Canada Headed For Minority Government: The Question Is Which Party Will Lead It

Even if the cons somehow manage to pull off a minority government with the bloc, it's gonna be a very nasty situation. The bloc is left leaning and the cons will have a really hard time getting their nutbar social and taxation legislation passed. However, getting their decentralisation agenda through may be a little easier. That, however, would be just as deadly for Canadian identity as would be anti-progressive social and taxation policies.

Ultimately the GG is going to have to decide who commands the confidence in the House. With those numbers and given the stark ideological divisions, governing is not going to be easy for anyone. Governments may not last more than a span of a few months and we could be looking at more elections in the next year. All things said, this is a really cool time for political junkies.

Right on !! All I can do these days is read the papers, watch CPAC, and write letters to the editor.

Great time for junkies !!



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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Hopefully the Conservatives will win a majority, then no one need worry about nasty alliances with the seperatists or socialists and Canada can once again become safe for Canadians.

Well all the above comments assume the negative, and I truly believe that if we could stop accepting the polls, stop believing the media spin and start really thinking, we would see that NDP is the only party that really is talking Canadian! This is not a dream when you listen to Layton, he doesn't hesitate, or have to recall his 'script' he speaks straight to the issue, and no double talk. We can do it, if we believe we can!

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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

How exactly is Canada unsafe? Crime rates keep dropping. There has never been a terrorist attack on Canadian soil. Are you afraid of the evil doer polar bears?

Crime rate keep's dropping. Please do provide some data on this. Thanks. I'm gonna say that Toronto's crime isn't decreasing.

Kevin

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"Love actually, is all around us" --From the movie Love Actually.

Hopefully the CONS and the ad-LIBS lose so that average working class people are safe from corporate fascist self-proclaimed elite and American imperialism!!!

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Dave Ruston

I see a minority Liberal Goverment, Martin as PM.
I see campaign to remove him as Leader/PM by late 04, early 05.
Possible election for Summer or Winter of 2005 with new Leader. Possibly Jean Charest, who would step down as Quebec Preimer and take over Fed.

If Tories do form minority, I see tough choices for canada- west and east. Not looking forward to!

Um i know torontonians think that toronto is the benchmark for everything Canadian but...it's really not. I was talking nationally. The crime rate may very well be increasing in toronto. Do we care in Winnipeg? um, no.

here's the most recent stats, a few rises from previous years in certain areas, but overall a decrease

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030724/d030724a.htm

Consider this scenario as a chilling possibility. Both Paul Martin and Stephen Harper have similar views on where Canad'a economy should be going, and to align it even more closely with the US economy. Both have stated this more than once. They only disagree on where the money should be spent. So, in the event of a minority government by either the Libs or the Cons, they will forge a "memoradum of understanding" between themselves that, in order to preserve and enhance the prosperity and security of the the nation and its citizens, the Libs and Cons will collaborate in ensuring that both a North American "defense" perimeter is established, and that trade between these countries is "expidited". Don't forget, this will be done in the name of security, and that the Canadian Council of CEO's (salivating as they are over the prospects of getting some of the action should Canada participate in SDI), has nothing to do with it (honest!). Now that I find quite chilling!

Thanks to CSIS and RCMP, Al-Qaeda links to Radical Polar Bear faction, aka(RPB,) has been severed, and all that remains is the "mopping up". Clever application of global warming phenomena by our security agencies should ensure eventual demise of RPB threat.

'You're either with us or with the polar bears.'

I know where I stand.

You'll be alright !!



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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca