Good ol' Liberals
Well before I get to the Liberals, just wanted to mention a bill the Conservatives will be introducing soon. It proposes to raise the age of consent to 16 (from 14) but will include a so called "close in age" exemption, where if the two people are within 5 years of each other then no problem. I support this solely on a child protection basis. It has been reported that Canada is known in pedophilic circles because you can get away with having sex with 14 year olds (instead of 16 or higher in other countries).
Now to the Liberals. First off the Libs are planning a "vent" session where they will discuss what went wrong in the last election campaign. It'll include both MP's and staffers that worked on the campaign. This sounds like a good idea, but I have a bad feeling that this'll end up being a bitch session at the people who worked on the election team, especially since the main leaders of the election effort will not be present. These people just worked hard and did what they were told to do, and now they're gonna get yelled at?
And then there is Joe Volpe, candidate for the Liberal leadership, and the news coming out about some of the donations he has received. Due to changes in the Election act, donations are no longer allowed from corporations and personal contributions cannot exceed $5,400. Well, Joe has received 20 donations, all at the maximum amount, from current and former executives of the company Apotex (Canada's largest generic-drug maker). This includes two donations from the former vice-president's twin 11 year old daughters. I don't know about you but at 11, I sure as hell would not have donated that much money to a politician, probably would have been gorging myself on candy or something instead. You would think that with all of the recent fuss over corruption and everything else he would have better sense. But then again, sometimes it seems some people never learn.
I honestly think that the Liberals will be shut out of power until they learn from the scandals they caused, and clean their house of all of the people that think this kind of thing is ok. Some partisans argue this is a symptom of the members of the "natural governing party's" arrogance and lust for power. I don't see it this way, but who knows? All I know is that the country will run better when our two major political parties aren't worried about their own problems and instead can hold governing party to account and provide an effective opposition.
Now to the Liberals. First off the Libs are planning a "vent" session where they will discuss what went wrong in the last election campaign. It'll include both MP's and staffers that worked on the campaign. This sounds like a good idea, but I have a bad feeling that this'll end up being a bitch session at the people who worked on the election team, especially since the main leaders of the election effort will not be present. These people just worked hard and did what they were told to do, and now they're gonna get yelled at?
And then there is Joe Volpe, candidate for the Liberal leadership, and the news coming out about some of the donations he has received. Due to changes in the Election act, donations are no longer allowed from corporations and personal contributions cannot exceed $5,400. Well, Joe has received 20 donations, all at the maximum amount, from current and former executives of the company Apotex (Canada's largest generic-drug maker). This includes two donations from the former vice-president's twin 11 year old daughters. I don't know about you but at 11, I sure as hell would not have donated that much money to a politician, probably would have been gorging myself on candy or something instead. You would think that with all of the recent fuss over corruption and everything else he would have better sense. But then again, sometimes it seems some people never learn.
I honestly think that the Liberals will be shut out of power until they learn from the scandals they caused, and clean their house of all of the people that think this kind of thing is ok. Some partisans argue this is a symptom of the members of the "natural governing party's" arrogance and lust for power. I don't see it this way, but who knows? All I know is that the country will run better when our two major political parties aren't worried about their own problems and instead can hold governing party to account and provide an effective opposition.
posted by Daz at 1:31 p.m.
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