tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5094762580037346380..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Follow The MoneyOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76051611118812595632013-06-09T15:22:46.252-04:002013-06-09T15:22:46.252-04:00What you say makes perfect sense, salamander. And ...What you say makes perfect sense, salamander. And any government as committed to accountability as this one continually insists it is must surely see that.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80220855729381382002013-06-09T13:38:05.231-04:002013-06-09T13:38:05.231-04:00.. not so Owen .. there is no such anonymity .. th..... not so Owen .. there is no such anonymity .. those who are employed within the PMO can, should.. and will be identified.. and why not ?<br /><br />After all.. They are our leading public servants aside from our elected MP's & The Senate, n'est ce pas ? And as loyal, patriotic Canadians eh .. they should surely step forward & acknowledge their good fortune at being able to serve and represent all of us.<br /><br />No politician could conceivably see it otherwise.. without appearing to be protecting some sort of secret civil service or hidden agency.<br /><br />Am I mistaken ? Those who work in the PMO are paid by taxpayers ? And they are hired to fulfill the needs of Canadians, as supervised and/or directed by those who Canadians elected to government ?the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-3895485747520130162013-06-09T11:46:25.978-04:002013-06-09T11:46:25.978-04:00They work in anonymity, salamander; and their sala...They work in anonymity, salamander; and their salaries will be immune from public scrutiny, thanks to the gutting of Rathgeber's bill.<br /><br />Every effort is going to be made to maintain the PMO's Star Chamber status.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82042117303218221282013-06-09T11:24:57.132-04:002013-06-09T11:24:57.132-04:00.. it seems we need to accomplish a very simple ci..... it seems we need to accomplish a very simple citizen forensics challenge .. ie .. Identify each and every PMO employee. <br /><br />We need the ID determined of these unelected policy makers, science muzzlers, speechwriters, media buyers (Action Plan), senior advisors, data base expert, wildlife experts or exterminators, Chinese trade treaty geniuses, geological gurus (fracking), economists, data miner, Indian affairs & treaty extinguishing experts, aeronautical experts (F-35's), boreal forest authorities, media minders, United Nations antagonists, farmed salmon experts, live & robo call experts & scriptwriters, lawyers, experts on pornography, incarceration & rehabilitation, spokespersons, electoral suppression specialists, tailings ponds leakage whiz kids, arctic ice melt experts, military procurement heroes .... etc<br /><br />And then we need an approximation of how much we pay these short pants dwarts, trolls, dweebs, dicks and gals to direct, mind & remind.. whip and drive and herd the elected MP's and dense Ministers of The Harper Brand and the captured bureaucrats of Ottawa & respective departments.<br /><br />It seems future senators such as poli sci geeks Ray Novak and Stephen Lecce are near the top of the pond scum food chain of this organization in the fine tradition of Tom Flanagan & Bruce Carson et al. And then we have all the toady spokespersons such as Andrew MacDougall, Fred DeLorey, lawyers such as Arthur Hamilton @ 500.00 per hour or more.. Jenni Byrne - dirty election campaign expert .. <br /><br />So who are the rest of the flacks that actually are running (ruining) the country.. let's get them named, and details of why they were hired .. and/or why they have not been questioned & deposed by the RCMP, Elections Canada or fired by us.the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-69689064726669111692013-06-09T10:41:34.401-04:002013-06-09T10:41:34.401-04:00If anything, waterboy, Duffygate puts the lie to t...If anything, waterboy, Duffygate puts the lie to the Harper government's insistence on austerity.<br /><br />What it does make clear, however, is that this government is deeply committed to the concept of privilege.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76603671290565841012013-06-09T10:26:38.572-04:002013-06-09T10:26:38.572-04:00A good question for Flaherty, who seems to have so...A good question for Flaherty, who seems to have so far dodged any connection, is how a $90 K bailout fits with his austerity plan for Canada. When it seems like a civil servant's salary and benefits can be wiped out by the thousands to save cash, how does this fit with this plan, when it occurred on the heals of massive layoffs. Different set of rules perhaps?bcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-5555619267961565892013-06-08T17:31:56.809-04:002013-06-08T17:31:56.809-04:00Point well taken, Dana. The real question will be ...Point well taken, Dana. The real question will be what is going on out in the hinterland?<br /><br />Stupidity has always been Harper's ally.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-34250243911064851542013-06-08T16:40:41.356-04:002013-06-08T16:40:41.356-04:00Not with constituency associations like Rathgeber&...Not with constituency associations like Rathgeber's, he won't. <br /><br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com