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Martin says he’ll address Canadians on sponsorship on Thursday
OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Paul Martin will make an extraordinary nationally broadcast address to Canadians on Thursday on the sponsorship program and the paralysis in Parliament.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Good bye Paul, hello Paula.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Sponsorship? Like a walkathon?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

Good bye Paul, hello Paula.

!!!

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

He announces his engagement to Stronach?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

"My fellow Canadians... it is my unfortunate duty to reveal to you that the world will end in three weeks time."

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

"My fellow Canadians, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw the USA forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

a pre-emptive separation of quebec, so they won't lose face next referendum on that question?

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Hockey's back?!

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

This will be the day when Paul Martin finally reaches behind his head and pulls the zipper over and down his his chest revealing as his costume slides off that he is indeed actually BRIAN FUCKING MULRONEY! I KNEW IT!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

That's quite possible.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

"My fellow Canadians, we are setting an extraordinary precedent in unifying our provinces all into one giant oasis of opportunity: The Great White North. I, therefore, absolve my duties to two gentlemen who will lead this great nation into the future... I bring you:"

http://www.mnsi.net/~weird/windsorstarbd.jpg

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i was gunna say it's hockey-related...

or they nominated Bret Hart to an ambassadorship

― kingfish, Wednesday, 20 April 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

he's gonna pull jean brault's head out of a sack.

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 21 April 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

"I slept with Stockwell Day"

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

So what was the announcement?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

THURSDAY

― Open your eyes; you can fly! (ex machina), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

I CARE NOT FOR THIS 'TIME' OF WHICH YOU SPEAK.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

"We have thawed Pierre Trudeau's cryogenically preserved body, and he will replace me as Prime Minister of Canada."

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

Regardless of what he says he's screwed. He might as well try for funny.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 21 April 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)

the creation of a new centrist Canadian political party: Liberal II

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Thursday, 21 April 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

Liberal II, All Dressed Electric Boogaloo

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

Hey, I hear the name 'Progressive Conservative' is free these days.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

I hope he tells us he loves cheese. "I LOVE CHEESE!" he'd say!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

"I put cheese on my plate. Thank you, good night."

― Huk-L, Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

PS for the non-Canadians who might be interested:

Opposition pounds Liberals over Martin decision to bypass House
OTTAWA (CP) — The Liberal refrain “wait for Justice John Gomery” did nothing Thursday to quell opposition outrage in the House of Commons after Prime Minister Paul Martin chose to bypass his critics and speak directly to Canadians.
Allegations by a former Quebec Liberal party chief about Liberal interference in appointing judges provided fresh ammunition for Martin’s critics.
Benoit Corbeil, who is scheduled to testify at the sponsorship inquiry, is quoted in published reports saying said fake Liberal party “volunteers” were given cash, contracts, sponsorship deals and judicial appointments in exchange for working on election campaigns.
Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan called the allegations “serious and disturbing.” She said if they are found to be true, the actions are worthy of universal condemnation.
But her response ended with what has become a steady Liberal refrain in the House: . . . “which is why Mr. Justice Gomery needs to be allowed to finish his work”.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper chided the absent prime minister for scheduling a nationally broadcast statement for Thursday evening to address Canadians directly about the sponsorship scandal.
Harper says Martin should be standing in the Commons to make his remarks, instead of issuing a statement from his den, “like some kind of fugitive leader.”
The prime minister has taken the highly unusual step of bypassing Parliament and speaking directly to voters with a broadcast appearance at 7:02 p.m. ET.
Last year he appointed Gomery to head an inquiry into the now-disgraced sponsorship program that saw millions of dollars go to Liberal-friendly advertising firms for little or no work.
Just hours before he was to deliver his extraordinary address, Martin said it’s important that he speak directly to Canadians about the scandal.
“I think it’s a question of accountability, of responsibility,” Martin said after a cabinet meeting.
His staff has said he has no plans to announce his resignation or call an election.
Martin aide Melanie Gruer said there will be two statements — seven minutes in English, nine in French — both with the same content.
She said they are being pre-recorded so they can play simultaneously on the main networks.
The prime minister said earlier Thursday he’ll also speak about getting things done in a Commons made fractious by the daily dose of scandal coming from the Gomery inquiry.
The speech was originally scheduled for 7:45 p.m., but was moved up at the request of the networks, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

Wow. Well, "extraordinary" isn't exactly the word I would have used.

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

It is outside the ordinary, though, surely?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

How is anybody going to understand the announcement if they play the French and English versions simultaneously?

― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Those bastards at the U.N. will understand.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

So that's what they mean by U.N. doublespeak.

― Nemo (JND), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

It will be a jam. Paul Martin and MC Solaar exchangin' rhymes.. Kid Koala on the tables.

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

(I know MC Solaar is French, and not French Canadian, but work with me here)

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

perhaps he'll entreat the viewer to supp upon a handful of "Deez Canadian Nutz", since Deez Planters Inc. recently started a subsidiary in lower BC for tax reasons.

cross promotion helps everyone!

― kingfish, Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

I think getting people to suck his balls was more Jean's thing, God bless him.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

that's too bad. world leaders getting their balls licked on a regular basis tends to result in prosperity and happiness for all.

― kingfish, Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

"world leaders"

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

oh fine then.

"dudes in charge"

― kingfish, Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Entities.

ONLY CRUDDERZ CAN SAVE YOU NOW.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

WHAT KIND OF TITIES?

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

One more minute!

I still don't care, though.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

that wasn't so extraordinary

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

Bart Simpson*: I didn't do it.

* by "Bart Simpson", I mean "Paul Martin"

However, the promise to call an election when the Gomery report is submitted is certainly a significant announcement.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Dickwad*: Damn, those Grits can't be trusted! Trust us**

* by "Dickwad", I mean "Stephen Harper"
** just do it. No reason. Just because. PS: gay people suck.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I thought he could do a smart move like that, toset us up the elections, after the commission. it'S his way to cock-block the conservatives who were savin' it and savorin'it so they'll look in charge

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

Unless we have an election before that.

Man I hate hearing Stephen Harper spew his rhetoric. Watching Martin grovel is far more entertaining.

2xpost

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

Unless we have an election before that.: was it to my comment? I know it can happen before that but the thing is people are annoyed by elections, so now he look like his thinking is more mature , wanting the people to vote when they are in the know

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, no matter what the Gomery commission comes up with, in ten years, people are going to look back on this like they do on the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. In short: much ado about nothing.

The "issues", (nobody in or out of parliament knows what they are anymore) are taking a backseat to political wrangling with all sides endlessly repeating the same talking points in order to pimp their own sorry asses.

POXY FULE

Jack Layton: everyone is so busy stoking the fires of the sponsorship scandal in parliament, that the Liberals don't have time to fight the forest fires in BC! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, and they say I'm a smug person.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

"even this week people were suffering smog"

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

The comment was meant for MIR, Sébastien.

I don't know if it's "much ado about nothing" tho. I think we're all underestimating, in the rest of Canada, the impact this is having in Quebec. I'm frightened to think of the damage to federalism it's having there.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

OTOH, Layton is a very handsome man

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

omg george stroumboupolos. am i the only leftish person in canada who loathes cbc?

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Ha haha! Man the NDP need a better leader.
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― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

I don't know if it's "much ado about nothing" tho.

Perhaps that statement was too strong. I do think that it hindsight, we won't view this as nearly as big a deal as we do now. We'll view it the way we view the Lewinsky scandal -- i.e. as a relatively minor scandal blown up huge by other parties who don't give a crap about "accountability" and "letting Canadians know the truth", they just want to do anything they can to wrangle power for themselves after years of not being able to grasp national power in any other way.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

If Quebec is still in Canada in 20 years - sure, not a big deal. It is being blown out of proportion but what results from that is what's important.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

Sym wants to have babies with Jackie.

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Friday, 22 April 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

star cauliflower made out with preston manning

― Sym Sym (sym), Friday, 22 April 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

and he slipped me some tongue!

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Friday, 22 April 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

stephen harper is so dead-eyed

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

Stephen Harper scares me like no other Canadian politician has ever scared me. I remember when being a Conservative didn't automatically mean you were a dick.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

Stephen Harper is so ~~dead-eyed~~dead-head. He makes Mr Doris Day look smrt.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 22 April 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

Stockwell still holds the Scariest Politician In Canada award. Harper is like his evil robotic henchman.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 April 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.joecorroney.com/portfolio/Star_Wars/Star_Wars_Insider_Art/76GrievousandHenchmanFinal.jpg

Pictured:

L: Stephen Harper
R: Stockwell Day

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 22 April 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://zone.artizans.com/supersize.htm?img=MAC1071.pvw.jpg

― Huk-L, Friday, 22 April 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Thanks Huk, we didn't need to see Debbie topless.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 22 April 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Debbie?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 22 April 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Grey

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 22 April 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

so celine dion's announcement is about to eclipse this one

― jones (actual), Friday, 22 April 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

So, who would be in the Canadian League of Extraordinary Gentlemen besides Dudley Do-Right and Wolverine?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 22 April 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

dammit! i wanted him to announce that Brave New Waves wouldn't be cancelled!

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 22 April 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)

right now, 54% in Quebec back sovereignty :-)

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

So, who would be in the Canadian League of Extraordinary Gentlemen besides Dudley Do-Right and Wolverine?

Eddie Shack

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

A 54% that porbably doesn't include Shriners.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Thanking seperatists for Ontario's new hospital is probably considered a faux pas.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

So, who would be in the Canadian League of Extraordinary Gentlemen besides Dudley Do-Right and Wolverine?

Obviously the Sasquatch of Manitoba should be invited

― django (django), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Don Cherry!

― Leon Jones Reynolds (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

I heard about the Shriners situation a couple of weeks ago and it didn't have nothing to do with separatism , more to do with ontario giving them more gifts like no taxes on land etc: making the opearation more viable.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

TS: Push vs Pull.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

What DID Don Cherry do this year, anyway? Just sit around and stew?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

Charity events, take in a few Ice Dogs games and appear in Quiznos ads. He's no Sponge Monkey I'll tell you that.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Those Quiznos ads make me want to leap through the tv/radio and beat him to death with a prop sub.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Tie Domi is so short!

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

who pushed them the most, separatists or charest?

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

I saw Tie yesterday!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

'Unstable political enviroment' doesn't usually refer to federalists. With Quebec's wonderful handling of health care you'd think they'd want to hang on to what hospitals they already have.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

I just wanted to say Manitoba is a horrible band name, but Caribou is even worse.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

So, who would be in the Canadian League of Extraordinary Gentlemen besides Dudley Do-Right and Wolverine?

http://www.mnsi.net/~weird/windsorstarbd.jpg

― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

http://photos6.flickr.com/10896155_2204e3fa25.jpg

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

"Quebec's wonderful handling of health care", right, as if we are worse than others (are we? I would like to see some comparative charts or something): health is a problem because it's an issue where there is always unlimited needs for limited ressources; there is bound to have complaints.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Knock yourself out.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

a report that is straight up comparative would have been more fun than a progress report for a single province, still, I'm curious to know what the pq have to say about it

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Not quite what one should be looking at.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

Problem is Quebec no longer fulfills its requirements under the Canadian Health Act.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

A new day, a new survey and 7% drop in seperatism.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 29 April 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Does anybody else suspect that AdScam was secretly orchestrated by Ips0s-R3id?

― Huk-L, Friday, 29 April 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Polls changing daily? Takes me back to October '04, it does.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 29 April 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Problem is Quebec no longer fulfills its requirements under the Canadian Health Act.

compared to other provinces, who do, right. I know that's your claim but I haven't seen arguments yet. haven't look much into it I have to say.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 29 April 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

non-confidence motion passes. the end is nigh.

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

A motion passed, an incredibly STUPID motion passed. The government has been declaring it not a motion of confidence. But yes, the end is nigh.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

stephen harper must have been incredibly annoying in high school

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

http://www.arrakis.es/~ramirez/simpsons/martin.jpg

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

OMG!

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

and now there's a motion to protect heritage lighthouses. where has CPAC been all my life?

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Have any papers been writing something to the effect that new elections will cost about 5X more than the sponsorship scandal did?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

Will this, in any way, hurt Gordo's chances of being reelected in BC?

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

oh lord no. those are different liberals.

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

God damnit.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

Can someone post flyers all over Kitsilano of Gordo in Maui in a car with a gallon of Ouzo in the back?

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

you could send me a jpg...

― Sym Sym (sym), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

GORDON CAMPBELL
SAYS HOCKEY IS
TEH LAME!

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

Someone should tell him they serve beer at hockey games. He'll change his tune pretty quick.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

Have any papers been writing something to the effect that new elections will cost about 5X more than the sponsorship scandal did?

Even a few right-wing columnists have mentioned it.
This sorta thing woulda never happened on Jean Chretien's watch. He woulda yelled at someone long enough and said something bafflingly threatening and terse, and people would say, "Oh, I understand now that Chretien led his party and friends to the graft trough not out of greed but out of a deep and profound love for humanity and universal daycare."

Paul Martin on the other hand, it's fun to watch the rich kid squirm.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

driving drunk is radical, man

― dave qampbell (listerine), Thursday, 12 May 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

I kinda miss Chretien!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 May 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Can you picture Paul Martin choking punks or defending his home with Inuit carvings?

Jean was DIY!

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 12 May 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

This whole situation with Parliament is starting to piss me off.
I could live with or without Paul Martin but this unholy union between the Conservatives and the Bloc is starting to piss me off. Basically they're doing everything they can do to to disrupt things and are calling for an election based on the fact parliament cannot function. Before Thursday that is. When there's an actual confidence vote. When they might not be able to successfully stall things.
So in essence they're asking to dissolve parliament before something might actually get accomplished!
PLUS. The the conservatives still seem able to show up for one Commons committee. Just one - the committee debating same sex marriage - which we all know they just love. What a bunch of messed up priorities. AND if we have an election now the ONLY GUARANTEED winner will be the FUCKING BLOC.
Fuck one Stephen Harper.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)

This rant has been brought to you by Guinness draft.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:37 (twenty years ago)

"Pariliament clearly can't work."
Why is that Mr. Harper?
"Because I won't let it."

― Huk-L, Friday, 13 May 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

"..for a bit."

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 May 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

AND if we have an election now the ONLY GUARANTEED winner will be the FUCKING BLOC.

na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 13 May 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

This is nearing Eastern European lunacy.

― Huk-L, Friday, 13 May 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

fortunately the days the GRC were fighting separatism the same way they did communism, through illegal operations, are long gone.hmm. What was worst: making fake flq manifesto inciting to violence or having one of their spies claude morin as separatist strategist?

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Friday, 13 May 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget the government's biggest illegal operation, the continual deception that there have been French people living OUTSIDE of Quebec for hundreds of years.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 13 May 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

Like in France? Or Gravelbourg?

― Huk-L, Friday, 13 May 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

There's always hope.

Prime Minister Le Coq.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 13 May 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Spot the asshat:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/harper_stephen050513.jpg http://www.arrakis.es/~ramirez/simpsons/martin.jpg

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 13 May 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

holy fuck

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

ahem: HOLY JEEZUS LORD ALMIGHTY, BELINDA STRONACH JOINS LIBERALS!!!

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

I know! I just heard - and laughed my ass off!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Poor Peter MacKay! They just said on the new he's gone "underground"!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Let's anticipate the Gomery report!!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

It was kind of a bust, huh? No big surprises anyway. It'll be funny to see if Jean gets arrested.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

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