Canada's Government To Be Ousted? - Page 2
Forum Index > General Forum |
a-game
Canada5085 Posts
| ||
Chef
10810 Posts
| ||
Showtime!
Canada2938 Posts
I'm glad he's getting his swan song earlier than expected. Now, if only the Liberals had a true leader *cough*. My inside sources tell me it's going to be Bob Rae. | ||
QuanticHawk
United States32028 Posts
On November 29 2008 06:31 HumbleZealot wrote: 1) As stated in an earlier post, a low Canadian dollar is bad for sports teams. 2) Stop trying to bash Canada at every conceivable opportunity, I've seen u post retarded shit like this several times before and it throughly demostrates your lack of knowledge. 3) Thats not exactly whats happening, why don't you try doing what 99.9% of Americans don't and actually learn about the rest of the world? 1) I'll have you know that my concern was a very serious one. If the Canadian teams go under, I won't have any good teams to laugh at when they choke. 2) I'd never. And I'd also like to point out that I'm a model poster here. 3) I'm too busy stuffing my face with cheeseburgers. Silly canuck. | ||
Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
Its quite possible this whole thing is just some genius politicking by the evil stephen harper. | ||
L
Canada4732 Posts
this is completely in the opposition's hands now | ||
Showtime!
Canada2938 Posts
Bye, bye Harper. | ||
EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
| ||
Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On November 29 2008 07:35 Showtime! wrote: What did I say? Stephen Harper is a tool. I didn't think he would sink down to this low, but he finally did. I'm glad he's getting his swan song earlier than expected. Now, if only the Liberals had a true leader *cough*. My inside sources tell me it's going to be Bob Rae. Bob Rae? No fucking way. That would be a fucking disaster. I would no longer support the Liberals if they chose that fucking joke of a man to lead the party. Bob Rae is a an ex-premiere of Ontario. He was part of the ndp and his government was a complete disaster. I sure hope your sources have no idea what they are talking about. I have my money on Michael Ignatieff. I met the guy at a political convention in BC in 2007, and although I did feel he was as much of a phony as any other politician, he was a great speaker, which is something the Liberals are in desperate need of after being lead by Dion. | ||
blue_arrow
1971 Posts
On November 29 2008 07:45 Hawk wrote: 1) I'll have you know that my concern was a very serious one. If the Canadian teams go under, I won't have any good teams to laugh at when they choke. 2) I'd never. And I'd also like to point out that I'm a model poster here. 3) I'm too busy stuffing my face with cheeseburgers. Silly canuck. lols Ok, calling for a vote now is about the stupidest things the opposition parties can do; they have jack shit. The liberals are still looking for their new leader, nobody outside of quebec is gonna vote for the Bloc (I don't think Bloc runs outside of Quebec anyways), and nobody is serious enough to vote Layton in to deal with the friggan economy. There is a reason why the conservatives raised twice as much money than all the other opp. parties combined during the last election. Also note that the decrease in public funding was only a part of the fiscal package that Flaherty proposed. The general Canadian populace will not vote for a loosely-knit coalition, especially when this coalition is placed in contrast to the conservatives much better established government. Calling another vote just 6 weeks after the last one will piss off everybody and make them all vote conservatives. Right now I say the media is blowing everything out of proportion, they are being way too sensationalistic. When the real political and economic experts come out with their own opinions you'll see that most of them will agree that a election right now would not only piss off previous liberal, ndp and bloc supporters, but really damage the country as less time is spent on managing the struggling economy. | ||
Showtime!
Canada2938 Posts
I live in Ottawa and my inside reports are very good. I do not like Bob Rae. I think he is a joke as well. I just wish my sources were wrong, but they know a lot more than I do. Bob Rae isn't the answer for the Liberal Party. Michael Ignatieff, hm. I believe he was also mentioned and yes, he is a great public speaker but I have my doubts about him running a Nation. Those are the two biggest candidates to lead the Liberals though. ;/ | ||
blue_arrow
1971 Posts
On November 29 2008 07:56 Mastermind wrote: Bob Rae? No fucking way. That would be a fucking disaster. I would no longer support the Liberals if they chose that fucking joke of a man to lead the party. Bob Rae is a an ex-premiere of Ontario. He was part of the ndp and his government was a complete disaster. I sure hope your sources have no idea what they are talking about. I have my money on Michael Ignatieff. I met the guy at a political convention in BC in 2007, and although I did feel he was as much of a phony as any other politician, he was a great speaker, which is something the Liberals are in desperate need of after being lead by Dion. lol yeah, i always thought ignatieff would have been the best party leader for the libs... didn't he teach at harvard or something? back when they voted for a new leader after martin, i was like WTF when they voted Dion. | ||
Showtime!
Canada2938 Posts
| ||
a-game
Canada5085 Posts
On November 29 2008 08:04 blue_arrow wrote: Ok, calling for a vote now is about the stupidest things the opposition parties can do they're not calling for a vote. they're considering bringing the government down, and then asking the governor-general to invite the opposition parties to form a coalition government. there would be no election necessary, the opposition parties already have enough seats in parliament to form a majority government. | ||
QuanticHawk
United States32028 Posts
| ||
BatTheMan
Canada759 Posts
| ||
Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On November 29 2008 08:09 blue_arrow wrote: lol yeah, i always thought ignatieff would have been the best party leader for the libs... didn't he teach at harvard or something? back when they voted for a new leader after martin, i was like WTF when they voted Dion. Yes, he taught at Harvard, and the only reason he stopped teaching at Harvard was because he was brought up to Canada to be the next leader of the Liberals, but that didn't work out for him. I actually believe he was the head of a department at Harvard, not just a professor. Clearly he is a smart man, but with him living in the US for so long I question if he is in touch with Canadians and our values. When I met him he seemed to be a bit of an elitist and tried to avoid talking with everyone who was at the convention I was attending. He gave a couple great speeches though. @Showtime, I also have some connections in Ottawa who I am trying to get a hold of now. I have 2 friends who work for the liberal party, one even has a office in parliament. Hopefully I will be able to get some inside info on what the hell is going on. If I can, I will post in this thread. | ||
GGQ
Canada2653 Posts
On November 29 2008 08:13 a-game wrote: they're not calling for a vote. they're considering bringing the government down, and then asking the governor-general to invite the opposition parties to form a coalition government. there would be no election necessary, the opposition parties already have enough seats in parliament to form a majority government. Which, frankly, is bullshit. I can't imagine too many Canadians being happy that the government they JUST elected got replaced with the people they DIDNT elect. | ||
a-game
Canada5085 Posts
althought having NDP in his cabinet would force him to be a bit more cuddly. | ||
anotak
United States1537 Posts
| ||
| ||