Looks Like the Dreaded Spring Election is on!
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Harper is hoping the electors are going to blame the opposition for this election, and give him a majority. I don't think that is going to happen. Personally, I've about had enough of Harper. A Liberal minority couldn't be worse than we've got now.
Maybe not- but don't be surprised to see an increased tax load.
You know what? you are right........................$billions of dollars in untapped resources and I'm not sure what the problem is in getting this transformed to legal tender. Flaherty might know. :smile:
Nope. Come this summer Canada will be exporting to the USA 1.2 Million Bbl PER DAY up from 2 Million bbl PER YEAR.
Which exporter gets dropped? Saudis or Venezula?
How much to you want to bet that amount of new income will be used as an election tool to buy you out?
Infrastructure.
Per year ??? Where did this number come from.
It has never been this low, not in over 30 yrs at least.
Get your facts straight !!
Ummm, not sure about the 4.1M bbls/d , ??? Unless this includes Natual Gas, oil equivalent ??
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCERS | Oil sands fuel Canadian crude oil production growth
Our total oil production is just under 3m bbls/d.
We consume just over 1M bbls/d (approx), so the amount we export is ???, something less than 2M bbls/d ???
Canadians didn't want and didn't need this election but now that the oppostion parties have forced the issue I predict a Conservative majority which my vote will help attain.
You're only saying that because you don't know how macroeconomics works.
If you did, you'd never vote Reform (which is what they are... they're just hiding behind the name "Conservative", when in fact real conservatives like Joe Clark and Belinda Stronich won't go within a mile of them).
I bet you don't know the difference between what used to case recessions, which was inventory surpluses leading to layoffs and then a reduction of spending, versus what caused this last recession (which is dragging on and on and isn't going to let up until the people who caused it are locked away where they can't keep meddling).
I bet you never seen the movie "Inside Job (2010)" Inside Job (2010) - IMDb
Of course I do, which is why it made more sense when only qualified people could vote.
They should make it so people have to pass citizenship tests.
Imagine if people had to know something about history and economics in order to vote.
Do you think they'd still be zombie puppets to hate ads?
Heck, all the people who now refuse to vote because they *do* know how lunched the system is might actually go to the polls.
Well I'm not sure about the citizenship test idea, but I do agree that a voter should be knowledgeable on party policy, understands basic economics. Etc etc.
I don't like the idea of people voting because they like the parties personality or for some othe non- issue reason .
I don't like the idea of people voting because they like the parties personality or for some othe non- issue reason .
I tend to agree. I think Canadians are sick of (minority uncertainty) and this will result in a Conservative majority.
We better order up a bunch of buckets and mops, because if Harper gets his majority the pissing and moaning around here is going to be unfreakinbelievable.:lol:
Problem is, when you say Canadians, you mean a few Canadians and Harper's neoconservomatons. With the government in contempt of parliament for withholding information about these fighter jets they say we need, the scandals they promised to rid Ottawa of for good and this new war they are trying to insert us into while the country wants to bring our troops home, has people howling for an election.
Harper could have prevented an election by working with the other parties or even just the NDP to get the budget passed, but they choose not to. They could make some adjustments, but they choose not to. While they feel that those who can afford $2000 a year to put their kids in to hockey, ballet and paint by number art courses need to have a break on their taxes, those who do need some help get nothing.
Not like the price of food and gas hasn't gone up. No money for that, but instead, $30,000,000,000 for fighter jets.
I bet that kind of money could go a long way in helping hospitals cut emergency waiting times, extend services that patient families are left to take care of at home and get small business back in business.
There is quite a difference between government working for the public in cooperation with the other elected parties and this self appointed king of Canada.
You are probably correct about the minority.....
But this budget was one the NDP could have voted for......Harper included about half of their demands. Did you expect him to let the NDP write the entire budget?
The Liberals eliminated themselves by moving to the left of the NDP......
Harper will not, and certainly should not, wear the responsibility for taking this reluctant nation to the polls.
I only want one term for Harper.....enough to clean a few things up, prevent the BQ coalition from getting in, and let the Liberals find a sane, Canadian leader.......then we'll see.
That's just too bad for you. The whole idea of democracy is people can vote however they please whether it is based on reasonable thought process or not. If someone wants to vote Liberal just because they like the letter 'L' then they can and you saying they can't is not democratic at all.
We can always hope people make an informed decision but taking away a voter's rights for any reason is a slippery slope I don't want to go down.