After reading this article on CBC News here, my thoughts are that though it is unfair for the consortium to decide not to invite the Green Party leader, I think it was the right thing to do because the fact is that the Green Party is just not on the same level in terms of popularity and seats in the house as the other four parties participating in the debate. If smaller parties like the Green Party gets to join the debate then what is the reason for parties like the Communist Party or even the Marijuana Party of Canada to not crash the debate as well?
After reading the article here from the Globe and Mail, I think it’s nice to see Michael Ignatieff gaining in popularity. I was surprised to learn that Mr. Ignatieff is the only “rookie” in this election despite already being 64 years old. I am very excited to know how the election will play out.
Win or lose, Flaherty will stand by his budget, this article from the Globe and mail illustrates that the current minister of finance will not change his infamous budget if the conservatives gets re-elected in the future election. He also seems quite confident that the Tories will not only end up winning the election, they will end up forming a majority government as he states,
“I’d love to [campaign],” he said Wednesday morning on CTV. “I’m looking forward to the flowers coming out of the ground and growing a new majority government for Canada.”
After reading the article from the Globe and Mail here, I felt that Mr. Harper have added fuel to the Bloc Québécois and its supporters by stating the party is over for them and that their separatist movement is evaporating. To me it seems like Harper has given up on trying to convert the Bloc supporters and instead started bashing their party in order to please the rest of Canada outside of Quebec.
Going through the article on the globe and mail here, I think it will be to Harper’s advantage to “drop the writ” tomorrow rather than to wait 2 weeks and see his budget get rejected. The extra 2 weeks will give the oppositions more time to prepare for their campaign.
After reading the article on the Globe and Mail here, I got a little excited, wondering how the aftermath is going to turn out after the budget releases. I believe the potential federal election taking place around May 2nd to May 9th as described in the article will occur. Lets see how my prediction fares in roughly two months.
Comments regarding the Globe and Mail article seen here.
Mr. Harper is perhaps acting overly confident stating any MP who “puts the best interests of the Canadian economy before all else,” will support next month’s budget. Considering that Canada is still currently in a minority government, it might be the best interest for the PM to work together with other parties other than acting like he is running a majority government. But with the “new polls showing his government running far ahead of the opposition, including the Liberals, who have been threatening an election,” Mr. Harper might just afford the “budget” to be confident.
After reading the article here, on CBC News, I decided to side with the opposition parties of the Harper government in this case. It doesn’t make much sense to spend time catching anyone in possession of more than just 6 marijuana plants, and throwing them in jail for six months or more. This means curious teenagers in their rebellious phases with a whole life still ahead of them will be locked up in jails. The necessity to spend large amount of tax money in building new prisons to inhabit these new breed of “criminals” is no doubt a critical issue as well.
After reading the article here on the Globe and Mail, I along with many people from the commentary section are pleased with the Prime Minister’s decision to overrule the questionable new bill passed by the CRTC. The bill seems to only benefit Canada’s oligopoly telecommunication giants such as Bell or Rogers and leaves small businesses and the general public who uses internet with the possibility of extra fees.
After reading the article here on the CBC website, my thoughts where that, even though opposition parties usually oppose against anything the Conservatives want to achieve, I have a feeling that for this particular case, the Liberal and NDP parties will support the government legislation. The opposition parties has their own incentives to support this case and that is to be viewed as ethical and caring minded to the public.