[Advisors] Well, that didn't work
Gareth Shearman
shearman at victoria.tc.ca
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:50:21 -0700
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So we'll do it this way:
An imagined interview: Bob Newhart asks Stephen Harper about the 2012 =
budget
Home / Blogs / Elizabeth May's blog /
By Elizabeth May on 12 April 2012 - 8:56am
BN: Mr. Prime Minister, I am so pleased you agreed to take my call
BN: Thank you for that, but I am not actually from Vermont=85. It was a =
television show.
BN: Great, well I wanted to start by asking you about the decisions in =
your budget. It is a pretty anti-environmental budget. There is a lot in =
there for supertankers and pipelines and expanding fossil fuels, but =
nothing to address the threat of climate change.
BN: No, sir. No one has ever thought I was radical before=85.. I hardly =
ever take jets=85 not sure about foreign-funding. Does that include =
being an American? Is that foreign? OK=85.just calm down, I will move =
on.
BN: To change the topic, I am wondering why the budget says the =
government is committed to connecting Canadians by internet and then =
there is no more money for internet=85.
BN: Yes, well I see you put some money into internet and high speed =
access in the past=85.
BN: No, I wasn=92t trying to talk about on-line warrant-less access. I =
am not sure what that is=85
BN: I certainly do not stand with child pornographers. I don=92t sit =
with them either. =85 No I wasn=92t trying to make light of child =
pornographers or=85 no, not internet predators either=85.
BN: Thanks for clearing that up, but what I wanted to know was how =
Canadians will access the internet in communities that have relied on =
Community Access (it was called the CAP programme), and now it is gone=85.=
BN: So they just don=92t need the internet in remote communities?=85=85 =
Yes, I agree we are doing well by phone.
BN: I also notice you have eliminated the National Round Table on =
Environment and Economy. Wasn=92t that established by a previous =
Conservative government? =85.. Right, not one that you liked. A bit too =
left-wing? I see=85.. I have read that your Environment Minister thinks =
you don=92t need the environment and economy round table any more =
because it was established a long time ago, in a time when Canadians did =
not have the internet. =85. Yes, and he says that now you have the =
internet, so you don=92t need this advisory body=85.. No, I am not =
trying to trick you. I just wondered about cutting the internet when the =
internet is replacing the round table=85..
BN: Sure, not everyone needs the internet. The important thing is that =
you have it when you need it. Yes, of course, and other peoples=92 =
internet too=85.. So, for food safety, the budget is moving information =
off the labels and on to the internet, so the people in remote =
communities do not need to read that food information? =85. No, I am not =
a foreign funded radical. =85. Yes, sir, I respect the office of Prime =
Minister of Canada. I am sure it is a very nice office=85..
BN: I apologise, absolutely, it=92s just that I find a certain amount of =
humour in this=85..
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20px; ">By Elizabeth May on 12 April 2012 - =
8:56am</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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Mr. Prime Minister, I am so pleased you agreed to take my =
call</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Vera =
Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; =
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style=3D"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Vera =
Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ">BN: Thank you for =
that, but I am not </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Vera =
Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ">actually from =
Vermont=85. It was a television show.</span></div><div><span =
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Roman', 'Bitstream Vera Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: =
20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Vera =
Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; ">BN: Great, well I =
wanted to start by asking you about the decisions in your budget. It is =
a pretty anti-environmental budget. There is a lot in there for =
supertankers and pipelines and expanding fossil fuels, but nothing to =
address the threat of climate change.</span><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New =
Roman', 'Bitstream Vera Serif', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: =
20px; "><div><div class=3D"node node-type-blog node-promoted =
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margin-left: 0px; ">BN: No, sir. No one has ever thought I was radical =
before=85.. I hardly ever take jets=85 not sure about foreign-funding. =
Does that include being an American? Is that foreign? OK=85.just calm =
down, I will move on.</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: To change the topic, I am =
wondering why the budget says the government is committed to connecting =
Canadians by internet and then there is no more money for =
internet=85.</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: Yes, well I see you put some =
money into internet and high speed access in the past=85.</p><p =
style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; =
margin-left: 0px; ">BN: No, I wasn=92t trying to talk about on-line =
warrant-less access. I am not sure what that is=85</p><p =
style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; =
margin-left: 0px; ">BN: I certainly do not stand with child =
pornographers. I don=92t sit with them either. =85 No I wasn=92t trying =
to make light of child pornographers or=85 no, not internet predators =
either=85.</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: Thanks for clearing that up, =
but what I wanted to know was how Canadians will access the internet in =
communities that have relied on Community Access (it was called the CAP =
programme), and now it is gone=85.</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: So they =
just don=92t need the internet in remote communities?=85=85 Yes, I agree =
we are doing well by phone.</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: I also =
notice you have eliminated the National Round Table on Environment and =
Economy. Wasn=92t that established by a previous Conservative =
government? =85.. Right, not one that you liked. A bit too left-wing? I =
see=85.. I have read that your Environment Minister thinks you don=92t =
need the environment and economy round table any more because it was =
established a long time ago, in a time when Canadians did not have the =
internet. =85. Yes, and he says that now you have the internet, so you =
don=92t need this advisory body=85.. No, I am not trying to trick you. I =
just wondered about cutting the internet when the internet is replacing =
the round table=85..</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: Sure, not everyone needs the =
internet. The important thing is that you have it when you need it. Yes, =
of course, and other peoples=92 internet too=85.. So, for food safety, =
the budget is moving information off the labels and on to the internet, =
so the people in remote communities do not need to read that food =
information? =85. No, I am not a foreign funded radical. =85. Yes, sir, =
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nice office=85..</p><p style=3D"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">BN: I apologise, absolutely, =
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