The Anth Zone

I hope everyone has had a great holiday season so far with the New Year approaching quickly. Recently free television sets are being handed out to the poor, poverty stricken persons across India so far 60,000 sets have been handed out with thousands more. Someone who received a television set said, “I will always vote for DMK.” Can I say vote buying?

I received the following in a email forward. I thought I would share it.

The Christmas Elf Massacre

Buy me a beer if you want the story told
Of why I moved down South from the frost and cold.
Why I’m knee deep in therapy, liquor, and pills.
Why I’ve given up charity in lieu of cheap thrills.

Now I spend my days soaking under a sun like a yolk
(Yeah, I wish I’d have saved all or some of my folk)
I now have a tan where the rum’s in supply.
Sewing up flags for Captain Fourth of July.

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I am considering about putting my name forward for the Young Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia’s (YLCBC) executive for the position of Vice President for External Affairs. Should I?

Or is there another position from the following I’ll be better at:

YLC-BC Secretary
YLC-BC Vice-President -Communications
YLC-BC Vice-President - Finance
YLC-BC Vice-President - Membership
YLC-BC Vice-President - Organisation
YLC-BC Vice-President - Policy
YLC-BC Vice-President - Internal
YLC-BC Vice-President - External
YLC-BC Vice-President - Services
YLC-BC Vice-President - Operations

Earlier this week Stephen Harper announced he would introduce legislation on Senate Reform which would allow Canadians to choose their preferred candidates of choice to represent their province or territory in the Senate, which will not require amending the country’s constitution.

The next step in Harper’s notion on this touchy subject to ‘achieve’ an ‘electable’ Senate is where the final choice is invested in the Prime Minister’s Office to abide by the current understanding of Senate appointments in accordance of constitutional law, the Prime Minister will appoint the most favoured Senatorial candidates to their ‘elected’ position to represent their ‘electors’ from across the country. You see, Stephen Harper is not my Prime Minister because his view is undemocratic and unconstitutional, and disfavours all of Canadians.

I have read several peoples’ views on CBC.ca’s Your View on the article that was published on December 13, 2006 on the topic currently being discussed, and made the following observation; Canadians are worried if having an electable Senate is a step forward towards ‘republicanization’ of the Canadian democracy, which in the end will adopt the likeness of the United States’ Government.

I do not believe adopting the governing system of the United States’ is for the Canadian democracy and that system is not workable here. There are several democracies around the world that have a bicameral parliamentary system (consists of two houses; upper & lower), where their Citizens vote for their own ‘Senators’. The following are; Czech Republic, Germany, and Belgium.

I believe Canada should have an electable, equal and effective Senate that’ll improve the democratic principles of our beloved country and is a step forward for Canadians to synch into modern times where appointments of non-elected persons to represent Canadians is just a toy dinosaur collecting dust in the constitutional closet. The question is simple; would the majority of Canadians agree with my logic?

I’ll be writing something short on constitutional reform sometime this weekend. Watch out.

For $9.99 CAD you can purchase Steve’s Christmas Special CD, it’s a collectors item. Hits like, “All I want for Christmas is a Majority Government” & “I Saw Hot Mama Rona Kissing Peter Claus” are included in this one time special offer.

Do you have any other ideas of what hits should be on the CD? Let’s hear them.

The Bloc Québécois’ leader Gilles Duceppe threatened to topple the Harper Government unless drastic change Canada’s primary role to the reconstruction effort. It is unclear if the opposition will vote in favour of the motion from Duceppe if it’s tabled.

Jack Layton appears to be poised to support the motion since he requested the Government to pull out Canadian troops by the end of February 2007. Stéphane Dion says he’ll wait to look over the motion of no confidence if the party will support the toppling of the government. So we may be heading into another election?

The government has to refocus our role in Afghanistan by submitting more of our resources in Afghanistan to the reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan, like building new schools, marketplaces, and hospitals to provide basic medical care for the Afghani people.

Prime Minister Harper’s evangelical supporters won’t be too thrilled this evening when they watch the six o’clock news. The Harper Government failed to reopen a debate on Same-Sex Marriage, 175-123. Peter MacKay (dog house Pete!), David Emerson (Boo!), John Baird, Jim Prentice, Lawrence Cannon, and the lovely Josée Verner were in favour of not reopening the debate. Finally an increase of common sense in the Conservative caucus.

The Conservatives have ‘viciously’ attacked Stéphane Dion after he won full support from fellow Liberals as our party’s new leader. The Conservatives stated that they plan on pinning the party’s shortcomings while serving at pleasure of Canadians in government. I think the Conservatives’ have made poor judgment on this decision because the Gomery Report has exonerated him from the sponsorship scandal in fact, Mr. Dion opposed ad scam and the sponsorship scandal altogether and didn’t want any part of it.

The Western Standard’s Ezra Levant stated in his Calgary Sun column: “When it comes to making decisions about the war on terror, and Canada’s role in Afghanistan, will Dion be unduly influenced by France, a country that has taken up the role of lawyer and arms dealer for every terrorist state in the world, even defending Saddam Hussein until the eve of his overthrow?”

I have a few questions for Mr. Levant: ‘Are you an idiot?’, ‘Have you not read a paper or watched television in the past several months?’, ‘Why are you questioning Stéphane’s loyalty to Canada?’.

I am going to take the words directly from his mouth; he’s a Canadian first, Quebecker second. Nor should you doubt him. Stéphane is so proud of being Canadian his pride floods whatever room he’s in – he truly is a Canadian. Monsieur Dion is not influenced by France; Canada is the only country in his heart.

The Canadian Government encourages oneself to embrace their heritage regardless of foreign nationality by taking on dual citizenship. The Harper Government recently reported that they are looking into cutting social programs to Canadians who hold dual citizenship and lived abroad in that country for a long period.

If the Conservatives’ were to enact this policy it will be found to be unconstitutional since in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our constitution, it dictates that all Canadians have the right to social programs. We are a nation of equality; however the Conservatives aren’t a party of equality, their fakers. They proved this by closing down 12 of 16 Status of Women Offices across the country and are unwilling to meet Arabic groups – despicable.

Attention Liberal Delegates, Alternates, Observers & Ex-Officios;

I did not go to convention, however I am looking for a shoulder bag and a green or red Dion scarf. Anyone willing to give the scarf and bag up for a reasonable amount of money. Please get in direct contact with me. My contact information will be on your right side of the screen if you are not viewing this post individually.

Thank You. I will be posting about the final results of the convention and what it means for the Liberal Party and the country.

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Results

Stephane Dion: 1,782 votes, 37 per cent (17.8, 20.8)

Michael Ignatieff: 1,660 votes, 34.5 per cent (29.3, 31.6)

Bob Rae: 1,375 votes, 28.5 per cent (20.3, 24.1 per cent

- Bob Rae elimination from the third ballot.
- Bob Rae releases his delegates without publicly endorsing another candidate for leadership.
- Maurizo Bevilacqua endorses Dion.
- Scott Brison endorses Ignatieff.

The Anth Zone’s Predictions

- Dion victory.
- Highly unlikely for Iggy to recover from being dropped to second place.

UPDATE

- John Godfrey, Ken Dryden have endorsed Dion. CBC has reported that the majority of ex-officios and delegates of Rae’s have gone over to Monsieur Dion’s side. Good news.

UPDATE 2

- Ralph Goodale has endorsed Monsieur Dion.
- Ignatieff Camp has been handing out pamphlet’s to delegates in line to vote to discredit Monsieur Dion. It is clear that Ignatieff plans on not uniting the party, and creates a shift between the two camps. According to the CBC, the pamphlet propagates that Monsieur Dion cannot take on Prime Minister Harper, and is not winnable. I know that’s a lie.

  - Ken Dryden eliminated from second ballot, supports Monsieur Bob Rae.
  - Gerard Kennedy crosses the convention floor to support Monsieur Dion.

The Anth Zone’s Predictions on the Third Ballot

   - Bob Rae eliminated from the third ballot, supports Dion. Dion wins.
   - Ignatieff is eliminated from the third ballot, supports Rae. Rae wins.

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I’m glad to see monsieurs Gerard Kennedy and Stéphane Dion have agreed to support one another if they’ve been dropped from the ballot. Although Kennedy surpasses Stéphane when it comes down to the delegate totals; the majority of delegates who haven’t chosen Dion as their first choice to lead the party say that he is their second choice to lead the party. There are reports that the Ignatieff Camp is bleeding out delegate support so I hope Dion has picked up a majority of that number. Cause my early Christmas wish is Mr. Ignatieff packing his bags for . . . Harvard. What, you thought I was going to write Stornoway? YA RIGHT!

I would like to send kudos to Monsieur Paul Martin for his dedication to the party and bringing down the fence that placed our organization through vicious infighting between the Martin and Chrétien Camps. I do hope he becomes vocal for the party when Canada enters into election season.

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