We should implement this in the U.S. --> Canadian officials forced to list expenses online

[ScoobMaster]

CNN article

"OTTAWA, April 1 (Reuters) - Do you suspect the foreign minister is racking up massive travel bills? Are top officials at the energy ministry dining their friends at taxpayers' expense? Now you can find out by turning on your computer"

As a U.S. taxpayer fed up with wasteful spending - I would LOVE to see this in the USA!!!!!!! After all - it is OUR money they are spending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[StageLeft]

Good idea. I'm still pissed at that old retard Canada had as a PM for not disclosing things of this nature. They said that they were his private business - even though he's a public official. It's a fine idea.

I have to disclose expenses to MY employer and gov't workers should have to to theirs; the people.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: ScoobMaster
CNN article

"OTTAWA, April 1 (Reuters) - Do you suspect the foreign minister is racking up massive travel bills? Are top officials at the energy ministry dining their friends at taxpayers' expense? Now you can find out by turning on your computer"

As a U.S. taxpayer fed up with wasteful spending - I would LOVE to see this in the USA!!!!!!! After all - it is OUR money they are spending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no it isn't! its their money and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

 

[Linflas]

Does Canada still do the thing where you can send a letter to your MP without a stamp? I really thought that was a great idea as opposed to here where our weasels send us junk mail at our expense.

 

[Kenazo]

Once you guys have a "Sponsorship Scandal" of your own that blows such a huge percentage of your GDP, you'll have reported expenses available too.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Does Canada still do the thing where you can send a letter to your MP without a stamp? I really thought that was a great idea as opposed to here where our weasels send us junk mail at our expense.

If you write to them "At the house of commons" you do not need a stamp. If you try to mail them at their own offices, you do.

So, if you want to write a letter to your "honourable MP" you address it as such:


The Honourable (whatever their name is)
The House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6


The "the honourable" part is of course optional depending on your opinion of that person. NO STAMP NECESSARY.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Linflas
Does Canada still do the thing where you can send a letter to your MP without a stamp? I really thought that was a great idea as opposed to here where our weasels send us junk mail at our expense.

If you write to them "At the house of commons" you do not need a stamp. If you try to mail them at their own offices, you do.

So, if you want to write a letter to your "honourable MP" you address it as such:


The Honourable (whatever their name is)
The House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6


The "the honourable" part is of course optional depending on your opinion of that person. NO STAMP NECESSARY.

Honourable haha Does deplorable work instead?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Linflas
Does Canada still do the thing where you can send a letter to your MP without a stamp? I really thought that was a great idea as opposed to here where our weasels send us junk mail at our expense.

If you write to them "At the house of commons" you do not need a stamp. If you try to mail them at their own offices, you do.

So, if you want to write a letter to your "honourable MP" you address it as such:


The Honourable (whatever their name is)
The House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6


The "the honourable" part is of course optional depending on your opinion of that person. NO STAMP NECESSARY.

Honourable haha Does deplorable work instead?

What's the difference between "The Honourable" and "The Right Honourable"? I see the later used a lot in Canada.

 

[Kenazo]

find out here

Right honourable is for very special people. There is no mention of "honourable" being used for MP's, so perhaps my prior mention of them being "Honourable" was false. Regardless:



Table of titles to be used in Canada (as revised on June 18, 1993)

1. The Governor General of Canada to be styled "Right Honourable" for life and to be styled "His Excellency" and his wife "Her Excellency", or "Her Excellency" and her husband "His Excellency", as the case may be, while in office

2. The Lieutenant Governor of a Province to be styled "Honourable" for life and to be styled "His Honour" and his wife "Her Honour", or "Her Honour" and her husband "His Honour", as the case may be, while in office

3. The Prime Minister of Canada to be styled "Right Honourable" for life

4. The Chief Justice of Canada to be styled "Right Honourable" for life

5. Privy councillors of Canada to be styled "Honourable" for life

6. Senators of Canada to be styled "Honourable" for life

7. The Speaker of the House of Commons to be styled "Honourable" while in office

8. The Commissioner of a Territory to be styled "Honourable" while in office

9. Puisne judges of the Supreme Court of Canada and judges of the Federal Court and of the Tax Court of Canada as well as the judges of the undermentioned Courts in the Provinces and Territories:

Ontario:
The Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division)

Quebec:
The Court of Appeal and the Superior Court of Quebec

Nova Scotia:
The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

New Brunswick:
The Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

Manitoba:
The Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba

British Columbia:
The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Prince Edward Island:
The Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan:
The Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan

Alberta:
The Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta

Newfoundland:
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Northwest Territories:
The Supreme Court of Northwest Territories

Yukon Territory:
The Supreme Court of Yukon

Nunavut Territory:
The Nunavut Court of Justice

10. Presidents and speakers of Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories to be styled "Honourable" while in office

11. Members of the Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories to be styled "Honourable" while in office

12. Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts (appointed by the provincial and territorial Governments) to be styled "Honourable" while in office

13. The following are eligible to be granted permission by the Governor General, in the name of Her Majesty The Queen, to retain the title of "Honourable" after they have ceased to hold office:
1. Speakers of the House of Commons
2. Commissioners of Territories
3. Judges designated in item 9

14. The title "Right Honourable" is granted for life to the following eminent Canadians:
* The Right Honourable Martial Asselin
* The Right Honourable Ellen L. Fairclough
* The Right Honourable Francis Alvin George Hamilton
* The Right Honourable Donald F. Mazankowski
* The Right Honourable Robert Lorne Stanfield
* The Right Honourable Herbert Eser Gray