Is Stephane Dion writing the headlines for the Liberal Party homepage too?

I only ask because it reads the way he would say it.

David Suzuki vs a Terrorist: A difference of degree

In the debate over the environment, it is often a difference of degrees.

I'm not talking about the obvious -- is the earth warming by 5 degrees or 2 degrees or not at all.

I'm talking about something entirely different. But it also just a difference in degrees.

Can you be the next Michael Ignatieff? Take the Sideshow test

Do you have what it takes to be the next Michael Ignatieff? Take this simple test and find out for yourself.

The National Post says the unspeakable -- Stephane Dion sold out Canada's security for personal power

In a stunning editorial by Jonathan Kay at the National Post, Stephane Dion stands accused of selling out our national security for a win at the Liberal Party convention.

It doesn't get much more serious than that! And the consequences might go far beyond Stephane Dion's place in the history books.

Stephane Dion wins one -- and will likely lose big

Stephane Dion must face the consequences of a three-line whipped vote that was defied by two important Liberal MPs. Tom Wappel and Irwin Cotler did not follow the putative Liberal Party leader, and that makes Stephane Dion's leadership situation all the more precarious.

Stephane Dion: Asking politely if it is his turn to be leader

Stephane Dion supporter, riding president, and leading Liberal Party blogger, Jason Cherniak, is calling on the Liberals to let Stephane Dion as more questions in Question Period.

But I thought that would be a decision for Stephane Dion to take. I mean, he is the leader, isn't he?

An article from 2005 makes a direct reference to Stephane Dion's pressure from lobbyists

I added some extra elements to my bromine timeline, and in doing so, stumbled across an article in The Walrus in which the author Paul Webster, makes an explicit reference to Stephane Dion's lack of action because of intense lobbying.

A timeline of environmental (in)action

In doing to cleanup research on the question of bromine lobbying by key Liberals, I assembled an interesting timeline. It is revealing.

For five bucks you can be an environmental hero just like David Suzuki

I decided to figure out just how much it will cost uber-environmentalist David Suzuki to drive his monster bus across the country and still be carbon neutral.

The results were surprising, and frankly, they made me laugh at the whole Suzuki circus.

Charles Rust-Tierney: This is a reason child pornogrpahy is just banned outright

The former chapter president of the Virgina branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has been arrested on charges of posessing child pornography.

Given the ACLU's position on child pornography, you have to wonder just what happened to Charles Rust-Tierney.

Prominent Sikh Liberal resigns over Stephane Dion's position on anti-terror bill

Stephane Dion is attempting to face down a growing revolt over his insistence that two provisions in the anti-terror bill designed by Jean Chretien's government be allowed to lapse. Not only are his MPs grumbling, Liberals outside of the caucus are upset.

I have just received a copy of a letter from Sarwan Singh Randhawa, a prominent Sikh community member and member of the Liberal Party, resigning his membership with the party over this issue.

Kyoto targets an unachievable fiction: Liberal insiders

By 2012, Canada's emissions must be 6% below 1990 levels in order to meet the Kyoto targets. Of course, we all know that in the years since the Liberals ratified the treaty in 2002, emissions have risen by over 30%. As Stephane Dion has plaintively cried, priorities were elsewhere. It wasn't his fault.

Actually, he's right. No one could meet the targets. Eddie Goldenberg, a senior Liberal advisor, has revealed today that the government of Jean Chretien always knew that the targets were unachievable. Worse yet, another source explains that the targets were set in a completely capricious manner, unconnected in any way to any kind of science.

It seems to me that the sooner Stephane Dion realigns his priorities, the better. He's a fool if he continues to carry the standard of Kyoto, now understood to be an utter fiction, and foisted upon him by his Liberal Party predecessors who no longer have to answer for their decisions.

Stephane Dion: Dim bulb

Australia, not a signatory to Kyoto, takes concrete action under its Liberal government.

Canada, signatory to Kyoto, achieved nothing in a dozen years of its Liberal government.

But remember, the Liberal Party of Australia is centre-right, that is, conservative. Canada's Liberal Party is centre-left, that is, ineffective.

Malaysia to recruit spies to help enforce Islamic law and custom

George Orwell's nightmarish world of 1984 is taking a step closer to reality in Malaysia, where Islamic forces are taking their cues from the most purely atheistic society ever described in literature.

Letter from the Canadian Coalition Against Terror takes aim at potential Liberal Party rebels

National Newswatch is reporting that Stephane Dion is preparing to withold his signature from the nomination papers of Liberal MPs who bolt and vote in favour of extending the provisions of Canada's anti-terrorism bill.

Those same Liberal MPs have received a letter from the Canadian Coalition Against Terror imploring them to vote in favour of extending the provisions, as many have said they are inclined to do. What these MPs have to consider is whether the threat to withold his signature, if real, is also likely to happen. That is, Stephane Dion can only follow through with a threat like that if he is actually the leader when an election comes. If Liberal caucus members have reason to doubt that, or to think that as an unpopular party leader, Stephane Dion is likely to cost them their seats, then they might just bolt after all.

Is Stephane Dion surrounded by anti-Kyoto Liberals?

When confronted by Michael Ignatieff on the fact that the previous Liberal governments, despite signing on to Kyoto in December of 2002 had failed to make any movement toward getting Canadians to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and had in fact watched them increase significantly, Liberal Party leadership candidate Stephane Dion whined mightily. Mewling, he cried, "That's unfair! Do you think it's easy to set priorities?"

Amazingly, this person was elected leader!

What is even more amazing is that I continue to find evidence that the Liberals are simply not serious about Kyoto. This is not about whether the targets are easily met or priorities are easily set. This is about how, when you scratch below the green sheen that the Liberal Party has put on itself, there is nothing but twisted links and ties to organizations that, right or wrong, are dead set against Kyoto.

This time I'm talking about senior Liberal strategist Randy Pettipas.

One the one hand, the Liberal Party insists that Kyoto must be implemented. On the other hand, senior Liberals are being paid to lobby against implementing Kyoto. Which is it? Maybe Stephane Dion's first priority is to get this sorted out.

John Duffy knows my name

Stephen Taylor has an amazing video that I haven't seen before. Taken at the Liberal leadership convention, John Duffy is confronted by a camera held by the Blogging Tories. When he finds out, imagine my surprise at the name that pops out of his mouth.

Bromines, Ozone and the Greenhouse Effect, Lobbyists, and Liberals

Bromines? Who's afraid of bromines? Who's even heard of bromines?

I had to look them up, and it turns out bromines are an environmentalist's nightmare. Bromine compounds in the atmosphere are far more destructive to the ozone layer than chlorine, and at the same time trap heat like carbon dioxide.

So it came as a surprise to note that two high profile Canadian political figures with close Liberal ties are on the one hand running a pro Liberal, pro Stephane Dion website devoted to promoting the Liberal Party as the party to save the environment, and on the other hand have been for years lobbying on behalf of the industry organization that promotes the continued use of bromine-compounds and aggressively fights attempts to regulate bromine use.

I wonder if John Duffy and Robert Asselin will face questions from Liberal Party members who are legitimate environmentalists about what role the two might have played in the lack of action shown by the Liberals on just about anything to do with the environment during their 13 years in power.

Lieberals? Let's grow up

Something that has been bothering me for some time is the debasement of political dialogue. I, for one, would like to see that change.

Ajax loads of home page content and a quick survey

Some more news on the new design, as well as a request for an opinion on a specific design element.

CTV Report: Liberal poll numbers tanking -- Liberals asking "Who's the leader?"

In what can only be described as disastrous news for the Liberal Party, CTV News last night led off with a special report revealing that polling numbers show that the Liberal Party is tanking at the polls. More importantly, though, it seems that the charge to the political basement is being led by Stephane Dion personally, who is not seen as a leader by Canadians. On the other hand, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's personal numbers continue to climb.

Marlene Jennings: Lies about her citizenship

For Liberal MP Marlene Jennings (Notre-Dame- de-Grâce—Lachine), the concept of citizenship seems to be something that morphs and changes based on what sounds good at the moment.

A perfect metaphor for how Liberals think -- whatever sounds good right this minute. Fortunately, we can look to the past, and see that the sob story Marlene Jennings is peddling right now is just that, a story. It is designed to embarrass the Conservatives, and if altering the facts helps get that done, well, so be it.

Charles Adler: "Our bellies are full. It’s time to plunder."

In tomorrow's column by Charles Adler, presented here at Angry in the Great White North in its entirety with permission, Charles looks at the various missteps and ill-considered statements coming out of the Liberal Party under Stephane Dion, and wonders if there is any way we can avoid an election? Stephen Harper will need the patience of Job not to call an election to rid himself of these troublesome Liberals by winning a Conservative majority.

But the timing of an election call is tricky even in this sort of situation.

Adler is the host of Adler on Line on the Corus Radio Network.

You can contact Charles at adleronline@gmail.com

Or through his website www.charlesadler.com

Stephane Dion: An inspirational leader?

Can Stephane Dion inspire Canadians? The real question is whether he can inspire his own Liberal caucus.

Maybe Michael Ignatieff can give Stephane Dion some pointers.

Bob Rae to undergo sex-change operation

No, Bob Rae is not going under the knife. Too bad for Stephane Dion, because as it is, his promise to run women candidates in one-third of the ridings in the next election won't result in many more women MPs, since all the safe ridings are going to be held by the boys, or given to important star candidates, who happen to be male.

Hezbollah lackey criticizes a Conservative prop

Denis Coderre indulges in some stone throwing in the glass house in which the Liberal Party lives.

Nicole Foster Woollatt: Big oil's pipeline to Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party [Updated]

Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion has made it clear, either in his own words or through his point man, Mark Holland, that Canada's oil industry must restrain itself in order for Canada to meet Kyoto commitments. And if the major petroleum companies, almost all located in Alberta, don't limit themselves, Dion will legislate limits and restrictions on their activities should the Liberal Party be returned to power.

So it came as quite a surprise to me to discover that the same petroleum interests have hired Nicole Foster Woollatt, a senior member of the Liberal Party executive, to be their lobbyist.

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More changes and corrections and improvements.

The Conservative Party of Canada in bed with American political operators

Oops, did I say Conservatives? I meant to say the Liberal Party of Canada.

First hints at replacing Stephane Dion

Chantale Hebert is one of Canada's best known columnists, commenting on national affairs for the Toronto Star. In her most recent column, she discusses the importance of fluency in both official languages for Canada's top political leaders. But along the way, she obliquely discusses the consequences of bilingualism for Stephane Dion's successor.

Stephane Dion is barely two months into his new role as leader of the Liberal Party, and already Hebert is discussing his successor?

That's not a good sign.

Layout changes

Feedback has led to some changes, hopefully for the better.

Oops, I did it again -- Angry in the Great White North is re-re-launched

You all know by now that if I haven't posted in a few days, it's either because I'm moving, or I'm rebuilding the blog. This time, it's rebuilding the blog.

Is Garth Turner joining the Liberals? Is Garth Turner a liar?

Is Garth Turner joining the Liberal caucus? If so, what will Garth Turner have to say about this?

My harrowing escape from Venezuela North

I've been off the blog since last week as my family made good our escape from Ajax, also known as Venezuela North, represented by Hugo Chavez wannabe Mark Holland of the Liberal Party. Now that we're safely relocated in Cambridge, Ontario, and represented by Gary Goodyear of the Conservative Party, I feel I can speak freely of Mark Holland's frightening plans to nationalize Canada's oil industry. Or not. But whatever is done, or not done, the important thing is that the Liberal Party does it. Or doesn't do it. Whatever.

Eva Ho, Jackie Li, and Kevin Lim: The search moves to YouTube

In a strange twist, the search for Eva Ho, Jackie Li, and Kevin Lim has moved to YouTube.

Artistic license? Or cherry-picking Liberal lies?

The Conservative ads attacking Stephane Dion, new leader of the Liberal Party, are particularly effective because they use statements made by other Liberals criticizing Stephane Dion's record.

One Liberal blogger is trying to counter with his own ad. But it flops. He manages to find a clip of John Baird, Minister of the Environment, stating "our party has got into a mess on the environment".

The problem is that Baird was quoting Liberal Michael Ignatieff. And Ignatieff was talking about the Liberal Party.

Nice try, Jason, but what you call artistic license is in fact a lie.

A note to the opposition: Kyoto is spelled with a 'K'

The opposition MPs, Liberal, Bloc Quebecois, and NDP, were all sporting green "Save Kyoto" ribbons.

And only one was wearing it the right way.

You know, if you are going to position yourself as the "Kyoto" bloc, you could at least make an effort to appear like you know what you are talking about.

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