GWiz

Ack! I wouldn't have thought that, especially when the other side of the HST coin has the picture of Harper, and Ontario running up $2 BILLION + more deficit... ALL Canadians paying off $2 BILLION + is "easier" than just Ontarians having to pay it isn't it? Of course Ontarians are also saddled with paying for the coin BC and (soon) Quebec (plus the Maritime Provinces) too, but, hey, at least Ontario got it's cut of the pie in hard TIMES... Think about it... You may be a whole lot better off by keeping what you got if that's the case... The HST poop doesn't change anyone's daily life all that much when one truly analyses it, does it?

Good for you and the rest of the younger generation... If this incident lights the spark even better... May 2nd 2011 is the day Canada's youth can prove every polster, media person and politician wrong... I for one hope you do!

20% gets parties elected in those 3 provinces? Interesting... Or did something "special" happen to get that result?

Cool, what's the betting line, Ray 2 ahead?

Wrong, they committed a "capital" offence, having their pictures taken with the Leader of another political party, maybe even two leaders from what I've heard... Democratic actions such as choosing who to vote for via actually hearing Harper speak in public has been banned in Canada don't you know... Only the chosen few shall be allowed to witness Harper's words first hand...

Yeah! They're Canada's BIGGEST, most populated, 3 provinces and therefore have to, and do, take in the most taxes? Two of them had NDP Governments and the other had a "simular" to NDP Government and managed to get rid of them... Manitoba's turn this fall?

"Sigh", Federal CON, provincial NDPer, gottcha... You are right however, Manitobans DO have viable choices even if both the NDP and MB PCs are "questionable" as viable Governments, since BOTH seem to make some very bad "choices"... BTW Smallc, Doer, who was, as you say, pretty centrist (virtually a Liberal in fact), left for a better job... NOW, there's been a significant move to the left by the NDP here in Manitoba which in turn has elevated the MB PC's chances this fall...

Right, I forgot, if it wasn't for the "extended" self serving NDP Govs. we've had in Manitoba we would probably be a "have" province like Saskabush by now... High TIME for a LIBERAL GOVERNMENT in Manitoba, eh...

Sure as hell do, especially since I'm one of the ones that doesn't use natural gas and rely (for now)on "cheap" Manitoba Hydro electric which is digging deeper and deeper into my pocket... Are you saying that the Manitoba Conservatives are planning to sell off Manitoba Hydro the way they "sold" off" MTS? I may have to change the way I vote in the next Prov. Election to NDP if that's the case... Interesting that you'd defend the NDP in that regard...

Is that like the Manitoba NDP Government using Manitoba Hydro profits to "balance the books", year after year, resulting in a constant "uptick" in Manitoba Hydro charges for all Manitobans? Nice move BTW, IMPORTED (from the US and Alberta) Natural Gas prices go down while Manitoba produced Hydro Electic goes UP and UP... It does kinda show what a "Federal NDP" would do to Canada, doesn't it?

Which "conservatives" would that be? Largest deficit by ANY PM prior to Harper's $56 BILLION was MORONey's $43 BILLION in '92 which effectively ended the existance of Progressive Conservatism...

Yes it does... And I think CURRENT Liberal policies when taken in total show just that...

Why? Seems to me that a "first choice" of support for a centrist Liberal Government could come equally from the Left or the Right... In fact, in my view, that's a very GOOD reason to support the Liberal position and the Liberal party itself for that matter... As Harper himself said, Ignatieff has the support from the Left already, so if the Right, being the CPC, want's to be a "player" in shaping Liberal policies that are beneficial to Canada and Canadians, I see no reason at all for Ignatieff and the Liberals not to welcome ideas from the Right every bit as much as they welcome ideas from the Left... Remember that I'm a conservative centrist Liberal... While I hate the GST in any form, I hate deficit spending and debt even more... Keeping a balance between NEEDS and having the ability to pay up front for those needs is where I'm at... The Liberals are simply closest to my way of thinking, no more and no less than that...

Too bad CON creds ain't "street" creds... The former being completely worthless on the street so to speak...

Actually what it means is you have no "perspective" of where Harper is since you've gone so far right that even Harper is to the left of YOU... You know, where anything to the left "looks like" the middle to you... Anyone, especially me, actually in the political middle sees Harper standing out there way off to the right and doesn't see you at all...

Yeah, but still a very FAIR comparison to The National Post and certainly to certain "contributors" to that "rag"...

As I said, point taken, well done...

- "I will immediately eliminate all of Stephen Harper's subsidies to fossil-fuel producers. We'll stop the flow to the tarsands, every single penny," Layton said at a campaign stop at a company that recycles computer equipment. "And I'll redirect the savings into Canada's most promising clean energy." Research by the International Institute of Sustainable Development has pegged the value of federal and provincial government subsidies for fossil fuels at $2 billion a year. The subsidies mostly come in the form of tax measures and investment incentives. The federal share amounts to about $1.4 billion a year, according to the institute. - http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110331/ndp-layton-110331/

Once again I see your point Jack...

Right along with Jon Stewart and the Daily Show being the most reliable "source" for news in the US? Or more like the "fair and balanced" Faux News Network? Tough call, eh...

The one at the saw mill?

An OPINION piece in The National Post does not a Liberal policy make... As a matter of FACT it's not even particularily close to being truthful either...

Hey my friend, haven't you heard, the Liberals are KEEPING much of the "CONSERVATIVE" budget (the parts that would actually WORK in reducing deficit spending)... Imagine that, a party that take good ideas from BOTH the left and the RIGHT... Has fiscal responsibility as a cornerstone of their "agenda" yet CARES about Canadians... Hell, we haven't had that since, well, the Chretien/Martin Government, when they took Canada from deficits into sustained surpluses and actually paying off the National Debt... Hell, I even AGREE with a lot of CONSERVATIVE ideas like: The Long Gun Registry, it isn't needed because prior to it Canada already had the BEST "Gun Laws" in the civilized world... Support for Canada's Military, in particular the future replacement of Canada's CF-18s, but not the F-35 JSF when Canada can get 100+ F-18e/f SUPER HORNETS (which the Aussies and US Navy are also getting NOW), the NEWEST and WELL PROVEN 4.75 generation version of the venerable F-18, with ALL the cost savings and JOBS (1000s more than the F-35 contract would bring) for a TOTAL expenditure of under $5 BILLION... As a BONUS Canada would be able to get the F-18e/f to where they could "cover" our Military in places like Afghanistan, which neither the current CF-18s NOR the F-35 can do... I firmly believe in Canada's Military having the BEST equipment available in the world, don't you? Getting back to a balanced budget FAST... If that means slower growth for some social benefits and programs, then so be it, it's a hell of a lot better than ending up with no social progams, that's why I'm a Liberal, they actually did it that way and therefore I KNOW they can get results on that front... When one is in THE MIDDLE of the "political spectrum" one can see both sides, not so easy when one is on the EXTREME Right like Harper, or on the EXTREME Left like Layton... I guess "the MIDDLE" of the political spectrum, where over 75% of Canadians are, is the place to be... NOT by rhetoric like Harper and Layton, but by actions, as Ignatieff (though so far in this election he's been looking a little too much "left" for my liking) and the Liberals are...

Pure BS, period! You are a bald faced liar... I've seen known NDPers at every event Ignatieff holds and have never seen ANYONE, including OBVIOUS NDPers denied access or being ejected... Hell, I've even seen Ignatieff taking and answering their stupid questions, much to their own embarassment and chagrin I might add...