I am so tired of all these politicians primping and preening for elections. If only they would put as much effort into running the country, we'd all be in much better shape!

Vote for what? More crap of less crap? Or what we think is less crap but it really isn't.

Waste of time.

Internet Voting anyone ? You can do your Income Tax that way, why not the Election, may get a better turnout, save Taxpayers Money.

This is the problem with minority government in Canada. It seems to work in other countries but it isn't working here.

We have had 7 years of minority government (including Paul Martin's term) and it seems the the entire time has been spent trying to retain power.

As long as we have the BQ taking around 50 of the 308 seats it is going to be a long time before either the Cons or Libs form a majority.

We need to pick a side an tell them to spend 5 years on governing instead of politicking.

Ya'll forget that a politician's only real job is to get elected. After that, it is more efforts to get re-elected.

It is not like they are actually concerned for the electorate other than garnering votes. If they were truly concerned, they would NOT be allowing the raping, pillaging and selling off of "our" public resources. Only in Alaska do the citizens derive a direct benefit from the exploitation of their resources.

$1 billion G20
$1.6 billion owelympics
Gold plated pensions they voted for themselves
All this while shoolls close, hospitals are over-burdened and aging infrastructure is allowed to deteriate into full failure instead of planned rejuvanation.

"to GIVE Christy Clark a seat in the legislature"???? Excuse me!!?? This is a vote, not a gimmee. Again, could you try just a little harder to veil your biases?

"Are You Ready To Vote?"

No problem! It only takes a few minutes! It's not a big deal and who knows, we may end up with a government which is NOT contemptuous of parliament.

The reason Gordon Campbell gave up his seat in Point Gray is because its the most elitist riding in the province with the corpocracy in crowd in control, and if Christy Clark has to pander to their whims they in effect have control over the destiny of the provincial government.

Christy Clark would be better to wait to run in her home riding or call an election, so as not to compromise her leadership to their demands.

When one reads up ont he F35 deal and how we will be paying upwards of $400 million per plane... a plane the Americans will be paying $20 million per plane... then clearly this government has breached their trust with Canadians... they made a no bid contract so we could essentially pay the full cost for this planes development where the Americans take 3500 planes to our 65.

For 10% of the cost of this plane we could develop our own indigenous plane with very similar capabilities... built by Bombardier in Canada employing Canadians.

Look at the European programs for their attack fighter and bomber planes and their whole programs costs a mere 10% of what Canada is paying for 65 planes. $30 billion for 65 planes is far more then what Canada requires or should be buying... we could have a fleet of 1000+ CF-18's for that price and be much further ahead. Add in the contempt of parliament and this election is about holding politicians of all strips accountable IMO.

2010: "The new jets would replace an aging fleet of CF-18s that recently underwent a $2.6-billion upgrade."

McKay and Harper told the parliament in July 2010 that the new F35s would cost 9 (nine) billion! In reality the cost is more than triple that!

If one crashes we will be out by 400 million bucks, plus intererest,i.e. half a billion!

How about spending our borrowed money not on these high tech war machines but on children, seniors, the sick, the homeless, the unemployed, students, schools, hospitals, housing, bridges and highways instead?

Who are we planning to attack with these things?

PrinceGeorge and all you other complainers.

Its not about attacking anybody,its about defence and sovereignty . You guys bitch and bellyache about the Americans, however you are more than happy to have them defend our borders because we are unable to do so.

When it comes to a military in Canada we dont have much of anything. In fact it is a embarrasment. When we sent a ship to Iraq, it had to be towed back by a Tug and even the latest skirmish in Libya we were two days late getting there because of our inability to respond. Our wounded in Afghanistan have to be flown to hospitals in Germany on American planes. We have 60 and 65 year old Eskimo's in the North with 303 2nd world war rifles, calling themselves Rangers, and they are our first line of defence.

We need a strong military to defend our Northern Frontiers, if we dont, then we can kiss them goodbye to the USA, Russia, and Norway. This is going to cost big dollars, so get used to it.

It time you whiners and snifflers woke up and smelled the flowers.

You dont know diddly squat about CF 18's or the cost of the new planes. Does the cost of the planes include maintenance and parts over a 25 year period?? I beleive it does.

For those who spend most of their time sleeping or daydreaming, we already spend huge amounts of money on children, seniors, the sick, the homeless, the unemployed, students, schools, hospitals, housing, bridges and highways. When is enough, enough.

Contrary to popular beleive this is not (or shouldnt be) a socialist Country. Time for people to get off their fat asses and start to look after themselves.

If you think that some danny dimwit, like Ignatieff, or some slobbering socialist like Jack Layton, or some goofy separatist like Duceppe, will give you a better Goverment then by all means vote for them.

The Liberals are the saddest bunch of malcontented also rans in the history of Canada. No one in their right mind could seriously be considering voting for them.

How quick we forget that they were thrown out for being corrupt, and for not getting rid of the GST even though they said they would.

Bob Rae is nothing more than a *Boni Fide* NDP'er hiding out as a Liberal, waiting for Ignatieff to fall on his nose, and he will then try again to become the Liberal leader. If he succeeds, then the next step would be to merge the NDP and Liberals into one left leaning socialist party.

Have a nice day.

Well, there you go! Feel better now that you have vented your anger and frustrations? Isn't it great that this site has such a nice bunch of people who are so utterly respectful of the fact that other people can also have opinions and beliefs that differ from theirs?

That is what makes Canada such a great country and discussions here such a really great experience.

BTW, I only once voted for the Tories - unfortunately Brian was a liar.

Never again.

You have a nice day too!

By Palopu:
"We have 60 and 65 year old Eskimo's in the North with 303 2nd world war rifles, calling themselves Rangers, and they are our first line of defence"

Well actually, they are NOT eskimos, they are Inuit, plus other aboriginals, whites, who ever lives up there and knows the land, and wishes to volunteer for Ranger duty. (they are compensated)
The rifles may be vintage, but they are very reliable in arctic conditions.

Voting: your choice, for the best of a bad lot.
metalman.

Hey Pal, you kind of hit the nail on the head, with a lot of emotion. However, I agree with you as well on most points you addressed. Truth is sometimes a tender area to post. Thank you for being honest.

what he said.

Palopu are you still against Gordon Campbell's(Conservative)and Steven Harper's(Conservative)implementation of the HST?They may need the extra revenue from the HST,in order to pay for the new fighter jets that you are so passionately supporting!

Wow, I did not realize Palopu was on meds.

"Its not about attacking anybody,its about defence and sovereignty"

Sovereignty? Whose sovereignty? Afghanistan's? Lybia's?..

"We need a strong military to defend our Northern Frontiers, if we dont, then we can kiss them goodbye to the USA, Russia, and Norway. This is going to cost big dollars, so get used to it."

I think you are going to have to figure out another way to keep that territory. There are too many countries that may eventually become interested in them who have much greater resources than Canada ever will.

Well I don 't think it's all that funny. I've got to agree with Palopu on many of his points but Eagleone has a point about Canada buiding its' own fighter jets and its' own ferries instead of buying them from Sweden , Germany or where ever. It would sure go a long way towards getting Canadians working.

"How quick we forget that they were thrown out for being corrupt, and for not getting rid of the GST even though they said they would."

I didn't forget. I also didn't forget that no one else since then made a push to get rid of it. Reform, Alliance, Progressive Conservatives, Conservatives, NDP. Not a single one made a move.

Canada built its own fighter jet which was supposedly a superior plane at the time. The Progressive Conservatives scuttled it and all the experts we had drawn to Canada from other parts of the world and various provinces in the country ended up going to populate USA organizations - Boing, NASA, University engineering faculties.

The CF105 was developed while St Laurant's Liberals were in power. In 57 Diefenbacker's PC won a minority and in 1958 they won a large majority. That was the year the CF105 project was shut down.

Parties seem to have changed over the decades. Go with the flavour of the day.

Palopu, you are simply wrong and misinformed. Not a surprise seeing as the conservatives are in contempt of parliament and the Canadian people by hiding the true costs of their no bid contract of $30 billion for a compromise plane like the F-35.

In democracy we are only as sovereign as the information we are given to make our decisions... whether as parliamentarians or voters themselves. If you support the cloak and dagger ways of the Harper government then don't lecture us on sovereignty.

As for the F-35, it is junk by all accounts... paper fantasies that have yet to go through any real trials for the next five years. By all accounts the CF-18 is a far superior straight role fighter attack aircraft. By all accounts the A-10 Warthog is a far superior ground attack aircraft. Canada could have 500 of each of those aircraft for a fraction of the cost of the F-35. We would be far more sovereign with aircraft that are superior in their roles and that are expendable in their loss.

How sovereign are we if it costs $500 million every time we lose an aircraft?

The F-35 was designed to compromise speed, maneuverability, and munitions in order to gain a small level of stealth. We would be paying a half a billion dollars per aircraft so as to not be seen as easy when sneaking nukes into a theater of war... the only role the F-35 makes sense for, but Canada doesn't have nukes and we have no role for a F-35... especially lol in Canada's Arctic where it can't fly and you have so much 'concern' for.

Your post is complete partisan BS.....