Comments on: Liberal Party upset over signs?

By: m123T

m123T — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:16:57 +0000

Travelling with a handicapped person, the first thing we look for are handicap signs, then we check out the facilities, before unloading our g/son.
Those signs can be misleading, yes, you can get in the door, but bathrooms are a different problem. Things are changing for the better as attention is brought to management re the problems.
Same goes for hotel rooms, not very accessible for the disabled. As Rick Mercer said, Rick Hansen has been in inaccessible bathrooms in 38 countries.

By: maplestar

maplestar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:02:47 +0000

If we have fancy signs intended to tell us what the money is being spent on, though, then those steps shouldn't be necessary. If the signs don't give the information, then aren't they just partisan promotional spending every bit as “evil” as the sponsorship program?

By: m123T

m123T — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:57 +0000

By: maplestar

maplestar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:47 +0000

By: James

James — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:22:00 +0000

I remember how the Grits did it in Ridings, using public servants with expensive displays and yes, psuedo cheques, sending Gov’t Ministers into Opposition Ridings to preside over anything they thought they could get away with. Remember former Parliamentary restaurant waiter Don Boudria? He spent more time in Cheryl Gallant’s Riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke then he did in his own. Guess that’s why he is out of politics.

By: TangoJuliette

TangoJuliette — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:06:00 +0000

TangoJuliette sez:

Signage, depending on the nature of the application, is real work, in spite of what libranos and librano volunteers like Mr Kinsella may have you believe. It’s something akin to a party of lawyers having legal counsel.

Now, try to imagine CNR without it’s meandering track of twinned letters, Air Canada without it’s Maple Leaf emblem, Toronto/Milton Airport with no bilingual signs with directions, guidance, information and instruction. Likewise Montreal’s Dorval Airport. Or Canada Steamship Lines. I could go on and on and o, but that might prove to be another classic case of casting pearls before swine. No matter how you dress up that piggie with the brown envelope in it’s snout.

M.G.D.C., A.I.G.A.

BTW: For the curious among you: Those last few letters after my name represent my thirty-two years as a Member of Graphic Designers of Canada, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The Creation, Design, production and application/implementation of corporate image/logo management manuals – all have been welcome sources of income for me, over the past 44 years.

t.e.& o.e.

By: Switchyard O'Taylor

Switchyard O'Taylor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:46 +0000

SNAP!

By: m123T

m123T — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:22:46 +0000

And how about those commercials on cbc, paid for with our mone;y, that advertises the cbc.
And they have the guts to complain about the conservatives advertising themselves, or the projects they initiated.
OT, but can't wait for the networks to pull their signals off of cable channels, or let us opt out of buying them.

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:43:44 +0000

Also, the data has been released in a huge spreadsheet that you can download and mashup (many people already have)

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:26 +0000

Press Releases == transparency, no? Digging? Try Google.