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  • #781
    It not only removes the objection but puts the possibility firmly (and realistically) in the mind of the electorate. I mentioned off the top I have no issue with the concept and hope it will happen. Let's see what the public does with it now.

    As for BQ support, it will all depend on what is promised and delivered. Pandering to Quebec for political reasons is not a uniquely Liberal trait.
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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    • #782
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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      • #783
        Why would anyone vote green? They don't have a chance of getting a single seat.
        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
        ){ :|:& };:

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        • #784
          Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
          Why would anyone vote green? They don't have a chance of getting a single seat.
          The Greens are usually young people (the majority of their voters are in their 20s). They're also largely the artsy crowd. They're not known for voting experience or political analysis skills. They're idealists.

          They're usually single-issue voters for "save the planet!". Their votes are helpfully being sequestered into the Greens so they don't have real world impact.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #785
            Why is there no Marxist-Leninist option? Or is that supposed to be what "none of the above" means?

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            • #786
              Originally posted by NoodleNaught View Post
              Why is there no Marxist-Leninist option? Or is that supposed to be what "none of the above" means?
              NDP
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #787
                The NDP are social democrats, not Marxist-Leninists. Though if that was meant as a joke I didn't get it.

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                • #788
                  Yes.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #789
                    Originally posted by Asher View Post
                    Yes.
                    No

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                    • #790
                      So you did get the joke, then.
                      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                      • #791
                        Originally posted by Asher View Post
                        The Greens are usually young people (the majority of their voters are in their 20s). They're also largely the artsy crowd. They're not known for voting experience or political analysis skills. They're idealists.

                        They're usually single-issue voters for "save the planet!". Their votes are helpfully being sequestered into the Greens so they don't have real world impact.
                        Good point
                        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
                        ){ :|:& };:

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                        • #792
                          The Greens for the last couple elections have had a shot at winning a couple of ridings but have yet to do so.

                          They will eventually win a seat but their growth as been painfully slow.
                          "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                          "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                          • #793
                            Originally posted by Wezil View Post
                            their growth as been painfully slow.
                            As it should be.

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                            • #794
                              The world has had tweets from space and dissident blogs from behind the dark curtains of despotic regimes, digital media fuelled a revolution in the Middle East and tackled censorship in China, but the Internet now faces a new foe: Elections Canada.

                              The agency running and monitoring Canada’s federal elections is not backing down from its 70-year-old law that prohibits the “premature transmission” of election results across Canada’s time zones despite the extraordinary rise in online social media.

                              In a bid to add clarity, Elections Canada has issued a warning about social media, saying the “premature transmission” law applies to Facebook and Twitter messages as well as television networks and newspaper websites.

                              That could mean a maximum fine of $25,000 for a tweet or Facebook update revealing how people voted in the east before polls close across the time zones in the west.


                              National Post
                              http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/20/elections-canada-warns-against-broadcasting-results-on-social-media/


                              Good luck enforcing that.
                              "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                              "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                              • #795
                                Originally posted by Wezil View Post
                                The world has had tweets from space and dissident blogs from behind the dark curtains of despotic regimes, digital media fuelled a revolution in the Middle East and tackled censorship in China, but the Internet now faces a new foe: Elections Canada.

                                The agency running and monitoring Canada’s federal elections is not backing down from its 70-year-old law that prohibits the “premature transmission” of election results across Canada’s time zones despite the extraordinary rise in online social media.

                                In a bid to add clarity, Elections Canada has issued a warning about social media, saying the “premature transmission” law applies to Facebook and Twitter messages as well as television networks and newspaper websites.

                                That could mean a maximum fine of $25,000 for a tweet or Facebook update revealing how people voted in the east before polls close across the time zones in the west.


                                National Post
                                http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/20/elections-canada-warns-against-broadcasting-results-on-social-media/


                                Good luck enforcing that.
                                It's quite easy to enforce.

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