Wally World?

Walter Robinson is a horse's ass.  The failed Con candidate, failed Chief of Staff to Con Mayor Larry and former head of the (cue laugh track) non-partisan Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Wally is more than capable of defending Con excesses.  And so he does from his (cue laugh track) non-partisan column in the Ottawa Sun.

The latest bird cage liner has Wally telling the world that even though the facts show that Con ridings across Canada receive more than their share of "stimulus" funding, those filthy Liberals are wrong to claim it. 

He claims that the federal funding component for the Ottawa Convention Centre is evidence that Cons are supporting projects in an NDP riding with infrastructure money.  WRONG!  The centre's funding was committed long before the stimulus program was announced.  Same thing with the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge project.  The Perfect PP tells us time and again that the money was committed almost three years ago when the bridge was part of the North South LRT fiasco.  So how can he now claim that it is part of the stimulus program that was announced this frigging year?

The crap goes on and on and on.  And for a government who campaigned on the slogan "Our shit don't stink"... their shit do stink.

So why is Wally defending the Cons?  Is it because he is a Con?  Yes, that is part of it.  The other part is that Wally is a registered lobbyist on the Hill.  He needs and gets access to Ministers on behalf of his clients.  Do you think that Wally's support of the government may have something to do with his need for access?

Wally is the President of the Tactix Government Consulting Inc.  His registration number is 782814-231501-3.  Look him up at www.ocl-cal.gc.ca.  You will not be surprised to learn that he accesses: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Industry Canada (IC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada and Transport Canada (TC).

Maybe we need to clean up Wally's act by having the Sun get rid of him.

Ottawa Sun brightens my day

I picked up the Ottawa Sun at my local Loeb yesterday. I read through the stories which were interesting but not really news. I made it to all the way to page 10 without the little hairs on the back of my neck standing up. Then it began.

"And a chicken in every pot", rings the headline on an article by Paul Berton. The article was about political promises. Paul started off by referring to Barrack Obama's election platform as vague; he says that Obama hasn't made many promises. Your right, Paul, he has not made many promises but, guess what, he is not running in the presidential election today, He is running to be the Democratic nominee for the November election. Why on God's green earth would you expect a nominee-in-the-making to be making promises as if it were an election.

Page 11 really got me going. Chrissy Blizzard laments that the auto industry is headed for the ditch. While the industry is being hammered by unions and the high dollar, Chrissy blames it on Dalton McGuinty. He is giving too much money to the big auto guys and getting nothing but lay-offs in return. She quotes the two paragons of wisdom from Queens Park. NDP leader and hotellier Howie Hampton Inn was "in high dungeon yesterday" (what ever does that mean?) as he hammered the government for handing over money to the auto sector and not getting job guarantees in return. Then she quotes the ever-lovable non-MPP John Tory, leader-in-limbo of the Ontario Cons, who wants deals with automakers to be made public. Yea, as if that will ever happen even if the Cons were [shutter] in power!)

So let me straighten out this dog's breakfast for you. Number one, investments made by the government in the auto sector are not limited the "Big Three". Second, investments are not made to stop layoffs in any short term horizon. Three, it can take 2-5 years to bring a new car or class of cars to market from the time of inception. Four, investment being made are to ensure the future of the auto sector in Ontario (I bet you even Federal Minster of Money and Mouth-piece for the I-hate-Ontario crowd, Jim Flaherty would agree with that.) Case in point, the Ontario government invested $58 million in GMs Centre of Excellence at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. GM forked over most the rest of the $120 million to get the centre operational. Ontario Development and Trade Minister Sandra Pupatello was at GM for the announcement of the investment. So what does Chrissy say about the occasion? "... Pupatella gush[ed] about a new Camero [on display]..." It may be time to retire, Chrissy.

As if I hadn't had enough of the Sun, my eyes beheld the photo of Wally Robinson, failed Taxpayer Association head, failed Mayoralty Chief of Staff, failed Federal PC candidate, but a great dad, according to him. Wally argues that the federal government should not be judged by the scandals, err... misunderstandings, that brew around them, They should not be judged by the girlfriends they keep or the gaffes they make or the way they treat the people's money and the press. After all, they are the "Harper Government" and that makes them closer to God than the rest of us. They may tell little fibs from time to time, but hey, they lowered the GST rate (big deal). They may use law suits to silence their critics but, don't fret, they made some tax changes for families. And on and on, ad nauseum, blurts Wally for two whole columns. I could just lose my lunch.

I like the Sun, although I like it more when you didn't have to hunt for the page with the Sunshine Girl.