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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
why? |
because of the corruption of the liberals
and it seems as if the country wants an election (Based upon poll results)
I mean, what would happen if the liberals never pissed eachother off? would there never be an election?
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Jon Miller
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I don't favor conservative policies
but corruption is the absolutely worse thing for a democracy..
so I would vote against the liberals this election (maybe for some 3rd party... maybe not)
and than hope that when the conservatives **** things up, which they will do, people would vote NDP instead of liberals
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Kontiki
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Canada
Aug 2001
time: 00:19
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The government is required to call an election a maximum of every five years.
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Jon Miller
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ah.. that is what I was looking for
jsut for interests sake... when is the 5 years up?
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Jon Miller
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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I don't understand your objection, Jon.
There are guaranteed elections at least once every five years.
The PM can choose to bring down the government at any time before that and call a general election. Paul Martin has promised to call one by the end of the year (whenever the Gomery commission is finished)
If the government loses the confidence of the House then there will also be an election.
So what's your problem? |
don't have one now
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I knew there had to be something to it
but when I didn't know about it, it seemed pretty messed up
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Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
time: 00:19
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quote:
Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Actually, I can see why she's pissed off with the direction the party took... |
Nah. I say she's dissapointed with MacKay's "performance"...
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St Leo
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Member of the Apolyton Social Democratic Party
Jul 2005
time: 00:19
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Oct. 17, 2003
How the right was won
Magna CEO Stronach played key role
Mulroney praises her as 'facilitator'
TONDA MACCHARLES, ROBERT BENZIE AND SUSAN DELACOURT
STAFF REPORTERS
OTTAWAThe builders of Canada's newest political party are Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay but the architect is Belinda Stronach with a little help from Brian Mulroney.
Harper, the Canadian Alliance leader, and MacKay, leader of the Progressive Conservative party, put the public face on the deal yesterday, with a joint press conference to formally announce the death of their two parties and the birth of the new Conservative Party of Canada.
"It is not our goal to be a strong opposition," MacKay said. "Our goal is to be a strong government."
The usually taciturn Harper confessed he was so excited he hardly slept the night before. "It's like Christmastime, waking up," he grinned.
MacKay predicted electoral gains in Quebec and an end to vote-splitting in Ontario. Paul Martin, the Liberal prime minister-in-waiting, is expected to call an election next April.
But MacKay's predecessor, Joe Clark, said the merger will result only in "short-term gain.
"The long-term result would be to make Canadian politics less competitive by closing down the only national party whose base is broad enough to provide a genuine alternative to Liberal governments," Clark said in a written statement.
While Harper and MacKay were up front about the weeks of negotiations that led to yesterday's deal, Stronach, president and CEO of Magna International, and former Tory prime minister Mulroney played behind-the-scenes roles.
Stronach said in an interview yesterday that she spoke individually to both Harper and MacKay in June to urge them to merge their parties.
"Both leaders understood the need to combine the parties. Certainly corporate Canada would like to see that both parties merge together," she said.
When she met Harper and MacKay she said she was there as a "concerned Canadian citizen," but Stronach has strong ties to former Ontario premier Mike Harris, who could be a candidate perhaps the leading candidate to lead the new party.
"I expressed the need to have checks and balances in our political process, so that we can go forward and create and debate policies, which are good for Canadians and make for a stronger Canada," Stronach said.
"The three of us met ... in Toronto ... at the end of June and both agreed to the emissary process that each would appoint two to three individuals that they highly respected to (bring) discussions towards the formation of the new party."
That did happen and the emissaries, including former Ontario premier William Davis, former Reform MP Ray Speaker and former Tory cabinet minister Don Mazankowski, began meeting a few weeks ago.
Mulroney and MacKay yesterday denied the former prime minister played a key role in the behind-the-scene talks.
But Mulroney, in a telephone interview from Berlin, agreed that whenever MacKay asked him about the merger, "I gave him my advice and my views."
Mulroney praised Stronach's involvement, saying she was put in the role of "facilitator to initiate this process and keep it on track from beginning to end."
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Sweet mercy.
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