Green party leader expected to run against MacKay
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Another thing I don't like about Canadian politics...
You shouldn't be able to jump from riding to riding. You should have to run in the riding you live in...
You shouldn't be able to jump from riding to riding. You should have to run in the riding you live in...
expect her to win!
there is a huge amount of money in the "enviroment and global warming " issue...to be made by those involved...just ask gore...and he did it with no scientific evidence to back anything he presented....nasa has recently stated that the mars ice-caps are melting, that mars has undergone a significant warming in the last 5 yrs...the mars rover thingy must be a hell of a poluter eh?
I picked dion to win when those around me said I was nuts
there is a huge amount of money in the "enviroment and global warming " issue...to be made by those involved...just ask gore...and he did it with no scientific evidence to back anything he presented....nasa has recently stated that the mars ice-caps are melting, that mars has undergone a significant warming in the last 5 yrs...the mars rover thingy must be a hell of a poluter eh?
I picked dion to win when those around me said I was nuts
Even nuts are correct 50% of the time.It's my riding Central Nova that she'll run in, that riding send Brian Mulblownny to Ottawa Elmer McKay stepped aside for him, it then sent Rosanne Skoke the catholic homophobe and then Peter the not sogreat McKay, so don't expect any revolutionary thought to elect Liz May.:smile:
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hahaha, HAHAHAHA, okay that was a good laugh. Expect her to win??? are you kidding!!!
Peter McKay will take the riding again, if I was from Nova Scotia, would I pick a no-body politition who can get nothing done in ottawa, or would I pick the forign affairs minister who has one of the most important positions in ottawa.
Hmmm, I wonder.
Peter McKay will take the riding again, if I was from Nova Scotia, would I pick a no-body politition who can get nothing done in ottawa, or would I pick the forign affairs minister who has one of the most important positions in ottawa.
Hmmm, I wonder.
Well, I see where you are coming from, but Quebecers like to have people who make the government or who are against the Canadian government all together.
I think the best place for a Green Party Member to run would be in a place where the NDP do well But do not win. (Although, that was part of the thinking behind center nova.) In those places they have shown they do not necessarily care about electing a member who will be in the governing party.
The reason May shouldn’t be running in a place where the NDP don’t win is because they don't directly depend on things like factories, because quite frankly the green party doesn't have a chance with your average Joe worker whose job depends on his company not being taxed to death to pay for some environmental initiative. And YET they see the NDP as giving THEM money from the company so that’s okay. (ie Timmins, good for NDP bad for Green) (of course most of us know the NDP’s plans would absolutely kill our economy.)
More over the Green need to pick a riding with a large student body as many Students just love that whole activism thing. (more than in other demographics)
So we are talking about some city center for sure, (maybe in Ontario possibly including down town Toronto) or some place in Vancouver. (London worked well for May in the bi-election)
No matter where she runs - she is representing such a small fringe group of people she doesn't have much of a chance of getting in during a general election.
off topic but to go in to more detail - The NDP's saving grace (as to why they can get some seats) is that people who want the world handed to them (many unionized factory workers) are often grouped in large numbers in places with either MANY factories (Windsor) or large resource based companies (Timmins) (generally uneducated work is the common thread for people who vote NDP). (Well that or academic socialist nuts like my best friend - who has no real girp on reality never mind economic realities )
No, the only way for a activist party to get a seat is to set up a cult and have them all move to the same place, well that, or some form of proportional representation. Either way with the one seat a green party member or MJ party member could get they would still have no power in Ottawa. The Greens and other special interest parties could better spend their money on real lobbyists if they really wanted to have an effect on policy.
I think the best place for a Green Party Member to run would be in a place where the NDP do well But do not win. (Although, that was part of the thinking behind center nova.) In those places they have shown they do not necessarily care about electing a member who will be in the governing party.
The reason May shouldn’t be running in a place where the NDP don’t win is because they don't directly depend on things like factories, because quite frankly the green party doesn't have a chance with your average Joe worker whose job depends on his company not being taxed to death to pay for some environmental initiative. And YET they see the NDP as giving THEM money from the company so that’s okay. (ie Timmins, good for NDP bad for Green) (of course most of us know the NDP’s plans would absolutely kill our economy.)
More over the Green need to pick a riding with a large student body as many Students just love that whole activism thing. (more than in other demographics)
So we are talking about some city center for sure, (maybe in Ontario possibly including down town Toronto) or some place in Vancouver. (London worked well for May in the bi-election)
No matter where she runs - she is representing such a small fringe group of people she doesn't have much of a chance of getting in during a general election.
off topic but to go in to more detail - The NDP's saving grace (as to why they can get some seats) is that people who want the world handed to them (many unionized factory workers) are often grouped in large numbers in places with either MANY factories (Windsor) or large resource based companies (Timmins) (generally uneducated work is the common thread for people who vote NDP). (Well that or academic socialist nuts like my best friend - who has no real girp on reality never mind economic realities )
No, the only way for a activist party to get a seat is to set up a cult and have them all move to the same place, well that, or some form of proportional representation. Either way with the one seat a green party member or MJ party member could get they would still have no power in Ottawa. The Greens and other special interest parties could better spend their money on real lobbyists if they really wanted to have an effect on policy.
Also the green won't do quite as well in this next general elction. The reason I say this is becuase ALL of the other parties now have the environment as a major issue. And all of them can do more than the Green.
Actually I would say that with the environment becoming such a big issue, it has actually eliminated it self as a real election issue, because all parties are expected to act. Don't get me wrong it will come up a lot, but it won't be an election decider.
Actually I would say that with the environment becoming such a big issue, it has actually eliminated it self as a real election issue, because all parties are expected to act. Don't get me wrong it will come up a lot, but it won't be an election decider.
All this is going to do is give Peter MacKay a wider margin of victory barring any major screw-ups. The increased Green support in the polls is coming at the expense of the Liberals and the NDP, not the Conservatives.
It's funny that she thinks he'll have to run on his record of merging the PC party with the Canadian Alliance to form the CPoC. I really wonder what she is thinking with that comment, or maybe she doesn't realize that he's already done that twice since the merger. I'd have to say it's a dead issue by now.
It's funny that she thinks he'll have to run on his record of merging the PC party with the Canadian Alliance to form the CPoC. I really wonder what she is thinking with that comment, or maybe she doesn't realize that he's already done that twice since the merger. I'd have to say it's a dead issue by now.
that is exactly right!!
The left is divided by the Libs. NDP and the Greens.
The right only has the CPoC, and how we love them!
This just gives McKay a large gain of victory!
The left is divided by the Libs. NDP and the Greens.
The right only has the CPoC, and how we love them!
This just gives McKay a large gain of victory!