Looks Like the Dreaded Spring Election is on!

[Colpy]

Yep. All opposition parties have said they will not support the Conservative budget.

Therefore the government will fall.

So we get it on.

Opposition leaders have signalled they will not support the Conservative budget, making a spring election all but inevitable.
The budget, tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, had been carefully crafted to try to meet the NDP halfway in a bid to avoid a trip to the polls, but it was also designed – sprinkled with targeted tax credits for families, for example – to serve as a campaign platform if the government is defeated in a no-confidence vote, which could come as early as this week.

Spring election likely as all three opposition parties reject Tory budget - The Globe and Mail

OTTAWA — The minority Conservative government tabled a 2011 budget Tuesday that was quickly rejected by its political opponents for falling short in helping the middle class, setting the stage for an election campaign that could begin any day.
The leaders of the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois and NDP said they could not support the budget as presently written — even though Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tried to appease the left-wing party through a series of modest, symbolic initiatives.
“We’re forced to reject the budget and we are also forced to reject a government that shows so little respect for parliamentary democracy and our democratic institutions,” said Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader.
Gilles Duceppe, Bloc Quebecois Leader, said his party “can’t support what has been offered here.”
And Jack Layton, head of the NDP and viewed as the person most likely to lend the government support, said the budget fell short of NDP expectations.

Opposition says budget falls short

Come on down, single term Conservative majority!!!!!!

 

[petros]

Oh Goodie! A bull**** show. I hope Harper cooks me another hot dog.

 

[JLM]

Another $300000000 up in smoke. Budget sounded sensible to me.

 

[petros]

Another $300000000 up in smoke. Budget sounded sensible to me.

I think it's a little more than that. The parties get $1.75 per vote they got last time.

 

[Colpy]

I think it's a little more than that. The parties get $1.75 per vote they got last time.

Oh oh.

Partisan time....

Give the Conservatives a majority and we'll fix that little problem.

 

[Nuggler]

8Ofuc king cons couldn't find their assholes with both hands.

why?

using them as ball supports for corp. CEO's while they give BJ's.

 

[petros]

Oh oh.

Partisan time....

Give the Conservatives a majority and we'll fix that little problem.

I'm going to unplug the TV.

 

[Colpy]

I'm going to unplug the TV.

LOL!!!!

And your computer???

 

[Goober]

I think it's a little more than that. The parties get $1.75 per vote they got last time.

Its 1.95 now and they get that every year.

Should be based upon sets that you field candidates in, min 5 % of the vote in that riding or no moola from those votes - That would really chip away at the PQ. Damm straight.

And Harper will not get a majority.

 

[Colpy]

Its 1.95 now and they get that every year.

Should be based upon sets that you field candidates in, min 5 % of the vote in that riding or no moola from those votes - That would really chip away at the PQ. Damm straight.

And Harper will not get a majority.

That's a shame....I would like to see a one term majority.....

Dump the per vote subsidy for parties.

Redistribute seats according to population.

Dump the gun registry.

Buy some military equipment.

Work on the Senate.

Why I will vote Conservative, all positives, and just off the top of my head.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Say "Farewell!" to Ignatieff folks and "Hello!" to a Conservative majority.

 

[DaSleeper]

I will consider the advice of absolutely everybody on this forum before I cast my vote this year;-)

 

[petros]

LOL!!!!

And your computer???

If I'm lucky It'll be during seeding and I'll have music playing or watching dvds while going in circles for days on end.

 

[lone wolf]

Every poll I've seen gives the Tories 11% - exactly the same as it is now....

 

[Cobalt_Kid]

Oh oh.

Partisan time....

Give the Conservatives a majority and we'll fix that little problem.

Yup, there's no partisan politics in a one-party state.

 

[TenPenny]

I think the Conservatives are in for a surprise.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I think the Conservatives are in for a surprise.

We shall see oh man of Pennies Ten

 

[Cliffy]

Crap! Politics has become a blood sport just like hockey. Gets people all wound up and crazy. They say stupid sh*t and get drunk on "our team is gonna murder your team" idiocy. Blood and beer - it's the Canadian/American way! Ye Ha! Let the blood letting begin.

 

[JLM]

I'm going to unplug the TV.

Or better yet run it out to the dump.

I think the Conservatives are in for a surprise.

I'm not sure if they'll get that huge of a majority. When you think Conservatives you want to think Flaherty.............NOT Harper.

 

[TenPenny]

We shall see oh man of Pennies Ten

Indeed, we shall. I feel nothing by Contempt for a government that is trying to rival Brian Mulroney's group for unethical and/or illegal conduct. I have had my fill, and despite the fact that the Liberals have no ideas and no leader, I can no longer support the bizarre collection of ethically challenged morons that Harper has decided to surround himself with. There is no way that these idiots deserve my vote, and I'm done with them. They disgust me as much as many of the past Liberals do. I will never support a government that is so disreputable.
One example:
Harper has not condemned Oda's fraud, and to me that makes him approving of fraud. You do not change a document once signed, unless all parties cosign the changes. And she lied about it. That's fraud, and she should be booted and in jail, and since Harper doesn't have the moral integrity to do so, he is not worthy of being PM of my country. He has shown a distinct lack of ethics, somewhat surprising for someone who claims to be a Christian. Despite his talk, by his actions he shows himself to be morally bankrupt, and therefore, I cannot support him.