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Canadian Coup
There is, as I write this, an attempt to overthrow our Canadian government. The 3 parties that lost in our October 13 election, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc Québécois, are attempting to join in a "coalition" to defeat the party that which currently holds power, the Conservatives. The way our electoral system works, the party with the most seats in parliament, holds power and declares who the Prime Minister will be. This is all well and good, unless the winning party does not make up more than half of those seats. If you have the most seats, but that number is fewer than half of the seats in parliament (which equals 308), then you comprise a minority government. If you have the most seats and have more than half of those seats, then you comprise a majority government.
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008
tags: Politics, Canada, Coup D'tat.
Political Leaning
I have made up a pretty neat little script that calculates your political leaning depending on your answers. Give it a try, you might surprise yourself, you might not. Feel free to leave your Personal and Economic score in the comments, this could be fun!
Sicko Review
I watched Sicko last night, as promised, and still can't say I'm impressed. The movie starts off by saying that approximately 50 million Americans do not have health insurance, as is their choice. It then goes on to tell us that the movie is not about those 50 million, but instead about the 250 million Americans that do have health insurance. It then purports to show us the atrocities faced by these 250 million people who are denied claims and charged abhorrently large amounts of money for necessary medical treatment.
Posted by on Sat, 4 Oct 2008
tags: Canada, Sicko, Michael Moore.
Health Care and Libertarianism
I have talked with numerous people about the subject of libertarianism and, while most view some of their ideas as having merit, they always tend to fall back to their fears of a free market. One of their largest, most pronounced, fears that surface is their fear of a free health care market. I can, kind of, see where people are coming from when they voice their fears. However, the way I see it, the government run system is failing us already. We currently have wait times, in a lot of provinces, of 17 weeks or longer. It's nearly impossible to find a family doctor in Alberta. Nurses have been on strike in more than one province, sometimes for months on end. Where will it end?
Posted by on Thu, 2 Oct 2008
tags: Libertarianism, Canada, Medicare.
Political Parties
I have been doing a lot of reading lately on politics and I wanted to post my opinions on all 20 parties running in this upcoming Federal Election. I am going to post them in order of preference just because it's my opinion and that's what I feel like *grin*. I'll do my best to link sources and all, but some of this will be pure opinion. This list comes from Elections Canada Online. Anyway, here goes:
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008
tags: Politics, Election, Canada.