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Selatius

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2. I wouldn't say you guys elected the Conservatives. It's just a quirk of your system.

Reply to Lucy Goosey (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 08:29 AM

Apr 2012

The Conservatives won by virtue of the fact that the right in Canada is still largely unified against a fractured left.

On the other hand, you have multiple parties on the left. You have, of course, the Liberals, but many have started drifting away from them because of the appearance that they've been drifting rightward with all the talk of free trade and instituting neoliberalism. People who left the Liberal Party for that reason are going to the NDP or the Greens.

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Canada's Charter of Rights anniversary highlights liberal/conservative split. [View all] pampango Apr 2012 OP

Unfortunately, we elected a government that has no respect for the Charter. Or rights. Lucy Goosey Apr 2012 #1

I wouldn't say you guys elected the Conservatives. It's just a quirk of your system. Selatius Apr 2012 #2

Yes, of course Lucy Goosey Apr 2012 #3

God no. laundry_queen Apr 2012 #5

The thing is someone unelected currently has all that power Lucy Goosey Apr 2012 #6

I love this: "...the Charter also reflects Canada’s vision as a participant in a global world." pampango Apr 2012 #4