I thought of bringing this up earlier, however, I never did. But, for those of you who do not know, Canada is holding a federal election today. In fact the polls close in two hourse. Personally I believe the Conservatives will win, I've been following the opinion polls closely and they've yet to drop under 35%.
Some things to note about this election is that the NDP (New Democratic Party) will most likely end up as the major opposition to the Conservatives. This is something of a surprise because the NDP are often unpopular, yet have gained ground rapidly. The Liberal Party of Canada has, for the first time in decades, been placed in a minor role in the Canadian Parliment. Furthermore, the Greens may actually gain a seat this time.
The support for the NDP is showing a change within Canada. While the Conservatives still out number the NDP the conservatives will have to settle with another minority government. I suspect that the NDP, who I support, will continue to gain popularity over the next couple of years. Regardless of how Harper and his Conservatives do, many middle class families are tired of being neglected while corporations get the tax breaks.
Furthmore, students are becoming irritated with our politicians ignoring us. The only party offering us any chance for a cheaper education up front, and a better one at that, are the NDP. I also suspect the Liberals are going to be sitting in a minor role for a very long time. They've butchered another campaign by offering nothing and slandering their competitors. Personally, I couldn't care less. Micheal Ignatieff isn't much of a Canadian in my opinion.
Well the polls close in roughly fourty five minutes. I'll be updating this around 10-10:30pm EST with either a result, or some further information on how the election is shaping up. There's a little doubt right now of whether or not the Conservatives have the numbers for a majority government. Hopefully not.
Currently the Conservatives are leading (as predicted) and may achieve their majority government they want. Since it's early yet many riding have yet to be confirmed, so no guarentee
"No because we elected a PM who was in contempt of court, campaigned entirely on negative press and fear... I think thats plenty of reason to be disappointed."
A vote from Conservative is a vote for a criminal.
The bloody Conservatives have the majority government they wanted, not happy...
"Goodbye net neutrality Goodbye neutral foreign policy (see Israel Palestine) Goodbye gay and lesbian rights Goodbye balanced budgets Goodbye transparent, open government Hello new prison spending Hello jail for pot smokers (bill s-10) Hello corrupt MP's (Bev Oda, The Guergis Clan) Hello corrupt Harper Aide's 1 Hello American DMCA legislation (P2P fines anyone?)"
A personal slap across the face, even more so since I have to use loans to pay my school off. Soon I'll be paying as much as Americans.
Also;
"Hello to usage based billing" "Hello to eating out of American Corporations hands" "Goodbye to money spent on Parks" "Hello privatization of basic services"
"Hello useless military!"
We definitely need some planes, why not package some tanks to that?
I haven't been following the election campaigns, so I'm not sure what everyone is promising, but I would guess that the conservatives, once again, are doing the exact opposite to what I think should be right. I did hear some noise about prisons and stuff, I didn't follow tho, so what happened?
Oh right, and what will pay for this? Yes, our social infrastructures. Which will lead to some of the consequences that Darkroot and wolf1991 stated before.
