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	<title>Comments on: Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Immigration Reform In Reconciliation Bill</title>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/20/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-immigration-reform-in-reconciliation-bill/#comment-180434</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 01:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, guess I should have mentioned that Erin O&#039;Toole is the current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. For how long, who knows ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, guess I should have mentioned that Erin O'Toole is the current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. For how long, who knows ...</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/20/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-immigration-reform-in-reconciliation-bill/#comment-180432</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caddy,

Well, the Conservative Party of Canada scares me, despite the nice face O&#039;Toole tried to put on it. His party didn&#039;t like that particular strategy one bit, either. O&#039;Toole&#039;s &quot;concession&quot; speech was one big whine about how he believes Trudeau wants to call another election in 18 months and that the Conservative party will be ready for it. LOL

So, in my riding, Kitchener Centre, the incumbent Liberal MP Raj Saini, was &quot;disavowed&quot; by the Liberal Party of Canada in the wake of allegations against him of inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature. It was too late to take him off the ballot so if he had won he would have had to sit in the House of Commons as an independent member. 

I don&#039;t know him well enough to comment on the veracity of complaints against him. Hell, I don&#039;t even know what they are.

So, I took it upon myself to take the opportunity and do something I&#039;ve never done and won&#039;t ever do again - vote for a party and candidate that has zero chance of ever accomplishing anything of substance ...

I voted for the Green Party candidate in my riding!!! Yeah, I did ... and, guess what? He won! I shit you not! And, by a veritable landslide, too. Heh.

Guess I&#039;ll pay some attention to how he gets along. :)

The result of this election proves how boring we are ... pretty much the same House of Commons membership as before the election.

I&#039;m very happy that Justin Trudeau is still the prime minister. Which is a somewhat sad commentary on the choices we had. Ahem

I am of the mind that we won&#039;t be enduring another federal election for a few years. Actually, enduring is the wrong word as our election campaigns last only about 30 days. Seriously! Despite what O&#039;Toole says. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caddy,</p>
<p>Well, the Conservative Party of Canada scares me, despite the nice face O'Toole tried to put on it. His party didn't like that particular strategy one bit, either. O'Toole's "concession" speech was one big whine about how he believes Trudeau wants to call another election in 18 months and that the Conservative party will be ready for it. LOL</p>
<p>So, in my riding, Kitchener Centre, the incumbent Liberal MP Raj Saini, was "disavowed" by the Liberal Party of Canada in the wake of allegations against him of inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature. It was too late to take him off the ballot so if he had won he would have had to sit in the House of Commons as an independent member. </p>
<p>I don't know him well enough to comment on the veracity of complaints against him. Hell, I don't even know what they are.</p>
<p>So, I took it upon myself to take the opportunity and do something I've never done and won't ever do again - vote for a party and candidate that has zero chance of ever accomplishing anything of substance ...</p>
<p>I voted for the Green Party candidate in my riding!!! Yeah, I did ... and, guess what? He won! I shit you not! And, by a veritable landslide, too. Heh.</p>
<p>Guess I'll pay some attention to how he gets along. :)</p>
<p>The result of this election proves how boring we are ... pretty much the same House of Commons membership as before the election.</p>
<p>I'm very happy that Justin Trudeau is still the prime minister. Which is a somewhat sad commentary on the choices we had. Ahem</p>
<p>I am of the mind that we won't be enduring another federal election for a few years. Actually, enduring is the wrong word as our election campaigns last only about 30 days. Seriously! Despite what O'Toole says. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/20/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-immigration-reform-in-reconciliation-bill/#comment-180431</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CRS[2],

How totally fitting, indeed! Was thinking the exact same thing ...</description>
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<p>How totally fitting, indeed! Was thinking the exact same thing ...</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/20/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-immigration-reform-in-reconciliation-bill/#comment-180429</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Elizabeth, what say ye about Trudeau winning reelection? Good? Bad?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elizabeth, what say ye about Trudeau winning reelection? Good? Bad?</p>
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		<title>By: C. R. Stucki</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/09/20/senate-parliamentarian-rejects-immigration-reform-in-reconciliation-bill/#comment-180426</link>
		<dc:creator>C. R. Stucki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, off topic, but timely.

How totally fitting, how utterly appropriate, is it that our last effort prior to leaving Afghanistan after 20 yrs of continuous miscalculation, misjudgment and miscomprehension, was a world-class monumental phuque-up!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, off topic, but timely.</p>
<p>How totally fitting, how utterly appropriate, is it that our last effort prior to leaving Afghanistan after 20 yrs of continuous miscalculation, misjudgment and miscomprehension, was a world-class monumental phuque-up!!</p>
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		<title>By: John M from Ct.</title>
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		<dc:creator>John M from Ct.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My reaction to this was like yours: the big 3.5T bill is going to get trimmed, between the parliamentarian and the holdouts led by Manchin. 

But what&#039;s left, and gets passed, will still likely be pretty big and pretty important, and pretty impressive to voters if it is promoted and sold to them correctly.

Of course, the Democratic Party is not typically very good at selling its policies to middle-of-the-road voters. So there&#039;s that, unfortunately.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My reaction to this was like yours: the big 3.5T bill is going to get trimmed, between the parliamentarian and the holdouts led by Manchin. </p>
<p>But what's left, and gets passed, will still likely be pretty big and pretty important, and pretty impressive to voters if it is promoted and sold to them correctly.</p>
<p>Of course, the Democratic Party is not typically very good at selling its policies to middle-of-the-road voters. So there's that, unfortunately.</p>
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