Friday blog notes
The Afghanistan poll conducted recently by Environics for the CBC and the Globe and Mail and La Presse, which says Afghanis like us being there is highly suspect or is irrelevant. On Monday, I will tell you why and I will blog about it.
Canadians seem to think they are impervious to propaganda, either overt or unacknowledged. We gloated over the high-jacking of the American media during the 2003 build up to the Iraq invasion, and yes, at least Canadians have more public discourse — but that doesn’t mean we don’t propagandize or have cultural pressure to accept the government line.
Also next week we will be looking at Parliament to see if we will ever ratify the changes to the Atlantic Accord; and if Parliament gets defeated before that – then the gloves are off in the Maritimes!
Federal Liberal Justice critic Marlene Jennings says Harper is trying to load up the Supreme Court with social Conservatives as evidenced by the appointment of ant-abortion crusader Lawerence O’Neil. She will join me Monday.
Peter C. Newman will also stop by next week to drop a few bombs on Brian Mulroney. Newman got the jump on Muldoon’s book that he’s currently touring Halifax with when Newman released his own, “The Secret Mulroney Tapes”, two years ago. The book had old Brian spitting up his cereal and calling his lawyer with a shaking hand.