And they're off...the election thread

Welcome to Wondercafe2!

A community where we discuss, share, and have some fun together. Join today and become a part of it!

Register Log in
Has anybody heard of twiddle comments, TWITTER, twiddle-twaddle or any new language systems that are very abbreviate ... lesser thoughts?

Language can be a funny thing, odd or even a Gael of a brain storm ... but then if you don't believe in weather on the mind ... would you be part of the un-conscience?

Such breezes are hardly noticeable if you are in the Blue La Goon ...
 
Pr. Jae said:
For retired persons (and those of us rapidly advancing toward those years): http://www.carp.ca/2015/09/25/carp-summary-election-promises-2015/
Click to expand...

I notice all of the opposition parties proposing restoration of door-to-door mail service. I wonder how they plan to do that given that Canada Post is NOT a crown agency under the control of cabinet but a crown corporation with an arms-length board and executive. For them to direct CP on day-to-day operations would violate that arms-length relationship similar to a government trying to direct CBC on what shows to run. It will also be a fiscal boondoggle given that CP has already spent the money to put up the superboxes (at least in the neighbourhoods near me that are affected). The government will likely have to compensate CP for that or see them take a major writedown on the project. IOW, it's an position that plays well but may not end up the way people like even if the opposition does win.
 
Mendalla said:
I notice all of the opposition parties proposing restoration of door-to-door mail service. I wonder how they plan to do that given that Canada Post is NOT a crown agency under the control of cabinet but a crown corporation with an arms-length board and executive. For them to direct CP on day-to-day operations would violate that arms-length relationship similar to a government trying to direct CBC on what shows to run. It will also be a fiscal boondoggle given that CP has already spent the money to put up the superboxes (at least in the neighbourhoods near me that are affected). The government will likely have to compensate CP for that or see them take a major writedown on the project. IOW, it's an position that plays well but may not end up the way people like even if the opposition does win.
Click to expand...
I've heard it, but haven't paid much attention to the details. What do they mean by restore exactly - just give it back to those who had it previously? Because if they mean to give it to everyone that's many areas that never had it in the first place.
 
ChemGal said:
I've heard it, but haven't paid much attention to the details. What do they mean by restore exactly - just give it back to those who had it previously? Because if they mean to give it to everyone that's many areas that never had it in the first place.
Click to expand...

Just restore it to the areas that just lost it. It's really too late for that, too. That horse has left the barn, at least in my part of London.
 
Mendalla said:
Just restore it to the areas that just lost it. It's really too late for that, too. That horse has left the barn, at least in my part of London.
Click to expand...
Not a fan of that anyway. If some should get mail delivery to their home and not others it should be based on need, not how old the neighbourhood is.
 
Lastpointe said:
Puzzling aspect of this campaign is the "outing" of candidates based on past face book posts or other stupid acts.

The latest is an NDP from Hamilton. Now she has a masters of social work and an undergrade in peace studies. Whatever that is. She is a school trustee and made stupid penis joke about a photo from Auswich. The comment was stupid and juvenile. But he explanation is bizaare. She had never heard of Auswich? How can your be 32 and that illinformed?

Butthe other issue is do we want all these things outed?
Click to expand...

In my opinion, this new trend is simply going to drive otherwise good and qualified people away from running for office. Not that I'm necessarily either good or qualified but if I were ever asked by a party to be a candidate I'm not sure I'd want these - whoever they are - mucking through every single thing I've ever posted on social media to find something to embarrass me or humiliate me even if they have to take it out of context. And, frankly, I'm sure that there's something I've posted that would disqualify me. Who among us has never posted something dumb online, and who wants every dumb thing they've ever posted online being brought up to suggest that they're unqualified.
 
Mendalla said:
I notice all of the opposition parties proposing restoration of door-to-door mail service. I wonder how they plan to do that given that Canada Post is NOT a crown agency under the control of cabinet but a crown corporation with an arms-length board and executive. For them to direct CP on day-to-day operations would violate that arms-length relationship similar to a government trying to direct CBC on what shows to run. It will also be a fiscal boondoggle given that CP has already spent the money to put up the superboxes (at least in the neighbourhoods near me that are affected). The government will likely have to compensate CP for that or see them take a major writedown on the project. IOW, it's an position that plays well but may not end up the way people like even if the opposition does win.
Click to expand...


People involved with polity and politics can promise anything and the sheep will accept it as they gave up their powers of discernment ... due to physical gods an ideals that may be incarnations ... or appear as they aren't in the real world that is not a settled virtue ... just dissonant as Eris ...
 
The Nanos rolling poll for CTV this morning has the following numbers:

Liberal - 35.6%
Conservative - 31.0%
NDP - 22.8%
Green - 4.7%

According to this, the NDP is down not just in Quebec, but also in Ontario and BC, and in both Ontario and BC the Liberals are now in front of both the NDP and the Conservatives.

Just one poll, but it seems to confirm a growing sense I've come across that as the campaign heads (mercifully) to its final days the anti-Harper vote would coalesce around whichever party seemed to have the best chance of beating the Conservatives. All the polls I've seen suggest that's the Liberals.

Frankly, while Trudeau and the Liberals have surprised people (including me) by running a very effective and focused and largely positive campaign, the NDP have not run a good campaign at all, and while Mulcair has been a very effective Opposition Leader in the House of Commons that hasn't translated into a good performance on the hustings. I once heard someone say that those who are undecided will (usually unconsciously) gravitate toward the leader who is most likable; who they'd be most comfortable sitting down over lunch with and chatting. I think that's Trudeau easily over Mulcair, so I'm not surprised that the anti-Harper vote (the type that's really anti-Harper without having any particular allegiance to either the Liberals or the NDP) are moving toward Trudeau.
 
I saw a very positive message from Trudeau recently. Didn't get the link, going on memory.
It seems that he was reaching out to the moderate conservatives.
He said that the conservatives are not the enemy. They are your neighbours, your friends, perhaps members of your family. They are good people - but they have been misled and controlled by Harper. And (and I'm not quoting him, just my understanding of what I remember of what he said) - the only way to defeat Harper is by defeating Harper's party in this election.
The Conservative running in my riding seems to be a nice person, probably a good neighbour, a good husband and father - but he is completely controlled by Harper. And there is no way I could consider voting for him.
 
Seeler said:
The Conservative running in my riding seems to be a nice person, probably a good neighbour, a good husband and father - but he is completely controlled by Harper. And there is no way I could consider voting for him.
Click to expand...

There's a lot of that in this caucus, I think. I'm sure my MP is a nice lady and she has decent credentials but as an MP she's just a mouthpiece for the PMO, regurgitating whatever talking points they have given her. She's a one-termer and may stay that way. It is looking like my riding may go back to the Liberals (who controlled it through the nineties and 00s).
 
Do caucuses stifle free thinkers? Thus the caw is a cuss ... or the thorn is condemned ... so Paul was off base with his thorn in his side ... his ABBA'd side? Thus the deviate thinks ...
 
In these the final weeks of the campaign - I'm changing my vote to the local Green party candidate.
 
That's grass roots that can bring a corrupt house down ... so it can be rebuilt outside ... as SAN ... hoo's ein? Character that was misinformed about being god ... ... only a small part of the eternal integral ... very calculating tho' ...
 
Well, it's becoming pretty clear that it's highly unlikely that we'll end up with a majority government of any stripe. All that remains to be seen is which of these four or five people will play best in the sandbox together.
 
Even if the majority is got by a perceived minority party ... will the wee one survive given the power that is agin eM ... the rich and the powerful (eM without even wee thoughts)? Thus the subtle power is normally beneath the line of emotional sight ... by ordinary people ... allowing us gremlins a place for camel flague ...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top