Do you think the people who seemingly recklessly spent our money around the world will ever be punished? Do you think they'll lose their jobs?
Nah, I didn't either.
I thought politicians would be outraged by this and would be speaking out. They're not. I think it's because they've all been guilty at one time or another of using public money for travelling etc. and maybe think it's hypocritical to speak out now. It makes me really sad. You can't trust anyone, that's the bottom line and they've further undermined how we look at people who have access to the public purse. It was already a bleak outlook and now it's worse. Thanks, guys!
More on this with Tim Bousquet on Tuesday, I am looking forward to it, but dreading it at the same time. No matter what we say and how much we hate what happened, the people who spent the money aren't elected officials and so they're untouchable. Sad, but freakin' true.
Anyway....we had a great debate today about health care with 2 very game participants. Even though Charles Cirtwell of AIMS had the flu he still came out firing! Kyle Buott held his ground very well though, I thought it was an interesting, entertaining debate.
We had another guest in for the last half hour of the show - Liberal leader Stephen MacNeil. Sounds like he is anxious to start putting some new ideas forward, says he doesn't want an election, but has all the players in place. I think the key to determining if there's an election before an actual budget vote will be to monitor the facial hair of the leaders. If we see the Premier grow a beard and then shave it - we know the government is going to fall because he's probably looking for a few more points!
If you wanted more information on the group examining Canada's place in the world, here's the website: http://www.canadasworld.ca/
Here's Bruce Devenne's hospital website: http://www.nshospitals.com/
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hellooooo Amber....
a very good show indeed today...
The debate between Cirtwell and Buott was most interesting and worth a follow up..seems to me Buott kept tripping over his tongue in contradicting himself...
With regards to politicans and beaurcrats using public money, your quite right....if they were to speak out against such waste they would be hypocritics for sure....they all do it....and think nothing of it....where taxpayers have to watch every cent of their hard earned money....
There are far too many suits living too high off the hog from using public money.
Look at the politicans like Mulroney who insult the public by telling them to tighten their belts while they live off our money.
Political families like Elmer MacKays family probably would starve if it wasn't for public money...keep it in the family....if they actually had to work they wouldn't make it in the real world...
Again CAPE sounds like a good ideal...Citizens Against Political Entitlemements.
I hereby appoint Rick Howe as the leader of this politicaly feared group. The only group I would vote for...
The Commonwealth Games committee sounds ;like a bunch of crooks in suits. and as crooks who dreamed up this scam, they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for mis-representation, be deceptive, fraud and not giving full disclosure.
One big SCAM...
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