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[branwyn]

While gay rights is not the ONLY thing that I am considering as I weigh my vote in this upcoming election, it is easily the most important to me. I don't really follow politics except certain issues which really concern me (in both senses of that turn-of-phrase), and even those I don't follow actively, most of the time

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[green_eyed_view]

Social services! (what else would you expect me to say) Provincially we are really suffering (stupid Harris), but the feds need to give Ontario more money to be spent specifically on social services. On another note the NDP is (apparently) the only party to talk about preventative strategies to combat the recent violence in our fair city. The PC's only want to hire more police and the liberals are somewhere in the middle, but don't entertain the idea preventative strategies.

[branwyn]

Well, and we already know that you and I have very different political views.

I would vote for corrupt Liberals (who will uphold and protect my rights as a human being regardless of my sexuality) over the most upstanding and innocent - which they are not, witness Brian Mulroney for a recent example - Progressive Conservatives (who will actively seek to remove previously granted and well-deserved steps towards my equal human rights BECAUSE of my sexuality), 100% of the time.

Which is not to say that I want the Liberals to win - I'm not impressed with the corruption and "comfortableness in power" of that party - but I'm also not convinced their recent transgressions have been any worse than any other party ever was, or will be in the future. The only difference is that they got caught and publicly exposed - and maybe that's about the biggest lesson they could learn. I've little doubt that the Conservatives and New Democrats did the same shit when last they were each in power but didn't get caught and so, really, who learned the

[potoroo]

Well, the Conservatives have been caught many times, they just have this ability to act as though nothing happened and, for some reason, the media goes along with it...they also tend to have better lawyers (kick backs to Mulroney etc.). NDP...it's hard to talk about 'corruption' on the national scale since they've never held the government. Worst most people can say is 'they spend too much' on a provincial level.

I'm scared of the Conservatives mainly because they have a history of saying one thing and doing another (including the Alliance and the Reform) as well as being lead by the creepiest man to enter politics. At least Stockwell Day was a laughing stock. Harper looks like he'd kill my dog and eat it in front of me.

[branwyn]

*hmms* My bad, for some reason I thought there had been an NDP Prime Minister in the early 80s. Silly lion!

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[edemarbre]

While I admit I'm not a huge fan of the Conservative party and especially not of Steven Harper, I'm going to have to call reverse profiling on the part of Eagle. I don't think that the Conservative party as a whole deserves the mark of F

[edemarbre]

BTW... Livejournal spell check wanted to change Coquitlam to Quicktime which I found ammusing.

Maybe Apple will want to sponsor a name change?

Port Quicktime?

[halex]

Thanks to your post I can honestly say I've spent more time reading about candian priminister candidates then I ever have with US presidential candidates :)

/obviously doesn't care about politics :)

[branwyn]

Sorry!

*licks*

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[halex]

Don't be! I thought it was a good thing and if I say I've spent more time looking at canadian polititcs to the people whoe deal out the permenant residency cards then it might be a bonus! :)

[xeonbunny]

So yeah, I read many of the comments after your post, then got bored