I’m calling it right now. A Liberal minority government. Polls show that the PQ is leading right now with the support of those alienated by Charest’s stance on education and their view of him being corrupt. But, I think that when time comes to vote, a significant portion of the
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The Happy Wanderer: Charest Will Win
I’m calling it right now. A Liberal minority government. Polls show that the PQ is leading right now with the support of those alienated by Charest’s stance on education and their view of him being corrupt. But, I think that when time comes to vote, a significant portion of the PQ support will simply go with what they know best: the Liberals. They will reason that the tuition increases were not all that bad and that Charest didn’t do all too bad on corruption. Besides, the PQ wants a referendum and when time comes to actually take action and vote, they will not support the PQ.
And what about the CAQ? Why won’t Quebecers vote for Francois Legault’s party? Because, so far the party has not proven to be a serious choice. They seem like disorganised buffoons. Charest is just feeding off this. And so, Charest will win the same way Harper did: by making sure that only the Liberals seem in control of the situation while the other parties blow themselves up.
Continue readingCharest had a field day with this, saying: “If I understand it correctly, François Legault will run the Twitter account and organize cocktail fundraisers, while Jacques Duchesneau will run the rest of the government.” Marois also pounced, accusing the CAQ of “improvisation” and calling them “amateurish.” In other words, not ready to govern.
The Happy Wanderer: Charest Will Win
I’m calling it right now. A Liberal minority government. Polls show that the PQ is leading right now with the support of those alienated by Charest’s stance on education and their view of him being corrupt. But, I think that when time comes to vote, a significant portion of the
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Harper’s Religious Agenda?
Does Stephen Harper’s religion affect government policy? He is associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, an evangelical group. We all know how these evangelical groups have managed to shape policy in the US, helping create policies that aren’t based on reason and science. Stephen Harper seems to be doing
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Release the Budget at the Beginning of the Year
Not having information to make decisions concerning our country can be quite dangerous sometimes. Especially when it has to do with government spending and more importantly, where the government is spending. This is caused by estimates of government spending being released before the budget. So, it’s impossible to estimate the
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Opposition to Harper: Nonexistant
Who will rise this year to challenge Stephen Harper, to oppose him credibly? There might be many credible attacks on the Conservatives in 2012, but the no one will be listening. There was a reason the Tories received a majority government in May: so that Canadians would not have to
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Hidden Agenda of Zach Paikin?
As a delegate to the biennial convention, I have been doing my homework, researching each and every candidate for the executive (a surprisingly long and torturous process). While researching Zach Paikin, candidate for National Policy Chair, I of course found two controversial blog posts using facts to show how extremist he really is. Among the
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: No to Liberal Primaries
There is a proposition that we Liberals instate a primary system for electing our next leader. This was clearly iterated in the Board’s document, “A Roadmap to Renewal.” It suggests having a new category of people called “supporters” who would not be members, but would still have the right to vote in leadership
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Let Quebec Pay
The federal government is not only going to destroy the long gun registry, but is going to destroy all the data too. However, Quebec wants to keep the registry and maintain it on its own. They are willing to foot the bill as long as it gets the data. Why
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Walking Out is not Right
The new Auditor-General is not bilingual. Yet, that is one of the conditions of the job of Auditor-General. No doubt then that the Conservatives are telling the truth when saying that he is the only qualified individual for the job. Out of the pe…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Conservative Champions of Wasting Time
Heckling has returned to the House of Commons with a bang. Once again, politicians of all parties engage in this enormously hilarious act! According to Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, Deepak Obhrai said Mr. Speaker six times in a 30 second period. This allow…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Why do the Habs Suck?
Why are the Habs losing? It seems just like yesterday when they nearly beat the Bruins in seven. Yet the answer goes back before that. Before, the Canadiens were losing horribly, shut out of three games in a row before scoring. Their passes were not wo…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Put a Train on the Champlain
The Harper government has promised to rebuild the Champlain Bridge of Montreal which is a very good move. The infrastructure of Montreal falling apart and that bridge is necessary to the transportation needs of the city. But, when infrastructure must b…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Build HSR Now!
The newest study on high speed rail dating from an ancient January has been released. The findings are no surprise. Just like the other four studies done over the years this one supports building high speed rail along the Quebec City-Windsor corridor. …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Survival of Israel is Dependent on Palestine
Firstly, I would like to thank my co-blogger, Vanillaman for having reposted the Avaaz video. This will help us bring our message of hope to the world. I will now proceed to criticize a few parts of vanillaman’s post.
In his post, he mentions t…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Scary is Governing with Ignorance
It’s been blogged about again and again, but that is because it’s so stupid and at the same time, scary. With their majority government, the Tories are looking to spearhead an omnibus “tough on crime” bill to increase jail time among other th…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Palestine is the Best Bet for Peace
An independent state for Palestine is the best way to create peace in the Middle East. Since the creation of Israel in 1948, violence has never stopped, fueled by hatred on both sides. Then in 1967, Israel took over the remaining Pa…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: "Royal" Military made the New York Times!
Harper has added “royal” to both the sea forces and the air force of the Canadian Forces. There is absolutely no point in changing the name. It’s a waste of money and not many Canadians really care about it.
But, in the end, it’s a name change and I d…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Political Rights
My condolences to the families of the 92 people killed in the Norway attacks. It is a horrible thing to kill children and terrible to kill fellow human beings in the first place.
News has come out that the killer belonged to party promoting intoleranc…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Pigheadedness Makes us Uncomfortable
Every summer, the topic comes up: why don’t we have AC on Montreal’s public transit. The basic answer is that our pigheaded mayor, GĂ©rald Tremblay insists that it’s too expensive and it decreases fuel efficiency, thereby harming the environment. Yet, …
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