madmax

How much does it cost to be a member of the LPC?

Explain why Canada has to spend to maintain a competitive export market? Please include as much as information as possible on how this spending works. Maybe you can change the rolled eyes and frowns into a smile.

Dion couldn't write this budget.... lucky to write his name.This is not an NDP budget. It is a Conservative Budget and not a good one.

Good luck with that, but don't hold your breath.

Government should not have the right to suspend parliment to avoid a confidence vote. As for delays, the PM delayed the vote once, then retracted most of the content in the confidence meaure. I have every reason to believe that had Prime Minister Harper had the courage to face the vote, it would have passed. The reason being Dion was heading the coalition and making a mockery of it. Today Harper has become just another Liberal dressed in Blue.

Deficits are run in the West, and more often when Conservatives get Power. The only party worse for that is the Liberals. While the public might be soothed into believing Conservative and Liberal Propoganda that deficits are good, once the reality hits, and little change occurs in the economy, then all will be facing the piper. This is a Conservative Budget. If the Liberals Support it, then they will own a share of it.

Another Lottery Winning? You make a great case for ending public funding.

I would like a referendum to roll back Public Sector Wages. Just not one done online

Public Sector Fat Cat

Flaherty is going to be sacrificed within two years and if the CPC still manage to hold onto government by their fingernails, they will put in a Finance Minister from the West.

It sucks.

Your absolutely right. Bill Clinton was followed by Curious George.

They have no role in the coalition document. Neither does the Animal Rights Party, Animal Alliance Party, Marijuana Party, nor any other fringe party. The coalition does not represent a Unit the Left movement either. Many on the "left" such as the Communist, and Marxist Leninists, and such believe that the coalition is a Movement to the Centre Right. Infact, based upon the Current CPC budget, the Marxist might have more in common with the CPC (Conservatives) then the other CPC (the Communists) The only role the Green Party had, was to prove to the LPC that if they adopt Green Party Policy, they would receive their biggest shallacking in their parties history. If you mean that you wish to see the GP surrender their candidates in a federal election, an easier way to achieve this goal would be to retract the public handout to political parties. They would fold their tents up in numerous ridings. In the meantime, look to the Liberals to support this budget. It represents the best economic policy of the Trudeau era (The last time Iggy knew what Canada looked like in a recession), and Mulroney Era. Fortin..... show me your budget

The CPC are prepared to throw money around willy nilly and call everything in the budget a "stimulus", which is a total crock. One thing that is certain, is we are going to have less revenue and more spending, and cross their fingers that putting a chicken in every pot is going to create some economic miracle. This turkey isn't going to fly.

I have just corrected my sig to remove my proroguing protest and the short term dictatorship and extended vacations of our weak willed MPs. A fair system of representation is one where the government can't shut down parliment because they are having a bad week. In the meantime, the LPC are supporters of status quo, as are the CPC and the Federal NDP are the only party interested in changes to the House. The coalition also requires BQ support, so any changes to the house are a non starter, unless you believe the BQ are ever going to want to surrender seats for a PR system. So the coalition is NOT your choice for democratic change to the house. THe only party for that is the NDP and they would require alot more seats in another election to go down that road, because the LPC will never budge on this issue. There are only two parties who wish for changes in the Senate. The CPC who want to have elected Senators, except right now they were more driven to fill them up with party hacks. So the only party with any credibility on the Senate issue is the NDP who want it abolished. The CPC would support this as a 2nd option, if Reform became an impossible task, however it looks like they would rather continue to stack the deck then engage in its abolition. So essentially, party or coalition, you aren't going to see any changes to the system of government for a fairer system of representation. So, the next question is ...... Why do people believe this is the perfect time for Government to reduce its revenues and increase spending? I think this is nuts!!!

Just to feel better http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/conserv...icit/index.html

No Harper is posturing as a RAE gomics supporter. Deficits without a clue.

The Green Party contribution to the coalition was to set the coalition on its heels and give the ball back to Harper. If I were an LPC/NDP MP there are two things I would want to disassociated myself from as quickly as possible. 1) DION 2) May and the Green Party Especially since the Green Party has absolutely nothing to do with the coalition in any way shape or form. Nor will they have anything to do with the coalition in any way shape or form in the future. Right now I am still waiting with baited breathe for the budget. I am in no favour of an election, but since the CPC can't avoid deficits, I see no reason to allow them to drive us into one on purpose. And since Iggy is supporting large Deficits, I don't think there is anyone with the guts to do the right thing and balance the books while creating a jobs and industrial policy. The CPC said they were going to run a 100million surplus, but were only out by $32Billion dollars. Something has to be done.

The $64Billion dollar deficit makes me sick to my stomach.

My question to the posters in this thread is.... Is Kingspan Justified in suing the City of Brantford? What is the City of Brantfords Responsibility to investors in the community?

Wild Bill made an excellent reply. I wish you had commented on more of it. I believe he put everything forth in a clear manner and I agree with those comments. What I find troubling about your arguments is the situation of outrageous CPC campaign spending. SPEND SPEND SPEND as you put it. More reason to cut off them off from public funding. They need to operate within their means, and I believe with their fundraising activities coming strictly from donors, this puts greater pressure to be more responsible with the money. In meantime, if people think that money needs to be attached to make a vote worth something, how about we put that figure down to .02 cents per vote? That'd be around $50,000 for the CPC which I still think is $50,000 to much but then some might get their 2 cents worth

In the coffee shops, I have heard a number of negative comments on this package. They want Harper to balance the budget and cut this package off immediately. But that is just a few guys that hold CPC membership cards

I think Wilber has made a strong statement. I see no reason for the government to spend more money, and the costs to the taxpayer would be steep, to implement online voting. This isn't a cheap endeavour. An interesting observation is how few people are voting in this poll, compared to the "Coalition Poll" a few weeks back. And that's just it. Apathy. Online voting doesn't change Apathy. No amount of online voting could get voters more interested in their Councillors or Mayors. If you don't know them and don't care, you are just as apt to be surfing the net and downloading music, then realize, oh yeah there is a vote going on, and continue to surf the net. The major vocal people here are against. There are a handful of those for it, and most aren't paying attention. Here is something to think about. Forced by law to vote, combined with online voting ...... 70% against so far, that is quite a message coming from those computer savy individuals on MLW

There is nothing stopping Alberta from ending publicly funded healthcare to satisfy your needs.