The Canadian Political Thread

[Max]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by screature
	So how about chillaxin by not suggesting that the PM be punched in the face... I guess we all have our differing view points on how to chillax.... here's a nice emoticon just for you Max....

Wow, knock me down with a feather, will ya.

[groovetube]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by GratuitousApplesauce
	Here ya go ...

ha ha that's a great graphic. Have to save that one.

Now chillax y'all.

[mrjimmy]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by screature
	Yeah that's it exactly.... If you can't figure it out for yourself and want to continue to exist in the quagmire then fine stay stuck there....

Here's one for you:

If you want quagmire, check out those attack ads...

I, like many others, don't see the majority as a return to decency. It's simply that the bully finally wore us down and got his own way.

[screature]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by mrjimmy
	Here's one for you: If you want quagmire, check out those attack ads... I, like many others, don't see the majority as a return to decency. It's simply that the bully finally wore us down and got his own way.

I was referring to the quagmire here my friend. But to your point, people were not bullied to vote one way or the other, they didn't have to vote at all even.

[BigDL]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by mrjimmy
	Here's one for you: If you want quagmire, check out those attack ads... I, like many others, don't see the majority as a return to decency. It's simply that the bully finally wore us down and got his own way.

Canadians have finally given Harper the "Hammer."

Trouble is when your only tool is a hammer, suddenly every job starts to look like a nail. May you not be "nailed" during the next for years.

[BigDL]

An interesting article in the Atlantic for the interested folks in the Excited States.

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Atlantic
	America's northern neighbor, longtime poster country for moderation, has just hollowed out its political center and significantly empowered its Conservative prime minister

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Atlantic
	The outcome has left Canadian politics with a right-wing party firmly in control, an invigorated left-wing party savoring historic gains, and a vanishing center in demoralized disarray. Quite a feat for a country that prides itself on moderation and upholding a social democratic example for its neighbors to the south.

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Atlantic
	Ah, but voters sometimes surprise, as Quebeckers did Monday when they turfed the separatist Bloc Quebecois and flocked instead to the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP). When the election was called six weeks ago, the NDP held only one of Quebec's 75 seats in the federal parliament. Now it holds 58 from that province alone, another 44 from the rest of Canada.

Big Election Up North, Eh? Canada Hits the Polls - International - The Atlantic

[i-rui]

well, it didn't take very long for Harper to start reneging on his promises....

Tories back off campaign pledge to show a surplus by 2014-15 - The Globe and Mail

all of those empty promises with the condition of a balanced budget will have to wait....and wait...and wait...

I wonder if people will still be gullible enough to vote for them in the next election when they make the same promises again?

[Macfury]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by i-rui
	well, it didn't take very long for Harper to start reneging on his promises.... Tories back off campaign pledge to show a surplus by 2014-15 - The Globe and Mail all of those empty promises with the condition of a balanced budget will have to wait....and wait...and wait... I wonder if people will still be gullible enough to vote for them in the next election when they make the same promises again?

But:

	Quote:
	“We will do the strategic and operating review and we will book [those savings] once the review is done. That will get us to balance a year earlier, but is not part of the upcoming budget,” Chisholm Pothier, Mr. Flaherty’s spokesperson, said on Wednesday.

[groovetube]

that's a huge (NOT) surprise.

This is a government used to spending and handing out to the rich. Too bad people bought this wait til we balance the budget and we'll get around to you nonsense.

[Vandave]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by groovetube
	that's a huge (NOT) surprise. This is a government used to spending and handing out to the rich. Too bad people bought this wait til we balance the budget and we'll get around to you nonsense.