Canadian politics

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I really enjoyed reading Alan’s post on the elections in Canada. I’d be interested in hearing from my Canadian friends on this, as I am completely and utterly ignorant.

2 thoughts on “Canadian politics”

  1. Erm, I’ve done my griping 😛 I guess there’s some comfort in the fact that the Conservatives actually lost 5 seats in BC–all the far-right “social conservatives” lost. Also, it’s a minority government (again) so it won’t last long.

    What do you want to know? I could post about it… (oooh, a post, what a concept…)

  2. I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t know as much about politics as I should, and it’s a weakness of mine that I struggle with. My main issue with this election was that Canadians are so narrow in their thinking – it’s either vote Liberal or vote Conservative. A lot of longstanding Liberals that were upset/furious with the Liberals recent performance withdrew their support and voted elsewhere. Problem is, they only saw one alternative and that was to vote Conservative.

    And then there are other people that would normally vote NDP or Green (parties that NEED votes) who then decided to vote Conservative so that the Liberals wouldn’t win.

    It’s unfortunate that more Canadians don’t consider their other options, like NDP or Green.

    I am SO opposed to the Conservative party’s stand of same-sex marriage that I wouldn’t even consider their platform, despite how strong the rest of it is. A friend of mine then assumed that I would vote Liberals as a result.

    I have a very big trust issue with both the Liberal party and the Conservative party so I refused to vote either. But it would appear that I’m one of the few Canadians that feel that way.

    Heh..sorry for the long comment, perhaps I should have used my own blog for my soapbox ;).

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