Ill probably vote. Im getting sick of it though, We have to vote every year it seems, twice some years if you count municipal and provincial governments as well.
I can see this election being a big waste of money with the largest voter apathy on record.
Billions of people worldwide live under oppressive regimes where they never get to vote, and here we have a thread full of Canadians complaining that we have to vote too much. Like it's some huge burden to spend 15 minute going to the polling station anyway...
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It's hard work reading through 90 pages of "A minority is the same as a majority, and if you don't agree you're just arguing semantics". Or "How could you possibly vote for this guy? He lied to you!!"
Let's not forget that that Harper is heinous. His politics are impressive though, because he's distracted Canadians as he loots the commons.
Oh and there is already an informal coalition between the Cons and whoever will support them to pass legislation. A formal coalition would release the MAJORITY of Canadians from governmental representation that they do not want.
Let's not forget that that Harper is heinous. His politics are impressive though, because he's distracted Canadians as he loots the commons.
Oh and there is already an informal coalition between the Cons and whoever will support them to pass legislation. A formal coalition would release the MAJORITY of Canadians from governmental representation that they do not want.
Let's not forget that that Harper is heinous. His politics are impressive though, because he's distracted Canadians as he loots the commons.
Oh and there is already an informal coalition between the Cons and whoever will support them to pass legislation. A formal coalition would release the MAJORITY of Canadians from governmental representation that they do not want.
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I vote for candidates, not parties. I'm also okay with voter apathy if the clueless people are the ones who stay home. Those who follow the issues and get to know the candidates should all vote, but those who have no idea should stay home and leave the important decisions up to the rest of us.
I've always believed that declining to vote cancels out your right to complain,
Not paying taxes cancels out your right to complain.
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Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
Let's not forget that that Harper is heinous. His politics are impressive though, because he's distracted Canadians as he loots the commons.
Oh and there is already an informal coalition between the Cons and whoever will support them to pass legislation. A formal coalition would release the MAJORITY of Canadians from governmental representation that they do not want.
Hyperbole much? Is he "heinous" or is he "scary?" I wish you people would make up your mind.
This is to be our countries 5th election in just over 10 years. I always vote regardless of the situation but I don't think I can bring myself to do it this time for two main reasons.
1.) Its a colossal waste of money when our economy is still recovering from a recession.
- estimated 280 million; lets put this to use instead of cutting services.
2.) Its becoming increasingly apparent that regardless of what way we vote, the opposition parties will likely form a coalition government. One that hinges on the intentions of a separatist party no one outside of Quebec can vote for. Or force another multi million dollar election within the next 18 months.
-essentially we'd have been better to burn the 280 million in a giant public spectacle and invite David Suzuki to tell us how it effects the environment on a 1 hour cbc special.
Penny wise, pound foolish. The cost of having an election is $280m, but what is the cost of an ineffective parliament, or the inability of the government to secure the majority votes required to make the tough decisions required to keep the country's fiscal house in order?
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Penny wise, pound foolish. The cost of having an election is $280m, but what is the cost of an ineffective parliament, or the inability of the government to secure the majority votes required to make the tough decisions required to keep the country's fiscal house in order?
280 million dollars...you answered your own question.
Nothing changes in the house and that money is gone...sort of the point.
I plan on spoiling my ballot ... I refuse to vote for any party or candidate that I don't believe in or support, and right now I think the whole field is nothing but a band of bandits. So I'll scrawl something like "I refuse to support any of these felons" across my ballot. Or I might vote for Gilles Duceppe as a write-in as the way in which I spoil my ballot. I disagree with all Duceppe's politics (except that Quebec should leave Canada) but at least he's honest about what he wants ... out of Canada with as much loot as he can extort along the way. That may well make him the most (only?) honest politician in Canada.
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Another big reason I hate politics and don't vote is because every ad or speech seems to focus on what the other guy is going to do wrong or has already done wrong, instead of talking about what they plan to do to change it. I wish these ads could just focus on the positives a person will bring if elected, not how bad the person running against them is. It's actually kinda pathetic, I'm not sure if it's always been that way, but it should change.
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Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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I vote for candidates not parties........therefore I will not be voting in this election.
I don't trust Harper or Ignatieff. I give Harper a slight leg up because he wants to abolish the gun registry, but that's about it. I don't care for him going down and signing globalist agreements with the U.S. without our approval or knowledge.
Our politicians are lame, and they lack passion. The debates were dryer than a popcorn fart. They re-hash the same old crap time and time again.
Our leaders are more interested in gaining political power for themselves than actually serving the people.
That is one of the most contradictory posts I've ever read, that is of course unless Harper and Ignatief are both running in your riding, which though I haven't run the numbers, I'm thinking the chances of that are somewhere close to 0%.
You say you vote for candidates not parties, and then you give resons why you won't vote for parties based on their leaders?
Is there something wrong with the particular candidates in your riding? Because if there isn't then what you've said makes 0 sense.
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The First Past the Post System is the reason for any apathy for me. That system combined with where I live means my vote is pretty much assured to be completely meaningless.
We need Proportional Representation badly.
Did I mention that Harper and the cons scare me?
Too bad I really cannot do a thing about it. A non-conservative vote in Alberta is usually a throwaway vote. How can anybody in Alberta ever get excited about elections while we continue to blindly vote conservative every election? Makes elections pretty much irrelevant to Albertans and hands the power to make change to other provinces.
Man do I hate our first past the post voting system. What a piece of crap. Just reinforces the two big parties and makes 50% of the population's votes irrelevant.
, but that's about it. I don't care for him going down and signing globalist agreements with the U.S. without our approval or knowledge.
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