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If I could vote here, I would say that the Conservative hate ads would certainly reinforce my voting behaviour against them. But frankly, I don't trust any advertising, so any influence would only be negative and I'd focus on the substance of platforms and the local candidate. Unfortunately...

:doh: Wooah... someone seems to be short a few brain cells to think he'd get away with this one. Maybe you should be flattered, Sybian, that someone would want to pass themselves off as you... but really? If you've have the cash to play, why would you need to do that? :doh: :crazy:

Which is why I said that a normally functioning democracy their behaviour would be bizarre. In Canada it appears that individual candidates can be totally disengaged from the process, effectively not participate, ignore the wishes of the majority of the population, and yet the party is still...

Given your choices, can I suggest that you vote ANYTHING but the wooden puppet for the Conservative Party, and figure out who is the candidate most likely to beat any Conservative candidate, and vote for them. Your vote will be helping Canada as a whole. :)

I think the Cons are totally ambivalent as to what the average Canadian or voter thinks. They have calculated what their support base is and is focused on them, and letting the opposition fight it our and split the vote. They are relying on their support base getting out and sowing...

We have a socialism now. It is only a matter of degree. You don't think all those corporate handouts and tax breaks aren't a form of socialism, not to say anything about our medical system, free education, OAS, EI and everything else? What you are suggesting (based on your examples) are...

I think there is potential for surprises in the election if there is too much dependence on past election trends. I have the sense that there may be people voting this time that don't normally, and possibly some Conservative voters who always vote, but might just sit on their hands this time...

Thank you for the acknowledgement. Appreciate it. I'm not all bad, even if my political leanings are somewhat left of centre. And I am a fan of capitalism when it is serving society as a whole rather than as a tool of a very small elite. :)

Hmmm... really? So, according to Forbes Magazine, Denmark has been ranked the best country for business in 2014, after been ranked that 2008-2010. Link to Forbes story here This is supported by a Scottish economist, John Kay, see here. It is also the second-most peaceful country according to...

I have the impression that women are more accepting of diverse and fluid sexualities than men, so lesbians don't freak out straight women in the same way that gay men freak out some straight men.

Yep... looks like a shift to the left by the Liberals to consolidate some of the non-Con opposition. Probably a smart move on their part.

Bollocks. Although I agree that too much taxation certainly is a drag on economic growth, I would suggest that too little taxation is to. Which is why much of the Western world has economic stagnation and difficulties recovering from the periodic and predictable financial crises. Companies...

So do the US if they can. Free trade basically means "we'll take over whatever you have and let our corporations take the profit"

Particularly evident when the suggestion that introduction of a "barbaric cultural practices" or whatever it was hotline is touted as a policy by the party in power and it supposedly moves up the polls as a result. That is a disgusting and very sad comment on Canada if that is allowed to...