How goes the Canadian election campaign?

Warrigal

Warrigal

SF VIP
Location
Sydney, Australia
For the Canadians - what is your impression of the mood of the people? Is it for change or the status quo?

What are the hot issues?
 

The mood of the majority is for Change, Change, Change!

I'd say the hot issues are a stagnating economy, lack of transparency and integrity in government, the environment and a different way of using taxpayer's dollars (instead of handouts to big corporations who seem only to 'hoard' the cash that the current government has left in their pockets via subsidies and low taxes).

Interestingly, the current PM seems to have shot himself in the foot. Our elections usually are one month long, but this time the PM called the election about two months ahead of time. I believe his plan was that it would end the advertising that outside parties were able to do for the other parties (due to our electioneering laws) before the election was officially called and as the other three parties don't have as much cash in the bank, a long campaign would cripple and hobble them financially.

However, in the case of Trudeau, I'd say that it's actually given him time to get more focused, more smooth in his delivery of the platform and given the population more time to see and 'know' him as a potential PM. Initially he was pretty rough and I didn't think his speaking abilities were all that great but it seems like he's a real fast learner. And the thing I like about him is that he seems to be ALWAYS very positive and has worked hard to stay away from nastiness that you often see in election campaigns. He's really pushing for integrity in government and I like that.


I think there's a good possibility that we'll wind up dumping the Conservatives and have a minority Liberal government when this is over on Monday night. But who knows! Maybe somebody will do something so totally bizarre and off the wall that that changes too! Just have to wait and see.
 
I concur Debby. My interest has been piqued by the possibility that the millenials may vote. Certainly Facebook has been exhorting them to do so. If the cell phone generation votes, good night Mr Harper. I hope to be celebrating on Monday night.
 

The newest poll has the Liberals winning with a minority gov't. However, due to the large numbers of people voting in the advance polls, usually indicative of a desire for change, some are predicting a Liberal majority government.
 
So do I Annie. A decade ago they came into power after the liberals, unbalanced the budget, screwed the environment, the poor,cut everything but the kitchen sink, handed us over to big business. Currently, China is permitted a more or less free hand in the tar sands, who cares about toxins? Welcome to Canada, land of ecoterrorism. Sooo embarrassing. Add covert racism against First People, and Palestinians, I wonder we have any global good name left. We have been cited by Amnesty International for Prime Minister Harper's refusal to mount an inquiry into the disappearance and/or deaths of 500 Aboriginal women along the highway of tears. Trudeau has promised action on this if elected.
 
Shalimar said:
So do I Annie. A decade ago they came into power after the liberals, unbalanced the budget, screwed the environment, the poor,cut everything but the kitchen sink, handed us over to big business. Currently, China is permitted a more or less free hand in the tar sands, who cares about toxins? Welcome to Canada, land of ecoterrorism. Sooo embarrassing. Add covert racism against First People, and Palestinians, I wonder we have any global good name left. We have been cited by Amnesty International for Prime Minister Harper's refusal to mount an inquiry into the disappearance and/or deaths of 500 Aboriginal women along the highway of tears. Trudeau has promised action on this if elected.
Click to expand...

Hope you get Trudeau and he can undo some of the damage. Son of Pierre?
 
The Conservatives have been in for a long time. The "It's Time" factor must be building up.
I'll be watching the result with interest.

When you mention minority government, what other party/independents might support a Liberal minority government?
 
Yes Annie, son of Pierre. Inherited his mother's looks and height. Not his father's arrogant charm, although he can be fiery. Ran a clean ethical campaign unlike Comservatives. Baby Trudeau as he is affectionately known.
 
Warri it might be possible the NDP (New Democratic Party) may join with Liberals to form a coalition, but I think it is an outside thing. Mulcair is very much a dictator who demands total obedience from the rank and file. He also is very pro Israel.
 
Minority government is very difficult to manage. Look what happened to our PM Julia Gillard.
She had to rely on the votes of a couple of total scumbags whom she could not afford to jettison.
It as one of the factors that destroyed her.
 
I certainly hope it doesn't come to that Warri. But at this point, almost anything is better than the Conservatives led by a man whom almost half the country has disliked from the beginning. Women especially don't like Harper. He is creepy.
 
Just my 2 cents worth coming from the Conservative hub of Canada (Calgary, Alberta). I am hoping for the Conservatives again, mostly because I believe we need to "sustain" not "spend" in times of recession ahead.
 
Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott were hand in glove on climate change, or so we were led to believe when TA visited Canada. Tony Abbott is on record as saying "climate change is crap". Later he would say that "I absolutely accept that climate change is real" and would then add the big BUT that began the reason he wouldn't be doing anything effective to moderate it.

Abbott is now deposed by his own party because of his consistently disastrous ratings in the polls. However, our new PM isn't changing any policies with respect to emissions reductions. Changing the PM isn't enough. The party and policies must also change if emissions targets are to be achieved.
 
ABC is reporting that CBC is already calling it for Trudeau even though the polls haven't yet closed all across the country.

Bold call. I'll be watching with interest to see whether they have it right.
 
Salut! Warri, at this point we are waiting to hear if the Liberals will form a minority or majority government. Apparently BC will not have a major impact this time. Crumbling support for the NDP has been a death knell for the Conservatives at this point.
 
Good.......both Harper and Abbott gone....although, we are still stuck with a Conservative government in Australia....ironically called The Liberal Party. I don't know much about Trudeau but I have liked him the few times I've heard him speak. He seems like a decent person.
 
He is Mitchezz, he has promised to run a government defecit for the next several years to counter the cuts/etc. created by the Conservatives. Bold move which has resonated with Canadians. He has also promised to hold an inquiry into the deaths of over five hundred Aboriginal women.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top