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Originally posted by dEsidEL i've always wondered whether people would vote for a Bloc candidate who ran in a western province

Duceppe is the favourite politician in Canada from the current crop, that should amount to a few votes right?

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If Duceppe was the leader of a different party I would probably vote for him....well if that other party was liberal.

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Originally posted by malek Duceppe is the favourite politician in Canada from the current crop, that should amount to a few votes right?

agreed.. much like Layton, some may not agree with his views, but at least he's somewhat clear on where he stands

it would be funny to see western Canadian voters voting for a Bloc candidate campaigning out west to aid in the promotion of Quebec succession

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Originally posted by MarkT How do they contradict each other? An election is not a 'roll of the dice'. The likelihood of a majority was always small, regardless of when you look at the polls. Given that Harper was already able to govern as if he had a majority (ALL legislation they wanted to pass was passed), gaining seats is all but meaningless.

Sin of omission here. Sure, they passed the legislation they wanted to pass, but (a) with a minority government they're just not even going to attempt to pass anything they know they can't get support on, and (b) they've had to make huge concessions to Quebec and the BQ in order to obtain the support they did get.

Gaining seats is not meaningless; with only 12 short of a majority they only need to grab a few dissenters from the other parties. They may not need the support of an entire party to pass an act.

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So how was this election not "wasteful"? How do Canadians benefit (since the cost of the election is essentially ours)?

If that is your only standard then technically every election is wasteful. We never get the money back.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Sin of omission here. Sure, they passed the legislation they wanted to pass, but (a) with a minority government they're just not even going to attempt to pass anything they know they can't get support on, and (b) they've had to make huge concessions to Quebec and the BQ in order to obtain the support they did get. Gaining seats is not meaningless; with only 12 short of a majority they only need to grab a few dissenters from the other parties. They may not need the support of an entire party to pass an act.

Yeah. But those dissenters from other parties will likely get the boot if they vote against their own party. Not the wisest of career move

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded