Category: Canadian politics

CFS Radicals Protest on Students Dime

These Truly disturbing images come from a day of action protest at  the University of King’s College, Halifax Nova Scotia. This is a prime example of how the erratic far left behavior of the Canadian Federation of students does more harm to their own cause then good. The question must be asked who is the CFS really defending the students interests or their own out of step agenda.

A protest is a perfect time for a party, give me a break.

Remembering the Holocaust

Today marks the 6th annual  international Holocaust remembrance Day. This is a time of solemn commemoration of the  victims of the Nazis genocidal campaign through Europe during World War II. 
Even some Canadian politicians took a moment to  reflect today Minister  Jason Kenney and Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak both issued statements of recognition . As members of the greatest generation slowly fade into our collective memories, it becomes  more crucial now to keep the flame of remembrance alive. 

A Bridge Too Far for McGuinty

For once Premier McGuinty did not give into his inherent instinct to tax or Ban anything that has a pulse. Today  McGuinty suggested in a speech that he would not pursue further additions to the anti smoking legislation in the province of Ontario.

From Winnipeg Free Press

“I think when you get into people’s homes, you’re crossing a line,” said McGuinty.
“It’s pretty intrusive for us to go in there and start to determine what activities are appropriate and what are inappropriate.”
The Liberals have been pretty aggressive in banning smoking in cars with children, or pretty much any public place where it would affect the health of others, McGuinty added.
Some apartment dwellers complain they suffer second-hand smoke from neighbouring units, but McGuinty said that’s a line he’s not comfortable crossing.

This statement is mildly ironic coming from a politician who built a reputation of sorts on a long laundry listof Ban , taxes and backtracks. Is this a step in the right direction for the Premier or just a quick makeover before he hits the hustings  to visit with voters in October.?

Bans, Bans, and More Bans

Canada is affected by the reach of the nanny state; however, not to the same extent as our British cousins, still this trend is on an alarming increase.  This interesting article by Maureen Bader makes the case that we are losing our freedom to choose every time a product is attempted to be banned!

These days, we are bombarded with demands for bans by a garden variety of supporters of the nanny state and politicians are happy to help. Politicians seem to adore bans. Why? Because bans allow politicians to appear to be creating simple solutions to whatever problems have captured the imagination of the worrying class. However, bans also create unintended consequences and even worse, they reduce responsible people to supervised children with few opportunities to make choices on their own.

A well-intentioned public risks being buried under the ban demands of the ban-crazy worrying class. Its list of bans reads like somebody’s day out at the mall. Bottled water and incandescent light bulb bans litter the province. Plastic bags may soon be banned across Canada. Greater Victoria has just voted to ban teens from tanning beds. Ban the tan? When no intrusion is too small for government to consider, it’s a sign the nanny state has run amok.

 

What We Could Learn From Hong Kong

Here’s a story that might have got lost in the shuffle last week. For the 17th straight year, Hong Kong was named as the world’s fittest economy as ranked by the conservative leaning heritage foundation. Canada comes in at sixth spot, well ahead of the United States. With all this talk about how to compete with the rising tide in Asia; it is at least worth discussing some of the economic practices that make Hong Kong such a powerhouse. Here is how the legendary economist Milton Friedman concluded his essay on the rapid success of Hong Kong.

In the process, government tends to neglect its basic functions: as I once put it, “to protect our freedom both from the enemies outside our gates and from our fellow citizens: to preserve law and order, to enforce private contracts, to foster competitive markets.’’

Indeed the economic fortunes of the East seemed to be on the rise.