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evil Anonymous
Stephen Harper, evil.
>> Anonymous
looks like he's wearing makeup
>> Anonymous
I hate the bastard.
>> Anonymous
hes better then what we had
>> Anonymous
They all suck more or less... There should be ultra-strict standards to become leader of a country. Very severe general and specific knowledge testing, testing of logical and strategic abilities. What are the requirements to be a candidate for elections anyway? Tssk.
>> Anonymous
>>73347
lawl.
>> Anonymous
>>73358
I always sided with the ideal that they should be picked with a random lottery, because anyone who wants the job can't be trusted. Or something to that effect.
>> Anonymous
>>73358
All you have to do is raise enough money, more or less.

I voted for the Conservatives. Are they perfect? Hell no, but what political group is? I think the government should shift between the various parties from time to time, not just have the Liberals always in charge. That way, various aspects that are neglected under certain regimes can be supported for a while. Sadly, there's no political party in Canada that would be ideal for me and my situation: straight white male, Canadian-born, not a member of a union, and poor but not desperately poor.

Still, our military has been neglected for over a decade, and crime here is getting out of control. The Conservatives were the only party truly willing and capable of doing anything about these issues, so that's why I figured it was time for them to govern for a while. Do they give tax breaks to the wealthy and neglect the environment? Yes (so do all major parties to some extent), but nobody's perfect.
>> Anonymous
>>73329

> Stephen Harper: the lesser of three evils.

fixed.
>> Nova
Sounds to me Canadians feel the same way about their leadership as Americans feel about theirs.

Ironic?
>> Anonymous
We don't have a 2 party system like the US. The fact of the matter is that greater than 60% of the population voted for the left and far-left. Slightly more than 1/3 voted Conservative. If we had proportional representation, like Australia, the Conservatives would likely never see power again.
>> Anonymous
>>73487

> If we had proportional representation

Oh please. You have no idea what you're talking about. True proportional representation would mean the vote of the individual Albertan would be worth the same as the individual Quebecky. Which means it will _never_ happen.

True proportional representation would shift the political authority back to the people, and the country wouldn't be Ontario and Quebec's anal bitch anymore. And Toronto and Montreal will _never_ allow that to happen.
>> Anonymous
>>73489

It already has happened. Canada is now Alberta's bitch (Kyoto anyone?); and it happened without PR, thank-you very much.
>> Anonymous
>>73419


Errrmmm why didnt you vote NPD? Theyre the tree hugging pot smokers I voted for.
>> Anonymous
vote bloc
>> Anonymous
>>73329

"God Bless Canada"

He really said that.
>> Anonymous
>>73694
Does that make him evil?
>> Anonymous
>>73553
NDP favours the desitutely poor, visible minorities, unions, and students (especially post-secondary), none of which I am.
>> Anonymous
>>73771

Very much so.
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>>73785

lol, wat?
>> Anonymous
>>73785
Please translate for us USians. People around here CAN'T get elected without saying "god bless the nation" early and often.
>> Anonymous
yes.. we canadians need a military to fend off rogue hockey players and beavers.. Who are you kidding... if Canada is ever attacked we are screwed without American support. Spending money on the military is a waste
>> Anonymous
>>73813

In canaduh combining politics and religion are no-no because the government can't favor a religion over another. Yknow the different ethnicities , eh?. The only time religion is brought up is for gay marrage (which didnt do fuckall since it went legal)

Oh and it proves he's a chinese robot sent to destroy us by doing everything Bush does.
>> Anonymous
I heard that Harper is modelling his style after Tony Blair...but all of these neo-cons are cowardly hypocrites, partisan snakes, slick political operatives, power addicts, whores and puppets of corporate entities...
Let's bring him DOWN!
(uh, when there is a chance...)
>> Anonymous
>>73828

FAIL. No Chinese like The Chimp and this piece of shit The Chimp dropped in Canada.
>> Anonymous
"... on a recent trip, the Prime Minister was asked by a flight attendant to turn off his cellphone and BlackBerry. Mr. Harper declined. The pilot then made a request, saying it was for safety purposes. The PM relented. But, at the end of the journey, one of his staffers gave the pilot some news: His services would no longer be required on prime ministerial trips."
globe, lawrence martin, 09/08

Evil, imperial, and just plain ignorant....
>> Anonymous
>>73471

Every country inclined to progress and evolution has to show disatisfaction to their leaders about something in the country's development. Only, different countries are unhappy at different levels.

Examples :

Haiti : everything is wrong
Canada : the fucking health system!!!1111
Finland : the lack of optimization in some obscure administrational process
>> Anonymous
>>73828
Thanks for the answer.
>> Anonymous
>>73467
>> Stephen Harper: the least of three evils.

>fixed.

Fixed the fix.
>> no one cares Anonymous
Ok, all the silly trend-following hippies can shut the fuck up and stop boring us now.
>> Anonymous
>>73826
Yeah, just like the Americans keep their military in case they're ever attacked by an army on US soil. A functioning military is important to promote Canada on an international scale, helping other countries in "Peacekeeping" endeavors, etc. The UN is putting troops all over the place, and Canadians always like to follow the UN around (if only because the Americans don't), but we can't keep hitching rides and borrowing equipment from other countries because ours is outdated and broken down.
>> Anonymous
>>74055
Did it ever occur to ANY of you Canadians that the reason you have a lackluster, pathetic 'military' presence is because the we--the US--would be threatened by it? That's right, America ensures that Canada remains militarily neutered.

Face facts, no Canadian military presence will ever go through, because the US quietly lobbies your leaders to tow the line, and just be passive. Leave the fighting to the big boys.
>> Anonymous
Canadians: Too conceited to admit that they are irrelevant.
>> Anonymous
>>74159
USians: Think they are the center of the world.
>> Anonymous
>>73471
No, I think that public opinion of politics in the US is far more polarized than it is in Canada.

Interestingly, Bush and the GOP have managed to shift politics so far over to the "right" that the liberals are starting to sway the same way. Kind of like how a ship leans one way, and everything inside tumbles in the same direction.

My prediction: people who vote Democrat are getting pissed off at their party because they see them as weak for catering to the GOP (Hillary Clinton is actually a centrist). People who vote Republican are just going to keep voting Republican. So what happens? Democrats just won't vote. It's going to happen in 2008, you heard it here first.
>> Anonymous
>>74128

That actually makes sense. It certainly offers a decent explaination of what happened with the Avro Arrow.
>> Anonymous
Stephen Harper is good the liberals and ndp arepure evil... i blame them for poor minumal wage and the hiden law. did u know if ur parents are on wel far the first born gets a jobhe gets hit with a 5,000$ deit for getinga job. thanks alot u liberals and ndp they are pure evil. i hate theliberals and ndp. go to hell pal martin.
>> Anonymous
>>74128
>>74249

Please. You guys need to apply a variation of Occams Razor: "Never attribute to sinster influences what can also be explained by greed, laziness, and short term thinking."

We Canadians want it all. We whine for "free" public health care, and we get it. We whine for special payouts to aboriginals, french speaking catholics, etc., and they get it. We whine for social assistance, subsidized insurance, utterly useless gun registries, safe injection sites, and we get them.

But the money for all this has to come from somewhere, and there really is a limit to how much can be sponged away in income tax, GST, PST, fees, surcharges, etc. before the economy utterly collapses. So we cut corners in the budget wherever possible, and the military is the single biggest expense we can afford to cut.

Think about it: We know that when the shit hits the fan, the States will use their expensive military to cover our asses, if only to protect their own. We gladly let them bear the expense for the military strength that protects us too. But there's no fucking way the States will also pay for a public health care system for us, so we pay for that ourselves, and we can afford to by not bothering to have a real military.

Oh, and the Avro Arrow was simply too expensive for Canada to build in any numbers. We didn't have the manufacturing capacity, and besides, all our best engineers were already moving south to much better paying jobs in the States. So again, it's simply a case of us not wanting to pay for it.
>> Anonymous
wow. Not once in this entire thread has anyone said "NOU". This is true proof that intelligent people do indeed go to 4chan. As a Canadian I'm glad to see there are a fair number of other Canadians here as well.
>> Anonymous
we canadians have a population that is less then californias.. There is no way that our military could ever threatan the U.S not to mention we would have no reason to go to war with our main trading partner. The U.S has no reason to neuter our military because no matter how big it gets there is no reason for a war between 2 democratic free market countries.....
>> Anonymous
>>74269
as an american i'm offended that you dare call the US a free market nation.

a market which has DMCA section 1201, has local monopoly contracts for ISP's from the FCC, and has failed to break up or even significantly reduce the power of an obvious monopoly (read microsoft) cannot be considered one which promotes free competition.
>> Anonymous
his "god bless canada" and bush buddy buddying makes it easy to label him as some ignorant religious nutcase.

the fact that his government has so far refused to support the insite program just shows that he ignores scientific facts and does what his bible tells him