Mark H. Posted March 9, 2019 Report Posted March 9, 2019 56 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/03/08/analysis/hidden-key-snc-lavalin-scandal This is fascinating. All Canadians need to read this article. Nothing to it. Just block testimony and say you understood things differently. kelownabomberfan 1
Mark H. Posted March 10, 2019 Report Posted March 10, 2019 The thinking by many that this should be ignored because SCN Lavolin has been around for a long time and 'the Conservatives did it too' really irks me. I don't give a rip if it's been going on since John A's Pacific Scandal, it has come to light because someone did the right thing for a change, and should be treated as such. And the plot thickens: https://buffalochronicle.com/2019/02/27/trudeau-still-wont-let-wilson-raybould-talk-about-bmo-kinder-morgan-or-brison-at-house-hearings/?fbclid=IwAR1O_ws1cWlxrtpqB6lsf1o5DQLu1Jf0E9szg_q-pzQGAgaGKAB31CXotAk When it became apparent that Wilson-Raybould would be unwilling to offer a deferred prosecution agreement to BMO and other worried corporate actors, on grounds similar to her refusal to offer such an agreement to SNC Lavalin, Trudeau was terrified that the scandal could take down his government. By late December, he became determined to remove Wilson-Raybould at all costs. Trudeau’s now infamous cabinet shuffle was announced on January 10, and by February 14 Brison was hired by BMO Capital Markets as Vice Chairman of the firm’s investment banking business. Opposition committee members want Trudeau’s former Principal Secretary, Gerald Butts, who is rumored to have played a role in arranging Brison’s ‘soft-landing’, to testify as well. rebusrankin 1
kelownabomberfan Posted March 10, 2019 Report Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) Sheila Copps proves that she is suffering from dementia... Edited March 10, 2019 by kelownabomberfan
kelownabomberfan Posted March 10, 2019 Report Posted March 10, 2019 Warren KinsellaTHE “FEMINIST” PMO WOULDN’T BE STUPID ENOUGH TO FORCE FEMALE LIBERAL MPS TO PUBLISH IDENTICAL “PERSONAL” MESSAGE OF SUPPORT, WOULD THEY?Well, actually, they would be that stupid. They are that stupid.Spotted by my sharp-eyed pal Sean Craig: PMO told female Liberal MPs to post personal messages about what a swell feminist he is – presumably to offset the growing Celina controversy. Except a couple of the MPs just did a cut and paste. Oops!The next thing you know, they’ll be lining up all kinds of people to write op-eds!
pigseye Posted March 10, 2019 Report Posted March 10, 2019 Not even the fake news can bring him back from this.
SpeedFlex27 Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) LOL. Johnny Rivers sings about a snake. Trudeau is The Snake. Edited March 11, 2019 by SpeedFlex27
Mark H. Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said: LOL. Johnny Rivers sings about a snake. Trudeau is a snake. Snakes are savvy...
SpeedFlex27 Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 Just now, Mark H. said: Snakes are savvy... It's Trudeau. There is nothing savvy about that snake.
blue_gold_84 Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 I feel like that's an insult to snakes.
sweep the leg Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 On 2019-03-08 at 9:46 AM, The Unknown Poster said: My buddy works for the Province. Im sure he'd be thrilled to see a buy out. I love to hear how much everyone working in his office misses the NDP while he also tells me he's really bored with little to do all day. What department is he with? My wife is under Child and Family Services and they're understaffed. The stress level in their office is out of control. Hopefully the gov't can re-distribute some of the excess staffing budget from your buddy's department to hers. The Unknown Poster and bigg jay 2
The Unknown Poster Posted March 11, 2019 Author Report Posted March 11, 2019 47 minutes ago, sweep the leg said: What department is he with? My wife is under Child and Family Services and they're understaffed. The stress level in their office is out of control. Hopefully the gov't can re-distribute some of the excess staffing budget from your buddy's department to hers. Parks. From what I understand they might be planning to reduce staff through retirements but some of his stories definitely come across like they miss he NdP because they benefitted but if they were on the outside looking in they wouldn’t feel the same way. Ive got a friend in nursing who would probably miss the ndp too.
bigg jay Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, sweep the leg said: What department is he with? My wife is under Child and Family Services and they're understaffed. The stress level in their office is out of control. Hopefully the gov't can re-distribute some of the excess staffing budget from your buddy's department to hers. My wife department could use the excess staff as well - although she does admit there are a couple "problem employees" that current and past management have just kind of stuck in a corner, letting them dwiddle their thumbs rather than deal with them correctly. People like my wife end up picking up the slack for those guys and it just creates animosity in the office.
bigg jay Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said: Parks. From what I understand they might be planning to reduce staff through retirements but some of his stories definitely come across like they miss he NdP because they benefitted but if they were on the outside looking in they wouldn’t feel the same way. Ive got a friend in nursing who would probably miss the ndp too. One trick the PC's like to use to reduce the workforce is re-classification. They'll change your designation (but not necessarily your job) so they can reduce your pay. People aren't thrilled with the idea of doing the same job for less pay so they leave. At least in one case where the PC's did this in the past (at lotteries), some people were offered buy-outs if they weren't willing to accept the re-classification. They are currently doing this in my wife's office but in lieu of a buy-out, they are offering salary protection for 2 years if you end up getting moved to a lower classification. It will have the same effect though, just not as quickly. People will leave but now they have some time to look for other work. The Unknown Poster 1
JCon Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, bigg jay said: One trick the PC's like to use to reduce the workforce is re-classification. They'll change your designation (but not necessarily your job) so they can reduce your pay. People aren't thrilled with the idea of doing the same job for less pay so they leave. At least in one case where the PC's did this in the past (at lotteries), some people were offered buy-outs if they weren't willing to accept the re-classification. They are currently doing this in my wife's office but in lieu of a buy-out, they are offering salary protection for 2 years if you end up getting moved to a lower classification. It will have the same effect though, just not as quickly. People will leave but now they have some time to look for other work. Desk audits would be far more common if the Civil Service Commission had the capacity to do so. But, they're so short staffed that they can't even keep up with basic recruitment. It takes six months to get a positioned filled, if you're lucky. One of the ways managers were able to retain staff in the past would be to change the position descriptions in order to get them reclassified up, even if they were not performing all the duties. Now, all those people are vulnerable to have their positions re-classed back down. This government has also decreased the amount of supervisors and managers by realigning a lot of offices so more people are reporting to fewer people. The two year salary protection has been part of collective agreement. I'm not sure whether they'll maintain that policy while a new agreement is being negotiated on good faith. I'm going to guess they are. Not so for the no-layoff clause. bigg jay 1
Fatty Liver Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 23 minutes ago, bigg jay said: My wife department could use the excess staff as well - although she does admit there are a couple "problem employees" that current and past management have just kind of stuck in a corner, letting them dwiddle their thumbs rather than deal with them correctly. People like my wife end up picking up the slack for those guys and it just creates animosity in the office. I've heard this sad story so many times, such an enormous waste of tax payer's money to continue paying people who basically hate their jobs and are non-functional but are fully committed to collecting their guaranteed salary and pension plans. They milk the hell out of the system and max. out all the benefits they feel entitled to with little concern for being non-productive entities. The cushions built in to protect these govt. employees from severance are ridiculous, I can't see this behaviour being tolerated in the private sector for long as the salary drawn would be coming out of specific individual's pockets who would not tolerate such utter waste. bigg jay 1
sweep the leg Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, bigg jay said: My wife department could use the excess staff as well - although she does admit there are a couple "problem employees" that current and past management have just kind of stuck in a corner, letting them dwiddle their thumbs rather than deal with them correctly. People like my wife end up picking up the slack for those guys and it just creates animosity in the office. Yeah, that's definitely a thing in gov't unions. I can only speak from my family's experiences, but my Federal office workplace is infinitely better than what my wife has to deal with with the province. They're under the constant threat of "restructuring". Her manager is never around, b/c she's been given multiple additional duties due to "restructuring". My wife's supervisor retired, so now she's doing her job, as well as her old job, and was only bumped up one level on the payscale. People are taking more sick days due to stress, and nearly every day at least one person in the office is crying. It's crazy. Edited March 11, 2019 by sweep the leg Fatty Liver, JCon, bigg jay and 1 other 3 1
Mark H. Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 18 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said: It's Trudeau. There is nothing savvy about that snake. That's sort of my point - he's closer to a dodo bird.
SpeedFlex27 Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark H. said: That's sort of my point - he's closer to a dodo bird. I'm hoping after the election in October he'll be as extinct t as the last one.
pigseye Posted March 12, 2019 Report Posted March 12, 2019 It just keeps on getting better for the Liberals, I don't think an op-ed is going to save them The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's working group on bribery said in a statement Monday that it is "concerned" by accusations that Trudeau and staff in his office tried to get former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to let the Quebec engineering giant negotiate a remediation agreement rather than pursue the firm on criminal charges of bribery and fraud. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oecd-trudeau-snc-lavalin-1.5051446?post_id=noID
do or die Posted March 12, 2019 Report Posted March 12, 2019 Thank you for that bowl of pablum, sir. May I have another?
The Unknown Poster Posted March 12, 2019 Author Report Posted March 12, 2019 I tried to tell everyone. Wideleft 1
blue_gold_84 Posted March 12, 2019 Report Posted March 12, 2019 19 hours ago, sweep the leg said: Yeah, that's definitely a thing in gov't unions. I can only speak from my family's experiences, but my Federal office workplace is infinitely better than what my wife has to deal with with the province. They're under the constant threat of "restructuring". Her manager is never around, b/c she's been given multiple additional duties due to "restructuring". My wife's supervisor retired, so now she's doing her job, as well as her old job, and was only bumped up one level on the payscale. People are taking more sick days due to stress, and nearly every day at least one person in the office is crying. It's crazy. I can relate to this pretty well. I'm employed by the feds and my workplace seems much, much better compared to my sister's, who is employed by the province. Her position is currently being threatened because the province is contemplating restructuring her department. She and her colleagues are not happy - and understandably so. I complain about my job as I'm sure most do but her situation sounds way, way worse.
kelownabomberfan Posted March 13, 2019 Report Posted March 13, 2019 Liberals shut down justice committee today. Just disgusting. We are heading down the Venezuela path here. We are not a democracy right now.
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