OT: A Nuclear North Korea

[Renegade 13]

dogscoff said:

Lol! You americans wouldn't know a lefty if it jumped up and nationalised your public services! To you guys a 'lefty' is someone who suggests that just maybe, sometimes, in some extreme theoretical circumstances, it might be reasonable to suggest that perhaps government money might legitimately be used to assist sick people who can't afford to see a doctor. Anyone further left than that is a rabid communist and should be shot.

In that case, I guess we (Canadians) must be slobbering, filthy commies After all, we have that most evil of evils, universal public health care I'm damn happy we do too, or else my appendectomy would have cost a ****load of money, and my grandpa's knee replacement (2nd, actually, after the first was botched...) wouldn't have been affordable, and hence he'd be in a wheelchair. But I digress.

I wonder how Canada's democratic system corresponds to that of the US and Britain. Let's see...

Our New Democratic Party would probably correspond to whoever is leftist in Britain and the US, and I'm damn glad they haven't been in power for decades. Scary bunch they are.

The Liberals would (probably) correspond to whoever is "middle of the line" in the US and Britain, though they got somewhat humbled in the last election.

The Conservatives aren't really right wing, they're closer to the center, though further right than the other two major parties.

Forget about the Bloc, only the Quebecois vote for them