{"id":3205,"date":"2011-12-14T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2011-12-14T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T17:14:00","slug":"most-canadians-if-they-dont-show-up-for-work-they-dont-get-a-promotion-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3205","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Most Canadians if they don\u2019t show up for work they don\u2019t get a promotion.&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DyANc-dv5EM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"448\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The above ad was from the NDP&#8217;s positive hope-filled election campaign. In it, the NDP pointed to Ignatieff&#8217;s attendance record and accused him of &#8220;not showing up for work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Funny thing though. As pointed out by <a href=\"http:\/\/bcinto.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/are-ndp-leadership-candidates-showing.html\">Jeff Jedras<\/a> in October, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/leadership-hopefuls-had-worst-attendance-in-current-parliament\/article2270177\/\">Globe<\/a> this morning, NDP MPs looking for a promotion to the job of opposition leader have been playing hooky quite a bit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Five NDP leadership hopefuls are among the top 10 MPs with the worst attendance record, and two others were in the top 30 \u2013 a far cry from the party\u2019s strong performance of consistent attendance in the previous Parliament. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just outside the top 10 is Peggy Nash, who has missed <a href=\"http:\/\/howdtheyvote.ca\/member-stats.php?s=17&#038;o=a_d\">37 votes<\/a> this fall. Nash, you&#8217;ll recall, made Gerard Kennedy&#8217;s attendance record <a href=\"http:\/\/mytowncrier.ca\/which-mp-do-you-wantth-past-or-present.html\">her top issue<\/a> during this spring&#8217;s election, repeatedly saying things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidetoronto.com\/news\/elections\/article\/994817--kennedy-and-nash-square-off-over-attendance\">like<\/a>: &#8220;<em>I do believe it is important that when you elect your member of parliament your vote be respected in the MP voting in the House of Commons<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>If the Parkdale High Park Liberal campaign is looking for 2015 pamphlet ideas, that quote might look good on the front, eh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above ad was from the NDP&#8217;s positive hope-filled election campaign. In it, the NDP pointed to Ignatieff&#8217;s attendance record and accused him of &#8220;not showing up for work&#8221;. Funny thing though. As pointed out by Jeff Jedras in October, and the Globe this morning, NDP MPs looking for a promotion to the job of [&hellip;]<\/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\/3205"}],"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=3205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}