I need some clarification

[bucket]

Regarding the railways. ..elwin hermanson identified issues of 2013 in 1997 and this government has done SFA to fix the issues.

At this point I have no problem with the railways being nationalized again.

They are ruining Canada's infrastructure

We could be a better nation.

[newguy]

Yes Freewheat.And the NDP vote from Quebec was last minute and totally unexpected.They are very unpredictable is what I am saying.I have voted for many different parties myself.The ones that switch votes from election to election are the votes that you need to watch the most.

[sumdumguy]

If you'd rather give it all to the corps and hide so you aren't questioned. Is that a conservative? That's a crying shame, not worthy of my vote.

[fjlip]

Be dictated to by BIG business or BIG unions, man is there a third choice? Not happy with any of them. Therefore choose the least evil/costly option... Flip a coin?

[Oliver88]

Look at Selinger in Manitoba and you got your answer of where socialism takes you.

More taxes AND more debt.

[tweety]

And dandelions

[oneoff]

So how's the current political situation (at all three levels of government) working during the current time period.

What will things be like when the current downturn takes years if not decades to begin to right itself.

And darned if you should buy the argument that it is the opposition who should shoulder the blame for the current situations.

[sawfly]

bad times will come along
no matter who is in power

and no party , will be able to fix this country just like that.
( i actually feel sorry for the NDP in Alberta)

But Harper pretended to be something different, he wasn't.

Turns out he is not really a free
enterprise,competition, fiscal responsible . kind of guy .
(i could have lived with that)

no Just another Mulroney , selling out the nation at every turn.

Just as we see the effects of 30 years of that kind of management (or lack off) coming home to roost in Alberta.
( versus places that actually managed things, Norway)

Why would we want to continue on this path ?

piss away the wealth of the nation.

and now use taxpayer's own money
to pay ,to advertise, and fund , the big vote buying
(family allowance )payment just before the election.
same old garbage.

and Free market competition.
Ha.
he can't even successfully , slap the wrist of the Rail roads.

little lone lift a finger to bring any competition there.

any modern developed country's govt.

that has no strategic transportation plan, and monitoring , to get the nations production to world markets
does not deserve to govern.

simple as that .

whether it be private or public, system ,or both.

how daft do you have to be, to think that is not in your job description as a govt.
apparently they are.

i guess if we can be bought off with our own money before the election and forget the billions they have cost us.

we are even dumber

give him another 4 years.
and think what other possible public institutions there are
that could be a gold mine in private hands.



As far as what the other parties and would do in Agriculture,

well i do not think we can expect much, we burned those bridges long ago.

but doing nothing , would be far better than what we have gotten lately.

hopefully in the future when , we are getting squeezed,
by the high seed costs,
high fert. costs,
high chem costs,
high basis costs,
high transportation costs,

and the free market competition ,
you thought you always voted for .
,does not exist.

we will remember who to thank.

the man ,can not even let a free market exist in the medical pot business.

like everything else, he will use your tax $, for police and prisons , so a handful of corporations can charge triple for medical pot.

sound familiar.

electing NDP , liberal, or coalition.
will be no magic cure ,

but sorry these guys gotta go.
























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[sumdumguy]

Unfettered free enterprise is today's norm, or should I say selectively fettered free enterprise, heh Sawfly?

[bucket]

Unfettered free enterprise is the quickest route to socialism.

Just wait for it.

You can't starve the peasants. It's just bad business. History has proven it over and over again.

[sumdumguy]

Hamloc, have you had enough clarification?

[blackpowder]

Canada is probably getting more like Europe all the time.
I am fairly right wing but just dont care anymore. Which EU country do you think Canada will look like in 30 years??