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Originally Posted by Azure
IMO, staying the course is essential right now. Of course, that doesn't mean that the public can't get pissed off with certain things like the non-mandatory census forms. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Harper government turned around and worked with the Liberals to reform the census form a bit(remove jail time), but kept it mandatory. Have governments made mistakes before? Absolutely. Do we have to spend $500 million every single time they do on an election? Well, you and IFF might want that, because you want the Liberals to rule the country, and while the Liberals might be appealing to me too in the future, except for their moron of a leader, I would be cautious to call an election now. Economically what we have is working, and we shouldn't disrupt that because of some petty census issue that can be solved by internal debate in the House of Commons.
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I agree with this 100% There are so many things that the conservatives have done that I disagree with (but also many that I do agree with) that I'd like to vote them out of power. But not right now. Right now the most important thing is to stick with the devil you know, and to pester them on the details of their plan rather than altering the course.
The foundations of our relatively strong economy come from our last 2 notable Liberal Finance Ministers, but that doesn't mean that staying on track is an easy job in this environment. And we seem to be over achieving considering the global economy.
My biggest beef with the Harper government is his unwillingness to let the media do it's job. At a time when the news is becoming increasingly fragmented into different medias (often with built in biases) he has effectively centralized the flow of information from the executive branches of our government. That means that the messages sent to the populous (voters) are 'in line' but it also means that depending on the filter that we read them through our biases are confirmed. I prefer an open debate because sometimes issues boil down to more than 12 second clips and involve actual individual thought.
Well that rant went on longer than I thought. So if this bill goes through will it be a confidence motion? Because I think that the Libs have crafted a pretty good bill that I'd like to see the MPs vote on. We'll at least get to see who tows the party line and who can vote independently. But if it brings another election I have no choice but to send my vote to the Cons. At this point in the economic recovery we are better with the devil that we know.