"Honorary" Defense Minister Peter MacKay and the F-35 Controversy

March 1, 2011 - Rodger Cuzner: A Ministerial Statement from Dr. Seuss

This KAIROS issue begs some excuse:
A Ministerial Statement from Dr. Seuss

I must have pulled some shifty scam
To end up in the jam I am

Staff first said 'Yes' -- I cannot lie
But with one word I would deny

How it appeared, it's hard to say
But does it matter anyway?

Top bureaucrats, they did, I think
Inscribe the 'NOT' in deep red ink

They wrote the 'NOT' above the margin
It was not I, as they are chargin'

I had no role, is what I said
I had no role to make it dead

I had no role to stop the cash
It's bureaucrats that you should trash

I do not like this KAIROS bunch
Nor does my boss, that's my best hunch

That's why he put me on the spot
That's why he made me add the 'NOT'

That's what he made me think, I thought
That's why my credibility is shot

Handwriting experts in the field
Provide the truth that should be yield

The hand that changed the 'Yes' to 'No'
Was on the arm of the PMO

Green Party urges NDP to vote for long gun registry.

The Green Party of Canada is urging members of Parliament to vote in favour of keeping the long gun registry, which the Conservative Party wants to scrap.  This week, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police voted unanimously to start an educational campaign about why the registry is so important to police officers and why they want to keep it. Other organizations such as the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians are chiming in with support for the registry.

"There is ample evidence that the long gun registry has been successful and is valued by those working in the field," Eric Walton, Member of  the Green Party Shadow Cabinet and nominated candidate Kingston-The Islands. "The ideology of the Conservative Party is the only motive behind scrapping this useful program.  Instead, Parliament should be working to improve our entire strategy for dealing with guns in Canada."