OT: Canadian Federal Election, Jan. 23

Grandpa Kim · #1 December 10th, 2005, 10:56 PM

Frankly I don't trust any of them to keep their promises beyond election day. After all their no. 1 job is to get elected and they'll do what ever it takes to accomplish that.

Some comments on the comments to date:

Thermodyne, it seems to me more rural residents would get out to vote in the dead of winter. Not much else to do. And frankly the weather doesn't stand much chance against even a mildly determined Canadian.

I do agree the party platforms shift with the wind of polls. Do these guys have an opinion of their own?

Hmm, "a party somewhere in the middle". To me that would mean a shift to the right. They are all left wing!

Issues: I have only one. Keep your promises! This, however is a losing strat. The last government to come close to this was the Mulroney government and they were crushed in the following election, and I do mean crushed!

All the other so called issues are merely a matter of degree. IE. how much money should be spent on child care, what minor modifications should we make to the health care system. Details, details! Doesn't anyone have a platform that will give me a real choice?

Captain Kwok · #2 December 10th, 2005, 11:06 PM

I voted Green during the last election, probably will again this time.

I think however it will be another Liberal minority gov't and will be back here again in another couple of years.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 December 11th, 2005, 01:14 AM

Preston Manning had an opinion and look what happened to him.

(Canadian politician that got kicked out of party leadership for 'Not consulting the rest of the party' - Either that or 'Not consulting the rest of the party when proposing a pay cut for MP's for an immediate vote')

Randallw · #4 December 11th, 2005, 01:51 AM

Here in Australia we had an election about this time last year where the opposition lost and a few months later, for health reasons, the opposition leader quit. 6 months after the election he wrote a book basically criticising his own party and pretty much everyone. The opposition foreign spokesman actually came out and said we were lucky they didn't win.