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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
How do you figure that? They'd have to #### up pretty badly to do that, and I doubt anyone who voted for them (especially in Quebec) is going to oppose their actions so far, including going to Washington and questioning the tar sands.
It's so easy for Albertans to lay the smack down on the NDP, yet people on the other side of the country think quite differently - and that is unlikely to change.
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Oh so that's why they formed official opposition all those times previously?
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Barack wants to re-examine bypassing a fragile part of Nebraska's ecosystem.
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Obama wants to get re-elected, and this political hot potato is now off the agenda until after the elections. As soon as it comes back up (after yet another enviromental study) whomever is in office will rubber stamp it so fast, it will be hilarious.
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Seems like they're trying to do their job to me.
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Who is? The NDP? I thought their agenda was to make sure everyone in canada had a good and fair paying job...not to stump them from happening. Oh I forgot...the NDP doesn't really bcare one bit about Canada, but much moreso about Eastern Canada.
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Supporting job creation and growing the economy is not the sole job of an elected official. A good elected official should consider all the concerns of their constituents, both short and long term, and then make their decisions based on their analysis of those concerns. If an elected official determines that it is better (preferably in the long term, but it's usually a short-term consideration, and ideally the consideration should be the actual well being of their constituents, not merely the political repercussions) for them to oppose a particular project then they should do so.
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Dont disagree, but in tis case it is irrelevant. that oil is going to come out of the ground at some point whether or not the NDP opposes it or not...and it will be sold most likely to the USA at that time as well.
So what's the point of opposing it? There is no question that the pipeline will create thousands and thousands of good paying jobs on both sides of the border, something they claim to be all about btw, yet here they are trying to minimilze it under the guise that somehow this oil is worse than other oil even though that has proven to not be true.
Its nothing but a bunch of abre-rattling from a group enjoying their 15 minute of fame...and i really want to hear from the NDP rep from Alberat...you know where the mot affected people are...on thi. But we wont...some dbag policy maker sitting in his Ottawa office who hasnt a freaking clue how real world matters are handled will simply continue their charade until they get buried again in the next election.
Its so annoying because at their root, they have a great message and ideals that would be great for many but instead they are playing games with peoples livlihoods to try and be relevant.