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Must be nice, I wish the NDPs would have a breakout here in Alberta. The MP from my riding is in power, and supports C-11 with statements like, "I'm not an Internet expert in this, but..."

Any efforts of writing or contacting him on this topic (or any) are gleefully ignored.

What really frustrates me is that the Conservatives were voted in thanks the rural farmers and retirees who actually got out to vote in my province. Here in my central Alberta riding in 2011, the CONs got 75% of the vote, but only 30% voted!

And thanks to this, the entire country is forced to follow our PM's indelible path. Even though the majority of people didn't actually vote for him.

Now Canadians are embarrassed on the world stage by C-11, and stuff like this:

* http://www.sorryworld.ca/

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkhRjFn5uqU

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"What really frustrates me is that the Conservatives were voted in thanks the rural farmers and retirees who actually got out to vote in my province."

A big part of it was that they won the immigrant/new Canadian vote in Ontario. The values of these groups are much more in line with the Cons than the Libs. Peoples from the Eastern Bloc would never vote NDP because they've experienced similar politics already.

http://www.sorryworld.ca/ assumes that all those things listed are "good things" or that they make Canada "awesome". That' a matter of opinion, and I disagree with a lot of those things. I'm not proud that cats and dogs get better medical treatment here than humans. :(

Either way, C-11 needs to die.

See the Conservatives had to actually work to get voted in Ontario. They see being elected in Alberta as a entitlement.

Other parties don't even put in any major campaign resources out here anymore: The Liberal name has been tarnished ever since the NEP/Trudeau, and the NDP spend what little cash they have in ridings they'll actually have a chance.

I agree with you about http://www.sorryworld.ca, not every point embodies everyone's values, although you have to admit the world's perception of Canada has degraded drastically since the Conservatives have come to (true) power.

Bill C-11... the oil-sands PR mess.. and now banning trans-genders from flying[1]... The Conservatives are just cashing in their blank cheque.

[1] http://chrismilloy.ca/2012/01/transgender-people-are-complet...

Yeah it's pretty annoying when he claims to represent the majority when 61% of Canadians (who voted) voted for someone else.

The word "majority" has been (mis)used to mean "plurality" for a long time.

Right. The last "majority" was 50.04% of the vote back in 1984: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_1984

What's with this new attitude of hating parliament if it's not your party with a majority?

When it became in vogue for the majority party to simply ignore those that did not vote for it? Although it's not too extreme in Canada yet.

The last "majority" was 50.04% of the vote back in 1984

Indeed, and prior to Mulroney in 1984 the only true majorities were Diefenbaker in 1958, once during each world war (both of which were distinctly atypical elections), and 1904 and earlier.

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