Monday, March 29, 2010

Congrats

I'm back from Montreal. Just wanted to offer a quick heartfelt congratulations to the Liberal team. I was thoroughly impressed, and I know others were as well, at how seemless the proceedings. Given all that was going on, in the hall and online, the fact it went off without a hitch is a testament to the professionalism and talent working behind the scenes. Awesome job.

10 comments:

Northern PoV said...

The recent Liberal policy conference revived the Liberal idea of imposing a new CARBON TAX on Canadians.
If an election were held today would you vote for the new Liberal carbon tax?

Steve V said...

You're so silly sometimes.

RuralSandi said...

You know, some people are so stupid. A guy gives a speech about his view on carbon tax and then the idiots come out saying it's a Liberal policy.

What don't they get about people speaking about their views, expertise and input?


....sometimes you wonder

Steve V said...

It just proves it wasn't scripted. Yawn me a river. There's absolutely ZERO chance we introduce the carbon tax again(at least not anytime soon), but I found the support coming from the oil and gas exec pretty interesting.

I admit I clapped when it was mentioned ;)

Northern PoV said...

I am not suggesting the Liberals support a carbon tax.

Rather - this is how a thoughtful, courageous, intellectual quest for a better future will be spun out there ....
and push-polling is a fundamental part of the manipulative communication regime that has sucked the semblance of democracy from our current society.

Steve V said...

For a person that hates polls, I've never seen such fixation. Like, just how many times can you post the exact same comment?

I understand your general point, but they're here to stay and that's why they're important. Your media lens is guided by polls, as is policy and strategy, it's simply a reality you can't ignore. Anyways...

Jerry Prager said...

Northern PoV: The only people opposed to the carbon tax in the last election were the cons and the friends in the corporate media. 1450 of Canada's leading economists thought it was the best solution, the only economist who didn't was the one with the MA whop never had a job as an economist.

Ads for the conference: what a joy to hear intelligent people discussing worst case scenarios, best practices, and how we get there from here.

I loved it.

Northern PoV said...

Well Jerry
while many (most?) rational economists favour pricing carbon and that a carbon tax is the most efficient way to achieve this ....

there were lots more factions against a carbon tax in the last election than you mention

why those stalwarts of the environment, the NDP, come to mind .... yet another group fallen prey to the fascination of thinking they will achieve power by making policy from polling data

Steve V said...

I loved it too, such a refreshing departure.

Steve V said...

Pov

Making the same point ten thousand times doesn't make it more effective, it makes it creepy.