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12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The detained documents · 0 replies · +2 points

I don't think countries get charged with war crimes but rather people. I think Canada should prosecute any of their citizens that commit war crimes. It is absurd to argue that Canadians should not be tried for war crimes because Canada is such a nice country.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The detained documents · 0 replies · +11 points

Is it so hard to say "Never"? Does anyone believe that the judges report is going to be released?

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Alternate realities · 0 replies · +1 points

The presence of extreme parties does not necessarily make governments under a PR system more extreme.
Consider a hypothetical election:
Centre-Right Party: 48%
Centre-Left Party: 47%
Far-Left Party: 5%

The Far-Left Party holds the balance of power so they should hold the balance of power; however they could never support the Centre-Right Party. So they end up supporting the Centre-Left Party regardless; this means that as long as the Centre-Left party is more left-leaning than the Centre-Right Party; they will be able to govern with the support of the Far-Left Party without having to govern from the far left.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Alternate realities · 0 replies · +5 points

NDP would be better off under both the models Aaron has projected. Under PR NDP could make an agreement with the Liberals and Greens to form government. Under AV NDP and Liberals could form a coalition government. Better then staying in Stornoway for 4 years.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Back to school · 1 reply · +2 points

Those were just rumours that everyone denied.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - What went wrong with t... · 0 replies · +1 points

The margin of error of polls is based upon the number of people sampled. Most national polls call 1,000 people. To get equally reliable results for each riding you would need to call 308,000 people. Obviously this is much more expensive than producing national polls.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - No surprises · 1 reply · +3 points

The stock market is down 1.7% in reaction to the Harper majority.

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - (Still) Searching for ... · 1 reply · +6 points

I thought their slogan was "Anybody but Conservatives!!!!"

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - 'This option is the mo... · 1 reply · +11 points

The CPC used the unelected senate to vote down bill C-311, which required the government to bring in regulations to meet the emissions reduction targets. These were emission targets that Canada had agreed to meet.

Clearly, the Conservative approach is to ignore the problem and hope that this does not result in sanctions from the rest of the world and that the climate change in Canada does not become severe until after they are able to retire.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Policy alert · 0 replies · +8 points

In unrelated news 4 of the 5 parties responded to the questionaire provided by Evironmental Defence regarding their platform on the environment:
http://environmentaldefence.ca/election-2011-wher...

Any guesses which party did not bother responding?

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