GWiz

Derailed thread... Anyone still interested in the subject matter? May be a major issue next election...

What, nobody interested in a little TRUTH today? Or just SCARED of it?

That's not "squealing" that's me laughing at you being flat on your BACK...

Can't really be much FAIRER than that can it? Well, not unless you want to BUST ALL UNIONS that is... POWER to the PEOPLE!

Actually they haven't... They'd all be liars if they did... MORONey exempted Bloc members from the FULL oath (allowing a variance to the oath)... - Similarly, in 1990, a question of privilege was raised in the Canadian House of Commons concerning the meaning of the oath of allegiance and the duties and obligations relating thereto following the first election of a member of the Bloc Québécois. The Speaker held that the chair was not empowered to make a judgment on the circumstances or the sincerity with which a duly elected member takes the oath of allegiance, and that only the House can examine the conduct of its members and only the House can take action if it decides action is required.(10) No further action was taken. - http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/bp241-e.htm#failure

My friend, sorry for laughing at you, just be glad you're not a fish because you've not only swallowed Harpers PROPAGANDA hook, line, and sinker but you've also been fried in batter and served up for dinner... Even Harper has CHANGED his advertising from "best of the G7" to ahead of the United States (tied for 53rd place vs the USA tied in 54th place http://www.photius.com/rankings/economy/gdp_real_growth_rate_2011_0.html )... Should make you think, eh... You can blame the Liberals all you want because it won't alter the TRUTH one little bit... If it hadn't been for the LIBERAL Governments of the past putting Canada on a sound ecomomic footing we would be TOAST on the world economic ladder; inspite of our tremendous natural wealth which has NOTHING to do with ANY party... Remember - "stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump - when the next election comes around and just maybe you'll wake up by then and find out just how LUCKY Canada has been to have LIBERAL Governments because each TIME we had a Conservative one things for Canadians got a whole lot WORSE... Read my sig line, it says it all...

Same old same old! Tell me something that this Harper Gov has done to show some R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for parliament, Canadian democracy, and/or the Canadian public? That's a whole lot harder to do than listing where they've shown their disrespect for Canadians and Canadian institutions... These CONartists are as useless as tits on the preverbial bull whose excrement they are quite full of...

Seperatists in Parliament? GST? Free Trade? NAFTA? Taking bribes? Instituting "Reaganomics" in Canada?

You WIN funniest post of the week honors...

You wish... After the next election which likely won't change much of anything there may be 3 new leaders fighting the following election not just one... Oh, and Rae WON'T be one of them...

Which in turn will lead to a truly national collapse of Canada's economy, national values, and social institutions ala the USA... This is a good thing how?

Totally agree... I make special NOTE that any TIME Canada has a "Conservative" Government, historically and now again, it results in a "bargain basement selloff" of Canada and Canadian interests... Coincidence? I think not...

Re: My answer regarding Party is the Liberals because of their historic sound fiscal policies and their "centrist" party position... With an uncertain and very difficult future before Canada and Canadians, Canada's policies and Government leadership as it relates to the US and to the rest of the "world view" will matter more than ever before...

Canadians need to have a hard look at themselves and decide what is best for them going forward... If, as many predict, including me, a second, even more devastating economic downturn in the world economies, including Canada's, is just around the corner, which political party and it's policies will be the best one to cope with it? We've seen tremendous changes in weather patterns throughout the world often resulting in record flooding, severe droughts, massive and more frequent storms, rising temperatures in the world's oceans, all resulting in sever pressures on the world's economies, how and who (politically speaking) would be best suited to address these issues in Canada? With devastating earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, forest fires and other "natural disasters" becoming more and more frequent who, what and how (politically speaking) will and/or should Canada be involved, including should this type of disaster hit somewhere in Canada? Major changes are coming to the "status quo" in world politics and many countries' demographics... How should Canada via it's Government react to these changes? Of course these are but a few examples of what Canada's Government (and any other countries' Government) will face in the future feel free to add YOUR favorite issue if not among them...

Nope again... Same rules and regs. that applied with Sakatchewan's potash industry... Or now the takeover of the TSX...

I take it you weren't in Canada during the Chretien/Martin years with 10 consecutive, balanced, surplus budgets and the resulting paying down of the national debt plus the annual building of a significant "rainy day fund", exceeding $15 BILLION by 2005, built up to protect Canada in the event of a downturn in the Canadian economy that the CONS proceeded to SPEND via a 2% reduction in the GST and corporate tax cuts prior to the 2007/2008 economic collapse? However if you are referring to a post recession scenario visit the Liberal web site and look at their plan to get back to balanced budgets and paying down the national debt...

Nope...

Hmmmm, well, if one reads though this thread there doesn't seem to be any choice left except the LIBERALS... No matter what anybody has said here anywhere I've found absolutely no reason NOT to believe very strongly that IF there's no significant change in Canada's GOVERNING party, regardless of whether it's minority or majority, Canada is going to be in for a VERY rough ride when the second shoe drops in this wild economic ride... YOUR choice...

Moi? I'm not "above" anything, I'm BEYOND anything (being an ALIEN and all)... Which would certainly includes a little added "drama" like - "A party of regional representation IN THE COMMONS! *dramatic music*" - as an example... When lyin' Brian let's Canada be taken to the cleaners by a guy with alzheimers, like ol' Ronny Reagan was; is there anything else to call him than a MORON (lyin' Brian "MORONey" for short)? I'm NOT beyond repeating myself though if something is TRUE... Ergo I repeat... Scariest two words in Canadian Politics - CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY

Didn't you get the memo on who you HAVE TO contribute to?

Have you ever run in an election? The "rules" are in FACT very clear on this issue... The CONS purposely tried to circumvent them... Simple as that... EC as a matter of FACT has little to no say in how Canada's elections are run... That "criteria" is standing legislated policy that applies equally to all CANDIDATES and to their "official agents"... That's why it's NOT the "party" being found having breached the rules, it's individual candidates and their official agents that have been so found by EC... Any "legal" ruling, whether criminal or not, can be appealed so the "appeal" is extrenuous to the EC ruling... Hope you approve of YOUR tax dollars (and mine) being spent by the CONS on this appeal since the GOVERNING PARTY has chosen to become involved...

Nope...

Perhaps Harper can ask his mentor MORONey back to take a bow for that little error in judgement too, eh...

That's it in a nutshell... The party that the Corporations want to buy to implement the Corporate agenda has all the money they want to do so just as the Republican party in the USA has done... Election spending caps are there so that a takeover of Canadian politics by any one interest group does not occur; a more level playing field if you will... Circumventing these caps give the party circumventing them an UNFAIR advantage in an election... Kinda a strange thing to be defending in a DEMOCRACY which is supposed to represent CANADIANS first and only isn't it?

Rinse and repeat - 100% wrong - What part of NATIONAL energy program do YOU not understand? It's Alberta that got "ticked" by the program because THEY wanted ALL the Oil Profits and didn't want to share them with the rest of Canada... PET wanted to implement the NEP for the benefit of ALL Canadians... But it wasn't JUST Oil, ALL natural energy resources were to be for the benefit of ALL Canadians not just in the province they may reside in... Look it up...