tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post2926782493001827621..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Sabotaging The Public ServiceOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64863148200516735912013-04-17T08:08:50.942-04:002013-04-17T08:08:50.942-04:00Harper is set on establishing a corporatist agenda...Harper is set on establishing a corporatist agenda, Anon. He will pay no attention to anyone who opposes him.<br /><br />The only hope for change is to vote him out of office.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-68430350211119883052013-04-16T19:23:05.540-04:002013-04-16T19:23:05.540-04:00People of BC were perfectly aware of Harper's ...People of BC were perfectly aware of Harper's treachery. We posted many times to watch out for Harper, he is a snake in the grass.<br /><br />CSIS even warned of Communist China's, huge invasions into Canada. BC was specifically mentioned, Campbell gave BC to China long ago. No-one would listen to us. <br /><br />In BC if you don't speak Chinese Mandarin, you don't qualify, for a BC mine job.<br /><br />Just to who, is Harper outsourcing all of the resource jobs to? Chinese resource workers earn, $800 per month. What part of that, don't people get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-26939463845917166462013-04-16T14:27:21.305-04:002013-04-16T14:27:21.305-04:00Your use of the term "commissars" hints ...Your use of the term "commissars" hints at the source of this operation, Mound.<br /><br />It's Soviet style information control. And news organizations which railed about "Soviet style conspiracies" never raised their voices in protest.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-75317153541226209912013-04-16T13:59:17.042-04:002013-04-16T13:59:17.042-04:00One of the most anti-democratic, cynical acts that...One of the most anti-democratic, cynical acts that Harper took happened when he first came to power. <br /><br />He installed what I call Political Commissars in the PMO and erected the equivalent of an informational Berlin Wall to separate the Canadian people from their public and armed services.<br /><br />Henceforth, communications from the public, including the media, would have to be submitted and vetted by the Commissars. They alone would decide what could be communicated, what could be asked of members of the armed forces and public service. They would then vet any responses that were permitted to ensure they conformed to government policy.<br /><br />The corporate media protested lamely and then submitted and almost nothing has been heard from them of this ever since.<br /><br />In this way Harper and his PMO quite effectively transformed the public service and the armed forces into their own partisan, political agencies. They cemented their political capture of these agencies with intimidation and surveillance ("minders"). <br /><br />This is the very sort of thing we once ridiculed and denounced in tyrannical regimes.<br /><br />There was a time when the media would have railed against this sort of abuse and ensured it was laid bare in front of the people. When was the last time you detected any such outrage? Such is the fate of any country that permits the rise of a corporatist media cartel.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-10192728086463275492013-04-16T11:07:52.765-04:002013-04-16T11:07:52.765-04:00The Harperites have always seen the public service...The Harperites have always seen the public service as the enemy, Lorne, from the first day they assumed power.<br /><br />They have known from the beginning that they could not justify their policies on the basis of fact.<br /><br />So they determined to dispose of facts -- using any and all possible methods.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52173143932326965862013-04-16T10:51:52.960-04:002013-04-16T10:51:52.960-04:00Having read both pieces, Owen, I am very much stru...Having read both pieces, Owen, I am very much struck by the contrast between careful, deliberative thinking and the kind of shrill hate-mongering and demagoguery of the Harper regime as it denigrate the very notion of public service. The former, of course, demands something from the reader/listener, while the latter requires and expects only knee-jerk reactions. <br /><br />Sadly, the latter has yielded such dividends for the Conservatives that they are sure to adhere to the same sordid course until the public wakes up to the crass way they are being manipulated by their government. Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com