The race is on (2)
Posted on 07 September 2008 by Jack
Canadians will go to the polls on Oct. 14, after Conservative Leader Stephen Harper met with Governor General Michaelle Jean Sunday morning and asked her to dissolve Parliament.
“Between now and Oct. 14, Canadians will choose a government to look out for their interests at a time of global economic trouble,” Harper told reporters on Sunday after he triggered the vote.
“They will choose between direction or uncertainty; between common sense or risky experiments; between steadiness or recklessness.”
Harper said his government delivered on its commitments and developed consensus on major issues such as the mission in Afghanistan and Indian residential schools.
“But now we have come to a moment where the people of Canada have to choose the way forward.”
At dissolution, the party standings in the 308-seat House of Commons are as follows:
Update: Granatstein: Why does T.O. vote Grit?
Note: If people wonder why I’m not posting on this entry it’s because this election “so far” has got to be the most boring election in history. If it keeps up this way I predict the lowest voter turnout ever recorded.
Popularity: 15% [?]
September 7th, 2008 at 11:58 am
And already the opposition has tried to begin painting Harper as scary with a hidden agenda!
Yeah, a family man with school age children sure scares me! (NOT! because that describes me as well.)
Having my taxes (GST and personal income tax) reduced so that more of my own and my wife’s hard-earned money stays in OUR pocket instead of going to some so-called “social spending” scares me! (again, NOT! …. I want more freedom to make my own decisions and mistakes instead of having to work harder and have more of my money go to others at my expense ……HELLO DALTON AND HIS HEALTH TAX!!!)
The two of us have worked hard to improve our own (and our kids) life, coming from the “low-income” bracket to our present status. By no means are we wealthy, and we resent the hell out of giving more of our money to the government to be pissed away on another happy, touchy-feely program that achieves nothing!
This time, I am hoping my contribution and participation in the campaign leads to a solid Conservative majority …. not only for my sake, but for the future of my kids as well!
September 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
This election will not just be about politics. It will also be a nationwide IQ test. A test of morality. A test of their belief a just society. A test of their belief in law and order. A test of their patriotism versus their own personal well being. Are Canadians smart enough to realize that under many years of liberalism they have been brainwashed into believing that right is now wrong, that criminals are the victims of a society that is the cause of their criminality, that guns are evil, the death penalty is wrong, that even the most vile criminals can be rehabilitated and not could but ‘must’ be released back into society at some point. The sooner the better. Too many believe that the government that can offer them personally the most is the government they should vote for. Too many quickly forgive a political party even though it has been caught redhanded stealing multi-multi millions of their tax dollars.
On the other hand Conservatives have to fight to convince Canadians that criminal aliens, juvenile killers rapists and predators, outlaw motorcycle gangs, Islamic terrorists, roaming gangs of thugs and punks and dickheads have no place in the society we dream of and that they need to be dealt with with extreme prejudice.
This October at the ballot box Canadians will demonstrate the kind of country they desire.
“A people that values its privileges above its principals soon loses both.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 7th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Now the silly season begins.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Re: Why does TO vote Grit
A question I have long asked myself and never come up with the answer. It’s not like the Liberals ever reward TO for handing them the election on a platter. During and after the SARS outbreak, the Cretien liberals gave squat to a very hurting GTA and I went around asking then.. no one can answer me. No waterfront redevelopment in the former 13 year liberal reign, no cash, no goodies, no corporate welfare.. Quebec gets it all. And yet.. they still vote liberal. I just don’t get it.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I think that what Harper needs to do now is to pull a McCain and throw his conservative base a bone, perhaps even one with a lipstick wearing pitbull of a hockey mom attached. By the way, who exactly is Harper’s Deputy Prime Minister these days? If Harper can’t locate Canada’s version of Sarah Palin in time for the election, maybe he could at least end some more of that superfluous funding to lefty arts or feminist types. I love the howling of left-winged moonbats as they are being pried away from the public trough,.. it sounds like victory!
September 7th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
“I think that what Harper needs to do now is to pull a McCain and throw his conservative base a bone, perhaps even one with a lipstick wearing pitbull of a hockey mom attached.”
You bring up an interesting thought. Palin is hard to beat. She is after all the governor of a state and that is really something.
The thought which came to me is that I cannot recall — ever — a female provincial premier in our history.
And if I’m right…why is that?
Where are those hockey moms?
September 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Catherine Callbeck, a Liberal, was Premier of PEI from 1993 until 1996.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/premiersgallery/callbeck.php3
As far as I know, she has been the only one.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
When you read Callbeck’s bio, she sounds more PC than Liberal — given her emphasis on her family’s business. But, given that Chretien and company were well entrenched at that time federally, maybe the time wasn’t right.
We have our own Palin — her name is Diane Ablonzy — she’s a firecracker even if not a pitbull with lipstick.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Man, that didnt take long. Local lieberals already have their signs up across our riding. Havent seen signs from any of the other parties yet. Local Branch of the lieberal party are trying to paint the PM as being a lackie of the U.S. Republican party & Bush in particular. Local Conservatives seem slow off the start.
This has the makings of a nasty election period.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
The plan, according to the Grope & Maul, is to spend the first half of the election trashing Harper and the second half presenting policy alternatives like the ever-changing Greed Shift.
Is anyone else curious how this will affect Dion’s payment schedule for the debt which he incurred to secure the Liberal leadership? We should all forward an email to Elections Canada enquiring…
September 7th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Brian S–You ask who is Harper’s deputy PM. Answer–nobody, as he is unwilling to share the power or the limelight with anyone.
Sandy–re Diane Ablonzy. I agree with you. Why has Harper sidelined her?
September 8th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Pat Duncan (liberal) was the Premier in The Yukon for a few months -she was no Governor Palin!
People like Governor Palin are rare birds but we do have a woman like her in Canada, who has certainly shaken things up in the Canadian political world. She lives in Sask and writes a blog called ’small dead animals’. Kate changed the course of the last Sask. election and has been on top of every scandal that the puffin msm tried to cover up. Kate shines through the words she writes (she does have a wicked sense of humour!) as Governor Palin shines on stage.
Our Prime Minister can speak very well for himself, I am looking forward to helping him get a majority this time. I want him to uncover the unholy smell of buried millions under puffin dung. I want our stolen money back.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Heaven for bid, but what happens should the PM take sick or something else happens to him that he is unable to govern? Who takes over in the absence of HM PM? The Governor General? Perish the thought with this lightweight !