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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Martin's gambling with Canada's future |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:45 pm
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| [QUOTE]When Martin was too chicken shit to have same-sex-marriage debated and sent it to the court, he himself threatened to use the notwithstanding clause should the court rule against it.[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> This is not quite accurate. It was not the same-sex issue on which Martin had... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: My Argument on why Minority governments are BAD |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:50 am
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Replies: 9
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| To add further to Marcarc's response.<br /> <br /> We live in a capitalist society and it is the capitalist that rules. Liberal (in the sense that liberal means capitalist) democracy was supposed to put the breaks on capitalist rule. Like any system the most powerful develop strategies t... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: An old trick politicians play |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:40 pm
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Replies: 12
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| [QUOTE]So if you make $1000, you GET $1000. And if you want, you can put that $1000 cheque into your bank account and allow it to accrue interest TAX FREE FOREVER.[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> That would be fine if you did not have to eat or have a place to live or clothes to wear. Y... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: An old trick politicians play |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:28 pm
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| It seems that which tax you would prefer to have lowered depends on where you stand on the income scale and your buying habits.<br /> <br /> Since food and lodging are not subject to GST most of the income of those families who do not make enough to pay income tax will see little affect ... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: I'm calling it: Stephen Harper PM '06 |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:28 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 608
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| [QUOTE]Combining the plans of ALL three parties clearly makes the most sense-since each has a different market focus. Combining all three would do what I think every government program would do-which is to look at the needs of the people using them.[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> I agree that the ... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: I'm calling it: Stephen Harper PM '06 |
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:43 am
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Replies: 11
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| [QUOTE]Harper wants to give incentives for private companies to offer daycare. That doesn't sound like more government to me, sounds like Harper is asking the private sector to help out.[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> This is obviously an ideological difference. You have no problem with transferri... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: I'm calling it: Stephen Harper PM '06 |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:01 pm
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| Marcarc, I have no idea of what you would define as "less government." The concept of "less government" means different things to different people. To many Conservatives "less government" means only no social safety net for those who run into hard times. To them security is a bad thing and society n... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: I'm calling it: Stephen Harper PM '06 |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:11 pm
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| "I think it's high time for a Majority Conservative government to come in, clean up parliament and allow the provinces more freedom/flexibility into the way they see best how to run their lives.<br /> <br /> "clean up parliament" -- one has to wonder what is meant by this. I know that Co... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Anti-American or Pro-Canadian |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:40 am
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Replies: 19
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| One of the issues that those who are so committed to the concept of the "free market" in commodities such as oil refuse to consider it that there is no free market. In bulk commodities the price is not set based only on cost, supply and demand. Instead, supply is often controlled by both t... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Yes, I’m scared of Stephen Harper! |
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:54 am
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Replies: 173
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| Economically the media is right right (anti-government; pro-corporate/private) and promotes a right wing economic agenda. There are a few columnists that are still moderate to left in their leanings but there was a major purge of left wing columnists by the Aspers from their media a few years ago. O... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: The Vive Debates - ask the candidates! |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:11 am
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Replies: 35
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| I have a question on another issue for whelan costen. In the CAP policy document it says: "We agree with most Canadians that now is not the time for another constitutional wrangle." However, later in the document there is a very detailed plan for an elected senate that would reduce the representatio... |
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Forum: Canada Kicks Ass & Canadian Culture Topic: The Christian left? |
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:58 pm
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Replies: 44
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| It is not a simple thing to define the Christian right or the Christian left. As I see it the Christian right as we see it in North America today has developed a form of Christianity meant to legitimize capitalism with its "self-interested individualism" or greed.<br /> <br /> Certainly ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Vive Debates - Ask the candidates! |
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:42 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I am personally not running in the election. I hope that you have invited all our candidates although with the election in only three weeks it is really too late to engage most of them in the discussion. At this point our candidates are focused on making face to face contact with their constituents.... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Vive Debates - Ask the candidates! |
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:26 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Jesse, How do you evaluate being ignored? Why waste time in trying to engage in a debate if you are simply ignored? I ignore "trolls" because, in my opinion, they have nothing to contribute to intelligent discussion. Do people ignore my contribution for the same reason? One of the essentia... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Vive Debates - Ask the candidates! |
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:55 am
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Replies: 18
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| I belong to the Progressive Canadian Party and it has been excluded as well. We received the same percentage of the vote as CAP in the last election. We have tried to participate in the debate here but been largely ignored. Both our president Jim Love and Joe Hueglin as well as myself are or were re... |
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