2011 Canadian Election Thread

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Too bad Chretien is too old. He would be awesome in a comeback. Best prime minister ever!

Here's a bit of (non-exhaustive) reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...Mackenzie_King

Not a perfect man, but still an amazing one.

Between King and CD Howe, Canada became a helluva nation.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

actually, those of us who work for a living outside a union environment find spending policies and taxation policies of the NDP and Liberals to be distasteful. that is why they are not an appropriate alternative. I can't afford to live under their government plans.

The NDP have no idea how an efficient economy works, but the Liberals have been the fiscally responsible party in Canada for the past two decades.

[llama64]

Originally Posted by The Goon

20 bucks that the kitty was eaten alive 10 seconds after this photo was taken. Just look at the glint in Harper's eye... he wants kitten blood.

Canada's time of strong leaders died with Lester B. Pearson. We've been slowly degenerating both internally and on the international stage ever since. And looking at the current crop (Harper, Layton, Ignatief), it's painfully obvious it won't be getting better.

I say we rebel against the lameness and found the Llama Party of Canada (in the spirit of the Rhinosaurus Party). Our chief aim: to spit in the eye of every member of parliament.

[burn_this_city]

Llama, I'd be on board with your party if you included plans to bulldoze the rocky mountains as a core principal.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Llama, I'd be on board with your party if you included plans to bulldoze the rocky mountains as a core principal.

Hear hear! Mountains suck. they don't do much and get in the way of everything.

[llama64]

Agenda #1: Bulldoze Rocky Mountains. Makes it easier to get to Vancouver anyways. Plus, there are bears in the mountains and bears HATE Canadians.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by llama64

Agenda #1: Bulldoze Rocky Mountains. Makes it easier to get to Vancouver anyways. Plus, there are bears in the mountains and bears HATE Canadians.

Agenda 2: Replace all llama names and references with Alpaca. So much cuter and softer.

[Yasa]

Bring back the Rhino party!

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Llama, I'd be on board with your party if you included plans to bulldoze the rocky mountains as a core principal.

No fat chicks

[northcrunk]

Well a vote for the 'Harper Government' is a vote for the only party in Canadian history to be found in contempt of parliament.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Well a vote for the 'Harper Government' is a vote for the only party in Canadian history to be found in contempt of parliament.

To be fair on this one, it was a contemptible Parliament.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Well a vote for the 'Harper Government' is a vote for the only party in Canadian history to be found in contempt of parliament.

I'm out of funny things to say.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Well a vote for the 'Harper Government' is a vote for the only party in Canadian history to be found in contempt of parliament.

As voted by a committee made up of opposition party members as they're trying to force an election based on ethic.

Quelle surpize

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Well a vote for the 'Harper Government' is a vote for the only party in Canadian history to be found in contempt of parliament.

I guess I could counter with a vote for the Liberal party is a vote for a guy that wants to run Canada yet can't control his own party.

Or a vote for NDP is a vote for a party with no concept of how money works.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I guess I could counter with a vote for the Liberal party is a vote for a guy that wants to run Canada yet can't control his own party.

Or a vote for NDP is a vote for a party with no concept of how money works.

Does Harper have control of his members? I'm pretty sure that any party with MPs making million dollar decisions by inserting the word "not" into a document can be deemed as out of control? Grade 7 kids bringing home report cards to daddy can alter documents better than that travesty!

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

As voted by a committee made up of opposition party members as they're trying to force an election based on ethic.

Quelle surpize

It was actually the house procedure committee who sent a report suggesting they be found in contempt. This is after the ruling by the speaker of the house who ruled there had been a prima facie breach of priveledge.

This is not a petty political issue, it is a big one and taken seriously. The vote is on friday and the majority of the house is going to vote them in contempt. Big deal indeed, if you think democracy is important. A historical first nobody should be proud of.

[SeoulFire]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

It was actually the house procedure committee who sent a report suggesting they be found in contempt. This is after the ruling by the speaker of the house who ruled there had been a prima facie breach of priveledge.

This is not a petty political issue, it is a big one and taken seriously. The vote is on friday and the majority of the house is going to vote them in contempt. Big deal indeed, if you think democracy is important. A historical first nobody should be proud of.

What if you don't? I believe in the theory of democracy but it ends there. I am firmly in belief that democracy is not and will never be effective as long as self-serving people/parties are in-charge. Opposition is rarely about what is good for the country but is simply used to denounce the party in power as a matter of course with the hopes of attaining future power.

What we really need is a benevolent dictator - unfortunately those are just like an altruistic elected official, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus.

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by SebC

The NDP have no idea how an efficient economy works, but the Liberals have been the fiscally responsible party in Canada for the past two decades.

Fiscally responsible? How?

Were you the recipient of one of their many back room Quebec deals? Do you own an ad agency in the sponsorship scandal? Are you a member of a Shawinigan golf course?

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

30 years of hearing that "Tax cuts create broad wealth" had (imo) brainwashed an entire generation - myself included.

It doesn't appear to have turned out this way. I think about tax cuts every time the news story is about the (rapidly) increasing earnings gap between the (uber) rich and the rest of us. Interesting to see that between these changes and the results of deregulation, we may actually have a generation do worse than the previous one.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

Fiscally responsible? How?

Government spending went from 209 billion in 2005/2006 (the last Liberal budget) to 239 billion in 2008/2009 (the last Harper budget pre-recession). 14% increase over 3 years... well beyond inflation.