Canadian Election? Liberal Majority Government!

[Killington]

Hi, I couldn't find a thread about this so I made one. The election is just days away, are there any Canadians that intend to vote, or want to talk about the parties and their platforms here (I went to an early voting station and voted NDP last week).

For non-Canadians, the four major parties in order of left to right are (approximately) the New Democratic Party (Orange) led by Thomas Mulcair, Green Party (Green) led by Elizabeth May, Liberal Party (Red) led by Justin Trudeau, Conservative Party (Blue) led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Currently the Conservatives have a majority government and the NDP are the official opposition, with the Liberals in a close third place.

EDIT: And Liberals have a Majority Government. Woo!

[Frederik]

I vote for Donald Trump.

[_Leon_]

Hail Merkel

[BabyJesus]

Hail Merica

[Frederik]

Hail Merica

Stop stealing my memes

[Killington]

This is a thread for actual discussion of the Canadian election, not Trump's impression of a presidential candidate, and not memes.


How do you guys feel about Harper's war on science?

[BabyJesus]

I know nothing about Canadian politics, but a war on science doesn't sound good

[Windflower]

Harper is the best candidate.

[Killington]

Can I ask why you favour the Harp over the other candidates (Or his party over the others, as the case may be)?

[Gamboji]

Canada is a stupid country inhabited by braindead fools.

[_Leon_]

Canada is a stupid country inhabited by braindead fools.

[ClearlyInvsible]

Eh... if I was Canadian, I'd vote NDP

[Windflower]

Can I ask why you favour the Harp over the other candidates (Or his party over the others, as the case may be)?

I don't like the Liberal or NDP campaign which is going to cost a lot of money and shoot the taxes up. If anything it is either Conservative or Green Party, only because the Green Party plans to remove tuition which would be a relief for me, but they'll never be elected so there's not much of a point.

[DaMonkey]

Vote for trump, become the 51st State.

[Killington]

Can I ask why you favour the Harp over the other candidates (Or his party over the others, as the case may be)?

I don't like the Liberal or NDP campaign which is going to cost a lot of money and shoot the taxes up. If anything it is either Conservative or Green Party, only because the Green Party plans to remove tuition which would be a relief for me, but they'll never be elected so there's not much of a point.

I don't have a strong understanding of economics, so I'll let others talk about those, though my limited understanding is that Harper's plan is only benefitting the wealthy rather than the poor or middle class, at least compared to the other parties' plans.

For me environmental, social and scientific issues is much more important than the economy and I don't trust Harper with those after what he's done to gut those things in Canada.