Mon province ce n'est pas un province...

[jawnbc]

...c'est l'hiver!

Yup, it's snowing today in Vancouver. At our place downtown the skies are white, the roads are slick, but not much is sticking. However here @ work it's a winter wonderland. I'd guess we have around 7 or 8 cms of the white stuff. And like true Vancourites, less than 25% of the staff are here today.

I really should take advantage of this and get a shiteload of backlogged work done. Pie would be nice though.

In other news, we're into an election cycle again. Vote NDP Canadians!!!!!!!! I've decided the best outcome would be a slight Conservative minority (110-120 seats) with 40 or more NDippers in da House.

Comments

[nfotxn.livejournal.com]

Yay NDP! It's rainy and 5° in Hamilton today.

[jawnbc]

Rain in Hamilton, snow in Vancouver? Damned Paul Martin, he's even fucked up the weather!!!!

[nfotxn.livejournal.com]

I blame the weather on Steven Harper.

[pectopah.livejournal.com]

I live in Gilles Duceppe's riding, I know the NDP ran a candidate the last time. I can't vote yet, but I am encouraging my honey to vote NDP.

It is 16 and raining in downtown Montreal. The world has gone topsy turvey!

[skeezix1000.livejournal.com]

A "slight Conservative minority" would be a nightmare. A Conservative government of any kind would be a nightmare.

I voted for Jack Layton last time (I live in Toronto-Danforth) and have voted NDP many many times, but I'm pretty peeved that Layton wasted the last six months with confidence antics instead of dealing with real issues. This time I'm actually voting Liberal. If I could vote "against" the Conservatives, I would.

First thing out of Stephen Harper's mouth today, the first day of the campaign: he's still planning on a free vote on same-sex marriage.

For that reason, I repeat -- a Conservative government of any kind would be a nightmare. I'd be happy to see the NDP reduced to 0 seats if it meant Stephen Harper was kept far, far away from 24 Sussex.

I also blame the rain today on Stephen Harper.

[shawnsyms.livejournal.com]

>>a Conservative government of any kind would be a nightmare.

I agree. I would never want that man with those values to be seen internationally as the voice of our nation.

[jawnbc]

I think the Liberals getting in again is a nightmare too: even the fiscal stewardship of Martin as FM has largely eroded.

A Con minority would have to compromise with someone else as an ally of sorts. The Libs won't do it because they want back in. If Harper goes with the Bloc, the entire TROC will punish him next election. If he goes with the NDP, he'll have to drop the marriage shite, put health, housing and education high on budget priorities.

If he doesn't cooperate with anyone else and his government falls, he'll be gone for good--because it'll prove he really is a fuckwit asswipe powerhungry shiteface--and can't be trusted. Better to find that out via a short-lived minority government than during a 4-5 year majority one.

And if the Cons win at all, Martin gets turfed and the Libs will have to rebuild.

[shawnsyms.livejournal.com]

But the conservative and NDP agendas are diametrically opposed... I'm not sure how realistic it is to imagine that coalition as workable.

And while I'm really hoping for NDP gains in this election, I don't expect them to double their number of seats.

We'll see what happens though!

[jawnbc]

Ah but last time the NDP won 19 seats--but finished 2nd in 51 other ridings, over half of which were margins of less than 5%. And many were ridings in Ontario and BC where folks strategically voted Liberal out of Conservative fear. Would only need to convert half of those seats to have 44 seats.

:0

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

I'm in a totally safe Liberal riding (2 to 1 over the 2nd place Conservative), so I've been voting Green lately, to help them build their party financing.

[rollerbabe.livejournal.com]

Snow! Yay!!!! Last Friday the East of NL was winter wonder land too! Incredible! I want! I want!

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

Glad things are shaping up for you - even if pie would be nice. Glad you nailed the wanker while I was stretched out blissfully on a blanket on Sandy Bay.