I've actually got to side with rataylor on this one. Our bastardized system of democracy is fundamentally broken.
Maybe Trudeau will actually keep his promise of electoral reform this time. And maybe the Toronto Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup.
Second lowest voter turnout of all time. Something really needs to change here.
For the record, I don't have a true horse in the race as I couldn't bring myself to cast a ballot for any of these parties. I went in and spoiled my ballot as my futile form of protest, fully knowing that it was a waste of time and energy as they don't keep track of spoiled ballots. However, there is no formal process in a federal election to reject my ballot. I considered literally wiping my ass with with it briefly but realized that only hurts the good volunteers at my polling station.
Damn... when did I become so cynical and disillusioned?
Without me, it's only "aweso".
Oh I don't care about the result. The result was as expected. I do care about the wasted money in the middle of a pandemic that has already wasted a ton of money, I do care about the vanity involved with the decision to call the election, and I do care about the brokenness of our electoral system (regardless of who it elects).
But in this specific instance, I just find it incredibly sad and disappointing that the general populace has lost sight of the job description of a politician as concretely as said politicians have.
The job of a politician is to serve the best interests of their constituents. In doing so properly, they generally get re-elected. As we no longer feel it necessary to hold politicians responsible for their job performance (in a general populace sense), they.....don't. Because they don't have to. Hence, you get statements like posted, as apparently people actually believe it.
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You said:
Trudeau's job was not to try to win a majority right now. His job was to act as Prime Minister of the country (a job hindered by the design of the system itself of course). He could have had 2 more years of acting as a leader instead of acting as a politician.Is is not Trudeau's job to try and win a majority? Is that not what every party is trying to do?
Therein lies the problem. The system forces these people to be full time politicians and make decisions based on what will get/keep them in power rather than make decisions on what is actually best for the country.
So yes, rataylors quote is fitting because it is the system that is flawed and has forced these politicians to constantly be campaigning rather than doing their actual job of representing Canadians best interests
Without me, it's only "aweso".
Im not disagreeing with you that they are two different things. Trudeau saw an opportunity and he jumped at it. I am sure others in his position probably would have done the same thing, all things being equal.
It's sad that the Conservatives, with all the bullets they have had in their proverbial "gun" to fire at Trudeau still couldn't knock him out of his seat as PM the last two opportunities they have had. I dont know where the Cons go from here. Maybe Peter Mckay was the better option after all.![]()
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"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
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C- Larkin, Hischer, Horvat, R. Thomas
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I love how people say it was a waste of money to hold an election. It makes no sense. Had the Liberal Party been able to maintain confidence of the house for 2 more years before they needed to have an election, that election would have cost even more money that this one did. If you look at it that way, maybe they saved money by having an election now.
I also love the people who say the West doesn't get proper representation and that the East decides the election. This is true and it's because Ontario & Quebec have 23,000,000 people in them while BC, AB, Saskatchewan and Manitoba combine for 12,000,000. That is some pretty simple math.
Finally, the entire cost of the election was worth it for Edmonton Griesbach where Kerry Diotte was defeated by Blake Desjarlais. That was worth $600,000,000 to the majority of the people who live in that riding!!!
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25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
After a general election the leader of the party with the largest number of elected representatives will form the Government.
The Liberal party as of this morning has 150 elected representatives, the Conservatives have 119. Not really very close.
You can whine about percentages and make all the quips you like, but this is our system of democratic government.
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RW- Laine, Marchessault, Toffoli. Buchnevich
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G- Vasilevskiy, Copley, Andersen