The Anth Zone

I have read the actual bill on the Parliament of Canada. The author of the bill and the House of Commons has forgotten two sections that should have been added to it in the first place, definitions and interpretations of the amendment should have been added for a better overall understanding on the intentions of the legislation.

I don’t believe that the Conservatives are trying to mislead Canadians. The Conservatives will make a horrendous mistake if they try to paint it anti-abortion or they’ll severely suffer the consequences in being pursuant on this issue. However, I disagree that C-484 is a stepping stone moment to abolish abortion laws in Canada. People have to remember that women’s rights should be upheld in any circumstance especially when a mother decides to keep their child or wants to terminate the pregnancy. Most pro-choicers have grossly turned this into an abortion debate when its not.

…so I’m writing this. I’m blog-sitting for a little while, to keep the pace at The Anth Zone above that of a giant tortoise.

I know Anth would be thrilled to hear the news of Harper being protested against during his South American tour.

“There’s a shortage of water in the summertime, and it’s only sustained because of the glaciers,” one protester told CBC News. “Because of the destruction of the glaciers, there won’t be water in the short term, there won’t be water for the communities.”

Barrick says the glaciers are melting due to global warming.

So either way, by Harper going to visit Barrick, or here in Canada by denying the existence of global warming he’s painted himself into a corner with the Chilean people.

~ Posted by Saskboy

I’m disappointed with the justice system here in Canada after Xiao Zhang pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failure to stop at scene of an accident on June 27, 2006. Mr. Zhang is responsible for taking the life of New Zealand tourist Dr. David Higgins while walking the sidewalks of the downtown core of Vancouver. Zhang tried to flee the process by running off to Toronto but was unsuccessful.

God, I love it when they catch stupid criminals with their pants down at their ankles. He only eleven months for the dreadful crimes he committed. He should have received five to ten years of prison time since he admitted to the committed crimes instead of facing twenty five to life. The Conservatives haven’t carried through with their campaign commitments to establish a mandatory minimum prison sentence for violent criminals. Though, we could appreciate that Zhang has forfeited his license and vehicle and cannot drive for another two years but I’m pretty sure, if he hit a guy downtown, he’ll do it again. Where is the justice?

Previously I’ve written on the detainment of a Canadian boy and his Iranian parents being held in a U.S. Detention Facility since they were traveling under stolen passports. There is an updated status on their request to gain temporary status to reside in Canada. It has been approved. Kevin and his parents are turning to Canada and hopefully when they file for refugee protection, they’ll be approved.

. . . Well not really. 170 Swiss Troops got lost last night during a routine training exercised. They realized they were in another country after they marched 1 mile. When will the neutral country show their true colours? Probably never. *sigh*

I’m not going to write anything this evening, however I saw these comics on CBC.ca, and I thought I’d share them with all of you.

The Liberals and the opposition parties have teamed up against the Conservative government voting in favour of the Kyoto Protocol. The Conservatives tried to kill the bill hours before the vote was held by trying to have it declare invalidity; however as we all know the bad guys always lose.

Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez ten months ago introduced a private member’s bill for the government to recommit to Canada’s Kyoto targets. Last week a motion introduced by Stéphane Dion was voted in favour of Kyoto. The government is doing terribly, as I’ve mentioned previously Canadians favour Kyoto and not the Conservatives’ made-in-Canada plan.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff are expected to visit with Peter MacKay, David Emerson, & Stockwell Day on February 23rd in Ottawa to discuss the ways on how Canada should improve border security.

I do agree with that border security is a very important sensitive issue; the United States doesn’t realize that this is a bilateral decision where both sides should take charge and not a unilateral decision by the United States’ Government to enforce on the Government of Canada.

CTV’s Robert Fife stated, “Americans are very concerned that Canada is dragging its feet.” There hasn’t been any polling researched done on the question, articles relative to the issue on American newsprint or websites, or report on American news broadcasts that I’ve searched Google for and ended up empty handed. I am pretty sure that Mr. Fife meant Americans as in their elected officials in the Bush Administration.

In regards of this information I have learnt: I am pretty sure that Peter MacKay has the entire weekend planned with his newfound love, Condi. The itinerary planned so far is; Tim Horton’s, Tim Horton’s and more Tim Horton’s. Of course they’ll get to the heart of the matter and I’ll be reporting more on PetCon over the course of the visit.

With news that Garth Turner may come across the floor to sit as a Liberal, it has certainly made me ecstatic. I first came across Garth Turner back in August, when he disagreed with the Prime Minister on reintroducing the vote on Same-Sex Marriage.

The Conservative caucus expelled Garth Turner for ‘breaching caucus confidentiality’ on his blog where Garth continues to deny the allegations sent out against him; I believe Prime Minister Harper wanted a pure conservative right winger to represent the Halton constituency. The Prime Minister likes to play dirty politics, there is no doubt and the last two election campaigns are my proof.

I welcome Garth with open arms, however there is still the possibility that he may sit as the Green MP. To my Conservative friends; can we consider this a trade? You got Khan, we get Turner?

UPDATE: Garth Turner has crossed the floor to sit as a Liberal. Garth thanked Dion by saying, “welcoming me, even knowing that I’m a pain.” Welcome to the party, Garth!

“The Liberal party is as close to my PC roots as I’m going to get,” Garth stated in a press conference with Stéphane Dion, “The progressive part of the Conservative party is gone.” A lot of Progressive Conservatives came to the Liberal Party after Peter MacKay sold the party’s mojo (or soul) to the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada.

UPDATE #2: I discovered this video done by Garth Turner and he explains in-depth of why he came to the Liberals. I thought I’d share it with you.

There are a few things that I wanted to write on today. I do apologize for my inactivity recently.

• Stéphane Dion has given Justin Trudeau the OK to run as a Liberal in the next general election in an electoral district in his home province of Quebec. There are currently in-depth discussions with Justin and senior party officials on which riding he’ll run in. Justin has expressed interest in running in Jean Lapierre’s former riding, Outremont after his retirement from federal politics to serve as a political analyst for a Quebec based television network.

• The British government’s Environment Minister David Miliband has announced that the government will be sending copies of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to every secondary school throughout the country. This transpires after an Opposition M.P. suggested sending the film to every home. I applaud the British government for educating Britons on crucial issue in our time.

• Canada’s Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor has announced a $3.4B cargo plane deal with Boeing. The Canadian Forces need these aircraft so we don’t need our troops to thumb a ride with the Americans to go overseas to Afghanistan and countless other missions that our country is involved with. However, the timing of the purchase announcement is
  inappropriate, with news that the military doesn’t have enough funding to keep our naval vessels afloat. The Conservative government has to rethink its military renewal strategy.

• British Columbia is in greater risk of a major earthquake this week after seismologists reported a series of minor earthquakes creeping up from Washington. I think it’d be wise for the Conservative government to increase funding towards seismic research, and redeveloping BC’s infrastructure to protect Canadians from these horrendous natural disasters.
  

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Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth has caused a little bit of controversy. Okay, I’m a sucker for ‘controversial’ films starring former-Vice Presidents who discuss important issues, oh for example climate change. It all started when a seventh grade science teacher planned on showing the film to the student body at the Lakota Middle School in Seattle. It all started when the students’ parents started to complain about teacher featuring Gore’s film within the classroom because it was conflicting with their religious and political beliefs. M’kay . . . can you say intolerant?

I was watching a news programme based in Seattle and a father stated something like, “I’m a Christian. I think climate change is an important issue . . . it’s biblical, it is in the Book of Revelations . . . however, I don’t think its that BIG of an issue to teach our kids about it.”

So? Let’s protect our environment. I remember studying the Bible when I was younger and I remember that God wanted us to take care of the people and things around us. Well. The environment is around us, and if we don’t take care of it - we’ll be all in underwater cities. Well. the people who cannot afford to live in the Everest Apartment Complex . . . 

Climate change is an important issue that we should be telling and teaching our future generations about the issues. 

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Mexico is quickly becoming a deathtrap for vacationing Canadians and has become a popular trend over the last couple of months including the deaths of Adam DePrisco, Dominic and Nancy Ianiero. There has been another two incidents in Acapulco, Mexico leaving one Canadian dead and one injured, their identities haven’t been released to the public. I believe that Stephen Harper’s government should invoke a travel warning for Canadians to Mexico immediately. The closes I’ll get to Mexico is Taco Del Mar. I am starting to think that there is a serial killer on the lose in Mexico and targeting Canadians.

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?

The Bloc Qu�b�cois� 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. St�phane 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.

The Canadian Security & Intelligence Service [CSIS] has made a request to the court in Montreal to deport the Russian spy who was apprehended at Pierre Elliot Trudeau airport last week by Border Security Officers. The spy goes by the name of �Paul William Hampel� who has �operated� in Canada for over a decade.

When the Border Security Officers apprehended �Paul�, they discovered $7,800 in mix currencies, several cell phones and a shortwave radio on his person. CSIS has labeled �Mr. Hampel� has a major risk to Canadian national security. It is known that �Paul� has carried out operations in Canada and abroad. CSIS has filed a report to the federal courts that his missions could possibly be espionage due to the Russian Federations� failing economy.

I do not think we should deport foreign spies to their country of origin. They should be imprisoned in maximum security detention centre in solitary confinement indefinitely.

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