Why I simply cannot vote for Harper's Conservatives!

[dmlfarmer]

I have always voted Conservative and still consider myself conservative but this article is exactly why I will vote for anyone but our current government. When the government has the audacity to try to stop a Canadian scientist from getting an international award, when it takes 1100 days to get information from the government, when a town like Melville becomes statistically insignificant because of government, there is a real problem!

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/vanishing-canada-why-were-all-losers-in-ottawas-war-on-data/

[foragefarmer]

Harper was also responsible for cutting funding to the world renowned Experimental Lakes Area (ERA) which consists of 57 contained fresh water lakes on the borders of Manitoba and Ontario.

Scientist from around the world pleaded with the Con/Reform government to maintain the funding but it fell on deaf ears.

One of the studies at the ERA was the effect and causes of Acid Rain.

The total saving for the government amounted to $2-3 million per year. Luckily the Ontario government stepped in to keep funding going.

Just another example of Harper's attack on science!!!!

[BreadWinner]

Anyone that calls it the HARPER Conservatives never voted for them last time.

[bucket]

Or another way of downloading the costs to other governments.

Alot of short sighted cuts have been made under this government.

Costs escalate when trying to re-establish these decisions.

[dmlfarmer]

Breadwinner: you are wrong, I did and am sorry I did!

[blackpowder]

Looking forward to all of our problems being solved on th 19th.

[mustardman]

Dml ,good on you. You have realized that THIS current group is not LIKE conservatives of the past.
They are reform/tea party fringe extremists
This is why many progressive conservatives like Barbara Macdougal, joe Clark etc etc speak out AgInst these characters.
John Diefenbaker would be Embarassed that this group calls themselves conservative

[vvalk]

I won't deny that the conservatives havnt made a few mistakes and the ones you guys on this thread bring up in general are pretty small. Any government after a decade will have good and bad records. But look at the options. The NDP record is 100% running there economies into the ground. Their leader for has remortgaged his house 11 times. I just can't get over that. As for the liberals. They are the better choice then mulcair but justin is going way left. On many issues further left then the NDP. At what point is taxing the top 1% discrimination. You have the majority of people saying sure I get more and pay less or the same. We can just get those guys to pay. How is that not the definition of discrimination

[Hamloc]

One of the Chrétien government's great successes quoted on here was slaying the debt. They did this to a great extent by cutting provincial transfers. This has put most provincial governments in deficit positions ever since. They also put a temporary 10 cent excise tax on gas that was never removed.

I do however agree the present governments cuts to our historical knowledge base to be very short sighted. I don't have an opinion on the removal of the mandatory long form census, filling them out would be a pain in the ass.

I hear lots of complaints on here about MP David Anderson, I see ex SWP president Marvin Wiens is running against him, are you voting for him?

[BreadWinner]

For all those farms that incorporated the tax bill is about to go up big time. If the NDP get in!!

[freewheat]

So you are not voting Conservative? So the, who ARE you voting for? And why?

[vvalk]

If you agree with taxing the top 1% say 5% more then in principal why not 50% more. The power is there and it's just opinion on what's fair enough or reasonable. Definately discrimination

[TOM4CWB]

Now that was a strange place to post my Canola Crush posting!!!

If people want a balanced budget... we must spend less. The radical change in emissions with removal of sulphur in fuels... has changed pollution and acid rain now not a problem.

PM Harper has made some unpopular decisions that gov. workers do not like... as we have slowed the increase in Fed. Gov. work force. A good job on balance has been done! NDP want double the cost and workers... to regulate our business and lives. Carbon Taxes... Wind Solar end coal generation of electricity... all of which cause a smile on Chinese faces as they laugh all the way to the bank... as our good jobs move to asia.

You guys are so short sighted.

[mustardman]

Breadwinnner, if that's what it takes to have a better country then so be it

[vvalk]

How many times does it have to be studied and talked about. Taxing has te opposite effect for bringing in revenue. The NDP have never figured that out. Go have a look at California. Most people live there less then 6 months or have out of state businesses. The tax there is killing that state