I’m the Prime Minister I am,
The Prime Minister I am, I am,
I have a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government;
Do as I say and not as I do.
You voted for me and not a platform,
And Canadian values are conservative values.
I’m the Prime Minister,
the Prime Minister I am!

Second verse, same as the first!

The 1st session of the 41st Parliament resumed today.

*cue more of the same*

This is what a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government means: NO CONSULTATION. NO COOPERATION. NO COMPROMISE.

Federalism will not survive under Stephen Harper.

*end rant*

After all, it has been approximately 240 days since Bob Rae became the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada… and the Liberals are up in the polls.

Coincidence?

Just out of curiosity, when will Ethical Oil release its donor list?

FYI, oil and gas pipeline incidents and accidents are a regular occurrence in Canada.

The majority are classified as minor, discharging less than 10 litres and are generally contained without directly impacting the environment.

Since 2010, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has logged more than 100 different oil and gas pipeline incidents and accidents.

Of course, the goal of the oil and gas industry is to have zero incidents and accidents.

There is an obvious lack of [provincial and federal] environmental, as well as health and safety legislation and regulations that protect the health and safety of all Canadians — Canadian workers and residents of Canada along any of the oil and gas pipelines across Canada.

Enbridge and TransCanada have been involved in nearly three quarters of the reported incidents and accidents, including more than 20 incidents during just the first phase of the Keystone Pipeline — a TransCanada project.

Last year, the Rainbow Pipeline leaked 28,000 barrels (4.5 million litres) of crude oil.

Didn’t hear about the Rainbow Pipeline leak? I’m not surprised…

What we need to focus on now, however, is what have we learned from the Rainbow Pipeline?

We have learned that we are not prepared.

We need comprehensive and strong [provincial and federal] legislation and regulations to cover the following:

• Integrity     READ: Aging Infrastructure — more than half of these oil and gas pipelines are more than 20 years old and there are some oil and gas pipelines that are even more than 40 years old, READ: Maintenance Required. Or, these aging oil and gas pipelines will remain an incident or accident just waiting to happen.
• Transparency     READ: Message Management — when a pipeline incident or accident occurs, oil and gas companies in Canada need to be less concerned with corporate reputation, investor confidence and public relations and more concerned with the incident or accident clean-up details, environmental impact, as well as health and safety information.
• Accountability     READ: Accepting Responsibility — oil and gas companies often do not pay 100% of the costs associated with a pipeline incident or accident; in fact, insurance, READ: the Canadian taxpayers, often are on the hook for a significant amount of the repairs or clean-up expenditures.

P.S. The Harper government is not going to put legislation forth to protect the environment or Canadians.

P.P.S. The Harper government is all about de-regulation, at the expense of much and many.

Fueled by the desire to do something that has not been done before, Kosta Grammatis will be embedding a video camera and a transmitter in Rob Spence’s prosthetic eye.

With the aid of Kosta Grammatis, Rob Spence will record the world from a perspective that’s never been seen before—and make a documentary.

Through his documentary, Rob Spence endeavours to raise awareness of surveillance in our society and make Canadians think about how they move from one place to another under the view of surveillance cameras.

I really wonder if Canadians in major city centres like Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and/or Vancouver give a second thought to when, where, why, and how they are recorded…

Do you give it a second thought? Let somecanuckchick know!

n.

1. incorrect, or misleading language.
2. deceptive, or insincere posturing.
3. boastful talk, or behavior.

Bullshit is an expletive, commonly used Americans and Canadians alike.

Typically, bullshit is used in connection with something that is incorrect, or misleading.

The use of the word bullshit is often used to describe the talk, or behaviour, of someone who is bragging, or boastful.

Bullshit is comparable to the British word bollocks.

In my mind, bollocks is far more offensive. By definition, bollocks means testicles.

Because the word bullshit has evolved to have little, or nothing, to do with the excrement of bulls—bollocks is, by far, more offensive to me.

If the old saying “In like a Lamb, out like a Lion!” holds true, March will roar out like a Lion dans les collines de Gatineau.

Stephen Harper has dissolved Parliament.

In other words, the (current) Prime Minister of Canada has called an election; this, despite passing Fixed Election Date Legislation.

Instead, we Canadians will be going to the polls October 14, 2008 because the Stephen Harper cannot play well with others, much less respect his own legislation.

With any luck, Stephen Harper will be ousted. *fingers crossed*