Comments on: The political debacle in Canada http://www.jordanlapp.com/the-political-debacle-in-canada Resources for the genre writer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan Lapp http://www.jordanlapp.com/the-political-debacle-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1492 Jordan Lapp Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:03:26 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=153#comment-1492 Well, some people voted conservative with the expectation that they would govern, and to give them a bigger mandate. Stupid, but true. I basically agree with the rest of your comment, EXCEPT for the point I noted above, regarding the separatist Bloc. It's a deal with the devil. Well, some people voted conservative with the expectation that they would govern, and to give them a bigger mandate. Stupid, but true.

I basically agree with the rest of your comment, EXCEPT for the point I noted above, regarding the separatist Bloc. It’s a deal with the devil.

]]> By: Andrew LeBlanc http://www.jordanlapp.com/the-political-debacle-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1491 Andrew LeBlanc Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:00:17 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=153#comment-1491 We've talked about this before, but I thought I'd leave a note here, for posterity's sake. "the will of the people who voted the Conservatives into power." Why do people keep peddling this absurdity? 37% of Canadian people voted conservative, which translated into 143 seats. While this represents the largest of the individual minorities, it is still a minority in every measurable way. To say that *Canada* voted them in, or that they represent the will of *Canada* isn't correct in even the loosest of logic. In any minority government, it should be obvious that *Canada* didn't vote anyone in, that *Canada* didn't choose any party. The Prime Minister in this situation is not the man the country chose, so much the man who is least likely to fail on confidence votes, in a situation where failure before the term runs out is all but guaranteed. And then he tried to do it anyway. We’ve talked about this before, but I thought I’d leave a note here, for posterity’s sake.

“the will of the people who voted the Conservatives into power.”

Why do people keep peddling this absurdity? 37% of Canadian people voted conservative, which translated into 143 seats. While this represents the largest of the individual minorities, it is still a minority in every measurable way.

To say that *Canada* voted them in, or that they represent the will of *Canada* isn’t correct in even the loosest of logic. In any minority government, it should be obvious that *Canada* didn’t vote anyone in, that *Canada* didn’t choose any party.

The Prime Minister in this situation is not the man the country chose, so much the man who is least likely to fail on confidence votes, in a situation where failure before the term runs out is all but guaranteed.

And then he tried to do it anyway.

]]> By: Jordan Lapp http://www.jordanlapp.com/the-political-debacle-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1483 Jordan Lapp Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:38:40 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=153#comment-1483 Hello Silvia! I don't think Michelle Jean had much of a choice. The Governor has never denied a request to suspend Parliament. But yeah, a CBC broadcaster, who isn't even well known in English Canada, can basically decide who leads the country. How does that make sense? Hello Silvia!

I don’t think Michelle Jean had much of a choice. The Governor has never denied a request to suspend Parliament.

But yeah, a CBC broadcaster, who isn’t even well known in English Canada, can basically decide who leads the country. How does that make sense?

]]> By: silviamg http://www.jordanlapp.com/the-political-debacle-in-canada/comment-page-1#comment-1482 silviamg Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:33:27 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=153#comment-1482 With Harper yelling about those evil separatists from Quebec and the coalition pissed off at the conservatives I think these folks need some severe marriage counseling. The thing that really pisses me off is that the governor general, who is only a decorative figure, gets to make the choice of what is going to happen. And I don't think suspending Parliament is a good decision. What does that accomplish? Now we all get to spend some fun time in limbo. Anyhow ... fun times. With Harper yelling about those evil separatists from Quebec and the coalition pissed off at the conservatives I think these folks need some severe marriage counseling.

The thing that really pisses me off is that the governor general, who is only a decorative figure, gets to make the choice of what is going to happen.

And I don’t think suspending Parliament is a good decision. What does that accomplish? Now we all get to spend some fun time in limbo.

Anyhow … fun times.

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