What party would you vote for in Canada?

[minionofmidas]

Re Dave...
searching their site for "Monarchy" throws up no result, and searching for "Republic" throws up results like Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland, so I guess not.

[Tory]

I've always been under the impression that Anglophone Canada is overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the monarchy

[bullmoose88]

I think I'd vote Liberal...if the Conservatives move a tad to the left (especially socially) I'd flip to em. Of course they have to show that the liberals can't continue to govern.

[Dave from Michigan]

conservative

[Hatman 🍁]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

[Hatman 🍁]

If the forum were the Canadian electorate the following would be the make up of the house:

Liberal: 52
Conservative: 131
NDP: 67
BQ: 46
Other: 12

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Liberals

That's odd, since I'm under the impression the Tories and their Canadian counterparts were pretty much the same.

[Platypus]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

[Cubby]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

Boo!!

Your lack of left-wing-edness vexes me

Whats so bad about the Liberals and the NDP? Harper is Pat Buchanan with a better campaign manager.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Conservative!

[Joe Republic]

Wow, looking over Canadian politics over the last several decades, I'm inclined to conclude that their party structure is fairly similar to that of Atlasia.

[Max Power]

Greens.

[Platypus]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

Boo!!

Your lack of left-wing-edness vexes me

Whats so bad about the Liberals and the NDP? Harper is Pat Buchanan with a better campaign manager.

my view is that one term of conservative government is well worth it if it makes the left wingers and centrists realise they aren't born for power and have to actually serve the electorate.

[Hatman 🍁]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

Boo!!

Your lack of left-wing-edness vexes me

Whats so bad about the Liberals and the NDP? Harper is Pat Buchanan with a better campaign manager.

my view is that one term of conservative government is well worth it if it makes the left wingers and centrists realise they aren't born for power and have to actually serve the electorate.

Ick! NO CONSEVATIVE MAJORITY!

I can handle a minority, but a majority scares me. I can't live under 4-5 years of PM Harper. That's like living under Bush or John Howard... or Mike Harris. OH GOD!! Not Mike Harris

[Tory]

Liberals

That's odd, since I'm under the impression the Tories and their Canadian counterparts were pretty much the same.

The Progressive Conservatives and the UK Conservative Party were pretty much the same. The current Canadian Conservative Party is basically an extension of the Alliance.

[bullmoose88]

Liberals

That's odd, since I'm under the impression the Tories and their Canadian counterparts were pretty much the same.

The Progressive Conservatives and the UK Conservative Party were pretty much the same. The current Canadian Conservative Party is basically an extension of the Alliance.

I'd agree with that. And the alliance is an extension of the old Reform Party.

One question...whatever happened to the Social Credit Party, and its supporters?

[Platypus]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

Boo!!

Your lack of left-wing-edness vexes me

Whats so bad about the Liberals and the NDP? Harper is Pat Buchanan with a better campaign manager.

my view is that one term of conservative government is well worth it if it makes the left wingers and centrists realise they aren't born for power and have to actually serve the electorate.

Ick! NO CONSEVATIVE MAJORITY!

I can handle a minority, but a majority scares me. I can't live under 4-5 years of PM Harper. That's like living under Bush or John Howard... or Mike Harris. OH GOD!! Not Mike Harris

I could stand 4-5 years of John Hopward if i was preceeded and followed by 15 years of ALP.

In fact, i'd vastly, vastly prefer to have a gap in there somewhere rather then 30 years of ALP rule.

[Hatman 🍁]

Liberals

That's odd, since I'm under the impression the Tories and their Canadian counterparts were pretty much the same.

The Progressive Conservatives and the UK Conservative Party were pretty much the same. The current Canadian Conservative Party is basically an extension of the Alliance.

I'd agree with that. And the alliance is an extension of the old Reform Party.

One question...whatever happened to the Social Credit Party, and its supporters?

It died out in the early 80's. Most are now in the Conservatives and were in the Reform and Canadian Alliance Parties. The Quebec credititistes were nationalists I think. The provincial SoCreds are now in the BC Liberal Party, but both BC and Alberta still have minor SoCred parties.

[Cubby]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

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Do you see now just how conservative Harper and his crew are Hugh? They are just like Bush in 2000, seemingly moderate but actually paleo-cons in disguise.

Thanks to Bono for the great website about Canada.

[Platypus]

Conservative; It's time to change and i'd rather not have a minority government; otherwise it'd be NDP.

Why on earth? Minority governments are the best!

Well, if you have an unelected senate, then it would probably be a good idea...but Canada needs stability, and under a government other then the Liberals. One term of Harper is survivable, and necessary. There needs to be a clear, reasonably strong government after the election, and it shouldn't include the liberals.

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Do you see now just how conservative Harper and his crew are Hugh? They are just like Bush in 2000, seemingly moderate but actually paleo-cons in disguise.

Thanks to Bono for the great website about Canada.

I'm aware, and I normally wouldn't support them. But to stop Canada becoming like a Singapore or South Africa, other parties have to win elections. And they can't do anything really unless they have a majority. What they'll do will mainly be sh**t, i'm sure; but at least it will be different. And I value a continuation of democracy enough to allow parties other then my preffered one to win government on occasion.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Do you see now just how conservative Harper and his crew are Hugh? They are just like Bush in 2000, seemingly moderate but actually paleo-cons in disguise.

Wait wait wait... I thought Bush was a neo-con... now we're paleo-cons?  Maybe y'all should get your ideological epithets straight.

[Hatman 🍁]

Do you see now just how conservative Harper and his crew are Hugh? They are just like Bush in 2000, seemingly moderate but actually paleo-cons in disguise.

Wait wait wait... I thought Bush was a neo-con... now we're paleo-cons?  Maybe y'all should get your ideological epithets straight.

Good point.

Paleocons are people like Buchannan while neo cons are like most of the Bush administration (Rumsfeld, Ashcroft)

Bush is more of a social conservative, while Harper is more of a moderate Conservative (In U.S. terms), even under his disguise he's not as far as Bush.

[WMS]

Wow, looking over Canadian politics over the last several decades, I'm inclined to conclude that their party structure is fairly similar to that of Atlasia.

But there's no communitarian party.

And no, I haven't voted yet in the poll becuase none of them fits me that well.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And no, I haven't voted yet in the poll becuase none of them fits me that well.

See? A party system that fits you even worse than the U.S!

[WMS]

And no, I haven't voted yet in the poll becuase none of them fits me that well.

See? A party system that fits you even worse than the U.S!

I didn't think that was possible. Green Avatar Ho!