Canadian Politics

1ThoughtKnown said:

Recession?
The average person wouldn't be able to tell if the economy shrunk .5% or grew .5%
As a matter of fact, the average person's basic understanding of economics is horrible, which makes it an election issue (when it isn't an issue at all)
Do you know how little a .5% deflation in the economy matters in a 1.9 Trillion dollar economy?

I see someone has been drinking the Harper cool-aid

It's an issue because Harper has tried to make it his #1 issue.He wants to run his whole campaign on the economy. Regardless of a positive or negative .5%......is that anything to be proud of? Something to point to as a strength? If you think it is you're an easy man to please. At the same time the US GDP in the second quarter grew by 3.7%

I may not be good at math.....or an economics professor......but those numbers don't look that great.

http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/5-things-to-know-about-the-economy-this-week-8-28-2015/2

dignin said:

show previous quotes

1ThoughtKnown said:

Recession?
The average person wouldn't be able to tell if the economy shrunk .5% or grew .5%
As a matter of fact, the average person's basic understanding of economics is horrible, which makes it an election issue (when it isn't an issue at all)
Do you know how little a .5% deflation in the economy matters in a 1.9 Trillion dollar economy?

I see someone has been drinking the Harper cool-aid

It's an issue because Harper has tried to make it his #1 issue.He wants to run his whole campaign on the economy. Regardless of a positive or negative .5%......is that anything to be proud of? Something to point to as a strength? If you think it is you're an easy man to please. At the same time the US GDP in the second quarter grew by 3.7%

I may not be good at math.....or an economics professor......but those numbers don't look that great.

http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/5-things-to-know-about-the-economy-this-week-8-28-2015/2

I'm not drinking anything, except the gin and soda on my nightstand
Listen, Harper is making it an issue, Trudeau is making it an issue, Mulcair is making it an issue.
The government is a steward of the economy, they get too much credit when it is going well, and too much blame when it isn't.
They want growth around 2.5 percent, its sustainable. It the U.S. Kept growing at 3.7 percent, they would up the interest rates to slow it down.
People are getting sucked into a non-issue. It's POLITICS and most of the sheep of Canada "drink the koolaid" you are talking about

Good government keeps corporate tax reasonable, so they hire people to pay taxes (keep in mind the taxes an employee pay come from a corporation) to run the country. Everyone pays.

This little boy`s family had tried to come to Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syria-migrants-canada-drowned-migrants-1.3213772

And now it looks like there might be some fallout for Chris Alexander because of this.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-alexander-refugee-crisis-1.3213869

New Democrat Fin Donnelly, acting in his capacity as MP, said he brought the B.C. family's case to Alexander's attention earlier this year. It was later rejected

During a Wednesday panel appearance on CBC News Network's Power & Politics, he defended the Harper government's response to the Syrian refugee crisis, and said the media had failed to "put it in the headlines where it deserves to be."

Well, it looks like Alexander is getting what he wants.....

http://cjpme.nationbuilder.com/petition_alexander?utm_campaign=em_2015_09_04&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cjpme

I've reached out to the Libertarian Party.
Looked at their platform online, seems interesting.

The part where they want to move the Bank of Canada responsibility away from the government is disturbing (although depending how deep you want to look into it, the Bank of Canada might not be a government institution, if you don't believe me do your own research)

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/jerry-bance-marketplace-1.3217797

oftenreading said:

Riding and driving around Victoria and all the associated municipalities, I'm struck by what I'm seeing in terms of election signs. Green Party/Elizabeth May signs are everywhere - no joke, they're just about in every block, on personal property. There are a smattering of Liberal signs. Haven't seen a single NDP sign yet. Until today hadn't seen a Conservative sign either, but today one popped up - on a road median, not in a yard, meaning it was just put there by the party. I know I'm in May's riding and having the party leader in your riding always generates a bit of buzz, even with a small party, but this is really noticeable. What are others seeing in their areas?

I've seen only one sign in my riding here in Calgary, a CON sign. I guess it's just a foregone conclusion that they will win here so the parties are throwing their money at battle riding's in BC and Ontario.