How will CalgaryPuck vote?

[Incogneto]

I will be voting against Rob Anders, and against Harper. Not for anyone.

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by Hakan

Waste management is a municipal thus Provincial jurisdiction, little you can do as a federal MP if the province doesn't want to do anything about it.

Sounds like a great reason why it should be the #1 issue in a Federal election campaign then......

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Hakan

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But really, do you really think the NDP government is the reason why everyone is leaving?

Yes.

Money flows the easiest course. By erecting non-competitive tax structures for both businesses and individuals, the NDP have built a dam around the province and the best and the brightest who can swim to shore are doing so.

Turning those tax dollars into utopian social services certainly isn't attracting the best and brightest now is it?

Why do they keep getting voted in?

Those who are left, get more than they give and there is a gap developing in the age group that would create wealth.

A link that's a little dated and probably slanted - although the stats are likely accurate - but illustrating the point.

http://www.enterstageright.com/archi...rticlecfen.htm

Cowperson

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by Hakan

Are you saying that Sask's fiscal policies are responsible for Alberta sitting on the second largest oil field in the world thus offering far better employment opportunities than building farm equipment and growing wheat?

Don't kid yourself. There's lots of oil in Sask as well... government policies just result in a whole heck of a lot less incentive to go and drill for it.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

Conservative...I see my values leaning more towards them..even though Maritimers were called a "culture of defeat that we have to overcome"..it's time for a change in Ottawa..and it just might be a landslide

Actually, Harper said that Ottawa (read: the Liberals) created a culture of defeat in the Maritimes. He never said anything negative about Maritimers themselves.

[Table 5]

Im in the US, but still have voting rights in Calgary West. I sent my Green ballot in last week....there is no way Im voting for that ###### Anders.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Don't kid yourself. There's lots of oil in Sask as well... government policies just result in a whole heck of a lot less incentive to go and drill for it.

British Columbia as well.

Alberta most certantly is wealthy because of our oil deposits, but we are not remotely close to being the only province that could be so wealthy because of oil. Saskatchewan is just now learning. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are just now getting their chance (now that Ottawa is no longer forcing the "culture of defeat" on them). BC could too, if it so chose.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by TheCommodoreAfro

Not voting, as I live overseas and they never, ever, let us know how we can go about casting a ballot.

dude, what are you expecting them to do? Send a letter to every Canadian living overseas in case they want to vote? Part of your responsibility as a citizen lies in finding out these details on your own. Besides it's right on the website, and it took them 2 days to process my information and send me my ballot...it was lightning quick.

[Flame On]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

Actually, Harper said that Ottawa (read: the Liberals) created a culture of defeat in the Maritimes. He never said anything negative about Maritimers themselves.

Actually:

"There's unfortunately a view of too many people in Atlantic Canada that it's only through government favours that there's going to be economic progress, or that's what you look to …That kind of can't-do attitude is a problem in this country but it's obviously more serious in regions that have had have-not status for a long time." (Toronto Sun, May 31, 2002)

And:

"I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. …Atlantic Canada's culture of defeat will be hard to overcome as long as Atlantic Canada is actually physically trailing the rest of the country." (New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, May 29, 2002)

And:

"There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism," (CBC News, May 30, 2002)

Um rhimes with grin, starts with s.

[Neeper]

I usually do my civic duty and vote, but this time I don't think I will vote. I am for the most part a Liberal. But I don't trust those fools enough to give them my support. Conservatives have a good platform, but their idealogy sucks.

[Bacardi 151]

17 votes for the NDP and 17 for the Green? That seems a little skewed.
As for the Conservatives gaining 60% of the vote at this point seems about right. If not for the fact that they are a stronger party this time around, but for the fact that calgarypuck is dominated by calgarians/albertans and there is no doubt about which way they vote.

Regardless, as a Conservative, it's finally nice to see that they are getting a chance to prove themselves.

[Incinerator]

Originally Posted by Neeper

I usually do my civic duty and vote, but this time I don't think I will vote. I am for the most part a Liberal. But I don't trust those fools enough to give them my support. Conservatives have a good platform, but their idealogy sucks.

Spoil your ballot then

[Eddie Bronze]

Unfortunately, I'm going to vote for a party who I don't necessarily support. I don't want to vote for them, but what can you do? I live in Calgary West where the biggest stiff who ever ran for the Conservatives is in and unlike some, I don't care what party you run for if you are a loser.

[Superfraggle]

Voting green. Jim Prentice (the Conservative in my riding) is the only person I've seen anything from...it's like the others aren't even trying. Unfortunately, I do not favour the Conservatives and, ultimately, the party has more power than the individual. I'm not a fan of the Liberals at the moment either, so my vote is going towards building up another party that will hopefully be able to give them some competition someday.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Incinerator

Spoil your ballot then

Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?
Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act. These rules are part of a system of unobtrusive checks and balances that are intended to protect the integrity of the voting process and Canadians' trust in the integrity of the electoral system

[Incinerator]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?
Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act. These rules are part of a system of unobtrusive checks and balances that are intended to protect the integrity of the voting process and Canadians' trust in the integrity of the electoral system

I didn't say eat it, you can spoil it by voting for more than one person on the ballot. That way you can tell your conscience that you've fulfilled your responsibility as a citizen by showing up at the voting booth while at the same time not really voting for anyone. Although I don't necessarily endorse this practice it's still better than staying home because of apathy.

[Resolute 14]

Flame On: Let the man himself explain his comments:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics...331187-cp.html

"It's the idea that we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't change. I think that's a sad part, a sad reality the traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada."

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Incinerator

I didn't say eat it, you can spoil it

Thats fine, I just wanted to post this. I found it amusing that Elections Canada had an official policy regarding 'eating a ballot'

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

I am going to vote for Diane Ablonsky(sp?) and the Conservatives.

me too

[FurnaceFace]

I'm in Cowtown center. I did NOT vote conservative (advance poll) because I want to send a small message to them, I feel they need to actually pay attention to the constituency. It irks me they seem to have done little or nothing to try and win my vote, they assumed I'd give it to them because I'm a Calgarian. Sorry, you need to work for my vote, the other parties did.

I thought it was my own small protest but it appears others have a similar problem at least out west. Don't think it'll matter, the city will go blue along with almost all of the province. I'm just hoping to make them sweat a little more than last time.