Eug
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Heheh, you know you're right wing when... Even Stephen Harper's (abortion) policies are to the left of you...
Hmmm... In Scarborough Southwest as of 10:10 pm the riding is exactly tied Conservative and NDP.Yeah, I didn't bother mentioning that because regardless of who he was (unless he was some sort of star), I wouldn't vote Conservative anyway. However, your point is appropriate because regardless of his party affiliation, I likely would not have voted for him. His actions in order to run for this election have not passed the smell test.
BTW, I find this this whole Peter Kent vs. Harper vs. Paranchothy brouhaha rather amusing.
I guess Brandon was right after all, at least for those of us who do not live in Toronto's inner city, Scarborough, Jane-Finch, Malton, or Bramalea.
By shifting to the left, the Liberals yielded the centre to the Conserative. This guaranteed a Conservative majority. Leftist Liberals defected to the NDP.
The NDP rally was about destroying the Bloc, and personally I think that's a big win for Canada.But the NDP rally was more about destroying the Liberal party than it was for positive change for Canada
I guess Brandon was right after all, at least for those of us who do not live in Toronto's inner city, Scarborough, Jane-Finch, Malton, or Bramalea.
why would leftist liberals defect to the ndp if the liberals shifted to the left? wouldn't leftist liberals stay with their party if it shifted to the left?
do you mean because the liberals lost the centre vote because of their left shift, this hurt their chances so leftist liberals went with the ndp because the ndp had a greater chance of winning than the liberals?
IMO, the relentless attack ads on iggy played a huge role in this election. they probably reached the most people than debates & news articles.
I guess Brandon was right after all, at least for those of us who do not live in Toronto's inner city, Scarborough, Jane-Finch, Malton, or Bramalea.
The NDP rally was about destroying the Bloc, and personally I think that's a big win for Canada.
And aside from some vote splitting, the Liberals destroyed themselves.
The NDP rally was about destroying the Bloc, and personally I think that's a big win for Canada.
And aside from some vote splitting, the Liberals destroyed themselves.
What was really destroyed last night were my chances for coming to Canada. The Conservatives have limited immigration significantly, but have used new category titles to cover it up and look like they are expanding it.
For the record, in the last US election I voted a straight Green ticket here in both federal and state offices in 2010. I don't buy into the traditional US concept of governance and only two choices ...
...when those choices haven't delivered on key issues like true universal health care and gay rights (among many, many other issues), which is a small part of what I want to move (more of it is the urban culture and the amount of affordable condo life in Toronto). I support the Liberals largely because they've delivered on the goods in the past. Canada has a universal health system, Canada has made choices like staying out of Iraq, Canada has a lot of things that other nations do not because of the Liberal party... The NDP has formed provincial governments in the past, and most of those governments demonstrate leadership that isn't very different from the Liberal party. The Liberal party has moved to the right recently with Ignatieff, it had moved to the left with Dion on the Green Shift. So the Liberals tried two different radically different campaigns and lost them both, worst with the turn to the right with Ignatieff.