05-02-2011, 09:13 PM
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#3921
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Ignatieff goes from "He didn't come back for you" to "Why the #### did I come back?"
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05-02-2011, 09:13 PM
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#3922
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Is he wrong?
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Although Rae would say otherwise, the Liberal party is much closer to the Cons than the NDP
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05-02-2011, 09:13 PM
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#3923
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Is he wrong?
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Wait...I thought the Liberals were the centrist party in Canada now?
now that they lose...they are left?
The CPC is now the center party in canada.
Last edited by transplant99; 05-02-2011 at 09:17 PM.
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05-02-2011, 09:13 PM
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#3924
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Mel
Conrad Black comes to mind.
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CBC's Amanda Lang got an email from Black 10 mins ago, and he said this was a move to a 2 party system, which was great for Canada. Also said he was glad to see the Bloc torn apart. Didn't sound like a Liberal Candidate though in waiting.
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05-02-2011, 09:14 PM
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#3925
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Our democracy existed just fine for over 140 years without the subsidy. It will exist fine for the next 140. It's not up to the tax payers to fund parties. It is up to supporters. Go donate to your party of choice.
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it's great for people who can afford to donate to political parties - if you can't you're SOL
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05-02-2011, 09:14 PM
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#3926
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
Ignatieff about to cry
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fixed
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05-02-2011, 09:14 PM
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#3927
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
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Yes he's wrong. Liberal Party is still a big one which is just falling on bad times. No WAY they merge with the NDP and become the NDP.
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05-02-2011, 09:14 PM
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#3928
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
I wish that were true.
The Copyright bill will likely pass, as will the scraping of the gun registry and fun useless tax cuts for corporations. Health care will likely get cut as well.
Not to mention spending billions on jets that probably won't be necessary by the time we'd get them.
I'm hoping that all those things don't come true, but I think we all know that they will.
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If that's all that happens then what exactly are you worried about?
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05-02-2011, 09:14 PM
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#3929
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Peterborough, ON
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Bob Rae basically saying that there should be talk of uniting the left because they have 60% of the vote, while the CPC have only 40%. STFU Rae.
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The funny thing is Rae is a Bay Street lawyer that may have been an NDP and a Liberal but he wears blue underwear.
The man is simply an opportunist.
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05-02-2011, 09:15 PM
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#3930
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If that's all that happens then what exactly are you worried about?
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That some conservatives are going to show up at his door with unregistered guns pointed at him.
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05-02-2011, 09:16 PM
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#3931
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty81
it's great for people who can afford to donate to political parties - if you can't you're SOL
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What?
you can donate whatever you can afford. 10 bucks, 100 bucks whatever.
How do you think Obama built his warchest that decimated the GOP?
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05-02-2011, 09:16 PM
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#3932
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
That some conservatives are going to show up at his door with unregistered guns pointed at him.
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Ahh I see. 
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05-02-2011, 09:16 PM
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#3933
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Same
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You guys are funny... Can't talk now though, have to go buy me some guns, and an ankle chain for Mrs. Impaler. And I can finally put my giant Jebus on the Cross sculpture on the front lawn. Yeeeeeeeeehhhhhaaaahhh!
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3934
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rubicant
If you want nothing but minority governments, go ahead and switch to proportional representation instead of first past the post.
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I believe the majority of the democracies in the world right now are proportional representation systems. Minority gov'ts can get things accomplished and compromise is not a bad thing IMO. Majorities are a lot scarier than minorities.
PR is the way to go IMO. First past the post is a broken system that promotes 2 large parties. The Conservatives will now have a majority without securing the majority of votes. They have around 40% of the popular vote. How does that make any sense?
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3935
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Moscow, ID
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
What?
you can donate whatever you can afford. 10 bucks, 100 bucks whatever.
How do you think Obama built his warchest that decimated the GOP?
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Goldman Sachs?
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3936
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Forget all the fear mongering from Conservative supporters on the right, and the same from NDP supporters on the left... and let's all rejoice in the debacle of epic purportions by Gilles Duceeppe and the Bloc.
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I agree with this, however, the Conservatives had 2 seats in 1992. Weeds never go away, they come back eventually if you are lazy and incompetent enough.
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3937
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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"We tried to run a different type of campaign."
Mission accomplished, Michael. The Liberals have never had a campaign like this before.
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3938
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
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Ya absolutely.
More Liberals would go Conservative than NDP. You can't just add up the seats and say a merger means flipping the majority the other way, or even a minority.
NDP is an extremest party and that will be on stage for everyone over the next few years. If the Liberal party broke up, that would probably just make the majority stronger.
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05-02-2011, 09:17 PM
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#3939
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty81
it's great for people who can afford to donate to political parties - if you can't you're SOL
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But a vast number of Albertans can afford to - a way higher percentage than the rest of Canada. Therefore it is good policy.
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05-02-2011, 09:18 PM
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#3940
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Peterborough, ON
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
I believe the majority of the democracies in the world right now are proportional representation systems. Minority gov'ts can get things accomplished and compromise is not a bad thing IMO. Majorities are a lot scarier than minorities.
PR is the way to go IMO. First past the post is a broken system that promotes 2 large parties. The Conservatives will now have a majority without securing the majority of votes. They have around 40% of the popular vote. How does that make any sense?
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There are so many parties in Canada that 40% of the popular vote is pretty large.
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