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Comments:
<0> Pickle:serves you right for supporting a guy named lorne... wtf kind of name is lorne anyway?
<1> Lorne Greene
<2> Hparper was Gay Mariage and Medicinal pot..
<3> Also a Canuckistani
<4> One of his volunteers, some little Orthodox Jewish kid who didn't even look old enough to vote, literally had to fight through a crowd of sycophants and media people just to shake his hand.
<0> CryHavoc: yea.. wtf kind of name is that
<2> er Harper even..
<1> sounds English
<3> Harper was against gay marriage
<0> sounds like a girl name
<1> no it doesnt
<0> yea it does
<5> is Canada's confederation a tighter or looser union than the USA?
<3> Yeah it does, Lorne, Lauren, sounds similar
<1> hard to define that
<6> it might be scandinavian or something
<4> CryHavoc: There will probably not be a formal coalition... Coalitions don't tend to happen in Canadian politics.
<4> The system doesn't lend itself to it.
<1> rock..if Lauren has a Penis..then its Lorne
<1> so the cons will abe in chair for a bit?
<4> CryHavoc: However, if the Liberals manage to make a deal with the NDP they would control more votes than the conservatives.
<7> /topic #politics Martin concedes (155 seats needed for a majority). ..Update on seats:
<7> Cons.124 Lib.103
<7> sorry
<0> it was just 125
<0> now 124?
<1> NDP has how many seats?
<3> 29
<4> CryHavoc: 29
<1> and how many for BQ
<3> 51
<4> 51
<0> damn
<1> heh cons may align with BQ
<0> that is a lot of seats for quebec....
<1> yes it is...
<4> CryHavoc: Possibly, but the BQ is very far-left
<6> so, the Quebec Liberals are out. Wheeeee
<3> What is this radio host that got elected as an independent like?
<4> In addition to being regionalist
<6> buncha stuffed shirtd
<3> Andre Arthur or something
<6> s
<1> Pickle..if cons deal with secession properly.. the BQ may agree
<4> Rockfish: That's eastern politics, I dunno
<5> I think we in the US will be quite comfortable calling Canada a friend now
<1> the liberals would never see eye to ey with BQ
<1> Canada has alway been a friend to us..at least in modern times
<4> CryHavoc: The Conservatives have indicated that they support greater autonomy for the provinces, so they may form a limited alliance with the BQ on that one issue. However, the two parties are very much ideologically opposed on most other issues.
<3> Cry, well everyone's conceding the government to the Conservatives so it's pretty much a done deal that they will be able to form a coalition
<8> i was so sure the libs would try to hang on with NDP somehow
<9> I always called Canada a friend, just because they have their share of ***holes isn't a reason to slap the whole country.
<1> Pickle..thats all that the BQ will need...
<0> quebec splits and canada falls apart
<4> CryHavoc: The BQ are about on the same place in the spectrum as the NDP
<0> lol
<1> but the NDP is not advocating secession...
<1> what sort of constituentcy does Alberta now have?
<4> CryHavoc: True... But on most other issues they will tend to agree.
<3> Cons swept Alberta
<1> LOLOLOL
<9> Sucession is a dream.
<4> Rockfish: Also all but one riding in Saskatchewan.
<5> btw, the color of the liberals in Canada is red, right? Conservatives are blue?
<9> Unrealistic.
<1> no it is not TT
<3> Air, correct
<1> and now we add Alberta to mix...LOL
<8> Liberals are yeller
<5> Rockfish, in the US it's reversed
<5> rd is Republican, Blue is Dm
<3> Canadians have the colors right
<6> those colors are meaningless
<8> i never understood the color ***ignment in the US
<1> Alberta will prob refuse to share oil revenues
<5> yeah, red does fit the left better
<8> red is not a traditionally conservative color
<4> Ralph Goodale kept his seat in Regina-Wascana, but that's because that riding is mostly composed of rich eastern carpetbaggers, immigrants, and university students from out-of-province.
<9> I saw womething on tv yesterday about oil sands in Alberta, potential 2 trillion bbls
<6> in teh US, the colors were always arbitrary until the last ten years or so
<1> Red aka reds aka commies....
<9> something
<4> Native Saskatchewanians are a minority in Goodale's riding.
<1> USSR Flag was first of its sort...
<1> Crimson Red in color
<0> Pickle: wtf is a riding?
<6> it's just that you need two different colors -- ABC might use blue, while CBS used red in the past
<0> Pickle: I don't speak canadian
<3> The colors ***igned in the US were just a media creation to reduce confusion with their electoral maps they all used the same colors, I think in Canada the colors are more officially ***ociated with the parties
<4> Whoah, looks like the NDP may have won a seat in Saskatchewan after all.
<6> they were never really ***igned, just a media concensus
<1> red US stae means angered at the blue ones lol
<4> rcane: It's what they call an electoral district in Canada.
<0> ah
<9> Pickle, what is your district?
<6> but the media's concensus of color choice had resulted in teh "red state, blue state" BS
<1> hehe
<4> Ack, the Liberals won a second riding in Saskatchewan
<4> Bastards.
<3> How long has it been since Canada had a western PM?
<1> Red states agered at effete snitty blue ones
<4> Rockfish: 50 years or so
<4> Rockfish: The last one was Diefenbaker
<1> western PM may be more pro AL and Sk right?
<3> One would think
<8> poor Dief
<4> CryHavoc: Maybe, but I don't trust Harper... He's originally from Ontario
<1> heh watch AL tell Ottawa to stick it
<4> AB
<1> thx
<1> alliance from hell AB +QC
<1> lol
<9> Pickle, what district are you in?
<5> electoral college in Canada would be a good idea
<4> TheTailor: Regina-Qu'Appelle
<1> AirBuster...can
<3> Air, can't work, Canadians don't vote for PM
<1> cant happen
<5> nod
<1> they vote for MPs
<5> right right
<10> TROLLER abuse or advertising domain or user
<1> I wonder if Harper will attack canadas med situation
<1> night peeps.....
<11> I admit i do not really see quasi conservatives from the land of the beaver cutting off any free rides anytime soon
<5> what is the name of Canada's "constitution"? The only thing I know about it is that it's not called a constitution
<4> CryHavoc: The Conservatives have to keep quiet about medicare reform
<1> one sec
<3> Charter of Rights or something
<5> thanks
<1> Constition Acts
<4> Airbuster: Canada's constitution is an amalgamation of documents, prominent among which are the British North America Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
<1> their Charter is based on Common law though...no enumeration like the US has
<3> Then again that might be comparable to our Bill of Rights, I'm not familiar with Canada's constitution
<4> But it is indeed simply known as "the Constitution", generally.
<1> Rock..no way
<4> Rockfish: it is
<5> Pickle, about what I figured
<1> the people shall have no more power than the gov deems necessary (sic)
<5> a bit like Britain
<1> yep
<4> The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the 1982 Constitution Act, but not all of it, just like the Bill of Rights isn't all of the US Constitution.
<1> Enumerated rights > Implied ones
<3> Britain has no written constitution, Canada does
<4> There are other parts dealing with separation of powers and whatnot.
<1> they still function under common law..not enumerated
<5> http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/
<5> there it is
<5> they
<8> isn't the magna carta sort of a constitution
<1> http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ca_1982.html
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