Thread for All the Negative Things the Liberals Did as Government

[cybercoma]

Since many people on here don't like the current government to be criticized without mentioning all the ills of the Liberal government, I thought I would create a thread so we could talk about stuff that happened 10-20 years ago to appease them..

I'll start:

It's ridiculous when a party gets a majority government with less than 40% of the vote.

It's also ridiculous when a party gets to form a minority government with less votes than the second place party.

Now you go.

edit: more accurate title.

Edited December 10, 2011 by cybercoma

[CPCFTW]

That stuff's only ridiculous when the party hippies don't like is in power.

[dre]

That stuff's only ridiculous when the party hippies don't like is in power.

You can always tell the shitty posters on a forum by how often they use words like "hippy", "leftist", "right winge wackjob", "pinko", "fascist" etc. You can really spot the simpletons by searching for those terms.

[CPCFTW]

You can always tell the shitty posters on a forum by how often they use words like "hippy", "leftist", "right winge wackjob", "pinko", "fascist" etc. You can really spot the simpletons by searching for those terms.

You just set the one post record. Welcome to the top of the shitty poster list!

[cybercoma]

Cut it out with the personal insults, both of you.

[dre]

Cut it out with the personal insults, both of you.

I just stated an obvious fact. Those are the buzz-words of abject idiocy.

[Guest Derek L]

Cancelling the EH-101.……only to replace the Labs a few years later with the Cormorant……Then picking the Cyclone out of pure optics, instead of the EH-101 as the Sea King replacement…..

Disbanding the Airborne Regiment under the guise of punishment over the Somalia affair.

Sending our troops, post 9/11, to Afghanistan poorly equipped

The Gun Registry

Obviously Sponsorship….

The YCJA………

That’s all I’ve got…….for now….must be forgetting something……….

I never hated PM Chrétien , the same way some appear to hate PM Harper, and in the end I disagreed strongly with some of his polices and decisions, but being fully objective, PM Chrétien's governing style (center-left) is not that far from PM Harper’s (center-right) and this clearly demonstrates that both Prime Ministers understood/understand Canadian Politics……….And how to be successful in them.

[CPCFTW]

I just stated an obvious fact. Those are the buzz-words of abject idiocy.

I see I struck a nerve. Don't be so mad... It's not so bad being a hippy. Relax, put on your flower laurel, and go smoke a j.

[dre]

I see I struck a nerve. Don't be so mad... It's not so bad being a hippy. Relax, put on your flower laurel, and go smoke a j.

I wouldnt say you struck a nerve. Im not mad I just calmly and rationally stated an obvious fact. You really CAN tell the quality of a poster by how fast they are to seek refuge in those kind of simplistic ideological buzzwords. Its just an observation.

Im about as far from being a hippy as you can get actually.

[CPCFTW]

I wouldnt say you struck a nerve. Im not mad I just calmly and rationally stated an obvious fact. You really CAN tell the quality of a poster by how fast they are to seek refuge in those kind of simplistic ideological buzzwords. Its just an observation.

Im about as far from being a hippy as you can get actually.

Maybe not in body, but in spirit..

No one cares about your poster quality expectations. Relax comrade, go buy yourself a sassy french beret or something and come back when you have something relevant to contribute to the thread.

[dre]

Maybe not in body, but in spirit..

No one cares about your poster quality expectations. Relax comrade, go buy yourself a sassy french beret or something and come back when you have something relevant to contribute to the thread.

Yeah a deep contribution like...

That stuff's only ridiculous when the party hippies don't like is in power.

[CPCFTW]

Yeah a deep contribution like...

Which is relevant to the thread. Before you take another toke, try reading my post again without being blinded with rage at the word "hippies".

[dre]

Which is relevant to the thread. Before you take another toke, try reading my post again without being blinded with rage at the word "hippies".

Im not in a blind rage, nor do I "take tokes". Like I said... just calmly and rationaly stated a well known fact

Edited December 10, 2011 by dre

[olp1fan]

Kyoto accord was stupid and wasted our money

[olp1fan]

Long gun registry did nothing of value too.. criminals do not register guns plus Im not cool with governments knowing who is armed and who is not

in case we need a revolution

[olp1fan]

The last thing I hated that I can remember is the arrogance the liberals had... hearing Chretien talk and seeing his face too

[dre]

Kyoto accord was stupid and wasted our money

Gun registry was botched.

We sent troops and wasted money in Afghanistan.

We attacked Serbia over trumpted up genocide charges.

Sponsorship.

Its not all that hard.

[olp1fan]

Its not all that hard.

Who said it was?

[olp1fan]

Canadas involvement in Haitis coup detat

[Bryan]

The 1982 Constitution Act, especially The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and asymmetrical bilingualism and language rights.

[MiddleClassCentrist]

Shawinigan!

[Guest American Woman]

Chreitien lied to Canadians, saying Canada was going to stay out of Iraq even as Canadian diplomats were in the U.S. discussing Canada's involvement.

Edited December 10, 2011 by American Woman

[PhilosopherKing]

Since many people on here don't like the current government to be criticized without mentioning all the ills of the Liberal government, I thought I would create a thread so we could talk about stuff that happened 10-20 years ago to appease them..

I think you miss the point. For the past fifty or sixty years we have been given one choice only as an alternative to the current government. That being the case, political discussions (which invariably have, as their basis, the replacement of the party in power with the official opposition) inevitably consider the alternative when discussing the present. Therefore, if we say the government in power is corrupt, as an example, but we know the alternative is more corrupt, the conversation is largely meaningless as we're not about to replace a corrupt party with a party which is even more corrupt (or stupid, or incompetent or whatever).

As an example, the Tory government has, of course, evidenced political patronage in the appointment of certain people. This too is inevitable. Every political party at every level does it. However, the Liberals were notoriously brazen and shameless in their patronage appointments. That being the case, when liberal supporters squawk about Tory patronage I think people are bound to be cynical.

[PhilosopherKing]

I just stated an obvious fact. Those are the buzz-words of abject idiocy.

Whilst I don't entirely disagree, a brief perusal of your own postings of late does not show an abundance of respectful discourse aimed at those on the other end of your political spectrum.

[cybercoma]

The 1982 Constitution Act, especially The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and asymmetrical bilingualism and language rights.

The Canadian Bill of Rights was introduced by a Conservative first in 1960, setting the groundwork for the 1982 repatriation and the Charter.