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Marokai Backbeat
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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January 10, 2012, 08:29:50 PM »
Quote from: Nathan on January 10, 2012, 07:13:40 PM
Quote from: RogueBeaver on January 10, 2012, 10:24:54 AM
Quebec Dipper backbencher defects to the Grits. She represents the Strangler's old riding. IIRC this is the first defection since Blair Wilson's 4 years ago.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/10/pol-lib-rae-coderre.html
'Les électeurs ont voté pour Jack Layton. Jack Layton est mort.'
Jesus Christ. You stay classy, Mme St-Denis.
Yeah, pretty gross. Good riddance.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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Electoral reform is, like, too complicated.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1166296--ontario-budget-mcguinty-agrees-to-horwath-s-tax-the-rich-scheme
A hearty congratulations to Horwath.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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May 15, 2012, 12:39:39 AM »
Quote from: Senator Seatown on May 15, 2012, 12:14:51 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/05/14/bc-ndp-poll.html
"Free enterprise coalition"?
Really?
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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June 13, 2012, 09:05:42 PM »
Considering everything goin' on in that budget, just calling it a "budget" is almost completely disingenuous.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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September 08, 2012, 09:25:19 PM »
Quote from: Dief will be the Chief Again on September 08, 2012, 07:57:28 PM
Quote from: Romney/Ryan 2012! on September 07, 2012, 10:31:28 AM
We just severed diplomatic relations with Iran.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/07/pol-baird-canada-iran-embassy.html
America should have done this. Can we switch your Harper for our Obama?
We severed diplomatic relations with Iran over thirty years ago. Under Jimmy Carter.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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September 20, 2012, 08:20:12 PM »
Quote from: Romney/Ryan 2012! on September 20, 2012, 05:12:54 PM
The MP pension reform will be in the omnibus.
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/359625/le-projet-de-loi-omnibus-federal-incluera-la-reforme-des-retraites-des-deputes
Why legislate at any other time when you can just throw everything in omnibus budget bills!
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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April 22, 2013, 04:11:19 PM »
Unfortunately this is probably the best time the Ontario Liberals have to just go for broke and call an election. It makes sense, if it happens.
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May 11, 2013, 11:55:45 AM »
The PLQ is a horror movie villain that never dies.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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May 11, 2013, 01:27:52 PM »
Those numbers aren't that good for
anyone,
really.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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On
books
, of all things.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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August 20, 2013, 06:55:49 PM »
Quote from: Natural Governing Party (TM) on August 20, 2013, 01:49:45 PM
Good: Quebec opposition parties will kill or at least force some serious concessions on the PQ's "secularism charter." Hopefully this thing is killed.
Random question for the uninformed and non-french: What exactly does this so-called "secularism charter" actually
do
, and
why?
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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September 06, 2013, 10:42:50 AM »
Quote from: Hatman on September 06, 2013, 09:57:28 AM
A plurality of Canadians (46-42) support intervention in Syria:
http://htl.li/oC58P
Including a plurality of young people (49-40). Interestingly Quebec is most in support (52-37) while Alberta is most against (37-49).
Also interestingly, support among NDPers is the highest among the three parties (47-35); Tories disagree the most (45-48).
Whether it's here on Atlas, in America, the UK, and France, or anywhere else, I always get a kick out of how
bizarre
the lines of support and opposition are re: intervention in Syria.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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Quote from: Peter the Lefty on September 20, 2013, 04:19:40 PM
And Mulcair continues to pull the NDP rightwards.
I'm almost hoping the NDP loses big time in 2015 so that he'll get the boot.
I'm not even sure why so many ostensibly center-left politicians are so afraid of touching this issue, when it is so obviously something they could get away with and has widespread support among the kind of voters they need to get and keep. At this point, on this issue and others, Mulcair is well on his way to making the NDP as bland as the Liberals.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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September 20, 2013, 11:45:44 PM »
According to an Ipsos poll from May
, 88% of Canadians support raising taxes on "the rich" (defined by most people as someone making 200k or more) and 89% of Canadians support an additional "millionaire's tax."
This poll from 2012
registered similar nation-wide levels of support for raising taxes on the wealthy.
Ontario specifically supports raising taxes on 500k+ers
, and
British Columbia supports more taxes on the wealthy as well
. You can find poll results like this practically everywhere, not just in Canada. Backing off from any personal income tax hikes is straight-up wimpy and stupidly throwing away an excellent opportunity.
There seems to be a very serious disconnect because what the public wants re: taxes on the top-earners and what political parties across the board have the balls to actually implement.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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September 21, 2013, 05:52:17 PM »
(Sorry for derailing this is a bit, Rogue.)
Quote from: DC Al Fine on September 21, 2013, 05:17:53 PM
Quote from: Leftbehind on September 21, 2013, 06:23:09 AM
And NDP will be given coverage where they can constantly repeat the figure in question and refute it. The end result from this line of argument is to not propose anything left-wing and egalitarian, lest the all-powerful media ruin you. That sort of cowardice has essentially already allowed them that. The rich being taxed properly is widely popular and no media lies that can easily be corrected will change that.
The NDP ran on higher tax rates in the past. They were also a perennial 3rd place party.
If the
American Democrats
can successfully run on "hey perhaps we should increase the top tax rate by a percentage or two, maybe" certainly the NDP can effectively campaign on that. It's such an easy pander (I use that word in a positive sense) that I don't know why more parties don't actually go through with it. There is more widespread agreement on taxes in public opinion than on possibly any other controversial issue in politics, but you'd never know that if you only watched how parties performed in government.
The NDP's refusal to do so is especially disappointing considering Mulcair's wussying out on other issues (marijuana, climate change policy) that at this point it feels like every time Mulcair is given the option to stand his ground on certain attacks, or differentiate the NDP from the Liberals, he chooses the most boring option. That the NDP is being out-maneuvered on pot by the
Liberal Party
should just be embarassing. The only issue he's been consistently decent on since becoming leader has been Senate reform; an issue that's going nowhere.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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I love, love, love, love that it has turned out to be real. This is one of my favorite news stories in years.
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Re: Canada General Discussion
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I feel like "Trudeau is complaining that journalists are being too critical" has become a constant thing at this point. What does he expect reporters to do, hand-feed him grapes?
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