Whenever the next election comes, I hope it will be the last one, when the whim of the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition (in case of a minority Government) determines when the election should be held. If politicians of ANY stripe care about representing their constituent (oxymoron in a Parliamentary system, anyways) they would do away with this archaic and insane system and make it a law to have elections at preset intervals.
Liberals Preparing For A Summer Election
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The Harper report is misleading because the infrastructure cheques from Ottawa have not actually gone out yet. Municipalities won't be building much "if the only tool the government is giving" out is a press release.
1,600 mayors and municipal councillors were saying with one voice, 'Where's the money?'"
1,600 mayors and municipal councillors were saying with one voice, 'Where's the money?'"
Ye keep the Cons in and Canada will be stuck in financial glue in the TRILLIONS.....
The end result, Harper has been in minority power for the past almost 3 years and we are registering a whapping $50 Billion operating budget deficit and people are losing their retirement savings because there is heavy unemployment. Ye we cannot afford the Liberals, but we can afford the Conservatives who are out to sink the Canadian standard of living. Great IQ.......................
Can't afford either of those bunches of lowlifes.
(I get a kick out of gliberals squawking about someone else adding to the debt when they have their own members that added whopping amounts to it. HYpocrites abound).
(I get a kick out of gliberals squawking about someone else adding to the debt when they have their own members that added whopping amounts to it. HYpocrites abound).
Good day LG, easy with the friendly fire, Canada has seen prosperity under the Liberal watch while Canada has taken a beating under the Conservative watch.
The Cons have put the country in the hole while the stimulus packages are given to the ones who do not need it like the banks, while thousands in the manufacturing sectors are dieing by the minute.
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I get a kick out of Gliberals that cherry pick info. Remember the early 80s? Yeah, that was some prosperity.
As I said, hypocrites abound. NEITHER PARTY is without its nasty side. Get it?
So all city-wide elections in the state of Texas, some Swiss Cantons, Nunavut, the North-West Territories, the municipal government of the city of Toronto, and the Nebraska legislature are not democratic?
Such power to determine the debate sounds non-democratic to me. I'm not a member of any political party, so why should political parties dictate waht's worthy of debate?
If you're referring to a partisan system, I fully agree. It's a confrontational system by desing. A non-partisan system aims at concensus rather, and so is much more consentual by design and so cannot be so compared to an army, but more like a family disscussing its plans around the dinner table.
Since that is the case then let us live the Cons in the helm so they can f Canada forever. Come on LG YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THAT.
I'm smart enough to know that neither party has been all that great for Canada. Liberals are no better than Conservatives; I am smart enough to know that. Apparently you aren't. So go ahead, play partisan politics, I don't really care. The country's just as screwed with one as the other.
And as long as MPs know that their only chance of political survival is in the party, we'll continue to be screwed. What we need are independent candidates who aren't afraid to stand up for their own principles and not get down on their knees for the party all the time.
If the current polls are any indication of the Canadian political mood
I guess I am one of the partisan voters, I am happy with Liberal past results and as we all know all men have their shortcomings. The point here is that the mood of the country is often shaped by the people in the Federal helm, the party and the PM, THIS CURRENT BUNCH ARE TOTAL CLOWNS THEY DON’T MAKE YOU LAUGH THEY MAKE YOU CRY. The liberals may have faults to criticize, but they are people who laugh with happiness not disbelief.
I look at it this way like the old saying, "I like the devil I know vs. the devil who pretends he knows me". So Gliberal and Cons may be one view, but the dutiful part is that we have a choice. The Liberals are coming...................
Juan
Iggy does not know what he would change – the only thing we have heard was a 360 hr qualification period – What does Iggy plan for the country as PM – Perhaps he should snap out of that serene mode and come up with concrete proposals – vice pie in the sky.
As to a persons political preferences that does not disqualify – Sorry that is the typical Liberal Mantra – If it is Liberal it is good for the country – same was sais about GM and the US -
Juan
Chretien and Martin used that along with massive cuts to DND to balance the budget – the 51 billion does not exist.
So this coming federal election, if the Liberal candidate for your riding happens to be the worst of the bunch,you'd vote for him anyway just because of his party affiliation?:-?
Party affiliation is just that, a brand name. Some truly incompetent candidates become MPs simply owing to the brand name they sported.
Good day Machjo, if the person in my riding is bad, then it is my business to choose another closer candidate to the Liberal beliefs and vision from another party and it will not be from the Conservatives, I will put in an empty ballot in that case.
As I said before the liberals know how to laugh with happiness and the Conservatives make people cry financially or put 14-year-old kids in for life for committing murder, or balloon the operating budget deficit to insane $50 Billion and counting, while few months ago they were very sure that Canada would not operate into deficit zone.
So what you're saying then is you vote for the candidate, not the party. If that's the case, then what does any party have to do with this debate?
Socrates
Presently a child under 12 can commit any crime and for the State to step in is nearly impossible – and we know that some, a small percentage of children are deeply disturbed – look around and tell me different
Life sentences – 10 years – left to the Judges – nothing has really changed.
Please refer back a few months when Iggy stated he wanted money flowing out the door – It happened – Now would Iggy have done any different – I think not – Your opinion is?