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Originally Posted by Daradon
This. Can't wait till we turf the guy. With changing the rules in the hideously named 'Fair Elections Act' last year, and now making the election longer, he's inching towards that mess to the south where elections last a year, and no one can actually debate anything of value.
Conservatives are taking plays out of the Republicans books to fix elections. We gotta nip this in the bud before it gets worse. Make them accountable. Don't forget this is also the party that had robocalls giving out false electoral information in a hotly contested riding. That's criminal behaviour. That's banana republic stuff that should NEVER occur in a western democracy. And anyone who thinks it began and ended with that one Conservative staffer, well I have a bridge and some swampland to sell you.
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Yep. Harper just continues to show an utter lack of respect for the Canadian democratic system. Over his time in office he has been able to repeatedly manipulate the Canadian political system in ways that harm the democratic process but are beneficial to his party.
Watching Canada from the outside over the last ten years has been depressing. Non-Canadians' perceptions of Canada have become much more negative and I've lost a lot of pride in representing the country abroad. I hope in future to move back a Canada that still has a traditionally Canadian political system in practice rather than one ruled by low-ball American political tactics.
At least when Rob Ford was international news us Canadians living abroad could still have a good laugh about it. Harper's influence on Canada's reputation has been one that causes actual shame rather than mirthful shared laughter.
I wish I were still allowed to vote.