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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
No, but I'm pretty sure he is going to deliberately misrepresent that until the end of time if it suits him.
Slava, you really need to check your bais. Conservative supporters are getting out of hand? Have you seen some of the comments from left wing supporters? All this whining about how Harper doesn't deserve a majority is coming from a group of hypocrites who had no problems with Chretien winning majorities on the same share of the vote, and doing so as a direct result of vote splitting.
I've favoured election reform for years myself - that is probably one of few things you and I agree on politically, at least at a high level - but there is something to be said for the necessity of stability in a government.
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I'm not misrepresenting the CPC policy though. It's there, plain as day. I'm not in favor of cap and trade by ANY party. If the Liberals or NDP campaigned in the same manner and had won I would say the same thing.
I also note that I never said that Harper doesn't deserve a majority. I actually think that is a separate issue from electoral reform. Harper won the election fair and square by the rules in place. I just happen to think that these rules are illogical.
This idea that the West made some amazing gains is still laughable though. Our votes were totally taken for granted here. No matter which party wins at the end of the day that is really distasteful and undemocratic. Sure the arguments that "you can't blame them" are understandable....except for the local candidates. Guys like Jason Kenney who spent the entire campaign in Ontario and didn't even attempt to connect with constituents here is really a bad precedent in my eyes.