Majority Liberal 172 seats
Do not be shy. Come along. Play the prediction game! (preferably before the results are known!)
" young vote ......, I wonder how many of those voters understood the philosophy of each party. "
Elections Canada made great efforts to see that our seniors voted. They visited seniors home where most are in their 80's and 90's. When asked about their experience, oh well, few remembered it let alone understand what they actually did.
Should there be a competency test for all voters, young, old and everyone in between?
Average IQ is 100. Should we limit voting rights to those above 100? Would it make a difference?
"I want someone who can look Putin in the face and tell him to get the hell out of Ukraine, as Harper did".
Anyone can do that and most people like Harper know they have no real power and it's all show. Even Putin knows that and he looks down at Harper and probably said "nice puppy but no bite and not much of a bark". The idea is to reverse Putin's thinking and some meaningless bravado comment by Harper isn't going to accomplish anything because Putin has dealt with that all his life and from far more powerful people.
The election is over.
Your Reform party lost. Get used it. Move along.
The "fear" tactics used by the Conservatives for the last nine years are no longer welcome in this country. Let's stop that nonsense as it no longer works.
Take a look at the sunny side of the street. The sun is much brighter there.
A year and half ago you wrote: "Like it or not it's been proven attack ads work.... The truth about attack ads: They work"
That may have been true at that time. The recent election proved very clearly that Canadians are much smarter than that. The never ending "attack ads" by the Conservatives resulted in a Liberal majority government.
"voices of those who disagree with you."
It has nothing to do with agreeing or not with my moderate views.
It is just the same old, same old fear message from the extreme right who still thinks negative advertising works.
Harper's followers have always been bravado on the internet at best. Canadians are not stupid and they are tired of being used by politicians and big business or as Eisenhower labelled them > 'the military industrial complex'. Unfortunately no one listened to him and here we are. Harper's days are done, he's finished and soon to be looking for a new home. I mean look at him.....as soon as things got tough.....he bailed. Not much different than an man he admired called Mike Harris. Harper's fear mongering and bigotry belonged in the dark ages. No longer will Canada be the patsy for other countries to use because of our weak leader looking for attention and approval.
What was Harper? In reality he was a nothing, except an opportunist. From the mail room at Imperial oil (a job his father got for him) to getting a degree in economics (paid for by Imperial) but never actually practicing in the field to gain any experience. All Harper did was jump from one political party and far right winged organizations to set himself up in order to enjoy his narcissist requirements. He was even a Liberal at one time.....whatever worked to get him ahead.....he used. He had no qualifications except riding on the coattails of other leaders while he waited for the an opportunity he did not really deserve and it came with a mistake by the Liberals. Had they not make that error years ago, Stevie would be back in the mail room where he belonged.
"Kenney ... in 2019"
Do you want Kenney to take over? Do you think the Conservative Party will be better served by Kenney who was, and still is, so closely related to Harper?
Don't you think the Conservatives would have a brighter future if they move away - ever so slightly - from the Western Reform Party towards the more centrist Progressive Conservative Party?
How about Peter McKay, or Brad Wall (even though he comes from Saskatchewan) or Lisa Raitt from Ontario?
