Friday, April 26, 2013

Here is why parties should not stay in power too long...

They think that a mail-out a smear campaign should be paid for by tax-payers.

The whole point of tax-payer funded mail-outs is to allow MPs to communicate with their constituents about important matters, and smearing a new opposition leader  for his youth or apparent lack of experience, doesn't seem to be to be one of them.


It is interesting that the main point of attack seems to be that he is a teacher. Mislabelled as a drama teacher- though he mostly taught math and french and it is doubtful there was a family more steeped in politics than Trudeau's from both his father and mother's side.


Anyway would it be so bad to have a PM who was a teacher?


I thought I would look at the professions of our previous PM's from Sir John A. MacDonald onwards:


Lawyer

Contractor and Editor
Lawyer
Lawyer and Educator
Lawyer
Editor
Doctor
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer and Editor and Civil Servant
Lawyer
Lawyer and Educator
Lawyer
Lawyer
Diplomat and Professor
Lawyer and Professor
Lawyer
Lawyer and Corporate Executive
Lawyer
Lawyer
Businessman and Lawyer
Economist and Lecturer

Seems like one profession may be a bit over-represented and others need to get a foothold.



PS- away for the week-end, though I will put up the numbers this evening.  We will be back to RE next week.



6 comments:

  1. numbers

    386 new
    225 price change
    187 sold
    7455 detached
    9115 attached

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  2. sorry folks. Numbers not available tonight

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    1. here they are. Nothing to get too excited about :

      496 new
      281 price change
      317 sold
      7497 detache
      9137 attached

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  4. numbers

    445 new
    199 price change
    244 sold

    7521 detached
    9177 attached

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  5. Think inventory will hold up, or are we going to see a lot of expirations?

    Prices are slowly coming down, but, I guess, low interest rates are allowing sellers to be somewhat firm? However, another two or three years of the current market conditions and you have to think that prices will be approaching a 30% drop by then?

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