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Canadian election

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clova
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Does anyone else this great country will get fucked over if steven harper becomes prime minister?
Jan 20 2006 11:28PM
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nickmcnutt
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harpers gonna lower taxes, and hes the lesser of two evils
Jan 23 2006 3:53PM
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skisebski
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to tell with the libs, the consev. and the bloc. NDP all the way though i know they wont win.
Jan 23 2006 3:55PM
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KRASHED
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we should take a tally everytime someone says they are gonna lower taxes. The problem is 1. If you look at previous governments who promised tax cuts it rarely came..and 2. If a tax cut does come it usually results in another type of tax increase because they have to find that money somewhere else. A clean tax cut with no reprocussions rarely happens.
Jan 23 2006 3:56PM
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freestyler540
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Your right, but I must add that tax cut is issued when the economy is in huge surplus or huge growth.
We don't have either. Also, if Harper cuts the GST, he will raise income tax. That income tax is pension, and all that other crap deducted on your pay check.
I not quite sure but I believe that the Tories exploded the GST.
Jan 23 2006 4:04PM
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dbstar
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it worries me that people like you are the future of canada
Jan 23 2006 4:22PM
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KRASHED
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Why does he worry you? Because he has an opinion on the underdog (3rd Choice) party?
Jan 23 2006 5:04PM
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snoopy
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id say its time for a change
Jan 23 2006 5:09PM
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Cam
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the problem that i have with the NDP is this:
they have alot of great ideas...fix canadian health care, Put Families First as Jack likes to say. but it all costs money. money that we don't have. no matter how you look at it, there is no where to get the money. so what are they going to do? put Canada in more debt? well then it is just going to take another party to get us out of that debt. and the last thing this country needs is more debt. not that other parties are going to really do anything about it. but atleased they say they are going to try.
Jan 23 2006 5:30PM
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snowmuncher
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i say green :)
Jan 23 2006 5:36PM
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Badfish2
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ndp are an excellent balance though. if conservatives do win, i hope it's with with ndp and liberals having a majority vote.

Conservatives say that a party that has been in power for so long is bound to get lazy and over confident. and at that point it's time for a change. but, what has the gov't been in Alberta for the last.. 30 years?
Jan 23 2006 5:46PM
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skisebski
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thats exactly it. the ndp are balanced and thats what we need.
Jan 23 2006 6:22PM
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KRASHED
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Im not worried about the Conservatives being in power im only worried about a Conservative majority vote. Maybe the Tories are the change that Canada needs but if not I would sleep easier knowing that the opposition could topple the Conservatives if things got out of hand. If I was 18 this vote would be very difficult to cast.
Jan 23 2006 6:31PM
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Download-My-Apps
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Ah my first time voting it was beautiful!
Im excited to see the results. Chances are it will be a conservative minority, I hope not but oh well. I saw the pros and cons to all parties, but right now Im liking the NDP, even though chances are they wont win. I think they will be a party to watch for in the future as much of the young voters like them.
Jan 23 2006 6:40PM
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Sarah_eats_snow
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May GOD HELP US ALL...stupid canadian crooks...i am canadian i just hate the government...GREEN PARTY ALL THE WAY
Jan 23 2006 6:40PM
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whattheshit
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jack layton is a unethical son of a bitch.

him and his wife known as olivia chow lived in subsidized housing in toronto while making a combined income of 120,000. so while they were taking a room for people that needed it they were just building their wealth by exploiting the housing coops that the government had to offer.
Jan 23 2006 7:32PM
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Download-My-Apps
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hey does anyone know the site where you can see the election results as they are happening?
Jan 23 2006 7:40PM
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Scope
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Harper is gonna run shit, just like he should

Libs are corrupt, their platform sucks, and paul martin is a homo

Layton....I don't even have to comment on that fucking idiot

Green....Effing communists.
Jan 23 2006 7:45PM
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JamesB
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yea i like ndp but layton is the biggest 2 face son of a bitch going to a privatized health care clinic it seems like harper is the only leader that uses the public health care system. i think anyone but the liberals they stand for nothing
Jan 23 2006 7:45PM
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agree.this
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i really dislike harper, the man scares me, but i will be moving to australia soon, so i hope i get out before america goes kicking down more doors and starting shit
Jan 23 2006 7:50PM
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Scope
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oh great, looks like liberal propoganda has got to more people. God thats fucking stupid. Oh yeah, he is also going to declare martial law using the military right? Fucking liberals
Jan 23 2006 7:52PM
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___ASP___
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i sure hope the conservatives win, stupid fucking liberals, they have screwed so many peps over in the 13 or so years of power, its about time they were kicked out
Jan 23 2006 7:55PM
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wrenegade
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Because of a BC Supreme Court ruling, there is a blackout on Election results until the polling stations close on the west coast at 7pm, 10 EST.
Jan 23 2006 8:10PM
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Scope
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actually there are people breaking those laws.... I could post the maritimes numbers, but the site could get in shit so I won't
Jan 23 2006 8:13PM
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Jake...
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haha this scope guy is a joke.
Jan 23 2006 8:15PM
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Scope
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haha this asshat is a fucking queer.
Jan 23 2006 8:16PM
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wrenegade
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well go ahead and post. the national news carriers can't do anything, but somehow I dont think elections canada is going to check newschoolers.com.
Jan 23 2006 9:24PM
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CooksCorner
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this Kanadian dood i live with was like "YEp! Steve Harper is a fag cause the US needs Kanada."

and im like i have no idea what this guy is talking about. Team America wOOt!
Jan 23 2006 9:57PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
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i have to say im totally lookin at the green party this time even though people think there just a joke i did some research and found that theyve actually got a solid platform and they would be alot better then the greasy basterds running for PM other than that though i think its still liberal time
Jan 23 2006 10:01PM
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fitz
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VOTE GREEN!
Jan 23 2006 10:27PM
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skiing=wicked
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well decision canada declared conservative a minority government about 20 minutes ago
Jan 23 2006 10:50PM
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Scope
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green is a piece of shit communist party.
Jan 23 2006 10:50PM
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powder99
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vote green? wtf sure they sound all great but do you know anything about how much that would effect our economy? maybe that their would be less funding for our athletes which may one day include our sport. How we would lose so many trading partners and put canada in a Recession come on now, educate yourself, the green party isn't exactly the biggest supporter of new ski areas like Jumbo glaciers, maybe read into all the policys the green party has
Jan 23 2006 10:56PM
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lastxlight
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To those talking about lowering taxes. Lowered taxes usually result in only corporate tax cuts, and even when they do it the lower classes, they have a negative effect. Taxes help pay for roads, schools, public healthcare, social workers, welfare, EI, better tax returns for low income families, low income housing, parks, highways, investing in cleaner transit projects, rape relief clincs, safe injection sites, and more.


This is why we pay taxes
Jan 24 2006 4:07AM
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sim
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Horrayyyy!!!!
Jan 24 2006 4:57AM
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freestyler540
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oh no...
Jan 24 2006 8:54AM
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CanadianSkiGod
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Actually they would do it by raising taxes... not a very popular approach, mind you. Objectively, leftist ideas always SOUND good, but good luck trying to get the money for when you don't sustain the best economy possible. On the other hand, the right enables a strong economy that will give enormous revenues to the government, that can then carry out those wonderful ideals.

Plus, NDP is ultra-power to the federal, and less independace to the provinces, which sucks major cojones.
Jan 25 2006 12:04AM
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edmonton_skier
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whoever said the changes are for the better cant hasnt yet looked past the "scandal"
Jan 25 2006 12:08AM
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lastxlight
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I'd personally rather by an extra 500 a year than to break my leg, and go into massive debt from medical bills
Jan 25 2006 4:19AM
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sim
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Did somebody lose their favourite Deputy Prime Minister?

Change- for the better.
Jan 25 2006 5:09AM
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naftel
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here's a ranking of the parties:
1. green.
2.NDP
3.Liberal (Would have put bloc here - but no bloc in ontario)
4.Conservative
(excluded the communists, christian heritage etc)

the results rendered the reverse. so once again i hate the government and the rest of the morons across the country for causing that result. fuckin representative democracy does not work.
fuck harper, murder the government, burn that bitch to the ground.
Jan 25 2006 11:45AM
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freestyler540
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I like that section.
"Its all been say its all been done, this world will never change. I hope it all burns down!"
-The Unseen
Jan 25 2006 1:48PM
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Cam
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agreed
Jan 25 2006 7:05PM
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