The OFFICIAL Canadian dollar thread

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Psycho1984 said:

stof said:
Well that's definately the saddest thing I've seen on these forums yet.

On a happier note. I think the Loonie is so high because it's celebrating the NDP's byelection win in Quebec!

 

I don't want to ruin the party, but NPD (Sorry, I want to say it in French^^) victory in Outremont was not caused by any interest from Quebecers toward the NPD. It was mainly caused by Thomas Mulcair, a really popular guy here now that he blamed Jean Charest in the Orford conflict and left the PLQ, and to the fact that Stephane Dion is as charismatic as a 2x12 piece of wood^^ (And also that the liberal are really struggling here since the sponsoring scandal.)

Everybody here think that Jack Layton is funny and a great guy, but nobody votes for him, it has always been like that, probably because NPD is a really centrist party that wants to control everything (In a good way, but still, taking powers that belong to the provinces)

But I have to say that I was really happy to see them beat the Liberals^^

Thanks for your insight. The perspective from the ground is much more useful than what you get from typical newsmedia.

What's really interesting is that the greens are almost caught up to the NDP in national support. We definately need some kind of proportional representation in this country, and the sooner the better. Too bad the current system is what allows Conservatives and Liberals to achieve total control with ~35-40% of popular support. It would take a truly visionary and selfless Liberal or Conservative leader to actually get some kind of proportional representation instated. Nobody has the brass cahones.