As the Olympics wrap up...

3:18PM - The Mole has enjoyed these Olympics greatly. Due to the results of the election, I am now a 'Mole of Leisure' - which has allowed me ample time to sample these Olympics.

And let me tell you, it has been a blast. The Canadian women have dominated the world, both in terms of medals and charm. If Jennifer Heil, Chandra Crawford, Cindy Klassen and the rest of our contingent are what the world is seeing of Canada, then we can expect our immigration applications to increase tenfold.

It has taken some of the sting from the failure of the men's hockey team to show up in Italy this time.

What are the chances of becoming a Mole on the Olympic team? OK, Moley, time to hit the gym. And maybe stop drinking.

The end of child care

3:06PM - The Mole is bummed. Human Resources "Minister" Diane Finley sent out letters yesterday to Provincial officials informing them that the national child care program started by the Liberals would be cancelled.

This national program of accessible quality care for our kids will be replaced by $1200 a year (taxable) to parents for each child. This will equate to $25 a week - not sure that will help with the 'spaces' issue identified by child care advocates, progessive Premiers, and Mayors across the country. It won't.

As CBC gets ready to air the Tommy Douglas story, it would help us all to think back to when he fought for a national medicare program, and how all Canadians can thank their lucky stars that he did not decide to give every parent $1200 bucks a year and tell them to go start their own health care system.

I guarantee that all Canadians will look back at this day as an enormous missed opportunity.

Post-election insights

1:30PM: I think I need to make a brief statement on Harper's first couple of days as PM. Wow - nice work on the Emerson and Fortier appointments Stephen!

So the guy who talked so much trash about ethics and open government and accountability and an elected Senate appoints his campaign co-chair to be the Minister responsible for the department that was involved in the Sponsorship scandal? That is awesome, and to their credit, the media appears to have come out of their drug-induced love affair with Mr. Harper during
the campaign and is taking him to task on this, and the Emerson issue.

Don't even get me started on the Emerson switcheroo - and don't try to say it is like Belinda and Brison's defections, those were over 'policy differences' and 'the rampant anti-homesexual views of the Conservative caucus'. Emerson actually said that if Martin had won he would still be a Liberal. Pardon me? So David, what you are saying it is not a policy reason, but a power reason.

Announcing the new Minister of Internal Contradictions for the NDP, David Emerson! David, any party that you would not take a cabinet post for? The Natural Law party perhaps?

And now he is whining about how he should never have entered politics in the first place - ummm, I agree, if you have no 'principles' or 'backbone' or do not care about 'issues' you are right, you should have stayed in your cushy job cutting down BC forests.

Welcome Back Moley!

9:38PM: I know, I know, I have some explaining to do - not having written since the day before the election. But to be honest, this mole was burnt out, and I needed some sun on my fur. I mean, really, that was a long election. But I am now tanned and recharged and ready to work with my conservative mole friends to leak some crazy stuff.