The Female Voter

[maplesyrup]

One of the areas of concern is the low percentage of female MPs in the House of Commons.

Political parties ignore the female voter at their peril.

The last poll I viewed showed that the negative gap between male and female voter was almost 50% more for the Conservatives than the next closest party.

The following is the percentage of female candidates breakdown for the coming election:

Conservatives: 11%

Liberals: 26%

New Democrats: 31%

[Slavik44]

well MS, Canada is a democracy and in most cases so are party nominations. So the only way for there to be more female candidates is if more females get invovled in politics. Parties are not ignoring the female voter, that would be a stupid move, as i said in most cases parties don't appoint their candidates, so getting more female candidates relies on females getting involved in politics more.

[maplesyrup]

Democracy, is that another right wing buzzword, when you want to crush the weaker components in the political system? I consider it bullying myself.

It reminds me of the word "choice" which is the latest right wing buzzword for privitization of the health care system

[BQSupporter]

Maple, I know Democracy is something people like you do not like and it doesn't surprise me. Only the Liberal party appoints there candidates, while all the other party run nomination elections.

Maybe China and Cuba would be a better fit for you Maple, you wouldnt have to worry about getting elected by ones party or the people.

[Slavik44]

Democracy, is that another right wing buzzword, when you want to crush the weaker components in the political system? I consider it bullying myself.   

It reminds me of the word "choice" which is the latest right wing buzzword for privitization of the health care system

Ms that statement is a complete joke. Infact many of your statemnts have been a complete joke, that can sway depending on how the situation affects the NDP. A week or two ago I asked wether or not the green's would get a seet in B.C you said NO, you said their votes would end up going to the NDP. Now just the other night you found out the greens could win a seat that once was conservative, and yes thats right, your opinions of green party support changed.

You make a ridiculous claim because you realize I have given you an acurate and logical response to your question, but you still want blood from the conservatives. But what I said was the truth, for women to gain poltical power they must get inolved in politics. It is a democracy and the more women stat playing the politcal game the more seats they will get.

You seem to be suggesting that we over ride democracy, and legislate how political process in Canada should be run. Do you have an alternative to democracy? Considering you hate it so much? Democracy may not be perfect but it is however the best available option," Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." -Winston Churchill.

This is what it comes down to, for democracy to work it takes involvement, if a particular group doesn't get involved they will not get as many people from there grouping in power. This is changing as more women get into politics and it will continue to change. But the Ideals of democracy that have kept the wheels of this country moving, will not. So you can take your anti-democracy B.S else where, it is nice to see YOUR secret agenda for once.

[playfullfellow]

Democracy, is that another right wing buzzword, when you want to crush the weaker components in the political system? I consider it bullying myself. 

It reminds me of the word "choice" which is the latest right wing buzzword for privitization of the health care system 

That is one of the first times I have seen the word choice be used almost like a swear word. What a bunch of malarky MS, the NDP spouts off the word more often than anyone.

As for the low percentage of women in the house also relates back to that hated word choice. If more women chose to run for government, then there would be more women mp's. We, as a modern society have largely gotten over the old habits of keeping women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen to use a very old sexist remark. I value the view of women as they often have a different way of looking at things than men do. If my wife chose to run for office, all the power to her but in the end, it is her "choice" to do so. We also make decisions based on what is best for our family. I know that is an old fashioned way of doing things, making decidions based on what is best for the family but it works for us.

MS, you enter many debates with a very closed mind. Left is good Right is evil in your worlds eye. So because I look at the world in a conservative way, I am wrong and you are right, no matter what. Re-read your posts and think logically about what you have written and try to figure out why people don't take your view seriously.

Democracy, is that another right wing buzzword, when you want to crush the weaker components in the political system? I consider it bullying myself

This statement makes absolutely no sense at all. Democracy is majority rule, what Canada was built on. What you seem to be leaning towards is minority rule or akin to a dictatorship. Can you recite any dictatorships that were good for the country they were ruling?

So if you want to see more women in government, encourage your lady friends to be involved in politics and let them chose (oooppppppssss, that is a right wing swear word) to do so. I guess if don't have any choices life would be easier having others tell us when and where to wipe our noses.