CanPol: Conservative Platform

[Ben Kenobi]

But those are mere murmurs from the peons.

Who cares about them?

[Tingkai]

Don't worry Ben. The NDP cares about you.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm sure they do.

I think they'd be rather pleased if I were gone.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Hong Kong is a model for capitalist enterprise.

Are you sure socialist Canada would be ready for these radical ideas?

Hong Kong also doesn't have assloads of wasteful rural towns and suburbia that real cities have to support.

You'd have a better audience as a caricature in the Toronto Star's 2nd page cartoon.

Toronto Star does not have 2nd page cartoons. o_0

[notyoueither]

Damn! Aggy will be a cartoon in search of a page, then.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Commies are loonies to many on the right. Many on the left consider religious people to be loonies.

It's not limited to the left.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Christian Heritage folks count as loonies?

Yup.

[Ben Kenobi]

I suppose you would be well informed of their policies, Skywalker.

Why are they loonies?

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I suppose you would be well informed of their policies, Skywalker.

Why are they loonies?

We are all loonies.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by St Leo

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I suppose you would be well informed of their policies, Skywalker.

Why are they loonies?

We are all loonies.

[Imran Siddiqui]

A simple income tax system is more of a left wing idea. The people who would oppose it the most are corporate execs.

That's strange. Most of people who have argued for it, at least in the US, have been right wing types like Steve Forbes.

[cinch]

Ottawa making changes to gun registry
Last Updated Thu, 20 May 2004 15:45:29
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced changes to its controversial gun registry, just days before an expected election call.


"Canadians have made it clear that they want a system of gun control that focuses on the criminal use of firearms," Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan said Thursday. "We believe that these changes will do that."

The Liberals announced an end to fees for registering guns and transferring their ownership, though the change won't be retroactive.

And contrary to some reports, it will still be a criminal offence not to register your gun.

The package will also include stronger measures to help law enforcement agencies deal with gun crime and smuggling. Criminal Code penalties for possession of loaded handguns in public places will be beefed up.

And included in the announcement is a plan to support police with three new ballistic information systems to match bullets with weapons.

The new systems will be located in Halifax, Regina and Vancouver. Similar systems already exist in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa.

The gun registry program has come under fire for its spiralling cost overruns, expected to reach $1 billion by 2005.

When first announced by Ottawa in 1995, it was estimated the registry would cost taxpayers a maximum of $2 million, with most of the estimated $119 million cost expected to be recovered by registration fees.


Treasury Board President Reg Alcock said costs for the registry are being brought under control. He said the annual cost to taxpayers peaked at $48 million in the 2001/02 fiscal year, but it's now down to $33 million.

Alcock announced a cap of $25 million per year on the amount Ottawa will contribute to the registry.

The changes follow a three-month national review by Liberal cabinet minister Albina Guarnieri.

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[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I suppose you would be well informed of their policies, Skywalker.

Why are they loonies?

Hint: it's not the "heritage"

[joncha]

skywalker

[Wezil]

Re: Re: Re: CanPol: Conservative Platform

Originally posted by Boris Godunov




And which crimes are the sole areas of minors?

"sole area"? None.

I would put petty theft in the category of crime often committed by children however.