I'm pretty left leaning but I can't watch this bell end without thinking "you're totally unqualified".
And what exactly is the option?
IMHO the option was Tom Mulcair. He was head and shoulders above the rest in terms of policy, vision and even as a human being. He toured the base and chatted to us and seemed like a genuine person, WYSIWYG.
I never voted NDP before and didn't particularly like Jack, but I though Tom was a good center of the road option.
So far I'm not impressed with any of the NDP leadership contenders. I like that Angus has been a long term advocate for First Nations and has been somewhat effective dealing with housing and suicide crises' in his riding. He is also a singer in a Punk-Rock band.
The other 3 just seem bland and self serving, bologna sandwiches compared to Tom's steak.
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I've been in the service for 18 years and you can say what you like about past Liberal or Conservative governments, but the CAF was a great career option and I thoroughly enjoyed my time here and was treated well and empowered. I get to work on jets all day who wouldn't like that
In the last 18 months something has changed. Its hard to describe but people are no longer appreciated, its very dark and nasty. People are treated badly.
I'll be gone in December. Looking at either a role in civil aviation or as a military contractor abroad.
Stop basing your views on appearances, and feelings, and start looking at policies, and actions.
Somebody's got their minds open!I'm in a union, was very active in it to be honest, BUT I got tired of them trying to ram NDP down everyone's throat as the so-called "labour party". I, as a hard working tax payer, refuse to acknowledge a party that pushes for redistribution of wealth, as a labour party. I will also never support such a party. The redistribution of wealth can seem like a good idea when you talk about just shaving a bit extra from the richest, to help the poorest, yes very Robin Hood like. However the richest have their money sheltered. Take away the shelters you say? Ok then, now they're pulling billions of dollars out of the economy entirely and hiding it in other countries, that is to say the portion that they were't already keeping offshore.
These illegals should be treated as such. Detained immediately, and then deported at the earliest convenience with automatic denial of any applications. Millions of immigrants have gone about things in the correct manner, why should these be special cases that get to cut in while so many more law abiding potential immigrants are still waiting for their approvals?
BTW, as to the earlier comment about right wing bigotry(alt-right nazis as the left would say), here are just a few notable conservatives;
Ben Shapiro, Jewish. Ezra Levant, Jewish. Milo Yiannopoulos, gay. Lincoln Alexander(former Conservative MP, 24th Lt. Gov. of Ontario), Black. BTW, Lincoln Alexander was born in a row house at Young and Spadina, to an immigrant house wife and an immigrant carpenter, in 1922, a time when racism really WAS a huge problem. Yet still, he was a Cpl. in the RCAF and served in WW2, After the war he went to McMaster University and received his BA in economics in 1949, then graduated with a law degee from Osgoode Hall in Toronto in 1953. Had a career in law before becoming the first black member of parliament, then going on to earn many honours, titles and medals. Really, wiki the man he was great, and he proved that hard work trumps victim hood. Go, wiki, then come back and tell me how the conservative white man is keeping minorities down.
How about Milo, yes he's had many speaking events, some in Canada. Former Sr Editor at what's considered one of the most radical alt-right media hubs, Breitbart. Flaming homosexual. Guess who comes to listen to him speak and support his ideas, well ofcourse conservatives do, stupid. And who stages VIOLENT protests, well that would be left groups including yet not limited to the famed and ironically named ANTIFA. So remind me how fascist and bigoted we are for supporting a gay public speaker, while the anti-fascists are violently attacking the free speech of said gay man. BTW when you're done with that, open youtube and actually listen and consider some of those ideas before shutting it off, you may agree with some of it, may not, but atleast you would have tried it. Atleast you would have an idea of what the ideals actually are without simply spouting off brainwash propaganda of the left.
Maybe the commenter is the one who's in the dark. Shutting down free speech is fascism. Labeling all straight white men as CIS and privileged, in the context that they are used IS bigoted hate speech. etc, w/e tldr; **** you
Regarding the CAF getting dark lately, my FIL just got out this past spring, he's been saying that for the last 5 years conditions have been getting worse so I don't think it's a new thing with this government.
Ummmmmmm, that is exactly what we are doing, look at their voting records for a start...
The old PC party was my choice, the new Reformers repackaged as Conservatives (without the Progressive of course) are not. I live in today, not the 40s, 50s and 60s. I won't blindly vote based on things that happened decades ago.
Somebody's got their minds open!
Funny you say that, they say trump is a mad man & we need to get him out of office, but why is it we don't see trump supporters beating people in the streets & vandalizing businesses?
Nope, not even close when you use lines like:
"Conservatives have been steering hard right socially (aka bigotry) for a decade and the new CPC leader is basically another right turn...a Homophobic Howdy Doody that smirks when he delivers bad news (super creepy)."
That's all touchy feelly and emotional.
Oh, and suppression of Free Speech is a Communism thing, too.