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[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

It would be fascinating to be able to come back and see where this confederation is in a hundred years.....

 

risk 2210:

 

[Stephen James]

...and this is unfortunate...but the key moment is clear...the takeover of the progressive conservatives by the western reform movement. since that date there has been a steady erosion in the "progressive" aspects of conservatism...and has pushed many people away...

 

peter mckay where are you?

 

disclaimer; joe clark is my wife's 2nd cousin

Agreed and among many of my friends.

We all took a shower and walked away when the party became a lot more like the 2nd world, christian republican theocracy to the south. The Canadian conservative party's worst strategic mistake was signing on for republican resources: we can see how that's playing out. The final straw for my conservative group was Harper's adoption of the republican playbook, including marginalizing any science that made christian's uncomfortable.  I'm a believer who believe's the church belongs nowhere in the state: no-one tells me what I believe, especially the government. Not to mention handouts to industry - also not conservatism.

[Mike K.]

What science did Harper marginalize that made Christians uncomfortable? This is the first I’ve heard of something like that.

[Cats4Hire]

What science did Harper marginalize that made Christians uncomfortable? This is the first I’ve heard of something like that.

Environmental mostly so I don't agree it was about Christianity but more likely oil: https://www.vice.com...s-and-documents

https://www.huffingt..._b_4534729.html

https://nationalpost...important-books

 

(just took the first 3 results for "Harper destroy science" on Google but none of this stuff is hard to find if you don't trust/like any of those sites)

 

edit: the books actually being burnt is probably fake

Edited by Cats4Hire, 27 October 2019 - 09:51 AM.

[Mike K.]

Sounds pretty hokey. Not sure what any of that has to do with Christianity.

[Victoria Watcher]

Trudeau not dressing up for Halloween this year

 

https://www.citynews...ween-this-year/

 

[Midnightly]

he should have just dressed up as a snowflake...

[SimonH]

Trudeau not dressing up for Halloween this year
 
https://www.citynews...ween-this-year/
 

Cripes I didn't recognize him. The green hat and beard really threw me.

[Wayne]

Tough to undress a pickle.

 

Whats is a pickle.

 

You can take a pickle, cut it up, dice it up, make a relish. Serve it with hot dogs, serve it with hamburgers, you can do alot of things with pickle.

 

Never will it end up being a super hero.

 

In the end, its still a pickle!

Edited by Wayne, 01 November 2019 - 06:46 PM.

[G-Man]

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[Victoria Watcher]

elizabeth may is quitting.

 

 

 

BREAKING NEWS:

@ElizabethMay

has stepped down as leader of the Green Party of Canada. Jo-Ann Roberts (not elected) is the interim leader of the party #cdnpoli

 

 

https://www.ctvnews....eader-1.4669169

 

 

Elizabeth May has announced she has stepped down as leader of the Green Party, but will stay on as leader in Parliament.

 

May said she wanted to choose her own time in going, at a time when the party had momentum, and has named her interim replacement: Jo-Ann Roberts.

 

She made this announcement after meeting with her two other caucus colleagues on Parliament Hill today: Green MPs Paul Manly, and Jenica Atwin.

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 November 2019 - 09:50 AM.

[Rob Randall]

Reminder that Roberts is the wife of former Downtown Victoria Business Association chief Ken Kelly.

 

Edit: oops

Edited by Rob Randall, 04 November 2019 - 10:31 AM.

[Mike K.]

Reminder that Roberts is the husband of former Downtown Victoria Business Association chief Ken Kelly.

 

I'm trying real hard to remember that.

[RFS]

elizabeth may is quitting.



BREAKING NEWS:
@ElizabethMay
has stepped down as leader of the Green Party of Canada. Jo-Ann Roberts (not elected) is the interim leader of the party #cdnpoli


https://www.ctvnews....eader-1.4669169

Good for her. Scheer should follow her lead

[Victoria Watcher]

and a two-time failed green candidate.  both here and in the maritimes.

[Jackerbie]

And the leader of the Quebec Greens, Alex Tyrrell, has already thrown his hat into the ring. He wants to see the federal Green Party become more eco-socialist.

[G-Man]

That would be terrible. They should move to the centre, they would clean up.

[Victoria Watcher]

i think scheer should go too.

 

i think if you are either the liberal leader or the conservative leader you should resign after you lose an election.

[Wayne]

i think scheer should go too.

 

i think if you are either the liberal leader or the conservative leader you should resign after you lose an election.

 

Good thing Harper didnt follow your advice.

 

https://en.wikipedia...ederal_election

[Victoria Watcher]

Good thing Harper didnt follow your advice.

 

https://en.wikipedia...ederal_election

 

well that was mere months after the right merger and a leadership race.  that one does not count.