Lots of topics to 'muse' about. Gun registry is first. Don't always agree with Liberals in the past but this time Michael Ignatieff has it right. In past have ususally agreed with NDP but this time Jack Layton has it wrong.
All people in Canada in positions to know or work with gun registry seem to me to be saying it is worth keeping.. oh I did leave out one group - our ideologically/wedge driving federal government. The gun registry is a wedge issue for the Tories. But New Democrats who long pride themselves on being principled politicians are showing (in some cases) that they are just like other parties. Like many others I was most proud of their words during the War Measures Act 40 years ago... during the debates on terrorism legislation etc. etc.
The vote on september 22 is ostensibly on a private members bill.. but we know the content is certainly not a private members type of bill. I hope enough NDP members vote for the Liberal motion to save the registry by not proceeding with the private member's bill.
Hmm.. a caucus revolt against supporting professional sports franchises. Hear hear for the revolters ((:-)). Public funds should not support professional sports franchises until we reach a stage where food banks are gone as no one is hungry in our society; waiting lists for surgeries and other medical procedures no longer exists; and post-secondary education is available to all regardless of ability to pay; and poverty has ceased to exists in our society.
On this issue (alone) I find myself in agreement with the likes of Maxime Bernier (ouch!!)
Still hoping some of you consider purchasing a Canadian Mental Health Association (Saskatchewan Division) cash calendar. Check out their wonderful work at www.cmhask.com
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