XPost: ab.general, van.general, edm.general   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: eric@hardknocks.edu   
      
   John Fleming wrote...   
   >   
   > On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 07:13:15 -0800 (PST), while chained to a   
   > desk in the scriptorium Roy  wrote:   
   > > $On Dec 4, 3:24 am, Égalite President/Party Leader   
   > > $ wrote:   
   > > $> The Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-311)   
   > > $> =====================================   
   > > $> VETOED!   
   > > $> by the Senate   
   > > $> on November 16th 2010   
   > > $> (after being in the Senate for 193 days)   
   > > $> in a SURPRISE VOTE called when 15 Liberal   
   > > $> senators+several independent senators were absent.   
   > > $>   
   > > $> IMPORTANT   
   > > $> =========   
   > > $> This act   
   > > $> was IMPORTANT.   
   > > $>   
   > > $   
   > > $   
   > > $What a load of bullshit. The Bill should never have passed the HOC in   
   > > $the first place.   
   >   
   > I haven't looked at the guts of the bill in question, but   
   > I'm guessing if the bill were a Conservative bill that were   
   > blocked by a Liberal senate, posters like the doctor and   
   > Kenneth Sellin would be cheering and claiming the Liberals   
   > were "protecting the interests of Canadians".   
   >   
   > Anyway, Roy, I notice the bit of the origina post talks   
   > about how 15 Liberal and independent senators were absent   
   > when the vote was called.  I'm guessing at least a few of   
   > those 15 senators didn't bother showing up for work that   
   > day.  If you or I didn't show up for work, just because we   
   > didn't feel like it, we'd probably get fired.   
      
   They nay have just forgotten where they worked - or how to get there.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)