<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Canadian elections strengthen Conservatives, drinkers]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:28:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/1 Elections

"Like most Canadian political junkies, I'm more excited for the results November 4th than tonight's."

No doubt, we will be importing some new 'Made in Canada' policies from the new American administration.

a sibilant intake of breath

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"Like most Canadian political junkies, I'm more excited for the results November 4th than tonight's."

No doubt, we will be importing some new 'Made in Canada' policies from the new American administration.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> Comment #2 by noracharles http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:14:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/2 waste of money

Wow...this was a giant waste of time and money. We ended up with almost exactly the same parliament as we had to begin with.
I feel bad for Dion because I truly supported his Green Shift, and he seemed like a man passionate about his policies and had integrity. But I've come to realize debate and really getting into issues and policy doesn't matter in an election. After all, a party was elected whose platform was released one week before voting day and was 44 pages long with giant font, and 22 of those pages were photos of the party leader. No substance. It is about superficial stuff like personal looks, sound bites, disrespect and bullying. No wonder we had an historic low voter turn out - 59%.
This is a sad day for Canada and its citizens.

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Wow...this was a giant waste of time and money. We ended up with almost exactly the same parliament as we had to begin with.
I feel bad for Dion because I truly supported his Green Shift, and he seemed like a man passionate about his policies and had integrity. But I've come to realize debate and really getting into issues and policy doesn't matter in an election. After all, a party was elected whose platform was released one week before voting day and was 44 pages long with giant font, and 22 of those pages were photos of the party leader. No substance. It is about superficial stuff like personal looks, sound bites, disrespect and bullying. No wonder we had an historic low voter turn out - 59%.
This is a sad day for Canada and its citizens.

]]> Comment #3 by GRLCowan http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:27:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/election-night-no-not-that-one/3 Oh yeah, that was the problem

How must the carbon tax increase/income tax reduction have polled for the Liberals when they tried it on people around the office?

Perhaps they were entirely appreciative of the need for more carbon money to be in their paycheques, because of the way this would affect the behaviour of those who would pay it. A very witty proposal: take from those who will be affected by the taking, give to philosopher-kings whom money, additional fossil carbon money, cannot affect.

Also, no need to present the two things in this order -- income tax reduction/carbon tax increase -- because nobody doesn't like income tax. Putting it second on the bill gave voters the hope that it might be forgotten when the time for implementation came around.

With that hope in their breast, they must have liked the green shift, insofar as they were able to understand it. Better voter education was all that was lacking.

--- G.R.L. Cowan, author of How fire can be tamed

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How must the carbon tax increase/income tax reduction have polled for the Liberals when they tried it on people around the office?

Perhaps they were entirely appreciative of the need for more carbon money to be in their paycheques, because of the way this would affect the behaviour of those who would pay it. A very witty proposal: take from those who will be affected by the taking, give to philosopher-kings whom money, additional fossil carbon money, cannot affect.

Also, no need to present the two things in this order -- income tax reduction/carbon tax increase -- because nobody doesn't like income tax. Putting it second on the bill gave voters the hope that it might be forgotten when the time for implementation came around.

With that hope in their breast, they must have liked the green shift, insofar as they were able to understand it. Better voter education was all that was lacking.

--- G.R.L. Cowan, author of How fire can be tamed

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