59% of whoever was polled dislike the cheating dishonest Conservatives. There’s hope for my country yet. Not my province, though. Alberta should just import some guns and some armadillos and call itself “L’il Texas” officially.
That’s about it, malthus. I hate all the corrupt shit that the Conservatives seem to be doing (I say “seem” because it’s awfully convenient timing for all of this to be coming out at this exact moment), but I am afraid that a Liberal government will ruin us as a country. I’m not alone in thinking that Liberals in power will mean NEP II: Electric Boogaloo and that will be a Very Bad Thing for all of us, not just people in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
I don’t think you understood the Globe article you claim to be so wrong. They’re taking about having an edge in the context of an election, in the ability to win votes.
They weren’t saying which side was actually more ethical.
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Accusing people who disagree with you of being somehow less Canadian than you are is not an admirable approach to political discourse.
I am sick of the irrational fear of another National Energy Program. It is as if the province is afraid the ghost of Pierre Elliott Trudeau is going to rise from the grave & steal all the oil & take all their jobs away.
Perhaps nobody here has noticed that more than just Alberta has oil now, there is oil in B.C. and Saskatchewan now.
Also it seems that they have no clue that the west has far more power than it did in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Even if the NDP got in power, there is no way an NEP like program would be put in place.
It is a strawman being promoted by the far right to scare people here into voting Tory.
'To wear a shirt that’s relatively clean
You needn’t even launder off the dirt
If you have two shirts to choose between
And always change into the cleaner shirt."
- Piet Hein, “A Grook with nothing whatsoever to do with the two party system.”
Here’s hoping there will be some good points raised at the debates over the next two nights.
Heh, brilliant aphorism. Very appropriate. 
Jack Layton wants to eliminate $2 billion in subsidies for oilsands.
A look at some opinions on cap-and-trade policies.
Then there’s the whole idea that natural resources are supposed to be the jurisdiction of the provinces, not the federal government.
I would dearly love to see the oil and gas industries properly regulated and large efforts put into making them more environmentally sound, but putting a large, federal government boot on the neck of the oil and gas industry is not the solution.
I’m watching/listening to the debate on www.cbc.ca and they’re occasionally popping up a survery question. Can’t they tell I’m not in Canada, and won’t be able to vote? I’m answering anyway. 
For those of you who have a better view on TV, is Harper wearing a Canadian flag lapel pin?
Are they asking for your postal code? Just use H0H 0H0.
No, they’re not. I’d just go dig up my old one in Ottawa.
Duceppe’s suit looks horrible. He’s asking decent questions, though.
Come to think of it, that’s what I did for the political compass thing. There must be a cookie remembering it.
Crap. I had it in my head the debate started at 8 and I missed 45 minutes of it.
Hah. I’m missing The Simpsons for it!
You missed 45 minutes of Layton just flat out kicking ass, by the way. 
Harper has just pissed me off.
It is not valid for a coalition to take the government if no party in that coalition has won the most seats. Duceppe: “You’re full of something!”
Canada’s government depends on winning the confidence of the House.
The immigration debate is surreal. Since when did we stop letting people immigrate? 2010 saw the highest level of immigration into Canada in my lifetime.
Jack Layton - not just tonight, but repeatedly throughout the campaign - keeps making promises that the federal government will do things that are provincial responsibilities. It’s funny that there’s so much talk about Constitutional issues when it comes to Parliament, buit evidently not when it comes to the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments.
Oh, and four people’s too many.
I agree, but I don’t see how it can be avoided as things stand now. (Layton’s support of proportional representation would make things even worse.)
Easy. Tell Duceppe he can’t join the party unless he runs candidates in every riding in the country. 
You must not be the only one. The video has just flat out died on me in the last 20 minutes. Audio is OK, thankfully.