Bell Shows Canadians How To Suck And Blow At The Same Time

 You gotta admit it takes some real chutzpah for Bell to take out full page ads in newspapers across Canada whining about the federal governments decision to allow U.S. based cellular giant Verizon to do business in Canada. Much of Bell's argument against the governments decision is based on the fact it will cost Canadian jobs.

 Anyone who has had to deal with Bell customer service won't be surprised by the fact Bell uses cheap labour in such countries as India to reap billions more in profit. So what Bell, those customer service jobs cannot be done by Canadians here in Canada? Friggin pathetic hypocrites.

 Years ago I kicked Bell to the curb as my cellular, internet, home phone and satellite tv provider. Most of that decision was based on the fact whenever I needed customer service my call would be taken from someone in a far away country, reading prompt cards to me with broken and incomprehensible english.

And now when their profits might take a bit of a hit they wrap themselves in the Canadian flag and claim to want to protect Canadian workers? In a way I kinda wish I still had one more Bell service so I could tell them to shove it you know where!

CBC Applies Different Rules To David Suzuki Than Tom Flanagan?

Seems as though Dr. Suzuki has caused a bit of a stir with comments that “Oh, I think Canada is full too! Although it’s the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth. It’s crazy!”

 That's right. One of CBC's own, a lifelong bloodsucker of Canadian taxpayers via our national broadcaster has come out and said Canada "is full" and "our immigration policy is disgusting". Now I'm willing to bet that if anyone with even a passing link to the federal Conservative Party or Ontario PC Party made those same comments the media would be screaming for blood. I wouldn't even be surprised if the Toronto Star went one full day without an ant-Rob Ford story to tell everyone how disgusted and shocked they were by those comments.

 But hey, it's one of their own. So what will the CBC do about Suzuki's horrible comments? Yep, absolutely nothing. Zilch. Nada. In fact CBC dismisses the comments as having nothing to do with Suzuki being an employee of the CBC. The CBC, which broadcasts Suzuki's The Nature of Things, said in a statement: "When David Suzuki made those comments, he was speaking as a private citizen and not on behalf of CBC."

Which kind of jogged my memory. If you remember back to February of this year, former Conservative strategist and sometime CBC analyst made some similar idiotic comments concerning laws regarding people criminally charged for looking at child-porn images. Flanagan's comments, unlike Suzuki's, were quickly given the scorn and disgust they deserved. But here's the rub. Flanagan , like Suzuki, wasn't speaking on behalf of the CBC. In fact he was doing it as a private citizen speaking at a university event.  So what did CBC do about it?

"“In light of recent remarks made by Tom Flanagan at the University of Lethbridge, CBC News has taken the decision to end our association with him as a commentator on Power and Politics,” Jennifer McGuire, CBC News general manager, said in a statement.

“While we support and encourage free speech across the country and a diverse range of voices, we believe Mr. Flanagan’s comments to have crossed the line and impacted his credibility as a commentator for us”.

 Maybe Ezra can find out why CBC has different standards for Suzuki than Flanagan. Either that or CBC believes DR. Fruitfly's words don't affect his or the national broadcasters credibility. You be the judge.

Justin Trudeau Directors Cut (Followup Rob Ford Crack Video)

My buddy Justin Jimmo who made the Rob Ford crack video just made another great video. In this one he spent some more time than the Ford video. Excellent work. Make sure to watch the entire video, especially at the 7:09 mark to see how easy it would be to make Rob Ford appear to be saying things he never actually said, such as Pierre Trudeau is a fag. Enjoy. 

BREAKING!!! Rob Ford Drug Video Partially Released

Kady O'Malley Sucks Paul Wells In....

 Seems as though CBC's Kady O'Malley, in her zest to defend and protect Justin Trudeau, might have been a lttle over the top in passing along information that Paul Wells POINTS TO as some type of uber-hypocrisy about PM Harper slamming Justin Trudeau's comments following the Boston marathon terrorist attack. Just one problem Mr. Wells, err, Ms. O'Malley. OK, I'm confused. You see if Wells actually took the time to look at the CBC video showing the PM's remarks about Trudeau, he would have seen that what he wrote actually is without basis.

You can see the video HERE.

 Go to the 2:15 mark. The PM clearly states that when this type of terrorist attack occurs, leaders should denounce it in the strongest ways. Makes sense to me. Wells, err Kady, tries to make the stretch that a government funding announcment regarding the Kanishka Project made in 2009 points to hypocrisy by the PM. Quick history lesson. When making that announcment, the PM referenced Flight 182, the Air India flight that had a bomb go off in 1985. In fact, Wells, err, Kady actually reinforces this with this quote:

“…the first and most solemn duty of government is to keep its people safe. It took far too long to learn the lessons of Flight 182. One of those lessons is that information is an important tool in the struggle against terrorism. We need to know as much as we can about terrorists, their tactics, and the best solutions to protect people…"

 Now I'm sure, Wells, uh, Kady, you know, might have actually read the minutes of the PM's speech that Wells himself supplies the link to. If she/he did, they surely must have read this:

 "There is an important message that the families asked me to deliver last year and it’s worth repeating now. It is a message to my fellow political leaders of every party and at every level of government. We must denounce violent extremism at every opportunity. And we must also denounce the extremist organizations and individuals who advocate violence and often try to conceal it.".

 Seems to me the PM has been quite consistent in his comments, while Wells/O'Maelley get a failing grade.

A Simple Solution To The Temporary Worker Story

 Lot's in the news about the RBC allegedly using temporary foreign workers to replace Canadian workers. While I think this story is just another faux scandal by the media, most notably the CBC, as the issue is really not abusing the temporary worker program, but rather outsourcing current work outside Canada, something that has been going on back into the early 90's and something the government has no control over, all the Conservative government needs to do is make one simple change to the current system.

 Now I'm sure you are shaking your head thinking there cannot be an easy solution. Well, there is. Any company applying to have temporary foreign workers can only do so if there are no Canadian workers willing or able to do the job. The solution is to simply require any employer seeking an application to use temp foreign workers to post on the government website, the HRDC job bank, an ad for the positions being applied for by the companies to use temp foreign workers. The job posting would be required to be up a minimum of say 20 days, must meet all federal and provincial rules and regulations for Canadian workers, including at least minimum wage for the province or territory the job would be performed.

 In fact, this could be further improved by having those on social assistance or EI somehow worked into the program. I'm guessing this solution is so simple no politician will want to touch it. And by the way, don't you find the opposition parties and media to be incredible hypocrites regarding the RBC story? Why just a month ago they were screaming about how unfair it was that illegal foreign workers were being shown on the show Border Security. Funny that. 

It's Almost Like I'm Psychic

With the announcement today by GM that they would be shutting down the Camaro line in Oshawa and moving production to Michigan, I kindly refer you to my uncanny ability to foresee the future. As I have stated a number of times. CAW head Ken Lewenza would raise his arms in VICTORY, claiming to have beaten back the capitalist enemies after completing negotiations with GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Lewenza boasts of having won the war, keeping Big 3 new hires earning more than their UAW counterparts in the U.S.

 Cue the OUTRAGE from Lewenza today when the news that 1000 more Oshawa jobs would be lost, with Michigan picking up the jobs and Camaro production. By putting a higher labour cost on Canadian manufacturing than the U.S., Lewenza has effectively priced us out of jobs. And it's going to get far worse. We've already seen massive job losses here and plant closures, including the Caterpillar plant in London, the consolidated line in Oshawa among others. Watch for Chrysler to announce the closing of the Brampton Assembly Plant in 2015-2016.

 If Lewenza should be outraged, it's with himself and the master bargaining committee, who were all warned by the companies and economists what the outcome would be should they refuse to accept a deal similar to the U.S.