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Canada no-confidence vote topples Harper government
Canada no-confidence vote topples Harper government http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51847000/jpg/_51847868_011616950-1.jpg Stephen Harper, seated, said most Canadians were disappointed at the prospect of a new election Quote:
And then again another election in what 2 years? Jeez, when will Canada get another Majority government? |
The budget wasn't perfect, I don't think it's possible for a budget to be perfect. But, it was a pretty "safe" budget. Did what it had to do, no more, no less. Continued with some stimulus spending, while cutting down on other parts of it. We weathered the recession better than almost any nation, and it's time to lay off. Some minor tax breaks. Some catering to the NDPs, hoping they'd support the budget. And plans to bring us back into the black within a decade or so.
The Bloc turned down the budget because they did not receive any money in it for bringing the HST to Québec. Why would Québec deserve any money for that? The Provinces that switched to the HST (instead of GST+PST) end up saving money because the tax collection and handling is then handled by the Federal level instead. They wanted more money because they saved money, which is idiotic. Speaking of idiotic, the Liberals brought on this election when not only are they way behind the Conservatives - but they're even behind the NDP in the polls! Holy crap! How is that even possible!? And why on Earth would you call an election when you're doing that badly? The Liberals have their panties in a knot over two issues, a)The budget, which again was fairly safe, b)Parliamentary ethics. Ethics. The party who lost power because they threw away $100million+ is complaining about ethics. Not that I don't care about the parliamentary ethics. But, quite frankly, in my day-to-day life, I don't care all that much if the Conservatives (or whoever may be in power at the time, pretty much) don't confine to bureaucracy and forget to dot their I's and cross their T's. Yes, it's a problem and should be addressed and solved. But it's just such a non-issue, I can't believe they want to make this an election issue. Ethical or not (wasn't illegal, mind you), money wasn't lost. So, no one cares. NDP... hey, they're up in the polls over the Liberals. So, all power to them. The election is needless. The issues at hand are ridiculous. And we'll end up either with a narrow majority, or the largest minority yet for the Conservatives. Not worth the time or cost involved. As stated many times in past Canadian political threads here, I'm not a strong supporter of the Federal Conservative party. At the moment, it is mostly made up the old Reform party. Personally, I'm a Progressive Conservative. A Red Tory. So, the federal Conservatives don't presently align with my own ideology. And, I think there are better issues that the opposition party could bring up as a reasoning for this election other than the budget and "ethics". How about the HST? Or the F-35s? Or the G-20 summit? Energy (which was suicide for the opposition last time around, but still)? Health care (not really a Conservative problem, mind you. But something that should be addressed all the same). |
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