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The "first past the post" electoral system and the way our electoral districts are set up, has shown its shortcoming; A party who becomes a majority government with only 39% of the votes. Harper and the Conservatives have played the same divisional tactic that the Republicans have played and have molded their fan base into becoming unconditional cheerleaders. The Conservatives can count on their loyal supporters, like the old stock Canadians to get the guaranteed votes. This minority group will actually show up to vote. Then you have the two centrist parties and the smaller left party vote splitting: The Liberals and the NDP (Yes. The NDP, under Mulcair should now be considered a Centrist party) and the Greens continue to take each other out. This works perfectly well for Harper. This needs to stop. We keep hearing "Anyone but Harper", from majority of Canadians, so how do we achieve this? We need to vote strategically. Below is some information in regards to swing ridings and strategic voting. There is also a video that those who want "Anyone but Harper" can pass around to get people to think about their options. http://www.votetogether.ca/ http://www.strategicvoting.ca/swingdistricts.php (EDITED - adding important information) The 16 ridings that can defeat Harper These ridings are uniquely important because: Conservatives have a defeatable lead (less than 6% on average). The progressive parties are in 2nd and 3rd places. The party in 2nd-place is significantly ahead of the one in 3rd (19% lead on average)! Therefore, even when factoring in the most extreme polling errors, it is all but guaranteed that the party in 3rd-place is not going to win. Finally, the party in 3rd-place has a sizeable number of votes (18% on average) that can meaningfully impact the election result. Let’s take action! First and foremost, we must encourage the Liberals and the NDP to cooperate in the 16 ridings. Calls, emails, and social media campaigns directed at the leaders of the progressive parties are the best ways to advocate their cooperation: Liberal Party: 1.888.542.3725, [email protected], @JustinTrudeau NDP: 1.866.525.2555, [email protected], @ThomasMulcair A petition asking party leaders to cooperate has already garnered over 8,500 signatures. Ridings to Vote for the Liberal Party These are the ridings where the NDP supporters must vote for the Liberal Party candidate: Brampton Centre (ON) Ask NDP candidate Rosemary Keenan to endorse Liberal’s Ramesh Sangha: http://rosemarykeenan.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @rosemary_k_ndp Aurora — Oak Ridges — Richmond Hill (ON) Ask NDP candidate Brenda Power to endorse Liberal’s Leona Alleslev:http://brendapower.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @brendapowerndp Saint John — Rothesay (NB) Ask NDP candidate AJ Griffin to endorse Liberal’s Wayne Long: http://ajgriffin.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @angelajogriffin Bay of Quinte (ON) Ask NDP candidate Terry Cassidy to endorse Liberal’s Neil Ellis: http://terrycassidy.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @BayofQuinteNDP Vaughan — Woodbridge (ON) Ask NDP candidate Adriana Zichy to endorse Liberal’s Francesco Sorbara http://adrianazichy.ndp.ca/contact Haldimand — Norfolk (ON) Ask NDP candidate John Harris to endorse Liberal’s Joan Mouland: http://johnharris.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @jackharrisndp Northumberland — Peterborough South (ON) Ask NDP candidate Russ Christianson to endorse Liberal’s Kim Rudd: http://russchristianson.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @RussNDP King — Vaughan (ON) Ask NDP candidate Natalie Rizzo to endorse Liberal’s Deb Schulte: http://natalierizzo.ndp.ca/contact Twitter: @nataliemrizzo Ridings to Vote for the NDP These are the ridings where the Liberal Party supporters must vote for the NDP candidate: Jonquiere (QB) Ask Liberal candidate Marc Pettersen to endorse NDP’s Karine Trudel: https://www.facebook.com/pettersenmarc Cariboo — Prince George (BC) Ask Liberal candidate Tracy Calogheros to endorse NDP’s Trent Derrick: http://www.electtracy.ca/contact/ Twitter: @TracyCalogheros Regina — Qu’Appelle (SK) Ask Liberal candidate Della Anaquod to endorse NDP’s Nial Kuyek: 1.306.949.6820 [email protected] Twitter: @teamdella2015 Edmonton Griesbach (AB) Ask Liberal candidate Brian Gold to endorse NDP’s Janis Irwin: 780.616.3086 [email protected] Twitter: @votebriangold Mission — Matsqui — Fraser Canyon (BC) Ask Liberal candidate Jati Sidhu to endorse NDP’s Dennis Adamson: 778.242.4542 [email protected] Twitter: @VoteJatiSidhu Coquitlam — Port Coquitlam (BC) Ask Liberal candidate Ron McKinnon to endorse NDP’s Sara Norman: 604.475.8858 [email protected] Twitter: @RonMcKinnonLib North Okanagan — Shuswap (BC) Ask Liberal candidate Cindy Derkaz to endorse NDP’s Jacqui Gingras: 250.549.8420 [email protected] Twitter: @CDerkaz Essex (ON) Ask Liberal candidate Audrey Festeryga to endorse NDP’s Tracey Ramsey: 519.962.5155 [email protected] Twitter: @AudreyFesteryga

My pleasure. Thank you for accepting that Libby Davis was attacked based on false and tired labels. Kind of like how Argus is so ready to call anyone who criticizes Israel and Zionism an anti-semite.

As opposed to Harper Lovers? For the love of god. Please push people to vote, or guys like the above will choose the next government again, with 36% of the votes.

Your narrative is superficial because it's missing a large chunk of the story. Give back their land, air and water and allow them to create their own state, then, if they launch a rocket, you'd have a point.

Yes. Let us pretend there is nothing before the "launch rockets -> get bombed" narrative. Oh and let us pretend that the law says you can't just carpet bomb people.

She has repeatedly said that she accepts the two-state solution. Not only in the video where she is accused of being an anti-semite but elsewhere as well. The only reason the rabid dogs are after her is because she openly criticized Israel's illegal actions and she supports the BDS movement.

Here is the so-called anti-semitic comment: She said the occupation started in 46, instead of 67 - OMG! ANTI-SEMITE!

Not to worry. Israel continues to violate international law.

Hey. Check this out - This is supposed to be our prime minister: The little that has been done to respond to the pollution the oil companies make, ends up being paid by us, the taxpayers. Instead of the polluting, billion dollar making oil, gas and pipeline companies, including a few international companies paying for it. We are. Yes. Harper has paid the oil companies $400 million with our taxes to do green projects to make the oil companies look green. Thank you prime minister of oil companies. Canadian taxpayers have given more than $400 million to some large oil, gas and pipeline companies in recent years to support green projects that are also boosting the industry’s environmental credentials. An analysis of federal accounting records by Postmedia News shows that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has offered these subsidies to money-making companies such as Shell Canada, Suncor, Husky Energy and Enbridge to pursue projects in biofuels production and wind energy as well as new technology to capture carbon pollution and bury it underground. More lefty media: Link

Ah yes. The clearly very, very left wing IMF. Get a grip. What is "uncollected taxes"? You don't get it? Part of it is taxes that Harper does not collect from the oil industry because of the subsidies and tax breaks that Harper loves to give his pals. Taxes that should be collected just like they are from other companies. $840 million in producer support to oil companies through a constellation of provincial and federal incentives to encourage fossil fuel extraction. This brought total petroleum subsidies in Canada in 2011 to $20.23 billion In comparison to other countries, Canada provides more subsidies to petroleum as a proportion of government revenue than any developed nation on Earth besides the United States and Luxembourg.

This has already been mentioned - Hopefully this won't be another waste of a chance for you to learn: IMF Pegs Canada's Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion In such giveaways we're a world leader, a fact rarely noted when federal budgets are debated. While Canada slashes budgets for research, education and public broadcasting, there is one part of our economy that enjoys remarkable support from the Canadian taxpayer: the energy sector. The International Monetary Fund estimates that energy subsidies in Canada top an incredible $34 billion each year in direct support to producers and uncollected tax on externalized costs. In comparison to other countries, Canada provides more subsidies to petroleum as a proportion of government revenue than any developed nation on Earth besides the United States and Luxembourg. .. A country can be judged on what it chooses to tax and what it chooses to subsidize. And by that yardstick, this nation currently seems to care more about cheap energy than almost anything else.

The "theory" that Harper has been giving incentives to the oil and gas industry above and beyond any other sector? The theory that our trade balance in sectors outside of the energy sector have dropped drastically since Harper came to power? It's not just a theory. These are facts that have already been demonstrated.

You "bet"? Show how your amazing intuition is true.

The percentage is a moot point. The evidence of our economy being reliant on oil is in front of us. The CAD does whatever oil prices do. Oh and I have also presented how Canada's net trade balance outside of the energy sector has nose dived, but of course, you prefer to talk about monkey's feces. Here is your last opportunity to respond to this: StatsCan’s latest numbers on Canada’s trade balance, released Thursday, look positive on the face of it: Exports and imports both grew, and Canada’s trade deficit with the world shrank by more than half, to $435 million. But dig a little deeper into the data, and what you see is a story of two different export sectors. As BMO chief economist Doug Porter put it in a client note Friday morning, “there is energy (doing just fine) and there is everything else (doing anything but fine).” While energy exports have seen a $63.6-billion surplus for the past 12 months, everything else has seen a $72.9-billion deficit. Check out this chart of Canada's trade balance for energy (blue) and everything else (red).

I will. Only because the quote is on this same page. However, if I had to make an effort, trust me, I would not waste time on you. Mostly because you have never been able to respond to people who have requested that you produce comments or quotes when you have called people (yes, plural) anti-Jew or anti-semite. Here is your quote, Rue:

We need to accept the consequences of our actions. This is part of the advancement of humanity. I'm sure the guy putting food down for his family will be willing to do a job making something that destroys less. Like perhaps, something in renewable energy. Why can we not promote and invest in things that we know will not harm and destroy others and instead, will work to improve things. Look at the rise in jobs in renewable energy in Germany.

In Canada or any other place, when someone spreads misinformation and there is glaring evidence of it, then we (yes, we, as the people) should call the person on it. For example: You tried blame the situation with ISIS squarely on Muslims. WRONG - There is no point in debating something which is so clearly wrong. Anyone who knows the situation in the Middle East, knows that ISIS could not have happened without U.S.' adventure in Iraq.

Yes. Time to change this horrible government.

Do you think much? No need to answer that. Try to digest this information - I don't want to argue with someone who denies Canada's reliance and dependency on oil - Especially under Harper: StatsCan’s latest numbers on Canada’s trade balance, released Thursday, look positive on the face of it: Exports and imports both grew, and Canada’s trade deficit with the world shrank by more than half, to $435 million. But dig a little deeper into the data, and what you see is a story of two different export sectors. As BMO chief economist Doug Porter put it in a client note Friday morning, “there is energy (doing just fine) and there is everything else (doing anything but fine).” While energy exports have seen a $63.6-billion surplus for the past 12 months, everything else has seen a $72.9-billion deficit. Check out this chart of Canada's trade balance for energy (blue) and everything else (red).

There was a time that the West counted on puppet regimes to keep control over countries. They still do to some extent, with countries such as Saudi, Qatar, Jordan and recently, Egypt, after helping Al-Sisi to come into power, over a democratically elected government. Now, the West counts on creating instability, but containing the instability in one region. The instability keeps the opposition forces out of power and creates a war atmosphere where billions more can be spent on weapons. There is a lot of money the military industrial complex continues to make in Iraq/Syria/Afghanistan/Sudan and from the countries who need U.S. weapons in order to keep themselves safe from the "bad guys".

No one is interested in misinformation. Anyone who follows the ME, knows how and why ISIS and the instability was created. Save the rants and the misinformation for those who have no clue what's going on. Then, maybe, you'll get someone to follow your false narratives.

The unavoidable conclusion is that much of the country’s economic health is tied to Alberta whose overwhelmingly dominant industry is oil. Oil prices go down, Canada's economy follows. The reliance on the oil and gas has gone up under Harper. The simple reason is that he's been pushing it more than any other industry with tax incentives. Why are you trying so hard to deny the facts? IMF Pegs Canada's Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion In such giveaways we're a world leader, a fact rarely noted when federal budgets are debated. In comparison to other countries, Canada provides more subsidies to petroleum as a proportion of government revenue than any developed nation on Earth besides the United States and Luxembourg. You want more facts that you're going to deny? Okay. How about a chart showing the trade balance between oil/gas vs everything else? StatsCan’s latest numbers on Canada’s trade balance, released Thursday, look positive on the face of it: Exports and imports both grew, and Canada’s trade deficit with the world shrank by more than half, to $435 million. But dig a little deeper into the data, and what you see is a story of two different export sectors. As BMO chief economist Doug Porter put it in a client note Friday morning, “there is energy (doing just fine) and there is everything else (doing anything but fine).” While energy exports have seen a $63.6-billion surplus for the past 12 months, everything else has seen a $72.9-billion deficit. Check out this chart of Canada's trade balance for energy (blue) and everything else (red).

I don't think Canada_First is being aggressive or threatening. I think he's just looking for a friend.

I think Ohio has got it right. Canada should adopt the system. Who is with me? Canada_First?

First he would have to figure out where it is.