this poll is for canadian monkeys. which party are you voting for at this time for October 14th election day?
Canadian Election Poll 2008
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yup the west coast decision will make this election day. the election is over hours before here in toronto before the polls close in vancouver. this poll will be open till election day i figure.
Quebec will be even more important than the west this year as the Conservatives are making huge inroads and taking seats from the bloc. A stronger conservative party would be a disaster for Canada. Ironically, I may have to vote bloc as my riding has the conservatives creeping in and no way in hell I will allow that to happen. I completely disagree with the bloc and giving Quebec any sort of special status in Canada. However, I agree with removing social liberties even less so the conservatives cannot be given any more seats. we don't need a Bush junior.
The liberals are useless with the whole honesty and not being corrupt thing, and the NDP wishes to waste money on every social program conceiveable. Yes, Canada has a surplus budget, but it shouldn't be wasted.
Why the hell should my tax dollars pay for someone else's childcare? Have to work and can't afford to get by otherwise? DON'T HAVE KIDS. Why should women get special/different employment insurance? I also sure as hell do not want to strenghten the CRTC. Getting rid of it all together would be nice. Do we really need to protect such fabulous programs as the red green show and the hour?
The liberals are useless with the whole honesty and not being corrupt thing, and the NDP wishes to waste money on every social program conceiveable. Yes, Canada has a surplus budget, but it shouldn't be wasted.
Why the hell should my tax dollars pay for someone else's childcare? Have to work and can't afford to get by otherwise? DON'T HAVE KIDS. Why should women get special/different employment insurance? I also sure as hell do not want to strenghten the CRTC. Getting rid of it all together would be nice. Do we really need to protect such fabulous programs as the red green show and the hour?
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I'm shocked.
Shocked that parents should be responsible for their own spawn? Imagine that.
Either figure out how you can afford them, or keep it in your pants.
It just sounds rather.....ummmm what's the word i'm looking for......Shocked that parents should be responsible for their own spawn? Imagine that.
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Last I checked, the Republicans seem to be about everything BUT personal responsibility. Oh, ignore my record. Do as I say not as I do. Let's bail everyone who made bad decisions out of their whole!
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Hell Yes!!!!!!!!!! Its almost as good as RMR
i am undecided as of yet. the only party that serves me doesn't have a chance. i like the green party because they want to cancel half my student loans upon graduation and they want to legalize marijuana. they'd have my vote for sure if they were not such a minority party. this election seems to be about one thing really and that is to mess with the conservatives as much as possible.
i can't support the liberals because you never know where the added tax money is going to go, as for the ndps well they are shaky cause they also want canada to abandon afghanistan and i am not happy about that. they did say they would cap interest rates on credit cards so that i wouldn't have to pay more than prime plus 5%. that would change my monthly bill for sure.
i can never tell which lucky shmuck it is going to be.
i can't support the liberals because you never know where the added tax money is going to go, as for the ndps well they are shaky cause they also want canada to abandon afghanistan and i am not happy about that. they did say they would cap interest rates on credit cards so that i wouldn't have to pay more than prime plus 5%. that would change my monthly bill for sure.
i can never tell which lucky shmuck it is going to be.
ok today is the day i am going to do the dirty and research all of these critterz. Let me link you up with all of these party websites. i have to see what their websites are going to do to the country. i saw the english debate and i watch the news everyday on these shmucks now i want to know what they are not telling me.
Progressive Conservative Party http://www.conservative.ca/
Liberal Party http://www.liberal.ca/default_e.aspx
New Democratic Party http://www.ndp.ca/
The Green Party http://www.greenparty.ca/
Bloc Quebecois Party http://www.presentpourlequebec.org/accueil.aspx
Progressive Conservative Party http://www.conservative.ca/
Liberal Party http://www.liberal.ca/default_e.aspx
New Democratic Party http://www.ndp.ca/
The Green Party http://www.greenparty.ca/
Bloc Quebecois Party http://www.presentpourlequebec.org/accueil.aspx
I'd rather have a root canal than vote in this election. But you gotta use it or lose it.
The Bloc isn't an option in BC, and I don't think it's a good option even in my old home province of Quebec. I still think Canada should be proactively drawing up the divorce papers, tossing Quebec out of the house with one suitcase, and changing the locks.
The NDP are a joke, always have been and always will be. The quickest way to run up a huge deficit and murder the economy is to allow them anywhere near the power switch. They couldn't run a fruitstand; before you know it all the fruitseller associates would be in UAW and getting $100/hr and unlimited sick time and going on strike because a member of the apple-handlers local handled a grape.
The Green Party just smoked a fattie and locked itself in the TV room with a case of ice cream. They're essentially harmless as long as the weed holds out, but they'd spend the whole budget on spotted owl condominiums and free needles, so they're out.
The Liberals would be the way to go if they had a leader that spoke and understood English, or an intelligent platform, or a clue.
That leaves ............................................. the Conservatives, Canada's lame facsimile of the Republicans, but without the guns, flags, attitude, and unintelligible accents. Somehow they haven't destroyed the country yet (this one anyway, I dunno about Afghanistanabama), despite all the dire predictions when they were elected. But I think that was largely due to luck and inexperience. The next time I think they could pull it off.
So WTF do you do? I'm voting Liberal just because our local guy, Keith Martin, is intelligent and a good guy, and I trust him. That's my first mistake. Maybe I'll cross out his name and write in Obama.
Our choice certainly isn't as clear as the Americans' choice. I can see Palin in the White House. Zoiks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bloc isn't an option in BC, and I don't think it's a good option even in my old home province of Quebec. I still think Canada should be proactively drawing up the divorce papers, tossing Quebec out of the house with one suitcase, and changing the locks.
The NDP are a joke, always have been and always will be. The quickest way to run up a huge deficit and murder the economy is to allow them anywhere near the power switch. They couldn't run a fruitstand; before you know it all the fruitseller associates would be in UAW and getting $100/hr and unlimited sick time and going on strike because a member of the apple-handlers local handled a grape.
The Green Party just smoked a fattie and locked itself in the TV room with a case of ice cream. They're essentially harmless as long as the weed holds out, but they'd spend the whole budget on spotted owl condominiums and free needles, so they're out.
The Liberals would be the way to go if they had a leader that spoke and understood English, or an intelligent platform, or a clue.
That leaves ............................................. the Conservatives, Canada's lame facsimile of the Republicans, but without the guns, flags, attitude, and unintelligible accents. Somehow they haven't destroyed the country yet (this one anyway, I dunno about Afghanistanabama), despite all the dire predictions when they were elected. But I think that was largely due to luck and inexperience. The next time I think they could pull it off.
So WTF do you do? I'm voting Liberal just because our local guy, Keith Martin, is intelligent and a good guy, and I trust him. That's my first mistake. Maybe I'll cross out his name and write in Obama.
Our choice certainly isn't as clear as the Americans' choice. I can see Palin in the White House. Zoiks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am completely uninformed with regard to this election. Canadian politics are so boooooring compared to the US. The Us election campaigns are like reality shows....I know NOTHING about what's going on in this country.
I'm sure more than a few Canuk political types are quite happy that it's that way mmike.
It was a monumental waste of time, as predicted. The only positive part is that both the block and conservatives lost seats in Quebec. Sweet.
Look for Harper to possibly be out within 12 months on a vote of no confidence. He will not last a full term. Dion is definitely out in May if not before, although this election and social circumstances were clearly skewed in the conservatives favour (economic crisis, defense deployments etc).
Look for Harper to possibly be out within 12 months on a vote of no confidence. He will not last a full term. Dion is definitely out in May if not before, although this election and social circumstances were clearly skewed in the conservatives favour (economic crisis, defense deployments etc).
I agree that it was mostly a waste of time (and money), but I don't see a non-confidence vote happening. With a stronger minority this time, it now takes the NDP, Libs and Bloc all agreeing to oust the Conservatives. Not gonna happen. Especially since they all know that Canadians will just turn around and vote the Conservatives back in again. And they'd likely be so PO'd that they'd give them a majority. The only party that gained from this election was the Conservatives; the NDP held on to their faithful union-oriented ridings and the Libs lost big. I voted Lib in my riding because I like our MP, but I'm not unhappy with the outcome. At least Harper won't go on a spending spree using Canada's Mastercard and let the next government make the payments, like the NDP like to do.
I feel sorry for Dion. He was a goldfish in a shark tank. But who else do the Liberals have? Rae has already failed miserably as the Ontario premier, Ignatieff is an arrogant academic who only visits Canada occasionally, and that's the end of the list. They'll never pick a Westerner as leader because they're obsessed with winning over Quebec.
Absolutely pathetic. If a person is too lazy or stupid to vote, then they'd better just STFU until the next time. There's no excuse for not voting.
I have heard tons of people i see frequently, I went to school with, I work with etc., claiming that they are not voting because "all of the candidates suck". The one thing with Canadian politics is we have so many damn choices, you can always vote for someone. The candidate may not fit 100% into your world view, but there is certainly someone close...even for the stoners.
Use it or lose it folks. The candidates may suck, but many citizens in many countries would and do die for the opportunity to vote for a crappy, lame duck candidate.
Ya, you guys have right wing and more right wing. We're all over the map. I read that we had 19 different registered parties across the country.:raiseshand:
I wish we had the party diversity of canada here
I am unashamed to say I didn't vote. I live in a riding where the Bloc won by an overwhelming margin. It's pretty safe to say that my vote would not have made a difference. And like I said, I know nothing about what's going on around here anyway.
And no, I will not complain about it.
And no, I will not complain about it.
It is a bit ironic (stupid?) that we have a federal party whose only purpose is to break away from Confederation. Only in Canada.
You gotta get out of that province before you need a passport to visit Vancouver. I escaped decades ago.
At least I WORK in Ontario.........of course there's more french in that area than there is where I live.
Hopefully you're at work on the day they put up the wall and sentry towers.
I voted. As much as I dont agree with their spending habits i gave a vote of confidence to the ndp. 2nd most powerful ndp showing since the days of ed broadbent. I know I voted for some kinda change but it didnt mean much as the liberals remain undefeated throughout most of toronto. A minority govt says the same thing to Harper that we all agreed upon.
ps. I am also waiting for an election where not every party is explicitly intent on screwing up the country.
ps. I am also waiting for an election where not every party is explicitly intent on screwing up the country.
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You'll be lucky if that happens by the time your great-grandchildren are old enough to vote. I think that policy is in the fine print of every party's mission statement.
One person's version of "this will screw up the country" is another's "this is just what we need". I've never seen a country like Canada for having parties whose prime objective is to criticize and resist on principle whatever the ruling party of the day is trying to achieve, even if it is of obvious benefit to most citizens. I'm not coming out in favor of the Conservatives here; they do the same when they are in opposition. At least the Tories and Libs switch roles now and then, so they get practice at both sides. However, the NDP are never the ruling party, so they have a culture of destructive criticism and ridicule. Oh well, maybe that's the role they play here, political gadfly.
I hope we're done with elections for a while. Maybe some government will actually take place.