2015 Federal Election

[salsa]

Just when I was supposed to go to sleep, #HarperAirport started trending on twitter and now I can't stop laughing. Erza Levant started a petition to rename the Calgary airport after Harper. That idea blew up spectacularly and has triggered a tsunami of metaphors of the Harper government.

 

[christiesplits]

I work with a dyed-in-the-whole, card-carrying Grit and even she thinks the media fawning over Trudeau has been over-the-top.

 

[Videodrome]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2301750/w...-chris-alexander-slams-hippy-trippy-liberals/

Chris Alexander is one angry person...

 

[PinkLucy]

Marijuana in the window of EVERY store? So, like, The Bay, Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, Food Basics, Nordstroms .... EVERY store? Cool.

 

[Videodrome]

Go to the LCBO and pick up some pot with your wine!

Has anyone seen Gollum and Chris Alexander in the same room?

 

[salsa]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2301750/w...-chris-alexander-slams-hippy-trippy-liberals/

Chris Alexander is one angry person...

“We’re trying to deal with the real issues that Canadians are facing. And we’ll continue to do that.”

Yeah like what? The niqab?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

“We’re trying to deal with the real issues that Canadians are facing. And we’ll continue to do that.”

Yeah like what? The niqab?

Obviously it was weed in the window of *every* store.

AoD

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/...ird-and-amazing-office-in-parliame#.ikNXvKBzz

This is one NDP incumbent I am sad to see leave. He has a great office!

 

[salsa]

Petition to rename Calgary airport after Harper: 6,451 supporters

Petition to oppose the renaming: 22,086

 

[Tuscani01]

Petition to rename Calgary airport after Harper: 6,451 supporters

Petition to oppose the renaming: 22,086

Petition to rename East Calgary Landfill after Harper: 4,537

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-c...ry-landfill-the-"stephen-j.-harper-landfill"/

 

[salsa]

Petition to rename East Calgary Landfill after Harper: 4,537

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-ca/249/927/546/rename-the-east-calgary-landfill-the-"stephen-j.-harper-landfill"/

What has the landfill done to deserve this?

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/1...arty-sources-say_n_8412874.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

So, a defeated NDP MP in Newfoundland is in talks to run for the PC party in their provincial election...

CBC News Alerts @CBCAlertsJudicial recount in #Edmonton Mill Woods confirms #Liberal Amarjeet Sohi beat #Conservative incumbent #TimUppal in Oct. 19 vote. #cdnpoli

 

[salsa]

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/20...are_AndroidApp_Keep?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Keep

I bet they all attack Trudeau now once he takes office.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...rit-looks-promising/article27060268/comments/

I like the idea as well.

 

[wild goose chase]

What do you guys think about the proposed changing of the "first past the post" system?
Do you think we might have something closer to proportional representation in the near future?