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I know you don't believe in polls, Gary, but they do often have currency. I knew you'd want to know about this one - will stir your commitment to get that $ 20 saved up in advance!!
Bob A, NDP supporter
Hi Gary:
Is it going to be a Liberal & NDP race for a minority government? Prime Minister Mulcair? Has a nice ring to it.
Re: Conservatives in Third: Canada - Next Federal Gov't?
Hi Bob,
Stopping home delivery of mail to those who receive it could very well cost the Conservatives the government. Too bad.
There will be a lot of new ridings in the next election. In this riding the incumbent lives in the riding. The riding will be split next election. I've read the incumbent wants to contest this part of the riding where there was a stronger Con vote last election. Problem is, I don't think he lives in the part he wants to represent. This area had a liberal for a long time before the Conservative won so it's not a safe Conservative riding.
I can't picture the NDP winning the next federal election. Their power base of Quebec is getting very few of the new ridings.
In any case, the election is far out from now and polls have a way of changing close to the election.
Stopping home delivery of mail to those who receive it could very well cost the Conservatives the government. Too bad.
I'm not connected to the political world at all, so you could be totally right in this regards. However, from my perspective mail delivery is a complete and total non-issue and aside from the initial dust-up over it, I've heard pretty much nothing about it from anyone. Is it something that is big with certain demographics? To think that something like that could push an election one way or another is odd to me since in my world of email and texting, mail service is sort of secondary. However, it sounds like it's much more important to other groups of people from what you are saying.
Is it something that is big with certain demographics?
I'd imagine it would be a consideration for older people who don't get around much, or very well, anymore. That would be ridings with older homes.
Another consideration would be the possibility of getting a community box for 50 homes in front of your home and the traffic and mess that goes with it. I don't know if you'd buy a home with something like that out front but I know I wouldn't buy that house or the one on either side of it. You'd have cars pulling up all day and night and have to put up with the noise.
Trudeau could win himself a lot of votes by promising to reverse that decision.
I'd imagine it would be a consideration for older people who don't get around much, or very well, anymore. That would be ridings with older homes.
Another consideration would be the possibility of getting a community box for 50 homes in front of your home and the traffic and mess that goes with it. I don't know if you'd buy a home with something like that out front but I know I wouldn't buy that house or the one on either side of it. You'd have cars pulling up all day and night and have to put up with the noise.
Trudeau could win himself a lot of votes by promising to reverse that decision.
I guess so. The world of politics is a strange beast for sure.
I know you don't believe in polls, Gary, but they do often have currency. I knew you'd want to know about this one - will stir your commitment to get that $ 20 saved up in advance!!
Bob A, NDP supporter
The Conservatives are likely in trouble. It is a race to replace them between the Opposition NDP, and the third party Liberals.
Re: Are NDP or Liberals Replacing Con's?: Canada - Next Federal Gov't?
Hi Bob,
After last nights buy elections the picture of the Queen on my $20. bill is laughing.
I guess you're holding it's twin for me.
I've been watching the Toronto Mayoral race. One of the candidates wants to make 200 kms of bike lanes. That's approximately from Toronto to London, Ontario. Whatever Toronto taxpayers can afford is OK with me.
After last nights buy elections the picture of the Queen on my $20. bill is laughing.
I guess you're holding it's twin for me.
I've been watching the Toronto Mayoral race. One of the candidates wants to make 200 kms of bike lanes. That's approximately from Toronto to London, Ontario. Whatever Toronto taxpayers can afford is OK with me.
It's a long way to the 2015 election. Justin has a bit of a problem sometimes with foot-in-mouth disease. Also not clear about the depth of his policies: "Join me in change." Anything can happen....and Thomas Mulcair, Opposition Leader, continues to perform well....voters are now getting used to seeing a good NDP politician, who is holding the Con's feet to the fire. It may eventually garner some good return.
Bob A (Declaration of Conflict of Interest - NDP Supporter)
It's a long way to the 2015 election. Justin has a bit of a problem sometimes with foot-in-mouth disease. Also not clear about the depth of his policies: "Join me in change." Anything can happen....and Thomas Mulcair, Opposition Leader, continues to perform well....voters are now getting used to seeing a good NDP politician, who is holding the Con's feet to the fire. It may eventually garner some good return.
Bob A (Declaration of Conflict of Interest - NDP Supporter)
I'm not reading too much into the by-elections. I think the turnout was around 30% in the Toronto ridings and a mere 15% in Alberta. A general election will have a much larger percent of the population participating.
I don't know who will win the next election. While I'd like to see the conservatives repeat, I'll have to see if any of the leaders promise to continue home delivery of mail.
One thing for sure. Minority government isn't on the ballot.
More treatment centres would be one thing to help deal with the drug abuse problem. Somewhat similar to the idea behind John School. Could do the same for out-of-control alcohol abuse, say when DUI occurs. The answer is surely not to forever look the other way regarding such 'sins'. As an average citizen, I don't look forward to encountering more often on the street used syringes, used crackpipes or even used condoms, as has already happened a lot in my own city of Ottawa. I don't even really want to chance innocently inhaling the fumes of yet more people's joints, if marijuana is legalized. Is it not complex enough socially that one means of getting artificially 'happy' (alcohol) is legal?
Regarding Mulroney, he may indeed be the worst case of probable corruption historically. The Liberals have been in power a lot more often since Confederation, however, and their known/probable level of corruption historically might be compared somehow with the PCs/Cons' average level historically. It would make for an interesting task for a historian.
Regarding why I would even consider voting NDP, I believe I gave my rationale. Not saying I've finally decided yet whether it's 'sound' IMO. If I'm stuck with the same choices as I was last time in my riding, like I wrote it's going to be a dilemma for me. One thing is clear to me, that I won't vote Liberal. Trudeau is being managed by the same sort of person who influenced the Ontario Liberal's Green Energy policy. Plus there has not been much of a housecleaning of the party since the Sponsorship Scandal (let alone what has happened with their own Senators, corruption-wise).
Trudeau's stances on terrorism, (admiration for) China's government and on other issues are becoming scary enough for me that I'm beginning to have second thoughts about not voting for the Cons. It seems Trudeau simply has to be stopped. Also, every other party than the Cons seems to adore Green Energy policies. The NDP doesn't seem clean as far as corruption and past election campaign tricks go, either. It looks like it's 'hold my nose' time.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
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