The Honest Politician
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The Conservatives are the last people who should be talking about senate apointments. The last time a conservative was in power he used an obscure law to apoint enough senators to ram the GST through into Law.
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It is Martin who is bringing the SSM topic into the election. Makes absolutely no sense, except in that Martin figures he can score a few brownie cookies - the laws are in place - game over and move on.
Go read the article. Harper says he will revisit the SSM debate. I don't want to hear it again.
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Good thing we've got those squeaky clean Tories.
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Did I read correctly? HE wants to revive the same sex marriage debate?
Will some one please, please, pleeeeeeeeaaase, kill me if that issue is brought to the forefront again.
Let it go. For god sakes please let it go.
Is Harper a Liberal? He is beginning to sound more like them everyday.
Atleast he talks like a Liberal everytime someone questions or suggests just how far right he leans. Like in the article.
Harper is as far right as you can get. I don't believe or trust the man.
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How does someone smoking pot offend your morals?
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Funny how a point of view changes everything.
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What was that Airbus thing all about again?
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Who are the Conservatives trying to kid with this GST rollback?
Who benefits more, the average working slob who has $500 per month of expendable income? Or the wealthy and rich who have thousands of dollars per month of disposable income?
At $500 of disposable income per month the average Joe will save $10 whole dollars due to the 2% GST reduction.
Someone who can afford to spend $5000 dollars a month of expendable income, will save $100 due to the 2% GST reduction.
So who is the reduction really for. It looks like the people who buy Cadilacs and Porches will be the ones to reap the most benefit of a GST reduction.
If Harper was serious about helping the middle and lower class citizens of this country he would have increased the GST suppliment check people already receive. Instead he wants to save his oil rich, core supporters in Alberta,and the elite classes in the other provinces, 2 cents on every dollar of disposable income.
The only people who this really saves money for are those who have the money to spend in the first place.
When will people learn, EVERY TAX BREAK IS FOR THE RICH. No matter how they spin it, so that it looks like the poor and middle class are benefitting, the track record shows the rich are the ones who get the most from any tax break or reduction.
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I really like the idea of a functioning minority Govt. as well. Since I don't trust any politician, I don't like the idea of one having the power to force his/her ideals on the entire country. All majority Govt.'s do is railroad their own personal agendas through parliament.
Each party has a different demographic that makes up the majority of it's supporters. A minority Govt. is an excellent opportunity for each demographic to have a vioce, so that legislation addresses the needs and concerns of the most people possible.
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To praphrase a now mouldering but once allegedly great Canadian political leader: Why should I look after your kids?
This is help, not taking over the job. It is, as someone described it, a "toddler bonus" on top of the baby bonus and other government tax breaks parents get. Put it all together and I think it's a fairly significant help to parents. But you are right, this does not completely eliminate the need of parents to look after their kids.
So instead of using the money to create more daycare spaces for average or below average income families, it should be given to the individual who may use it to buy bread, or clothes for their child, or they may use it to buy crack.
Children of parents who are themselves dysfunctrional are the children that need the most help. I have listened to 25+ years of horror stories of what some of my mothers students have had to deal with at home. I have friends who grew up in dysfunctional violent homes. Sometimes school/daycare is the safest place to be.
The simple fact of the matter is, the children who need the Govt. daycare the most , will be the ones who do without under the CPC plan.
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I was watching an islamic show on Vision tv, and they were using Hitler and Stalin and their deeds, as a examples of western culture, thought and morals.
That's a bit unfair don't you think?
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Why are many Ontarians Liberal supporters? MIKE HARRIS
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They didn't do that poll on church st. in Downtown Toronto.
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My wife works at a semi-private daycare. It costs over $30 a day per child without any Govt assistance. That can get very expensive. I don't see how $25 a week fixes that problem.
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It is costing 200 million dollars, to basically punish the Liberals for stealing 140 million dollars. Now I feel robbed of $340 million.
It is a shame that a group of smart educated adults could not put aside party politics and work within the minority Govt for the betterment of Canada.
Paul Martin's Flip Flop on BMD
in Federal Politics in Canada
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What about these statements says he is in favour of BMD?
All the statements say to me is that eventhough they don't like what is going on if no one is at the table to speak up for Canada we will ultimately lose control of our airspace. I would have to say the statements in fact show a general opposition to the idea from the start.
If we aren't there they will do whatever they want. If these guys are going to be doing something over or near our airspace we should have first hand knowledge of what it is. What do you know. It the same thing again. The only way to protect our interests is to be involved.And again. We have to be involved to protect ourselves.The underlying tone of these quotes is not one of support for BMD but one of wariness. If I had to judge if Martin was for or against BMD just from these quotes, I would say that the quotes point to someone who did not approve of what was being discussed but knew that if he didn't particpate he would get screwed. I fail to see any flip-flop judging from these quotes, because I fail to see where any of these quotes actually shows support for BMD.