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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Phil McColeman, Seal of Approval

Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber recently quit the Conservative caucus because he was tired of behaving like a "trained seal".

Rathgeber said that he was tired of reading statements in the House of Commons that were prepared by PMO staffers half his age. He quit the Conservative caucus so that he could properly represent his constituents in the riding of Edmonton-St. Albert, instead of being a backbencher representing 22-year-old staffers in the Prime Minister's Office.

Some Conservative MPs immediately made statements that they are NOT "trained seals" (which, I'm sure, totally reassured their constituents).

So how does Phil McColeman shape up?

Phil McColeman is the most obedient seal in the entire Conservative caucus!

Let's summarize some of his recent statements in the House of Commons:

A partisan attack on the NDP;
Another partisan attack on the NDP;
A brief statement about how awesome the Economic Action Plan is (you know, the same program for which the Conservatives spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on ads featuring a distinctly Conservative blue hue); and
A defence of the temporary foreign worker program, for which the Conservatives have come under fire lately.

And he's just as obedient on Twitter:

@mary_ogrady @randysroberts you are absolutely correct Mary. The CBC`s misled Canadians with this story. There is no secret fund.
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) June 7, 2013

That means that over one million more Canadians are working today than during the bottom of the global recession!
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) June 7, 2013

Excellent speech delivered by @pmharper at this morning's caucus meeting facebook.com/phil.mccoleman…
— Phil McColeman (@Phil4Brant) May 21, 2013

And the usual retweets (click on the images to enlarge):

Here are some recent headlines from Phil's website:

Phil McColeman is nothing but a TRAINED SEAL OF APPROVAL for everything Prime Minister Stephen Harper does. The PMO has trained him well.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Dump Phil Fan Art

From a fan (of this blog, not of Phil):

Dump Phil McColeman

(click photo to enlarge)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Forgetful Phil Wrongly Accuses Another MP of Lying!

Yesterday in Ottawa, Phil McColeman called another Member of Parliament (MP) a liar. Phil said:

"Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

"During question period today, the member for Winnipeg Centre quoted this member as saying something that I categorically did not say. I would like him to table the document that he is referring to where that quote was made, as well as the source and the time that he is referring to for the quote he put forward."

Phil was referring to NDP MP Pat Martin, who had said earlier:

"Mr. Speaker, I have a quote of the member for Brant of April 14. He stated, “The Canadian Wheat Board...should be decided upon in terms of its existence by the farmers themselves in a plebiscite or a vote as to whether it should continue with the mandate it was originally given”."

In all fairness, Pat Martin actually meant April 13th, not 14th.

Well, Phil, do you remember what you were doing on April 13, 2011? We here at DumpPhil do: you were at the Brant Federation of Agriculture All-Candidates Debate at the Brant Sports Complex. Here's a video clip (watch 1:28:00–1:28:25):

So we have a video of Phil saying something, then an MP claims that Phil said that very thing, and then Phil calls that MP a liar. Not very classy!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Reflection on the Lack of Dumping Phil

Unfortunately for Brant, 30.1% of eligible voters decided to vote for Phil. Sometimes even democracy screws up, even though it's the best system we have.

It was an exciting night, though. Laferriere for a while looked like he was going to have a chance, but then the numbers bounced back blue. Perhaps Laferriere will fight again, next time successfully. Perhaps St. Amand will step aside, accepting that he has served his county and his country well, but that he cannot defeat McColeman again.

We here at DumpPhil.ca will take a break for a little while. But we assure our faithful readers that we will return. And we will not rest until we have exposed Phil McColeman entirely, as an ineffective and clumsy backbencher, as a man who regularly embarrasses Brant during his foibles in Ottawa, as a hard-right ideologue, as someone who won't take responsibility for his mistakes, as someone who takes credit for others' work, as someone who fear-mongers by propagating a "dumb on crime" agenda, as someone who promised to heal the land claims dispute and failed utterly.

7 out of 10 people in Brant do not support Phil McColeman.

No, we will not rest until Brant Dumps Phil McColeman.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Dump Phil Reaches 100!

This post marks the 100th entry since DumpPhil started reporting on the poor performance of Phil McColeman. It's quite an achievement. In a little over two years literally thousands of unique readers have visited the blog – on which we have spent $0. We are proud to have raised the level of political awareness and discourse in Brant.

Some of our greatest hits have included "Phil McColeman: Soft on Crime pt 1" and "pt 2", "Phil decorates the Canadian flag...", and "Phili Vanilli", each of which garnered hundreds or thousands of page loads.

During this final week before the election we'll have some really hard-hitting posts so check back often and keep leaving lots of comments. In the meantime, here's a rundown of our posts since we started:

99 Phil Makes the List

98 Phil Does the Time Warp

97 Did Lazy Phil bother to read his party's platform ...

96 Phil Has No Compassion

95 Why…

94 Phil McHypocrite

93 Who's telling the truth?

92 Vote For Your Local Fire Hydrant

91 Hey Phil Where are the Jobs?

90 Gretzky Centre Over Cost Because of Phil!

89 Stay Anonymous Or Get Kicked Out

88 $3.1 million > $1.2 billion: Phil McColeman