Canada vote 2011
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- i_monk0
NDP behind Tories by just 3 points!
- amazing********
- Fingers crossed ...Continuity
- Anything is possible if people show up on election day.Pedrofski
- With any luck, the record turn-out from the advanced polls tell the story of 2 May.Continuity
- amazing
- Tungsten0
the mans a genious...
- Ironic spelling of genius is genius.i_monk
- That's back when he bothered to pretend being human.i_monk
- Primitive human gadgets... on my planet.... um er...ETM
- love how he put the back of the FLASH to his eye, not the camera....vaxorcist
- Obviously he's just goofing around. Anyone who has seen the back of one of these knows you couldn't make that mistake.********
- goofy too... but he's probably never picked one up before too....vaxorcist
- aldebaran0
Holly shit.
- holly, you know, to kiss under********
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This is maintenance mode, now, Jack. Don't fuck this up.Continuity
- holly, you know, to kiss under
- Continuity0
If I had to guess, it's because the BQ and PQ actually don't have a plan, on the wild off-chance sovereignty ever happened. They'd be left standing there trying to figure out what to do, and any Quebecker with a live brain cell knows this.
- Also, the NDP are idealogically well-suited for Quebec.Continuity
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- Pedrofski0
What is Ontario and Alberta's motivation for going Conservative so strongly is what I want to know. Why support lies, corruption and record, wasteful spending?
- Ideology has a lot to do with it.Continuity
- or is it just the "fuck you" factor?vaxorcist
- The idea that citizens who peacefully protest in the streets should be arrested en masse is the ideology of totalitarianism. So that can't be it.Pedrofski
- I think it might be more about ignorance and the distortions of the media. But things are changing...Pedrofski
- Both Alberta and Ontario are business hubs and Conservative thinking is good for big business.ETM
- Toronto and Calgary are #1 and #2 for head office locations. Montreal is #3 I believe.ETM
- aldebaran0
^The Conservative Party was born out of the Reform/Alliance Party who's roots are in rural Alberta/B.C./Sask. Rednecks love them. Plus they have an underlying support from religious/church folk.
As for Ontario I think they originally started voting for the Tories to punish the Liberals with full intention of returning to the party once they recovered from the Sponsorship scandal... which they never did.
- _niko0
I predict that Layton's going to win by a mustache!
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- Wow. That makes Steve look like a heroin-dealing Jakob Nielsen!Continuity
- ...and Chad look like a nice fellow.********
- amazing********
- an endorsement from nickel back.... how fitting...aldebaran
- As if we didn't have enough reasons to hate Nickelback. Or Harper.Continuity
- nickelback sucks dinosaur ass, but the clothes on both are even worse....vaxorcist
- Suck in that gut Harper.ETM
- spot130
As much as everyone likes Layton (I think he's a strong leader even though I'm against socialism) he's still screwed because they don't have candidates in every riding and most of their candidates outside the major cities are very weak. So, even if the polls say Layton will be PM, in reality it won't happen. If Layton could run in every riding he'd have a chance.
- ETM0
Expanding on previous comments about why Alberta and Ontario are such strong Conservative supporters, I think also has to do with business and industry. Toronto is #1 for head offices in Canada and Calgary overtook Montreal for #2 a few years ago. Conservatives have always been friends of big business and I think that contributes heavily to support in these provinces as well.
- Conservatives defend oil. Alberta is all about oil. The Libs stole the oil money in the 80s, they're fucked forever.zarkonite
- Julesvm0
at least it's getting interesting...
- i_monk0
ETM – Toronto votes almost exclusively Liberal and NDP; it's the suburbs and rural parts of the province that mostly (but not entirely) vote Tory.
- aldebaran0
The Reform Party was formed out of protest to the Progressive Conservatives lack of attention to the Western Provinces. It was supposed to an option for Conservative voters who felt that Brian Brian Mulroney wasn't doing enough for the west and that the Liberals short changed Alberta with the National Energy Program.
- aldebaran0
When the 'right united' Reform MP's were in a much stronger position in the party then the few PC members from the east, hence the western slant of todays Conservative party.
- i_monk0
When Harper fails to secure a majority (again), I'd like to see the Progressive remnants take back the Con party and vote in a leader who isn't a woman-hating Young Earth Creationist who wants to deregulate banks and support dictators overseas.
- aldebaran0
Harper is done. If he doesn't win a majority the knives will be out and there's no way he will make it past the next party leadership convention.
IMHO there's nothing inherently wrong fiscal conservatism. It has it's place and advantages for some people. Where the party suffers is in it's social conservative policies. If you're going to form a majority in Canada you need to be much more open minded.
- aldebaran0
Harper is done. If he doesn't win a majority the knives will be out and there's no way he will make it past the next party leadership convention.
IMHO there's nothing inherently wrong fiscal conservatism. It has it's place and advantages for some people. Where the party suffers is in it's social conservative policies. If you're going to form a majority in Canada you need to be much more open minded.
