don't give martin too much credit as a finance minister, he 'balanced the budget' by sacking the canada pension plan. there's going to be a lot of baby boomers eating grass cuttings from their lawns before that bill is paid
If a Federal Election was held next week, who would you vote for?
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I used to live in both Calgary and Edmonton, so I am aware of the conservative fanbase in that province, However, keep in mind that Alot of policies that Harper has pushed into law has hurt alot of lower and middle income Canadians. both of whom are largely represented in rural Alberta. Most of his policies have only helped the the wealthiest 5-10 % of Canadians and corporations.
Having said that I did vote Conservative during the financial melt down brought on by Wall St. As I liked their fiscal policies at the time. and as I had hoped they had become a minority government. I had researched Harper's background considerably and was fully aware of his extreme conservative policies when he was part of the Reform party and knew that a minority Conservative Government could be held in check from trying to push their more extreme political agendas.
I think their actions as a Majority government have tweaked alot of Canadian noses for doing away with alot of policies that many saw as inherent to our Canadian identity.
My hope is for a majority liberal government, but what we'll likely get is at best a minority Liberal Government or at worst another minority Conservative government.
I do not think that the conservatives will get another majority government.
Having said that I did vote Conservative during the financial melt down brought on by Wall St. As I liked their fiscal policies at the time. and as I had hoped they had become a minority government. I had researched Harper's background considerably and was fully aware of his extreme conservative policies when he was part of the Reform party and knew that a minority Conservative Government could be held in check from trying to push their more extreme political agendas.
I think their actions as a Majority government have tweaked alot of Canadian noses for doing away with alot of policies that many saw as inherent to our Canadian identity.
My hope is for a majority liberal government, but what we'll likely get is at best a minority Liberal Government or at worst another minority Conservative government.
I do not think that the conservatives will get another majority government.
Your thoughts are all over the map as usual.
Do you actually have an opinion on who would be best to run the country or are we to assume since you are from Calgary that you are just another die hard Tory?
Flaming others like this is unnecessary on a loosely run Poll but I guess that is your style
From a voters perspective in BC - Closing the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station was a really dumb move and will lead to a catastrophe eventually. Being secretive (not so much) about the Enbridge Pipe Line Expansion through BC is against what the majority of BC residents abhor and the Tory's continued turn to the ultra Right does align themselves more with the Repugnants in the USA. The Conservatives discussion in Calgary as we speak about the abolition of prostitution is evidence that the Tory's are not the party for anyone who is a pooner or a SP on this board. Period.
I for one hope the Liberals have someone with a pulse and a brain for the next election in my riding.
Oh on the Obama thing. Do you actually read anything or do you just watch FOX?
Bush Jr put the USA on the brink of bankruptcy. Obama made the major banks sign up to save their economy. They gave loans to the major car manufacturers who were on the brink of destruction and all of those manufacturers are now back on track. Their economy is now on its way to recovery. Look it up!
Bush went into Iraq while there were no WMD to be found. Obama through the CIA went into Pakistan and took out UBL who was supposedly the objective from day one after 9/11.
Obama is trying to give the entire USA population their first health care plan ever. Over 30 Million citizens did not have health care until this legislation came along.
Do I need to rattle off more reasons why Obama is a better President than Bush Jr? W was borderline retarded and basically let Cheney dictate how to go to war with everyone in the Persian Gulf. Bar none W was the worst President in my own recent memory and that includes Nixon, Carter and LBJ.
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The Republican Tea Baggers of America are giggling like school girls over the fuck-ups imlementing Obamacare.
If the Dems had been smart they would have explained there "would probably be massive fuck-ups trying to implement an entirely new system of coverage for an entire country and please be patient while we work out the kinks", but instead they just launched and everything is going to shit.
If the Dems had been smart they would have explained there "would probably be massive fuck-ups trying to implement an entirely new system of coverage for an entire country and please be patient while we work out the kinks", but instead they just launched and everything is going to shit.
This site is so screwed. This post is just re-doing a double post because there is no delete feature.
The irony is the Obamacare website was done by a Web company from Montreal :nod:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/montreal-it-firm-promises-to-fix-obamacare-website-woes-1.2223517
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/bill-maher-obamacare-healthcaregov-98884.html
Source - Bill Maher show recently.
I'd like to say Liberal, just because the Tories are douchebags and the NDP are an economic disaster. But, more than likely, Trudeau will promise a bunch more social programs we can't afford and I'll end up voting for the douchebags again. Where oh where is old-school Liberal fiscal sanity. /sigh
I don't know, your post seemed ambiguous and I made an assumption. If I am wrong, I apologize.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/31/labour-reform_n_4179905.html
I was going to vote conservative until I read that article.
I do not want Tea Baggers holding us hostage like they do in the states.
I was going to vote conservative until I read that article.
I do not want Tea Baggers holding us hostage like they do in the states.
The Tea Party and the equally extreme Democrats across the aisle are only possible because of gerrymandering. Most Congressional seats have been designed to be safe - they will only ever vote one way. That makes a contestant's biggest challenge their own party's primary, leading to more and more extreme contestants winning as they attract their own hardcore voters, and don't have to worry about appealing to the centre in a general election. Canadian ridings have not been gerrymandered to anything like that degree, so extremists like the Nancy Pelosi or the Tea Party basically can't get elected here, outside of university ridings (safe for NDP) or places like Abbotsford.
why? why conservative? they will turn us like the States. waste our tax payers money on stupid war.
Vanessa........You couldn't more correct.......Corrupt pig that bullies the poor and helpless.........corporate clown and oil bitch!
You mean a system that would require representatives of the majority of voters to agree on policy changes and legislation? A system where a vote for your party of preference would actually count instead of being totally wasted? A system where a party with the support of 40% or so of the population is not able to make vast changes to the country unwanted by the majority? Yep, that would be so undemocratic.
I would much rather have a permanent minority government (or a coalition of parties in power, who would also have to compromise among themselves) than a kingdom ruled by a minority. Under the current system, even if a party wins a majority of the votes -- unlikely in our country -- it would probably be because of strategic voting, rather than by people actually voting their preference.
You certainly do make a case for proportional representation, Hank, but I would like to write concisely about its deficiencies: When competing parties are in power together, the parliamentry activities become bogged down with strategic alliances, strategic voting and inevitable corruption so that what once appeared to be a good system turns against itself. Also, when any party can muster a minimum of 2% of the public's votes, and 2% represents all that is required in order to have official representation, parliament becomes a quagmire.
