Elections Canada - Please Read post Number 1

[Rruuff Day]

My rant for the day. (or at least for the morning)

So. Tankers are now arriving regularly in Saint John delivering LNG from ...get this... Australia. A short 25,000 km voyage because our own 1,368 trillion cubic foot supply (roughly a 300 year supply), can't reach the eastern half of the country. LNG to heat the entire East for less than 1/4 the cost of heating oil. Let alone not counting the huge economic windfall for Canada being able to sell and ship LNG from Atlantic ports to a plethora of other Countries.
The cost of a tanker travelling from Australia to New Brunswick is about $13,500,000 plus the LNG purchase these days.
Yup.... we are buying natural gas from Australia or Qatar when we have our own.
That's like planting a nice vegetable garden in your yard and then being forced to buy your cost inflated vegetables from Sobeys because you can't get your own into the house.
And why is that?....Oh! Someone is blocking your vegetables from the trip across the yard because they don't actually give two $hits about you as their neighbour. Downright sad what we seem to have to put up with sometimes...

 

[1st Vette]

My rant for the day. (or at least for the morning)

So. Tankers are now arriving regularly in Saint John delivering LNG from ...get this... Australia. A short 25,000 km voyage because our own 1,368 trillion cubic foot supply (roughly a 300 year supply), can't reach the eastern half of the country. LNG to heat the entire East for less than 1/4 the cost of heating oil. Let alone not counting the huge economic windfall for Canada being able to sell and ship LNG from Atlantic ports to a plethora of other Countries.
The cost of a tanker travelling from Australia to New Brunswick is about $13,500,000 plus the LNG purchase these days.
Yup.... we are buying natural gas from Australia or Qatar when we have our own.
That's like planting a nice vegetable garden in your yard and then being forced to buy your cost inflated vegetables from Sobeys because you can't get your own into the house.
And why is that?....Oh! Someone is blocking your vegetables from the trip across the yard because they don't actually give two $hits about you as their neighbour. Downright sad what we seem to have to put up with sometimes...

Pourquoi cela serait-il ?

 

[Rruuff Day]

Pourquoi cela serait-il ?

Tu sais exactement pourquoi c’est ça… lol

 

[Murray20c8]

Tu sais exactement pourquoi c’est ça… lol

J'ai maintenant mal à la tête.

 

[Sturmgewehr]

Don't try to make any sense of it Rruuff. To do so you would first have to dumb yourself down to "their" level. Waaaay way down.

 

[1st Vette]

J'ai maintenant mal à la tête.

 

[Rruuff Day]

J'ai maintenant mal à la tête.

Hmmmm..... Did you mean to say...... je suis maintenant un mal de tête

 

[Murray20c8]

Hmmmm..... Did you mean to say...... je suis maintenant un mal de tête

 

[Rruuff Day]

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lol.... I thought you were telling us you are a headache....

 

[LE BARON]

Buying votes is illegal. Apparently buying MP'S is suddenly acceptable. If anyone would like I would be happy to pull up the numbers relating to government multimillion projects announced in the floor crossing MP's ridings both just beforeand after the fact. . Not to mention the expensive orange juice in the $1,000 dollar a night hotels the new recruits are staying in on their quid pro quo junkets with the PM shortly after turning tail . Now , I will say if any of them were to go over to the other side after a by-election, then fair enough.

"The only people who seem to be complaining about floor crossers are those who are not receiving the floor crossers."
- Stephen Harper

 

[Sturmgewehr]

A slimeball floor crosser here or there in protest is one thing. Buying them out to seize the power of a majority government UNDEMOCRATICALLY is another thing all together.

But at least this way we all can witness who the real threat to democracy is.

 

[Murray20c8]

A slimeball floor crosser here or there in protest is one thing. Buying them out to seize the power of a majority government UNDEMOCRATICALLY is another thing all together.

But at least this way we all can witness who the real threat to democracy is.

Please tell me what was paid. As far as I know they all said they would uphold liberal values. I've seen no evidence of bribary.

 

[Sturmgewehr]

No politician does anything like this out of the goodness of their heart. We can all speculate on what did or did not transpire but eventually it will come out.

 

[Murray20c8]

No politician does anything like this out of the goodness of their heart. We can all speculate on what did or did not transpire but eventually it will come out.

I have no doubt they bargained / asked for something in return, but it could be something as simple as a benefit for their constituents. Or, like me, they don't like PP .

 

[Sturmgewehr]

Funny because they apparently had no problems running under his leadership during the last election. These people could have done the honorable thing and chosen to not follow his lead right from the start.

What we are witnessing is the "Natural governing party of Canada" (not my term but their's) seizing control UNDEMOCRATICALLY. But as I mentioned, at least it's out in the open for everyone to see. It's the only transparent thing they've done for the last 11 or 12 years!

 

[Murray20c8]

The Libs didn't "seize" power. They used the rules to form a minority government. Something the Conservatives have also done. If someone votes without realizing this can happen then they are not informed. Minority governments are still run with the majority of people since other parties must agree to all that is done democratically. The majority still rules.