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Elizabeth May Embarrassed to be a Canadian

"It was embarrassing being a Canadian at these meetings," Green Party leader, Elizabeth May said yesterday at a UN climate conference in Poland.

Ain't that just lovely. Considering that the Green Shift Plan of her enviro-brother-in-arms, Stephane Dion, was recently massively rejected by most Western Canadians, what she's really saying is that she is embarrassed to be living in a country with those who disagree with her.

What an ignorant, loud mouthed hypocrite!

Unlike Ms. May, I don't lay down a huge carbon footprint jetting around the world, attending useless conferences populated almost entirely by members of the Radical Left. If they really cared about the environment then ALL of their conferences would be held electronically. But Ms. May would never go for that because then she'd actually have to pay for her own food rather than reaching to the nearest dessert tray.

I have quite deliberately set up my life such that it has a very low carbon footprint. My commute is about 15 seconds. I don't own a car by choice. To get around I mostly take public transit, walk, and bicycle. I don't unnecessarily jet around my country or the world. Yet I vehemently detest the Green Party of Canada. It's a horrible, Radical Left political party headed by a hypocritical ignoramus who exhales more hot air than a field full of cows.

Back on the Grid!

For a variety of reasons, I've not had Internet access since last Friday. This has been mostly bliss but it's nice to be able to catch up again.

I immediately went to Jonathan Kay's excellent blog to get updated on the Canadian Zeitgeist. It was beyond shock that I discovered what finally happened to Heather Mallick at the CBC News site. I paid particular attention to how CBC News head, John Cruickshank finished his commentary: "CBCNews.ca will soon expand the diversity of voices and opinions and be home to a diverse group of writers with many perspectives. In this, we will better reflect the depth and texture of this country. We erred in our editorial judgment. You told us in no uncertain terms. And we have learned from it."

I am taking him at his word and have applied to become a blogger at CBCNews.ca. Quite frankly, I am confident that I can add a great diversity to the voices there, plus a bunch of superb photographs! I'll let you know when I hear back from them.

Incidentally, down here in the U.S. there is a dirth of news about Canada but the Mallick story even made the news down here!

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Kay had a number of interesting new posts as well. One of them was about an ultra-hypocritical group of students at York University. Hmmm, where have we heard about strange views of York University students before? Oh yes, that's the same school that educated law students into wanting to muzzle Maclean's Magazine and Mark Steyn.

The piece de resistance on Kay's blog though was this summary of how bloggers are making a difference on the Canadian political scene. It lead me to Robert Jago's blog. He is being attacked by the Green Party of Canada for their peculiar views about Jewish people and Israel in general. Even more on this subject can be found on this other blog.

Canada's Green Party In Full Damage Control

Looks like the ship of Canada's Green Party has developed a gaping hole on the side, soon after it got out of port. Their leader, Elizabeth May, appears to have been caught not being upfront about something she said a while back.

To understand this developing story, the best thing to do is visit Stephen Taylor's blog. It concerns an audio recording that can be heard on this video that he published on YouTube:


I've listened to May's quote about 10 times and it seems very certain to me that this is what she's saying:

"All politicians are scared to death to mention the word 'tax'. And they think Canadians are stupid. And I fundamentally agree with that assessment."

Mr. Taylor then received a threatening letter from John Bennett, the Director of Communications for the Green Party of Canada. He insisted that Taylor would be charged with slander if he did not remove the YouTube video with the audio recording.

In this article, Bennett went further, saying this about Taylor:

"It’s an attempt by the Conservatives through a front website to attack the credibility of Elizabeth May," Green spokesperson John Bennett told The Tyee. "They took what she said, cut it up, then put it back together."

Interesting charge. If it's true. Thankfully, truth is still a defense in Canada ... that is unless you're in front of a "Human Rights" Commission. But in a real Canadian Court of Law it is a defense. Taylor carefully pointed that out here.

Fast forward to this morning. In preparation for my weekly appearance on Roy Green's political panel, which is broadcast across the country, I learned of this controversy on Kate McMillan's SmallDeadAnimals.com site, specifically here and here. I casually mentioned it here at 35:20.

Little did I know that the sh*t would hit the fan after that! Take a look at the uproar on the Canadian blogosphere. And up until this evening, I didn't even know who Stephen Taylor was!

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It boggles my mind that in the advent of the Internet and the 24/7 news cycle, politicians think they can suppress things they've said. Elizabeth May & John Bennett are clearly caught in a lie. She very well may not have meant that "all Canadians are stupid" though one has to wonder if her inner thoughts are similar to the very public views of Al Gore and David Suzuki, namely: "If you don't agree that climate change is man-made then you are a Global Warming Denier!" [paraphrasing]

I absolutely despise the use of the word "denier", not only because I have a personal friend who is a Holocaust survivor, but because it is a cheap tactic employed by the radical left to silence all debate.

I won't be on Roy Green's show tomorrow but you better believe I'll be listening closely! For any who are not familiar with the show, you can listen to it on all of these stations:

• 11:00am - CKNW - Vancouver, BC
  
• 12:00pm - CHQR - Calgary, AB
  
• 12:00pm - CHED - Edmonton, AB
  
• 12:00pm - CJME - Regina, SK
  
• 12:00pm - CKOM - Saskatoon, SK
  
• 1:00pm - CJOB - Winnipeg, MB
  
• 2:00pm - CFPL - London, ON
  
• 2:00pm - CHML - Hamilton, ON