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Old 09-07-2006, 05:40 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by ernie View Post

The other reason is that quite frankly no one cares about the NDP.
In a minority government, the ought to care. The NDP can be the spoiler for any of the major parties


On the original posts main points:

I would love to see more women holding office in Canada. They make up slightly more than 50% of the population and have differing perspectives and experiences from men that could help find solutions for many things. But electing twice as many MPs would make the government way too big. I would rather just have it so the parties realize that a feminine perspective can be a strength and choose to find more women to run.

As for Afghanistan, I am not for immediately pulling out, but I am all for setting a time line with well defined goals, and an exit strategy. As long as armed troops are occupying the country, there can never be true democracy as people tend to vote for the people with the guns. The longer troops stay there, the more we are building a culture of occupation in Afghanistan. Nothing good can come from that. As things are right now, I do not see this conflict ending in an acceptable time frame.

All in all, although I don't agree with everything 100'%, I think the NDP has an important voice in this country, and place in federal policy making. I don't think I would care to have them running the whole show, but I'm glad they are there for some input.
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