Canadian Election called for October 14

[miss.myra]

I really wonder if Canadians will care as much about their own election as they do about the one happening in the USA.

Is it me or does Harper have a knack for calling elections when the country is completely unprepared and otherwise disinterested in having one?

article here:

globeandmail.com: Election called for Oct. 14

[The R]

who the fuck are the candidates?

the only thing ive seen are harper ads

[wishbone]

Interested or not, I encourage everyone to read up on the campaign platforms and vote based on what your mind and your gut tell you. Since the last election, I think the majority of FNKers by age are at a point where politics actually affect their lives and future directions...so get involved this time even if it's your first chance :)

//wishbone
//probably voting for a different party than you

[gnosis]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Is it me or does Harper have a knack for calling elections when the country is completely unprepared and otherwise disinterested in having one?

Not the first time it's happened.

One thing of note: Canadian elections are truly free-balloting.

My mom was once Deputy Returning Officer (DRO) for the Brampton/Georgetown riding (for a few years, the largest in Canada) in Ont.

I've worked elections since 18, Federal and Provincial.
From creating Qualified Voters Lists to Poll Supervisor (the guy who's running things in the gym at the school you go to vote w/ about 8 - 12 polling stations)

The candidate Scrutineers are bitches, but, ultimately, every election I've been a part of (yeah, only one Provincial, BC) it has been honest and fair. (ie: legal)

Frosty
(doesn't question the system, but, the voters' heads...)

[mapleleaf4ever]

Will be voting like I do every time there's an Election.

There's a Nunavut election too coming up if I heard correctly too...

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Will be voting like I do every time there's an Election.

There's a Nunavut election too coming up if I heard correctly too...

Eskimo Pete or Eskimo Joe...tough choice :p

edit:

Pete promises 8 less days of winter, he gets my vote.

[gnosis]

^RUDEBWOI!

Frosty
(itchin' to X )

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by wishbone

Eskimo Pete or Eskimo Joe...tough choice :p

edit:

Pete promises 8 less days of winter, he gets my vote.

lol Naw, I'll just pick the one with the longest name that has the most Q's in it.

[decypher]

Harper the hypocrite. Whatever happened to him supporting fixed election dates? Anyone else getting these lol flyers from the conservatives. I especially like the one with the needle in the playground that reads "Safe?" Maybe if his party supported safe injection sites there might be one less needle off the street?

I read another globe article that suggested Harper's conservatives want to call an election now before the economy really feels the brunt of the worlds woes so they can toot Harper as the "manager" of the economy through rough times before he's blamed for the coming downturn.

I'll be following both the US and Canadian elections per usual. Looks like it will be an interesting fall/winter forreals.

[miss.myra]

What Harper loves to do is force a country that doesn't want an election into one, and that is exactly what he did last time.

I mean come on, putting an election the day after a holiday weekend is just stupid, but again not surprising.

totally agree w/ wishbone though, as apathetic as everyone would like to be we should all be voting.

[GSG9]

still rootin on cons, primarily due to the condition of world diplomacy right now, and as a person about to join the CF, i feel alot more comfortable having harper as my boss than having jack layton, the western version of fucking stalin run shit.

i just dont feel safe having the ndp or liberals in power when national security could be at risk in the coming years or even months.

[decypher]

^ you sound like a McCain speech writer...

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by GSG9

still rootin on cons, primarily due to the condition of world diplomacy right now, and as a person about to join the CF, i feel alot more comfortable having harper as my boss than having jack layton, the western version of fucking stalin run shit.

i just dont feel safe having the ndp or liberals in power when national security could be at risk in the coming years or even months.

This ignorant argument might have gotten support seven years ago, but at this point looks just plain stupid.

He doesn't have as good of a track record as you would think, he's just better at ignoring the problems (IE- Afgan torture problem)

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Is it me or does Harper have a knack for calling elections when the country is completely unprepared and otherwise disinterested in having one?

he sure dose, perfect timing. best way for him to win.

it seems the gen.pop is still on the tax-cut-strong-dollar sugar high while at the same time being BLASTED with American election coverage and media.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by GSG9

still rootin on cons, primarily due to the condition of world diplomacy right now, and as a person about to join the CF, i feel alot more comfortable having harper as my boss than having jack layton, the western version of fucking stalin run shit.

i just dont feel safe having the ndp or liberals in power when national security could be at risk in the coming years or even months.

that's awesome, you're totally brainwashed.

(and by the likes of people like stockwell day. i feel sorry for you :P)

[rawb]

CONS ARE DICKS
LIBERALS DIDN'T GET FUCKED OVER ENOUGH LAST ELECTION TO NOT STILL BE CORRUPT ASSHOLES
NDP IS BASICALLY THE UNICORNS + UNIONS PARTY l

[Alex]

Not saying I particularly like our conservative Government, but if harper doesn't win(meaning either Dion or Layton does *shudders*) I'll be waiting for news on the US election(if McCain wins I'll be looking in to moving down their.. if that dumb f*** Obama wins... I'll be researching other countries. lol)

[rawb]

TROLL OF THE YEAR ^^ l

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by rawb

CONS ARE DICKS
LIBERALS DIDN'T GET FUCKED OVER ENOUGH LAST ELECTION TO NOT STILL BE CORRUPT ASSHOLES
NDP IS BASICALLY THE UNICORNS + UNIONS PARTY l

unicorns aint never stoled my TV, they ok by me.

tho im not sure if they exist, my learning aint too good.


/level of political discourse in this thread.

[rawb]

dude just let me hate on the NDP i only get to do it every 3-4 years and its all i have left

[ebbomega]

For the love of his holy noodliness, people. Take a lesson from the David Emerson debacle and vote for representatives, not leaders.

Go to your all candidate's debates and decide who would be the best rep for your voice in parliament. I know a lot of people don't think backbenchers or minority opposition members don't make a difference in parliament, but given that our last two governments have been minority ones it doesn't take that much to realize just how untrue that notion really is.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

For the love of his holy noodliness, people. Take a lesson from the David Emerson debacle and vote for representatives, not leaders.

Go to your all candidate's debates and decide who would be the best rep for your voice in parliament. I know a lot of people don't think backbenchers or minority opposition members don't make a difference in parliament, but given that our last two governments have been minority ones it doesn't take that much to realize just how untrue that notion really is.

Agreed. It's important to realize that our system is VERY different from the American one. Which is a point a lot of people miss when they vote for a party first.

[rustybob]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

For the love of his holy noodliness, people. Take a lesson from the David Emerson debacle and vote for representatives, not leaders.

Go to your all candidate's debates and decide who would be the best rep for your voice in parliament. I know a lot of people don't think backbenchers or minority opposition members don't make a difference in parliament, but given that our last two governments have been minority ones it doesn't take that much to realize just how untrue that notion really is.

This is exactly what I've done the last two elections. In my home town, the Conservative candidate was useless, the Liberal candidate all but walked around and said "I"m native, vote for me", but the NDP candidate was open honest and was more than willing to speak with me in spite of the fact I told him right off the bat "I hate the NDP". Instead of being pissed off about that, he wanted to speak about the issues that lead to that comment. He ended up winning our riding, and he ended up getting a government award for best new representative or something.

Last election, even in spite of my despise for the Liberals, I voted for David Emerson because he was the lesser evil between the useless NDP candidate and the Conservative candidate who just said "vote for me" if you tried to ask him something. As much as I wanted to vote Conservative, I just couldn't waste my vote on a tool like that guy. In the end, Emerson just to the Conservatives anyways, so it all worked out for me in the end.

[mikey]

canada's gonna be fucked after this election

[SEAN!]

honestly im undecided. probably gonna end up voting liberal, im feeling this green shift. man we need to reduce corporate and personal income taxes but we also need man up on our education system and the Canadian Forces so we can protect what we have. and the cons with that stupid bullshit about insight and locking fiends up, we've done that for the last 80 years and it hasnt solved anything. my main beef with them is their not willing to try anything to see if it works, we cant keep doing the same things and expect a different result.


as for the ndp, like rawb said, i'm not down with unicorns. those dudes are competing on george bush's level of the incompetence olympics.


id actually vote for the greens if they had a snowball's chance in hell.