Canadian Politics

I suspect that General Winter also serves in Canada's armies.

I never really thought about that. However, most of the important cities and locations tend to be in the warmer areas. And it basically never snows in Vancouver. The area is a temperate rainforest. At least, when I lived there.

edited 9th Mar '14 10:40:18 AM by Zendervai

Yeah, the overwhelming majority of the population is within spitting distance of the US border. And a good portion of the rest is near coastline.

Aaaaand there's the first attack ad against Justin Trudeau that I've seen. His stance on legalizing marijuana, juxtaposed with images of children playing (with an implicit shot at his lack of experience thrown in at the end). "Just imagine, marijuana sold at corner stores just like cigarettes and alcohol!" The horror.

If they mean with the same sort of regulation and restrictions that apply to alcohol and cigarettes I say "If only!"

I don't want to say that marijuana never cause idyllic comas, but I am implying it strongly.

Have you fellow canucks received some information about how Post Canada will be halting door to door delivery? Sure is getting more attention than you'd think, there's even a "save post Canada door to door delivery!" sign placed on the corner of my yard (not placed by me).

(I use corner loosely, I don't know where the yard ends under that much snow)

Oh, I heard about that. It won't affect me much, as I live in a huge apartment building. I think the way it would work is that those big green boxes would be set up and you'd have to go to them. I think you can still pay for door-to-door if you couldn't get over there, and if the houses are too far apart I don't think they could do it.

Its pretty awful for seniors and anyone with mobility issues though.

Quite what I thought as well. There actually was a petition going around for that on "Change".

No idea how my mail will be handled. I think we have a communal one farther down the street, but I never used it.

New housing developments from the last 20 years or so already have community mailboxes so those won't be affected. I'm not sure where they'll place the ones for older neighbourhoods in the city cores, space is tight in those arenas.

If you're wondering this is what they look like

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marc-nadon-appointment-rejected-by-supreme-court-1.2581388

The Supreme Court refused Harper's attempt to skirt the rules regarding his choice for the Court. Nice to see that the judicial branch at least is doing its job, between this and striking down Harper's parole changes.

Also, PQ support seems to be slipping in part due to their non commitment on the Separation issue.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-votes-2014/quebec-party-leaders-debate-sets-tone-for-final-weeks-of-campaign-1.2580708

Koch Industries is the biggest leaseholder in Canada’s oil sands, which the Keystone XL pipeline would serve.

Of course they are.

Thankfully the legal limits on campaign contributions prevent them from buying elections like they do in the States,

What do you think the chance of Tory being Mayor of Toronto would be?

You mean a Tory or someone named Tory? Not all of us are from Toronto.

But if you guys re-elect Ford you are never going to hear the end of it.

John Tory ran against David Miller for Mayor of Toronto coming in second place in the 2003 Toronto Mayoral election. After he lost the mayoral race he became the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and when the Ontario Progressive Conservatives lost the Ontario general election of 2007 he resigned as Leader of OPC.

Toronto will never hear the end of it even if they don't re-elect Ford. People still bring up calling in the army to clear the snow. Ford's antics are too memorable.

John Tory's electoral chances are alright. Its a tough fight for him now that Olivia Chow is in the race. In past polls he takes away votes from Ford but with Olivia Chow in the Toronto mayoral race Rob Ford gains some votes back from John Tory.

With John Tory in the race at least conservative voters have an intelligent option. Though the two biggest personalities in the race will be Ford and Chow and that's the reason why the media will be focusing on them.

edited 22nd Mar '14 11:16:41 PM by latenight

Aw shit.

With two weeks to go the Quebec Liberals might be set for a majority government.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-votes-2014/quebec-liberal-party-races-ahead-in-the-polls-1.2585231

That's gotta sting for the Bloc.

Bloc is federal. This is a provincial election.

I thought they had a provincial party.

Bah, whichever win as long as it's not the PQ. I'm not in a separatist mood.

While I feel like supporting the PLQ in order to not waste my vote on a second hand party, I feel that the CAQ would be overall better right now. Kind of tired of the two old party's antic to be honest.

I thought about voting for QS, but it turns out they have separatist tendency, and don't have a good shot at winning regardless. I'd still vote for them, if only because their leader is very hands-on (he took part in the Maple Spring manifestation, for instance), the party also want the Quebec to go in a green-er direction.

With all thing accounted for, I would want the CAQ to win most, QS second, PLQ third, and the rest last.

edited 26th Mar '14 6:57:16 AM by QuestionMarc

The Bloc and the PQ have strong ties, but they are completely different entities

It's one of the issues with politics in Québec: there are no options for left-wing that don't include independence. Oddly enough, the PQ might be the best bet to avoid a referendum^note Aside from the parties for whom independence isn't on the table this time around. As an aside, I'm surprised QS is your second choice after the CAQ. The two of these could not have more different policies.

edited 26th Mar '14 11:12:43 AM by Sandbylur

Well, it's about trust first and foremost. The PQ and PLQ are both hip deep in a shitpool, trying to throw as much as possible on the other parties. I have to say I don't feel like trusting any of these currently.

I listened to an interview earlier starring Francois Legault, and he sounded bitterly exasperated by the current statu quo and his team sound able to bring back our economy on track. I like to think that I can trust an annoyed man who goes in politic to fix shits.

The only reason I care about QS is mainly because Amir comes across as a militant person, as opposed to the opposition. I kinda agree on some of their policy as well.

I'll have to remember to listen to tomorrow's debate, tho. While I'm stating my opinion, I have to admit I am not as informed as I should be. College and other worries would do that to me.