Monday, January 2, 2012

Does Paul Martin Deserve Induction Into The Order Of Canada?

Six years ago this month Paul Martin retired from politics after 2 years and 56 days as our Prime Minister and now he is being inducted into the Order of Canada. Today's poll question; does he deserve it? Historically most PMs are inducted within roughly 5 years of retirement, though Joe Clark was forced to wait 14 years after leaving office and Kim Campbell waited 15 years. Lester B Pearson had to wait a month before his induction. So the obvious answer to the question is that all the Prime Ministers we've had over the last 50 years are members. If Joe Clark is in, then who can argue against Paul Martin? Or are too many people inducted, thus cheapening the value of the appointment?
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    Let's give everyone who flew flags of convienience on Canadian ships to avoid taxes the Order of Canada.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:12 PM

    Of course Paul Martin belongs in the order of Canada with Margie Gillis, Adrian Clarkson, John Ralston Saul, and the rest of the clowns. Heck, after I seen the picture of Martin and muammar gaddafi I said, “why not”, give ‘em all the order of Canada if it means that much to Ontario and Quebec!

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  3. RobJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:47 PM

    Personally I prefer a wall,5 men with rifles and the words ready,aim....

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:52 PM

    Time to abolish the Order of Canada and all self congratulatory BS

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Flippin hilarious Rob!
    Way to FIRE!!

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    And yes, I agree with the 5:52 comment about ditching "all the self congratulatory BS"

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  7. rabbitJanuary 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    I know, he was at best a mediocre PM.

    But he was a highly successful finance minister who saved Canada's fiscal bacon where those before him failed. For that, he deserves a medal.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 7:31 PM

    I agree with Rabbit, He deserves the odious order of Canada, no other finance minister looted the private sector via EI for 54 billion to fake surpluses or was cleared of possession of a narcotic for the purpose before an investigation even took place ala his Shipping company,not to mention adscam and the question of his financing of CSL in the first place.
    Truly this is a Don among men and deserves the now odious award and to stand with others of such character, and some good men as well.

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  9. FrancesJanuary 3, 2012 at 6:05 AM

    I lost respect for the Order when it was admitted that Dr Margaret Somerville would not be considered because of her 'controversial' views, while it was fine for Dr Morgenthaller to get the award.

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  10. E MacJanuary 3, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    Rabbit: No, he gutted the EI and military budgets to supposedly balance the budget.
    There is no credit due him for the inept mishandling of the treasury of which numbers can be manipulated to suit the occasion.
    On a scale of 1 to 10, I award him a ZERO!

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  11. Rick ThomsonJanuary 3, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    Why not? It's a nothing award as far as I'm concerned, given out to political hacks, advanced basketweavers, whomever the PM or the great unwashed feel sorry for at the moment.

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  12. dmorrisJanuary 3, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    "Or are too many people inducted, thus cheapening the value of the appointment? "

    Exactly,the "Order" has prestige only in the weird world of Canadian politics.

    Martin deserves it just as much as David Ahenakew or any of the other clowns. Once in a while they give the Order to someone who truly deserves it, but mostly it's the ruling elite congratulating themselves.

    The "Order of Canada" has been cheapened beyond even the horrendous political posturing of the Nobel Prize.

    I give it as much attention as the awards given by the local "Toastmasters" club,though the TM's are generally a more upstanding lot than many of the OC awardees.

    Just a thought,but now that they're both safely dead,should Gary and Blair McLean receive "The Order"?

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  13. ebtJanuary 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    The Odour of Canada is capable of being cheapened? Since when?

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    Paul Martin now making a fool of himself by cozying up to Aboriginals and flying around the country for photo ops. Where in hell was he for the Aboriginals for the many years when he was finance minister and Prime Minister and left Harper with a real mess to clean up. His Kelowna accord was a political joke ( a promise of big dollars which was all talk and he never intended to keep). Now he runs around the country telling Aboriginals that he had the solution with big dollars as in Kelowna accord but big bad Harper defeated him and Martin couldn't produce the cheque through no fault of his own. Fact is Martin is really blaming Canadians because they are the ones who gave Martin the well deserved boot. I suspect most Aboriginals are not fooled by Martin's johnny come lately antics.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    He fully and absolutely deserves to be incarcerated into the Odious of Canada.

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