[Skeezix]

When did they pass away

It would explain the quality of their work.

 

[salsa]

City staff say Toronto has plenty of capacity for Syrian refugees. They expect around 2,000 to 2,500 refugees to settle in Toronto and Mississauga between now and March, though that number may increase.

http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...pacity-for-refugee-influx-city-staff-say.html

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

City staff say Toronto has plenty of capacity for Syrian refugees. They expect around 2,000 to 2,500 refugees to settle in Toronto and Mississauga between now and March, though that number may increase.

http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...pacity-for-refugee-influx-city-staff-say.html

The TDSB will probably be able to rehire the teachers they laid-off earlier this year, especially around Thorncliffe Park, as well as fill up some schools (both for classes and as temporary residencies).

 

[Videodrome]

I wish more adults knew this much!

 

[nfitz]

Worms will RT anything, including stuff he doesn't agree with.

A non-discriminating toady then ... I guess that's better than a discriminating toady!

 

[Videodrome]

http://angusreid.org/trudeau-first-month/

Trudeau has a 63% approval rating.

 

[the lemur]

Worms will RT anything, including stuff he doesn't agree with.

He RTs anything that mentions him, even the harshest criticism sometimes, just to show what a magnanimous guy he is. Or maybe he just likes attention.

 

[the lemur]

The Sun? Good grief, Levy, Levant, and Warmington must be all spinning in their graves. My gosh, and Warmington is retweeting Trudeau ... has hell frozen over or something? Or perhaps the new management has made it clear where there individual futures lie.

Levant is now claiming that Harper merely continued the refugee policy of the previous Liberal government as part of a huge 'social engineering' program. Because Ezra added up the total arrivals from majority Muslim countries, even though they might not actually be Muslims. Because that's totally the sort of thing Ezra would believe AND that Harper would do. Yep.

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...bt-maturities/article27541893/?click=sf_globe

This is some good karma.

 

[salsa]

The Liberal government is expected to share more details on their plans for the Senate Thursday morning, which could include spelling out how they plan to tackle parliamentary procedure while they work on larger reforms. Trudeau has promised to change the way senators are named to the Upper Chamber, proposing to set up a “non-partisan, merit-based process” to recommend people for appointments.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...ected-to-reveal-senate-plans-on-thursday.html

 

[Videodrome]

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...rvatives-need-rebirth-before-they-can-rebuild

Coyne makes some good points, but I disagree that there aren't any "conservative" governments left in Canada. The Yukon Party, BC Liberals and Saskatchewan Party all have conservative platforms.

 

[Skeezix]

The BC Liberals are more of a Liberal/Tory coalition, governing from the centre, centre right, and even occasionally the centre left, as circumstances warrant. There is no objective answer, but I personally wouldn't call them a conservative party. It's usually a two-party system out in BC, which means even the NDP is hard to peg sometimes.

The Saskatchewan Party, although initially a coalition of Liberal and PC MLAs IIRC, has veered rightward, particularly under Wall. Kind of like the federal Tories, who are typically more Canadian Alliance than PC.

Sadly, I know nothing about the Yukon Party.

 

[Videodrome]

The Yukon Party used to be the PC party. Back when the national version of the party was unpopular, they broke away and renamed themselves.

With Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal government's increasing unpopularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever its relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed itself the "Yukon Party" prior to the 1992 election.

http://www.cp24.com/news/liberals-a...-to-choose-new-independent-senators-1.2684977

Trudeau's senate plan sounds good.

http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/20...dent-after-quitting-tory-caucus/#.VmBr5narSUm

Another Harper appointed senator quit the caucus.

Katie Simpson ‏@KatieSimpsonCTV 23s24 seconds ago
Spotted on the House of Commons camera feed, Stephen Harper is in the House for the speaker vote!

He showed up!

http://globalnews.ca/news/2379078/n.../?hootPostID=e52c3c640d9e9755fd621769de81c934

 

[Admiral Beez]

He showed up!

Why wouldn't he? If he was my MP I'd damn well expect him to show up on the first day.

Other former PM's such as Macdonald and Laurier were content to serve in opposition after losing. In Harper's case I imagine he's finding it rather interesting to see gov't from a simple backbench perspective, not at all humiliating, as PM's come and go.

 

[Videodrome]

He only showed up to vote for speaker and didn't stick around for the results. The reason why I am surprised that he hasn't quit yet is that he has been an MP since the first Jurassic Park movie came out. Some people would see this as an opportunity to leave politics.