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?
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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.
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The Strategy
Chatr, Kodoo, Solo Mobile…At first my reaction was, “wow when did all these new telecommunication companies popped out? I thought the market share was already dominated by Rogers, Telus, and Bell.” I did some research and it turns out that Chatr, Solo Moblie, and Kodoo are actually owned by Rogers, Telus, and Bell respectively. Market development is at play here as the main goal for these telecommunication giants is to fulfill the rising demand for budget/ prepaid phone plans, but i think this is just what they want people to think. The actual main reason for these new branches is to go after customers targeted by actual new entrant carriers such as “Wind mobile” and “Mobilicity.”
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Green Monster
I recently calculated my carbon footprint score at http://www.go-beyond.ca/calculator-results. According to this website, I am quite a sustainability role model, with an overall score of 3.483 tonnes of CO2 per year, well below average.
My “Best” and my “Need Improvement” attributes in the pie graph are…
Living in Totem Park on campus, I walk from my dorm to my classes every school day, occasionally taking the community shuttle to various parts of the campus. I usually take the bus combined with sky-train to commute back home in White Rock during the weekends. Fortunately/ unfortunately, I do not own a car so as majority of my transportation is through public transit and walking, hence the low o.175 daily commute.
I was rather surprised to see that “food” takes up 63.1% of my carbon footprint. Recently I had started to eat more organic food products since so many are offered in UBC. But I am still passionate about my meat consumption. I can never imagine myself going on a vegetarian diet, even for just a week.
The Carbon Footprint Calculator is a fun tool and provided useful sustainability tips base on your tonnes of CO2 per year. I doubt the result is extremely accurate due to the basic set of questionnaires, but it brings sustainability awareness to my daily activities.