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Liberals got my vote!
I hate Steven Harper with a passion and he can go to hell. I just saw a Liberal campaign ad, and among other things, Martin said,
"I believe in a Canada that ... (other stuff) ... has the US an an ally, but is a neighbor and not our nation"
Something to that effect.
The biggest issue with me is Canada as a soverign country. I'm very proud of how the gov't has acted the last couple years, in the sense that we've made our own international decisions and have not simply gone along with US because "we're supposed to".
My fear is that if the Conservatives win, we will return to our traditional role as the USA's bitch. Who cares if the Liberals have been in power for what seems like forever. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just because they're been in power for a long time, doesn't mean a change is necessary.
The Liberals will "Stand up for Canada" because they will not cave to US interests and demands, unlike the Conservatives, which will bend to any whim of Dubya and his cronies.
The Liberals are the only party that will maintain balanced budgets. The Conservatives (not Tories, since that term is reserved for PROGRESSIVE Conservatives only, which this new outfit is anything but) will cut taxes to the point where there are massive deficits and program cuts. The NDP will spend their way into deficits.
The Conservatives will do nothing to combat climate change. The Liberals (along with the NDP and those separatist Bloc-heads) voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol (which I admit is flawed, but is solely a first step to further action). The Conservatives will go with anything the oilmen tell them to do. Anyone who doesn't think the climate is an issue, is fooling themselves
And as far as the scandals and corruption go, thats also not as big of an issue as they are making it seem because since when are gov'ts NOT corrupt. I mean duh, as if they are the only political party to ever be involved in corruption.
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