The Great Canadian Politics Thread - Page 6

vid · #**101** Posted: **Oct 24, 2012, 11:24 PM**

We're "people" because we're gays, atheists and socialists. Only true, hard working tax paying white Christians get to be "folks".

Americans respond better to words with Germanic roots as opposed to those with French roots, which is why all the politicians call the people the want to support them "folks" now. People hear "folks" and think "oh, I am folks!!!

", whereas their response to "people" is "gay people/black people/poor people/foreign people/other people/not me".

SignalHillHiker · #**102** Posted: **Oct 26, 2012, 2:10 PM**

"Excuse me, is anyone here NOT an overweight, old white man? You, ma'am? Please get in the centre of the photo..."

Atlantic mayors demand infrastructure money

someone123 · #**103** Posted: **Oct 26, 2012, 8:05 PM**

So many mayors for a region that only has about 1.5 cities.

vid · #**104** Posted: **Oct 26, 2012, 10:06 PM**

Small towns have mayors too...

SignalHillHiker · #**105** Posted: **Oct 26, 2012, 10:10 PM**

It might be 1.5 from Halifax's perspective - but the reality is probably closer to zero.

someone123 · #**106** Posted: **Oct 26, 2012, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Small towns have mayors too...

PEI alone has 75 municipalities with a combined population of about 95,000. 48 of the municipalities have under 500 people. It's totally crazy.

Their legislature similarly has 27 seats, New Brunswick has 55, and Nova Scotia has 52. Ontario has 107. PEI's MLA base pay is $65,000 per year plus they get a substantial pension. Of course, about half of PEI's legislature consists of cabinet ministers who make $111,000 per year. This is in a province where the average house is worth about $150,000.

PoscStudent · #**107** Posted: **Oct 27, 2012, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

It might be 1.5 from Halifax's perspective - but the reality is probably closer to zero.

Halifax isn't even a city.

cormiermax · #**108** Posted: **Oct 27, 2012, 3:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by PoscStudent

Halifax isn't even a city.

So St.John's is a village then?

PoscStudent · #**109** Posted: **Oct 27, 2012, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by cormiermax

So St.John's is a village then?

St. John's is the largest city in Atlantic Canada, Halifax is a regional municipality.

SignalHillHiker · #**110** Posted: **Oct 27, 2012, 6:46 PM**

Oy...

cormiermax · #**111** Posted: **Oct 27, 2012, 7:06 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

St. John's is the largest city in Atlantic Canada, Halifax is a regional municipality.

Got me there...

cormiermax · #**112** Posted: **Nov 27, 2012, 3:35 AM**

Three By-Elections tonight, the Cons have already taken one (Durham) and it looks like they'll probably take another (Calgary Centre). No results from Victoria yet.

Reesonov · #**113** Posted: **Nov 27, 2012, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by cormiermax

Three By-Elections tonight, the Cons have already taken one (Durham) and it looks like they'll probably take another (Calgary Centre). No results from Victoria yet.

Conservative lead is only 2.0% in Calgary Centre, with just less than half of polls reporting.

cormiermax · #**114** Posted: **Nov 30, 2012, 6:09 PM**

The plot thickens...

Elections Canada investigates call complaints in 56 ridings
Robocalls, live calls lead to cross-Canada investigation over allegations of voter suppression

Elections Canada investigators are tracking complaints of misleading or harassing phone calls in 56 ridings during the 2011 federal election campaign, newly released court documents show.

That's nearly one-fifth of Canada's 308 ridings.

The documents show exactly how widespread the investigation has become since it was first revealed that the election agency was looking into allegations of misleading phone calls in Guelph, Ont. The documents, known as information to obtain a production order, cover phone records for customers of Vidéotron in Quebec and of Shaw in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. A production order for Rogers hasn't yet been publicly released.

Elections Canada investigator John Dickson says in the Shaw production order that he believes the information will help him identify whoever made the calls.

He also says the agency got 99 complaints of misleading or harassing calls before the first media report last February. Once the news broke, the agency got another 1,048 complaints, not including the 252 complaints from Guelph. Some people reported both misleading and harassing calls.

More here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...ss-canada.html