SpankyMcFarland

We could see some tricky legal issues down the road with terrorism convictions in different countries. What about those bombs in Tehran, and many in Lebanon over the years, for starters. What would happen if one those guys was convicted? Wehave also seen questions over Canadian passports already with Mossad assassinations e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair

Only one was convicted because of a massive criminal conspiracy, the people at the heart of which being openly celebrated as heroes to this day.Has any effort been made to examine the applications for citizenship made by these people to ensure no links with terrorist organizations were falsely denied? It is striking that such people have not even been mentioned by the Conservatives.

I don't agree with taking citizenship away. These people are our problem. however, if we were to do it, you would think that the lads at the top of any list for citizenship stripping would be the Air India bombers. Thirty years of justice denied - to say nothing of the intimidation handed out to so many - Has no parallel in recent Canadian history. So how come none of those guys got letters yet? Why aren't we hearing fiery speeches about THAT problem from Jason and his Aggronauts? Demographics would surely not be clouding the famous moral clarity of the Conservative Party?

The best thing about STV - you can get get rid of tools in your own party. No sitting MP can be too cocky.

Vancouver King, wrt your correct observation of a Liberal majority, are you from the future by any chance?

FPTP is fun if you don't care about the result. A party's prospects can suddenly rise, like the BQ, when it reaches the threshold.

Thanks. Do you have a link for that?

Campaign stops: Harper 104 Mulcair 109 Trudeau 134 Party leaders are extraordinary people even when they don't look that fit. I am impressed Harper and Mulcair were able to keep going so well. Harper is not in great physical shape BMI-wise but actually looks a bit slimmer now. Mulcair looks tired and Trudeau's voice is beginning to go. A longer campaign was always likely to favour the young fellow in the energy stakes at least. On one visit to Grouse Mountain, Justin left the journos panting in his wake as he bounded upwards. What is striking is how they all kept plugging away across this vast land with little obvious outward signs of mental collapse. And May too of course. A race well run right to the end. Duceppe had an easier time of it.

The pic of pothater Harper cuddling the Fords says it all, doesn't it? Desperate times...

And another defection: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/former-conservative-mp-dona-cadman-backs-federal-liberals-1.3276680 Something is going on here.

Mr. Perrin joins the ranks: http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/5966061-tories-lost-moral-authority-to-govern-ex-pmo-lawyer/

Well, Justin may be able to thank the niqab for his better prospects. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/harper-wanted-the-niqab-to-divide-and-conquer-but-that-has-backfired/article26844199/ The miscalculation by Harper was that he could grow his vote from the 30% hard core of believers. Depressing NDP numbers was always going to a big risk for him and so it looks like being.

Please come up with categories more to your liking, then, and make your point.

I don't think we are going to make much progress here. I assumed we were talking about anthropogenic effects on climate.

A total red? First of all, he is a staunch free marketeer and a fiscal conservative. Just because he doesn't follow the party line unquestioningly does not make him a communist.

Please go on and clarify the matters at issue here.

How does one go about calculating that?

Presumably this question can be resolved. I always found it odd to refer to the Canadian government by somebody's name. It is not one person's property.

In Iran, conservative refers to cultural conservatism as well and that certainly pre-dates the revolution. There's no point getting hung up on how people use words; it's a Sisyphean task.

So climate change sceptics, I really do know nothing about this topic. Educate me with your ten favourite peer-reviewed articles from the scientific literature supporting your position. Climate change believers, do the same. Then we can see what turns up.

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On the Chrétien scale anyway. In a car salesman kind of way.

The other problem with the manual is we seem to be unable to get it done.

Are you saying we do or we don't? To my mind the case is clear. It won't cover everything but we should move with the times in parliament as everywhere else.Adam Dodek made such a case today on The House: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse

But surely we need a contemporary Cabinet Manual on the British model? A minority government should have no discretion on how long it chooses to delay a vote of confidence. http://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/13/1009/thehouse_20151017_33105_uploaded.mp3