Au Canada (Mock Parliament revival, sign-up and rules)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I was recruited by Not_Madigan on the discord, so I'll give it my best!

Can I play as Cam Broten and lead the NDP as if I were elected from Saskatoon West?

Welcome! My only issue with that is Broten would be a first term MP becoming party leader in the middle of an election campaign. Do you have a compelling reason for why Broten would become leader; or, alternatively, is there another NDP figure you'd be willing to play as for this round?

Perhaps since he was the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, he already had some leadership experience and was thus chosen?

If not, I could try to find another character.

The thing is, NDP has something like 10 seats in the provincial parliament. I'd prefer you play as someone more experienced, at least for this round, but if you look and there isn't anyone else you feel comfortable with, I can approve Broten (just be aware that there will probably be questions about his readiness to serve as PM).

[Boobs]

I was recruited by Not_Madigan on the discord, so I'll give it my best!

Can I play as Cam Broten and lead the NDP as if I were elected from Saskatoon West?

Welcome! My only issue with that is Broten would be a first term MP becoming party leader in the middle of an election campaign. Do you have a compelling reason for why Broten would become leader; or, alternatively, is there another NDP figure you'd be willing to play as for this round?

Perhaps since he was the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, he already had some leadership experience and was thus chosen?

If not, I could try to find another character.

The thing is, NDP has something like 10 seats in the provincial parliament. I'd prefer you play as someone more experienced, at least for this round, but if you look and there isn't anyone else you feel comfortable with, I can approve Broten (just be aware that there will probably be questions about his readiness to serve as PM).

I'll play as Niki Ashton, then.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I was recruited by Not_Madigan on the discord, so I'll give it my best!

Can I play as Cam Broten and lead the NDP as if I were elected from Saskatoon West?

Welcome! My only issue with that is Broten would be a first term MP becoming party leader in the middle of an election campaign. Do you have a compelling reason for why Broten would become leader; or, alternatively, is there another NDP figure you'd be willing to play as for this round?

Perhaps since he was the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, he already had some leadership experience and was thus chosen?

If not, I could try to find another character.

The thing is, NDP has something like 10 seats in the provincial parliament. I'd prefer you play as someone more experienced, at least for this round, but if you look and there isn't anyone else you feel comfortable with, I can approve Broten (just be aware that there will probably be questions about his readiness to serve as PM).

I'll play as Niki Ashton, then.

Lovely; welcome aboard!

Since you just joined, the lack of an NDP schedule/debate responses for Turn Two won't be counted against you. Turn Three should be up later today.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Excellent work this round, everyone! I will not have time to finish grading your submissions tonight, so expect Turn 5 to open sometime tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. By that schedule, Turn 5 would conclude at the end of the day Friday, and then it's election night.

[Don Vito Corleone]

My personal schedule has been getting more and more busy recently, so I may have to quit.

[Don Vito Corleone]

My personal schedule has been getting more and more busy recently, so I may have to quit.

Yeah actually, I will have to quit.

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Welp we need a new Liberal Leader

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Welp we need a new Liberal Leader

I would ruin the Liberal campaign if I were to get the top job. I'm not running for the leadership.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

My personal schedule has been getting more and more busy recently, so I may have to quit.

Yeah actually, I will have to quit.

Very sorry to see you go, bruhgmger; always feel free to join again later if your schedule changes.

And with that, we need someone to fill in as Trudeau for Turn Five—some roles are of negotiable importance, but we really can't do without a leader for the governing party. Interested parties should contact me directly or post in this thread.

[wxtransit]

One thing is certain: the next fourteen days are slated to be among the most interesting weeks in the modern history of Canadian politics.

Little did we know how interesting...

[thumb21]

I can do Trudeau if noone else is interested.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I can do Trudeau if noone else is interested.

Excellent, welcome aboard!

In that case, Turn 5 will be up presently.

[wxtransit]

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While I said many things, the word "proud" was not one of them.

[Boobs]

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While I said many things, the word "proud" was not one of them.

I'll remove the quotes.

[thumb21]

Trudeau issues a tongue lashing on the Tories for their recent lies on the economy at a rally in British Columbia

As I've brought up before, economists have calculated that Steven Harper was the worst Prime Minister since World War Two on the economy. Today, our good friend Mr Scheer has decided to admit that unwittingly. He has attacked the state of the economy and blamed me for it. What he forgets is these recessions that we are recovering from occured under Harper. It is the Liberal party which is picking up the pieces.

He also spews an outright lie on taxes, saying that a Liberal government will charge exorbitant tax rates. This is simply false. Did he forget the tax cuts we passed for 9 million Canadians in December? We are clear where we stand on this. The only people who will see a tax increase is the top 1%, its time they paid their fair share.

What Scheer and the Tories clearly fail to understand is that we need investment in our economy to bring it back to speed. If you wanna see the results of the Tories' tax cuts, look no further than Harper. He cut taxes on the rich and he ended up with a terrible economic record.

OOC: IIRC, the turn ended Friday, I received an extension to post until tonight because I was busy all throughout the week.

Campaigns in real life happen in real time, where campaigns can react to what the other campaign is doing. Its fair that if you get extra time, everyone else gets extra time so they can respond to you, otherwise that gives you an unfair advantage of you being able to get the final word on everything.

[wxtransit]

Trudeau issues a tongue lashing on the Tories for their recent lies on the economy at a rally in British Columbia

As I've brought up before, economists have calculated that Steven Harper was the worst Prime Minister since World War Two on the economy. Today, our good friend Mr Scheer has decided to admit that unwittingly. He has attacked the state of the economy and blamed me for it. What he forgets is these recessions that we are recovering from occured under Harper. It is the Liberal party which is picking up the pieces.

He also spews an outright lie on taxes, saying that a Liberal government will charge exorbitant tax rates. This is simply false. Did he forget the tax cuts we passed for 9 million Canadians in December? We are clear where we stand on this. The only people who will see a tax increase is the top 1%, its time they paid their fair share.

What Scheer and the Tories clearly fail to understand is that we need investment in our economy to bring it back to speed. If you wanna see the results of the Tories' tax cuts, look no further than Harper. He cut taxes on the rich and he ended up with a terrible economic record.

OOC: IIRC, the turn ended Friday, I received an extension to post until tonight because I was busy all throughout the week.

Campaigns in real life happen in real time, where campaigns can react to what the other campaign is doing. Its fair that if you get extra time, everyone else gets extra time so they can respond to you, otherwise that gives you an unfair advantage of you being able to get the final word on everything.

That's fair. I was only stating that because I didn't know how the extensions applied.

[wxtransit]

Ouch.

[_]

Welp, alright.

[Boobs]

Ouch. Hats off to the Grits, I guess.

[wxtransit]

All that effort, too. Ouch.

I shouldn't have spent that much time writing those speeches.

/shrug

[Lachi]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

[wxtransit]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

Saddest part is, both of the people who played as Trudeau put in like half the effort (or even less) than I did. Yes, I messed up once or twice, but at least I took a risk and wrote all those speeches (and advertisements and the rest).

[Don Vito Corleone]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

Actually no, they aren't on course for a landslide, at least not yet. In the actual 2015 election the Liberals won 155 seats outside the West. In this game, with all but the Western Provinces in, the Liberals have 164 seats.

[Lumine]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

Saddest part is, both of the people who played as Trudeau put in like half the effort (or even less) than I did. Yes, I messed up once or twice, but at least I took a risk and wrote all those speeches (and advertisements and the rest).

Just my two cents since I have been watching from afar (I'm delighted Truman found my previous Mock Parliament model useful, he's done a brilliant job), but a reality with these games is that the amount of effort is not always equal to the results, particularly if mistakes are made (and we all make our mistakes in these political games, none of us are infallible).

That can be a problem when one is a GM, because when one sees enthusiasm and a lot of effort put into something one does wish to reward those players who put the extra work or are just great at playing, and yet one must strive towards being more impartial and judging performances on their IC merits or mistakes.

Long story short, I hope this particular game continues to do well, and that winning or losing players are not discouraged by results. After all, it wouldn't be an accurate political simulation without defeat or loss.

(PS: Having said that, I was privately but strongly cheering for wxtransit and the Conservative)

[wxtransit]

I saw the Ontario result, and I'm like "Grits probably have got a landslide going on here"

Saddest part is, both of the people who played as Trudeau put in like half the effort (or even less) than I did. Yes, I messed up once or twice, but at least I took a risk and wrote all those speeches (and advertisements and the rest).

Just my two cents since I have been watching from afar (I'm delighted Truman found my previous Mock Parliament model useful, he's done a brilliant job), but a reality with these games is that the amount of effort is not always equal to the results, particularly if mistakes are made (and we all make our mistakes in these political games, none of us are infallible).

That can be a problem when one is a GM, because when one sees enthusiasm and a lot of effort put into something one does wish to reward those players who put the extra work or are just great at playing, and yet one must strive towards being more impartial and judging performances on their IC merits or mistakes.

Long story short, I hope this particular game continues to do well, and that winning or losing players are not discouraged by results. After all, it wouldn't be an accurate political simulation without defeat or loss.

(PS: Having said that, I was privately but strongly cheering for wxtransit and the Conservative)

Fair enough, I've now had to realize that challenge over the past few days now moderating my first game.

(Also, thanks )