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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #690 on: October 26, 2020, 08:46:54 pm »
Surprising twist - the Conservatives are ahead in the York Centre byelection.

Libs ahead now....   youtube has live results.

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« Reply #691 on: October 26, 2020, 08:57:33 pm »
Libs ahead now....   youtube has live results.



It looks like the Conservatives were better at getting the vote out. The national picture doesn't support this at all.

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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #692 on: October 26, 2020, 10:06:03 pm »
The constantly flipping results are something else.

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« Reply #693 on: October 26, 2020, 10:52:11 pm »
Someone just opened the boxes with the Liberal votes (probably a lot of absentee) and it jumped by 500.

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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #694 on: October 26, 2020, 11:47:36 pm »
--- 100% reported in both Toronto Centre & York Centre:

 

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« Reply #695 on: October 26, 2020, 11:50:19 pm »
I'm assuming that these were both considered "safe" seats for the Liberals?

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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #696 on: October 27, 2020, 12:24:01 am »
Playing silly games looks silly to most Canadians. The Conservatives have proposed nothing of substance since March.

All the parties are playing politics here.  No party has any right to play holier than thou.
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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #697 on: October 27, 2020, 12:55:30 am »
I'm assuming that these were both considered "safe" seats for the Liberals?

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York Centre isn’t safe Liberal but Toronto Centre is.

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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #698 on: October 27, 2020, 12:57:16 am »
All the parties are playing politics here.  No party has any right to play holier than thou.

I know you don’t like any politician, but in this case that’s bullshit. The Conservatives are playing politics at a level well beyond normal. It needs to be called out.
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« Reply #699 on: October 27, 2020, 09:08:59 am »


Not true.  The leaders of the NDP and Greens signed it.  So I can see Horgan's point of view that a new leader is a bit of a wild card... 

https://bcndpcaucus.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/BC-Green-BC-NDP-Agreement_vf-May-29th-2017.pdf

It says they were signing on behalf of their caucuses right above their signatures. It wasn’t just an agreement between the two of them.



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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #700 on: October 27, 2020, 12:40:44 pm »
With everything that's happening in US politics I think we can conclude that it's not a good time for Conservative politicians.
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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #701 on: October 27, 2020, 12:42:13 pm »
No one gave their word or signed an agreement with another party.
A politician lied...aww.

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« Reply #702 on: October 27, 2020, 01:44:10 pm »
A politician lied...aww.

Exactly, it's the only occupation where we expect people to lie, even in writing. And we pay them to do it. Sad.
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« Reply #703 on: October 27, 2020, 01:57:35 pm »
Exactly, it's the only occupation where we expect people to lie, even in writing. And we pay them to do it. Sad.

It's part and parcel of the democratic system we choose wilbur. It's not perfect but it's probably still the best.
But it can work reasonably well in a socially responsible society such as Canada. It can't work and isn't working in a greedy capitalist society such as the US.

Trump? Seriously?
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Re: Government Day-to-Day
« Reply #704 on: October 27, 2020, 02:55:39 pm »
I know you don’t like any politician, but in this case that’s bullshit. The Conservatives are playing politics at a level well beyond normal. It needs to be called out.

In what way?
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