Election 2015
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Okay, I get the point, but your local candidate represents the Leader and the party.actually, none of the candifates listed in the poll are running in my riding...
Liberal (I live in an NDP stronghold and can't see them not contiuning) or Green.
Why: Trudeau announced a plan to kill first-past-the-post by the next election which is why I think so few people vote. Elector refom is my first priority, followed by the removal of the HarpCons.
*I also want to see a the Senate abolitioned, Federal election campaigns limited to 4 weeks and the end to tax payer subsides to political parties.
Why: Trudeau announced a plan to kill first-past-the-post by the next election which is why I think so few people vote. Elector refom is my first priority, followed by the removal of the HarpCons.
*I also want to see a the Senate abolitioned, Federal election campaigns limited to 4 weeks and the end to tax payer subsides to political parties.
I haven't voted in my own poll, because I'm torn between NDP or Liberal (I'm solidly in the Anybody But Harper camp), but it really won't make any difference. I'm in a freakin' hardcore Conservative riding of idiots who would vote for Harper if he was caught blowing Mike Duffy in a vat of farmed salmon.
Go with the one who will ensure the Cons have the smallest majority in the win. You never know what might happen.
You never know, look at what happened in Alberta, no one expected a NDP majority government.
Both getting a new electoral system and abolishing the senate would need major constitutional amendments. History hasn't been kind to amendments. It involves getting approval from both houses in Parliament, two thirds or more of the provinces need to support it, and of those two thirds, they must represent over 50% of the population. Overall, the amendments have been minor, and plenty of major ones failed. I could see the senate reform/abolishment possibly, but I could never see the provinces getting together and picking an electoral system that they can agree on.
Everything he does now is the opposite of what he pretended to stand for fifteen years ago.
He has been corrupted by power, totally. Where is the openness and transparency now?
Where is the freedom for M.P.s to vote and speak with their conscience?
Democracy needs freedom of thought and expression, he stamps that out as if his life depends on it. He twists the truth and misleads, or hides from questioners. He hides from Question Period.
He has such a lack of integrity he must be removed, he is unfit for office.
He has been corrupted by power, totally. Where is the openness and transparency now?
Where is the freedom for M.P.s to vote and speak with their conscience?
Democracy needs freedom of thought and expression, he stamps that out as if his life depends on it. He twists the truth and misleads, or hides from questioners. He hides from Question Period.
He has such a lack of integrity he must be removed, he is unfit for office.
And just who do you see that being?
Surely not the Cons and Harper. He's been a disaster fiscally. An unmitigated failure. Their argument seems to be, " We have no idea how to manage the economy and we've produced record deficits, but probably anybody else would have done wprse." Gee, that's sure something worth re-electing them on.
I can't believe there are 6 people (as of today) on this site who intend to vote Conservative, despite the Cons making you criminals under their ridiculous Nordic model legislation.
OK, then read em and weep.....
http://www.pressprogress.ca/6_chart...cord_of_any_prime_minister_since_world_war_ii
Uum - building whose wealth? How do you define wealth? Oriented towards what sorts of businesses? Multinationals? Foreign state-controlled? Local entrepreneurs? Mom-and-pop corner stores?
Given that any government service provided to the public is a social program, which would you like to do without? Police? Fire? Coast Guard? Medical? Welfare? Regulation of financial institutions? Sports facilities in government-held ridings? Gazebos in ridings held by cabinet ministers?
Bump, plus - anyone think C-36 lack of enforcement so far is a plan?
What if the Cons get another majprity? Will they start pressuring law enforcement agencies to crack down?
Maybe the 10 (so far) on this site planning to vote Conservative have forgotten they could be targets of the current government.
What if the Cons get another majprity? Will they start pressuring law enforcement agencies to crack down?
Maybe the 10 (so far) on this site planning to vote Conservative have forgotten they could be targets of the current government.
Okay, I have a real problem with these meaningless statistics. They're meaningless because they aren't put in context; they are absolutes. To have some meaning they need to be comparative, perhaps relative to other G7 nations or the like. For example, perhaps Canada has had the slowest growth in the past number of years with Harper at the helm but it is also quite possible that is the case for most nations considering the large recession most of the world experienced a few years ago. Duh! I don't want to defend Harper specifically here but remember there are lies, damned lies, and statistics... Cheers
The main reason Canada weathered the economic meltdown of 2008 had absolutely nothing to do with Harper, and everything to do with a well-regulated banking system. A system Harper was gung-ho to eliminate, since de-regulation is one of his party's cornerstones in virtually every industry. Because we all know how well industry self-regulates and looks out for the average person's interests.
Harper's biggest lie. Amazing that people believe his bullshit.
Harper wanted to "harmonise" in his words, our banking regulations with the USA. Those same regulations brought in by Chretien and Martin saved our ass during the 2008 financial meltdown. Now he tries to take credit for our sound financial regulations.
What a fucking blatant liar. Only an idiot would support this lying POS
