KevinSmith
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Thank you !
I guess I have no choice but to vote liberal. Voting for any other party besides liberal or conservative seems like a vote wasted to me as they won't get enough votes to matter and just split the vote even more.
Hey Canada, Your Fucked
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I guess I have no choice but to vote liberal. Voting for any other party besides liberal or conservative seems like a vote wasted to me as they won't get enough votes to matter and just split the vote even more.
Well befor deciding that please go to the Catch 22 website I posted befor as depending on what riding you are in the Liberal vote may help the conservatives. For instance, the riding that I live in is an example. If I vote liberal, I vote for a Conservative majority. The Libs got less than 2 percent of the vote in my riding last election, where as the NDP got nearly 30 percent.
iNVESTIGATE
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lol Every nation-state is fucked. Canada being one of the more fortunately-fucked that's for sure.
But we are definitely not the most fucked. ha
lol Every nation-state is fucked. Canada being one of the more fortunately-fucked that's for sure.
But we are definitely not the most fucked. ha
KevinSmith
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My riding is liberal con split so no other choice..
On a lighter note
WOOT WOOT http://www.edmontonjournal.com/story_print.html?id=4604943&sponsor=
Big win for Legalization in Ontario
WOOT WOOT http://www.edmontonjournal.com/story_print.html?id=4604943&sponsor=
Big win for Legalization in Ontario
Well as I expected my un-informed, lazy, incredibly greedy and TV educated country men handed Harper and his Neo-Cons the majority he so rightly forced.
I am sad to say the least.
Anyway I found a great essay about the destruction of my country under Stephen Harper. It provides a great history of rise of the ultra right wing terror that is the Conservative Party of Canada, explains in breif how our electoral and parlimentary system works and the result of nearly 8 years of iron fist conservative rule. On top of that it was written by a well know marajuana activist.....how fitting.
Heres the link, its a great read about the destruction of a once great country. : http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/stephen-harper-and-end-days-canada-we-know-it
I am sad to say the least.
Anyway I found a great essay about the destruction of my country under Stephen Harper. It provides a great history of rise of the ultra right wing terror that is the Conservative Party of Canada, explains in breif how our electoral and parlimentary system works and the result of nearly 8 years of iron fist conservative rule. On top of that it was written by a well know marajuana activist.....how fitting.
Heres the link, its a great read about the destruction of a once great country. : http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/stephen-harper-and-end-days-canada-we-know-it
They don't have Bubba's in Canada. They have Jacques. lol
OregonMeds
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We're going to drag you guys into the north american union and then the new world order faster than you can say eh, eh? Prison planet here we come. 
The reason why there is such a war on pot is because:
It allows us to think for ourselves and we buck the system more than others.
Protesters and pot have always gone hand in hand to some degree.
Slaves are more productive if they aren't pot smokers.
We tend to love the earth more, and are less apt to want to bleed it dry.
Pot smokers aren't blood thirsty enough, so we are less apt to go to war.
And lastly corrections is big big business, only the most noble political power can resist a fat chunk of guaranteed pork like that.
Money power and greed, follow our lead.
The reason why there is such a war on pot is because:
It allows us to think for ourselves and we buck the system more than others.
Protesters and pot have always gone hand in hand to some degree.
Slaves are more productive if they aren't pot smokers.
We tend to love the earth more, and are less apt to want to bleed it dry.
Pot smokers aren't blood thirsty enough, so we are less apt to go to war.
And lastly corrections is big big business, only the most noble political power can resist a fat chunk of guaranteed pork like that.
Money power and greed, follow our lead.
Ernst
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- The Right and Left Claim Success in Canada: The Conservatives Win Majority in Canadian Election as Left-Leaning NDP Makes Historic Gains
http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=demnow&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=facebook&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracynow.org%2F2011%2F5%2F3%2Fthe_right_and_left_claim_success&title=The%20Right%20and%20Left%20Claim%20Success%20in%20Canada%3A%20The%20Conservatives%20Win%20Majority%20in%20Canadian%20Election%20as%20Left-Leaning%20NDP%20Makes%20Historic%20Gains&ate=AT-demnow/-/-/4dc0cacb1b69c9fd/3&uid=4dc0cacb51d7699a&tt=0 http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&winname=addthis&pub=demnow&source=tbx-250&lng=en-US&s=twitter&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracynow.org%2F2011%2F5%2F3%2Fthe_right_and_left_claim_success&title=The%20Right%20and%20Left%20Claim%20Success%20in%20Canada%3A%20The%20Conservatives%20Win%20Majority%20in%20Canadian%20Election%20as%20Left-Leaning%20NDP%20Makes%20Historic%20Gains&ate=AT-demnow/-/-/4dc0cacb1b69c9fd/4&uid=4dc0cacba3b6a131&shortener=bitly&bitly.username=demnow&bitly.apiKey=demnow2007&template=%7B%7Btitle%7D%7D%20%7B%7Burl%7D%7D%20%40democracynow&tt=0
The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was elected to a majority in the Canadian parliament, ending five years of minority government. Harper has vowed to continue pro-corporate policies that have led critics to label his government the most right-wing in recent Canadian history. But the election also saw major gains for the left-leaning New Democratic Party, which won enough seats to become the official opposition party for the first time. We speak to Stephen Lewis, former Canadian diplomat and former leader of the NDP, and the Canadian activist and writer Judy Rebick. [includes rush transcript]
This seems to be a good segment on the Canadian election results.
Chad Sexington
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If by country men you mean the GTA then you'd be correct.
Chad Sexington
Active Member
Yes, it was the GTA that put the Conservatives with a majority government. I just hope Harper can now abolish the senate like he promised so long ago.
Ha ha, thats funny. Abolsih the Senate, good one.
In the article I posted above it talks about Harpers promise to reform senate, and his complete about face once elected. He has since stacked the senate with over 20 of his own cronies.
Abolishing or reforming the senate puts control of it at risk. The senate now, and most certainly in the future now that he has a majority, is just another arm of the Conservative party.
With regards to the GTA yes I agree to an extent but the Conservatives are very strong out west as well. Majority of BC, Alberta and Sask are blue.
In the article I posted above it talks about Harpers promise to reform senate, and his complete about face once elected. He has since stacked the senate with over 20 of his own cronies.
Abolishing or reforming the senate puts control of it at risk. The senate now, and most certainly in the future now that he has a majority, is just another arm of the Conservative party.
With regards to the GTA yes I agree to an extent but the Conservatives are very strong out west as well. Majority of BC, Alberta and Sask are blue.
canuckgrow
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I do not agree.....It was actually the people who sat on the couch and did not vote that handed the devil his majority
Agreed. Funny thing is, I know many of those people. They were enraged that the cons got a majority. I told them as mad as they were at the cons was about as mad as I was at them for being worhtless, lazy assholes.
People are so selfish.
Chad Sexington
Active Member
It does not matter if you agree with it or not. The conservatives won their majority because they picked up the seats in the GTA, they needed 5 seats to make a majority, and got 17 or something from the area around Toronto which usually votes Liberal (the rest of the country was pretty much how if normally votes, if I am not mistaken. Except for Quebec.). Blame the people who didn't vote all you want, or you can accept the fact that the majority of Canadians wanted a Conservative government. I didn't that is why I voted for the NDP.
canuckgrow
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Nope.....you are wrong you said "the majority" of Canadians wanted a conservative govt. Only 60% of people voted...Of that 60% 39% of them voted Conservative....doesn't make a majority in my books.....I realize it constitutes a majority under our current system. Trouble is that 95% of people that did not vote would not have voted conservative. So we are stuck with a government that the majority of the country actually wanted to get rid of and would have had they gotten their asses off the couch.... Clear it up at all? LOL.