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Jan. 24th, 2006 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yubsie*sigh* He's still Prime Minister. I was hoping it was a dream.
On the plus side, the Bloque Québecois is actually DOWN in numbers from the last election. And it's a minority government. Those tend not to last. I didn't want THIS election, but now that Scary Man is in power, the next one can't come soon enough. Everyone was so fixated on wanting a change that they didn't think about whether the Conservatives were going to provide the KIND of change the country needs. Here's a hint: They aren't.
In HAPPY news,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miana_dude is, like, the coolest person in the world. She sent us a rather illegal video recording of Wicked with the original Broadway cast. It's SO MUCH AWESOME! The staging is absolutely BRILLIANT. Of course, now I'm REALLY dying to see the show live.
You know you're a theatre person when you pick out which dance breaks exist solely to allow others to make a quick costume change. :p
On the plus side, the Bloque Québecois is actually DOWN in numbers from the last election. And it's a minority government. Those tend not to last. I didn't want THIS election, but now that Scary Man is in power, the next one can't come soon enough. Everyone was so fixated on wanting a change that they didn't think about whether the Conservatives were going to provide the KIND of change the country needs. Here's a hint: They aren't.
In HAPPY news,
miana_dude is, like, the coolest person in the world. She sent us a rather illegal video recording of Wicked with the original Broadway cast. It's SO MUCH AWESOME! The staging is absolutely BRILLIANT. Of course, now I'm REALLY dying to see the show live.You know you're a theatre person when you pick out which dance breaks exist solely to allow others to make a quick costume change. :p
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Date: 2006-01-24 02:29 pm (UTC)I didn't vote for them. I would've voted for the Absolutely Ridiculous Party, but they weren't running.
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Date: 2006-01-24 02:36 pm (UTC)I wish they would make it easier for students to vote. Then our demographic might actually get, y'know, a VOICE.
Really a shame about the Absolutely Ridiculous Party. Would have beat choosing between the Damned If We Do Party, Damned If We Don't Party, Doesn't Have A Prayer Party, Blockhead Party and Has Never Come Close To Winning a Seat Party. :p
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Date: 2006-01-24 03:15 pm (UTC)Hey, at least they had decent hours for voting this year! The way they had it scheduled last time, you could only vote if you didn't work that day, or the day of the advance polls. Not a fix, not a fix at all, I'm sure...
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Date: 2006-01-24 03:19 pm (UTC)They had all the students going to the same polling station. And most of us had to re-register because we were all registered in our home ridings. Which meant half hour lines at a minimum.
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Date: 2006-01-24 03:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 03:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 02:36 pm (UTC)QFT
:-P
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Date: 2006-01-24 02:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 02:44 pm (UTC)In otherwords, I agree. :-P
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Date: 2006-01-24 02:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-24 02:44 pm (UTC)And the Tories sqwaked. And sqwaked. Sqwaked some more. And kept it up, until the rest of the country started believing them. Do this for a ocuple years, and you have a political climate that rivals America's for sheer mudslinging, and dirt.
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:29 pm (UTC)What DOES the Bloc stand for other than separation? All I can think of is more power to the provinces to make decisions. Specifically, more power to QUEBEC. :p
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:42 pm (UTC)I'm trying to look up their platform, and they actually seem pretty Left. Heh. This is from CBC:
The main goal of the Bloc is obviously separation from Quebec, but they have other planks in the platform as well. For the most part, their policies encourage the transferring of control and money to the provinces.
The Bloc platform and campaign frequently mention government corruption, with special emphasis on the sponsorship scandal.
The Bloc leans left in many of its proposals, including implementing the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, increasing foreign aid spending, asking for a consultation on the "purpose" of the army before any more major spending decisions are made. The party supports same-sex marriage.
The party would like to see more measures to counter what it describes as the "ill effects" of globalization.
They also call for protection of a supply management system in agriculture, and support for fishing and forestry.
Oh, and decriminalizing marijuana, apparently. And they support gay marriage. This will definitely be an uneasy government. :P
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Date: 2006-01-24 10:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:35 am (UTC)A better way to repay me would be for you and Snippy to come to C4 next year. :-p ;-)
And QFT - I thought it meant "quite fucking true", LOL!
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Date: 2006-01-25 12:00 pm (UTC)