Threatening scientists that work for the government for political advocacy is a waste of taxpayers money.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harperman-tony-turner-scientist-investigation-1.3207390

A Scientist studying bird migration and with one month till retirement is now being investigated for expressing his political opinion. In a month, he's retired. He is studying bird migration. He wrote and performed a song on his own time. He has violated no scientific ethical standards.

Stop and think about what that means. It means that the political arm, the conservative government, is so vindictive towards anyone that stands up to it that they would rather waste manager's time, waste taxpayer-funded labour and overhead, investigating no crime - the Supreme Court has ruled government employees have a right to participate in politics - just so they can get vengeance. And if this ends up in a lawsuit for wrongful dismissal the government may be on the hook to pay for lawyers and a settlement. That is a complete waste of taxpayer dollars.

Imagine how many other wastes of resources they send the bureaucracy on in pursuit of vendetta? How is that responsible government?  In a month he would be gone but they want to react and let his action have power, demonstrate he is stronger. 

Harper government poor at business decisions.

Separate documents tabled in the House of Commons show the federal government paid out approximately $ 31$-million in severance and separation pay to political staff in all ministers’ offices between April 2006 and February 2014. That's $3.875 $million a year for 8 years.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/pmo-has-paid-more-than-4-1m-in-severance-to-departing-employees-since-harper-took-office 

 So the Conservatives would rather pay for administrative staff at $4million per year than pay for doctors that do research and can help the country in a medical crisis.They are cutting the Ph.D. / M.D. program that makes doctors that can research an illness and treat people.  The kind of person you need in a medical epidemic.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cuts-to-md-phd-funding-greeted-with-horror-by-medical-scientists-1.3190215

Dr. Norman Rosenblum is associate dean of physician scientist training at the University of Toronto. Two years ago, Rosenblum was asked by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to chair an expert committee to study patient-oriented researchers in Canada.
The expert report concluded Canada needs a major increase in the number of health clinician scientists, because the country is missing key expertise needed to address urgent health-care questions.
Rosenblum was surprised and dismayed to receive a letter from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in June announcing the end of funding for the MD/PhD program.

Dr. Norman Rosenblum says a mixed message is being sent about the value of patient-oriented research. (CBC)

"The reaction has been horror, to be honest," Rosenblum said. "My colleagues across the country have been mystified as to how this decision would be taken when they were not specifically consulted."
The letter stated "budgetary constraints" as the reason.

Harper is out to gut science but waste taxpayer money on administration. Is that a more efficient business organization? Does that seem like an effective government?

This is what it costs for a Ph.D / M.D program the student at the University of Ottawa:

Year 1		Year 2		Year 3	Year 4
Fall and Winter (Sessions 1 and 2)	Spring / Summer (Session 3)	Fall and Winter (Sessions 4 and 5)	Spring / Summer (Session 6)	Fall, Winter and Spring / Summer (Sessions 7, 8 and 9)	Fall, Winter and Spring / Summer (Sessions 10, 11 and 12)
$ 19,500.00 / session	$3,000.00	$19,500.00 / session	$3,000.00	$3,000.00 / session + stipend	$3,000.00 / session + stipend

This is a total of  ~$100,000 per student to have a Ph.D. with a M.D. that can do both. Or you could have office staff.

So for the cost of PMO staff PER YEAR severance we could have had 38.75 Ph.D / MD students that would lead to 39 doctors more per year in the country all for the cost of the PMO, Harper's office staff turn over year after year. That's not the whole government that is one office in Ottawa. Can you justify claiming that the conservatives are good with business operations after this? They would rather pay severance than for specialized doctors.

Harper Government stalling Rememberance Day as legal holiday

The Harper Government won't support Remembrance day as a legal holiday:

“It certainly seems like they've hit the brakes hard on this bill,” said Harris, who accused Conservatives of tying it up by asking the veterans affairs committee to study the matter after it had already been reviewed.
“They seem to be doing everything they can to stop it.”

What do they need to study? A one clause bill.  To take longer than needed on a simple matter wastes government resources.

So to claim they support veterans while not jumping all over a simple bill to recognize Remembrance Day is nonsense.

Conservatives now as corrupt as the Liberals they replaced...

It's official, the Conservatives are now inserting themselves in what should be fair procedural competitive contract processes to pick winners and losers based on personal interactions.

The proposal, which was submitted by Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn on behalf of the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch, was added at Finley’s request to four projects already selected from 167 eligible proposals.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/diane-finley-s-ethics-rule-breach-should-be-reviewed-by-committee-ndp-1.3005763

163 projects got no money, one parachuted in got full funding.  This is a very non-conservative thing to do and smacks of political interference.

Of course, they will resist all efforts to expose this infraction.

This is not something to be indifferent about. The party of principles has now pointed they are past using what they "believe".


This is the sort of thing that would get a civil servant fired for breaching fairness and transparency for all competitors.  They inserted an extra winner into the money circle that ultimately failed to work; so that's bad on two fronts- they perverted the process and it didn't work!


There is no ignorance of the law nor inexperience excuse, conservatives lined up to support this one particular project in 2011, 5 years after becoming the government.

They are now operating against the principles they claim to espouse. It's time to get fresh leadership into federal government.

Total waste of taxpayer's money: Canada has an ambassador for religious freedoms

Canada has an ambassador for religious freedoms 

http://www.international.gc.ca/religious_freedom-liberte_de_religion/mandate_mandat.aspx?lang=eng&_ga=1.102889728.101197233.1426169870

Separation of church and state does not apply in Canada? 

Promoting all religions is favoritism because it biases towards faith ideology. It doesn't matter if they are picking all religions.  It is picking a side in a debate it should remain neutral on by principle.  Instead, it is actively participating.

How does a conservative government justify spending money on a person to talk about religion on behalf of who, the people of Canada?

It gets worse: they have money and hand it out in the name of religion:

The Religious Freedom Fund funds projects outside Canada to help religious communities that are facing intolerance or persecution in their country.
More specifically, the Fund is aimed at projects that will accomplish the following objectives:

• Raise awareness about issues related to freedom of religion or belief by providing financial support to organizations for their activities, including interreligious dialogue and education on freedom of religion or belief and pluralism;
• Conduct research on freedom of religion or belief that provides governments and decision-makers around the world with sources of information and analysis related to freedom of religion or belief;
• Support dialogue among different religious groups leading to clearly identified outcomes in countries where religious issues are principal factors of tension between communities;
• Provide legal and legislative or related forms of support on issues of freedom of religion or belief in order to build local capacity and help protect communities that are targeted because of their faith.

 http://www.international.gc.ca/religious_freedom-liberte_de_religion/fund_fond.aspx?lang=eng

I don't want my tax dollars going to any religion at any time. How can a government justify this favoritism?  They won't spend on arts but they will spend on religion.  This doesn't make jobs that get people out of poverty, that turns them away from religion.  The real reason poor people turn to religion is a lack of good jobs.  Busy people don't have time for nonsense.

According to webblog http://www.canadianatheist.com/separation-of-church-state-in-canada/

there is no separation of Church and State.