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- dog_opus0
I love Harper. Closest thing you goofballs have seen to a centrist since WWII.
- says a Conservative ;)Jaline
- Canada has you and hockey, Jaline (and some great next door neighbors), so it's not all bad!dog_opus
- We have dogs up here too. Don't you like dogs?Tungsten
- It's a good place.Jaline
- or a vampire
Kesse - You guys understand that I'm being facetious, right? I've always loved Canada (f not the govt.). Most of us do down here.
dog_opus
- ukit0
- sikma0
They don't want an election - we just had one. They want power and Harper has given them a reason to grab it. Some would say he has forced them to do it.
- benfal990
now you understand why iam a separatist :)
- shhhhJaline
- ben really? i'm now officially a quebecer. (if you havent noticed how much i've been making fun of that on facebook)Fanco
- didnt see that :P
but yeah, i am really a separatist and whats happening now is nourishing this envybenfal99 - shut it, you!
:PJaline - i like you Jaline, even if you're from Ottawa. Dont worry ;-)benfal99
- i_monk0
Harper is a moron. Quebec separation isn't on the table; it's not popular in Quebec anymore, and the Bloc won't be in a position to push it forward in the coalition.
Well I guess Harper isn't a moron, he just thinks everyone else is and wants to distract everyone with lies.
- separation is more popular than it seems. I can tell you.benfal99
- benfal990
*sigh
- Fanco0
during harper's previous government he made almost every issue a non-confidence vote. (meaninig if shot down, elections are automatically declared) and because the liberals were unorganised they were pretty much forced to vote in favour.
this is a shady political tactic to pretty much do what you want while in a minority government.
and then harper blamed the liberals and the minority for the government being inneficiant and calls an election by himself out of the blue. (read: wants a majority) but because of the genius of the electoral system and the voters themselves, they refused to give this intelligent man full power with a majority.... again.
so harper tries the same tactic again. try to do what he wants. make it extremely right winged so the opposition parties cry fowl. he points at them and says : "see! they slow the process down" and then cuts back on the harcore right wing stuff he knew wouldnt pass to get what he really wanted to go through. but this time the opposition party said enough. screw you and your 80s hair cut.
(i havent had coffee yet so i might of rambled a bit there... and too tired to check my spelling)
- t_rock0
Perhaps Harper shouldn't have been so arrogant to try and push through a bill with a tentative hold on power that would make it harder for the minority parties to fundraise at a level in order to compete with the PCs.
- Kesse0
I look forward to what will happen in the next few days, on december 8 it is opposition day at the parlement
- ETM0
The bill came at a bad time... but honestly, I don't feel that tax payers should 'subsidize' parties. But yes, it's easy for them to say that now that they are in power.
- KwesiJ0
30 billion 'stimulus' sounds like 30 billion for corporate friends to adminster
- ross0
You cut arts funding, you are i my bad books.
He is a rat and im happy to see him go.
- moth0
Pfft.
Couldn't the three of you start a yahoo group?
- Jaline0
^
"We need one more historic press conference attended by two political enemies. A joint press conference between Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion.
A historic event where they both apologise to their country and their parties, in that order, and then they resign immediately – no questions please.
Because quite frankly they deserve one another and Canada deserves better."
yes
- ETM0