Canadian Election

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Kel Varnsen wrote:

Actually the population, or at least 44 percent of them don't seem to give a shit either way. If parties (uncluding the Greens and their 7%) want more representation, chase after 44% and find a way to reach and inspire them, rather than going through all the effort to change the system which wouldn't really make much of a difference anyways.

you just dont get it do you

Kel Varnsen

yield6 wrote:

you just dont get it do you

Feel free to explain it to me if you think you do.

Kel Varnsen

doin'the-evolution wrote:

drill baby drill! :rolleyes:

harper only briefly touched on environmental issues because he knew he HAD to ...it was one of the main issues of this election... but hes got no big plans for trying to save anything... i'm sure he's got this 'god made the earth for humans to leech off' bull shit attitude.. of course that's an assumption... but he's given me no inclination that he wants to help the earth....

urgghhh the guy just pisses me off, but i knew he'd get in. at least no majority, so i'm thankful for that.

I think the thing that pissed me off most about the environmental issues of this election was actually the green party. May had a national commercial where she talked about how important the pulp and paper industry was to the economy. Now I agree with this, but you would think that the leader of the green party would recoginize that pulp mills are also some of the biggest polluters in Canada. I was surprised there was no mention of that or at least some sort of qualifier that there has to be a comprimise.

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Kel Varnsen wrote:

I think the thing that pissed me off most about the environmental issues of this election was actually the green party. May had a national commercial where she talked about how important the pulp and paper industry was to the economy. Now I agree with this, but you would think that the leader of the green party would recoginize that pulp mills are also some of the biggest polluters in Canada. I was surprised there was no mention of that or at least some sort of qualifier that there has to be a comprimise.

I didn't see that commercial, nor do I know much about pulp and paper or what the issue and context of the issue was... so it would be unfair for me to say anything on that matter.

One of my biggest problems with Harper having a majority is -though i'm seeing things simplistically- I find Harper to be very stuck in the past and the direction he could take this country would be going in a backwards direction as far as certain political decisions are concerned... What I mean is, this is a guy who is more focused on trying to criminalize marijuana completely and ban same sex marriages because the bible says so, than he is focused on doing something constructive to work on environment issues. We're having a huge salmon crisis on the northwest coast... and because of it a lot of marine life is in critical danger... or the entire problem with the alberta tar sands...

What else makes me question his motives is the fact that he was ashamed Canada didn't go to Iraq... he full on backed W and was disgusted we didn't go. Is that someone who I want with a majority government? He cut 45 million dollars to arts funding, and doesn't acknowledge artists as 'real people'.

So, war mongering culture stifling dolt, arrogantly calling an election to go for majority government? Thats the question I've started to ask about this guy.

And for the record, this was my first time voting... I've never been tied to a political party at all, I never actually took interest. I started researching all the parties without bias - because, I knew nothing about them anyways and never even took interest... What I mean is, I was a fresh slate, and this is the impression that the Conservatives have given me.