Moonmoth
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I'm predicting a surprise Liberal minority government with a strong NDP showing as well.
Yes! This would be very good! The the Cons would be bound to also de-throne Harper as head of their party as well.
I'm predicting a surprise Liberal minority government with a strong NDP showing as well.
If the Conservatives come back with about as many seats as last time, there will be coalition.
...and to be clear, putting gay marriage to a free vote in Parliament does not constitute persection or a sinister hidden agenda.
...and to be clear, putting gay marriage to a free vote in Parliament does not constitute persection or a sinister hidden agenda.
That would be an excellent outcome as well.
I'm curious to see if Elizabeth May is able to defeat Peter McKay in the Nova Scotia riding, if she can achieve that, it should be front page news. To unseat a minister is HUGE!!! I wonder if it will happen! I guess we'll see tonight.
To be clear, putting it to a vote was a last ditch effort to can gay marriage and take Canada back in time. Anything else is just pandering to Conservative spin.
The stakes and issues at hand are clear as a clear blue day. And if you want to know why Cons are bad, I'll refer you to the Star article. I think they did a cool summary for what is good for Canada and how Harper doesn't fit into the good side of Canada.
You conveniently overlook that it was a free vote.
Canada needs a first time coalition government. This is the best time to test the water IMO.
Jack Layton and Stephane Dion need to forge ahead and get rid of the Harper threat he poses in the long term.
That would be an excellent outcome as well.
I'm curious to see if Elizabeth May is able to defeat Peter McKay in the Nova Scotia riding, if she can achieve that, it should be front page news. To unseat a minister is HUGE!!! I wonder if it will happen! I guess we'll see tonight.
....I'll refer you to the Star article. I think they did a cool summary for what is good for Canada and how Harper doesn't fit into the good side of Canada.
I didn't know we put civil rights up for a vote. I thought that everyone should be treated equal, sometimes what the court system finds is justice is considered upholding the law against the tyranny of the majority.
Its pretty clear where Conservatives stand on this issue... They create those cracks in the floor even if the bottom "hasn't dropped out" with Harper at the helm, as some have stated on this forum before.
I conveniently overlook what? You conveniently overlook that we're talking about rights for individuals to be free, there's nothing free about voting to take someone's rights way. Nice play on words, its a Conservative talking point, but doesn't make it right.
I highly doubt the majority of the population is going to be voting with the environment as issue #1. It's the economy this time around.
The economy and the environment are one and the same. If we keep on growing and growing our economy as everyone so wants us to, the environment cannot sustain the ravages of unbridled economic growth!
They are not two different issues.
That's your take. I suspect most Canadians don't think of plant closures, failing banks, etc with the same immediacy as they do about global warming, smog, etc. If they did, the Liberals would be getting a bounce in BC where their provincial brethren brought in a carbon tax.
Yo KeithZ, it's not just my take.
Oh and FYI we don't have any failing banks in Canada. CIBC had some exposure to the sub=prime housing market in the states but that's pretty much it. please stop watching CNN and be Canadian plz.
Yes there's currently some manufacturing job losses but if we truly were a progressive forward thinking society we'd be easliy segwaying those car manufacturing jobs into wind turbine manufacturing jobs or other.
I didn't say it's just your take....I said, that the Canadian public at large does not think that way.
Also, if that's your approach, where do you think the capital will come from for that conversion given Layton's desire to raise corporate taxes? Or Dion's less than revenue neutral (for the corporate sector at least) Green Shift?