Harper said he wouldn’t appoint any senators… So he did his usual and appointed 59 so far.

Your comment is out of context. Harper appointed the 59 senators and has been trying to effect some Senate changes but was shot down. His statement about not appointing any more Senators was made after the Supreme Court said you have to have all provinces agree to any change or abolishment of the Senate. The Provinces have shown no inclination to change so Harper says no more Senate appointments till they do.

There are currently 22 vacancies, so he must have changed his mind. People are allowed to do that.

The constitution requires that senator vacancies be filled in a timely fashion – the provinces are entitled to proper representation! However, the constitution lately doesn’t seem to be as importaant as it used to be.

What ever happened the the Triple “E” senate . Just an other failed promise . I never thought in my life time that we could end up with a bigger failer than mulroney . From lie n Brian to deciven steven . Steve is the worst priminister we’ve ever had . Brian also became a multi millionaire while in office . The salary isn’t that great but oh the touch . Airbus was a great tipper .

Search “Stephen Harper kock brothers ” the kock brothers are the majority lease holders in the tar sands . Always follow the money .

With a federal election looming, two pressing questions involving the role of money in Canadian politics are attracting surprisingly little media attention.

The first: who owns Stephen Harper?

This isn’t a philosophical enquiry. It’s a straightforward question about the identity of the secret donors who paid the bill for Harper’s rise to power, first as leader of the Canadian Alliance and then the Conservative party.

Donors contributed more than $2 million to the prime minister’s two leadership bids, but the identities of some of the major donors have never been publicly disclosed, according to Ottawa-based corporate responsibility advocacy group Democracy Watch.

That’s Koch brothers , oops .

I’m At-A-Loss as to who owns Harper, he seems to be his own man. Rather who owns Mulcair or Trudeau, if they are owned at all?

It’s the title of an article Cheetos . Just cut and paste it . Or like I wrote . Search Stephen Harper Koch brothers .

It’s also important to know that only two percent of Canadians contribute to political parties . That’s why Harper scraped the $2.00 per vote subsidy for parties because that gave democracy a fighting chance . Ultimately he want to destroy our healthcare act .

If its not Harper to blame then its the Koch brothers, amazing.

We have 100 free loading members in the senate, The UK equivalent has over 700 and they can only seat about 300 at a time.

Ataloss you really should read this about your vaulted solar power and how the alternative energy producers influence politics for their own gains. Check the qualifications of the writers since it seems qualifications is important to you. Please read I would like to see a rebuttal and not the usual blow off.

Public perception.

The perception of the public has been heavily influenced by the media and by the large number of “solar companies” selling home solar systems to augment grid level power: largely subsidized by government subsidies to both the solar companies and end users through tax credits and high “feed in tariffs”.

The public is largely disinterested in science and hence lacks the knowledge to properly evaluate solar’s place, but has nonetheless embraced a false solution that has a negative cash flow solution funded by their tax dollars. That level of enthusiasm poured over when a “Solar Road” project was launched on one of the “crowd source funding sites which raised over $2 million dollars for the project’s sponsors.

Ataloss, since you’re in the mood to get to the bottom of who owns who, perhaps you can let us know who owns (and funds) the anti-oil lobby in Canada?

I’m thinking that it’s not a bunch of Canadians!

Meh

On second thought , there is no point in addressing your con talking points . The fossil fuel industry will go the way of the horse and buggie did . Solar ,wind is already at grid parody in most of the world . The ramp up of components production is staggeringly huge and growing exponentially . By the time site C is built (if) it will be redundant . It’s funny that you oily guys also what hydro . That’s another case of you righties voting against your own self interest . Shouldn’t you be lobbying for coal/gas/oil electricity generation ? After all hydro is cleanish .

There’s also some more bad news for windmill opponents . It’s called the Vortex . Vortexbladeless.com

Ataloss, “Solar ,wind is already at grid parody in most of the world . ” Was that a typo or an amusing pun? You do mean “parity” right? As with all types of energy production there are upsides & downsides. The cleaner the better, so with the advent of much more efficient & cleaner nuclear generators should you not be championing that sector as well? As for oil & gas going the way of the horse & buggy? Eventually, yes but don’t hold your breath.

That was my auto fill . We won’t have to wait very long . By 2030 it’s game over . Did you know that the transition from the horse/oxen era to the fossils for transport and farm use took only 13 years . The whole time you could read almost the same pmo style talking points we are being fed today about solar , wind and storage . the key to it is the fact that the population density of petroleum producing countries is very low . The bulk of the worlds population does not live in those counties and they are not run by oil companies like we currently are .

Tonyseba.com

All the armies in the world are not as powerful as an idea whose time has come. —Victor Hugo, 1854

If you find a prediction reasonable, than it is probably wrong, because the future is not reasonable; it is fantastic! —Arthur C. Clarke, 1964

Thirty years from now there will be a huge amount of oil — and no buyers. Oil will be left in the ground. The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones, and the Oil Age will come to an end not because we have a lack of oil. —Sheik Ahmed Yamani, 2000

Most long-range forecasts of what is technically feasible in future time periods dramatically underestimate the power of future developments because they are based on what I call the “intuitive linear” view of history rather than the “historical exponential” view. —Ray Kurzweil, 2005

Hey ataloss you are giving the cons some good facts his morning.

I do want to add that Canada and the USA are not as concerned about global worming as other nations that are concerned and looking for a cleaner environment. Big oil cant disappear soon enough.
Cheers

Ataloss, you have 12 postings for a cartoon. I thought there was a limit to how many times you could post to an article.

R2 I by no means believe that I can get through to them . Im hoping to get through to people that can think for themselves . Facts can seldom over ride ideology . China this year will install a bit more than the USAs entire solar capacity . They are more than half way there now . It has very little to do with the environment . It comes down to money . If the oil industry thought for a second that they could control solar and distribution .they would switch today because there is a heck of a lot more money to be made in solar and way less overhead . That’s the beauty . It’s two totally different business models . Anyone can get in .

Maybe you should tell on me ibear.

Stephen Harper has appointed more senators, to a senate he said he would like to abolish, than any sitting Prime Minister in Canadian history… that makes him a hypocrite.

Love the cartoon, by the way.

Stephen Harper is the best Prime Minister that Canada has ever had. The Harper Carpers know this, and that is why that are continuously denigrating him, in the hope of tarnishing his image before the upcoming election. Problem is, those who voted for him in the past will vote for him in the future, so there’s a good chance he will be around for awhile.

Ataloss is a twit. For all his hyperbole he actually says very little, and basically mimics others. His next original thought will be his first.

I would like to see Altaloss get the millions of airplanes off the ground with wind power, or the millions of ships operating around the world running on solar electricity.

Perhaps he knows how to make pavement with electricity and sand.

In any event its obvious that the only thing that he (and some others) can do on a consistent basis in criticize Harper. Seems they have a very small space that they play in.

OK leftards, Harper can’t change the senate without the Provinces. He tried. He would love to but can’t. Get it? His appeal to the supreme court for direction said as much.

Ataloss, wow. You take first prize in the reality disconnect challenge. How do you function in the real world? Who would hire you?

So basically Harper made an election campaign promise to abolish the Senate, even though he cannot… and all the righties blindly climbed on his band wagon believing he could?

Hmmm… sounds about right.

Palopu did you know that the first crossing of the English Channel in an electric turbofan airplane built as a trainer only days ago ? You should really research your topics before you post . Other wise you come off as being ill informed . And doooow you need to read our beloved constitution . It takes much more than just unanimity of the provinces . I have been retired from a very long career for ten years . So don’t even try to hire me . And yes aircraft will eventually all be electric . Have you guys seen electric drones ? Like the ones the kids play with ? It’s really just a matter of scale . Kids these days . You really don’t read like us old folks do . Let me guess . When your not bitching at me you’re play video games .

Btw the channel crossing lane is an Airbus . And did you know there is an eliner on the drawing board ?

It gets worse Palopu . Search solar power ships . Who is the twit ? I would never call you a twit . Useful idiot , yes , but I don’t think you qualify to be a twit .