• Canada: Tory campaign chief throws down fall-election gauntlet
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[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-campaign-chief-throws-down-fall-election-gauntlet/article1633200/[/url] I only pasted the first half which gives the basic gist of things: [quote= The Globe And Mail]The Conservatives are threatening a fall election after the Liberals found a way – at least temporarily – to excise the contentious clauses from an omnibus budget bill that the Conservative government had hoped to expedite into law by next week. At a meeting of the Senate finance committee on Thursday, Liberal and independent senators voted against those sections of Bill C-9 they do not believe belong in the bill because they have little to do with the budget. Those clauses would open overseas mail delivery to privatization, weaken environmental assessment, and facilitate the selloff of power division of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. The bill will now go back to the Senate for a final vote which will likely take place on Tuesday. If the Senate as a whole restores the excised sections to the bill and passes it unamended, then it will be given Royal Assent and everyone will go home for the summer, Conservative Senator Doug Finley said. But if the Senate passes the bill with some parts missing, he said it will go back to the House of Commons and “it may very well precipitate an election.” Mr. Finley, who is also his party’s campaign director, told The Globe and Mail that it is hard to imagine a better campaign issue. “The Liberals between them in the Senate and the Commons have managed to cause this bill to be so amended, with come very key provisions on AECL, on speeding up environmental assessment, and a number of issues like that [removed],” he said, adding that the delay would hold up payments to people who are waiting for the money. “I think there’s more than enough issues here to run an election on, and I’m ready,” Mr. Finley said. “I’ve got buses, I’ve got planes, I’ve got war room, I’ve got advertising already in the can. We are constantly at work on our policy and platform. I’ve got a tour two-thirds planned. Yah, let’s dance.”[/quote]Yep, them's definitely fighting words from Sen. Finley. Should be an exciting autumn up here in the North
imma start practicing voting not conservative
Oooh boy. Maybe it's time to get rid of idiot MPs like James Moore and have Bill C-32 rot on the sidelines. I'm ashamed that this guy's from our riding.
Heh, seems like it's going an interesting autumn for both US and Canada.
Why would the conservatives want an election now? Public opinion of them is lower than ever. If the liberals ditched Iggy and got someone better they'd have a sure shot.
Yeah, from what I can tell the Liberals are a mess right now. I really hope they get their game together, otherwise we just might get that Tory majority that 30% of the population want
NDP Should win!
[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;23209729]Yeah, from what I can tell the Liberals are a mess right now. I really hope they get their game together, otherwise we just might get that Tory majority that 30% of the population want[/QUOTE] Nah, the Afghanistan war has dropped their reputation too low to get a majority. We've wanted our soldiers out of there for over a year and the conservatives are dragging their feet. [editline]03:37PM[/editline] [QUOTE=PEn1s lol;23210396]NDP Should win![/QUOTE] They should, but they never will. Everyone, just vote ABC. Anything But Conservative.
i'm voting ndp just because peter stoffer is a fucking badass
I'm really not liking this whole Conservative idea of basically selling off parts of Canada.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;23210616]Nah, the Afghanistan war has dropped their reputation too low to get a majority. We've wanted our soldiers out of there for over a year and the conservatives are dragging their feet. [editline]03:37PM[/editline] They should, but they never will. Everyone, just vote ABC. Anything But Conservative.[/QUOTE] They got more seats in the last two elections then in the last 5. If they can keep this going they can be one of the big 2 (Or 3)
Eh I'll go with NDP this time I guess, Conservatives fuck shit up, Liberals are the most corrupt. Time to see what NDP is really bad at.
Pfft I'm voting for the Communist Party of Canada.
[QUOTE=Fkpuz Version 1;23215520]Pfft I'm voting for the Communist Party of Canada.[/QUOTE] I want to see some Neo Rhino candidates. I liked their platform of making the trans-Canada highway one-way, starting with semis and busses first
We need an Obama. Can Jack Layton turn black?
Jack Layton is all about privatizing everything. I don't know why you would think of him as a savior. None of the candidates are any good to be honest.
[QUOTE=zombojoe;23217832]Jack Layton is all about privatizing everything. I don't know why you would think of him as a savior. [/QUOTE] How'd you get that? [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democratic_Party#Principles.2C_policies_and_electoral_achievement]Here's what the NDP stand for[/url], they're probably the best party we have. They're a democratic socialist party, they're not going to be putting a lot of trust in the free market.
Fuck that, I want a dictator. Everybody sucks. Stupid bills. Just give us a Kim-Jong-Ill who isnt retarded.
that's it mister you're exiled
[QUOTE=doonbugie;23226556]Fuck that, I want a dictator. Everybody sucks. Stupid bills. Just give us a Kim-Jong-Ill who isnt retarded.[/QUOTE] I'll do it, everyone write-in "Zeke129" in the next election. I'll simultaneously run in every constituency.
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