McGuinty McJority

[CentreHice]

Well, the PCs totally mismanaged their chance and go into rebuilding mode yet again....giving McGuinty a chance to make the sheep forget about all the broken promises of their first term.

Who's running the Tories....MLSE?

[Disgruntled70sHab]

This was probably the first time I used a protest vote. My vote went to a party that I knew would never take office of any kind. Here's what I mean:

* Liberals: Liars, who actually only stopped blaming the previous Tory government for all of their broken promises.

* Conservatives: If they had outright taken the faith-based school funding off the table things would have gone much better for them.

* NDP: As always, totally in left field.

* Greens: Literally on another planet (though I imaging that planet is much cleaner, more educated than most and sees everyone buying everyone else a Coke).

* Family Coalition Party: Total protest vote if I ever saw one.

The referendum. Here's why I voted no:

* The Liberals appointed the Citizen's Assembly for Electoral Reform to firstly review the current electoral process (duh!) and secondly, to determine if there is a suitable option to it.

* We would have gone from 103 seats (I think) to 129 seats with the "list candidates." So, what wages would the "list candidates" be making? Will they be receiving benefits? If so, what kind of benefits? Is one of them pensionable?

* Will taxes be increased to support these new "list members" and their staffs?

* Will these "list members" promote more open discussion and free votes, or will they by party appointed yes-persons similar to the Senate?

And with the lack of media coverage, dialog and open debate, my choice for "no" was an easy one.

Cheers.

[franko]

disgruntled70shab said:

* Liberals: Liars, who actually only stopped blaming the previous Tory government for all of their broken promises.

Actually, they used the image of "the Mike Harris Tories" through the end of the campaign. I ask the same of them as I ask "the new government in Ottawa": how long until you drop it?

* Conservatives: If they had outright taken the faith-based school funding off the table things would have gone much better for them.

Or if they hadn't brought it up in the first place. Or if they had explained that money wasn't going to be taken out of the public system because school are reimbursed on a per-person basis. Or if . . . you know, I should be a campaign manager ;D

* NDP: As always, totally in left field.

But consistent.

* Greens: Literally on another planet (though I imaging that planet is much cleaner, more educated than most and sees everyone buying everyone else a Coke).

Actually, Coca-Cola is a large multi-national corporation and is part of the problem. The company should be disbanded . . . or at the very least taxed heavily. Besides, the sugar in the product is not healthy. [again, ;D]

More likely, everyone smoking pot.

* Family Coalition Party: Total protest vote if I ever saw one.

Don't encourage them!

The referendum. Here's why I voted no

Same reasons I did.

[Deleted]

This country enjoys punishing itself. Why do the greedy run everything and the rational get thrown to the dust?

[Cranky]

I voted for the Green party because it's trhe only party they can screw the economy so much that I could buy real estate for 10 cents on the dollar.

Call me practical.

[Disgruntled70sHab]

The results of the referendum weren't as surprising to me as were the results for Kingston.

Nationally

No = 63.2%
Yes = 36.8%

Kingston

No = 54.6%
Yes = 46.4%

Normally, Kingston is a very conservative town. However, over the years we're seeing slow but steady progress in some of our projects.

Was going to post a few other cities but Toronto and Ottawa have several districts.

Cheers.