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  • Alright, Zeus, Oracle, Gray, Kali, and any other Canadians. What did you think of the debate?

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #16738  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:13 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Liberals: Sure Martin brings forth all of these issues in Health Care which he feels are important, but does he think the voters are really that dumb, as minister of finance he already proved that he didn't believe those issues were important. In my opinion, Martin should move to Bermuda, where all of his business is/was =)

Conservatives: I have no idea why Harper wishes to put such emphasis on military, I don't really believe that at this point in time that we really require one of the highest military budgets in the world. I also don't like much of his other spending. I do agree with his tax cut plans, afterall, they would be beneficial to me, but I am also concerned about the debt, tax cuts are pointless if the dollar devaluates heavily. I feel that much of the reason that anyone would vote for him is because they feel he is the best way at getting Martin out.

NDP: I like a lot of the ideas that Layton put forth. He wishes for small sales tax cuts, but seems to have a better spending plan. The consequence of this will be that he will have to increase taxes in some areas. I think it is important that these guys get in as an official party.

Bloc Quebecois: I would really like to see a party leader as dedicated to the country as Duceppe is to Quebec. In his debates he clearly was victorious, he had the best ideas dealing with spending and health care, I wish the others would have spent more time listening to him; no one would dare agree with him though as his party is linked to separatists, and Canadian documentaries and what we're taught in school will never let us forget the connection between the FLQ terrorist organization and the separatists. He won't get a single vote outside of Quebec but inside Quebec he will likely see the greatest support in the history of the party, during the last election the Bloc Quebecois had the smallest amount of support with only about half the seats, I predict this time they will get mostly all of them.

In my opinion, we will have a minority government, ideally I would like to see something along the lines of everyone with between 15% and 35% power. This is the reason why I am going to take a chance and vote NDP, they will probably be the smallest party, and I am not trying to vote in a leading party anyways. I just hope that enough Canadians share this view to elect in a government that is very much a minority.</div>

 #16741  by SineSwiper
 Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:19 am
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Ummm..."one of the highest military budgets in the world"? That's our job: to waste trillions of dollars on military.</div>

 #16779  by Zeus
 Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:40 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Remember, I don't vote.....system sucks ass</div>

 #16789  by SineSwiper
 Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:58 am
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>I figure that despite not knowing what they are going to do when they are actually in office, it still a deciding method to change the government (to some degree). Not voting isn't going to change the system you so despise.</div>

 #16840  by the Gray
 Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:23 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>He's the reason the Liberals/Conservatives stay in power. People aged 18-29 make up 30% of eligible voters in this country. It's a self fulfilling belief that you can't make a difference if you don't vote.</div>