dawn of ns Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Okay fellow Canucks, think we could get a discussion going that would be heated enough to get Canadian politics banned here? Somehow I don't see it happening... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Once again I am stymied by the utter lack of Betty Rubble smilies. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) nt Edited November 6, 2008 by Colleen in NS unnecessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Well, over on CleoQc's thread about Quebec elections coming up, two posters in BC confessed to forgetting to vote in their municipal election today. tsk, tsk...:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Is that why this poor thread only gets 3 stars? Or did someone rate it lower to make Canadian politics seem more interesting? I can't believe I forgot to vote - the worst will be when the kids clue in. How's that for an example of being a responsible citizen? Ah well, I did vote in our federal election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBC Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 It's okay! We didn't forget. It was just the advanced voting we missed. We're going to vote in our municipal election, right Sarah? Lori - who didn't actually miss voting in the municipal election after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Aren't they November 15th? I had my whole family over for a birthday celebration this evening and we had a similar conversation. The lack of passion in Canadian elections. What contributes to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The lack of passion in Canadian elections. What contributes to this? I can assure you that I'm diligently promoting passion over here. It's getting exhausting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 It's okay! We didn't forget. It was just the advanced voting we missed. We're going to vote in our municipal election, right Sarah? Lori - who didn't actually miss voting in the municipal election after all. I finally figured that out, too and I feel very dumb. And yes, we're voting! The question is, who do we vote for? I am dismally uninformed when it comes to municipal politics. Time to get researching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Everything I'm typing, doesn't sound funny, so I've given up . . . continue with your passion campaign Audrey. Somebody might as well have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Okay fellow Canucks, think we could get a discussion going that would be heated enough to get Canadian politics banned here? Nah, we'd just end up sitting around apologizing to each other over a cup of Tims coffee and complaining about the cold. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 The lack of passion in Canadian elections. What contributes to this? I think it depends on the election. I remember the '93 election being very passionate for instance ( I was a tory then, ouch). This recent one was such a limp, lame beast and should never have been called in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hswarden Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My favorite reading list is www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca, a list posted by Yann Martel. The story of how he started sending a book every 2 weeks to PM Stephen Harper is just priceless. Every week he posts a copy of the letter he included with the book in which he sort of reviews the book and relates it to what's on his mind. We are eagerly waiting the posting of a reply from Mr. Harper, but it's been about 18 months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Is that why this poor thread only gets 3 stars? Or did someone rate it lower to make Canadian politics seem more interesting? I can't believe I forgot to vote - the worst will be when the kids clue in. How's that for an example of being a responsible citizen? Ah well, I did vote in our federal election. It's okay! We didn't forget. It was just the advanced voting we missed. We're going to vote in our municipal election, right Sarah? Lori - who didn't actually miss voting in the municipal election after all. Oops, I'm sorry!!! I was just trying to be funny. Until today when I read that you didn't miss it. Now *I'm* the one feeling ridiculous.................sorry! :) Off to edit that post. Edited November 6, 2008 by Colleen in NS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My favorite reading list is www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca, a list posted by Yann Martel. Oooh! What a brilliant idea!!! Mr Harper is theoretically reading Gilgamesh these days! :lol: He would be able to discuss with my son! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I think it depends on the election. I remember the '93 election being very passionate for instance ( I was a tory then, ouch). This recent one was such a limp, lame beast and should never have been called in the first place. Oh goodness, the '93 election I was only in 10th grade I have no clue how that one was. I voted in this recent one, and it was the first time in my life I have voted, pretty pathetic, 31 and only ever voted once. I don't think I could ever get passionate about politics, they are so boring. When stephen Harper first became PM I didn't even know it for close to 6 months lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I think it depends on the election. I remember the '93 election being very passionate for instance ( I was a tory then, ouch). This recent one was such a limp, lame beast and should never have been called in the first place.*cough* Meech Lake *cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 *cough* Meech Lake *cough* Oh yes! I was working as a poll clerk that election. I took some hard blows as a young tory. :(:crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nah, we'd just end up sitting around apologizing to each other over a cup of Tims coffee and complaining about the cold. :tongue_smilie: Oh no, no. I think we'd be having a Timbit fight! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) *cough* Meech Lake *cough* You had to go and dig into the nasty politics, now didn't you? :001_rolleyes: People are going to think we're starting trouble. On that note, though... our MP race was rather heated. This was one of the few ridings that didn't have dismal turnout. The incumbent was not running and the Lib put on a good race, but in the end, the old party took their seat back anyway. Edited November 6, 2008 by Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 hey, SWB said Canadians Politics are ALL RIGHT ! :lol: Is anyone old enough to have lived through the Quebec referendum of May 1980? Those were tough years... And nasty nasty nasty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nah, we'd just end up sitting around apologizing to each other over a cup of Tims coffee and complaining about the cold. :tongue_smilie:Oh no, no. I think we'd be having a Timbit fight! :) Dibs on the jelly filled - they make the best SPLAT. :D Is anyone old enough to have lived through the Quebec referendum of May 1980? Alive yes, but I was only three years old so my memory is a bit hazy. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Savannah Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 hey, SWB said Canadians Politics are ALL RIGHT ! :lol:Is anyone old enough to have lived through the Quebec referendum of May 1980? Those were tough years... And nasty nasty nasty... Quebec in 1970 when the army was called in. Wow....I'm seriously dating myself now:tongue_smilie: I was already in highschool at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBC Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Is anyone old enough to have lived through the Quebec referendum of May 1980? Those were tough years... And nasty nasty nasty... I'm old enough - I would have been in grade 10 - but waaay out here in BC we can sometimes feel a bit disconnected with what's happening in the center of the Country. I don't remember much about it... I suppose I was more into boys than politics at that age :tongue_smilie: It's encouraging to know that we won't be deleted for talking about Canadian politics. Very thoughtful of SWB to make a specific exception for our little thread! She was here in Kelowna, you know. I met her. I hope she enjoyed our little convention as much as our little convention enjoyed her. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 it's not just politics--careful. I can't figure out what I said. . . truly. Does anyone know the location of those spoof boards? Maybe I can figure it out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 hey, SWB said Canadians Politics are ALL RIGHT ! :lol:Is anyone old enough to have lived through the Quebec referendum of May 1980? Those were tough years... And nasty nasty nasty... Yup. I was 13, but a rather political 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 You had to go and dig into the nasty politics, now didn't you? :001_rolleyes: People are going to think we're starting trouble.One of the things I simultaneously love and hate about Canadian politics that that there's a commission for everything... often years' long. Sometimes I think Canadians tow the line and watch what they say just to prevent a another commission from being formed. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 One of the things I simultaneously love and hate about Canadian politics that that there's a commission for everything... often years' long. Sometimes I think Canadians tow the line and watch what they say just to prevent a another commission from being formed. ;) Ugh.... the commissions. On a related note, does anyone else think we're awfully quick to call inquiries? Not that they don't have their purpose, but there are times when it seems like there's a big rash of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Quebec in 1970 when the army was called in. Wow....I'm seriously dating myself now:tongue_smilie: I was already in highschool at that point. I was a bit younger, but I still remember the fear. Not many Canadians alive who can remember 'fear' while living on this land. Fear due to politics that is, there are many kinds of fear. But the tanks in the street? Yup. Seen that. And the Oka crisis? And the Mercier bridge? 1990? When a soldier got killed, I thought that was the end of it. Even when the bridge was freed, I wouldn't drive across for months, for fear of explosives. That was only months after the Polytechnique shootings, so I was not very stable mentally myself. Sure, Canadian politics can be exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 *cough* Meech Lake *cough* Ack, you guys are making me use my brain! I remember voting in the Charlottetown referendum, but I had to go to Wikipedia to restore foggy memories of how it was related to Meech Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Sure, Canadian politics can be exciting! I moved to Canada in 1993, and my intro. to Quebec politics came during the ONE year I lived in Hull - 1995-96 - the 49% vs. 51% referendum?? Dh was glued to the news during that time. He's really into Cdn. politics, esp. Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 I moved to Canada in 1993, and my intro. to Quebec politics came during the ONE year I lived in Hull - 1995-96 - the 49% vs. 51% referendum?? Dh was glued to the news during that time. He's really into Cdn. politics, esp. Quebec. I and a bunch of friends went to bar that night. I remember wobbling out of the bar with them after it as over, singing Oh Canada. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Queen Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 SO how are those living in Quebec looking forward to your provincial election? I really don't envy you that one. With a federal election and the crazy long election from down south I'm done with elections. I don't remember the referendum in 1980, but then I wasn't on the continent and even so I'd have only been 8. I do remember Oka but being way out here in the west some of that stuff does seem a little far away. Anyone watching Airfarce this fall? It's their last 5 episodes and some of them are pretty funny. I usually don't have much use for CBC programming but they do comedy well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 SO how are those living in Quebec looking forward to your provincial election? We're not.. Polls show that everyone is mad at the govt for calling that one! :-( We're sick of elections!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 This has nothing to do with Canadian politics but I had to laugh when I saw the tag at the bottom for "timbits" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 You're right Tonia! Whoever left that tag has a real handle on Canadian politics! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbyl Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 it's not just politics--careful. I can't figure out what I said. . . truly. Does anyone know the location of those spoof boards? Maybe I can figure it out there. Maybe you've been declawed? Neutered? Kitties in treacherous times should carefully track their nine lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Well, we can't seem to have a heated debate about politics - maybe we should discuss hockey teams instead. :D I'll start - Down with the Maple Leafs! :smash: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Maybe you've been declawed? Neutered? Kitties in treacherous times should carefully track their nine lives. funny -- have been neutered. :) But that makes me even more agressive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academy of Jedi Arts Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I wish I followed Canadian politics. This board has been as much fun as a scrapbooking party lately. I guess SWB doesn't realize some women don't sit around our homes cooking, cleaning, and serving men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 maybe we should discuss hockey teams instead. There's only one team that's worth following. The Montreal Canadien! 100 years of history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Down with the Maple Leafs! :smash: :lol: *throws entire box of timbits* :boxing_smiley: (and that ain't no measly little 10 pack either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 *throws entire box of timbits* :boxing_smiley: (and that ain't no measly little 10 pack either.) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Down with the Maple Leafs! :smash: :lol:Red Wings rule! (Geographically speaking, this was my closest team growing up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 *throws entire box of timbits* :boxing_smiley: (and that ain't no measly little 10 pack either.) :lol: I was just in Ottawa this morning (great sale at my favorite toy store!) and saw this t-shirt - "My Favorite Hockey Teams" 1. The Ottawa Senators 2. Any team that beats the Toronto Maple Leafs :lol: :lol: :lol: I think I will have to go back and buy it for my dh for Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Red Wings rule! (Geographically speaking, this was my closest team growing up). That's IT ! *throws off the gloves* You're going down for that one pretty boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 That's IT ! *throws off the gloves* You're going down for that one pretty boy!*snort*You wanna piece of me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Queen Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 The lack of passion in Canadian elections. What contributes to this? I think part of the lack of passion is that there is little real debate as to the fundamental problem issues. Realistically no party is going to be providing real discourse on ways to benefit our society on tv. It's all about the sound bytes. I hate the global news commercial where they tell you that they will help you understand the news. No thank you! I just want the information and I'll do the interpreting and understanding. There is also the problem of alienating voters and with 4 national political parties (5 in Quebec) there are only so many votes to go around. Of course there are only so many socially acceptable things to be passionate about in Canada. :D Hockey is one of them but I do admit that I'm a dropout there. I watched the Oilers in the glory days of the 80's but that's a long time ago. :blush: Another problem with passion is that we don't do upfront patriotism well. Do any of you know any famous Canadian speeches? Documents etc. that would be worthwhile memorizing in the grammar years? I'm thinking ones that flow well and have interesting content worth thinking about. I think we could all tell you one famous American speech and a document without having to think. I know we have the charter of rights, BNA act, and I'm sure a whole lot of others but I've never read them. I guess what I'm rambling on about is that while the US has a history of focusing too much on their own history Canada has a tendency to do too little. hmmm Or maybe it's that I don't remember anything that I took in school. tee hee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSAcademy Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Well, we can't seem to have a heated debate about politics - maybe we should discuss hockey teams instead. :D In that case, I would like to extend an open invitation to one of ds' hockey games. Minor hockey seems to be the mecca for passion, politics, team rivalries and Tim Hortons. PS - Timbits, coffee and team scarves are dutifully supplied by the social committee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I can't believe no one's tooting the Canucks' horn. Y'all don't no nothing about what REAL hockey is! There -don't I sound Canadian? Southern Canadian, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I can't believe no one's tooting the Canucks' horn. Y'all don't no nothing about what REAL hockey is! There -don't I sound Canadian? Southern Canadian, maybe? Canucks? Is there still a team over there? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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