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04-14-2009, 10:31 PM
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Official campaigning starts today until voting day May 12. Let's get some serious discussion going on. Do we want another 4 years of Campbell or do we usher in the NDP (or Green Party)?
I haven't decided yet but it would be interesting to see what others here think, notably with the major issues at hand: economic stimulus, crime and going green.
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04-14-2009, 10:35 PM
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Liberals mainly because I never want to see the NDP in power again.
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04-14-2009, 10:40 PM
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Why would anyone in their right mind vote for the ndp
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04-14-2009, 10:49 PM
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#4 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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i'm not a fan of campbell... but i don't see any other option
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04-14-2009, 10:52 PM
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when it comes to politics, it's the better of two evils.
Liberal are bad, but NDP is worst, so Liberals get my vote.
Plus, it seems that everytime someone tries to take a run at the liberals, that party (NDP)seem to increase the deficit and run up the debt. NDP's proposed policy will have more spending, but will dramatically increase the deficit and double the provincial debt compared to the Liberals proposed Policies.
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04-14-2009, 11:12 PM
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#6 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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I don't like some of campbell's policies ex. gas tax; but overall, his party is wayy better than the NDP for sure!
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04-15-2009, 12:23 AM
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i don't really think the green party should even exist ?
they would mess everything up imo.
NDP effed everything up when they were in power.. they gave money away like it was candy... well everything was fine and dandy. i mean there was soo much money thrown around everything seemed alright...
until, we got the bill and BC was in HUGE DEBT... the country needs to be run like a modified business... we can't just give money away..
it was the Liberals that got us out of the NDP debt..
i don't agree with alot of campbell's policies or decisions but there really isn't any other choice imo.
besides, i've seem him play golf.. he's pretty good
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04-15-2009, 12:27 AM
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Definitely Liberals. NDP are a bunch of idiots that will be giving money away to people who don't deserve it. NDPs are too closed to unions.
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04-15-2009, 07:35 AM
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definitely liberal for me. ndp messed up waaaay too much last time they had a chance
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04-15-2009, 07:40 AM
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Reading through this thread pretty much sums it up for me too.
When the liberals make mistakes, it is usually a very minimal mistake (usually due to scandals or whatnot that I could care less about) but when NDPs make mistakes, it renders the province in HUGE debts and fucks everything up.
So I'm voting for the government that doesn't say or says the least about making homes/stuff for the homeless.
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04-15-2009, 07:57 AM
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Probably Liberal, I'll have to see what their running for this year however. I don't like over-spending that comes with with NDP.
I might vote Green, just to make a point, if it doesn't take waste my vote from voting Lib.
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04-15-2009, 08:16 AM
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Same thing for me. Can't stand the NDP either and not happy with the Liberals but I have to go for the lesser of the 2 evils.
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04-15-2009, 08:22 AM
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don't for get we are also voting on the single transferrable vote (SVT). it seems too few people really understand what it is all about. its scary to think it might win due to so many unwitting voters voting yes. i was listening to cbc radio and they had a guest with a PhD in political science and even he admitted he didn't know what the STV could ultimately mean for BC. the STV supporters will just keep putting it on the ballot every election until it wins.
as to the election, i can't bring myself to vote NDP EVER and that has very little to do with how poorly the province fared during their tenure that the above posters have mentioned -i might share a story on that in another thread perhaps. anyways, the liberals i haven't been to happy with - they are really only liberal in name. the conservatives - ha. so at this point i don't really know who i will be voting for. perhaps the greens or marijuana party if they have a representative in my riding as a big FU to the major parties, but i would need to see a platform.
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04-15-2009, 08:26 AM
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The NDP has NEVER run a province without incurring debt. It was true here in BC, and moreso in Ontario.
The BC Liberals are NOT the federal Liberals. The BC Liberals are very conservative with budgets, preferring cuts to more taxation.
The NDP released their financial platform, showing a larger deficit than the Liberals with increased spending on social programs. This is exactly the mentality that caused the NDP to rack up huge deficits and put BC into debt before. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Campbell should be held accountable for the scandals where money has been wasted, yet this can be done while he is in power, not by ousting him and electing the NDP. The NDP will waste more money than the Liberals fraudulently hand out.
Carbon trading is just the next banking system failure. Companies are paying lots of money to hide emissions, not actually decrease them. Its cheaper to buy more credits than actually update equipment.
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04-15-2009, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Blaupunkt69 don't for get we are also voting on the single transferrable vote (SVT). it seems too few people really understand what it is all about. its scary to think it might win due to so many unwitting voters voting yes. i was listening to cbc radio and they had a guest with a PhD in political science and even he admitted he didn't know what the STV could ultimately mean for BC. the STV supporters will just keep putting it on the ballot every election until it wins. | Is SVT being pushed by the greens?
Might as well call it what it is: proportional representation.
I understand its supposed to make candidates represent themselves and their constituents, not just follow the party lines, yet for parties like the NDP where all candidates tow the party rope, it doesn't make much sense.
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04-15-2009, 08:43 AM
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Liberals cuz can't stand ndp
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04-15-2009, 09:45 AM
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What's this SVT? I didn't understand the given explanation. Can you go more in-depth.
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04-15-2009, 11:45 AM
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Wow I'm surprised to say that I agree with everything posted above.
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04-15-2009, 12:57 PM
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#20 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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The BC Liberal team as stated above is very different from the National Liberal team.
They are the best choice right now for BC.
Screw the NDP.
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04-15-2009, 02:55 PM
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I don't want either but the liberals are the better of the 2. I'm likly going to spoil the ballet or vote for one of the other partys. would be nice to make the election close to scare gordo a bit.
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04-15-2009, 02:59 PM
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04-15-2009, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by johny | These Cats are a lingering reminder of what the NDP will do if elected. Every time I ride the sea bus I see them there. All 450 million of our dollars just floating there. Which we sold for about 40 million, and they wonder why the province is losing money every year.
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04-15-2009, 03:58 PM
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I think the new convention center is 400 million over budget too though. so gordo's got one on his back. at least it's not for sale though. (yet)
I also think it was the liberals who sold the ferries after taking over power. So some of that loss is their fault.
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04-15-2009, 05:27 PM
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wow..so much hate for the ndp.
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