In BC the results of the referendum came on Friday. 55% of BC residence voted to eliminate the young new HST while 45% wanted it to stay. That is much closer than I imagined. I knew BC would vote no on the tax thought it would be more like 67% 33%. I t…
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The Happy Wanderer: The Republican and the Environment part 2
If any of you didn’t look at my last post I am looking into the Republicans and there environment stance I already did Bachman now for Mitt Romney and Gingrich and Ron Paul.
Mitt Romney the front-runner of the Republican party has a very “Bush” and “…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Republicans on the Environment
I have decided to look at all the people who would like to become the President of the U.S and look at there platform. Issue by issue. Since I already talked about Rick Perry and the Environment. Let’s check all the other candidates plan on the Environ…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Farewell
Yesterday it was reported that Jack Layton has passed away. I may not agree with Layton politically, but he was someone who you just had to admire. he kept running in many elections even though he lost before numerous of times. My best wishes to his fa…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Perry and the World
Rick Perry has again proven that he doesn’t believe in global warming. He thinks that just because the world has proven time and time again strange weather and heating climate is just “manipulated data.” Maybe Rick Perry is talking about the Bush admin…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Super Commitee best of the worst!
The debt deal that passed the U.S congress was seen as a compromise that no base of either side was happy about. I think that the first part was okay as it did address some problems with the deficit, but it didn’t hit it’s core. The core of the Deficit…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Ontario Libs With a Chance
In the Ontario election which is due this fall. Hudak looked like an easy winner, but i say don’t rule out the Liberals in Ontario so fast. Even with the last election in May where Liberals faced a devastating defeat in the province getting third place…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Scary Republican
In the Debate Last week the Republicans were asked some questions. Some I found slightly interesting, but one question just made me scared! The Question was that if their was a budget deal that for every 10 dollars in cuts their will only be 1 dollar i…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Pawlenty Out, Perry In!
After Pawlenty’s bad showing in the Iowa straw poll Pawlenty is now out of the race for the White house. Tim Pawlenty who was said to have spend an enormous amount of money and time in the state was disappointed with the poor third place showing in Iow…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Iowa Straw Poll
The results of the Iowa Straw poll are in, and Michele Bachman wins the Iowa straw poll by just 150 votes. Ron Paul got a very strong second place showing with 4671. This isn’t much of a surprise. Ron Paul and Michele Bachman were reall…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Perry’a Fake Miracle!
Governor Rick Perry which by all accounts in the presidential campaign for the White House has been seen as the person to match Romney has been claimed to be the candidate who know something about Jobs. Texas has increased jobs…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Another Stimulus?
With more fear with the stock market some people in the U.S have been asking for another stimulus or spending package. Although putting money into the economy will create jobs the U.S can’t afford it! Debt to GDP ratio is at 98%. The U.S doesn’t have m…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Dion Is Right!
Stephane Dion the former
Liberal leader for two years, and supported the Carbon tax has put the whole
Turmel affair in perspective. He raised a few question that I
found absolutely brilliant. He made it clear that a leader can change
their &n…
The Happy Wanderer: Replace the Champlain Bridge.
The Champlain Bridge is crumbling down. We need to replace the structure now! Before something bad happens. Because of problems with the bridge the city will lose productivity amounting 2 billion dollars. The Conservative party is moving slow…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Liberals are UP!
A new poll shows that the Conservatives are at 36.2, The Liberals at 27.0% and the NDP at 26.8%. We are now just over a month past the last election the NDP and the Liberals are now in a tie. And the Conservatives are now at their minority levels. Not …
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Votes On HST!
The year old tax is now being subjected to a vote. Even though Stephen Harper help get some provinces on with the tax I fully support the HST. It helps companies as it eliminates the possibility of a product being taxed multiple times before being taxe…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Debt Deal History
There is a lot of history on the debt ceiling in the united states. In fact for many decades the debt ceiling increased tremendously without the need of any compromise on spending. In fact JFK increased has the debt ceiling&nbs…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Republicans Still Oppose Tax increases!
The Republican position on taxes has never changed over the past few years. They will be against any tax increases. Even tax reform which would actually lower the Corporate tax rate in the U.S by 7%, but makes more revenue by eliminating loopholes wasn…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Fedaralist Sovereigntist Party?
Even though the current NDP leader does consider herself a federalist. recent events begs the Question is the NDP turning into the Bloc trying to look like the Bloc?
Some would be quick to say No, but consider this Jack Layton even said that Quebec on…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Our Crubbling Infastructure!
Our Montreal mayor is right we need more money into Infrastructure I quite frankly am happy to see that the Montreal mayor has taken an unpopular stance on increasing fees in order to help Montreal infrastructure. Montreal needs infrastructure help. Th…
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