tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post3066734869305775653..comments2023-10-25T10:35:33.913-05:00Comments on Hatrock's Cave: Election notes - Day ??Hatrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908255610547850292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-21342664505025016622011-04-28T14:34:38.642-05:002011-04-28T14:34:38.642-05:00All good points everyone!All good points everyone!Mike B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06774576102839414470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-47502975408810356712011-04-22T19:59:35.233-05:002011-04-22T19:59:35.233-05:00The next project for Jack Layton should be to unit...The next project for Jack Layton should be to unite the left: grab the Orange Liberals, the BQ and the Greens under the Socialist Alliance Party.<br /><br />Orange Liberals will go to where the promise of power lies. The BQ is a National Socialist Party so the platforms are pretty similar on a macro level (just substitute "working families" for "pure laine Quebecois"), and the Greens are pretty leftist as well, so the fit is a natural.Thucydideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828932214842106266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-36376735931135094062011-04-22T18:35:44.185-05:002011-04-22T18:35:44.185-05:00Yes, there are too many lefty parties whose member...Yes, there are too many lefty parties whose members do not pay taxes, but want everyone else's money. The BLOC needs to go. If it takes the NDP to do the deed, so be it. All those Quebec allophones need to start to LEARN that they came to Canada, not Quebec, and there is a lot to loose if they do not start electing serious candidates who are Canadians first.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921877138481877250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-15168953466089969072011-04-22T17:17:27.172-05:002011-04-22T17:17:27.172-05:00The danger in a minority government, any minority ...The danger in a minority government, any minority government, is that it lends itself to a slow erosion of the treasury. Regardless of how stoic or honourable you think the PM might be, whether its Jack or Stephen, every little request from the parties holding the balance of power also comes with the threat of an election.<br />So if Gilles wants some money for an arena, it comes as a threat of give me a hundred million here, or we have a 300 million dollar election. Keep funding my party with 10 million or we have a 300 million dollar election. <br />Eventually all those 10 and 100 million dollar deals to avoid an election add up to billions.<br />It happened when Trudeau had a minority, it happened in Ontarion when Peterson had one and it happened in the last 2 parliaments.<br />The only way to ever avoid this is to either go to a 2 party system a la the US or go to a system of run-off elections.<br />The Greens and NDP love proportional representation, but that guarantees the erosion - one only need look at the state of most EU economies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21515728.post-65795601701055289072011-04-22T17:10:05.577-05:002011-04-22T17:10:05.577-05:00. . . well, that all makes sense to me. Hope you&#.... . . well, that all makes sense to me. Hope you're right.<br /><br />Send some sunshine this way, please.Canadiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987833950676519609noreply@blogger.com