not understand who are patriots really are:

The Canadian signature on the establishment of the SPP was former Prime Minister Paul Martin, whose brief tenure at 24 Sussex was marked by epic UN boosterism. Martin’s lifetime mentor? UN poster boy, Kyoto architect Maurice Strong.

Anonymous said...

Sources close to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tell Canada Free Press that he is firmly against Canada being part of the North American Union (NAU). Canadian sovereignty, they say, is everything in the opinion of the Canadian prime minister. As the proverbial `i’s’ and `’t’s are being dotted and crossed in a binding document that forces Canada, the United States and Mexico into one massive borderless entity, pockets of patriots are popping up in the U.S. to fight such a union. (Canadian Free Press)

Anonymous said...

It isn't the elected ones you have to keep an eye on...they come and go. The bureaucrats are the real problem. The Trilateral Cooperation Charter, which focuses on HARMonization of regulatory structures is where the real problems are. These "agreements" (not treaties) are drafted and executed by bureaucrats. The trouble is that the senior bureaucrats who sign them (typically ADMs) are policy executors, not policy drafters. The drafters are the "revolving door" bureaucrats from Institutional Investment Industry, which if you've been paying attention is in kinda tough times these days. Do you think it's coincidence that the Clerk of the Privy Council was most recently a policy wonk at the IMF in DC. Or that the DM Health is an expert not in health or health policy, but in Intellectual Property? The pols are window dressing. They swear on oath to the Crown, not their constituents. The Crown is all about the status quo.

Anonymous said...

That is interesting.....

Anonymous said...

The federal Conservatives got the budget boost they were hoping for, putting them on the cusp of a majority if an election were to be held today, latest poll numbers suggest.


CTV.ca News Staff

The Strategic Counsel survery's snapshot of how Canadians would vote today.
Taken between March 20 and 21 following Monday's budget address, the Strategic Counsel survey for CTV News and The Globe and Mail asked: How would Canadians vote today?

39 per cent said they would vote for a Conservative candidate.
31 per cent chose Liberal.
That puts the Conservatives three percentage-points higher compared with pre-budget polling numbers, while their lead over the static Liberals stretched from five to eight percentage points over that period.

Numbers for the NDP (13% from 15%), Bloc Quebecois (8% from 9%) and the Green Party (9% from 10%) were all down slightly compared to the last Strategic Counsel poll, taken one week before the budget was unveiled.

Pollster Allan Gregg says the Conservative Party's steadily-improving fortunes seem to be a reflection of its "steady, balanced approach to new initiatives."

"There's been a steady increase in Conservative support in this entire calendar year -- an eight-point climb from 31 per cent in January to 39 per cent now. And for the first time really since the summer of 2006 -- they are tied in Ontario with the Liberals" at 40 per cent, Gregg told CTV.ca.

Anonymous said...

Media reports indicate the Stockwell Day visit is cancelled and will be rescheduled to April 13 when the entire BC Caucus meets here in Kamloops.

Anonymous said...

Although Stockwell Day has cancelled, the fundraiser is still going ahead with a new guest speaker; Kevin Skrepnek. Skrepnek's talk will be "The use of the Internet in Modern Day Politics"

Anonymous said...

Oh, I'm sure he's already booked solid.

Anonymous said...

Or we could listen to Michael Crawford....'I USE THE POSTAL SERVICE BECAUSE I BELIEVE ITS FASTER THAN EMAIL'

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Crawford was covered in dog poop after he went after Skrepnek

Anonymous said...

Well, you have to pick your battles...and fighting young kids isnt a great popularity winner