[Advisors] Well, that didn't work

[Thompson, Darlene]

Yes, I must dis agree with James (sorry, man!)

We have to get in their faces any way we can.  Political pressure is the ON=
LY way we can adjust the Harper government's stance on the CAP program.  Pl=
aying it soft will not work.  Media attention and lots of e-mails/letters m=
ight.

Just my personal opinion here.

D

Darlene A. Thompson
CAP Administrator
N-CAP/Department of Education
P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
Phone:  (867) 975-5631
Fax:  (867) 975-5610
dthompson@gov.nu.ca
________________________________________
From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [advisors-admin@tc.ca] on behalf of Michael Corb=
ett [Michael.Corbett@cannor.gc.ca]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 5:30 PM
To: James Van Leeuwen; Gareth Shearman
Cc: TC Advisors
Subject: Re: [Advisors] Well, that didn't work

Or this from Rick Salutin

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/stephen-harper-the-last-straus=
sian/article1710880/

>>> On 4/20/2012 at 2:43 PM, in message <147157C5-7311-4216-AE89-DBFCA2E351=
1A@ventus.ca>, James Van Leeuwen <jvl@ventus.ca> wrote:
Good sarcastic humour, but probably counterproductive.

Nobody likes to be ridiculed, and some get vindictive.


For the federal Conservatives, you're either with them or against them.

Stand with us, or stand with the pedophiles - they really do see the world =
in black and white.


Here is some highly recommended scholarly and 100% non-partisan reading on =
the topic:

http://righteousmind.com


JvL





On 2012-04-20, at 1:50 PM, Gareth Shearman wrote:

So we'll do it this way:
An imagined interview: Bob Newhart asks Stephen Harper about the 2012 budge=
t



By Elizabeth May on 12 April 2012 - 8:56am

BN<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart>: Mr. Prime Minister, I am so p=
leased you agreed to take my call

BN: Thank you for that, but I am not actually from Vermont=85. It was a tel=
evision 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 a=
ddress the threat of climate change.

BN: No, sir. No one has ever thought I was radical before=85.. I hardly eve=
r take jets=85 not sure about foreign-funding. Does that include being an A=
merican? 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 n=
ot sure what that is=85

BN: I certainly do not stand with child pornographers. I don=92t sit with t=
hem either. =85 No I wasn=92t trying to make light of child pornographers o=
r=85 no, not internet predators either=85.

BN: Thanks for clearing that up, but what I wanted to know was how Canadian=
s will access the internet in communities that have relied on Community Acc=
ess (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 Environme=
nt and Economy. Wasn=92t that established by a previous Conservative govern=
ment? =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 envi=
ronment 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 t=
he 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 hu=
mour in this=85..

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