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Debates of April 3rd, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #105 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Question Period
- Auditor General of Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
- Canada Labour Code
- Official Development Assistance Accountability Act
- Criminal Code
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- The Budget
- Temagami Boat Manufacturing Inc.
- Seniors
- The Budget
- Sackville
- Alberni Valley
- Best Municipal Water in the World
- Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
- Orangeville Rotary Club
- Air Transportation
- National Oncology Nursing Day
- Invisible Work Day
- Immigration
- Parkinson's Awareness Month
- Long Gun Registry
- Ethics
- Immigration
- The Budget
- National Defence
- Employment
- Aviation Safety
- Air Canada
- National Defence
- Poverty
- Highway Infrastructure
- Firearms Registry
- Human Trafficking
- Rights & Democracy
- Foreign Affairs
- Pensions
- Foreign Affairs
- Air Transportation
- Veterans Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Health
- Arts and Culture
- Agriculture
- Firearms Registry
- Privilege
- Financial Statement of Minister of Finance
- Canada Pension Plan
Financial statement of Minister of Finance
The Budget
Government Orders
1:15 p.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, unless the government has something to hide.
Here is the problem. The Conservatives are so poor at managing money. We have seen that with the F-35s and with the prisons agenda. They are so appallingly bad at managing taxpayers' money that they have done exactly the opposite. In 2014-15, they are slashing $6.7 million out of the Auditor General of Canada, and we say shame on them. Canadian families deserve better. They deserve the protection of the Auditor General of Canada. The Auditor General of Canada deserves an increase in funding.
That means the Auditor General will be able to monitor fewer departments. The Auditor General will be cut back in a dozen cases and will not be able to oversee the Conservative government's wild expenditures. The government is wild in its excess. We have seen this with the F-35s: $30 billion or $40 billion, "Hey, it is all okay. It is our pet project. We do not want to control expenditures". For the Conservatives to cut back on the Auditor General of Canada shows complete disrespect for Canadians.
Mr. Speaker, through you, I would like to say to Canadians to send tweets, post on Facebook or write emails telling their Conservative MPs what they think of their decision to slash the Auditor General of Canada, to slash that protection that belongs to all of us to make sure these incredibly irresponsible spending decisions of the Conservatives are actually reined in. If folks want to write in, we would love to hear from them.
It is not just the Auditor General who the Conservatives are attacking. I will read a couple of tweets that have just come in. Buswell says, "$7.5 million a year cut to Elections Canada in the midst of the robocall scandal but $12 million spent on budget 2012 promotion. Responsible government?" This is the reaction that Canadians are having to the second item among eight agents of Parliament, which is the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, as we know, is now investigating the robocall scandal and what has been a wide variety of violations of the Canada Elections Act. We know the government has been ruled guilty as charged in previous violations of the Canada Elections Act. It seems to not respect the law. It seems unable and incapable of respecting the law. It seems to be quite willing to break the law when it comes to election campaigns and Canadians feel differently about that. Canadians have a profound belief that political parties and all Canadians should respect the law and that a party that forms government should be respecting the law at all times.
We must respect the ability of the Chief Electoral Officer to investigate alleged violations of the Canada Elections Act, of which we are all aware. One does not cut back on police officers when they are investigating crimes. We ensure the police officers have the wherewithal and resources to actually fully investigate.
What is very disturbing is that on page 260 we see the results of the Chief Electoral Officer wanting to investigate these allegations of widespread law-breaking of the Canada Elections Act. In 2012-13, $7.5 million will be cut from the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. In 2013-14, $7.5 million will be cut again. In 2014-15, it will be cut again. On an ongoing basis, it will be cut again. The government is punishing the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and Elections Canada for doing their job. Their job is to maintain the law and ensure there are no violations of the Canada Elections Act. If the government really believes in being tough on crime, it can start by fully funding the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada so that Elections Canada can conduct the investigation into what happened in the last election campaign.
What else do we see? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has been critical, as we know, about the Internet snooping bill introduced by the government. The government wants to snoop in people's homes and pry into their private lives and what they read and see on the Internet. We remember the despicable reaction of the Minister of Public Safety on that. We have an impartial servant, an agent of Parliament, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that speaks out on violations of our civic rights and privacy such as that.
This is what will happen. In 2012-13, $0.7 million will be cut from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Can anyone believe the government would do that? In 2013-14, $0.7 million will be cut from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and in 2014-15, $1.1 million will be cut.
These are institutions that protect the public interest. The Auditor General of Canada, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will all be slashed and burned because the government does not like having impartial, independent protectors of the public interest standing up for Canadians.
I would ask all Canadians who are concerned about these mean-spirited cuts to tell their local Conservative member of Parliament. They can phone, email or tweet their member and ensure they copy it to an NDP MP as well. This can only be considered abuse of what is parliamentary funding and is something that should not be supported or condoned. These agencies protect the public interests and we are saying that Canadian families deserve better. These agencies should be fully funded so they can do their job.
I will move on to what else the government has hacked and slashed. I will move on to Agriculture and Agri-food. My colleagues from the eastern townships who know the agriculture industry backward and forward are concerned about this. Canadians should be concerned as well because one of the components within Agriculture and Agri-food is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and we know what it is responsible for. This is a pretty vital and important Canadian public service. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ensures that when Canadian families get a food product that they are giving to their kids and family that the product is safe. Members who have talked to the public in any capacity across the country or members who have seen any of the opinion polls that have been taken, know full well that, with some of the outbreaks we have seen that have killed Canadians, food safety is a primary concern of Canadian families. Listeriosis is one example. We have seen many other cases and we need to ensure that the public interest is protected, that there are expanded food safety inspections and that Canadians have an even greater sense of well-being around food safety.
What did the government do around food inspection and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency? It is appalling for all of those Canadians who are concerned about food safety and inspection and who want to know that the products they are serving to their kids are safe. Is that not a very fundamental thing in an industrialized country like Canada? In a country that is as well developed as Canada, should we not have the ability to sit down to an evening meal and not have to worry about what the consequences may be?
This is what the Conservative government did to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. For 2012-13, it is cutting $2.1 million out of its operations. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will not have a greater ability to ensure that the food we eat is safe. It will have less of an ability. In 2013-14, it gets even worse. The cutbacks to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are in the order of $10 million at a time when there is adequate inspection and supervision of only an estimated 2% of Canadian foods. The risk of the kinds of outbreaks that have killed so many Canadians will be greatly increased when $10 million are cut out of the budget. Canadians all know that the Food Inspection Agency is vitally important but what happens in 2014-15? The Conservative government will cut $56.1 million out of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It is gutting the agency. It is not just that year. It is from then on.
As long as the Conservatives are in power, Canadians should be concerned that the food inspection process will not fully protect their families. There could be outbreaks of other problems with our food supply because of the government's irresponsibility. However, for those Canadian families who are concerned, on October 20, 2015, when there is an NDP government in place, we will ensure that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and food inspection is fully funded so that families right across the country are protected.
At a time when the Canadian Wheat Board has been gutted and when the government has mused about cutting back on supply management, we know how important that is to sustain rural communities right across the country. The supply managed sector is the only sector where farmers have been able to make a decent living. As I have mentioned before, Alberta has the lowest farmer seats in the country because the Conservative government, both provincially and federally, have not taken care of Alberta farmers in any way. When we look at the supply managed sector, we get that stability that has allowed farm families and farming communities to prosper. With all of these hits, threatening supply management and gutting the Wheat Board, what is the government doing? Overall for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, next year it is cutting $15 million from the budget, in 2013 it will cur $158 million from the budget and in 2014 it will cut $252 million out of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. We say that Canadian farmers deserve better than that, better than the neglect of the government, better than the government cutting back on support for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Tragically, I must go on because we are seeing so much money that the government is willing to put away on F-35s, on prisons and on corporate tax cuts but it is not cutting into the fat. It is cutting right through to the bone in a most irresponsible way. We talked earlier about the 60,000 jobs lost as a result of this budget and at the worst possible time for the economy. Now, as we detail the cuts, we are seeing what is happening in every case.
I will move on to Citizenship and Immigration because that is an area that I know well. In my riding of Burnaby—New Westminster, over 100 languages are spoken. There are new Canadians who come from around the world to join us in Canada and help build our country. They come with a variety of skills. They have a passion for Canada when they arrive that is exciting to see. When I walk through Richmond Park in the summertime I see those new Canadian families. In one area I will see a number of families from various parts of Africa, from Sierra Leone, the Congo, South Sudan or Ethiopia. I will walk through another section and see Indo-Canadian families or families that have come from China, Taiwan, Vietnam or Thailand. I will walk through another park and I will hear Spanish and see people from South America. In other parks I will see people from Europe, Romania or Russia. All of them have come to Canada with the idea of building this country and, in a very real way, to build a new life.
I do not mind telling the House that often it is tragic for them because of the cutbacks of the mean-spirited government. Over the last few years there has been no progress on credential recognition at all. People who are trained as doctors and engineers, except in a few minor cases, are simply unable to practise and contribute what they know, their experience and education, to this country.
What is worse under this government is the situation around visitor visas. We can imagine someone coming halfway around the world to start a new life in Canada and wanting their sister to visit for the birth of a new son, or wanting their cousins and aunts to be with them on the day of a parent's funeral. Like any family, they want to be together.
Under the Conservative government, there have been such substantial cutbacks that now, in virtually all cases, visitor visas are denied. I have had to fight for families to be together for the birth of their child, an important anniversary, a wedding or a funeral. Under this government, even with an NDP MP fighting like heck to get a visitor visa accepted, more often than not, it is denied. What a mean-spirited government. What that means is those new Canadians are treated like second-class citizens. They cannot have the support of their families at a critical time. That is what we all want. That is what Canada should be delivering.
We have heard from new Canadian communities for years that we need more funding in citizenship and immigration to handle the workload, the piles of unprocessed visitor visa applications and the long lineup for sponsorship applications that take decades to resolve. We need a government that cares about new Canadians and invests to improve the poor state of those services that treat new Canadians as second-class citizens.
Here, we see the results of what any new Canadian who voted for the Conservatives actually got on May 2. The government promised it would improve those services for new Canadians and improve their quality of life so they could fully contribute to the country. The member for Newton—North Delta is absolutely right. The government is slashing $29.8 million from citizenship and immigration in 2012-13. Shame on the government. It gets worse. In 2013-14, $65.2 million will be slashed, and in 2014-15, nearly $85 million will be slashed.
New Canadians have done so much to build our country. In fact, all of us, except first nations, have come to Canada through immigration over the centuries. We need to make sure that the services are there for new Canadians when they need them.
With the slashing of the citizenship and immigration budget, the government has repudiated its commitment to new Canadians, many of whom voted for Conservatives in the last election because Conservatives said they would make those investments and improve those services. We are saying new Canadians deserve better.
For those new Canadian families who are watching today, I would like them to send their comments to Conservative members of Parliament and copy NDP MPs. NDP MPs know about the problems because we are involved in casework. We are helping new Canadian families every day who have seen their loved ones' visitor visas rejected. They see that they are not being recognized for their credentials, skills and experience. We would like them to let us know their stories, because we will make sure that the government is aware of what it has done to new Canadians by slashing those budgets.
It gets worse. We see the cuts that have been made in every area of service upon which Canadian families depend.
The government is not cutting the F-35s. It is not cutting the prison program. It is willing to spend any amount of money, tens of billions of bucks. It will throw money away. It will just shovel it off the back of a truck.
However, as far as prudent monitoring of spending that comes from the Auditor General, as far as dealing with the crisis in aboriginal communities, as far as actually responding to the needs of new Canadians, nothing. It is slashing. It is cutting. It is a modern group of political Vikings running roughshod over key services to Canadians.
Let us move on to the environment. I hear some groans from my colleagues behind me. Prior to May 2, remember the Prime Minister looking Canadians in the eyes and saying, "We're going to protect the environment"? Then it withdrew from Kyoto. Then we saw the real face over the last few months. The environment ministry is going to endure cuts at a time when Canadians want the environment protected more than ever. In 2012-13, we are seeing cuts of $19.5 million in the environment ministry.
My colleague from Sherbrooke asks what happens in 2013-14. There will be $56.4 million cut out of the environment. In 2014-15, it rises to $88.2 million. That includes Environment Canada and Parks Canada. The national parks that are a national trust for all of us and a source of inspiration for so many Canadian families. When they can finally get away for their two weeks of annual vacation, often they will go to Canadian parks. Canadian families under the current government are struggling harder than ever to make ends meet. Occasionally, when they get a weekend off, they will go to a national park. However, we are seeing cuts of $30 million to Parks Canada.
The purported goal of the government was to bring together the environment and the economy. The place to do that was at the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. Next year, it is cutting $200,000 out of its budget. And then comes the guillotine. Another organization sacrificed to Conservative ideology. In 2013-14, a $5.2 million cut, and the organization is killed.
Nothing on climate change. Nothing to respond to the concerns of so many Canadians on the environment.
Here is tweet from Black Spruce, "Budget 2012, no climate change discussion, zero funding, $99 million to deal with 2011 flooding and no reference to climate change". This will affect future generations. On this side of the House, we have strong environmental advocates. We say Canadian families deserve better. We need a government in power that respects the environment and puts in place protections for the environment. That is what we promise to do in 2015.
It is a tale of woe when we look at where the Conservative government is cutting. We will move on to something that is extremely important to my colleagues on the east coast and the west coast: Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
I will speak from a personal perspective. We have seen the near collapse of the salmon fishery in British Columbia. We have seen, over the last few decades, a neglect of the fisheries in British Columbia that is beyond belief. For a government that purports to represent British Columbia, the underfunding has been staggering. Many fishers and people in the community have called for adequate funding for Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the west coast and the east coast. When we talk to NDP members who represent east coast ridings, they say the same thing, "We need more funding to make sure that the fisheries are sustainable."
With the salmon fishers in British Columbia, we need improved salmon enhancement and monitoring so that we can understand the impact of sea lice on juvenile salmon. A lot of people make that connection, but we simply have not had the resources to find the facts that seem to be cut out of every aspect of this Conservative budget.
For years, British Columbians have said that they need more resources for Fisheries and Oceans Canada to make sure that we are adequately addressing a near collapse. There has only been one year in the last four where we could say that the salmon fishery was alive and well. However, at a near collapse, it has been three years out of four.
What will happen to Fisheries and Oceans Canada? One would expect a government to say that it would invest and make sure that those resources are there on the west coast and on the east coast. Tragically, that is not the case.
In 2012-13, $3.8 million will be gouged out of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In 2013-14, it goes to $13.4 million and in 2014-15, it goes to $79.3 million. This at a time when we need increased resources to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of our salmon fisheries and other fisheries.
As my colleague for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour has mentioned, we are also seeing an attack on the inshore fishery in Atlantic Canada and the Quebec region. It is tragic.
The reality is that those Canadians who are involved in the fisheries deserve to have a government that keeps the commitment it made on May 2. They deserve a government that actually provides support for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Frankly, Canadians who are in the fisheries deserve better from this government than these cutbacks.
I am not going to be able to detail all of the cuts that are in this budget prior to question period because there will not be enough time. I will come back to this after question period if my colleagues permit me.
I will quickly mention some of the other cuts. Within the health portfolio, we are talking about cuts of up to $310 million by 2014-15. There are massive cuts to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board.
All these cuts were not supposed to happen. In every case, the Conservative government promised to maintain those services prior to May 2.
We talked earlier about a fact free government, a government that wanted to banish facts from consideration. When we look at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, what disappears? It is the National Council of Welfare, which provides supports so the government can understand the facts around public policy, particularly relating to poor Canadian families. What is the government doing? It is cutting away those facts. It is cutting out that source of factual information. Poor Canadian families deserve better than that. They deserve better than just being thrown out the door because the statistics do not keep with the government's own narrative.
Let us look at the industry portfolio. As mentioned earlier, the government wants to be fact free. It is a government that believes itself to be in a fact-free zone. It does not mind manufacturing its own facts; it just does not want to have facts come from a factual basis. There is a war against facts by the government.
With Statistics Canada, we can all recall, and it almost ironically funny, the war of the government on the long form census because it was somehow an invasion of privacy. Then a few months later, the government came forward with its Internet snooping bill to snoop into every affair of Canadians. Canadians get that the government does not want the long form census because it does not like facts. Statistics Canada will have a $8.3 million cut in 2012-13, a $8.3 million cut in 2013-14 and a $33.9 million cut in 2014-15, cuts from statistics and facts.
Though I could share a lot more, including the cuts in the regional development agencies, I would like to mention one more area before question period. I promise my colleagues I will come back after question period.
At the city hall In New Westminster, there is a cenotaph for the veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict. Two members of the Julian family are on that cenotaph. Thousands of Canadians gather in front of it every year. They do it on Remembrance Day, like they do in small towns and cities across the country, to honour our veterans. They believe profoundly that we owe a debt of gratitude to the veterans of our country.
I feel profoundly saddened by what the government has done to Veterans Affairs. After all that our veterans have done, and the new veterans who have shown such courage and bravery, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has been slashed by $36 million in 2012-13, $49.3 million in 2013-14 and $66.7 million slashed in 2014-15.
Our veterans have given so much to our country and a grateful country says "Thank you" and "Treat our veterans with respect". The government has chosen not to do that and has cut back on veterans' programs and supports. Our veterans deserve better than that. They deserve the respect of the government. They deserve a government that will stand up for them.
What is wrong with the budget is it is a repudiation of everything the government promised when it ran for election. It is a repudiation of the kinds of things that Canadian families feel very strongly about: food safety; protecting and supporting our environment; ensuring that veterans are taken care of; ensuring that Canadian rural communities are supported. All of the things that, over time, Canadians have grown to support the government is hacking and slashing. It is not cutting the F-35s and its prison program. It is cutting into the bone.
Since the budget was tabled, we have been raising our concern about where the government is heading. That is why so many Canadians over the last few days have been writing, tweeting, posting on Facebook, faxing and emailing NDP MPs, so their voices can be heard. Canadian voices have been heard today and we will continue to support them and have their voices heard in the House of Commons because that is what we do. We stand up for Canadian families and we will continue to do this throughout the entire budget debate. We will support Canadian families, we will stand up for them and we will be there for them because they deserve better—
Financial statement of Minister of Finance
The Budget
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton
Order, please. I must interrupt the hon. member as we will commence with statements by members.
The hon. member for Nipissing—Timiskaming.
Temagami Boat Manufacturing Inc.
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Jay Aspin Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON
Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday I was proud to announce the creation of 13 private sector manufacturing jobs in beautiful Temagami.
Thanks to the coordination of five government programs, Temagami Boat Manufacturing Inc. will be a sustainable new business that will diversify local industry, promote local long-term growth and support tourism in the region, a prime example that our government's policies work in rural Canada.
I want to thank everyone for their hard work in coordinating the funding from Temfund, South Timiskaming CFDC, Claybelt CFDC, NeoNet and the Yves Landry Foundation. Thanks to our efforts, fishermen, lodge owners and cottage goers looking for reliable quality watercraft will find another option in Nipissing—Timiskaming.
Together, our Conservative government's policies and the 2012 economic action plan are making jobs, growth and long-term prosperity a top priority for Nipissing—Timiskaming.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, media reports often use vocabulary that stigmatizes seniors as victims or a burden on the state. Yet these are the people who built this country, who have paid taxes their whole lives and who raised their children who are now taking their place in the workforce.
While seniors are on retirement, they are still contributing to their community through volunteer work through social and political engagement, through sharing their knowledge and expertise and above all sharing precious moments with their family and friends.
Yes, our seniors are Canada's richness. They deserve our respect. This is why I will strongly oppose increasing the age of accessibility to OAS from 65 to 67. We can do better to increase seniors' quality of life and I will continue to fight to ensure that.
Today I particularly want to highlight the importance of the Dollard-des-Ormeaux seniors' club and the dynamic men and women who make up its 500-plus membership. Thanks to co-operation from the City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and the hard work of dedicated employees and volunteers, the club offers weekly physical, social and artistic activities to seniors.
I have fond memories of songs sung by the choir, dancing at the Christmas supper and the warm welcome—
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton
The hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.
The Budget
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Cathy McLeod Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC
Mr. Speaker, after submitting ideas from my riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the budgetary process, I was pleased to see a number of them highlighted in budget 2012.
First was the announcement that the government intended to move forward with legislation that would allow private property ownership within current reserve boundaries. This is an important next step in a long-time dream of Manny Jules, chair of the First Nations Tax Commission. This change would assist interested first nations in addressing barriers to economic development on reserve.
Further, when the Red Tape Reduction Commission visited Kamloops, there were concerns regarding high penalties for those businesses that filed their information returns late with Revenue Canada. Budget 2012 responded with reduced penalties to be applied when the number of returns were small.
Over the past four budget submissions, people in my riding have provided great ideas and insights and they have been included time and time again. I would encourage everyone to stay involved in the budget process because results are being delivered.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Dominic LeBlanc Beauséjour, NB
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the town of Sackville, New Brunswick as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.
Sackville is known across Canada as the home of Mount Allison University, a Canadian cultural capital and a progressive, welcoming town focused on sustainable development, economic innovation and inclusion. Close to the Nova Scotia border, along the famous Tantramar Marshes, Sackville's natural beauty and ecological importance are well known across Canada. The residents of this community are justified to celebrate this wonderful milestone for Sackville and to look forward to the future with optimism and pride.
I also want to pay a special tribute to my friend, Mayor Pat Estabrooks, who will retire from municipal politics this May. Pat has led Sackville with honour and hard work and leaves an impressive record of achievement.
We congratulate the Town of Sackville on its 250th anniversary and we wish it all the best for the future.
Alberni Valley
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, this past weekend saw the kick-off of a year-long centennial celebration of the founding of the Alberni Valley's twin cities.
Centuries of first nations presence by the Tseshaht and Hupacasath preceded the growing development and industrial activity that saw Alberni emerge as the first community in 1886. Rivalry grew as the wharf was established up the inlet. Rail pushed through in 1908, linking the port, the mills and the steamships, but the first road favoured Alberni.
Nearly 100 automobiles assembled in Alberni as the unofficial marker for mile one on the Trans-Canada Highway was laid. History records the theft and eventual return of that marker, which had mysteriously shown up in the neighbouring port.
The museum has created a first-class display. Dozens of people in period costume are already recapturing the pioneering spirit. The August long weekend will see a major homecoming event.
Port Alberni is inviting all of Canada to ride the steam train, dodge the notorious Beaufort Gang, visit the historic McLean Mill and join in the fun as port revisits pioneer days and historic routes.
Best Municipal Water in the World
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canada's smallest city of 676 residents, Greenwood, B.C., has won the title of Best Municipal Water in the World.
In January of this year, Mayor Nipper Kettle sent a sample of its tap water to the International Water Tasting competition in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
The award-winning 22nd annual competition welcomed more than 100 water samples from across the country and around the globe.
Greenwood's water, which comes from a 110-foot well, was judged on appearance, odour, flavour, mouth feel, aftertaste and overall impressions.
I stopped in Canada's smallest city a few weeks ago at Deadwood Junction to have a tasty cinnamon bun and filled up my water bottle with Greenwood's liquid gold.
To Mayor Kettle and all the citizens of this fabulous community, on behalf of the Parliament of Canada, I offer my heartfelt congratulations. I look forward to participating in the official ceremony on May 11. In the meantime, I urge all Canadians to visit Greenwood and taste its liquid gold.
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Pierre Lemieux Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the strong and vibrant Franco-Ontarian culture in my riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, which has one of the largest francophone populations in any riding outside Quebec.
As the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, I extend my congratulations to the University of Guelph's Alfred campus on having educated our francophone youth in agriculture for 30 years. Congratulations.
I am also very proud of cultural organizations such as Le Chenail, La Maison des arts and Les trois p'tits points, for all they do to promote francophone culture in such a lively and engaging way.
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell can also rely on people who lead by example. At this year's 14th Banquet de la francophonie, I had the privilege of recognizing the accomplishments of some remarkable francophones.
To Louis Aubry, Sylvie Jean, René Pitre, Edgar Pommainville, Félix Desroches, Camille Legris and Zoé Monette, I extend my sincere congratulations and thank you for all you have done to promote French language and culture in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell.
Orangeville Rotary Club
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand in the House today to recognize the 75th anniversary of the Orangeville Rotary Club, which will be celebrating this remarkable milestone on April 19, 2012.
It is a tremendous achievement for a club that has contributed so much to our community. Successful projects and events such as Rotary Park, the Skateboard Park, Ribfest and the annual Make Orangeville Shine can be attributed to all the outstanding volunteers belonging to this club, including Keith Hunter, Peter Parkinson, John Russell, Steve Cavell, Cory Jones and Sally Slumskie. We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation for their tireless work to improve life in our community.
On behalf of the residents of Dufferin—Caledon, I sincerely commend this club on always living up to Rotary's founding principles of service above self, and I wish it another 75 years of exceptional community service.
Air Transportation
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Pierre Dionne Labelle Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the abrupt closure of Aveos dealt a serious blow to two residents of Saint-Jérôme. Not only did Éric Gaudreau and Bertrand Fraser lose their jobs, but they have also been left with nothing since they were on extended sick leave when the company closed.
The staff at the employment insurance office told them that they are not eligible to receive benefits because they have not worked for the past year. The disability insurance that they had been receiving while on sick leave is no longer payable because Aveos stopped paying the premiums to the Sun Life insurance company. About a hundred other Aveos employees who were also on long-term disability are in the same situation.
The Conservatives did not hesitate to use heavy-handed measures to intimidate Air Canada workers and prevent them from exercising their legitimate right to strike, but when it comes to helping disabled workers preserve their dignity, the government is doing nothing and will not lift a finger to help.
When the next election is held, Canadians will remember the Aveos workers with disabilities who were abandoned by the Conservative government.
National Oncology Nursing Day
Statements by Members
April 3rd, 2012 / 2:05 p.m.
Greg Rickford Kenora, ON
Mr. Speaker, today marks the ninth annual National Oncology Nursing Day. This year's theme, "Partners in Care: Advocating for Excellence", recognizes the incredible role oncology nurses play in our national health care system.
Cancer discriminates against no one. It affects people of all genders, nationalities and age groups. Last year there were almost 178,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed and 75,000 cancer-related deaths in our country.
Oncology nurses are on the front lines, caring for those patients and their families and supporting them through the stress of a cancer diagnosis and the fear and uncertainty that come with it.
Our government is committed to strengthening Canada's health workforce by supporting health care workers, nursing stakeholders and working with all levels of government to improve our health care system.
Our government's most recent budget further supports nurses, making those in rural and remote communities eligible for Canada student loan forgiveness.
As a former oncology nurse myself, I invite members to join with me in expressing our support and sincere appreciation for Canada's oncology nurses.
Invisible Work Day
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Rosane Doré Lefebvre Alfred-Pellan, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in the House today to recognize Invisible Work Day. This morning I had the privilege of acting as honorary chair at an event in Laval organized by the Association féminine d'éducation et d'action sociale de Laval.
Invisible work is unpaid work. It includes all work done within families and all volunteer work done in communities.
In 2010, Canada became the first and only country to declare a national day to recognize invisible work.
During the most recent census, it was estimated that this work was worth about $26 billion a year. However, the federal government did away with the only tool that allowed us to quantify and assess invisible work when it abolished the long form census.
I would like to thank the Association féminine d'éducation et d'action sociale de Laval for inviting me to today's activities and for its initiatives to mark this Invisible Work Day.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, a decade ago, a radical imam from Tunisia named Saïd Jaziri entered Canada by defrauding our immigration system. This illegal immigrant lied to immigration authorities about his past and presented himself as an innocent refugee.
For years, our Conservative government tried to have this man deported from Canada. After various hearings and claims before eight different bodies, including the Federal Court of Canada, the efforts by our Conservative government to deport this radical imam from our country have finally been successful. Saïd Jaziri has been deported from Canada.
Why does the NDP continue to side with illegal immigrants who lied to immigration authorities? Quebeckers can count on our Conservative government, not the NDP, to ensure that individuals who lie and cheat to enter Canada will not be allowed to return to this great country.


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Skip to comments.Mexican soldiers enter Arizona, hold agent briefly
Posted on 08/06/2008 12:46:14 PM PDT by SmithL
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Four Mexican soldiers crossed into a remote area of Arizona and briefly held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico, U.S. authorities said.
Border Patrol spokeswoman Dove Crawford said the incident early Sunday on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, about 85 miles southwest of Tucson, was in an area where the border likely was marked only with barbed wire.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Keep. Building. Fence.
In the Middle East, this would be labeled an incursion and troops would be placed on the border immediately to prevent further such acts.
But, alas, this is not the Middle East.... yet.
Any connection to the Medellin execution?
And Guadalajara George stands by and do nothing....
Borders? We ain't got borders. We don't need borders. I don't have to honor any STEENKING BORDERS!!
sounds like an invasion to me. let's go get 'em!
In a sane country, that would be considered an act of war.
Of course, Mr. Bush is probably checking with some International Court to find out how he should word our apology.
In the middle east there would already have been a rocket salvo followed by a couple of suicide bombings and a demand for an apology - coming from the side whose soldiers made the incursion!
Another account here:
"State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos in Washington said the encounter "stemmed from a momentary misunderstanding as to the exact location of the U.S.-Mexican border.""
What a complete crock of crap. The people who work along the border (on BOTH sides) know EXACTLY where it is.
Shots have been fired across the border in the past. Foreign troops have entered our nation's borders.
Last time I checked, that was a declaration of war.
A real fence would eliminate this problem.
The Mexicans know where the border is, they just don't respect it.
Is there anyone in Washington D.C.? Hello?
40 such "incidents" this fiscal year?
That is an absolute outrage, and it's long past time to put armed troops on the border and relegate the under gunned and under staffed Border Patrol to conducting formal arrests, and deportations of those caught by the military.
ping & GRRR!
And there are STILL people at the highest levels of government who think we don't need a wall!!??
Build it, and build it now across the entire length of the US-Mexico border.
Excellent idea!
Wonder how many illegals came in while the agent was held up?
"Wonder how many illegals came in while the agent was held up?"
That's exactly what they were doing, being decoys for a drug or illegal shipment.
See, the Gov doesn't care about us!
But they'll scramble a SWAT team loaded with combat tactical gear and have them go after some pencil-neck geek white guy who's praticing Mormonism 1800's style.
They won't dare use that tricked out combat gear against gangstas and border incursions.
On another thread on this topic, I posted the following:
While not exactly operating under orders from Mexico City, the Mexican Army is most certainly acting under the direction and control of the Mexican military leadershipthe leadership that is bought and paid for by the drug cartels.
These drug cartels have been using the Mexican Army as armed escort for many years now. They do this to protect the drug shipment.
In past, if the drug smuggler encountered the Border Patrol or other US law enforcement agencies, they would drop their load and run south. Now, however, with the Mexican military as escort, all they do is turn around and drive back to Mexico-with their drug load. The Mexican military provides rear-guard action to protect the shipment.
What is different in this case, and not really reported, is the Mexican military tried to abduct the Border Patrol Agent, take him back into Mexico.
Here's my thought on that: Along that area of border are buried and hidden sensors that alert the Border Patrol to the presence of people or vehicles making their way illegally north. The Mexican military wanted to abduct this agent and take him south to extract the location of the sensors. Of course, we all know how they would extract that information and what they would do with the agent after they got that information.
That is exactly what they were doing. Those scum-bags knew exactly where they were. I wish we had a President that would stand up to Mexico.
I keep saying napalm, napalm, napalm. Now some of
our 21 CENTURY do-gooders keep saying napalm is outdated.
But let's see how a bunch of members of the Mexican army
running around, screaming and slapping themselves while
on fire would prevent this sort of incursion.
Make me President. I'd declare every county on the Mexican border under military jurisdiction. I'd set up fire and command centers along the border. Anyone entering the country would be shot on sight. Then I'd take one Arizona county at a time and bring in every INS agent I could find to start arresting and deporting illegals. I'd set up open-air courts that would run 24/7. I'd declare martial law and extradite them within minutes of conviction. Then move on to the next county. I would confiscate all their material possessions and investments in the United States, including cars, cash, and homes. If Mexico raised a protest I'd declare a state of military conflict and national security. You want to get serious about this or just let them take over?
Now that's a good policy right there.
"We're sorry! We forgot where our country is"
Each BP Agent has a list in his truck of the assigned number, and exact location of all the sensors in the area. It would be much simpler, and more exact to grab the list, and take it back to Mexico. I've seen the lists, and see agents using them regularly.
I'd vote for you.
Unfortunately, the rest of America is going to vote for World Citizen Obama or Juan McAmnesty this November.
We are so boned.
Gulf of Chiptole incident.
Check your Freepmail, please.
the fence will make a good neighbor
I take it AP has relented on their extortion-by-the-word scheme?
Testing the waters?
"A real fence would eliminate this problem."
Automatic weapons firing south would also have an "impact".
LOL. urbad
Sounds like an INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT to me. Oh wait, that only happens when the US defends its borders.
Though I voted for Bush twice, it was almost a year ago now that I stopped listening to him, when I was certain that he was no longer a servant of the American people, if he ever really was, but a sockpuppet to someone unbeknownst to his rank and file supporters.
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Recently a reader complimented me on this column and I was appreciative of his kind words. There was a BUT though in his statement because he felt my recipes had too much sugar and too much butter. Since the title of the column is Good Food and Good Health he felt I was often outside of my mission.
The gentleman's name is Ed and I have a great deal of respect for the diet he has the discipline to practice on a meal to meal basis. In this busy world, loaded with convenience foods, he consistently chooses a truly healthy diet. In my column my approach is that not enough of us are able to do this, what with all the modern demands of work and family. Add to that the millions of dollars spent every hour advertising convenience, processed foods and we have a recipe for the unbalanced American diet.
These processed foods are laden with chemicals for flavoring, texture, color and on and on. The approach to Good Food and Good Health recognizes that everyone makes their own decisions about what they and their family will eat. If you want to eat chocolate chip cookies, (and who wouldn't?), please take a little extra time to make your own rather than eating cookies made in a factory.
One item about the sugar content is giving readers a choice to stay away from factory made foods that use corn syrup, especially high fructose corn syrup, as a sweetener. Yes, it is healthier to consume sugar as a sweetener rather than any of the corn syrups. However, as Ed would look at it, it is simply better not to partake in an over indulgence of any sweetener. If only we could all live in a perfect world.
In these hot steamy days few of us want to prepare all our meals in a hot kitchen. This is where cold soups come in handy. To ease the warmth of the outdoor temperatures and to satisfy even the most demanding of taste buds, cold soups are the key.
Today we're going to work on Cold Carrot Ginger Soup, (containing no butter or sugar). It's wonderful any time of year but especially during this warm weather of midsummer. With a couple of different ways to garnish, the soup can be most of a wonderful and nutritious meal for your whole family.
When buying carrots try to find organic. Organic carrots will have a much finer flavor than their non-organic cousins. Also, look for thin carrots with the top greens still attached. Store them in your vegetable drawer for several days.
Cold Carrot Ginger Soup
Yield about 8 servings
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 medium Vidalia onion, small dice
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
2 pounds carrots, peeled and chopped
1 medium Idaho potato, peeled and chopped
1 quart chicken stock
1 cup plain yogurt, non fat is OK
1 teaspoon fresh thyme
a few grinds of your pepper mill
chives for garnish
sour cream for garnish
In your soup pot heat the olive oil and add the onions and salt, sweat onions until fully cooked and slightly caramelized, about 12 to 13 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook while stirring for 1 1/2 to 2 more minutes, be careful not to brown the garlic.
While onions are cooking heat your chicken stock in a separate pot. When onion mixture is ready add the hot stock, carrots and potato. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook until potatoes and carrots are very tender.
Using an immersion blender, or your food processor, purée your soup until all lumps have been smoothed out. Adjust your seasonings of salt and pepper. Refrigerate soup overnight for service the next day.
Mix yogurt, thyme and fresh ground pepper in a bowl stir into your soup. Ladle into the bowls garnishing with chives and/or sour cream. Serve and enjoy.
This soup may be frozen for up to 2 to 3 months, depending on how well you seal your freezer packages. Do not freeze the soup, or any other foods, that are not already at refrigerator temperatures.


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|Gregor Arcadis
|GM Rapscallion
Though mostly small talk, Fishguts does offer up some tasty tidbits of information once you press him a bit further. First, it seems as if he might once have been a famous chef at a fancy place called the Lobster's Armor in Port Peril, but that was a "life time" ago. He slyly asks if you remember the last cook's mate...obviously unconcerned that you just came aboard yesterday...only to say "no one does." [b]Just up and vanished, that one; like he was spirited away, or maybe dropped in a pot. Aww...if I hand't lost that game with the cap'n; I'd never be on this tub...just hope I'm not the next one bound for me own stew!
Intimidate: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
"You are all so much noise and bluster. Hit me, if you like, and earn a striping from Scourge. We are scrubbing the decks, which requires the deck to be wet. Why should you care how dry my clothes are? Mind your own work, and keep your skin intact."
|Bosun Moon
|Karn Lathern
Getting to work, Karn seems to ignore those around him as he seems to want to earn his keep.
Strength check:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
His shoulders still aching as he gets to work, he realizes that he is able to soften his muscle strain by adjusting his grip slightly, and utilizing different muscles throughout the day so that his shoulders and arms aren't as strained at the end of the day. After work, Karn searches for Sendara, hoping to learn more about the Priestess as well as the Priate Queen she worships and will also talk with the one-eared man in the bandana. Approaching the man, Karn says, "I don't believe he have had formal introductions. The name is Karn."
Diplomacy:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
|GM Rapscallion
If only they hadn't taken my damn fiddle...tried to get it back from Gronk, but she was completely unreasonable! You get the feeling that Rosie wasn't too gentle when she asked...
You've changed Rosie from indifferent to friendly!
|Louly a'Maris
|GM Rapscallion
|GM Rapscallion
The other man, Cog, seethes but turns away from Kehlysch, heeding the words. As he and Fipps walk away to the other side of the deck, Sandara approaches. That one is always a moment away from violence. Crimson "Cog" Cogward, they call him...mostly due to the color his neck turns when angry. Not sure why Fipps reigned him in, though...that one's usually the first one in line to see a fight.
All other attempts to influence Cog today meet with a wall of anger and, thus, fail automatically
I could write a chapter; anything specific you'd like to know?
|GM Rapscallion
Though mostly small talk, Fishguts does offer up some tasty tidbits of information once you press him a bit further. First, it seems as if he might once have been a famous chef at a fancy place called the Lobster's Armor in Port Peril, but that was a "life time" ago. He slyly asks if you remember the last cook's mate...obviously unconcerned that you just came aboard yesterday...only to say "no one does." Just up and vanished, that one; like he was spirited away, or maybe dropped in a pot. Aww...if I hand't lost that game with the cap'n; I'd never be on this tub...just hope I'm not the next one bound for me own stew!
Kehlysch breathes a sigh of relief as the two men walk away.
Why did that fat thug come to my aid? He owes me nothing. Strange.
He returns to his work, and after a few minutes of quiet work, he turns to Moon.
"Mr. Moon, you are an experienced sailor. Do you know how to braid rope from twine?"
|Bosun Moon
"Aye, sure lad, first step be getting a huge heap o' twine." the Moon guffaws at his own poor joke. "I's can be showing you some rope work if'n yer interested, we's can take some time this evenin' fer the task."
I'm assuming we'll take 20 on a sailing check to do a little twine braiding as the evening action.
|GM Rapscallion
|Louly a'Maris
"What game did you lose? Are you worried the captain might have you ... cooked?"
Kehlysch will take 20 on the process. He would also like to learn splicing; specifically putting an eye splice (permanent loop) in one end of the rope. He will make use of his entire 50' ball of fishing twine.
|Bendrauss Seaborn
Climb:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Profession(Sailor):1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Ben spends his day high above the main deck in the rigging. Today he seems to have gotten his sea legs back. Ben's night time action will be to gamble with the other members of the crew and get to know some of them.
|Gregor Arcadis
|GM Rapscallion
The evening repast is quite a fine surprise, as Louly and Fishguts serve up a hearty Sea turtle soup. The bloody hour passes without an occurence, lashes having been given out immediately after the tussle earlier in the morning. More than one pirate snorts and remarks that perhaps Mister Plugg is "getting soft." After the rum rations are doled out, Moon and Kehlysch retire to a less used section of the main deck to perform their knotwork, as Gregor and Bendrauss seek out some entertainment.
Need Night actions for Louly and Karn; sorry if I missed them in the spoiler tangle
It seems as if a rather lively game of Hog Lob has started up, as a crowd of eight pirates, Rosie and the half-orc quartermaster among them. The game entails lobbing a lead ingot covered in a greased piglet skin, the "hog", as far across the deck as possible. Currently, the tiny Rosie has just defeated the fat thug, Fipps, much to her excitement and his red-faced rage. Coins change hands, apparently from a bet placed before hand.
For the lob, roll three d20 ranged attack rolls with an improvised weapon (-4 unless you have the throw anything feat.) The total of your rolls is the overall distance you hurl the hog; if yours beats your competition, you win, as does anyone who bets on you. No odds...even up.
As Moon and Kehlysch work on their knots, Sandara walks over to have a look at the work. Not bad; working on anything in particular?
|Louly a'Maris
After dinner, Louly will again bring a portion to Owlbear. "It's not crabs," she tells the chained man, "but everyone seemed to like it."
Night time task: Try to influence Owlbear.
Diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Diplomacy/sense motive to discern what's important to him: 1d20 ⇒ 17
|GM Rapscallion
Owlbear brightens considerably at the soup, particularly after you mention that it has turtle in it...you get the feeling that he'd eat anything with a shell. He digs in heartily, not showing a bit of the suspicion that he had harbored yesterday. In the midst of chewing, he looks at you with sudden concern. Heard fighting today; you win?
You've now turned Owlbear to friendly!
Sandara hangs her head slightly, as if the altercation earlier were her own doing. It sure seems like Scourge has it in for you and the others who came aboard with you. I fear it's in a pirate's nature to...well, be a pirate...and even the best of them are a chaotic lot. The goddess may be the most unruly of any; but her ways have a special place in my heart. She smiles wistfully, her face serene as she speaks of her patron.
|Bendrauss Seaborn
Kehlysch regards the woman with a flat emotionless expression, he speaks softly, but with a tone of seriousness.
"I am not working to become a better sailor, or to seek Scourge's approval. This ship is a tide pool full of sharks, and some seem to believe I am a minnow to be eaten at their leisure. When the first of them decides to stop circling, and swims in to strike, he is going to find a hook in his gills."
Kehlysch tests the length of rope his has braided, thusfar, looking to Moon for approval.
"Mr. Moon, how long a rope could we make from this twine?"
|Louly a'Maris
"It wasn't just me, but I guess we did win," she tells the chained man, her voice getting more excited as she goes on. "A group of people tried to get the group I was press-ganged with in trouble, but I don't think they'll try that again. You should've seen it, Owlbear. I threw a chest at one of them, hit him right in the head!"
|Gregor Arcadis
|Bosun Moon
|GM Rapscallion
Sandara leans back, slightly surprised at the intensity of Kehlysch's glare. She puts her hands up as it to deflect your ire. Well now; suren' there are quite a few enemies aboard this tub; just remember you've some friends, too.. She nods at the knotwork after eyeing it appraisingly. Fine work then...for a beginner.. She gives a wink, her rather carefree nature seeming to return, then strides away with the sway of one used to the motion of the ship.
|Bosun Moon
"It's Kehlysch. Karn is the young priest who kept us from being keel-hauled like that other man. And I don't need fifty feet; six feet would be ideal, and I could make-do with as little as four."
Kehlysch suddenly realizes he's snapping at Moon without reason, and moderates his tone.
"My thanks for your instruction, Mr. Moon...and my apologies for my tone. This is not what I imagined sea-travel to be."
|Bosun Moon
|Louly a'Maris
No worries, just go with it, like improv-theatre! ;-)
"Then five feet it shall be. Could you show me how to splice a loop, about fist- sized, in one end?"
Kehlysch's eyes twinkle momentarily, before turning expressionless. He mutters to himself.
"I need to find something for the other end...a toggle of some kind...about a double-fist in length, sturdy, but not too thick or heavy..."
|Bosun Moon
"Sure lad, sure, just a little work here, and adjust like that, then add the toggle..."
Bosun Moon continues helping Kehlysch with the rope project, curious to see what the man is creating.
"What would be suitable for the toggle; a shoe, holy stone, rum mug, dead rat?"
|Gregor Arcadis
Gregor watches as Bendrauss lobs the hog; wishing he had some coin to wager. Instead he encourages others to bet on Bendrauss...hoping that if they win they may toss a coin or two his way in appreciation.
That's a fine lob...wager on that fellow all night long and you'll need help carrying your winnings back to your hammock!
|GM Rapscallion
Fipps turns his angry glare on Bendrauss, nearly stepping in as Bendrauss lobs the hog. A glance at Gregor, who had nearly disembowled him earlier, stops him in his tracks and he merely stands, seething. After the lob, Rosie looks up at Bendrauss, hands on her hips. A fine throw, indeed, big fella'...now how you plan on payin' your share? We pirate types are apt ta' take favors, ya' know...you owe me one, and I've got a gold coin for your own wager, and one for my own. Whaddya' say? She gives her new friend, Gregor, a wink as if to let him in on a private joke.
Kehlysch can see several belaying pins nearby that may fit the bill. It's doubtful that they'd miss one.
|Louly a'Maris
"Thank you, Owlbear! That's great to know. If I can do anything to help you, let me know and I will. No man should be treated this way."
Feeling tired from the full day of activity, Louly heads for her bunk, visions of her plans for tomorrow running through her head.
|Gregor Arcadis
Gregor blushes as Rosie gives him a wink and tries to return the gesture with one of his winning smiles. His smile turns to a sneer as he recognizes the man who tasted his dagger earlier that day. Gregor moves toward him and speaks lowly.
Fipps, is it? I know you were just following orders so I hold no grudge against you. Place a wager on my friend there and maybe the heavy feel of coin in your pocket will make that nasty scratch feel a little better.
|GM Rapscallion
Fipps seems to pale a bit at your proximity, but his nature allows him to overcome his fear, and he sneers right back. Scratch....yeah, an' a lucky one at that. Ain't gonna' be so tough without those friends a' yours.. He steps away and places his own bet...on himself, as Rosie places her bet for Bendrauss. Other crewmembers join in, and Fipps lobs the hog.
1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0
1d20 - 2 ⇒ (15) - 2 = 13
1d20 - 2 ⇒ (16) - 2 = 14
Seeing the hog stop a full man's height short of Ben's, he curses. Damn!. He's obviously too upset to say much else, and he drifts back into the gathered crowd with his allies from earlier. Rosie grins and claps Bendrauss on his back...actually just above his buttocks, considering her height. Well done! Ya' earned one piece, that's for sure. Take both if ya' wanna' owe me for it.
You're 2gp richer, or 1gp if you want to pay her back and not owe her a favor
|Gregor Arcadis
|Bosun Moon
"Aye, Kehlysch, that's a fine rope thing you's got now, I's be lookin' forward ta seein' you's use it against them swabs." Bosun Moon grins at the gillman.
That night, the Moon quietly engages in conversation with his new found friends, Louly, Bendrauss, Kehlysch, Gregor, and Karn. "During me rat catching I's seen many a locked door and chest, what thinks you of turnin' tha tables on these swabs an bringin' tha captain's wrath back on them? I could use me skills ta swipe an item of magic from the sorceress lookin' lass and then plant it in tha storage chest of Fipps?" Bosun Moon looks around at the others hopefully. "Get our enemy keelhauled and let tha others know we's not be ones ta mess with?" The grin on the Moon's face takes on a wicked leer.
|Louly a'Maris
"I'd rather never see anyone keelhauled again," Louly says with a shudder. "I'd say let's see if they've learned that they can't mess with us. If so, we let bygones be bygones. If not, then perhaps we do your suggestion. ...
"Owlbear says our stuff -- or mine, at least, though I assume everyone's -- is in Grok's. And that she doesn't lock her door when she goes up to drink with Guts, she continues in a conspiratorial whisper. "I was thinking of finding a place I could stash some items in case we need them later."
"We should wait and see. If they move against any of us again, then we know it is more than mere hazing. In that case, we will retaliate. I like Mr. Moon's plan. Subtle and effective."
|Gregor Arcadis
|GM Rapscallion
Everyone please take 480 XP for completion of the first two days, including XP from your combat and the 3 friends you've acquired. This has been noted in the campaign thread under your characters
Rosie grins as Bendrauss takes only one gold piece; she pockets the other with a calloused hand and gives the big man another wink. Be rememberin' that lob the next time ya' come to gamble...there may be a pirate or two here still willing ta' bet against ya', and I may yet make some good coin. The game continues for a few more throws, then seems to die off, some grumbling about their losses and the others clutching their newly found winnings with the expected avarice.
The night winds down without further event, and the next morning appears much the same...with the glaring absence of a group of thugs barring your way topside. The sun is still harsh, the ocean is still wet, and it's another day aboard the Wormwood.
Master Scourge doles out the duties for the day, in his typical dour fashion.
Please roll and RP your day's actions and let me know what additional actions you'd like to take. Note that Gregor, Karn, and Moon are all on the main deck, working in basically the same area, so it'd be easy to talk amongst yourselves all day.
|Louly a'Maris
During the day
Taking time to look at the cookbook -- which she's pleased she didn't have to destroy to make a new formulary -- Louly manages to smile as she helps butcher the hog.
It's a little disgusting -- working with chemicals in Alkenstar was a LOT less messy, she thinks, ... well, as long as no one had a bad accident. -- but it doesn't seem too difficult.
"What are we celebrating?" she asks Fishguts as they work together. She chats with him throughout the process, hoping to keep on the cook's good side. "You know, could we use one of the bottles of brandy I found with this? It seems like that would be good for the party?"
Perhaps another drink or two will help keep his spirits up; he certainly doesn't seem to be a mean drink like old Maester Denisius was back home.
Any chance of a bonus to Diplomacy for getting him some more alcohol, even if it it stuff I pointed out to him earlier?
Daytime action: Try to influence Fishguts while working on the pig
Diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Survival, +2 for using cookbook: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13
|Gregor Arcadis


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At the recent customer service symposium Betty Stanton, spoke to the audience. She has a lot of experience in building a community. She is from Moab. She was a grant specialist with roots in the Moab area and she moved back to Moab just as the bottom dropped out of the uranium boom. She started her own business doing letters and books for people who couldn't afford a full time employee. She worked for economic development when they had no offices and no employees. She applied for Community Development Block Grant money and got a grant for central services. The grant was based on a five year economic recovery plan and five offices were combined. Stanton started working for the five offices at $5 an hour. "Each town is unique. You need citizen involvement, keep the citizens involved. It has to come from the grass roots, if you're going to get the support you need in the long run," said Stanton.
Moab has had a boom and bust cycle, the town was at a real low when the bottom dropped out of uranium. Mining had brought in one of the highest per capita incomes. At the time of the bust, Moab lost 20 percent of the population. "We lost our youth. One of the problems in Moab is 95 percent of the land is federal and only 5 percent private. The government supplied several stable base government jobs. One strategy we used to implement new ventures was, you can't put all your eggs in one basket like we did with the mining.
"People thought it was going to turn into a ghost town. Right off the bat we thought that we could tap into our beautiful scenery. We had meetings; all the time, everyone participated because we were desperate. We had a little river running; someone brought out the fact that one of our river runner company's said one of our big problems was nobody knew what a Moab was. They knew more about it in Europe. Emery County has some good drawing points. Take advantage of everything close; sister trade; conventions, events; anything," said Stanton.
Stanton said in the decade after the uranium bust they began catering to the film industry. The film industry brought in money $42 million for the community. Jobs were created across the board immediately. The film industry brought people into the rooms. They loved the scenery. Moab needed an icon, so they selected Delicate Arch; there was a need to attract attention to the area. Someone jumped to their feet in a meeting and announced they should have a most scenic dump contest, they declared that Moab had the most scenic dump in the world, media came from everywhere. Everyone was encouraged to enter the most scenic dump contest. In the end it was determined that Kodiak, Alaska had the most scenic dump with Moab second. Charles Kuralt even came and did a special. "You haven't lived until you've seen the moon rise over the Moab city dump."
"During the next two or three years calls came in from people wanting to see the famous dump. Delicate Arch was placed on the Utah license plate. We slowly began drawing attention to our area. Having been a grant specialist, one thing we needed to do was bring life back into the town; we began applying for grants; this created a little bit of resentment. Certain pots of money could only be dedicated to certain purposes. We started thinking big. We built an 18 hole golf course and an equestrian center for race meets and rodeos. One problem with tourism is it's seasonal. If you are going to build new motels you have to keep them full.
We put in curb and gutter and hospital improvements; we got an agricultural grant to put in vineyards. The vineyards attracted wineries. Moab has more religious denominations than any other town. We targeted some industries we would go after, The environmentalists didn't want to harm the environment. To further our recruitment of film industry we built a western town. We had the stuntman hall of fame; a film museum; light manufacturing and cottage industry; retirement; retirement was good; people who settled there were once a visitor there. At one time we wanted a college or branch university, we worked with the University of Utah to get it but it fell through. We looked at oil and gas exploration. We have had support for the continuation of local livestock businesses, they have kept a solid base. Some of our success stories with tourism have been, build it and they will come; and they did. We built seven new motels and at the same time we had a horizontal oil rig testing on Big Flat; at that particular time; radical environmentalists were giving them a bad time. But that one test drill brought in more revenue than all the motels combined," said Stanton.
"You need to keep a balance between the environment and economics," said Stanton. The film industry committee at one time was handling the four county area; during that time they brought a couple of movies into Carbon County and Green River. Carbon and Emery decided to do their own thing and broke away from the organization. Green River gets Moab overflow. They are still building motels in Moab," said Stanton.
Stanton said they have some light manufacturing in Moab, they have a sunglass company. A company that makes arthritis medicine and two wineries. Cottage industries also exist with a lot of artists and retirees; Moab also attracts the radical environmentalists. Some jobs are being created with the recovery of the uranium tailings.
Some uranium exploration is returning to Moab. One big asset of the mining and milling and oil and gas exploration is they improve the roads. "We are grateful that seismic groups are building roads. The environmentalists don't take into consideration seniors would like to explore these areas too. With livestock and agriculture there's not much left, the environmentalists have pushed them out and some have sold out to the nature conservancy," said Stanton.
Stanton urged caution as you deal with making a recovery. A lot of the Mom and Pop shops became tourism gift shops. If we lost tourism, Moab would see a greater disaster now than when we lost mining. In our original plans we didn't want buildings that were more than two stories high so as not to obscure the views around the city. But we now have several three stories.
Stanton said, "The younger generation needs to get involved. They need to remain alert and be taught what to watch for. Stanton has done research on trends and tried to keep track of the target tourist industry. She had to go in and weed out information, they had things grouped together that weren't related; the average person looking, because of the categories, would think we are all right; but the complexion is different now; we need to alert everyone that we could be headed for a fall off the cliff.
"One of the big failures was not educating the younger generation on what to look out for; they have had it good. We need to educate people, with the onslaught of the environmentalists they got in strategic positions and did away with all the community boards; they did away with the party political system. In Grand County today you don't have anyone to go to. These are things that can happen if you aren't careful; generate and maintain community involvement, implement an annual review; maintain your political system; study resources; maintain economic diversity; review and make changes; protect the environment, but work for balance.
"Insist that any possible development include affordable housing; now in Moab we can't recruit teachers, they can't afford the housing. You need to get affordable housing; for the seniors now on fixed incomes they can't keep up with it," stated Stanton.
Stanton said one of the things they did to stimulate public events was the jeep safari. To stimulate these events involved a lot of community input. Moab developed special events; the friendship cruise, marathon, etc. The jeep safari is in its 30th year. "We are fighting with the environmentalists to keep the jeep safari going. The clubs in Moab go out and keep the trails clean. They organize the tours and thousands of people come in. We have biking, rock climbing, base jumping, jeeps, river rafting, kayaking, etc. We have a Canyonlands by night light show. History is big drawing point; all of these activities keep us very full with very little down time. We are busy with a big foreign trade. You have to develop your icon and something to bring attention to you.
"It takes a lot of work to keep it going. You need to have a board, community effort and volunteerism. You need community backing," said Stanton.
Lou Sansevero, economic development council chairman said, "Moab created tourism as a gateway industry. Emery County is going to have tourists and whether we cash in on that is up to us."


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Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt is putting GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry in his crosshairs ... he'll be offering up to $1 million for anyone who can prove Perry has had an illicit sexual liaison ... TMZ has learned.
The ad -- which Flynt will take out in various newspapers -- says, "Have you had a gay or straight sexual encounter with Governor Rick Perry?"
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Wasn't Flynt wounded by a bad shot???
Larry Flint... Jabba the Hut......... Fat slugs on wheels.
Rick Perry — take Chico's soap.
Not Return.
(make check out to FD2003...)
Damn you Franklin. Learn to shoot next time.
A serial killer who is proud of being a serial killer is NOT more moral than a person attempting to live an honorable life. Larry Flynt thinks because he wallows in filth that he's not accountable. Obviously his mind is rotting...
The fear of Perry is strong on the left, and parts of the right. I think he'll weather it all.
Wasnt Flynt wounded by a bad shot???
Yep. He was off by 2 inches. Damned shame, too.
Perry's wife is hot. No way. And why bother digging for dirt on Perry when he is digging his own holes already?
Flint tries fruitless crap like this every two years or so.
If Perry is so stupid. And if Perry's campaign is over. And if voters are leaving him in droves. WHY THE HECK IS HE SUCH A THREAT?
Larry Flynt is probably the scummiest person alive.
Kingmaker Sarah Palin will make sure we get the RIGHT candidate. No worries
Hurry up and die you old POS
I'm not a big fan of Perry as he appears to be a crony capitalist.
I do like Hermann Cain plus he has a record of turning around a large, failing chain of restaurants and made them profitable.
He's not too sharp on foreign policy, but we need to turn around this economy as Obama has ruined it with his social experiments with Trillions of our money and wants even more.
I would rather have Hermann Cain learning about foreign policy on the job instead of flying around the world and apologizing for and bad-mouthing America.
Flynt has tons of dirt, but it doesn't matter...
This is actually a Palin grade smear on the part of the Left, however the over reach hurts the Left among all voters but the Left. Perry is no debater but he needs the Hispanic vote in the general. Too bad FOX and the Florida audience and the Luntz focus group and the media and the RINOS and many, many FReepers don't realize that. In a tight election the Hispanics can make the difference between getting Obama again, or our nominee. Rick played the long game in my opinion on educating immigrants. He is the proven winner with a record on JOBS.
I can't believe that old POS Flynt is still pumping and wasting oxygen. Human debris.
"Flynt has tons of dirt.."
Wish he'd take a dirt nap!
What a sleeze.
The funny thing is, why isn't he digging for dirt on Romney? Two possible reasons: 1) Because he and his liberal friends want Romney to get the nomination; 2) Because they know Romney is absolutely no threat to win.
All I know is I want a leader, not a debater. On that stage tonight I saw two leaders, Rick Perry and Herman Cain. I suspect when the dust settles Rick will still be the frontrunner by about the same margin he enjoyed before the debate.
Let's be unconventional ;)
"Flynt on the same page as Ron Paul. Unsurprising."
Sadly, though, on the same page as a lot of Freepers who apparently are MittBots, Paultards, or just clueless tools who think we are going to resurect Reagan before the primaries are done. Perry isn't perfect, but on 2nd and 10th Amendment issues, he's good. If that doesn't carry weight with a conservative, well, then, they aren't really a conservative...
He would also pay $10 million dollars to Perry if he would pose nude in his magazine.
And he would pay $20 million to Bachmann if she would do the same.
And he would pay $50 million to Palin if she would pose nude.
Also, he won't find anything on Perry, nor on Romney, or Paul, ... or ... well he might find something on Newt, but I already said Newt won the debate and I am thinking I just may vote for him but I am still leaning Romney.
I wouldn't be surprised if, upon the passing of Bill Clinton, that decades later it will come to light that Clinton had HIV.
But, that is a story for the future.
Someday, when Flint dies, would it be bad form to piss on his grave?
Larry Flynt doesn't have to do that. After tonight's Debate, Rick Perry is done; put a fork in him. He was pathetic. RE: The Focus Group on FOX News after the Debate tonight. Of the people who came in tonight for Perry, 60% switched to Romney when the Debate was over. Perry dude was that friggin' bad.
Thought he died years ago.....what a sick slug.
And manifestly, so is his body. But don't worry, Larry .... that sulfurous smell isn't coming from your body. It ain't you.
Yes, unless you get drunk first, contract syphilis, and go in groups to pay him a call.
Great question but I guess you know the answer :), Perry is biggest threat for the Left and some on the right and they know that he is the one to beat both in the primaries and the general elections.
Great question but I guess you know the answer :), Perry is biggest threat for the Left and some on the right and they know that he is the one to beat both in the primaries and the general elections.
1) Because he and his liberal friends want Romney to get the nomination;
2) Because they know Romney is absolutely no threat to win.
We needn't choose. They can both be true.
Of course both are true. Liberals want Romney because Romney is easier to beat in the general elections.
Well, guess what. How now, Perry boosters?
Gads, it's the 80's again. The left thought the Reagan victory had much to do with exaggerating the Soviet threat and the well-mobilized religious Right
Granted, these people were weasels but I honestly think some of it was honeypot-ish and setup type stuff. Demoralize and Alinskyinize.
Not that these people were a part of the Republicans at all—they were just high-profile and everybody connects religion to the right. Symbolism.
1)Jim Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker-—Jessica Hahn
Funny...Feb 2011, Barabra Walters drug old Jessica out again on The View, I had forgotten all about her and this stuff.
2)Jimmy Swaggart-—cut his tires and photographed with prostitute, then the big old crying mess that he did. gad!
3)Jerry Falwell and the Hustler parody of confession of first sex act being with his mother in an outhouse. ( you know—all gun and bible clingin inbred hicks)
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Falwellhustler.jpg (no nasty pictures at link, just the parody article)
OK, now let's move to the lefts little elves...SNL. We know what they did to Palin, eh. hahaha! Yeah cute but there is an agenda with that funny.
Same with the Church Lady of the 80's. The Church Lady of course had her guest...the crying Swaggart, the mascara everywhere Tammy Faye..you name it.
Phil Collin's video with the Ronald Reagan puppet.
A book...The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood (now an environmental activist)
Some of it may seem innocuous but it is an insidious propaganda of sorts. I see a new and fresh cycle of it happening.
Soros has Flynt beat by a mile !
If Perry's been faithful, then they won't be able to find any.
If not, they will.
And if people lie, it will be found out, just like with that new vile book about Palin.
This isn't only about Perry, as you pointed out Palin has had disgusting charges leveled against her. There is always some piece of scum who will say whatever Flynt wants for $1 million. Our candidates should be vetted but I wouldn't trust anything said about any of them when the accuser has been paid.
If there is dirt in his background, guaranteed it will be found. I hope he's clean. Palin is clean, so they've had to make up crap. And they can't make up much.
I don't know what to think about McGinniss's book. He hates her guts, has for years, and he's totally invested in "finding something" -- hell, he moved all the way to Wasilla and braved the wrath of both Track and Todd (Track is in the Army, the 25th Infantry Division, and I think he's been to jump school, too, and in any case in the prime of manhood now; and his old man ain't shabby, either) either of whom could bring the errors of his ways home to him in a most bedridden sort of way, in order to slime this woman he detests for her politics, all else flowing therefrom.
Sarah Palin was vetted by a very "pro" DC lawyer who specializes in these kinds of character and background issues, at John McCain's request, in 2008.
There was an article on FR yesterday about McGinnis' book, pretty much saying the entire thing is made up crap.
His daughter went on television some years back accusing him of molesting her.
His daughter went on television some years back accusing him of molesting her.
His daughter went on television some years back accusing him of molesting her.
The last time Flynt pulled this stunt in the nineties, it was aimed at Republicans. Why always Republicans? Could the Democrats being paying him to do this?
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