Conservative Majority: Canada

I have been calling for an election allow us to settle the score for the betrayal in the traditions and conventions of our democracy by the three stooges since December 2008.

As a result of the Liberal track record of missing votes in 2009 and 2010 on key votes an election may no longer be necessary.

Here is the rationale:

The Liberals have lost the control of the committees in the Senate.  The political will to show up for work and provide a responsible or effective opposition has been sapped for a very long time.

The boost in fundraising, surge in grassroots stories have been debunked. The words natural governing and Big Tent are being cleansed from the Liberal Party.

I would prefer an election this Fall to help retire the vote challenged Liberals, but do we believe thirty will not return and a real rebuild will take place?

Some of us believe a loss of another ten or twenty seats would force the Liberals to make the necessary changes. I no longer hold that view. I am of the mindset Liberals believe they being unfairly judged and incapable to make the necessary changes to restore the National brand.

Roman Triumph

The present Liberal Party of Canada is now reaping the whirlwind of its own success. Social and economic reformation over the period of decades has now empowered and enriched Canadians to the degree that they desire protection as individuals, to hold on to what they have gained. Conservatives, at present, have constructed a political cottage industry out of demonizing Liberals as the party of big government and big taxes and they have largely gotten away with it. -Glen Pearson Liberalism Fighting The Kids

Liberals believed they built Canada and made this country great. I believe Canadians in spite of inept government policy at all levels from all political parties have built this great country.

Leaders Dinner April 2009 (excerpts)

• What strikes me is the new sense of possibility. People talk about momentum. I can feel it. I hope you can too.
• There are times when history and circumstance demand vision and insight. When governments have to tell hard truths and make tough choices.
• National early learning and child-care for every Canadian child.
• My deepest instinct about this Prime Minister is that he is a divider.
• We Liberals are uniters.
• We won’t pass his bills.
• A Canadian cap-and-trade system with hard caps that attacks climate change instead of passing the buck.
• A strong, dynamic public broadcaster—CBC- Radio-Canada—that delivers culture, sports and news to all regions of the country, in both official languages.

I am not a politician, political operative, hold a vested financial interest in a company that would benefit from a specific policy change or party. Some politicians have a skewed realtiy, it must be in their D.N.A. to repeat their own hype of greatness. Liberals remind me of the Roman Senators in their white robes. It was generally believed the triumphators had a slave accompanied in his chariot by a slave holding a golden wreath above his head and constantly reminding the commander of his mortality by whispering into his ear. However, this is based on slender and disputed evidence. The words that the slave is said to have used are not known, but traditional suggestions include "Respica te, hominem te memento" ("Look behind you, remember you are only a man") and "Memento mori" ("Remember (that you are) mortal").

 I am your typical Canadian that has seen the discourse for more taxes to fix things and create a more just society. In the last fifty years with successive government at all levels from all political stripes has our quality of life matched the growth of government and taxation?

In my lifetime a single parent could work outside the home and provide a modest lifestyle in Toronto. We did not have a highly developed nanny state that promised to protect, raise our kids and make our decisions for everything. We did not look to government in our daily lives or blame them for our choices.

My parents came here from Europe, made a life through hard work and sacrifice. They did not look to the entitlements and social assistance to close the gap of rich and poor. Liberals like to preach their vision and morality encompassing compassion and social justice. Just curious how many Liberals are living what they preach?

Liberal Express July 2010

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff made his case to his party faithful, Canadians, without question he has failed at EVERYTHING he promised in his own words and that was in April 2009.

When are the Liberals going to pay the note?

Canada's Military: Liberalism Hot Air

Latest example of  why lazy journalism could use more fact checking and less bias.

Liberalism in Canada has NOT been good for the military or the most vulnerable at home or overseas. The liberal media may wish to turn a blind eye and the rewrite history of the previous Liberal administrations. Some of us understand the importance of presenting information from more sources and letting the reader make their own choices.

Governments must make priorities and those choices have consequences.

Michael Ignatieff visited Trinity College, Ireland in 2005 delivered a honest speech about American exceptionalism and the failures of Liberalism. He overlooked and made some factual mistakes about our peacekeeping role but his speech should be revisited and discussed. He was critical of the role of Canada and how we traded away our capabilities and chose to build a socialist welfare state instead of paying the bill and being a responsible international citizen. A Youtube clip is available the bottom of the post that covers his audio.

Correction: Ignatieff assertion about trading on our Bogus reputation for 40 years as a peacekeeper.

The UN responded with mixed results in order to bring some form of military peace as well as humanitarian aid to the stricken people. No fewer than 36 separate UN operations were begun from 1988, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the UN for its peacekeeping operations, to 1998. Canada played a role in most of these operations, making up about 10% of the total peacekeeping forces. As of 1999, Canadian peacekeepers were active in Croatia, Bosnia, Haiti, Minurca and several other trouble spots.

As a blogger my bias is clear and my links are open for scrutiny.

The Ottawa Citizen questioned the $1.7-billion figure. A Public Works recount found four more contracts totalling $869.5 million that weren't counted. The biggest was a deal with Boeing in 2007 for four new airlift planes for National Defence.

The Liberals were NOT prepared to walk the talk when it came to our role in NATO or rapid disaster relief. Canada was a joke if our delegation would excuse themselves to use the washroom when donations were being sought.

Today, Canada led by a Conservative government is no longer the butt of jokes for their lack of rapid response on the global scene in humanitarian aid. Our Canadian Government has increased foreign aid eight per cent on an annual basis and reached the five billion per year ahead of plan in spite of the Global recession. Conservative led Federal Government did NOT cut foreign aid unlike the Liberals led by Chretien-Martin during their reign. They made choices and the poorest and most vulnerable were NOT asked to pay for mismanagement of government policies in Canada.

Actions define Conservatives, while the Liberals prefer to hold meetings and discussions on how appear as the rightful party of power.

Strategic Lift Capacity for Canada

The Canadian Forces presently possess some strategic airlift capacity in a fleet of five CC-150 Polaris aircraft (A310-300 Airbus), which have the capability of traveling long distances without refueling. However, these aircraft are limited as strategic transporters by their inability to transport outsize equipment1 and a lack of defensive tools, which makes them easy targets in volatile areas. Moreover, one of these aircraft was converted to a VIP transporter in the early 1990s, and it was recently announced that two others would be converted to strategic air-to-air refueling aircraft.

(Liberals bought air-taxis and an Air-limo) Choice Real Money for Real Strategic Lift capability: Denied by Liberals.

On January 13, 2009, Ralph Goodale politicizes the Earth-quake in Haiti about the twenty-four hour response capabilities of  D.A.R.T.. He further alleges our response is hampered because it is tied to parliament being prorogued which is destroying the functioning of democracy in Canada. (You can't make this stuff up) If Ralph had spent a few minutes making a few phone calls instead of appearing on CBC to politicize the earth quake, criticize our government he would have been realized this Conservative led government had already made the necessary decisions and D.A.R.T. was already in the air. Even the CBC were aware of the quick response time. 

On December 26, 2004 Liberalism failed the Tsumani victims as our first responders took a week to arrive via a rented plane from Russia. How many more lives could have been saved if Canada had their own strategic lift capabilities?

Prime Minster Paul Martin announced Jan. 2, 2005, that DART would be sent to Sri Lanka. The Canadian government was criticized at the time for its decision to send DART to Sri Lanka rather than to a more severely affected area, such as Indonesia, and for its perceived slow response to the crisis.

Why did the Canadian liberal media turn a blind eye to the choices by the Liberals to purchase air taxis and an airline limo for V.I.Ps?

Are Liberals playing blame games or busy prioritizing something else regarding the military?

The US C-17 aircraft, the second largest carrier with a payload of 77 tons, is the most expensive of the three options being considered and would cost over US$250-million each to purchase and approximately US$45-million per plane, per year to lease - a price that would include training and maintenance costs. The extraordinary cost of this aircraft, which the Air Force had determined was the best fit for the CF in 2000, led then-Defence Minister McCallum to announce in 2003 that the CF would not be purchasing strategic lift aircraft.

Strategic Lift Part II: Liberal Priorities

Of the five Polaris aircraft flown by the squadron, four are configured as normal airliners, carrying 194 passengers at a top speed of 460 knots. Any one of these is, by choice, used by the prime minister and other members of the government. However, the remaining aircraft, No. 001, is configured as a VIP transport, and is used for the Queen and other high dignitaries. It has a spartan bedroom, sitting room, office space and a shower about the size of a small phone booth. It is not, by any means, a luxurious flying "Taj Mahal" as someone once dubbed it.

"It's no more luxurious than a good motor home", says Captain Yvan Veillette, the squadron's information officer. "It is very comfortable, and allows the VIP to relax, have a good sleep and arrive not only feeling good, but looking good".

The executive suite includes a satellite telephone, two computer work stations and a small refrigerator such as might be found in a mid-class hotel. The rear portion of the aircraft is a normal passenger cabin, which can be used to carry regular military passengers, members of the VIP party, or reporters.

http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/flight.htm

Liberalism in Canada is being rewritten by many apologists for the Liberal Party but the facts remain without the Conservative actions and response to prioritize the military, humanitarian spending Canada would have remained the butt of jokes on the international scene.

Michael Ignatieff in Ireland in 2005 made a very compelling and honest speech about the choices of European and Canadian Governments after the WWII.  The US, Britain made the hard choices and bore the brunt of keeping military defense spending up to remain capable of delivering humanitarian aid and being capable of stopping genocide. Liberalism is Europe and Canada failed to make the hard choices to be a global responsible citizen instead they chose to build roads and hospitals.

Today, Canadians are delivering on their promises being the robust international citizen  in the Global village. We are now starting to pay the bills instead of  bitching about our American neighbours to the south.

The Liberals and the Liberal media may not be proud of the priorities and tough choices made by this Conservative government. The thousands of victims saved as a result of those decisions to own their strategic lift capabilities has paid off.
While Liberals talk, Conservatives act. That is a big difference to be proud of.