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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-candidate-harbaljit-singh-kahlon-same-sex-marriage-polygamy-nudity-1.3261883

Misleading. Quotes were made in 2005 and he has since apologized.

The gay issue isn't really relevant in this election anyway. But the Reformatives cringe at the thought of gays and gay marriage for sure. They may seek a reduction in gay rights going forward as they'd assume an anti-civil rights mandate.

The other personally Pro Life Ndp guy is following the party line on abortion, which is also an irrelevant issue. So whatever.

Fixed.

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This is farked. A tip line to report on your neighbours.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com//news/tories-promise-rcmp-tip-line-for-people-to-report-neighbors-for-barbaric-cultural-practices

These guys just deal in fear, I don't know how any actual conservative person could vote for this party.

Oh and there's a video of Kenney, who so staunchly supports this now, a few years ago saying it's no place of the government to tell people what to wear. What happened to that guy?

Snitches get stitches...

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Thank you. So we have reduced the situation from what you previously considered a human rights violation to what you now consider as sickeningly anti-Canadian. Nice to see the hyperbole level come down a few degrees.

Or wait... are you claiming in the bolded that there was something potentially illegal in what the candidate said? If so, the meter goes back up a bit.

Maybe there is an issue with what can be interpreted as terrorist activity, and if so, I could agree that this section could be improved. But the concept of revoking citizenship in the situations defined in this bill is not the issue with the bill, and it concerns me that this is the part the professor appears to be focused upon.

What the candidate did immoral, not illegal. Polling on the niqab to spread hate propaganda by proxy should be illegal, but likely isn't. Overall message of country-dividing hate leading to violent acts against a specific religious group to serve party interests again is immoral and should be illegal, but likely isn't.

Considering that Reformative party idealology is xenophobic, anti-multiculturalism, anti-bilingualism, anti-gay, anti-any religion but Christian, it is a concern that our Canadian civil rights are being trampled on. This is what this person brought up, and the response was 'just renounce your heritage'. Yeah...

Enough with the race-baiting.

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More importantly...

"Sluts Against Harper" sends nudes to you for voting (against Harper)

A new racy Instagram account has popped up encouraging citizens to vote against Stephen Harper in the upcoming election in exchange for (tasteful) nudes.

The account is titled votes4nudes and already has more than 5,300 followers, despite being just a couple of days old. Its filled with censored nudes with messages like Stop Harper, emblazoned strategically across private areas.

In the description at the top of the account, it encourages people of all races/genders/bodies to submit their already censored nudes via direct message to join in the effort. People wanting nudes need to submit a selfie with proof of voting.

The creator of the account who simply goes by J Simps told Vancity Buzz she tried to bribe people to vote with beer back in 2010, but wasnt very successful.

This year I made a joke saying that if you show me that you voted, youll get your voters B.J., she said.

I just thought I would stir things up a little and it got out of control.

For Simps, the response has been overwhelming theyve had thousands of submissions.

I have a team now working on archiving the submissions on a Tumblr account, which is less moderated, so we can keep all of our submissions there rather than on our Instagram account so we dont get shut down again.

The account was temporarily shut down (and reinstated) after they gained more than 5,000 followers over the course of a day, so the photos on Instagram are now reasonably tame.

The nudes that youre sent are based on a persons sexuality that is, they can request the gender of the person in the nude, but not things like race or breast size. After all, its about sending a message, not providing user requested pornography, according to Simps.

She says she believes the overwhelming response to vote4nudes shows that people are ready for change.

I dont think were apathetic. I think this has shown that were not.

I dont think Harper cares about women. I dont think he cares about indigenous women, the murdered and missing women, I dont think he cares about childcare, about mothers, about immigrant women, immigrants in general, he doesnt care about our environment hes trying to sell us off and were not buying it, she said.

In the end, Simps encourages everyone to vote strategically this upcoming election.

You can check out votetogether.ca where you can find out which vote in your riding would be most effective to get Harper out.

This account seems to be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg in anti-Harper sentiment. An event on Facebook titled Stephen Harper Going Away Party has gained significant traction, with 116,000 people saying they plan to attend.

Of course, the event is scheduled for election day, October 19.

A time for Canadians to come together from coast to coast to say See Ya Later Steve, reads the events description.

I dont care where you celebrate or how you plan on getting down raise a pint, do a shot, high five or just give a thumbs up to celebrate Stephen Harper having to get another job.

As for Simps, she has some last minute parting words for voters:

Stay sexy.

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/sluts-harper-sends-nudes-voting-harper/

Needless to say, this election is attracting a lot of young voters who are going to be throwing polls out of whack.

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To be fair the Europeans who took part are probably more familiar with these countries governments then with Canada who are across the ocean. Still being 4th and ahead of countries like USA, Australia, ect... is quite amazing and shocking after reading these forums.

I'm not sure why. Most Canadians clearly don't want American style politics and value things like socialized medicine, our role as peacekeepers, environmental stewardship, science/merit based policies etc. These are things that made Canada, Canada and Canadian policies, Canadian.

'The Harper Government' has moved us away from those traditionally Canadian principles and policies and you're 'shocked' that Canadians aren't happy about it...?

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Yay more, reductive, overly simplistic internet graphics! :towel:

Never mind it practically explains why Harper was bought.

Not saying that JT won't be glad-handing a lot of people and doing favours, but he has no personal need.

And the graphic fails in it's message due to the omission of Mulcair.

Mother: Teacher.

Father: Insurance worker.

Grew up in a ten-child family.

Former jobs: Construction, Roofing.

Car: Ford Fusion hybrid

Neighborhood:

mulcair-ottawa-home.jpeg

$300,000?

Studied: Common and Civil Law.

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Never mind it practically explains why Harper was bought.

Not saying that JT won't be glad-handing a lot of people and doing favours, but he has no personal need.

And the graphic fails in it's message due to the omission of Mulcair.

Mother: Teacher.

Father: Insurance worker.

Grew up in a ten-child family.

Former jobs: Construction, Roofing.

Car: Ford Fusion hybrid

Neighborhood:

mulcair-ottawa-home.jpeg

$300,000?

Studied: Common and Civil Law.

You forgot to mention that he's remortgaged that house 11 times.
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What the candidate did immoral, not illegal. Polling on the niqab to spread hate propaganda by proxy should be illegal, but likely isn't. Overall message of country-dividing hate leading to violent acts against a specific religious group to serve party interests again is immoral and should be illegal, but likely isn't.

Considering that Reformative party idealology is xenophobic, anti-multiculturalism, anti-bilingualism, anti-gay, anti-any religion but Christian, it is a concern that our Canadian civil rights are being trampled on. This is what this person brought up, and the response was 'just renounce your heritage'. Yeah...

Enough with the race-baiting.

What does race have to do with this? Perhaps terrorist-baiting, but I don't see race as an issue here. Doesn't matter if we are talking Muslim extremists, IRA or some nutjob organization du jour with too many guns and too twisted an ideology.

Your Canadian civil rights are not being trampled, and neither are mine. Canadian society is being protected. If a convicted terrorist happens to have citizenship in another country prior to gaining Canadian citizenship, he can get kicked out of the country. Cool.

Would you rather said terrorist remain in the country, and have his family potentially take up the cause while the terrorist is in prison? I think Canada would be far better off in removing terrorists and taking efforts to keep the country safer.

Like I said before, if the definition of terrorist in the bill is too vague, it should be fixed to prevent abuse. Outside of that, I am not convinced anything else in it should be changed.

What does the niqab polling, etc., have to do with this article?

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BTW, I contacted the 3 main parties in my riding on Oct 5th.

NDP and Liberals got back to me right away, though the Liberals was "We'll pass your question onto Cindy" and gave me this link:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liberal.ca%2Frealchange%2Fhelping-families%2F&h=xAQHDV2mr

NDP said:

"We can’t give you a specific number, that with all the variables it’s just not feasible, but we can tell you that every family with kids in childcare will have more money in their pocket because we’ll bring in $15 a day childcare. Every student will have less debt because we’ll work to make post-secondary education more affordable. Seniors will have more because they’ll be able to split their income, and receive a higher GIS. We’ll make housing more affordable for families who can’t afford to keep a roof over their heads. We’ll reduce the income tax rate for small business owners, train more nurses and nurse practitioners, and create an Innovation Tax Credit for businesses that invest in machinery, equipment and property used in innovation-boosting research and development. Hope that gives you a better sense of how things will play out with an NDP government. Take care and thanks again for your question."

Didn't answer my question directly.

Haven't heard back from the Conservative yet...

I sent the question to them via Facebook and an online contact form on their Candidate Web Pages.

Even though I didn't check the "subscribe" I still have received some "canned" campaign email from them but no direct answer to my question.

I gave them my income range and asked them:

"My question is, if you are elected, will I have more or less in my pocket?"

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