Sister Sage's Musings » Vic Toews http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ‘Office of Religious Freedom’? Fuck that. In Harper’s Canada, only Christians need apply. http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/10/05/office-of-religious-freedom-fuck-that-in-harpers-canada-only-christians-need-apply/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/10/05/office-of-religious-freedom-fuck-that-in-harpers-canada-only-christians-need-apply/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:52:47 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=13122 The so-called ‘Office of Religious Freedom’ hard at work. Harper is axing all non-Christian chaplains in prisons across Canada.

The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned.

Inmates of other faiths, such as Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jews, will be expected to turn to Christian prison . . . → Read More: ‘Office of Religious Freedom’? Fuck that. In Harper’s Canada, only Christians need apply.]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/10/05/office-of-religious-freedom-fuck-that-in-harpers-canada-only-christians-need-apply/feed/ 1 Why Did Bob Rae Apologize? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:12:15 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11829  

Indeed! Why the hell did you, Mr. Rae?  So it was a Liberal staffer behind the Twitter moniker of vikileaks.  So? Glad someone was fighting back. Also, once again, with feeling, boys ‘n’ girls, @vikileaks didn’t use documents that weren’t already public record. In fact, anyone who would bother to look, they . . . → Read More: Why Did Bob Rae Apologize?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/27/why-did-bob-rae-apologize/feed/ 8 Shit Ol’ Vic ‘Lock ‘em up’ Toews Said http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/13/shit-ol-vic-lock-em-up-toews-said/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/13/shit-ol-vic-lock-em-up-toews-said/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:51:33 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11766 Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, shit keeps coming outta that mouth of his.  He, who recently said that it is perfectly ok to use information derived from torture, has done it again.

You see, that dastardly ol’ bill c-51, that so-called ‘lawful access law’, is rearing its’ ugly head again. You know, the one where  . . . → Read More: Shit Ol’ Vic ‘Lock ‘em up’ Toews Said]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/13/shit-ol-vic-lock-em-up-toews-said/feed/ 3 Vic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear. http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/02/vic-danger-third-eye-toews-doesnt-know-statistics-but-he-sure-knows-fear/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/02/vic-danger-third-eye-toews-doesnt-know-statistics-but-he-sure-knows-fear/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:36 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11609

Vic Toews doesn’t let reality get in the way of a good ideology (emphasis mine).

“I don’t know if the statistics demonstrate that crime is down,” he said.

“I’m focused on danger.” Toews said his concern is that the public is in danger as long as criminals walk the streets. The government’s crime bill, . . . → Read More: Vic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear.]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/02/vic-danger-third-eye-toews-doesnt-know-statistics-but-he-sure-knows-fear/feed/ 0 Vote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/26/vote-only-once-and-never-have-to-vote-again-get-future-govt-policies-for-the-unforeseen-future-no-matter-whos-governing/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/26/vote-only-once-and-never-have-to-vote-again-get-future-govt-policies-for-the-unforeseen-future-no-matter-whos-governing/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:25:12 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10518 Susan Delacourt points this out  in her blog this morning.  Some examples are cited. One of which, the most obvious and recent, was in this legislation to scrap the long gun registry,  those Harpercons have decided to scrap all the data that came with it, yanno, to make sure that not only put provincial . . . → Read More: Vote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/26/vote-only-once-and-never-have-to-vote-again-get-future-govt-policies-for-the-unforeseen-future-no-matter-whos-governing/feed/ 0 Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-2-inconsistencies-between-scrapping-c-391-and-tough-on-crime-agenda/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-2-inconsistencies-between-scrapping-c-391-and-tough-on-crime-agenda/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:18:37 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10184 Part 2 doesn’t really have anything to do with Janie Taber’s little apparent attempt at fiction regarding Candy getcherguns Hoeppner’s little ego trip, but it did raise questions in mind like how does stripping away at gun control square with a tough on crime agenda? How does the meme of not wanting to “make . . . → Read More: Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/10/jane-taber-and-candy-hoeppner-are-now-into-fiction-part-2-inconsistencies-between-scrapping-c-391-and-tough-on-crime-agenda/feed/ 5 OH Harperland! The Beginnings of The Police State, Where Women Are Second Class Citizens http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/oh-harperland-the-beginnings-of-the-police-state/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/oh-harperland-the-beginnings-of-the-police-state/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:36:54 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8140 Yes, that horrid omnibus bill that it is to come out in about a hundre days ; that lawn order ‘n’ morality themed omnibus bill. Now, no one is exactly sure what it may entail except for the fact that it will likely include the scrapping of the gun registry and of course, some . . . → Read More: OH Harperland! The Beginnings of The Police State, Where Women Are Second Class Citizens]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/oh-harperland-the-beginnings-of-the-police-state/feed/ 1 Thanks For Stopping By, Petey! In Fact, Thanks For Nothing! Rant Alert http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/26/thanks-for-stopping-by-petey-in-fact-thanks-for-nothing-rant-alert/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/26/thanks-for-stopping-by-petey-in-fact-thanks-for-nothing-rant-alert/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 02:28:31 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=7991 I’m so not impressed with any of ‘em these days! Not the Harpercons, the NDP opposition, not the Charest Liberals or the Parti Quebecois and of course, the ignoramouses who decide to grace the comment boards of the CBC and the like these days.  What the hell is wrong with all of you????

There . . . → Read More: Thanks For Stopping By, Petey! In Fact, Thanks For Nothing! Rant Alert]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/05/26/thanks-for-stopping-by-petey-in-fact-thanks-for-nothing-rant-alert/feed/ 5 The Beginnings of a New Trend–Outmoded Thinking is Now New-Moded Thinking-Yikes!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:25:24 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6679 Kim Fraser from CJAD devoted the first half of her show,  today,  discussing Manitoba Judge Robert Dewar’s lenient sentence on a convicted rapist today.  Kim, needless to say, as any woman would and should,  was outraged enough to devote more than the usual half hour she usually devotes to a show. Good on her– . . . → Read More: The Beginnings of a New Trend–Outmoded Thinking is Now New-Moded Thinking-Yikes!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/feed/ 0 Oh What Will Fantino And the Harpercons Ever Do Without Super Toews? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/15/oh-what-will-fantino-and-the-harpercons-ever-do-without-super-toews/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/15/oh-what-will-fantino-and-the-harpercons-ever-do-without-super-toews/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:19:40 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=5891 Yes, ol’ robocop Julie-pooh had his very first press conference as a full-fledged Harpercon. I guess Stevie and the higher ups musta been terrified of him flapping his gums to those curious journos as Super Toews to the rescue again was in tow. Yep, Fantino managed to not deviate from that Harpercon script, but . . . → Read More: Oh What Will Fantino And the Harpercons Ever Do Without Super Toews?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/15/oh-what-will-fantino-and-the-harpercons-ever-do-without-super-toews/feed/ 0 Could the Tamil Ship Be The Distraction The Harpercons Are Looking For To Change Their Fortunes? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/08/13/could-the-tamil-ship-be-the-distraction-the-harpercons-are-looking-for-to-change-their-fortunes/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/08/13/could-the-tamil-ship-be-the-distraction-the-harpercons-are-looking-for-to-change-their-fortunes/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:20:39 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=3069 Gawd, I hope not. But it is certainly pointing in that direction. Redneck Ryan is dutifully talking about it on his show all week in a rather manic way. Somebody should perhaps recommend some good mood stabilizers for this radio host the way he goes on about how the ship should have been turned . . . → Read More: Could the Tamil Ship Be The Distraction The Harpercons Are Looking For To Change Their Fortunes?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/08/13/could-the-tamil-ship-be-the-distraction-the-harpercons-are-looking-for-to-change-their-fortunes/feed/ 0 No, Lorrie Goldstein And Other Wingnut Columnists, This Ain’t 1962 or The ‘Good Ol’ Days’ Dumb-Asses! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/25/no-lorrie-goldstein-and-other-wingnut-columnists-this-aint-1962-or-the-good-ol-days-dumb-asses/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/25/no-lorrie-goldstein-and-other-wingnut-columnists-this-aint-1962-or-the-good-ol-days-dumb-asses/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:34:27 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2908 What is with that magic year 1962 when it comes to comparing crime statistics in Canada? Better still, what is with this longing for the so-called ‘good ol’ days’?  I mean, with anything; be it crime rates; be it women’s issues; gay rights; immigration; etc.

Oh someone is sucking up to his new boss . . . → Read More: No, Lorrie Goldstein And Other Wingnut Columnists, This Ain’t 1962 or The ‘Good Ol’ Days’ Dumb-Asses!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/25/no-lorrie-goldstein-and-other-wingnut-columnists-this-aint-1962-or-the-good-ol-days-dumb-asses/feed/ 6 Crime Continues to Decline in Canada; But We Still Need Them Big Assed Prisons and Tough On Crime Bills, Don’t We, Vic? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/20/crime-continues-to-decline-in-canada-but-we-still-need-them-big-assed-prisons-and-tough-on-crime-bills/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/20/crime-continues-to-decline-in-canada-but-we-still-need-them-big-assed-prisons-and-tough-on-crime-bills/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:57:46 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2857 The good news is that crime in Canada over all continues to decline. More details here .

However, in the Harpercon media, like  the Toronto Sun, somebody has to throw a wet towel on the good news.  Like Tom Flanagan before, this columnist has to play with some numbers as well.

While youth crime . . . → Read More: Crime Continues to Decline in Canada; But We Still Need Them Big Assed Prisons and Tough On Crime Bills, Don’t We, Vic?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/20/crime-continues-to-decline-in-canada-but-we-still-need-them-big-assed-prisons-and-tough-on-crime-bills/feed/ 0 Toronto Is Indeed a Dangerous Place Or So the Gospel According to Toews Says– Juxtapose!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/16/toronto-is-indeed-a-dangerous-place-or-so-the-gospel-according-to-toews-says-juxtapose/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/16/toronto-is-indeed-a-dangerous-place-or-so-the-gospel-according-to-toews-says-juxtapose/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:59:41 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2819 Blogging SupposiTory Canadian  NonSense proves she needs her haldol and librium today.  Just ga ga giddy, I tell you!  I can’t do it justice: we’ ll let her start it.

SCARBOROUGH, July 16, 2010 — Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, announced an investment of over $2 million to support a . . . → Read More: Toronto Is Indeed a Dangerous Place Or So the Gospel According to Toews Says– Juxtapose!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/16/toronto-is-indeed-a-dangerous-place-or-so-the-gospel-according-to-toews-says-juxtapose/feed/ 0 That’s Gotta Be a Record http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/thats-gotta-be-a-record/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/thats-gotta-be-a-record/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:30:18 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2364 It seems that all four parties have come to an agreement and Bill C-23,  a tough on crime bill that would disallow Karla Homolka  from even applying for a pardon come July 5, just passed, or almost. I think the rest would simply be a formality.

Bill C-23 would bar those convicted of serious . . . → Read More: That’s Gotta Be a Record]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/thats-gotta-be-a-record/feed/ 2 Stop & Think Logically For Gawd’s Sake: How Does a Pardon Eligibility Restriction Really Help http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/stop-think-logically-for-gawds-sake-how-does-a-pardon-eligibility-restriction-really-help/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/stop-think-logically-for-gawds-sake-how-does-a-pardon-eligibility-restriction-really-help/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:51:39 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2360 Now that most have all been whipped into a frenzy; Karla Homolka is going to apply for a pardon and get it….woooooo!!! Yes! Pass that bill now, please, before Homolka can go and…. Well? And well, what? That is the question to be asking if one stops to think for a moment.

Assume Karla . . . → Read More: Stop & Think Logically For Gawd’s Sake: How Does a Pardon Eligibility Restriction Really Help]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/16/stop-think-logically-for-gawds-sake-how-does-a-pardon-eligibility-restriction-really-help/feed/ 5 Who Tops Stupidity? Sandra Dee Crux? Vic Toews? Or Craig Smith? Or the Harpercons on The Whole? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/30/who-tops-stupidity-sandra-dee-crux-vic-toews-or-craig-smith-or-the-harpercons-on-the-whole/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/30/who-tops-stupidity-sandra-dee-crux-vic-toews-or-craig-smith-or-the-harpercons-on-the-whole/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 00:23:08 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2102 Ok, I don’t know if she tops it, but  she is definitely in a horse race with Vic Toews blaming the Liberals for G-8/G-20 debacle.  Yes! Our resident socon, philandering, Colonel Sanders look-a-like really did tell Craig Oliver that he is spending this obscene amount of money because he’s afraid the Liberals will talk. . . . → Read More: Who Tops Stupidity? Sandra Dee Crux? Vic Toews? Or Craig Smith? Or the Harpercons on The Whole?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/30/who-tops-stupidity-sandra-dee-crux-vic-toews-or-craig-smith-or-the-harpercons-on-the-whole/feed/ 2 Are You All Starting to See a Pattern Here? Olson, James and other Infamous Criminals to Enact ‘Reforms’?(Update) Let’s Add a Straw Woman to the Mix http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/20/are-you-all-starting-to-see-a-pattern-here-olson-james-and-other-infamous-criminals-to-enact-reforms/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/20/are-you-all-starting-to-see-a-pattern-here-olson-james-and-other-infamous-criminals-to-enact-reforms/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:55:44 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1292 If not, when will you?

I admit to being guilty of jumping the gun when I first learned that Graham James was pardoned. I actually believed that meant he was parolled and probably free and clear to work and/or hang around children again; more unsuspecting prey.

Hell, goes to show, sometimes even the best . . . → Read More: Are You All Starting to See a Pattern Here? Olson, James and other Infamous Criminals to Enact ‘Reforms’?(Update) Let’s Add a Straw Woman to the Mix]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/04/20/are-you-all-starting-to-see-a-pattern-here-olson-james-and-other-infamous-criminals-to-enact-reforms/feed/ 2