What's really funny is that it doesn't matter how you vote, considering that they change the constituencies in some cases after doing polls on neighbourhoods to see who they will vote for.
For example (although this may not be true) it would be possible in Calgary to move a subdivison into a riding outside of the one they were in, mostly pro liberal, for example, into a pro conservative series of neighbourhoods. If they split it well enough, then the liberal voters are a minority, and another two MPs are conservative for that riding.
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NDP Leader Jack Layton said Mr. Martin's comments hurt Canada-U.S. relations. After a Regina rally speech in which Mr. Layton once again criticized [U.S. President] "George W. Bush's missile defence," Mr. Layton said Mr. Martin's verbal attacks on the U.S. have hindered any chance of getting Washington to do more for the environment.
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Mmm.... don't you wish the administration here would use some of the same tactics? I know it does sound childish, but it would feel so good to the typical Canadian person here.
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The 20-minute address reverberated on the campaign trail. Liberal Leader Paul Martin, who had promised to repair relations with Washington when he became Prime Minister two years ago, vowed yesterday to continue to defend Canadian interests "against anybody."
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Of course, the current, and most likely future government, will not follow what they said in this case...
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Mr. Wilkins, a close supporter of Mr. Bush, was expected to ease tensions in the bilateral relationship when he was appointed this year to replace his hawkish predecessor, Paul Cellucci. But Mr. Wilkins's stinging remarks revealed the high level of anger in the U.S. government over a recent speech in which Mr. Martin criticized the U.S. policy on greenhouse-gas reductions.
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I'm quite happy with that global conscience statement myself.
I guess they don't like the fact that Canadians are sick of having polltion from the states being pushed by the prevailing winds dumped here.
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Mr. Wilkins, who did not name the Liberal Leader directly, said his government is growing exasperated with the Canadian government's constant attacks on U.S. environmental and commercial policies.
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Well, they are only costing us several billion dollars and 15 thousand jobs a year...
Who to vote for? Well, does it really matter for me? Vote liberal in a riding dominated by conservatives?