perhaps the time has come to start a grassroots revolution. talk to your local riding president, 32 of them together have the power to force lord to a new leadership election of the party. yes, the members of the party have the authority to force the leader to defend himself in a re-election campaign. and the government does not have to fall to do it. and the leader can be forced out whenever the party members want to fire an incompetent or un-listening leader. for those of you who do not believe, check out the constitution of the conservative party, then get after your riding president. at the least you will cause the leader to listen, at best you can get a new leader who will listen to the voters.
That's very good point but the Premier seem to have everyone in the party under control. Even at the General meeting a few months ago, the members only had two minutes to speak on different issues and they wasn't right. The same goes for Mr.Volpe when he went around the province to listen to the voters concerns, we only had 2 minutes to speak but I blew my top and told them that if they didn't like it? They should call the police and I ended up speaking for 10 to 15 minutes. I was very upset!!!
Hi: i just found the latest epictle i sent you, buried on a very far back page. while i am thrilled that it is there at all, i must admit that i would prefer that you put it in the top of the new posts, specifically in reference to the lng and the electric problems. i wrote that directly for those issues, and it should be visible to new readers, not just on an old page. not many people go that far back to see if new comments have been added to existing 3 day old posts. and particularly, it is possible to force the leader to a re-election in the conservative party. all it takees is 32 of the riding presidents to order the recall, the leader has no choice. that will scare the daylights out of the party brass, and will be a public venue for the party policies. the liberal party does not have the same clause in their constitution, but with enough agitation from the public the party can be convinced to adopt such a process. this is probably the best way to force the leaders, or premier if the government, to listen to the party members and the general public. my personal opinion is that the voters of new brunswick will not work towards helping themselves, they will bitch and moan about costs and other problems while waiting for someone else to do all the work. and if no one steps up to try and fix the problems then the voters will moan that there is no one to help them, and continue to do nothing to help themselves. the very people who should be most concerned about the structure and politics of the province are those who are no longer there: the young people. they are all gone to toronto, calgary, vancouver, and other points west. those few left will inherit the property and businesses, and will do nothing to help themselves or the upcoming generations. demonstration of this point is easy: look at the census information about the make-up of the populatioon in the last 30 years, look at the political parties, specifically at the number and difference of age groups. no young people, and 20 years average between one position and the next one down. where are the high school graduates? while lack of information is a very grave concern, even more distressing is the lack of ambition in the general population to get information, or to act upon any information that is presented to them. the irvings may not be perfect, and may be toxic to the future, but there is no excuse for people not to take the preventive measures to contain the problems. even though the majority of the economy of the province is irving doing business with itself.
Some great comments here. There should be a way to remove Bernie Lord from the Premier's office. He is doing too much damage and he is no leader. The man is totally incompetent. Sooner he departs better for New Brunswick.
For those of you that have forgotten that Mr.MacIntyre did indeed talk about vlts.
Lest we forget.
Mr. MacIntyre: I want to tell you something. I will get serious for a moment, because I can be serious, too.
I want to tell you about the young man who was out in front of the Legislature this morning with a sign. I talked to him today, He has made a point, but I want to make a point to this government.
The Minister of Health and Wellness said yesterday that there were only 400 people addicted and that we had looked after them all. This is the new burning issue, for all governments across Canada.
This is a very serious matter. People are losing their homes. They are losing their families. They are losing everything. We cannot say that because 400 people showed up . . . Most people do not admit their addictions. This is a very serious issue, and I think we have watered it down too much. We should have taken it more seriously.
I asked that man to go home because I was worried about his health. He was on a hunger strike.
If you gave us solutions . . . (Interjections.) Mr. Speaker: Order. Mr. MacIntyre: I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, but she is pointing her finger at me. What can I do? Mr. Speaker: Again, you are off the topic. Mr. MacIntyre: I will get to it. I want to speak to the minister on this issue, because I really think we ought to do something about this. I think that this is just scratching the surface, and I really believe that, across Canada, this will continue to be a big issue in families like this. How could this man ever afford to pay for any child to go to university? The whole family is disrupted by VLT gambling. Do you know what they are starting to do now? In Nova Scotia, the report says that now they are targeting adolescents with these pieces of equipment. In Ontario, they are targeting an ethnic group. It is terrible, so we need to have a look at that.
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perhaps the time has come to start a grassroots revolution. talk to your local riding president, 32 of them together have the power to force lord to a new leadership election of the party.
yes, the members of the party have the authority to force the leader to defend himself in a re-election campaign. and the government does not have to fall to do it.
and the leader can be forced out whenever the party members want to fire an incompetent or un-listening leader.
for those of you who do not believe, check out the constitution of the conservative party, then get after your riding president.
at the least you will cause the leader to listen, at best you can get a new leader who will listen to the voters.
That's very good point but the Premier seem to have everyone in the party under control. Even at the General meeting a few months ago, the members only had two minutes to speak on different issues and they wasn't right. The same goes for Mr.Volpe when he went around the province to listen to the voters concerns, we only had 2 minutes to speak but I blew my top and told them that if they didn't like it? They should call the police and I ended up speaking for 10 to 15 minutes. I was very upset!!!
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Hi: i just found the latest epictle i sent you, buried on a very far
back page.
while i am thrilled that it is there at all, i must admit that i would
prefer
that you put it in the top of the new posts, specifically in reference
to the
lng and the electric problems. i wrote that directly for those issues,
and it
should be visible to new readers, not just on an old page. not many
people go
that far back to see if new comments have been added to existing 3 day
old
posts.
and particularly, it is possible to force the leader to a re-election
in the
conservative party. all it takees is 32 of the riding presidents to
order the
recall, the leader has no choice. that will scare the daylights out of
the
party brass, and will be a public venue for the party policies.
the liberal party does not have the same clause in their constitution,
but with
enough agitation from the public the party can be convinced to adopt
such a
process.
this is probably the best way to force the leaders, or premier if the
government, to listen to the party members and the general public.
my personal opinion is that the voters of new brunswick will not work
towards
helping themselves, they will bitch and moan about costs and other
problems
while waiting for someone else to do all the work. and if no one steps
up to
try and fix the problems then the voters will moan that there is no one
to help
them, and continue to do nothing to help themselves.
the very people who should be most concerned about the structure and
politics
of the province are those who are no longer there: the young people.
they are
all gone to toronto, calgary, vancouver, and other points west. those
few left
will inherit the property and businesses, and will do nothing to help
themselves or the upcoming generations.
demonstration of this point is easy: look at the census information
about the
make-up of the populatioon in the last 30 years, look at the political
parties,
specifically at the number and difference of age groups. no young
people, and
20 years average between one position and the next one down.
where are the high school graduates?
while lack of information is a very grave concern, even more
distressing is the
lack of ambition in the general population to get information, or to
act upon
any information that is presented to them.
the irvings may not be perfect, and may be toxic to the future, but
there is no
excuse for people not to take the preventive measures to contain the
problems.
even though the majority of the economy of the province is irving doing
business with itself.
Some great comments here. There should be a way to remove Bernie Lord from the Premier's office. He is doing too much damage and he is no leader. The man is totally incompetent. Sooner he departs better for New Brunswick.
For those of you that have forgotten that Mr.MacIntyre did indeed talk about vlts.
Lest we forget.
Mr. MacIntyre:
I want to tell you something.
I will get serious for a moment, because I can be serious, too.
I want to tell you about the young man who was out in front of the Legislature this morning with a sign.
I talked to him today, He has made a point,
but I want to make a point to this government.
The Minister of Health and Wellness said yesterday that there were only 400 people addicted and that we had looked after them all.
This is the new burning issue, for all governments across Canada.
This is a very serious matter. People are losing their homes. They are losing their families. They are losing everything. We cannot say that because 400 people showed up . . . Most people do not admit their addictions.
This is a very serious issue, and I think we have watered it down too much. We should have taken it more seriously.
I asked that man to go home because I was worried about his health. He was on a hunger strike.
If you gave us solutions . . .
(Interjections.)
Mr. Speaker: Order.
Mr. MacIntyre:
I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, but she is pointing her finger at me. What can I do?
Mr. Speaker:
Again, you are off the topic.
Mr. MacIntyre:
I will get to it. I want to speak to the minister on this issue, because I really think we ought to do something about this. I think that this is just scratching the surface, and I really believe that, across Canada, this will continue to be a big issue in families like this. How could this man ever afford to pay for any child to go to university? The whole family is disrupted by VLT gambling.
Do you know what they are starting to do now? In Nova Scotia, the report says that now they are targeting adolescents with these pieces of equipment. In Ontario, they are targeting an ethnic group. It is terrible, so we need to have a look at that.
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