Where Canada is today

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Nothing really went wrong. They called an election after about 2.5 years. I think they should have waited the 4 years, because they said they would do that: or not call one early basically.
Maybe they felt they were in a position to take the majority..?

I think we're doing well. Our dollar has been strong $110to the US last year) and over all, things seem ok, or pretty good. These days, you shouldn't hope for much better.

Some people say Stephen Harper is a "control freak". I don't think he's got the power of a president to do that.

I know it sounds terrible, but I'm also sick and tired of a prime minister with a french accent. I lived in Ottawa for 23 years and had French shoved in my face most of the time. I've just become bitter. What a sad thing.

The Quebec license plates say " je me souvenir"; I remember. And I do remember what they've done over the years..

[Larry_OHF]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca Still north of the U.S. I hope...

Edit: Had something in mind to say in regards to that, but the more I got into it the more I realized it wasn't coming out as clever as I had planned, so I aborted the attempt.

[Bungleau]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca Still north of the U.S. I hope...

Except where it's not... says a guy who lived north of Canada and south of Ontario at the same time

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

I'm impressed that some Americans actually know where is.

[Unglaublich Verwustung]

Originally Posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood Nothing really went wrong. They called an election after about 2.5 years. I think they should have waited the 4 years, because they said they would do that: or not call one early basically. Maybe they felt they were in a position to take the majority..?

Have you considered that they may have known that they wouldn't take the majority but were instead worried about what they would manage a further 18 months from now? In this case, whether or not they were reasonably certain of getting a slightly stronger position now, or expected a similar result as previosuly, it has left them with a further 4 years guaranteed, as opposed to between 18 months and 5 1/2 years dependent upon their performance over these next 18 months, whilst global economies are suffering...

Or am I giving politicians too much credit for some quite convoluted thinking?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

I'm sure they felt they were in a good position to take the majority. The mess probably hurt them a bit, but they still got more seats.

I think in these times, it's not good to make a big change like that.

I hear they kinda goofed in Quebec by cutting back on the arts programs and lost votes that way. I don't know any more though.

I DO KNOW HOWEVER,
That this was "the" lowest turn-out for votes in our democratic history: 59%!

Maybe that's a good thing if people were uniformed and voted for the wrong reasons, as mentioned in the other thread.

[Firestormalpha]

Originally Posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood I'm impressed that some Americans actually know where is.

Reminds me of a video, I think someone posted it here, where some Americans were asked to identify France on a world map and at least 2 of them pointed to Australia. I kinda laughed, but it was kinda sad too.

[Kakero]

Canada recently got election too? Wow didn't know that cause all on the news was the american one.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally Posted by Kakero Canada recently got election too? Wow didn't know that cause all on the news was the american one.

Don't worry, I'm sure some Canadians barely noticed too, with all the US Election coverage we get up here.

[wellard]

Originally Posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood I'm impressed that some Americans actually know where is.

Hey! even Sarah Palin knows where Canada is