I want to vote for change
Yada yada yada, more election thumping from the Liberals. But this time they mean it (supposedly). I'll believe it when I see them vote down the way-and-means measure in early September or move their non-confidence vote later.
Nevertheless, you know what might actually inspire Canadians to move beyond our quagmire of unstable minority governments (beyond Stephen Harper resigning after failing to win a majority again)?
A formal coalition that can provide stability for years to come.
Imagine, either right after the election the party leaders meet and hammer out a deal to create a cooperative government that will refrain from smack-talking each other and will actually work to improve the situation of most Canadians.
Or even better, imagine a pre-election agreement between two or more parties that could sweep parliament. It happened in Vancouver municipal politics (yes, this is what I've been studying), it can happen federally.
Little stands in the way of such an agreement, beyond the hyper-partisan pundits (and no offence is meant by that) of each side.
Maybe a strong NDP-Liberal coalition could actually bring forward a referendum or two on electoral reform...
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September 2nd, 2009 - 16:48
I’m 58 years old. That means that I’ve lived through a good number of different governements, both provincial and fedeal. For the life of me, I haven’t noticed any difference in the quality of my life through the coming and going of any of them. Canada is an amazing Country. I feel blessed to live here. That means that while I vote, it’s not with much enthusiasm or sense of urgency. Any one of them could do a half-assed job and we’d still be ok. However, having an opposition party force me to spend my tax dollars on an unnecessary election ensures which party I won’t be voting for.
September 2nd, 2009 - 18:07
A Lib-NDP coalition would only make sense to me if the combined seat total were a majority, to guarantee a 4-year term. Even then I think it’s a stretch.
September 3rd, 2009 - 15:00
I strongly suspect that some combination of Ignatieff and senior Liberals don’t want anything to do with a coalition with the NDP, in any sense. It’d doom the whole “NDP can’t govern” meme that they trot out in election after election. It’d also expose the fact that the Liberals are leaning more conservative these days. So, I don’t see it.
September 3rd, 2009 - 15:01
I strongly suspect that some combination of Ignatieff and senior Liberals don’t want anything to do with a coalition with the NDP, in any sense. It’d doom the whole “NDP can’t govern” meme that they trot out in election after election. It’d also expose the fact that the Liberals are leaning more conservative these days. So, I don’t see it.
September 4th, 2009 - 18:47
Your incompetence begins with your title. You steal the motto of the Obomonation, that really has not not changed anything except perhaps work towards healthcare, and a racewar.
Beyond that, “change”? Are you still continuing on with “change for the sake of change, even when its harmful. I no longer rebel against my parents by staying out all night and smoking pot, now I form ineffectual naziesqe political parties to do to my parent’s country what I did to their car by binge drinking and going on a joy ride”
Grow up, your parents are wiser than you. Socialism is to politics what nursery school is to education: it makes you feel good, but really you are running around making poop jokes while others work on the finer details of space flight.
September 4th, 2009 - 18:52
Are you still continuing on with “change for the sake of change, even when its harmful. I no longer rebel against my parents by staying out all night and smoking pot, now I form ineffectual naziesqe political parties to do to my parent’s country what I did to their car by binge drinking and going on a joy ride”
Grow up, your parents are wiser than you. Socialism is to politics what nursery school is to education: it makes you feel good, but really you are running around making poop jokes while others work on the finer details of space flight.