Ontario, Canada Elections - Thursday!

[Ottawa]

Hey guys.  I'm not a big political buff.  So, I'm arming myself by looking at the comparison in party platforms. 

http://www.cbc.ca/elections/ontariovotes2014/features/view/compare-party-platforms/

From a Mustachian point of view who do you think has the best platform and why? 

[Ottawa]

It would be great to have an a la carte option for elections! 

Many of the parties have some anti-mustachian (on the face of it) tendencies like

NDP: Reduce auto insurance rates by 15 per cent in first year
NDP: Commit to widen 60 kilometres of Ontario highways every year

Libs: Lower auto insurance rates by an average of 15 per cent by August 2015
Libs: $2.5-billion for highways including expanding Hwy. 427 and expanding Hwy. 7 to four lanes between Kitchener and Guelph
Libs: Provincial pension plan to provide further retirement savings to Canada Pension Plan
Libs: Cap or cut hospital parking fees for frequent hospital visits

PC:  Reduce personal income tax by 10 per cent after budget balanced
PC: Reduce corporate tax rate to 8 per cent from current 11.5 per cent
PC: Cut regulations on business, such as "eco-fees" for recycling
PC: Scrap planned LRT expansion in Toronto, Brampton, Hamilton and Mississauga
PC: Eliminate wind and solar project subsidies

Greens:  (they are a little sparse on info...but appear Mustchian with what they do outline)

[GuitarStv]

Our riding is apparently a dead heat Liberal/NDP/Conservative.

The Liberal guy has been autodialing my house for about two weeks straight, and keeps telling me what a great idea it was to cancel the LRT (which would have been built by now) and replace our current 7 stop above ground train with a 3 stop below ground train that'll be used at about 20% capacity by 2035.  He's working hard to not get my vote.

The Conservatives

I'll probably vote green in protest this year.  I don't like my options frankly.

[daverobev]

Sadly I can't vote... but if I could, I'd vote green I think. Not that there is a green candidate in our riding, even... sigh.

Canadian politics... certainly Ontario... seems pretty bad. Not a single party that isn't complete junk.

I did the CBC vote compass, and came out in one of the quadrants with no party. Small-c conservative but some liberal stuff too. Pretty frustrating.

Time to start a party, I think (once I get Citizenship, heh).

The "For God's Sake Do What You Say You're Going To Do And Don't Lie About Everything" Party

[RetiredAt63]

Well it is the day after, and the Liberals got a majority. Surprise!  I thought they blew it with the new scandal about keeping the foreign construction company afloat in Toronto.

Since Hudak kept on with his million jobs after it was pointed out that he was counting the same jobs 8 times, he deserved to lose - do you want someone who thinks like that trying to improve the economy?

The Greens are actually closest to where I am (socially liberal, fiscally conservative) but they had a McGill student running in my riding - not to put down university students, but where is the life experience?  Is that the best my riding association could do?  My Federal Green candidates have been serious possibilities, but none of them have a hope in this riding.

Politics is interesting.  Not happy-making, but interesting.  If you start that party, it will grow fast.

Time to start a party, I think (once I get Citizenship, heh).
The "For God's Sake Do What You Say You're Going To Do And Don't Lie About Everything" Party

[GuitarStv]

It was weird how split the province was.  North was all NDP, Toronto all Liberal, and everybody else all Conservative.  I suspect that many voted Liberal out of fear of Hudak's cuts rather than for support of the Liberal party.  The NDP must sure be feeling stupid for calling that election about now.

[RetiredAt63]

Most of the Ottawa area stayed Liberal.  Tim Hudak saying he wasn't making any commitment to light rail phase 2 did not help any.

Voter turnout was up - this is good.

And, quoting George Takei for this: “Kathleen Wynne will become the first gay person ever to be elected as Head of Government anywhere in the Commonwealth or the English-speaking world.”

To think when I was growing up in Quebec, that Ontario was so socially conservative (and still is about alcohol, why can't I buy wine at the grocery store so I can match a wine with dinner?), and now here we are.

It was weird how split the province was.  North was all NDP, Toronto all Liberal, and everybody else all Conservative.  I suspect that many voted Liberal out of fear of Hudak's cuts rather than for support of the Liberal party.  The NDP must sure be feeling stupid for calling that election about now.

[Snowboard junkie]

http://terryfallis.com/the-best-laid-plans/

If you can see the entertainment value in canadian politics, you'll probably like thiis book.

[RetiredAt63]

We laugh so we don't cry.  I have it on hold at the library, thanks for the recommendation.

http://terryfallis.com/the-best-laid-plans/

If you can see the entertainment value in canadian politics, you'll probably like thiis book.

[sleepyguy]

Amazing how a party can have as many scandals and get re-elected again... either they are amazing or the others are THAT bad.

[RetiredAt63]

Hey, it got my DD to vote.  Feds next - look out, the younger generation (at least those I hear about) has started taking an interest - none of her friends vote, but that is about to change.