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Governance of the economy is based on a simple rule. Your resources are finite. If you pour money into one thing you won't be able to spend on another.

Time and time again, Candians have overwhelmingly expressed their desire for public health care. In many ways I find this debate to be somewhat shallow and fear based, therefore it is up to the politicians to pay the money to get their message out. ie Allow private clinics, but regulate them. Or don't allow private clinics for core healthcare. I truely think this is up to the Liberals and the NDP to champion as no one wants to listen to Harper anyway. It such a political hot button that any change leaves you open to politacl ripping from your opponents. Perhaps a cross-partisan committee or even a citzens assembly should be assigned to Health Care reform.

Again, the bottom line is Canadians want public health and our current system costs alot.

   

I have a small question first. The 1200 dollars, does it go to every child in Canada or every preschool child, I heard preschool and I am bit too busy to go through 8 pages of writing to find it.

As for this, I find the concervatives are simply trying to buy votes, its clear. I must also agree with the points NorthCelt makes when it comes to what Harper is saying.

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Although there isn;t much to say about Harper or his party until he is truly in power, then he may be fully judged.

   

Maybe parents should take their childrens education into consideration more, or maybe the teachers should start teaching.

I noticed my little sisters(6) math booklet on the desk yesterday, so I decided to have a look, I noticed that 3/4 of what was writen made no sense at all, ie 7+1=71, I see how a kid could mistake this but I was surprised at the fact that their were no corrections, nothing, and it seems to me that teachers are simply not taking childrens education into account, its only draw this draw that do this do that, but no actual teaching going on. I find children have a much greater capacity to learn then teachers see, yet if it is not taken advantage of at an early age, the child will in later years fail in school as he does not know how to learn and cannot access his or her abilities.

   

I'm not exactly sure that the dust has settled yet.

CPC is Dave Matta
NDP is Penny Priddy
CHP is Kevin Peilak (Christian Heritage Party)
Green is Roy Whyte
Liberal has not been announced yet but I'm hoping it's this guy:


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I heard a rumor of one of the sisters/mother of someone who was a victim of crime was going to run as an independent. I'll post when it becomes clearer but I'm pretty much washed out on independents. Chuck got a lot of airplay but the bottom line is that independents don't really have much power.

   

I think Independents have more power than a regular party back bencher. They can vote for their constituents without fear of pissing off someone in their party with more power than them.

The Independent candidate should have a clear issue he/she is going to Ottawa to resolve for his/her riding though. Otherwise they don't have any power as they get split across too many issues as a sole candidate. Of course these are just my humble opinions.

I thought Mr. Cadman did what he said he was going to. Refreshing in a politician don't you think?

   

Most MP's can vote as they feel right, it's just strict party whips and the looming authority of the PMO's office that restricts them. Even backbenchers get a share of funding, where an independent must pay for everything himself.
No, I think Cadman did his best work in the 1st term and in the second, he has one of the lowest attendances. I liked the man but he should have stepped down in his second term.

I have all his newsletters and writtings and there was no doubt that he was spitting mad against the legal system and the Liberals. He fought tooth and nail, together with Randy White for justice issues and I'm hopeful we can get some new blood in there.

   

Mr White is out too isn't he? Was that forced do you think? I know the guy had his share of controversy, but he always got elected with an overwhelming majority. I think he probably tarnished the Fedral image though.

   

I can't see how. The guys done a great job and enjoys quite a popularity within his riding.
No, I think he's just getting old & tired.

   

White is quoted as saying "If the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is going to be used as the crutch to carry forward all of the issues that social libertarians want, then there's got to be for us conservatives out there a way to put checks and balances in there." This statement played into the hands of the Liberal Party's campaign strategy to portray the Conservatives as extremists. Conservative leader Stephen Harper stressed that White's comments did not represent party policy, but the damage was nonetheless done as it compounded other social conservative views that were expressed by various Conservative MPs and candidates throughout the campign.

He was popular in his riding and this comment plays well to them. But not all of Canada. He should've bit his lip for the sake of his party.

   

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