# The Canadian Election Thread. (Or maybe not...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 21, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419 "2011-03-21T00:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/821 "2011-05-02T00:35:35Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Leaffan** , you’re not allowed to tell other posters to “fuck off” anywhere on the SDMB. This is a formal warning: do this again. Sure, well, I didn’t think that was directed at a specific poster, but OK. I’ve played by the rules for years here. That was a kind of interlude and not a direct retort. I’ll be OK after tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/822 "2011-05-02T00:42:12Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Our resident Canadian secondee has flags all over her desk today (2 May) to mark polling day. Gotta love world time zones. It’s still the first of May here, and the polls won’t open for 13 hours or so in my area. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/823 "2011-05-02T00:45:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ll be OK after tomorrow. I’m sure you’ll have no problem with Jack Layton being the next Prime Minister. Digs aside, I’d like to urge all of you to go vote. I’ve noticed in the thread that many of you have already voted, and those of you who haven’t need to get your rosy red ass off the couch tomorrow and into a polling booth. Just do it! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/824 "2011-05-02T00:45:40Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > So you **want** to ban him, eh? :smack: > [@Leaffan](#): > > Sure, well, I didn’t think that was directed at a specific poster, but OK. I’ve played by the rules for years here. > > That was a kind of interlude and not a direct retort. > > I’ll be OK after tomorrow. That wasn’t clear in your post, since **bashere** specifically had argued that crime was decreasing. In any case it’s better if you avoid that kind of turn or phrase when it might look like you’re talking to or about another poster. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/825 "2011-05-02T00:54:12Z")
If only **Marley23** were Bev Oda, he could just insert the necessary “don’t” and claim he didn’t know where it came from… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/826 "2011-05-02T00:59:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > :smack: > That wasn’t clear in your post, since **bashere** specifically had argued that crime was decreasing. In any case it’s better if you avoid that kind of turn or phrase when it might look like you’re talking to or about another poster. Thanks. ETA: One sleepy to go… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/827 "2011-05-02T01:23:44Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Digs aside, I’d like to urge all of you to go vote. I’ve noticed in the thread that many of you have already voted, and those of you who haven’t need to get your rosy red ass off the couch tomorrow and into a polling booth. Just do it! I plan to vote tomorrow. My neighbour is a scrutineer at the local polling station, and if he doesn’t see me there, he plans to telephone and tell me to get over and vote! Knowing him, I’m worried that he will stop by to remind me to vote while he is on his way to the polling station–at 7:00 a.m.! (Well, I will have the coffee on if he does.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/828 "2011-05-02T01:30:27Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I **plan to vote** tomorrow. My neighbour is a scrutineer at the local polling station, and if he doesn’t see me there, he plans to telephone and tell me to get over and vote! > > Knowing him, I’m worried that he will stop by to remind me to vote while he is on his way to the polling station–at 7:00 a.m.! (Well, I will have the coffee on if he does.) Plan to vote? Poor wording. I know you’ll be out there and I respectfully demand we all do the same. Bon chance pour tout les parties. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/829 "2011-05-02T01:41:59Z")
Vote with your hearts, minds and imaginations, everyone, and may the future bring Canada peace and prosperity. Here’s hoping for a House of Commons filled with the most intelligent, passionate representatives from all the parties. Just as a good choir needs basses, tenors, altos and sopranos, it wouldn’t be Canada if we didn’t have strong people articulating the very different points of view we have all discussed here these last five weeks… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/830 "2011-05-02T01:44:13Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Vote with your hearts, minds and imaginations, everyone, and may the future bring Canada peace and prosperity. Here’s hoping for a House of Commons filled with the most intelligent, passionate representatives from all the parties. Just as a good choir needs basses, tenors, altos and sopranos, it wouldn’t be Canada if we didn’t have strong people articulating the very different points of view we have all discussed here these last five weeks… Well said. Any for a round of: Koo Loo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo!!! Koo Loo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo!!! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/831 "2011-05-02T01:46:10Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Oh baby talk to me about cap and trade for carbon emissions. You want a national what plan? Does that feel good. No, no the Canada health act is a sacred trust. Well Jack Layton and Olivia Chow are married to each other and were both MPs together . . . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/832 "2011-05-02T01:46:59Z")
> [@Le Ministre](#): > > Vote with your hearts, minds and imaginations, everyone, and may the future bring Canada peace and prosperity. Here’s hoping for a House of Commons filled with the most intelligent, passionate representatives from all the parties. Just as a good choir needs basses, tenors, altos and sopranos, it wouldn’t be Canada if we didn’t have strong people articulating the very different points of view we have all discussed here these last five weeks… And God Save the Queen ! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/833 "2011-05-02T01:47:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well said. > > Any for a round of: > Koo Loo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo!!! > Koo Loo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo Koo!!! Aw, [take off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot70G4wSQi0), eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/834 "2011-05-02T01:53:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Aw, [take off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot70G4wSQi0), eh? > > 😃 😛 More in common than not. Take care, mon ami. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/835 "2011-05-02T02:28:08Z")
I’m fortunate, in that the candidates for the three main parties in my riding are all good eggs, and the two that are dukeing it out for the win are acquaintances of mine. Its nice to know that whichever one gets elected, he will do a good job at representing my riding. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/836 "2011-05-02T02:35:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l’au-delà > Aw, take off, eh? > [@Leaffan](#): > > 😛 > > More in common than not. > > Take care, mon ami. Awww, ya bunch of hosers. [awkward man hug](http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2255880875) ETA: Everyone go vote! ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/837 "2011-05-02T02:54:03Z")
Classic Canadian comedy. [Wayne & Shuster - The Musical House of Commons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OwUW5_7N94) I was looking for the skit where they were deciding on best how to market the new house of commons TV broadcasts. Wayne did his best monkey faced expression as he pounded on the desk emulating a politician supporting his party’s line. Pure comedy gold! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/838 "2011-05-02T02:55:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Plan to vote? Poor wording. Good point, and you’re right. How about this: I _will_ vote tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/839 "2011-05-02T03:07:44Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I’m fortunate, in that the candidates for the three main parties in my riding are all good eggs, and the two that are dukeing it out for the win are acquaintances of mine. Its nice to know that whichever one gets elected, he will do a good job at representing my riding. I wish we could say the same here. It looks like the Conservative will get in, but he’s refused to attend all-candidates forums, he’s apparently played up (if not outright falsified) his educational qualifications, and nobody knows what he does for a living. The local paper’s letters page has been mostly “don’t vote for this guy” for the past week. Apparently, he spent much of his time courting Mormon voters in this heavily-Mormon riding; which in a weird way, makes sense, as he is a Mormon. But he completely ignored the rest of us, and seems to want nothing to do with the rest of us or the issues we might raise. And recently, he avoided a “street forum” convened to address the voters that he won’t face. It took place outside his campaign office. His campaign manager condescendingly sent pizza for the participants. The [Youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqzuNwhzmwM), from CTV. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/840 "2011-05-02T03:11:13Z")
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