Saturday, May 21, 2005

A Tory's guide listing companies to boycott.

This was inevitable, the seemingly complete control of Canada by the liberals (LPC), and the left-wing, which has caused many conservatives great concern in this country.

Since I live in Toronto Canada, my list of companies that I am currently boycotting (and I ask you to do the same in good conscience...), may not reflect your reality where you live. By boycotting I mean not using the services of these suppliers, nor giving them business nor money. In the case of using the service for research purposes or to track their activities it would be acceptable provided one is aware of the ensuing bias that they would encounter and the hidden agenda therein. The idea being to move conservative, consumer support to those organizations, outlets, and companies that look favourably upon conservate ideals and values. Hopefully there will also be a list produced in time that offers valid suggestions for those of us that may need guidance in making choices (due to lack of choice in their marketplace or unfamiliarity with various organizations). We can debate these suggestions at any time of course and I welcome constructive comments. Everyone, please be patient as this list will take some time to complete.

If you want, feel free to post and make suggestions and I will add them to the list for future updates. We can in time distribute the list for all conservatives in Canada to observe or combine it our use it to update whatever else is out there. I'm sure other people have done the same thing, but if so I can't say that I've ever seen such a list in this country. Also, note that many lists out there are American and they would not reflect the Canadian environment.

Here I go; In Toronto and the GTA and relevant areas of Canada, I propose that all conservatives boycott these following brands, outlets, and business' that are deemed by us as not being friendly to 'conservative party of Canada supporters' and those people with conservative beliefs and values in general:

Television:

CBC - across Canada - controlled by LPC and unionists/socialists.
CTV - across Canada - owned by Bell Globemedia.
CityTV - and all associated stations (to be listed), consistently left-wing.
GlobalTV - generally LPC supporters, but more balanced that others.
TVOntario - consistently left-wing.

Cable Television:

CNN, CBC Newsworld, CTVnewsnet, CP24, NBC, ABC, CBC
Life network, BET, Showcase, TFO, W (womens), MuchMusic, Bravo


Radio:

Chum - stations owned by Chum, parent company of CityTV.

Newspapers:

Toronto Star - Definite LPC agents period!
Globe & Mail - owned by Bell Globemedia, strong pro-LPC bias.
Metro - free daily published by Torstar (Toronto Star), highly left-wing.

Magazines:

Now magazine - left wing trash period.
MacLean's - although owned by Rogers, is mostly left-wing.

Companies:

Power Corporation of Canada - heavy ties to LPC, allegations of influence peddling and suggestions of corruption?
associated companies are: Great West Life Co., London Life Co., Power Financial Corp., Investors Group, Canada Life Assurance Co., Investors Group, and Mackenzie Financial Corp.

Bell Canada - and all associated companies due to anti-conservative bias as displayed by Bell owned CTV network and the Globe & Mail (both listed above).

Generally any company headquartered in Montreal Quebec; such as Air Canada, Bank of Montreal etc.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Regarding Edmonton Centre, Anne McLellan's riding, following are the companies that donated to her campaign and not the CPC candidate:

678469 Alberta Ltd.
Acrodex Inc
Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd.
Brian A Beresh Professional Corporation
Carlson Projects North Limited
Chenew Holding Inc.
Clark Builders
Don Wheaton Ltd. (car sales)
Donna Clare Architect Ltd.
Douglas A Lynass Professional Corp
Douglas Mcconnell Architect Ltd.
Dr. C. J. Montgomery Engineering Ltd.
Driving Force (car rentals)
Encana Corporation
Eric Schloss Professional Corporation
Ferroequus Railway Company Limited
Flying Eagle Resources Ltd.
Highland Feeders Limited
Hole's Greenhouses & Gardens Ltd.
J. Slavik & Associates Ltd.
K Hansen Masonry Ltd.
K. Jivraj Prof. Corp.
Keefe Consultants Limited
Kent Stobart Prof Corp
Medi Resource International Inc.
Melcor Developments Ltd.
Minsos & Company
Orbis Engineering Field Services Ltd
Penguin Mechanical Services Inc.
Primeline Medical Products Inc.
R. M. Carter Professional Corporation
Richard Covlin Professional Corp
Robert Swart Architect Ltd.
Robinsondale Insurance Ltd.
SS Inc
Thomas Sutherland Architect Ltd.
Treyl Communications Inc.
UMA Engineering Ltd
West Edmonton Mall Property Inc.

I'll be sending emails to the companies that may have rec'd business from me but now for sure won't be (particularly West Edmonton Mall), letting them know I'll be boycotting them for supporting corruption in the federal government.

Walsh Writes said...

Candace:

good idea, I need to look at who is donating to the campaigns.

Anonymous said...

The idea of a boycott is just plain silly. The CPC should be looking to grow and be inclusive - instead of boycotting companies that have donated to the Liberals in the past, the CPC should show such businesses that it can govern in a more responsible way, and therefore garner the donations next time around. A boycott by a group of CPC supporters will not lead previous Liberal donors to change their ways.

Candace, I am quite sure that if you checked some of those AB donors, you'll find that they donated to CPC candidates in other ridings or to the party itself. This definitely holds true for Encana.

As for West Edmonton Mall, what if some of the tenants are good CPC supporters? How will boycotting the whole mall benefit them?

The whole idea is short-sighted.

Walsh Writes said...

left town:

not sure about that.. most separtist's don't like Montreal from what I hear, besides many of those companies the shares are held by outsiders.. outside Quebec..

Walsh Writes said...

Brent:

it is only short-sighted if it does not work.. and it will because the left has done this for years and they get results in many cases..

In regards the 'highly valued inclusiveness' which all the RED tories rave about, I only have this to say:

we are a political party in a multi-party system, it is not in our interests to cater to every political ideal or demand nor can we.

so you will have to define how much inclusiveness you mean and who you are talking about before your comment makes much sense.

Furthermore, many conservatives dread going back to the days of the PC's and I am one of them.

Anonymous said...

I don't believe boycotting businesses based on their political affiliation is the best idea.

Anonymous said...

I don't believe boycotting businesses based on their political affiliation is the best idea.

Walsh Writes said...

anon:

normally one would not feel compelled to do such things but since Democracy is in question in this country.. squeezing the powers that be can make the tree shake.

Raging Ranter said...

Hey Brian. A lot of exiles from AC's blog seem to have colesced over at Kate's SDA. Just in case you were looking for us.

Walsh Writes said...

I'll be right over... and I do mean right'

Anonymous said...

Those are some interesting points; however, having worked in the business world for a while, I know that no matter how many people are happy with a service being provided, someone calling with a complaint will get immediate attention.

Having a personal dislike for huge malls, the only time I've spent there is at theatres or the water park, with very minimal spill-over to the stores there, so the only business losing from my choice to boycott will be WEM itself.

I will, however, check to see if WEM has donated to other candidates (they didn't to the CPC candidate for my riding), but I'm not real optomistic.

Walsh Writes said...

Candace:

you are correct.

I have worked in the past in the non-profit sector which as you know is heavily left-wing. I did this because I needed to work at the time and I had a contact to get in (which is not easy to do btw).

I can tell you that it was a real eye-opener indeed. Furthermore, this idea that the lefties promote that they believe in inclusiveness is pure bunk - soon as they find out that somebody is in their midst that does not think the way they do then the push is on...

The real point of a boycott is that big business may put two and two together..

that a sizeable majority of the population may even decide to do it - unlike the small segment that is motivated by the extreme left, is almost unheard of in this country.

I suggest that the right start to really flex its muscles and I suggest that they do it now.

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