Election Canada
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Topic: Election Canada
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Subject: Election Canada
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:10pm
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This coming Monday is the federal election day for Canada. It will be the first time I exercise my right as a voter in the free world. It's rather exciting to be able to do that because many other countries do not have a good democratic government in that you cannot choose the leader. Of course you already know that and you can probably guess who I am going to vote for. Hint: I wanna see some shiny new F35's. For you 'mericans, this is how it works, basically, in Canada: You vote for one representative in your riding for the party that you want and that is available in your area. The party with the most votes has a person that they put into power as the Prime Minister. If they have a majority, then basically they control Parliament. If they have a minority but still more votes, then they get to put in the Prime Minister but its more difficult to do what you want because you have all the people from the other parties nagging at you and keeping you from doing what you really wanna do. And they do that in Canada, and the House of Parliament gets really noisy when everyone is arguing. Basically this is who each party will have as a leader if they are voted in: Conservative Party of Canada:  Prime Minister Stephen Harper New Democratic Party of Canada:  Jack Layton Liberal Party of Canada:  Micheal Ignatieff Bloc Quebecois:  Gilles Duceppe Green Party of Canada:  Elizabeth May If you are Canadian, get out and vote this Monday! (also this is how the government works as I know it, if i made any mistakes let me know) EDIT!: This is a very brief and summarized list of promises that each campaign member has promised: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/platforms/infogrid/ - http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/platforms/infogrid/
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:16pm
| What's a canada? |
Posted By: impulse418
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:16pm
| NADER! |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:24pm
I can see the UK's education system is flawed.
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scotchyscotch wrote:Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 10:20pm
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I also am exercising my right to vote for the first time on monday although I still gotta decide who its gonna be ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:59am
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You guys have elections? For what? I thought you just did whatever England tells you to do? ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 4:17pm
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It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote Conservative again under the Conservative leadership. The disgusting disregard they've shown for democratic principles has sickened me, and half their policy approaches are right out to lunch to boot. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 5:15pm
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Already voted. That being said. DONALD TRUMP FOR PRIME MINISTER. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:11pm
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 10:42pm
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Way I see it the world is in recession and Canada is pulled threw better than most so I figure keep Harper in the lead seat. That's how i Think I voting any who. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 3:34am
Hell to the no, Harper is the worst we've had in ages. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 5:54am
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Harper had little to do with that. Underlying our economic stability during the recession is the system of banking regulations put in place by the Liberals, which the Conservatives tried and failed to remove. The inability of Canadian banks to dabble idiotically in the riskiest of the various financial derivatives and to play fast and loose with mortgage backed securities helped to preserve the health of our financial system. The Conservative economic stimulus was of limited effect in mitigating the effects of the recession. In reality, our inherently sound banking Satan simply provided the financial resources necessary for Canadian business to take advantage of new opportunities faster than anyone else- look how many troubled American banks were bought out by ours, for instance. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 9:42am
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Thats the joys of the voting system you vote were ya like i vote my way. I did not want an election i am pissed off that we having yet another fing one so my vote stands. this election is costing us millions AGAIN. As of right now i am in pretty good shape i have a house i own my car and bikes out right and i have no credit debts. Alot of that has to do with me being smart with what i make. But the rest has to do with me having a damn job. Back when the last election was happening the liberals wanted to dump millions into manufacturing for the brain dead workers. the conservatives offered said brain dead workers training to gt careers in better jobs were ya know you have to THINK. My job by nature is inherantly pretty damn stable i fix trucks for a living and as the saying goes "if ya bought it a truck brought it". I happy with the way things are going currently so id rather not change the man in the hot seat thank you. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 5:16pm
Disregard to democratic principles? You mean like calling an election that costs millions and millions of government dollars even though the leader was democratically voted in?
Your argument is invalid. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 7:53pm
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Rofl- an election is inherently democratic. The government has been in place as a minority, and then when eventually found to be in contempt they failed to retain confidence in Parliament. It's an entirely democratic thing when we, the electorate, get to elect a government.
Besides that, the opposition did not 'call an election'. The government failed to engage in consensus politics- that being the implicit understanding of the electorate giving them a minority mandate. As a result of their failure, an election must occur. If the Conservatives governed in accordance with their mandate, recognized that a majority of Canadians did *not* vote for them, worked with the the parties and was properly forthcoming with information demanded by Parliament we wouldn't be in this election. But they didn't, and so here we are. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 11:13pm
| Conservatives win majority. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 6:17am
| I'm not coming home. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 8:35am
"Not my  ------------- 
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 8:36am
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I was thinking the exact same thing. Lol. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 5:03pm
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Works for me. I even happier that Ignatiaff is throwing in the towel and resigning. Now maybe we can go a whopping 4 years without another bloody election. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 5:58pm
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Well, the Conservative majority was disappointing, but with the vote spliting in the left wing it's no surprise. Our system is interesting in that with multiple parties, 40% of the electorate can vote in a majority. The NDP ascent to opposition with over a hundred seats blew me away. Seeing the Bloc Quebecois crushed to only three seats in Parliament brings joy, and I'm glad the Greens got their token seat. So now we have to hope the Conservatives won't screw things up too badly with a majority mandate; fortunately the truly regressive things they might do would run afoul of the Supreme Court. They've got a shot to govern without distraction, now they need to prove themselves worthy of it. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 10:07am
| The only point I've seen agreed upon by both the conservatives and the NDP/Liberal is a general dislike of the Bloc. |