Government of Canada Quietly Changes Logo

Government of Canada Quietly Changes Logo

OTTAWA - Last night every Canadian government website underwent a small, but quite momentous change. The logo of the Government of Canada appears to have been officially changed in a way that places the imprint of the governing party on it like never before. The "C" in the Canada logo has been altered to be virtually identical to the logo of the Conservative Party of Canada (see above).

The Prime Minister's press secretary Dimitri Soudas tried to play down the significance of the logo change, "It's really just a natural progression for the logo of the Government of Canada, it's only a change of one letter," he said.

Soudas further noted why he felt that the recent uproar about Conservative MP Gerald Keddy presenting a ceremonial Government cheque with the Conservative Party logo on it was overblown. He explained it was simply a case of Keddy mistakenly distributing cheques in this format before the new government logo was officially unveiled. Soudas indicated that, from this point forward, all ceremonial cheques used for government announcements and signing ceremonies will have just the C (that looks identical to the Conservative logo) from the new government logo imprinted on them. "It's just a short-form of the new logo of the Government of Canada so I don't see why anyone would have any problem with that," he said.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was less guarded in his explanation of the logo change, "Real Canadians are all Conservatives, so this change in logo just reflects that reality," he said.

The change in logo has the political opposition parties fuming. Gerard Kennedy, Liberal Critic for Infrastructure, Cities and Communities, didn't mince words. "This is the most flagrant example of crass partisanship I've seen in my political career. This just goes to prove what we have been saying all along, that the Conservative Party only cares about serving their own interests, not those of Canadians. They can't help but politicize absolutely everything they do," he said

This may only be the beginning of what might be called the "re-branding" of the Government of Canada. Rumours have begun to swirl around Parliament Hill that the Government may soon place the $1 bill back into circulation with a surprising new twist. There's speculation that the new $1 bills would have a picture of Stephen Harper at a piano on them instead of the picture of the Queen that was on the bills when they were last in circulation.

Conservative strategists were buoyed by the positive reception the Prime Minister received for his performance of a classic Beatles tune at the NAC gala recently and it is thought they want to capitalize on this in a major way. Mr. Soudas would not confirm or deny the rumours, but did say that, were the $1 bill ever to go back into circulation, the Government would ensure it came back "in style."
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DISCLAIMER: The story above is (of course) NOT real (in case the labels of this post weren't already a give away).

I think we can all agree that no governing party in their right minds would ever tie their party logo to the work of the Government of Canada. That would be outrageous. Right Conservatives ??

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Tonight on E-Talk: Ben Mulroney Previews His Upcoming Career as a Liberal MP!

So I hear a crazy rumour that Ben Mulroney may soon run for federal office, and under the Liberals no less! So crazy, this rumour may actually be true. I mean, it's no secret that there are divisions within the Conservative Party, between Harper loyalists and Mulroney loyalists. So getting Ben to run for the Liberals would be like a shot of tequila for the Liberals - the end result is a nice buzz, but the burn goes down hard, but it will signal a bigger burn to the Tories!

I had a vision last night of what we might hear from Ben in the House of Commons in Question Period, if he does run and win, based on his career experiences.

Here's just a good number, but feel free to add your own. Some may seen a bit repetitive or lame, but don't blame me because aren't all E-Talk interviews just regurgitated soft-ball questions? So if people thought this was a silly question...read below for what we may look forward to from a potential party star...

1. Mr. Speaker, Canadians want to know, which Canadian designer is the Prime Minister going to wear down our red carpet, on this year's final session of the House of Common's "Question Period"?

2. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what his favourite thing is about being Prime Minister?

3. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what it's like to work in
Canada compared to say, elsewhere?

4. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us how much he loves working in Canada?

5. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what his favourite Canadian vacation spot is?

6. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to know what Prime Minister Harper did to
prepare for his role as "Sweater-vested friend" in the film, 2008 Federal Election.

7. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what his favourite hot-spot is in Canada?

8. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us how he finds the Canadian fans - I mean voters - are responding to his latest movie - I mean budget?

9. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us when he will appoint William Shatner to the Senate so I can interview him for a Thursday night Special and host a documentary on his epic struggle from actor, senator and to Governor General hopeful.

10. Mr. Speaker, recently, Canada's favourite celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton, asked Miss California, the lovely Carrie Prejean, if every US state should legalize same sex marriage and why. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Prime Minister the same question about what he thinks our neighbous in the south should do so I can go back on E-Talk to give my outraged response to his answer!

11. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what is favourite CBC films are, and how he feels they differ from CTV ones?

12. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister tell us what it's like to be a celebrity, er, I mean politician - a Canadian politician - on the world stage?

13. Mr. Speaker, can the Prime Minister tell us what his plans are for CTV? Canadians need to know if I'll be able to make a triumphant comeback.

14. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to request that Question Period end early today, so I can go get a facial and manicure, and most likely touch up my roots. (ruled out of order)

15. Mr. Speaker, I'd like ask to the Prime Minister, what it was like get up in front of million of fans and viewers - I mean party supporters and voters - and give his acceptance speech for his role as "Minority Prime Minister: Part Two", and if he is planning a another sequel in the same role? Or will he be dropping out of the role because he knows his third time at it would be a bomb with the public?

And surely he'll get his own time on Don Newman's politics....
Don Newman: And tonight, my guest is the newly elected Liberal MP, Ben Mulroney. Welcome B-- *Ben shoves Don out of the camera shot*
Ben: Thanks Don! That's right, I'm Ben Mulroney - and tonight - on Politics, I'll discuss how I went from law student turned celebrity interviewer, who asks celebrities nonsense questions about Canada, to Liberal MP, all the while, keeping my dashing smile and characteristic, Mulroney hair. But first! Let's go to the studio to get an update of today's top stories, and after the break, we'll be back here with me, Ben Mulroney, where I'll conduct an exclusive interview with our very own, Don Newman, asking him the questions about what we all really want to know: the gossip which goes on behind the political scenes here, on The Hills, I mean, the Hill. *smiles*

Needless to say, it seems our party will have a lot to be proud of, and a lot of preparation work ahead of itself if we do get the pleasure of working with Mulroney Jr., and I'm sure PM Harper can't wait for his questions from him either.

Sure I've typecasted the Mulroney Jr., but I've never heard him say anything about politics before so what else do I have to go on? But who knows maybe he'll surprise and be the next Barack Obama!

Or!!! He could even become the next Liberal leader - up against Justin Trudeau in the leadership race, and it could be Trudeau vs. Mulroney on a whole new, exciting level with the youth wing divided over camps!

And I do suppose it's better that he become a Liberal MP than an NDP one..like a son of a former Mulroney cabinet minister, Robert Layton, did.

WARNING:
Note to Sandy and others who don't like reading post labels (or have no sense of humour), lest I be accused once more of "spreading false information", the questions above are not real questions - duh!

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Forget OMOV; We have bigger issues like THIS to concern ourselves with.

While some people are up in arms of a OMOV (One-Member One-Vote) amendment, I'm just floored by this.

What has the world come to?? Shameful really, and do we just have ourselves to blame?





Apparently Vin is the new Tom. I'm so not impressed, that I'm thinking of not voting in the People’s Choice Awards this year.

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Who Wants to be the Next Defeated Ontario PC Leader?

UPDATED March 10 with more Hudak goodness!! Apparently his people are not fans of his own work! Slushy video mysteriously disappears.

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So with Ontario PC Party race about to get started, I thought I would begin my coverage with a run-down of all the likely contenders:

The Front-Runner: Tim Hudak

If he's elected Premier every hour will be comedy hour! In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression he's EXACTLY the kind of serious politician we need! Here's his audition tape for Premier:


As a bonus he supported Jim "Mike Harris is the best Premier we ever had" (yes he said that) Flaherty for PC leader in 2002 and 2004 and was a featured speaker at a "Canadians for Bush" rally just before the Iraq war began! Serious and in tune with mainstream Ontarians, sounds like he'll be tough to beat!

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UPDATE (Tues. March 10):

Perhaps the Hudak people read this blog, because the video I originally posted above was mysteriously taken down all of a sudden even though it was originally posted even before the Ontario 2007 election.

Mr. Hudak are you not proud of your work? Does this video not portray exactly the image you want others to have of you?

In any case I found another link to the same video and saved this one to my computer just in case it "coincidentally" disappears again. I wouldn't want others to be deprived of seeing Tim Hudak's most brilliant piece!

So here it is again, Tim Hudak auditioning for Premier:

No wonder he's the front-runner!

On now again to the next candidate.

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Frank Klees

Said to be the originator of Tory's religious schools funding policy and was the only candidate in the last leadership race to openly endorse two-tier health care!

What wonderful ideas will he come up with next?

Christine Elliott

Apparently she may want to be Premier of the province her husband said is the "last place to invest". Must make for interesting dinner conversation. I wasn't able to find too much written about her, but IF she holds views similar to her husband who is anti-choice, anti-same sex marriage, believes tax cuts "pay for themselves", wanted to lock up the homeless and return to the Mike Harris glory days, well then.....

Randy Hillier

Full disclosure: I endorsed Randy a long time ago and am just praying he throws his hat in the ring.

Because who else will protect us from the "nanny state" (or "police state" as Randy once called it) but him?

Is there anyone else in the running who's been arrested for civil disobedience? I think not!

Under his leadership of the Lanark Landowners Association there was apparently "blocking highways, barricading government offices, staging illegal deer hunts, and publicly breaking laws that the Landowners regarded as unjust" Wow.

And on the issues if you're looking for a right-wing candidate, there's NO ONE more right-wing than him!




He won't back down! Are you as excited for the Hillier Revolution as I am?

This guy is clearly the total package!

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Ok so these are just the biggest names, there will be more but darned if Wiki tells me anything about the other names thrown out there. I hope some of the old Harris crowd returns from Ottawa though. C'mon Clement and Baird, you had so much fun in opposition last time and now you don't have to wait till the next federal election to experience it again! And Van Loan (or PVL as the cool kids call you) don't let those guys have all the fun, I believe in you! Go for it!

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Blogging Tories' Spin: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

A good source of mine (who shall remain anonymous) has leaked to me this e-mail chain to me of Blogging Tories' discussions that I think provides some good insight into why they've all been so silent on about Harper completely folding on the $3.5 million Cadman lawsuit that was supposed to be air tight. See below for all the details…
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From: Stephen Taylor
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:25:34 PM
To: Darryl Wolk; Christian Conservative; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Ok fine I see some of you guys are being difficult so why don’t we all just agree to say nothing then? I’ve always been able to rely on you guys to do that in the past on Friday afternoon news dumps so thanks in advance! I trust the MSN won’t see this as news anyway. Thank goodness they aren’t as Liberal as we say they are!

Cheers,
Stephen

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From: Darryl Wolk
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:45:23 PM
To: Christian Conservative; Stephen Taylor; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Stephen it’s time to stop the bs, it looks like we lost this thing and our party looks stupid now for starting the case in the first place. I think the best we can hope for is the media just ignores the story and that the Liberals keep quiet about it too and they don’t re-start committee hearings on this. I’m glad I haven’t blogged about this since May of 08 but I really wish I hadn’t bought into your spin at the case at the time. (http://darrylwolkpolitics.blogspot.com/search/label/Chuck%20Cadman).

-Darryl
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From: Christian Conservative
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:25:18 PM
To: Stephen Taylor; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

OMG! Stephen I’ve swallowed A LOT from this party and have been a good soldier, even posting a lot of stuff I didn’t really buy that much, but this takes the cake! I”ll have no part of your HORRIBLE spin here!

Man do I feel dumb for listening to the party spin for so long on this and being so confident at the beginning (http://canadaconservative.blogspot.com/2008/03/harper-to-sue-liberals.html).
-CC
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From: Stephen Taylor
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:38:08 PM
To: Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Yeah I agree with Janke and Kate, we easily come out ahead here (and Kate I’m thinking of a Kinsella angle as we speak!), we can sell this as a win I know we can. I’m telling you the Liberals really thought they had us beat on this thing, they were hoping we’d actually have to give more testimony in court! And surely the media will see things our way.

Not to worry at all guys, I wouldn’t want to be a Liberal right now that’s for sure!
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From: Angry in the Great White North
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 4:55:14 PM
To: Stephen Taylor; Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: RE: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Yeah please send some better talking points, I’m struggling to complete my post on this. I see how this is good you know we didn’t want the media or the Liberals digging deeper into the story, but I’d still like to get some better direction, so lil help pls!

-Janke
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From: Small Dead Animals
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 4:47:14 PM
To: Stephen Taylor; Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: RE: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Stephen you did tell us this was in the bag and I feel pretty stupid for all I wrote about this because of what you told us. But I’m willing to bite the bullet and go along with whatever message the party wants if you just send some better frigging talking points please! I’m sure we’ll beat the Liberals flimsy spin on this either way.

But is there any way we can turn this into a story about Kinsella? I’m sure we can all think of something here.

-SDA
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From: Stephen Taylor
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 4:37:13 PM
To: Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Ok guys I took Grumpy off, but why haven’t any of you posted on this yet? This is the best news we’ve had all week! We can’t let Liberal friendly CBC somehow put some sort of negative spin on this that works against us, we have to get in front of this thing!
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From: Stephen Taylor
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 4:25:42 PM
To: Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right; Grumpy Voter
Subject: RE: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Alright Grumpy you’re gone from this group. We don’t take kindly to dissent around here, why don’t you try go joining Liblogs again you obviously don’t fit in here. Now that the Green Shift is gone (where you stayed on message with us from start to finish) you've outlived your usefulness. Let’s stay focused here guys, this is a win for us. Period.
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From: Grumpy Voter
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 3:46:05 PM
To: Stephen Taylor; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right
Subject: Re: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Stephen WTF! You say the LIBERALS dropped THEIR case against us? Are you on glue? We launched the case against them and YOU told us it would bankrupt the Liberal Party and be one of the smartest political moves the Conservatives ever made! You assured us that the case was air tight and that we could confidently predict victory! You said they'd be on their knees in the end just begging for US to let THEM go with by just giving US a retraction and apology! We didn't even get a frigging apology from them!

Even when Harper lost his lawyer YOU assured us all it was just because he was looking for a better one and that we “shouldn’t believe the media spin” that it was bad news for our case.

Unbelievable!

-Grumpy
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From: Stephen Taylor
Sent: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 3:21:54 PM
To: Christian Conservative; Darryl Wolk; Angry in the Great White North; Blue Like You; Crux of the Matter; ChuckerCanuck; Small Dead Animals; Gay and Right; Grumpy Voter
Subject: Conservatives Score Monumental Win in Cadman Case

Hi guys,

I have awesome news for you all! The Liberals have agreed to drop the Cadman case and they didn’t even ask us to make an apology! This is complete and total surrender on their part!

The media are going to be ALL OVER the Liberals on this one for their frivolous lawsuit against us!

I expect to see you all posting about our great victory starting now so we can shape the news appropriately.

Cheers,
Stephen

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UPDATE: For those who aren't sure what to think of this post, I would invite you to read the labels/tags that were present the minute it was posted as well as the first comment to this post that I posted within minutes of when this went up. If you click some of the tags you might see this isn't the first time I've done a post of like this either, just this one got a lot more attention, but I'm glad most people enjoyed it!

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How to Make Enemies and Irritate People

Leaked from the PMO comes a new guidebook for everyone who always wanted to have more enemies and get on people’s nerves but wasn’t sure of the best way to do it. Now experts Stephen Harper, John Baird and Jim Flaherty will show you how! From wars with the press, discouraging investment in pesky provinces, picking fights on the world stage, to every witty insult you could ever fling your opponents way, this book has it all! Even includes more up to date advice on how when you have no plans to accomplish anything worthwhile of your own in life you can slam anyone who does! If you love knocking people down or your lifelong goal is to have as many enemies as possible then this guidebook is for you!

Already those who have gotten an advance copy have been raving…..

“Best read in years. Chapter 2 on linking on your opponents to terrorists brought a tear to my eye”
- Dick Cheney, United States Vice-President

“Really Stephen learned all this from me”
- Brian Mulroney, Former Prime Minister

“I am so so proud of how these guys have conducted themselves in Ottawa. I have to say I don’t feel sad about leaving public office as long as these guys are carrying on my legacy”
- Mike Harris, Former Ontario Premier

“Wars with the press and the Premiers, meddling in U.S. elections, muzzling a weak caucus, and daily character assassination in the House of Commons, reading this reminds me why it has been so hard to leave these great guys behind. Truly class acts.”
- Ian Brodie, outgoing Chief of Staff to Stephen Harper

“This guidebook is gold. Once again we see how Harper is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. The way I see it the more enemies Harper makes the closer he is to a majority!”
- Stephen Taylor, Conservative blogger

“I was thrilled to see the brilliance of my ‘small man of Confederation’ comment finally explained to me”
- Peter Van Loan, Conservative Party of Canada House Leader and Minister of Democratic Renewal

“My Question Period playbook finally laid out to all! Now the masses will finally understand!”
- Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party of Canada MP

“It’s a shame the Liberals made the Conservatives do all these terrible things. Stephane Dion should be apologizing to Canadians for making the Conservatives act this way.”
- Jack Layton, NDP leader

“This will serve as an invaluable resource in my quest to be the leader of the free world. I thought Bush had great ideas for my campaign, but wow these guys can’t be topped!”
- John McCain, United States Republican Party Presidential Nominee

“I look forward to working for these guys in Ottawa – if you thought they were mean before, just wait for part 2!”
- Guy Giorno, incoming Chief of Staff to Stephen Harper and former Chief of Staff to Mike Harris

It's destined to be a best seller!

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