Government of Canada falls!
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That's the Canadian Senate.
I am so happy that The States have a set election schedule.
So do we! I am so glad we don't abide by it!
I don't think anyone is too terribly surprised, the Harper government was looking to cause an election while their polls were high and the opposition's were low in hopes of finally getting that elusive majority government. Likewise, the opposition seemed to be hoping to have or manufacture a crisis to cause an election on knock the government's polls.
Well, I'll be off to the polls in May it seems!
Well, I'll be off to the polls in May it seems!
Well a Liberal government seems unlikely, another Conservative minority very likely, majority quite possible. It again hinges on Quebec, how will the Bloq fare?
I expect that unless Harper delivers a majority, this will be his last run. If Ignatieff doesn't improve the Liberals significantly, he's done.
I expect that unless Harper delivers a majority, this will be his last run. If Ignatieff doesn't improve the Liberals significantly, he's done.
Quick, annex them while their guard is down! Sorry Canadians, we need your income taxes.
Quick don't let the Yankees know about our massive oil reserves!
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I don't think we're interested in that. It's that lingering grudge about that LIE you folks call bacon.
He was one of theirs, though! (I know, I got the reference. 
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Umm...there's a radio commercial running here* about every 30 minutes extolling the virtue of going with Canada's plentiful oil sand reserves instead of sandy oil from Over There (never mind that harvesting oil from oil sands is one of THE dirtiest ways of getting it), so the lynx is probably well out of the rucksack already.
--Patrick
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.... Its actually only referred to as Canadian bacon in the states. I would never have heard of that if not for American television. We do have back bacon, which is a cut of pork loin coated in cornmeal, which I think is probably what Americans were thinking of when they decided to call ham Canadian bacon. And its delicious, although it does not beat out regular bacon.
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How do I not do something, quickly?
Anyway, this election is going to be another waste of time resulting in yet another Conservative minority. People still can't trust the NDP for their spending or the Liberals for their for lack of a better term, corruption. And they aren't paying enough attention to politics to see that the Conservative government has been just as bad.
And obviously the Bloc and the Green party aren't going to be wrestling away power anytime soon.
Canada- split the left wing vote among 4 parties, the right wing party will keep winning with a minority government.
And Bryan Adams.
Don't forget Avril Lavigne and Nickelback!
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Wait that's no good! I take it back, forget them! Remember Rush? Rush was great!
Basically what checkeredhat said... there will be some vote shuffling but I really don't see the Liberals or NDP making any real gains on the conservatives. That said... I predict... another Conservative minority government at the cool low price of millions and millions of dollars!
Or they could have just you know... done their damn jobs and not cost the taxpayers millions in a totally unnecessary election.
Or they could have just you know... done their damn jobs and not cost the taxpayers millions in a totally unnecessary election.
A friend of mine just found out Rick Mercer has a twitter feed. This should be fun to watch in the next two months.
http://twitter.com/rickmercer
http://twitter.com/rickmercer
For you 'Muricans, Rick Mercer is basically our Jon Stewart.
What an exciting weekend of non-discussion
CPC: If you don't give us a majority, they will form an unholy evil coalition and destroy Canada!
LIB: We won't form a coalition.
NDP: We'll happily form a coalition with either CPC or LIB just like we did in the past.
Bloq: Hey, remember when we tried to form that coalition with the CPC and NDP, that was awesome.
PBO: Given the lack of information provided by the government, we sought sources of information regarding the new F-35 fighter jets from the American government and have determined that the purchase of the fighter jets will now cost $29.3B instead of the originally reported $15B previously reported by the Prime Minister.
CPC: If you don't give us a majority, they will form an unholy evil coalition and destroy Canada!
LIB: We won't form a coalition.
NDP: We'll happily form a coalition with either CPC or LIB just like we did in the past.
Bloq: Hey, remember when we tried to form that coalition with the CPC and NDP, that was awesome.
PBO: Given the lack of information provided by the government, we sought sources of information regarding the new F-35 fighter jets from the American government and have determined that the purchase of the fighter jets will now cost $29.3B instead of the originally reported $15B previously reported by the Prime Minister.
That sounds about right... sadly.
Listen guys. Remember the Rhinoceros Party? I'd like to form that again.
Can I rely on your support?
Can I rely on your support?
A friend linked this to me.
http://imgur.com/a/A0w9X
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This is super old now but I find it becomes relevant again with every election:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASZ_9nthQ
http://imgur.com/a/A0w9X
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This is super old now but I find it becomes relevant again with every election:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASZ_9nthQ
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-democracy-erode/story-e6frg6ux-1226030310248
Very lefty article (that I happen to whole heartedly agree with) that shows an Australian's view of what's been going down.
Very lefty article (that I happen to whole heartedly agree with) that shows an Australian's view of what's been going down.
It would be nice if we could vote for our Prime Minister along with our party MP's during an election... but that would be too much to ask for I suppose.
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