{"id":2114,"date":"2008-12-21T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2008-12-21T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T19:31:00","slug":"sunday-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2114","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. The Calgary Herald profiles<\/a> newly elected Alberta Liberal leader David Swann<\/span>. Among his policy proposals sure to go over well in the right-of-centre province are: a moratorium on oil sands development, a progressive income tax, a cap-and-trade system, an increased carbon levy on large GHG<\/span> emitters, and a new provincial sales tax. Memo to all politicians – do not muse about raising taxes<\/a>…it is never<\/em> smart.<\/p>\n

2. Speaking of which, we’ve finally seen the Iggy picture <\/a>that will be donning the front page of conservative.ca for the next few years. I must say, it’s really not that bad, except for the dark eyes that look as if they want to steal my soul.<\/p>\n

3. Back in Alberta, it appears Iris Evans may be heading off to the Drumheller<\/span> penitentiary before long, as Alberta is poised to break its own no-deficit law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. The Winnipeg Sun offers up a year in review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5. The headline of the week comes from the Ottawa Citizen: Harper set to leave 24 Sussex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6. Al Franken<\/span> is looking good<\/a> in the Minnesota recount.<\/p>\n

7. Looking for that last minute Christmas gift for that special someone this year? Well, check out cheatneutral<\/a>, which offers fidelity offsets. (Hat tip JT<\/em>)<\/p>\n

8. Courtesy of reader KD<\/span>, come this wonderful suggestion:<\/p>\n

I have an idea that would help ensure the PM has a good selection of highly qualified candidates [for the Senate]. All Canadians should be encouraged to send him their CVs<\/span>. Yes, I mean every Canadian. What better way to show our support for the PM’s<\/span> job creation efforts in these dark economic times. And who knows, some lucky Canadians who might not otherwise be considered for such an appointment would have a chance to serve their country. The best part is there’s no cost! You can mail your resume to the PM’s<\/span> office (free postage) at:<\/p>\n

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6<\/p>\n

I’m sure his staff would appreciate receiving all these CVs<\/span> as it would demonstrate the interest that Canadians have in this fine initiative.
<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just remember, you must be 35 and own property in the provinces with Senate vacancies<\/a>. Oh, and if you’re a Tory bagman<\/span><\/a>, be sure to highlight that on your cover letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. The Calgary Herald profiles newly elected Alberta Liberal leader David Swann. Among his policy proposals sure to go over well in the right-of-centre province are: a moratorium on oil sands development, a progressive income tax, a cap-and-trade system, an increased carbon levy on large GHG emitters, and a new provincial sales tax. Memo to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}