Here we go again!

[Lindsey]

Ugh! This isn't meant to be a "political" thread, but the Canadian federal government was just toppled by the opposition, and I am not looking forward to the next month of phone calls and tv commercials about how terrible one party is compared to another party. Nothing ever seems to be positive, just taking jabs at the competition. Without a lot of research, you never hear the good about any parties, just all the negative stuff!

The election will be in May, and I guess everyone knew it would come eventually because the opposition parties have been threatening to overthrow the goverment my forming a coalition since the last election! I am so glad I don't work in politics. What a headache! According to a poll, we will probably end up with the same govermnment we have now anyway, so this whole election is just a waste in my opinion!

[JJJ]

I hate politics too. Can't everyone just get along

[gja1000]

That's what happens every four years in the U.S. It really does get tiresome to hear all the negative mudslinging.

[Lindsey]

It happens here every 4 years too, when there's a majority government. The Conservative party was just short of getting a majority at the last election, which is why the other parties were able to topple the government this time... the NDP, Liberal, and Bloc Quebecois got together and defeated the government as a coalition. Now, we vote again. This whole thing is basically led by the Liberals who had control of parlaiment for years and years. But honestly it doesn't seem that the Liberals will win... a lot of Canadians aren't particularly happy that the Liberal leader has spent most of his time living in the USA So we may end up with another minority Conservative government, or possibly a majority Conservative government which would hold an election for another 4 years! The NDP and Bloc are pretty minor players.

A lot of the politics here are divided between Eastern Canada and Western Canada. Of course, the east holds most of the population so they do seem to usually win a bigger say, and a lot of the political parties focus on what they will do out east. Our Prime Minister now, though, is from Calgary, Alberta and in my opinion has done more for the west than other governments.

There's been a bit of a power shift in recent years and I think that's getting some people all worked up, hence the toppling of the government

[DianaB]

Sorry, Lindsey, that you have to deal with all of this. I don't like politics either. The sad part is that you do have to pay attention to what's going on so you can make an intelligent vote.

[Blueyes]

Sadly, I've never paid much attention to Canadian politics so I don't really know how things work. This is interesting Lindsey...keep us posted!