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Originally Posted by John Doe
I took this to mean (as it also appeared to mean to the person who wrote the article) that he was saying that he was saving the taxpayers money by not using government resources
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I took it to mean that he at least claims to want all parties conducting campaign activities to be subject to campaign related laws, including those relating to the source of funds going into advertising. There's no implication that this was going to be cheaper for taxpayers on the whole. Of course, that's sort of disingenuous given that he also clearly wants to exploit an inherent advantage in the way those laws are set up for parties with larger campaign war chests.
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Originally Posted by John Doe
Funny, that was the same thing that I was doing when I was responding to CroFlames. I didn't mean that all Canadians were embarrassed (nor did you notice that I didn't even say that I was embarrassed), much the same way that when Harper tells us what Canadians want he is not speaking for every Canadian.
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He is trying to speak for every Canadian and it's the over the top sort of conscriptive emotional language that politicians use during campaigns. It's annoying, but it's aimed at getting people to vote for him, because it actually works. You, conversely, are not running for anything, and don't need to make those same sorts of noises. If you (and everyone) just frankly and honestly discuss your issues with the CPC's platform and record this would be a much more useful thread.
I am not operating under the illusion that some people have any desire to do that, as it's obvious based on the other federal politics thread that some are just there to massage the truth to fit their preferred team's narrative. But to the extent that sort of behavior can be curtailed, we'll have a better discussion.