Canada To Get a New Prime Minister

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">because the letter writer is being so overly dramatic.

</div></div> dramatic times calls for dramatic letters

[RichD]

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well in my view its hardly dramatic times..interesting for sure but hardly the earth shattering coup that some would like to frame it as.

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">well in my view its hardly dramatic times..interesting for sure but hardly the earth shattering coup that some would like to frame it as. </div></div>yes because yu in di east

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">well in my view its hardly dramatic times..interesting for sure but hardly the earth shattering coup that some would like to frame it as. </div></div>yes because yu in di east </div></div> what difference does that make?

eta Are people in the east more reasonable?

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">well in my view its hardly dramatic times..interesting for sure but hardly the earth shattering coup that some would like to frame it as. </div></div>yes because yu in di east </div></div> what difference does that make?

eta Are people in the east more reasonable? </div></div></div></div>


absolutly

[mountaingal]

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i'd like the coalition to have a shot at it. the pity of it is that about two weeks ago, when Harper was actually governing and talking about the country instead of knocking the opposition as he usually does, i said to someone that if had shown this side of himself before the last election, he would have got his majority.

but i guess a leopard doesn't change his spots.

further more, he's surrounded by people - flaherty, baird, clement and his chief of staff, guy giorno - who used to work with Mike Harris and turned Harris into one of the most violently despised provincial premiers in Ontario history.

Harper brought this on himself, and i have absolutely no confidence (so to speak) that he will change for the better. so him fi gwaan.

I think the Globe and Mail in their editorial said today that the coalition is a bad idea, but <span style="font-weight: bold">they also suggested that Harper resign to save the government</span>.

[H_O]

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thats why no one in this world will ever take Canada seriously.

its a joke. Trudeau must be rollling in his grave

Harper is as useful as tits on a boar

i think what Canada needs is some real men running the country--not these Upper Canada College trust fund babies running the show.

only in Canada will you have 4 elections in three years

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Yikes, my aunt is a staunch liberal from Winnipeg - always has been and as you can see always will be.


It's an indication on how the media influences our views. My aunt reads the Winnipeg Free Press that has always had a liberal slant (or is that rant?) and the Sun newspapers are generally conservative in their views. To each their own, as long as our country remains glorious and free.


Bonnie



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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bonnie, I totally disagree with you. If Harper had been a good P.M. he would never have come up with such a ridiculous package but he was so sure that it would go through and he was also SO arrogant that it's his fault if Canada is in such a turmoil. The Free Press has a differnt interpretation than the Sun of his doings. Thank God he didn't have a majority and I hope he never gets one. I once looked at him when he was speaking on TV and his eyes were red and he was grinning like a demon. Ever since then I have been fearful of him being in power. I'm not saying that a coalition is good but I sure hope that the Governor General comes up with an acceptable solution for all of Canada at this time of a financial crisis.
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[halfwaytree]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: H_O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">thats why no one in this world will ever take Canada seriously.

its a joke. Trudeau must be rollling in his grave

Harper is as useful as tits on a boar

i think what Canada needs is some real men running the country--not these Upper Canada College trust fund babies running the show.

only in Canada will you have 4 elections in three years </div></div>


Lucien Bouchard (former Premier of Quebec) once remarked that <span style="font-weight: bold">&quot;Canada is not a real country&quot;</span>.

Truer words have never been spoken!

I can't believe we are going to have politicians who's main goal is to break apart this country pulling the stings of leadership.

[mountaingal]

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Milo, Duceppe is at this point elected by Canadians - Quebec no separate yet, and within the parameters of the constitution he is part of the opposition.

Harper is trying hard to deflect attention away from himself and to the other players. Yet - <span style="font-weight: bold">he and he alone is to blame for the constitutional situation we are in now.</span> he cannot govern without nasty partisanship, and in my view is very unfit to be a prime minister.

that's why his own party members are furious with him, because he precipitated this whole situation. he's out of touch with the people of canada, and as you can see from the nuff back pedalling he's done, is basically without principle.

cho, cyaan tek him.

[halfwaytree]

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Mountaingal, I don't care much for Mr. Harper either. His arrogance is sickening.

The strangest part of this however is that the man who will be our next Prime minister is already a lame duck leader. No one in his own party thinks he is up for the job to lead, yet we are to accept him as our next PM. This country will see three Prime Ministers over the course of five months (Harper, Dion and either Ray or Ignatieff once the dust clears in May).

Is political instability going to hurt us during this recession. Only time will tell i supose.

[Emperah]

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unno gwaan like dis is not in the constitution are supm, like seh dem jus mek dis up yessideh

Paul Long ar who evah him is, is an eedyat.
Anyone who bleeve Harper is good fi Canada is as good to Kanada as Paul Long

[Emperah]

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I wondah if unno know how many peeps is oddah countries wouldan love fi dis happen a fi dem place an ppl a belly ache ova dis

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Milo Man*</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mountaingal, I don't care much for Mr. Harper either. His arrogance is sickening.

The strangest part of this however is that the man who will be our next Prime minister is already a lame duck leader. No one in his own party thinks he is up for the job to lead, yet we are to accept him as our next PM. This country will see three Prime Ministers over the course of five months (Harper, Dion and either Ray or Ignatieff once the dust clears in May).

Is political instability going to hurt us during this recession. Only time will tell i supose. </div></div>

dion is a flawed, but the advantage of the coalition is that he will have the very pragmatic (despite being a socialist) jack layton as his foil. the potential for dion to screw up will be minimized i think. plus, this is an opportunity for him to rectify the stupid stubbornness that led to his dismal outcome in the last election, so he can redeem himself a little before he gives up the liberal leadership. i heard a separatist radio host refer to dion as &quot;forrest gump&quot; which i think is a little unfair, but i guess that is the image he has to overcome.

harper i think has backed himself into a corner, and every day that goes by that he spends roiling up people to demonstrate to the GG and try to save him (harper) just shows to me the extent of his base instincts. one of my old professors was on radio last night bemoaning the ignorance of the average canadian about canada's parliamentary system, and how that ignorance is making them buy the inaccurate and unconstitutional messages harper is selling to save his own skin. this is no &quot;backroom&quot; deal, it is a reasonable action permitted under a parliamentary democracy system, and has been done before in canada.

interstingly enough, young people are in favour of the coalition, especially because they are hoping for some role for the green party - although the party has no seats. part of what we're seeing i think is a generational gap between old school attitudes and new school attitudes towards canadian government.

i don't envy michaelle jean's job to sort this mess out, but i do wish her all the best - no matter what she decides, people will be pist.

[SistahD]

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I know many federal govt workers are waiting eagerly for a resolution as their collective agreements were finally dealt with, (after 18 months) however, even though they were offered a mere pittance for an increase, now the powers that be have put a hold on the increases - guess we will be forced to strike.