Mississauga Musings

Big week comin' up Mississauga Boys and Girls

Let's start with our own MISSISSAUGA NEWS
Dion shadowed
Mar 18, 2007

The Mississauga News reports:

Conservative Resource Group senior researcher James Murray is featured on YouTube in a video called Tory Spy Revealed that shows him videotaping Dion's speech until he is spotted. Murray stops only to turn and point a camera at Liberal Mick Gzowski - who was filming him...

...The video was posted by someone with the username liberalvideo. It has been viewed several hundred times.

Well I just surfed to this way-cool video! Check it out Mississauga Dudes and Dudettes! Intrigue and skulking set to music.

I've got to say whoever "liberalvideo" is, he's active and already has 25 YouTube Videos online.

Newspaper Source from La Belle Province

The Montreal Gazette article "Tory 'spy' who watches Dion on Commons payroll" has this to say about the same "Tory Spy Revealed" YouTube-video (emphasis mine):

"A Tory spokesperson made no attempt to deny Murray had been following Dion, or to make any apology for it.

Sparrow declined to explain why Murray's activities were being paid out of the House of Commons research budget rather than party coffers."

Speaking of "It would be irresponsible to simply rely on media reports to track the missteps of Stephane Dion." we-here at Mississauga Watch believe it would be irresponsible of us "to simply rely on media reports to track" government in general.

After all, Investigative Reporting ain't what it used to be --which brings us to...

Stephane Dion Comments on Citizens' Rights to Criticize Government

Thank you to Don Barber for his email sharing the Internet location of an audio tape he made of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion answering Mr. Barber's question on a citizen's rights to criticize government without constant fear of court action.

Mississauga Watch has produced a video using Don Barber's audio and present it here.

(You may need to click twice on the arrow to view this Google video)

Mississauga Council Meets for General Committee this Wednesday

A quick peek at the agenda for Wednesday's General Committee reveals an interesting item:

"21. Remuneration Practices of Hydro Boards, Police Services Boards and
Conservation Authority Boards Corporate Report dated March 9, 2007 from the Commissioner of Corporate Services and Treasurer regarding the remuneration practices of certain local boards.

RECOMMENDATION
That the report dated March 9, 2007 regarding the 2006 remuneration practices of Hydro Boards, Police Services Boards, and Conservation Authority Boards, be received for information."

Regarding the item "Remuneration Practices of Hydro Boards", during the February 28, 2007 Council meeting, there was considerable discussion around Enersource.

For more information, please see John Stewarts' Random Access Blog entry, regarding Enersource "double-dipping".

Either way, during that meeting, Councillor Nando Iannicca assured all by stating:
"I welcome a full review. I think that's the key --there's so many aspects to it."

(You may need to click twice on the arrow to view this Google video)

"a full review"...

Councillor Iannicca's mention of "a full review" reminds me "it's deja-vu all over again". I remember all that time spent at Queen's Park sitting in on the clause-by-clause deliberations of Bill 130, the Municipal Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006.

What follows is video of MPP Ernie Hardeman during December 6, 2006 debate on what The Public expects "full review" to be. MPP Hardeman states:
"I think The Public would expect that third party review to be an impartial third party."

(You may need to click twice on the arrow to view this Google video)

Since Wednesday's Agenda item "regarding the 2006 remuneration practices of Hydro Boards, Police Services Boards, and Conservation Authority Boards" appears to have been conducted by Mississauga's own "Corporate Services and Treasurer" The Public continues to await the results of the "full review" conducted by an "impartial" "third party" regarding Enersource.

Peel Regional General Committee Meeting on Thursday

Here's this week's Peel Regional Council agenda (This time, I'm bringing popcorn and a tent for when they go In-Camera again)

For those interested in listening in on Regional Scuffling, Peel Council provides Live Audio for citizens. Admittedly, it isn't near as interesting as actually being there.

Here's a sample of the excitement.

Mississauga Watch sitting out an In-Camera session of Peel Regional Council on March 8, 2007.

(Usually, Peel Regional Council has a "No Pets Allowed Policy" but we were able to convince them that I was a Seeing-Eye-Human and that the Sheepdog needed me.)

Signed,
U. Bennett
The Mississauga Muse
"woof" (Translation: "Good Night and Good Luck")
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