Gray’s Elegy
Renowned and respected Liberal Parliamentarian and former deputy prime minister Herb Ray dies. Stephen Harper does NOT grant him a State funeral, despite granting one to Conservative Jim Flaherty a week earlier. [State funerals are offered at the whim of the Prime Minister: a “Gray area”.]
WHOO’s the wiser?
Flocks of Snowy Owls have made a rare appearance in Ottawa. Perhaps they have perceived a desperate need for wisdom in Canada’s parliament!
“Just For Cats” If only we had a “Humane Society” for humans!
The Prime Minister’s wife Laureen Harper spoke at the “Just For Cats” film festival. She fosters homeless cats and raises money and volunteers for the “Humane Society”. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, the number of homeless people has risen 250%
Harp[er]ooning the Humpback Whale
Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government has downgraded protection for the endangered Pacific Humpback Whale in order to remove environmental obstacles from the proposed project to ship oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline
Ed “Fast-Draw”
Minister for International Trade, Ed Fast caused a near-brawl in Canada’s Parliament when he made a gun gesture toward Opposition Member Niki Ashton saying “Boom”, and then denied doing it, refused to apologize and insisted the opposition was “misleading the House”, despite being caught on video.
Merritt Conservative M.P. Albas dances around the issue
Merritt loses a highly qualified and dedicated dance instructor due to bureaucratic bungling and red tape at the Department of Immigration. Conservative M.P. Dan Albas refuses to intervene and insists the decision is for the community’s own good, despite the fact that the studio will have to close and 70 pupils and many special needs children have lost their beloved instructor.
April’s Fools
![Canada's new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. [The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1502201431032014_3.jpg)
Canada’s new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]
Speaker spending scandal
The Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Linda Reid, billed taxpayers $5,528.16 to fly her husband in business class to an African safari.
“They will just have to adapt” 1792 and 2014
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says aboriginal tourism operators who stand to loose their livelihood because of cuts to BC Ferries Northern Routes will “just have to adapt”, revealing that attitudes haven’t changed much in the 222 years since Captain George Vancouver first sailed in!
True to his word?
Justin Trudeau is publishing a memoir which he promises will be very “candid”. [Ironically, it is being published by HARPER Collins]
