July 29
Off golfing and holiday me and my love
Ok my love and me are off to the lake for a week. Packing is a challenge for two people. Two things caught my eye today as I get ready to go.

The first is this
Sounding The Alarm Over Severe WeatherSaskatoon's mayor talks about warning sirens :\ what a great idea.. not everyone has a job that they listen to the radio all day.
The second thing is that the mayor phoned me back about the problem I voice at the transit terminal. the mayor called a local working guy wow! He told me that he wants 24 hrs transit service for Saskatoon. To help the working poor. Wow ..
My question the mayor calling about this? This a major thing is there an election coming up?
As Some one who worked a for a politician at one time understands the process of someone getting a call. Most politicians only call a person if they see this an issue or a pet project. So if this a project for The mayor this would be great a major centre for people in Saskatoon the working poor and new Saskatoon residents. Woo
The Call Is great thanks Mr Mayor.
See you all in a week..

Holiday rant?

Holiday rant? Also the party in renewal today I wish them luck i hope it goes well. I was to play soccer today and golf but I am not sure if that going to happen? I was this on a fellow blogger blog, I am way from the job for a bit. that is needed. So of to the lake to much to do?
This strange news? Thanks Ryan! Where is the money?

Federal government runs $517M deficit in April, May

Last Updated: Friday, July 25, 2008 |

CBC News The federal government ran a deficit of $517 million over April and May, the first two months of the current fiscal year, mainly due to lower corporate income tax and GST revenues.

Over the same time period last year, the government ran a $2.8 billion surplus.

The federal finance department said Friday that during this April and May revenues declined by $1.6 billion, or 4.1 per cent.

The revenue estimates for the first two months of the year include the impact of tax reduction measures for people, businesses and the GST.

Corporate tax revenue fell by $1.1 billion, or 16.6 per cent, from the same two months of last year.

GST revenues dropped by $1 billion, or 20.9 per cent, partly as a result of the one percentage point reduction in the GST rate, which was effective Jan. 1.

Spending on programs rose by $2.1 billion, or seven per cent, on higher transfers and other expenses.

"The monthly profile of growth in spending will initially be quite high but by mid-year will moderate considerably, consistent with the 3.4 per cent annual growth projected in budget 2008," said the finance department forecast.

Speaking earlier in the day in Toronto, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the government is looking at presenting a fiscal update — a midyear look at the state of the government's finances

Need a button Mr.

The Green Shift!



The party send out stuff to the different Riding Association so we can get the message about The Green shift. I my opinion this to little to late this stuff should be sent at the time announcement . Also the opposition did a great selling job their message. I am happy that there is riding support but Cannot there be more material that we use to sell the message of the party. This message will not sell in Saskatchewan.. because it is wrong. Also the oppostion sold their message great and it is on everyone 's mind.

Time to be quiet !

Entry for July 14, 2008
Some times in political parties we need a ankle breaker. This is the time! Mr. Dion Can you please a chat with this member. Explain to him there is a time to talk to media and their is time to Shut up. Talking to news-talk radio in Saskatchewan is a Set up.. So make sure you have your facts and also your message, down pat. And not all press is good press.. As song 'The Gambler says" there is a time to hold them there is a time to walk away... Look at this article and judge for yourself if I am right.
Backbench Grit says Green Shift will raid Alberta
Jason Fekete, Calgary Herald
Published: Friday, July 11, 2008
CALGARY — An Ontario Liberal MP said Friday his party's Green Shift carbon tax proposal will raid Alberta's energy riches and transfer wealth "from rich to poor, from the oil patch to the rest of the country."

Ken Boshcoff, Liberal MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River, rekindled memories Friday of the controversial National Energy Program when he stated on a blog post that the Grits' Green Shift program will inflict financial pain on Alberta and its oil and gas industry.


Canadian MP Ken Boshcoff's comments rekindled memories Friday of the controversial National Energy Program.
The carbon tax proposal - which is being sold to Canadians as an environmental initiative, first and foremost - would slap a levy on greenhouse-gas emissions in Canada, and return the roughly $15 billion in annual revenues through a series of cuts to income and corporate tax.
Failing to say much about any environmental benefits of the plan, Boshcoff proudly proclaimed on a political news blog that the Green Shift is the "most aggressive anti-poverty program in 40 years," which will target wealthy provinces — particularly Alberta.



"The shift will transfer wealth from rich to poor, from the oilpatch to the rest of the country, and from the coffers of big business to the pockets of low-income Canadians," he said in a post on NetNewsledger.com.

The MP explains in his post that the $15 billion in revenues will be used to pay for Liberal party social policies, including $9 billion in tax cuts for low-income earners and $2.9 billion for a universal child tax benefit.

In an interview Friday, Boshcoff said he should have been more responsible with his words, but never viewed the Green Shift carbon tax as having a negative impact on any part of the country.

"I really had not seen that it could be construed in a negative way," he told the Calgary Herald.

"Clearly, I feel it would be an expansion of prosperity nationwide. Everybody wants to share in Alberta's good fortune," he added. "As the (economic) tide rises, all ships should sail higher."

But policy analysts, as well as federal and provincial Tory politicians from Alberta, have skewered the program as a wealth transfer that has little to do with the environment.

Calgary Southeast MP Jason Kenney, the federal Conservative pit bull on the Green Shift, said Boshcoff's comments reinforce what the government has argued for weeks - the carbon tax plan amounts to divisive politics trying to pit Alberta against other parts of Canada.

"It reveals the real plan here, which is a massive new tax in order to finance increased social spending," Kenney said. "When you scratch below the surface, what you see here is a discredited, old, beggar-thy-neighbour, class-warfare politics."

Boshcoff's assessment of the Green Shift comes less than a week after another Ontario Liberal MP, Garth Turner, compared Albertans to "greedy, macho, selfish and balkanizing separatist losers in Quebec."

Kenney said the two verbal outbursts aren't accidental, and it's clear the Liberals - who don't hold a seat in Alberta - are deliberately attacking the province in an effort to gain votes in seat-rich Ontario and Quebec.

The latest round of Tory ammunition fell just days after Liberal Leader Stephane Dion toured Calgary and Edmonton in an effort to pitch his carbon tax proposal.

Dion went out of his way to sell the policy as fiscally smart, environmentally responsible and an attractive proposal for many in Alberta. The plan is nothing like the Trudeau government's NEP of the 1980s, he insisted, a program that crippled the Alberta economy at a time when oil prices crashed.

But policy experts aren't so sure.

Roger Gibbins, president of the Canada West Foundation, a Calgary-based think-tank, said it's disappointing the Liberals would disguise their carbon tax as an environmental initiative if it's really intended to redress economic imbalances in Canada.

"You don't want to use energy or environmental policy as a vehicle to redistribute wealth," Gibbins said Friday. "Don't pretend you're doing it in the name of the environment. That's not the issue."

The Green Shift proposes tax cuts to offset higher prices of heating oil, natural gas, coal-fired electricity, diesel and aviation fuels. Gasoline at the pumps would be exempted, but the Liberals estimate home-heating bills would go up an average of about $250 a year.

But there's growing concern in the oilpatch that Dion's plan would inflict disproportionate damage on Alberta's carbon-based economy, which accounts for one third of all greenhouse gases in Canada
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This got my eye too today

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his clout behind renewable energy sources like wind power.

T. Boone Pickens talks about the advantages of wind power on CNN in May.


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The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist on Tuesday unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable natural resources.

"The Pickens Plan" calls for investing in domestic renewable resources such as wind, and switching from oil to natural gas as a transportation fuel.

In a news conference outlining his proposal, Pickens said his impetus for the plan is the country's dangerous reliance on foreign oil.

"Our dependence on imported oil is killing our economy. It is the single biggest problem facing America today," he said. Watch Pickens discuss plan for wind power »

"Wind power is ... clean, it's renewable. It's everything you want. And it's a stable supply of energy," Pickens told CNN in May. "It's unbelievable that we have not done more with wind."

Pickens' company, Mesa Power, recently announced a $2 billion investment as the first step in a multibillion-dollar plan to build the world's largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas.

Pickens said Tuesday that if the United States takes advantage of the so-called "wind corridor," stretching from the Canadian border to West Texas, energy from wind turbines built there could supply 20 percent or more of the nation's power. He suggested the project could be funded by private investors.

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PickensPlan: Reducing dependence on foreign oil
Power from thousands of wind turbines that would line the corridor could be distributed throughout the country via electric power transmission lines and could fuel power plants in large population hubs, the oil baron said.

Fueling these plants with wind power would then free up the natural gas historically used to power them, and would mean that natural gas could replace foreign oil as fuel for motor vehicles, he said.

Using natural gas for transportation needs could replace one-third of the United States' imported oil and would save more than $230 billion a year, Pickens said.

"We are going to have to do something different in America," Pickens told CNN. "You can't keep paying out $600 billion a year for oil."

His energy plan could be implemented within 10 years if both Congress and the White House treat the current energy situation as a "national emergency and take immediate action," he predicted.

Pickens, a lifelong Republican, says he is not advising either presidential candidate, but is prepared to work with the next president.

The Web site for the plan urges people to sign up and help spread the word.

Oil analyst Peter Beutel of Cameron Hanover, an energy risk manager, said Pickens' plan could definitely reduce the country's dependency on foreign oil.

"The best thing about it is that it's a definite plan -- it's not something that either party has pitted itself outrightly against. It therefore has a tremendous chance for success on Capitol Hill."

Analyst Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., an investment firm, added that such a plan "has been on the drawing board for years."

At least 21 states and the District of Columbia have set deadlines or goals for utilities to obtain electricity from clean, renewable sources instead of fossil fuel-burning plants.

The scramble has triggered construction of large-scale wind farms throughout much of the nation, including proposals for the first U.S. offshore facilities.

Delaware and Galveston, Texas, have offshore projects in the works, although a farm proposed off New York's Long Island was shelved this year because of high projected construction costs.


In Massachusetts, where utilities are under the gun to obtain four percent of electricity from renewables by 2009, builders await federal approval of a hugely controversial wind farm off historic Cape Cod.
The Cape Wind project envisions 130 wind turbines each rising 440 feet above Nantucket Sound by 2011. State officials said the farm will eliminate pollution equal to 175,000 gas-burning cars.
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Oh Canada will Sing out again Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan to host 2010 world juniors: sources
Announcement on bid to host the 2010 hockey event could come as early as today
Cory Wolfe and Kevin Mitchell, TheStarPhoenix.com
Published: Monday, July 07, 2008
Hockey Canada is poised to announce that Saskatoon and Regina have landed the world junior hockey championships.

Multiple sources indicated to The StarPhoenix Sunday that an announcement on Saskatchewan's successful bid to host the 2010 event will come as early as today.

The Saskatoon/Regina group was bidding on either the 2010 or 2012 championships; Saskatchewan previously staged the 1991 event.


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Font:****The Canadian roster then included Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Kris Draper and unlikely hero John Slaney, who scored a late goal to edge the Russians in the gold-medal game at the building now known as Credit Union Centre. Other prominent players in the '91 tournament included Pavel Bure (Russia), Doug Weight (United States) and Ziggy Palffy (Czechoslovakia).

Saskatchewan bid unsuccessfully on the last four world junior tournaments awarded to Canada: Winnipeg (1999), Halifax (2003), Vancouver (2006) and Ottawa (2009).

In all likelihood, the 2010 Canadian team will feature a strong Saskatchewan flavour. Defenceman Jared Cowen of Allan is projected to be a top-five pick in the 2009 NHL draft. Saskatoon-raised forwards Jimmy Bubnick and Brayden Schenn are also pegged as elite prospects, as is Saskatoon Blades defenceman Stefan Elliott of North Vancouver, B.C.

Canada's preliminary-round games, as well as the medal round, would be played at Saskatoon's Credit Union Centre. The facility is scheduled to undergo a significant facelift with plans for new dressing rooms and the addition of about 1,000 seats to increase capacity to 12,000.

Regina's 5,600-seat Brandt Centre will host round-robin action for the other pool.

Saskatoon's profit guarantee was earlier reported to be in the $12.5 million range, the same amount Ottawa pledged when it won the 2009 championship.

Saskatchewan's $10-million guarantee for the same event was to be underwritten by the provincial government ($8 million) and the City of Saskatoon ($2 million), if necessary.

I got this in email recently I am not sure who this direct at.

It seems that some of the provincial liberals are moving away from the pack and federal party does not like it. I am sorry to those of you who like the Green Plan I am on side of liberals that is really not sure about about this plan .
There is allot of things in it like the carbon tax will hurt Saskatchewan and Western Canada, giving us money back will not cover what we send in carbon tax in my opinion. Just look at the GST rebate does it cover what we spend on GST everyday month or in a year no. There has to be a better plan for help to stop pollution and the green house affect.. I wish I knew the answer or was smart enough to figure it out. But hurting one part of Canada to help this does not seems right. The have not provinces SASK , NFLD and along with AB are running ecomonic engine for the country right now. So is this a bad thing ?


Hello all,



Hope everyone is having a great summer - we have certainly kicked it off with some hot weather.


Just wanted to drop you a brief line about some of the benefits of the federal party’s Green Shift environmental plan. It has been getting a very positive reaction across the country - outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan. As Liberals, we need to spread the benefits of the plan to combat some of the Conservative rhetoric.



Liberals are now leading the discussion – the media is focussing on the issues rather than raw politics


An election on the environment is a good thing for us. The last thing Stephen Harper wants is an election on the environment – it’s like George Bush wanting to run on the Iraq war


While the program may cost Saskatchewan tax dollars, it will be significantly less than the $800 million hit from the Conservative equalization plan, and the billions lost in income trust changes

Green Shift does not touch gasoline prices, but deals with large pollution emitters. Personal income tax cuts will offset rising prices for consumers.


The environment is a highly emotional issue that is on the right side of history and appeals to younger voters as well as those who want to leave the world a better place for their children and their children’s children.


So next time you’re admiring the back nine at the Dunes with a group of friends, spread the message around (depending, of course on how many balls the other members of your foursome have lost in the fescue).



Talk soon,

David

I think it time for a election??

Politics In Canada is getting Strange At least. We got The PM suing the opposition? The Opposition leader asking for a debate on a carbon tax. Hey Dudes please call a election. Now ..Then we can l get this straight who we want to governor us? Look at this then you can decide.

Harper's lawsuit against Liberals rises by $1M
Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2008
CBC News Prime Minister Stephen Harper has increased his $2.5-million libel suit against the Liberals by an extra million.

The additional money is for alleged "misappropriation of personality," and came to light when all federal parties filed their annual financial statements to Elections Canada on Wednesday, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.

The lawsuit was launched last March after Liberals published statements on their website that alleged the prime minister knew about a bribe to the late Independent MP Chuck Cadman.

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion refused to apologize for the statements and continued pressing the Harper government on what the

party offered Cadman in spring 2005 to vote against the then Liberal Paul Martin government.

The Canadian Press cites sources as saying Conservative and Liberal officials met in the spring to discuss the possibility of settling out of court.

But talks soon broke down. Harper added the extra claim on June 4.

The Conservatives have charged that a 2005 tape of Harper responding to questions from Vancouver journalist Tom Zytaruk about an offer to Cadman for a million-dollar insurance policy was "doctored."


One of the liberal planks from Entry for July 03, 2008
Politics In Canada is getting Strange At least. We got The PM suing the opposition? The Opposition leader asking for a debate on a carbon tax. Hey Dudes please call a election. Now ..Then we can l get this straight who we want to governor us? Look at this then you can decide.

Harper's lawsuit against Liberals rises by $1M
Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2008
CBC News Prime Minister Stephen Harper has increased his $2.5-million libel suit against the Liberals by an extra million.

The additional money is for alleged "misappropriation of personality," and came to light when all federal parties filed their annual financial statements to Elections Canada on Wednesday, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.

The lawsuit was launched last March after Liberals published statements on their website that alleged the prime minister knew about a bribe to the late Independent MP Chuck Cadman.

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion refused to apologize for the statements and continued pressing the Harper government on what the

party offered Cadman in spring 2005 to vote against the then Liberal Paul Martin government.

The Canadian Press cites sources as saying Conservative and Liberal officials met in the spring to discuss the possibility of settling out of court.

But talks soon broke down. Harper added the extra claim on June 4.

The Conservatives have charged that a 2005 tape of Harper responding to questions from Vancouver journalist Tom Zytaruk about an offer to Cadman for a million-dollar insurance policy was "doctored."


One of the liberal planks from Garry Oledzki

Liberal Candidate for Palliser

Canadians Deserve a Clean Environment! June 27th, 2008

Dear Editor:

Policies that attempt to preserve the health of our environment often attract critics who suggest that such proactive measures will somehow destroy our economy or comfortable way of life. In other words, keep the good times rolling at any cost to the environment. Such arguments fail however to recognize a key underlying goal of policies which seek to protect the environment: passing on a clean and healthy environment to our children and grandchildren.


While many Saskatchewan people have lived through tough times, such as the dirty thirties, the vast majority are able to say that they inherited clean air to breathe and water to drink from the generations who lived here before them. We have also benefited from a wealth of natural resources that our predecessors did not deplete to the point of exhaustion, and a climate suitable for growing some of the world’s best food crops. And so why would we now place such a burden on our environment that the next generation is denied what we have come to take for granted?


Future generations deserve to be left with a clean, healthy and productive environment and we have a duty to ensure that this is the case. In other words we must now take measures which look beyond our current needs and ways of living. This doesn’t require a radical shift in behavior, but simply a few measures that, once added up, will contribute to a lesser impact on our environment and supply of natural resources. The Liberal Party’s “Green Shift” is one such plan.


The plan is as powerful as it is simple: cut taxes on those things we all want more of such as income, investment and innovation, and shift those taxes to what we all want less of: pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and waste. In addition, this tax shift will be revenue neutral, so that the Federal Government will not have surplus tax revenues.

This commitment will be enshrined in legislation, and the Auditor General will look at the numbers and confirm this each and every year to Canadians. For those who may not be able to carry the burden of higher home heating costs, the Green Shift will actually give rise to further tax cuts and assistance so that no one is left behind when it comes to doing the right thing for the environment.

It’s easy to sit idle and complain that doing the right thing for our environment will hurt our pocketbooks – Harper’s Conservatives have done it for over two years now. And they continue to do it today. Rather than waste more precious time, the Liberals have worked hard to design a plan that makes both economic and environmental sense – a plan that takes responsibility for future generations of Saskatchewan people.

Yours sincerely,

Garry Oledzki

Liberal Candidate for Palliser


Office: 347-8333 Fax: 347-8350 Website: www.garryoledzki.ca

Home: 585-1816 E-mail: garret.oledzki@balfourmoss.com