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;_;If it was Layton, we'd have a pretty close race in charisma between the two.
;_;If it was Layton, we'd have a pretty close race in charisma between the two.
If it was Layton, we'd have a pretty close race in charisma between the two.
Did anyone see that P and P discussion yesterday that was on the deaths that happened in turkey.. The minster of immigration Chris Alexander was on and he messed up pretty badly
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/02/chris-alexander-power-and-politics_n_8079976.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-alexander-refugee-crisis-1.3213869
Chris Alexander suspends re-election campaign in wake of refugee crisis
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-alexander-refugee-crisis-1.3213869
Chris Alexander suspends re-election campaign in wake of refugee crisis
If they were rejected, they were rejected. Not sure what I'm missing here. Canada unfortunately doesn't have the capacity to accept every person in a bad situation worldwide.
I'm not saying I disliked Layton more than Harper. If I'm ranking recent Canadian politicians in order of how much I dislike them, it would go something like:
Mulcair
(Massive gap that probably includes Harper underlings like Poilievre, Kenney, etc.)
Harper
Martin
Layton
Maybe he's heading into the same bunker Finance Minister Joe Oliver went into after the "technical recession" announcement.Of course he did. Going on radio silence like everyone else in Harper's party are trying to do. >_>
Of course he did. Going on radio silence like everyone else in Harper's party are trying to do. >_>
If he stayed on the campaign trail, you guys would blame him for not attending the crisis.
Anyway, all parties are hypocrites here. They didn't care for months, and now, not because there is a dead child, but because there is a picture of a dead child, it's an emergency and Canada must do something.
If they were rejected, they were rejected. Not sure what I'm missing here. Canada unfortunately doesn't have the capacity to accept every person in a bad situation worldwide.
Wait what? You have Poilievre over Mulcair?
If he stayed on the campaign trail, you guys would blame him for not attending the crisis.
Anyway, all parties are hypocrites here. They didn't care for months, and now, not because there is a dead child, but because there is a picture of a dead child, it's an emergency and Canada must do something.
If they were rejected, they were rejected. Not sure what I'm missing here. Canada unfortunately doesn't have the capacity to accept every person in a bad situation worldwide.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-alexander-refugee-crisis-1.3213869
Chris Alexander suspends re-election campaign in wake of refugee crisis
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander could not be reached for comment, but Port Moody – Coquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly said he’d hand-delivered the Kurdis’ file to Alexander earlier this year.
Alexander said he’d look into it, Donnelly said, but the Kurdis’ application was rejected in June.
Just read an article in a newspaper about Harper...
He really REALLY doesn't want to say "recession", does he? He's acting almost delusional about it.
"Canadian economy went up in June! Canadian economy went up in June!"
This family, specifically, would've been here as private refugees, meaning their family would've supported them. Don't see how that places an enormous burden on our capacity.
I think so. Poilievre is my mom's MP, so I'm well aware of what a slimy little douchebag he is, but...yeah. Still dislike Mulcair more, since I don't think Poilievre has ever pretended to be anything but a smarmy robot. But it's close.
The Liberals were calling for increasing refugee admittance back in May (at least), so it's not like they're just raising the issue now. That, in part, is what led to the last time Alexander got in trouble, when he attacked the Liberals for being racist for their immigration policies under Mackenzie King.
That was quick, and thank fuck (from the National Post):
He won't be allowed to destroy any more lives.
Your logic is childish, at best. You are choosing to not like a decent person who shifts positions based on polling over a slimeball who is consistent. For the purpose of using extremes to illustrate a point, that's like saying you'd like Stalin or Hitler over Jesus if Jesus started to shift to the centre over time. It doesn't make sense.
Yes we should take people's change of opinions or hypocrisy into account when forming opinions, but a good person who has changed a bit (or compromised) is still better than a bad person who remains consistent. Not sure where this attitude comes from.
That was quick, and thank fuck (from the National Post):
He won't be allowed to destroy any more lives.
I'm more a fan of May than I am of the Greens, but I have to say, the policies they've been coming out with so far this election have been really impressive. I know it'll never be a reality, but it's a shame that the Guaranteed Living Income idea doesn't have more traction.
I'm more a fan of May than I am of the Greens, but I have to say, the policies they've been coming out with so far this election have been really impressive. I know it'll never be a reality, but it's a shame that the Guaranteed Living Income idea doesn't have more traction.
Yeah, but it's kind of funny how she vows to return door-to-door mail delivery which is actually antithetical to environmentally friendly policy.
Postal service on bicycles, silly.
Door-to-door is dead-to-dead.
I'm more a fan of May than I am of the Greens, but I have to say, the policies they've been coming out with so far this election have been really impressive. I know it'll never be a reality, but it's a shame that the Guaranteed Living Income idea doesn't have more traction.
Yes they do, the UN asked to take in 10k and we didn't do shit.
And his family was already living in Canada and were sponsoring the immigration.
Have some fucking compassion, 2 kids just drowned because of shitty ideologies.
My only problem with Trudeau's campaign so far is when he goes into that slow, practiced speech. He's fine in that commercial, and when he's asking questions frankly, but it's annoying when he does his "I'm speaking softly, and slowly so you know I care" thing.
But Willectro you're not in favour of policies that take care of Natives, disabled, elderly, mentally ill, homeless, etc either!
Plus immigration is one of the major factors keeping the economies of Western nations with declining population afloat. A workforce, and people to buy things, are kinda necessary things especially in the face of an aging population.
such a Vancouver and Vancouver Island mentality
good luck with that with 30cm of snow in Atlantic provinces
My only problem with Trudeau's campaign so far is when he goes into that slow, practiced speech. He's fine in that commercial, and when he's asking questions frankly, but it's annoying when he does his "I'm speaking softly, and slowly so you know I care" thing.
This is exactly what I hate about him.
He comes off as pretty dense and insincere because he can't naturally articulate his thoughts.
To be honest, with the flip flops on C51 and deficit spending, no one should be taking the Liberals seriously. It's pretty obvious that they are pandering to the left to get some votes from the NDP but they would completely change tact if they were elected.
Ooof. So Trudeau is going all in against the government for its handling of the Syrian refugees and demanding apologies from Harper, Alexander and Kenney. Meanwhile, Muclair is taking the reasoned approach saying that the more pressing issue is resolving Canada's response to the refugee crisis.
It's weird for you say this because Montreal has vastly better cycling infrastructure than Vancouver or just about any other North American city for that matter.
Cycling in winter is not that bad at all. The solution is simply to shovel the bike lanes.
It's not a matter of compassion. If they weren't kids, it wouldn't even be news and you wouldn't care or know about it. It's sad and unfortunate, but that aspect is slightly off topic.
I think Canada and our future PM need to be extremely cautious and selective of who is allowed into our country. No one is entitled to immigrate, at all. We need to take care of our own people first before anything else. There are numerous groups of people that need assistance: veterans, Natives, disabled, elderly, mentally ill, homeless, etc. There will continue to be conflict worldwide and suffering, so you are kidding yourself if you think we can house all of the people in need. On top of that, there is fuck all for jobs for our own population... don't need more employment competition, thanks.
Yep. His public speaking skills are at "awkward guy running for class president" level. It makes him sound way dumber than he really is.
Trudeau + Obama's public speaking skills probably = 40%+ in the polls.
i liked the Trudeau ad, but I think giving tax cuts to the middle class is dumb.
But Willectro you're not in favour of policies that take care of Natives, disabled, elderly, mentally ill, homeless, etc either!
Plus immigration is one of the major factors keeping the economies of Western nations with declining population afloat. A workforce, and people to buy things, are kinda necessary things especially in the face of an aging population.
While I don't think we should turn our back on any marginalized group - bringing in more low skilled workers is not an answer to our economic issues, especially as our economy transfers away from labour-based and more towards specialized financial services. While aliens with exceptional abilities and other skilled immigrants do help keep the economic machine progressing, low skilled immigrants and non-immigrants have a much smaller place in the future of our economy (given the current course). Add to that the fact that second generation immigrants actually have birth rates similar to other non-immigrant Canadians and we see that the declining population is the result of something that will require more intervention than just replacement from outside sources.
So there is no way Joe Oliver gets reelected right? Recession plus he pretty much dipped the scene and went MIA. He runs close to dt Toronto too, don't really know how he got elected in the first place.
Canada is very hard to emigrate to. And we are an incredibly rich nation.Many great countries that are desirable to live in are tough to immigrate to (regardless of who you are) and/or have a high cost of living. Why should Canada be an exception?
Jesus fuck what idiocracy going on here.
Yeah that little boy was gonna suck this country dry to the point of defaulting and sending the country to a recession...oh wait. I am sure were in a recession and an economic shithole because of the immigrants we keep letting in.
Yeah let's generilize every single one trying to get into the country. They are all low skilled idiots with no education. By that assumption and generalization my dad would have never got into this country 20 years ago and never started a business that now employs 60 Canadians. Yeah those social security welfare money sucking immigrants are such dicks to our economy.
Let's not accept anyone in until we got 0% unemployment rate, a surplus of 10 trillion dollars, and an island where we can build houses for them so they can all live together and leave us white folks alone. Oh and let's not forget about the Natives, suddenly we all care for them even though we destroyed their whole civilisation and culture, but we love them now.
This is Trump ass arguments getting in here.