Comments on: It’s time to start campaigning for the next election http://larocqueandroll.com/2006/01/24/its-time-to-start-campaigning-for-the-next-election/ Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyways Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beth http://larocqueandroll.com/2006/01/24/its-time-to-start-campaigning-for-the-next-election/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Beth Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:14:00 +0000 http://www.larocqueandroll.dreamhosters.com/?p=391#comment-416 My only consolation in this whole thing is, like you've mentioned, it is a minority. And no one will deal with the so-called Conservatives (I can't bring myself to even call them Conservatives, when they are clearly the Alliance/Reform party)... I mean, on what issues will the NDP or Liberals agree with the "Tories"? And the Bloc only agrees on issues of strengthening provinces/weakening the federal government (which, while I'm not a huge of it, is better than them agreeing with the "Tories" on any social/heatlh/education issues)... so I agree that it's going to mean another election relatively soon and hopefully SH won't find some way to do too much damage in the meantime. My only consolation in this whole thing is, like you’ve mentioned, it is a minority. And no one will deal with the so-called Conservatives (I can’t bring myself to even call them Conservatives, when they are clearly the Alliance/Reform party)… I mean, on what issues will the NDP or Liberals agree with the “Tories”? And the Bloc only agrees on issues of strengthening provinces/weakening the federal government (which, while I’m not a huge of it, is better than them agreeing with the “Tories” on any social/heatlh/education issues)… so I agree that it’s going to mean another election relatively soon and hopefully SH won’t find some way to do too much damage in the meantime.

]]> By: Phillip http://larocqueandroll.com/2006/01/24/its-time-to-start-campaigning-for-the-next-election/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Phillip Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.larocqueandroll.dreamhosters.com/?p=391#comment-415 I'm glad to see Paul Martin go. Even if he'd won a minority government, leaving is still the best thing he could do. He's primarily a businessman, one that doesn't have the greatest sense of what real life is like outside of business relationships; most of his buddies in his caucus are the same. With him out of the picture, some of the more social-minded Liberals (most of whom Martin gave the boot to) <I>might</I> have a chance of getting back in the game and making a difference. The Liberals could use that kind of make-over. However, electing Stephen Harper's Conversatives is hell of a price to pay. If the Conversatives had won a majority, Canada would be doomed. <I>Doomed</I>, I tells ya. At least the NDP got some seats out of it, which, if they're lucky, will translate into more seats for them in the next election (the NDP do an excellent job at preventing the extremists on both sides from doing too much damage). If we're lucky, Harper won't wreck the country before the next election, and then we could only hope he doesn't win a majority. Otherwise, goodbye to the arts, goodbye CBC, goodbye affordable secondary education, goodbye public health care, and hello Iraq. I’m glad to see Paul Martin go. Even if he’d won a minority government, leaving is still the best thing he could do. He’s primarily a businessman, one that doesn’t have the greatest sense of what real life is like outside of business relationships; most of his buddies in his caucus are the same. With him out of the picture, some of the more social-minded Liberals (most of whom Martin gave the boot to) might have a chance of getting back in the game and making a difference. The Liberals could use that kind of make-over.

However, electing Stephen Harper’s Conversatives is hell of a price to pay. If the Conversatives had won a majority, Canada would be doomed. Doomed, I tells ya. At least the NDP got some seats out of it, which, if they’re lucky, will translate into more seats for them in the next election (the NDP do an excellent job at preventing the extremists on both sides from doing too much damage).

If we’re lucky, Harper won’t wreck the country before the next election, and then we could only hope he doesn’t win a majority. Otherwise, goodbye to the arts, goodbye CBC, goodbye affordable secondary education, goodbye public health care, and hello Iraq.

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