Other by a far margin for me.

Its just a cop out to vote for the economy… what a nebulous term that can be so miss used as a mandate by partisan ideologues. Often politicians hear economy and they think privatization, as in Canada Post, or free trade deals with all sorts of hidden agenda’s… rarely do they intend to govern for the greater good when they campaign on a mandate of ‘the economy, details to follow’….

Crime Justice… well if we are talking Harper then we are talking about police state like policies designed to control civil society… maybe some vote bait for promises that never happen.

The environment is another nebulous term without specifics. Facts are good luck any politicians having an environmental platform if Canada keeps on the path of signing free trade treaties that have special hidden tribunals that rule on investor state relations with the lowest common denominator among our third world trading partners as the basis for what is allowed under treaty without infringing on their investments.

Other is so much more than any of the others and not just a none of the above type of cop out. Other is the neo nazi groups Canadian forces are now training in Ukraine as non state actors in that conflict… if the Israeli apartheid (all three main parties support the two state solution and not a unitary state of equality before the law and protection by the law for all) in fact if one is to support equality under the law as we expect here in Canada, then one is not even allowed to run for the mainstream parties in Canada.

And what about other for isis hypocrisy with our allies when we have Israel bombing the Syrian army when it gets Al Nursura cornered, or Turkey bombing the Kurds when they win a battle against isis… the federal election is about Canadian foreign policy, and how we wish our country to reflect on the world.

Other is also the likes of the Harper government continuing to negotiate for the Trans Pacific Partnership with the intent to sign the treaty before the election, so as to tie the hands of who ever wins the election.

TPP is a treaty that will fundamentally alter Canadian law in many areas. Copyright Act that passed in 2002 took ten years of debate and compromise for the Canadian political system to arrive at… yet TPP changes that all without any debate by our elected politicians, written behind closed doors by corporations and bankers. Things like mandatory criminal penalties for removing things like rights management information (eg everything will be like apple istore) making a whole host of internet activities criminal that are not criminal today. Where is the vote on that?

With TPP they will mandate the ability to block access to websites through notice and take down provisions determined by bureaucrats. And they are extending copyright terms to life plus 70-years, so as to stiffle free enterprise through copyright laws (these are all monopoly capitalists writing the TPP laws)… think the Olympics on steroids.

And worst of all is the special rights for investor state lawsuits that are held in private tribunals run by banker and lackies for corporate globalism. These guys will run rough over our democratic institutions and they will become the defacto rulers of all that encompasses the economy, environment, public assets, and even the service economy. It is the end of a functional sovereign democracy, and it is Steven Harper that wants this to be his purpose for politics.

I have questions, and a lot more questions than I have answers, and that also falls under ‘other’. I want to vote for someone that is going to ask questions and lots of questions and relay what they learn to their constituents so that we can have a more informed democracy… but we never see voting for questions as an option in any of these polls….

The Dow just dropped 6% for a 1000pts at open… and we don’t even have the interest rate hike yet. Ponzi markets are trembling and the central bankers are finding it tough to fake it much longer with nothing left but printing money.

Please put ‘Immigration’ as a voting category.

I agree with Eagleone, other should win this in a landslide. Harper is screwing Canada in more ways than just the economy. Prior to Harper Canada was the world leader in peace keeping missions, we’re now 65th. Our reputation around the world is in the shitter thanks to our dear leader.

Those of you voting economy are you concerned about the greatest increase in national debt of any prime minister in history, the slowest economic growth of any party in history, the only prime minister to put the country in 2 deficits, the zero balanced budgets or is it the slowest job growth in history that concerns you?

I didn’t vote for Harper, I voted for the economy as an election issue – as in my vote is more likely to go to whomever I think will have the best success in creating a vibrant economy to pay for all the “others.” That isn’t by default Harper – in fact, I’m leaning more towards Trudeau on that one.

personally I find the signs annoying, an eyesore and unnecessary, but that is just my personal opinion…
others would like to plant them on their lawns instead of flowers….
aren’t people wonderful creatures….

I suppose they do not vote for them, but I suspect many a politician’s name was first introduce to a voter with a sign. Later they learnt more about them but if they don’t know your name they do not vote for you.

Of the 50 that voted yes, I would assume half of them read the question incorrectly. It was a bit wordy.

Economy is leading the way.

This would make Todd the shoe in.

Voting for Trudeau, is not voting for Western Economy…. the only thing he will look after is Ontario and the west will be reaching over a barrel.

Voting NDP…. Socialist will only be interested in taxing the business and people, to work on their pet projects. Look at Alberta right now for an example.

“Voting for Trudeau, is not voting for Western Economy….”

What do you mean by that He spoke ? I haven’t seen Trudeau, or any Liberal for that matter, signing us up for “free trade now, sue our butts off later” trade deals. Have you ?

He spoke, I can’t agree with your post.
I don’t believe that we can afford another round of Harper .

I think that the following article says it best:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ralph-goodale/mr-harpers-economic-recor_b_8020980.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-politics

If we see any kind of a ‘vibrant economy’ under Justin Trudeau, in the unlikely event his Party makes a comeback and becomes government, it’ll be a false vibrancy with pure inflation disguised as prosperity. To try to control the effects of that, taxes will rise. Which will make it worse. He won’t just be taxing the “wealthy 1%”, as he makes out. But all of us.

Digitus:-“I haven’t seen Trudeau, or any Liberal for that matter, signing us up for “free trade now, sue our butts off later” trade deals.”
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Now why would anyone want to “sue our butts off later” over a “free trade” deal? Unless, of course, we intend to violate the deal we’ve negotiated and agreed to. And if we’re going to do that, then why enter into it in the first place? Comes down to, I think, the difference between having a contract under duress, (enforceable at law), or being under duress to make a contract. Who, or what, puts us under duress if it’s the latter? And if it should possibly be an insufficiency of ‘effective demand’ in our domestic economy unless exports always exceed imports, what’s young Mr. Trudeau going to do about that? Taxing the wealthy might be popular, but it just won’t cut it.

So….credible….can I claim to be a Canadian citizen …under duress ?

The Harper government has forced me to do things beyond my control ?

I’m not responsible ?