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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sawdusty who wrote (6734)	12/27/2005 12:33:40 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37265

I won't get into my personal analysis of the individual parties or their representatives, as you have done a pretty good job, but I have to say that I have never met a polititcian that I trusted, and I have met a few. I do wish you well in your quest to change any minds, but you could make better use of your time with others perhaps, rather than trying to convince me that Harper is good for Canada. <vbg> I think the discussion should be which leader will do the least damage in the upcoming term. Who will steal the least, waste the least, and actually straighten out some of the sloppy spending that has been the hallmark of the Feudal Liberals. Just like Jean Chretien, Paul Martin seems to believe in his own divine right to rule. Look at his attempts to control gun crime, he wasn't even aware that handguns had been effectively banned for 70 years. Or the vast improvement he has made in US/Canada relations. The man is way out of his league as Prime Minister. If the Liberals had a better leader, someone less incompetent, it might be a better choice than the Conservatives or the NDP, But if the Liberals had a competent leader, we wouldn't be having an election. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Conservative Minority, followed by a Conservative majority with the party led by Peter MacKay....

To: Sawdusty who wrote (6734)	12/28/2005 12:09:43 AM
From: Id_Jit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37265

Sarge; Close, far, and civil. Ain’t that how it’s supposed to be? Unemployment in Canada: fin.gc.ca Chart 2.4 Unemployment rose from 7% to 13% through 1982… Trudeau From there it dropped to around 7.5% through to early 1990… Trudeau, Turner and Mulroney It again rose to 12% by around 1993... Mulroney It then dropped to below 7% by 2000... Chretien The Cdn. %’s sorta kinda track the U.S. %’s with a bit of a delay at times, and with higher (% wise) upper extremes and higher baselines. That might correlate with your note that the %’s are derived differently. miseryindex.us but you could make better use of your time with others perhaps, rather than trying to convince me that Harper is good for Canada. <vbg> Uhmmm… Is that code telling me not to bother showing up on your doorstep with a Harper campaign flier in hand? <GGG> Yup! Civil, thoughtful and fun! Id