Poly-Ticking
Well well well, the Canadian federal election is coming up VERY soon and surprise surprise...Matt is doing a post about that very thing. This election has in all honesty disgusted me (Yes I know I've said that before but I felt it warranted me to say it again) both the Conservatives and Liberals are engaged in negative ad campaigning which I see to have no point what-so-ever. The fact that the conservatives wanted this election just goes to show how power hungry they are and that they just want a bigger piece of the pie. I look at the parties that so many people say are great, but only see flaws in what they are and what they want. I know I've always been a strong supporter for the NDP but this comes from researching them and what they've done and plan to do, what they stand for and what's realistic. Also that their more social ideology in more in agreeance to my beliefs than any other party. But the main point of this is just for me to rant about the parties I don't like and exactly why it is I don't like them and won't vote for them.
Now while there are many parties I could talk about here there are only 3 I'm really going to mention, because I feel that any of the others either aren't well known enough that people would care or just aren't important enough that I want to write about them.
Conservative
Obviously, because of my left wing views, this is my least favorite party. Steven Harper wants to pour more money into our military, this really is something that is unnecessary. I mean really...why would you do that unless you anticipate war? We have the ability to defend ourselves if it's needed we don't need a bigger army, war is NOT something that we need in society today and there are alternatives to fighting. Then there's the cut to the GST, I see this as merely a way of buying votes that's it. This is something that people can see but in the end doesn't do that much for them. Woo I'm going to save a couple cents on a can of pop! Fine it seems like more when you have to buy something like a house or car, but proportionally it's still that same penny for that same can of pop. While they're promising a 2% total, they doing one right away and the next percent by 2010, which surprise surprise, would be right before the next election if the government lasted 4 years. If you want a tax cut that will do some good why not slash taxes for the low income families instead of giving breaks to people that inherit large assets (who by the way would most probably come from higher income families, think about it. who inherits more? The poor or the rich?). My biggest beef is mainly the fact that they want to bring up same sex marriage again. Why are they wasting more time and money debating this issue? What right do they have to deny two people that care about each other to get married simply because they're of the same sex? Also Harper wants to turn his back on the Kyoto Accord, hmm yes lets throw away our environment for the sake of making more money. All in all though the numbers just don't add up for the conservatives, they want to spend more on military and cut the GST, these are only a couple of changes they want to make, now with less money coming in, and more going out...Think. How are they going to achieve this? Where is the money for all this extra spending going to come from? They can't just magically find money somewhere without other programs being slashed. There are going to be massive cuts to something, social programs WILL suffer for it. Oh one last thing, do I need to remind everyone that the last time a right wing party was in power that Canada went into a nice big horrid recession.
Liberal
This Party is rotting from the inside, it's stench is that of the scandals that have plagued the Canadian public for the past year. While I believe the Liberals have done a good job to make our economy strong. Look at it, low inflation, low unemployment rate nationwide, Canada's economy IS doing rather well. But despite this I think they don't deserve to be the government and they need to earn back our trust. I'm also appalled by their campaign tactics, basically they're flinging mud at anyone they possibly can to try to get people to vote for them. And I refuse to vote for a party that does this.
Green
Green is the newcomer to Canadian politics, and they have some fresh new ideas. Some of these ideas are really good and are seriously worth considering, but when you look at it they just aren't feasible. I mean, yes alternative energy sources is definitely something we should be looking into, but cutting funding to oil exploration to fund this just doesn't make sense. With cut spending to find new sources for oil and nothing to immediately replace it we would essentially sky rocket gas prices and have nothing to turn to, this in turn would raise the price of everything else. The party primarily addresses environmental issues (read their platform, it IS true), and while this is a great thing to do, it's not something a government could really go anywhere with. Essentially they're idealists that are more like a special interest group than anything else. They have potential in the future, but at the moment we need to vote for a strong political body that can lead this country. The greens aren't the only party concerned for the environment, and other parties are a lot more prepared for a leadership role than they are. Given more time the greens could be a very strong voice in our government, but right now they're just too new and inexperienced.
All that being said, I still will hold nothing against people who vote differently than me. Everyone IS entitled to their opinion about who they vote for and why. Please keep in mind that also for the sake of keeping this post short I cut out A lot of stuff that I could say about the parties so I DO have more against them than just what's above. Although one thing I do think is that if you don't vote then you have no right to complain. Last election we had just over 60% voter turnout. It's terrible to think that 2 out of every 5 people didn't vote in Canada, that 2 of every five people would rather let someone else pick their future. Get involved people, get out and vote. This is your future too you know.
-Matt
Now while there are many parties I could talk about here there are only 3 I'm really going to mention, because I feel that any of the others either aren't well known enough that people would care or just aren't important enough that I want to write about them.
Conservative
Obviously, because of my left wing views, this is my least favorite party. Steven Harper wants to pour more money into our military, this really is something that is unnecessary. I mean really...why would you do that unless you anticipate war? We have the ability to defend ourselves if it's needed we don't need a bigger army, war is NOT something that we need in society today and there are alternatives to fighting. Then there's the cut to the GST, I see this as merely a way of buying votes that's it. This is something that people can see but in the end doesn't do that much for them. Woo I'm going to save a couple cents on a can of pop! Fine it seems like more when you have to buy something like a house or car, but proportionally it's still that same penny for that same can of pop. While they're promising a 2% total, they doing one right away and the next percent by 2010, which surprise surprise, would be right before the next election if the government lasted 4 years. If you want a tax cut that will do some good why not slash taxes for the low income families instead of giving breaks to people that inherit large assets (who by the way would most probably come from higher income families, think about it. who inherits more? The poor or the rich?). My biggest beef is mainly the fact that they want to bring up same sex marriage again. Why are they wasting more time and money debating this issue? What right do they have to deny two people that care about each other to get married simply because they're of the same sex? Also Harper wants to turn his back on the Kyoto Accord, hmm yes lets throw away our environment for the sake of making more money. All in all though the numbers just don't add up for the conservatives, they want to spend more on military and cut the GST, these are only a couple of changes they want to make, now with less money coming in, and more going out...Think. How are they going to achieve this? Where is the money for all this extra spending going to come from? They can't just magically find money somewhere without other programs being slashed. There are going to be massive cuts to something, social programs WILL suffer for it. Oh one last thing, do I need to remind everyone that the last time a right wing party was in power that Canada went into a nice big horrid recession.
Liberal
This Party is rotting from the inside, it's stench is that of the scandals that have plagued the Canadian public for the past year. While I believe the Liberals have done a good job to make our economy strong. Look at it, low inflation, low unemployment rate nationwide, Canada's economy IS doing rather well. But despite this I think they don't deserve to be the government and they need to earn back our trust. I'm also appalled by their campaign tactics, basically they're flinging mud at anyone they possibly can to try to get people to vote for them. And I refuse to vote for a party that does this.
Green
Green is the newcomer to Canadian politics, and they have some fresh new ideas. Some of these ideas are really good and are seriously worth considering, but when you look at it they just aren't feasible. I mean, yes alternative energy sources is definitely something we should be looking into, but cutting funding to oil exploration to fund this just doesn't make sense. With cut spending to find new sources for oil and nothing to immediately replace it we would essentially sky rocket gas prices and have nothing to turn to, this in turn would raise the price of everything else. The party primarily addresses environmental issues (read their platform, it IS true), and while this is a great thing to do, it's not something a government could really go anywhere with. Essentially they're idealists that are more like a special interest group than anything else. They have potential in the future, but at the moment we need to vote for a strong political body that can lead this country. The greens aren't the only party concerned for the environment, and other parties are a lot more prepared for a leadership role than they are. Given more time the greens could be a very strong voice in our government, but right now they're just too new and inexperienced.
All that being said, I still will hold nothing against people who vote differently than me. Everyone IS entitled to their opinion about who they vote for and why. Please keep in mind that also for the sake of keeping this post short I cut out A lot of stuff that I could say about the parties so I DO have more against them than just what's above. Although one thing I do think is that if you don't vote then you have no right to complain. Last election we had just over 60% voter turnout. It's terrible to think that 2 out of every 5 people didn't vote in Canada, that 2 of every five people would rather let someone else pick their future. Get involved people, get out and vote. This is your future too you know.
-Matt
posted by Happy Death at 5:03 p.m.
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