The day I have waited for 10 years.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

I never like what he did as Mp when I lived in the Calgary South West riding either. I didn't trust him in 2002 and everything I feared came to life.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

I am not a Conservative I did not agree with many of his stances and policies.

I didn't really like cats either.

But I did like how he really worked hard to cut down on the federal bureaucracy, starve government out of future revenue streams, and overall, didn't fit into that cliquey Laurentian corridor who feel that they are the natural rulers of Canada.

[BigNumbers]

Can't tell how surprised I am on a scale of 0-0 that someone with such an irrational, unsupported hatred of Harper created a thread with a title that's grammatically incorrect....

It's almost like there's some correlation between how folks vote and their education levels....

[kevman]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Nm not going to get into a pissing mtch..

Uh??? You started this thread to get into a pissing match...

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Nm not going to get into a pissing mtch..

I would love to know how you envisioned this going.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by trumpethead

Dear OP, why don't you regale us with a few stories of how terrible your life has been since Feb 6, 2006.

Before Harper became the prime minister combustiblefuel was fully literate. Now look at him. Hopefully Trudeau, a former teacher, can get him back on track.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

For me, it is nothing personal against Harper. I am simply a social liberal and am glad that we will once again have a government that will try to implement more socially liberal policies. I am really happy to see some change.

Stephen Harper is no doubt well-meaning and hard working, therefore I can respect him as a person. I just don't see the world how he sees it. I also think he started out strong but is an example of what happens when a party is in power for too long. . Sometimes change for the sake of change is needed and it's the same reason that I accepted him when he first came to power.

Could we get more socially liberal as a country? It is so confusing when people say this kind of thing. What is going on here that is so repressive that I don't know about?

[Hockey Fan #751]

I don't think Harper could have done much right in the eyes of many. In a lot of ways, being the Prime Minister of Canada is a lot like being a highly-paid defenceman on the Flames acquired via trade.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by bax

His stance on refugees and Bill C-51 come to mind.



The fact that a large chunk of his campaign was based around islamophobia didn't help him either.

I never really understood the crazy amount of fear that bill C-51 seemed to put into people. Without getting into details.

That said, he lost my vote when he started talking about a hotline to report the cultural practices of your neighbours. Wtf....he got some really bad advice on that one.

Thanks for all your service Mr Harper! Now hopefully you'll come and put some effort into our home community.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by bax

His stance on refugees and Bill C-51 come to mind.

The fact that a large chunk of his campaign was based around islamophobia didn't help him either.

What exactly was his stance on refugees? That they should be screened as per the normal process that's been happening forever? Oh, the horror.

C-51 I won't comment on. I don't exactly have anything to hide to be worried about, but I also like privacy. But I also know the world is changing and that cyber space is ever changing too. It's the government's job to protect Canadians.


OK I'm no Harper fanboy but a large chunk of his campaign based around islamophobia? That made me laugh.

[Parallex]

I'm happy to see the end of him. "Waiting 10 Years" goes a bit far but not by much... I'm happy to see the end of the nastiness with which he regarded his rivels, the barrage of negativity that came out of his unending campaign (even outside of the election cycle), the "goverence by truthiness" philosophy of his majority mandate, the narrow aspirations of the nation under his tenure.

Was he the world's worst human? No, of course he wasn't, and anybody that says or thinks otherwise has clearly lost perspective. But that's not where the bar should be set. We can, and should, have a higher standard.

Best of luck to him in his future (non-public) endeavors. Best of luck to Prime Minister Trudeau in his future (public) ones.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

What were his conservative social policies may I ask? He didn't revoke the rights for gays to marry, nor did he debate abortion. Pot legalization I don't think is "liberal" or "conservative" policy. Just a policy.

I'm just happy that we have a government now that says they will implement more liberal social policy, but that is not the same as saying Harper applied conservative social policies across the board. He certainly didn't apply liberal ones though.

I would definitely classify relaxing drug laws as a liberal policy though. Besides that, his changes to how criminal justice is applied were fairly conservative.

[zamler]

The day I have waited for 10 years

I find it amazing you knew the day Harper was elected that he would be the worst PM in the history of Canada.

[Ducay]

OP how can you wait for 10 years in a single day? Or am I misreading the thread title?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by BigNumbers

Can't tell how surprised I am on a scale of 0-0 that someone with such an irrational, unsupported hatred of Harper created a thread with a title that's grammatically incorrect....

It's almost like there's some correlation between how folks vote and their education levels....

Might want to go check the actual demographics on a which way the more educated folks actually voted.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by BigNumbers

It's almost like there's some correlation between how folks vote and their education levels....

People with different ideas, perspectives and priorities than me?

Must be dumb.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Might want to go check the actual demographics on a which way the more educated folks actually voted.

I'd like to see this.

[Huntingwhale]

Hopefully OP never travels to any of the not-so-free countries around the world and gets to witness how truly oppressed people live in some regions.

It always annoys me when someone (a Canadian citizen no less) makes out the Canadian government to be some evil entity that oppresses it's people to no bitter end. Oh wait, there's actually countries around the world that do that to their own people? But we have it sooooooo bad here, right? All of our freedom and liberties. Yeah, it's so horrible.

[Senator Clay Davis]

It's really only 4 years to be fair. They weren't that bad when they had the minority, it's when they got the majority that they started with the omnibus bills and such that were bad.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I'm just happy that we have a government now that says they will implement more liberal social policy, but that is not the same as saying Harper applied conservative social policies across the board. He certainly didn't apply liberal ones though.

I would definitely classify relaxing drug laws as a liberal policy though. Besides that, his changes to how criminal justice is applied were fairly conservative.

How much more of a liberal society do you want/envision?

Do you want to walk around naked downtown in the summer time? (Actually that sounds kinda nice after I was sweating like a pig at the Stampede this year haha)