[ICTHUS]

I'm actually really depressed by it all, but that's because I see the Conservatives potentially winning a majority, and that scares the daylights out of me.

This (Stephen Harper) is a man who has installed a young-earth Creationist as our science minister (if you believe the earth is 6000 years old you have no business being in government, let alone a science minister), been found in contempt of Parliament (think 'contempt of court' except for the legislature, it's an actual formal charge) twice for two separate issues, and feels that he can basically cancel (prorogue) our legislature whenever the bloody heck he feels like it. His 'tough on crime' agenda will see overcrowded prisons full of kids whose only crime was smoking a joint. But that's okay, because he intends to rectify that situation by building MORE prisons, when our national crime rate is actually decreasing.

And he's spending 42 million of taxpayer money on building a bloody dome on Parliament hill.

This guy takes his cues from his Republican religious-Right buddies to the south. It's no wonder we've got the issues we do.

I'm a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and intend to vote as such, and I'm volunteering on the campaign of one of the Liberal MP's in my city. The Tories are destroying the Canada I love and I'll not let it go down without a fight.

[normajean777]

Originally Posted by ICTHUS

I'm actually really depressed by it all, but that's because I see the Conservatives potentially winning a majority, and that scares the daylights out of me.

This (Stephen Harper) is a man who has installed a young-earth Creationist as our science minister (if you believe the earth is 6000 years old you have no business being in government, let alone a science minister), been found in contempt of Parliament (think 'contempt of court' except for the legislature, it's an actual formal charge) twice for two separate issues, and feels that he can basically cancel (prorogue) our legislature whenever the bloody heck he feels like it. His 'tough on crime' agenda will see overcrowded prisons full of kids whose only crime was smoking a joint. But that's okay, because he intends to rectify that situation by building MORE prisons, when our national crime rate is actually decreasing.

You have a source that smoking a joint will be a jailable offense? Every cop I talk to (and theres a lot in my neighborhood, which is a bit rough), says they are a bit tired of the revolving door system where the criminals are released as fast as they are caught. If this can actually give the courts the teeth to actually enforce some of our laws by giving offenders jail time, then I'm all for it. I'm just tired of the slap on the hand for criminals.

And he's spending 42 million of taxpayer money on building a bloody dome on Parliament hill.

Lets rent them a church basement instead to save money. For real.

This guy takes his cues from his Republican religious-Right buddies to the south. It's no wonder we've got the issues we do.

I'm a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and intend to vote as such, and I'm volunteering on the campaign of one of the Liberal MP's in my city. The Tories are destroying the Canada I love and I'll not let it go down without a fight.

According to the article (with poll) that I saw yesterday, Canadians want Michael Ignattief to be Prime Minister EVEN LESS than they want Jack Layton to be. As cool as Jack Laytons mustache is, doesn't that say something?