Public Humiliation: Harper's Punishment for Ministers Who Speak to Media

[Crotchety Old Man]

Public humiliation sounds like par for the course for a punishment meted out by our petty Prime Minister. I'm sure we can all expect to be humiliated over the course of this government's reign.

Here's the link to the story about the list of punishments for ministers who make the mistake of speaking openly to Canadians through the media.

"Stick to the party line, or you'll go out there and tell the whole world that you're a dumb (jerk) who screwed up."

[TenzoR]

i dun see the problem, if you can't even follow your party you deserve to be punish

[Paksis]

Public humiliation sounds like par for the course for a punishment meted out by our petty Prime Minister. I'm sure we can all expect to be humiliated over the course of this government's reign.

Here's the link to the story about the list of punishments for ministers who make the mistake of speaking openly to Canadians through the media.

I like the comment at the bottom of the article. The Press was used to being spoonfed by the Liberals and told what to do and what to print. Now the Tories aren't speaking ro the Ottawa Press Gallery and they aren't used to that. They can't get any Gotcha comments and actually have to work for a living. Press gallery is very upset at that.

"This job is not a game. It has to be done properly and professionally," said one government official.

"Canadians expect nothing less."

[Crotchety Old Man]

"Canadians expect nothing less."

Actually, I expect quite a bit more.

(e.g.: Ministers with expertise who can think for themselves, rather than trained seals afraid of a beating.)

[JimG]

Minister's should be able to express the opinions of their ridings, whether or not those opinions are consistant with the party platform.

[FastFokker]

Minister's should be able to express the opinions of their ridings, whether or not those opinions are consistant with the party platform.

This government is not FOR the people, it's FOR our supreme leader!

JimG, if you continue spewing such propoganda, you'll be the first to be taken away!

[fakishan]

Minister's should be able to express the opinions of their ridings, whether or not those opinions are consistant with the party platform.

You and your neighbours are off to Guantanamo Bay.

[fakishan]

i dun see the problem, if you can't even follow your party you deserve to be punish

then ministers should be disqualified if they say anything else during election time than what their party line dictates?

most ministers would be gone. have you forgotten that ministers only get elected based on their promises?

ask a few canadian on the streets about the conservative/liberal party line, and they'll look dumbfounded.

[Crotchety Old Man]

You and your neighbours are off to Guantanamo Bay.

Actually, in Canada dissidents like FastFokker are sent to Goose Bay.

[FastFokker]

Actually, in Canada dissidents like FastFokker are sent to Goose Bay.

Doesn't sound to bad to me... Happy Valley - Goose Bay!!, I'll hang out with the newfies any day.

Heck all the travellers who were stuck there on 9/11 when the planes were grounded seem to have loved the place, and have since been travelling there on vacation.

[Happy13178]

I like the comment at the bottom of the article. The Press was used to being spoonfed by the Liberals and told what to do and what to print. Now the Tories aren't speaking ro the Ottawa Press Gallery and they aren't used to that. They can't get any Gotcha comments and actually have to work for a living. Press gallery is very upset at that.

"This job is not a game. It has to be done properly and professionally," said one government official.

"Canadians expect nothing less."

The press isn't being told anything at ALL....so working for a living has nothing to do with it, and frankly, you couldn't do the jobs that a lot of them do, so I'd think twice before belittling their positions.

And what does it say about our government when one of the first things the new pm does is take away transparency into public operations and censor elected officials? That's not Conservative, it's Communist.

[Crotchety Old Man]

Doesn't sound to bad to me... Happy Valley - Goose Bay!!, I'll hang out with the newfies any day.

Heck all the travellers who were stuck there on 9/11 when the planes were grounded seem to have loved the place, and have since been travelling there on vacation.

You musn't have been to the Stephen Harper Memorial Detention & Torture Centre, yet.



(If you look closely, you can just make out the new Public Humiliation Facility in the left foreground of the picture - I hear it's state of the art!)

[FastFokker]

[Happy13178]

QFT. What's funniest here is all the Conservatives who fought for Harper, not realizing they were voting Communist. We might as well have voted in Stockwell Day. And you thought the Liberals could mount good fear campaigns before....just wait until the next election. Harper's already done more for the Liberals than they could have ever done for themselves.

The cool thing for the Cons here is, now if there's another adscam, they can avoid the public scandal because nobody will be allowed to talk about it. :p

[FastFokker]

Harper is making a more transparent government, unforunately the transparency is blocked by a thick wall.

Woops, didn't mention that in the campaign.