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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The tally · 1 reply · +1 points

I seem to remember the media crapping all over the rally until it actually happened. Where were you? Mom's basement? Con war room?

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The tally · 0 replies · +1 points

The square easily holds 7000 people or more; the cops only shut the streets down at 10,000. Were the streets shut down?

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The tally · 0 replies · +1 points

I did a head count of about 130 - 150 at Oshawa. I heard from someone who attended both Durham events that Whitby had more as well, but the media in Oshawa is reporting a somewhat more conservative estimate. Give or take 50-100 on the national totals, and we're still looking at something pretty incredible.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Stoffer v. Duffy · 0 replies · +1 points

Let's get something straight.

You think Mike Duffy sucks. I think Mike Duffy sucks. The only problem here is that Mike Duffy doesn't think he sucks. In fact, he thinks he's the greatest thing since the invention of patronage appointments.

Let's tell Mike Duffy the truth. Email him at Mike@mikeduffy.ca.

The truth will set him free.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Stoffer v. Duffy · 0 replies · +3 points

If you knew anything about Glen Pearson or his wife, you'd know differently from the bulls**t you just posted.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Idea alert · 2 replies · +1 points

Suck it up buddy.

And since you're so brill, I'm sure it won't need to be pointed out to you that you are condemning ad hominem arguments with....an ad hominem argument.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Idea alert · 0 replies · +1 points

BS. If 3/4 of the work is front end load, and 2/3 of that front end planning is done, then 50% (approx) of the job is completed.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Idea alert · 2 replies · +2 points

And it's an issue of simply having day care available for parents who wish to work. Right now, the spaces are few and expensive.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Idea alert · 0 replies · 0 points

Costs are way up ($40 or more a day, generally) and families are forced on to very long waiting lists. They are forced to pay for their children during the times they take vacation, or risk losing their spot.

By creating more spaces - which is a critical part of any plan - costs will be driven down as a result of healthy competition. But right now, the marketplace isn't providing what is needed; ero, the government must step in and create the child care infrastructure that is needed.

And yes, as KCM points out, this will also help solve the poverty and welfare issues facing us by making work more valuable again.

15 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Idea alert · 2 replies · 0 points

My wife and I receive the $100/month cheques. When they first started, we got a letter from Diane Finley telling us it was her "personal pleasure" to send us the child care benefit....as though she was helping us out of her own pocket.

It's not her "personal" anything. It's her god damned job as a Minister of the Crown. If anything, the letter should have said 'The Government of Canada is pleased to..." or something.

This is the same the cheques, and EAP signage, and the TV spots, and the $108,000 mock forum: nothing less than the partisan hijacking of the functional role of government.

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