[PoscStudent]

Originally Posted by Dr Nevergold

You just have to weigh your options based on all the issues. I think Mulcair has a generally sound platform, however some of the statements he's made on Quebec and separatism bother me more than Trudeau's support of c-51. Trudeau is not exactly into limiting civil liberties as he's spent a lot of political capital making marijuana decriminalization an issue and reversing a lot of these get-tough, build more prison Harper policies. He's been willing to expend political capital on that when other politicians haven't. All things considered, Trudeau certainly hasn't lost my support even if I think he's mishandled c-51.

With that said, Mulcair has demonstrated a proper stance against c-51. On this issue, Mulcair certainly stands (in my view) on the right side of history. I have no harsh feelings toward either Trudeau or Mulcair, I think either would be tremendous improvement over the current gov't. I think it'd be beneficial if these two men work together since I think its highly likely that both the Liberals and NDP will hold the balance of power in October, with no clear majority of any party.

Its of course good to vote locally, because if I were in a riding that needed to sway either Liberal or NDP to beat the Cons, I'd vote based on local trends to hopefully get a Con loss for that riding. If your riding is already NDP, why not make it even yet more again? LOL

Trudeau has also spoken about voting for Quebec separation with Harper as Prime Minister. So neither his or Mulcair's views are great regarding that issue.