More media voices always better: Akin | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

More media voices always better: Akin | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

For certain more voices will add to the Canadian landscape and conversation around water coolers, provided Sun News Network offers up not only different but interesting and informative.

I will definitely look because I have always found Canadian news presentations bland and uninteresting, even the news breaking events of the day are presented this way.

It'll definitely be a challenge for Sun to keep a 24 hour all news presentation fresh and interesting, but I do wish them much success because the Canadian public could surely use a different point of view from what we've been fed for so long.

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NDP unveils crime policy | Decision 2011 | News | Toronto Sun

NDP unveils crime policy | Decision 2011 | News | Toronto Sun

Am I mistaken? Or is this the same NDP whose solution to crime prevention and youth gangs have always been to provide more opportunity in neighbor hoods where high occurrences persist.

This is also the same NDP whose obstruction toward every effort the Tories attempt at tougher laws that punish illegal gun possession and violent crime perpetrators.

I guess with the proposed increased Crime Prevention Fund and 2,500 permanent Police officers we can catch gang bangers and hold them long enough (with the toothless laws currently on the books, especially for young offenders) for the election to be over and NDP promises to be broken.

BMG

Cap-and-trade — useless, dumb, and reckless: Goldstein | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

Cap-and-trade — useless, dumb, and reckless: Goldstein | Lorrie Goldstein | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

It amazes me still that intelligent people would continue to foster this absolutely ridiculous idea on their constituents. Cap and Trade by now is not a new idea, it has been tried as you have stated with disastrous results in Europe and remains bogged down in the US.

Governments have a responsibility to protect the Canadian people from all sorts of disastrous eventualities, war, an increasingly changing global environment perhaps and now it appears from Liberal stupidity.

Let's have a discussion about the environment, global warming (if it exists) but we first need to assemble a group of scientists and leaders whose primary goal is the environment and not personal or political gain.

BMG

CBC: Bias and secrecy | Ezra Levant | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

CBC: Bias and secrecy | Ezra Levant | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

There are no surprises here at all, the CBC is doing what the CBC does and that is protect it's money stream by cheer leading a Liberal win in the upcoming elections, and short of that, stymieing the possibilities of a Conservative majority government. A Tori majority would spell trouble for the CBC, I suspect that the time is rife for de-funding this Liberal machine parading as an unbiased news organization.

It's interesting to me that an organization that touts itself as representative of the Canadian identity can only ever find the Liberal viewpoint and position to champion. But I guess when you believe the Liberal position is always correct there is no need to offer an opposing one, no matter how thoughtful and engaging it may be.

I would bet that they would defend www.votecampus.ca as a progressive portal designed to immediately capture the Canadian pulse and effectively poll the parties prior to next months election. The rest of us know better, it is so obvious what they are doing it is laughable for anyone to suggest different, there is neutrality here.

Whether they divulge the formula that they are using, or who gets the data that they are collecting on Canadians is of no real consequence and concern to me. What does concern me is the fact that they are using our tax dollars to push their agenda, that ought to be investigated and corrected ASAP.

Thanks for exposing these charlatans Mr. Lavant.

BMG - http://brians-say.blogspot.com/

Rice: U.S. has not ruled out arming Libyan rebels | World | News | Toronto Sun

Rice: U.S. has not ruled out arming Libyan rebels | World | News | Toronto Sun

What a mess for the West, an absolute disastrous position that our leaders have gotten us into. One I am afraid will end badly for all of the Western NATO members and many of it's citizens. The Arab League and many other Nations within the UN will undoubtedly give themselves a pass (post military precedings), as they have during the present military operations.

We had to do something in Libya; to quell the unrest and to limit mass murder by Gadhafi and his henchmen and to stabilize the situation that may have significant impact on European interest. But a better idea was to have the Nations in the area sort this out themselves, after all they have the military hardware to do it and it is in their immediate interest to solve the issues that they have created through mismanaged Governments throughout the region.

So the West erred in this action and yet here we are about to complicate the matter even more by talk of arming the Rebels. It is not inconceivable, actually it is probably that these same arms will eventually be used against our own forces sometime in the not too distant future. Only this time they will be wielded by a more experienced, professional force determined to kill infidels wherever they may be.

BMG

Coalition of the losers | Charles Adler | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

Coalition of the losers | Charles Adler | Columnists | Comment | Toronto Sun

The Tories may well be on their way to a majority Government, at least I hope so. They have done an admirable job managing the economy over the last while and deserve the opportunity to Govern unfettered from the interference machine on the left.

Ignatieff's only last hope is to wish for another Conservative minority where the opportunity of re-forming the three amigos coalition could well resurface.

Harpers majority depends on media being responsible and reporting political events within the context of informing Canadians and not mis- leading them through fear based left leaning hyperbole.

Respectful media outlets ought to correct the record when it is marred and reported unfairly and incorrectly.

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Blogs on: Senior Senate Dems Defend Obama's Decisions on Libya

Blogs on: Senior Senate Dems Defend Obama's Decisions on Libya

I am not surprised that some in the Democratic leadership would support Barack Obama's actions leading up to the Military action in Libya, in fact one should expect it. But much of the efforts in building a coalition in this effort had more to do with European Nations like France, Italy and Britain, they have much more vested interest in stabilizing Libya ASAP.

Obama dithers as others moved to get the UN to authorize some kind of action in Libya, the UN eventually sanctioned the use of force to establish a No Fly Zone there. It was then that the US administration inserted itself as lead dog in the precedings that followed.

Durbin lauded Obama for moving with "unprecedented speed", hardly the case, but does anyone expect anything different from him or most of these Politicians. The facts are never as important as what they want them to be, perception is everything.

Candidate Obama stated without equivocation that no US President has the authority to use military action without first getting the Congress' approval. He was wrong to say so then since there was no precedent for his statement, but he said it, so why the change? But here is a man who underestimated the role and responsibility of the President of the United States and now must work hard to catch up to the realities of his role.

Much of President Obama's foreign policy decisions have been reactionary rather than proactive as is necessarily expected of a US President, but none of it is unexpected and Americans were warned pre-election about his inexperience. But even more troubling than his inexperience, because most would hardly be adept at dealing the huge issues that a President must deal with daily, is his ideology.

What you believe about your Country and the truths you hold onto about it's past and future will determine what you would do in any given circumstance and inevitable conflicts will arise between fast held ideology and the reality as it is.

Hopefully Americans may look to chose a leader the next time around with the experience and gravitas for the position applied for.

I do wish President Obama success though, not only in Libya but in all that he must do to preserve the American way and influence in the World, it is all that the American people deserve for their Exceptional position in the World.

BMG