Caesar Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Canadians are going to the polls today to elect a new government. Most people are saying that our current government, the Liberal Party of Canada led by Prime Minister Paul Martin will lose to the Conservative Party. So far this is how the parties currently stand:Conservative Party: 37%Liberal Party: 27%NDP Party: 19%Bloc Quebecois Party: 11%Green Party: 6%My own prediction for the outcome of this election is a Liberal Minority government, because (in my humble opinion) when it comes right down to it Canadians prefer to elect the devil they know, rather than the devil they dont I was browsing through the Elections Canada site, and I found this in the FAQ-"Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?"WTF???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 A little election update- the Liberals seem to be leading right now as the polls begin to close and the numbers are reported. Just as I predicted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Another update- it looks as if my prediction was wrong . Most channels with election coverage have already began saying that a Conservative Party victory is assured.If the Conservatives get in we can see- Pro-American policiesPro-Military policiesPrivate Healthcare SystemRepeal of the Gay Marriage actKing Stephan Harper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Well, its official- there is no way the Liberals can pick up now. Stephen Harper is now the 22 Prime Minister of Canada, ending the 12 year reign of the Liberal Party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I say at least there is a minority I am not pleased by those results, as most values and ideals Tories have I do not share, but, I am at least half-happy because of the minority status. I voted Green Party (as 4% of those who voted), if anyone cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I voted NDP simply because they have traditionally advocated for students like myself I'm glad that we have a minority Con government, since it limits their ability to go crazy with their policies. Even so I have absolutely no faith in Stephen Harper's ability to lead the country. And we will have another election in a year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 While I do have the right to vote until May, I did participate in the student elections at my HS. I voted Liberal, not because I like them but because I dislike both the extreme right wing Conservatives and the extreme left wing NDP. At first I supported the Conservatives, but I do not like their pro-american (well, pro-Bush I should say), pro-war and pro-two tier healthcare policies (beasied the fact that Stephen Harper reminds me of a weasel). Well, at least Conservative power is checked in a minority government and the NDP (I do like their good social values) has many more seats this time than in the last election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Dog Of Doom Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Wow, in canada there arent just 2 parties that are vying for power. That must be really confusing, even two partys (well 3 but the third will never win) its hard to keep track of all the lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 There are dozens of parties, most will never be listed as they never get votes, (including several communist parties), but it depends on where you live in Canada as to what parties are available for you to vote for, although the major parties have a canidate in every area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Here is an overview of the election, with a list of the parties and their respective votes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_fede...lection%2C_2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Interesting... why do you Candians suppose the political ship of the people is changing course after the last 12 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 why do you Candians suppose the political ship of the people is changing course after the last 12 years?Numerous reasons. For starters the Liberal Party was full of corruption- the big highlight of the year being the so-called Sponsorship Scandal in which more than $1 billion was given to Liberal-friendly ad agencies and found its way back to the Liberal Party. We know three things about the sponsorship scandal- Chretien BadMartin CluelessMoney Gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 The Sponsership Scandal gave everyone a bad taste for Liberals and this election was basically about shaking things up. Yet as you can see from the very small minority Conservative government people are not keen on Stephen Harper either. Mainly because they are afraid of his stance on privitization and being buddy-buddy with George Bush. If he had been in power in 2003 Canadian troops would have been in Iraq, which they very well might be anyway.But it won't be long before we have another vote with minority government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I have my own reasons : I am bored with centralizing federalism (and with the Tories, well, I am not pleased by other ideas) and I am bored with the Bloc, always yelling Quebec Quebec Quebec (I live in Quebec) : Canada is not only Quebec, wether you are Regionalist or Centralist, think globally. But, I will probably never find my "panacée", a regionalist party... So, totally bored, I chose the party that holds the ideas closest to my stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 So, totally bored, I chose the party that holds the ideas closest to my stand.As a Green Party supporter I'm sure you are not happy about Stephen Harper's announcment that he may reconsider plans (brought in by the Liberals) for the Kyoto Accord (and reconsidering the decision not to participate in the American Missile defense plan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I'm not a GREAT supporter of the Green Party, but I do fear that project, as I am a Kyoto Accord supporter. Same thing about the ame-misi-defe-plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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