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Originally Posted by MattyC
If there is anyone that would use Mulcair thinking Alex was a guy and not a girl, and/or the fact that he pronounced the name of a town wrong, as a reason to not vote for them, I sincerely hope they stay home on election day. Who f***ing cares? What does it have to do with anything?
I can give people the corporate tax rate, he should have known it.
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Couldn't agree more. Peoples' tendency to treat this all like a big game where one party scores points against the other is the reason I have so much trouble participating in the discourse. It's nearly impossible to have a conversation about anything that matters - and it's getting worse. More like the USA all the time. Even on here, where the discussion is at least frequently substantive (and appreciated reading as a result), some people cannot seem to help themselves from shameless, transparent posturing.
Honestly, I don't even care about the corporate tax rate thing - sure, it's important, but it's still a "gotcha". Does he need to have that information on the tip of his tongue? No, open up the front of any annotated Tax Act and boom, there's a table with all the provincial and combined corporate rates.
The real issue is what his party proposes in terms of tax
policy measures, and what the effects of those will be on the country. Many of which I suspect will have potentially catastrophic implications given the party's historical fiscal platform (maybe they'll moderate a bit now that they have a shot?) But I guess that's just not as much fun for the scores of non-journalists who cover politics.
On a slightly sunnier note, friend of mine who moved here for work a few years ago won the Liberal nomination for his home riding.
http://www.ngnews.ca/News/Local/2015...Central-Nova/1
All around great guy and well deserved.