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10/17/2008 '08 Election Results RantI voted NDP because the party platform is focussed on the families. Layton said he'd reverse the Universal Child Tax Credit and put the funding into a national childcare program (just like then-PM Paul Martin did before the Tories got in) and put the rest of the money back to the way the Child Tax benefit was before, as well. I was also impressed with his emphasis on funding for more doctors and nurses around Canada (which is badly needed, as emergency rooms around the countries are closing). And last, but not least, he was going to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan. Did you know that more than a hundred Canadian soldiers alone died while on duty? BTW, Harper promised he will pull the troops out in early 2009, and now it's changed to 2011!!! Oy vey, Mr, Harper, just how many times are you gonna change your mind!!!!
As for the Conservative party, one thing I know Harper to be doing, is (for the most part) keeping his word, and showing strong leadership in how he runs his gov't. And I do like the idea of toughening up on crime, and allowing people to own guns. Though I"m opposed to becoming a nation of gun-toters, I admit to wanting to apply for a handgun myself to carry in my purse for protection, since others will be doing it. But hopefully, it won't come to that...
Now the Green Party.....hooooooooooooo BOY!! So this buck-teeth, high-pitched lawyer named Elizabeth May had a candidate in every one of Canada's 308 ridings (and I honestly did think we were going to get at least 1 or 2 MPs since tree-hugging is currently the latest fad these days) not one MP was elected. The only "close" race, if you will, was in our very own Peter MacKay's riding where he won, anyway, and that was right here in Nova Scotia. One of the first thing she wanted to do was get the troops out of Afghanistan (which I totally agreed) and legalize marijuana (ick). What is she, a pot-smoker? Kinda reminiscent of the Marijuana Party, doncha think?
Moving on to the Bloc Party...sheesh, why ARE they a federal party, anyway? If it's only a specific province it's governing, they just keep it as a bloc provincial party. After all, you do have Bill C-250 to protect your culture, guys..........oh, and FYI, Duceppe even admitted he won't be PM of Canada because of his party choice. I do have to admit, the guy's impressive, winning five consecutive elections in a row.
And now the Liberals...Dion's being booted out by his own dearly beloved party...ahhh, nice and politicky, eh! Well, no wonder, he lost so many seats, and too many people in his own ranks were grumbling against him anyway. I really can't comment much on his party platform as I simply could not follow his part of the debate. 10/16/2008 Conservative vs TroopsWe had an election, then another Conservative minority gov't - a nice big fat waste of $250 million of our tax dollars while Harper could have simply let his gov't ride until the end of the 4-year term. Though they did pick up more seats, the Liberals lost 13 seats, but the NDPs went up to 37 seats...w00t!!!
I would like to see our troops pulled out of Afghanistan...I mean we're not really fighting against a political party, we're fighting against radical Islamic theology, which brainwashes otherwise-reasonable people. BTW, why are we in Afghanistan, anyway, I forgot..... |
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