Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: libs0n
If the liberals form government, then Iggy will be a part of it, a senior cabinet minister. There is more to the liberals than just a single man at top.
The NDP voted in support of the Conservatives against a motion that would have set 2009 as the end date for Canada's mission in Afghanistan. That opened the door for it to be extended to 2011. Their hands aren't clean.
Maybe I'll vote Green then.
I'm really pissed at the Conservatives about Bill C-51. They passed it just before they dissolved the government. It gives more power to pharmaceutical companies and somehow "regulates" homeopathic medicine.
I'm also upset at what's happened to OSAP and university bursaries. I can't even get OSAP or bursaries and I'm studying at the graduate level. It's stupid. I blame the conservatives for it.
The Liberals have a really messed up plan WRT the carbon tax on gasoline. It's backward-thinking. People driving cars shouldn't be funding public transit. People who live in cities and in areas that commute into cities should pay for the transit system (and heck, why can't transit systems fund themselves?).
People are already going broke with the price of gas. Adding on a tax isn't going to help.
TBH none of the parties truly interests me. Maybe I just won't bother voting. I'm still leaning toward the NDP. Their hands may not be clean but they're not as dirty as the Liberals or the Conservatives when it comes to the war issue.
I'm pretty sure the federal conservatives have little influence over OSAP... the O stands for 'Ontario'.
You've been letting Harper tell you what the Liberal carbon tax is about, rather than looking at the plan on its own merits - gas is excluded, but otherwise the plan cuts income taxes and replaces them with consumption taxes that provide automatic incentives to citizens and businesses alike to reduce carbon emissions.
People choose to 'go broke' due to the price of gas. They
can reduce their consumption if they decide it is 'worth it', and they will.
By your logic here, people who take trains shouldn't pay for roads, and people without kids shouldn't pay for schools. This is perhaps a valid position to hold, but it's way out of the mainstream for Canada, and you'll be a long time finding a candidate, let alone a party that wants to take up your cause