I'm truly, very concerned about this upcoming election.
After two years of having Harper bully his way through the House of Commons and different bills. Having him threaten the other three parties, he decided to finally call an election.
Of course, in doing so he broke one of the laws that he previously bullied his way into being passed. An election would not be called until 2009 -- but here we are in 2008 and we'll soon be at the polls.
So why would he do this? Two reasons. 1)Most importantly, because the Conservatives believe they can win a majority government and 2)Because Harper's bulling antics finally triggered the election. Dion boycotted a meeting with him, which Harper saw as a lack of communication and trust and therefore had the Governor dissolve Parliament.
Oh-vey. I feel like we're in high school all over again.
There are some very important issues coming into this election. The environment (and the conservatives boycott of the Kyoto Protocol to name one) the war in Afghanistan and the economy, and the increasing loss of jobs in the country.
I'll touch on those topics another day. In the meantime, do your reading, share your opinions. Let's debate!
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One thing I hate about politics is its very easy to get confused and lose sight of the truly important matters in all the spin.
politics and marketing are both evil for that because both essentially involve getting really good at deceiving and manipulating people for personal gain.
the resultant problem is that alot of people don't know how to ask the right questions or seek out the right info and they end up believing whatever they are told. And as I said, with all the spin and doublespeak, I can see some people even getting so confused and frustrated as to not vote at all.
But there is also the problem of those who vote strictly on the basis of one issue, for instance, gay marriage. they don't care about any other issues, they just vote for whoever will either support their rights and freedoms or continue to repress those who are 'different'.
that all being said, I have voted NDP every single time I've voted. I did this because they were the least of 3 evils in my mind. I considered voting green last time until some information was brought to my attention about them, and now I'm to the point where until I actually research the issues, I just don't want the conservatives to win, because they are our equivalent to the republicans and I have been seeing/hearing about how badly the republicans have fucked up the US.
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