Reverend Blair said:
And yes, I do understand the NDP. I live in BC, and after a decade of NDP rule, they really messed BC up badly.
At the grand old age of fifteen, you know that? You were what, 11 when the Liberals came to power? Do you remember who was there before the NDP? Do you understand the external pressures put on your government? Do you understand the pressure that business puts on the NDP through non-cooperation? Do you understand that your press in BC is controlled by anti-NDP corporations so that much of what you hear about those years is so biassed that it bears little resemblance to the truth?
Do you understand that the NDP in other provinces have an excellent record? Do you understand that the proposed policies of the federal NDP more closely resemble the policies of the governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan than the policies of any other NDP governments?
Do you understand that many of us have lived under Conservative governments that have instituted policies very much like the policies that the Harperites are now putting forth? Do you realise that Saskatchewan almost went bankrupt because of such policies? Do you realise that Manitoba did not do well under the last Conservative government we had?
Do they teach you anything about politics, policies, and parties in the Young Conservatives? No, I guess not because the Conservative Party of Canada decided not to have a youth wing at their last convention. Instead they depend on a loose coaltion of self-governing groups at various universities. There is no such thing as the Young Conservatives as any sort of cohesive group. There is no attempt by the federal Conservatives to educate young people.
Actually, I do know quite a fair bit of the NDP in my own province at least. Don't dare underestimate the youth of today; we know things that you, as adults, often assume that we don't know. In fact, you are actually spreading disinformation.
BC: The Social Credit Party was in power before the NDP took power in the 1990s. The NDP raised taxes, and scared away businesses, which brought our economy to the dumps: from first in the coutnry to worst. When this happened, little new profits were coming into BC. The NDP used tax money to fund services and without a growing economy and new money, little could be improved. In stead, they wasted 1 billion dollars on Fast Ferries that did not work. BC became the worst province in job creation. They put undemocratic powers on the union, which and still is "the mind" of its people. One friend of my dad got kicked out of his unions just because he disagreed with same-sex marriage. Also, the press is definately NOT anti-NDP. I have read many, many articles endorsing the NDP, while in the same newspaper, bashing the Liberals. The unions continue to spend money on television ads to bash the BC LIberals. And this is biased? The press is anti-NDP?
Also, I have recently joined the Young Conservatives. The party did not reject a youth-wing, it merely rejected the two choices it was given. As a result, Conservative youth from coast to coast got together to form what is now the Young Conservatives. In addition, the House of Commons' youngest members are Conservative: Mike Chong, James Moore, Rona Ambrose, Steven Fletcher, to name a few.
www.youngconservativevoice.ca
Yes, the grand age of 15. Funny how they know so much.
