Who is stevie wonder? Never heard him.

Look at columbia recentley, a US ally since forever and they have found mass graves of 300+ people, most of them were killed by the goverment forces who were trained by CIA. Isnt it supposed to be a country that should have freedom because its a close US ally in the region?

So a lot of people are fleeing cuba to the US, but its far less than mexico. Again shouldnt mexico be a paradise since its an US ally? Yet cuba is richer than mexico despite all the sanctions and harrassement from the US. Why else you think obama removed the sanctions, its because the US knows their current strategy failed so they want to trade with them. 

The US is not a democracy,the clintons are going to rule that country since 3 generations, you have to belong that clique to get ellected now. Democracy is falling everywhere apart. I would much rather live in cuba than all the other latin american countries who most of them are close US allies.

Just wish we had proportional representation system here in Canada. Sometimes, well a lot of times for me i want to vote for a certain candidate but not their party. Back in days i would have preferred Jack Layton as Prime Minister but i didn't think our local NDP candidate was the better choice of the main three. In a way it starts to feel like your vote is a lost cause unless you are voting for the two likely to win.

As for this election and many others, it comes down to how the economy is doing. If the recent rate cut is any indication, the economy is not doing good at all despite what they keep on repeating to make things look better than they are. Betting big on natural resource exports has not worked out well with the crashing of the oil prices and thus the decline of the dollar. The imports are getting more and more expensive and people are getting hit with it. None of the parties have really talked about what their platform for this is. Currently they are too busy poking fun at each other and other politician nonsense.

We'll see how it goes.

i like those french guys! canada needs to becoe a real republic and say fuck you queen, and i dont think anybody is better for this than the french

Are there term limits for Prime Ministers in Canada?

No. A Prime Minister can hold office as long as his/her party continues to form government and they remain leader of said political party. So 2015 would be Harper's 9th year in power.

Just remember to vote Canadians!

I'm so sick of hearing people around me complaining about how bad our government is running yet they never voted in their lives.

Ty

I'm guessing Harper will be sticking around.

I'm not sure. I feel that Harper has gained too much of a reputation (espeically in the previous two election) as the best of the worst. Although I do not like his government, I can't say that sentiment is wrong. However, considering that the current government is unpopular and people want change, I think that is quite an advantage for the opposition parties.

I do think that overall the Conservatives have a homefield advantage but as seen in the Alberta Provincial Election (and to a lesser extent the Ontario Provincial Election), things can change fast. All in all, it's everyone's game.

The Maclean's debate ended earlier today so I'll post some thoughts:

Overall I have to say the Elizabeth May without a doubt was the winner here. She came off as very strong, asked all the right questions, knew what she was talking about and had a pretty clear stance. I also think that this debate really will help the Green Party shake off the image of being a one issue party. I honestly forgot May was going to be at the debate which is regrettable because she really came out swinging.

Muclair I would put in a solid second. He started off slow but really got going as the debate went on. Similar to May he came off as very strong, asked the right questions and he knew what he was talking about. His presentation was good in the sense that it was calm and collected but he also appeared a bit too cold at times. Overall a solid performance and I think he has proved that the NDP are a serious contender.

Credit where credit is due, Harper did okay. He kept it together which is important considering the sharp criticism form the other three. In terms of actual policy however I don't really think a lot was said. Nothing particularly awful but nothing to write home about either.

On the bottom I have to put Trudeau. He gets points for being passionate and honestly I can't blame him for getting frustrated at Harper for all the attack ads aimed against him. But I think his greatest weakness was that he talked too much but said little of value. I thought he struggled against Harper and Muclair's counterpoints and the whole Clarity Act thing felt rather desperate.

However this is just the beginning! We have three more debates to go in the upcoming months. Hopefully we'll get some opinion polls soon and see if the debate had any significant impact.

You think we worship Brad Wall in Saskatchewan,he cares though :P ps same prov here but Im moving back to la belle province :P