Originally posted by: Kibbo
Just wanna clarify my ealier posts.
This is the conservative "heartland" of Canada. Calgary, the cultrual and economic hub of Alberta, was built by cattlemen and later oilmen (sound familiar?). They would likely say that faith is important in politics, that the military should have more funding (a lot of people think that right now, but it's a matter of degrees) , that cutting taxes is good, the government hurts more than it helps, and that a man should make his own way.
There are may issues with which they might disagree with an American conservative. For instance, the idea of publicly funded health care is practically sacrosanct up here. Abandoning universal care is a no go for the vast majority here. Some would like to ease up the regulations to allow the better-off the option of having better care. That's a radical idea up here, one that was too radical even for the Conservative Party of Canada.
Originally posted by: Kibbo
Abandoning universal care is a no go for the vast majority here. Some would like to ease up the regulations to allow the better-off the option of having better care. That's a radical idea up here, one that was too radical even for the Conservative Party of Canada.
Originally posted by: Zebo
I figure quebec because large catholic
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
From the Canadians I've met, it seems like every province would vote Blue...
And Fund A Mentalism isn't confined to the Rube States of the Bible Belt.Originally posted by: TravisT
Canada has always been a liberal neighbor. The liberalism doesn't stop at the border... unfortunately.
Nope. Jews voted Bush-25%, Kerry-74% but Catholics voted Bush-52%, Kerry-47%.Originally posted by: Infohawk
Originally posted by: Zebo
I figure quebec because large catholic
Common misconception that catholics are red types. Catholics vote Democrat, like Jews. A lot of people mistake catholics for their rabid protestant counterparts (old protestant strains aside). Sure, the Pop is against abortion but he was also against the Iraq war and doesn't favor snake-handling.
Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
To clarify a little further, the federal conservative party consists of politicians who mostly believe that two-tier health-care is the way to go, but know that they won't receive any votes outside of alberta if they take this position, and therefore adopt a wish-wash policy on health-care to avoid commiting to public health, while not scaring off everyone who does support public health care.
I disagree with some of the other candian posters as I think Alberta just might go Republican in an election; it would certainly be a 'swing state'. But Quebec and Toronto would vote Democrat (or maybe Nader).