SRR wrote:Voting is entirely optional and even if you do vote your ballots are automatically thrown out and the Liberal Party of Ontario declared the victor. This is just common law right now but they are trying to get it passed through legislation. They just need to create a new law to suck more tax revenues from Alberta to do it, and that's on the table too.
Votes are thrown out and the Liberal Party declared the victor? Wow, a bit of an exaggeration, non?
I find it strange how you are willing to attack CdnSkyDiva's position on Bush, but feel free to bash the Liberals in Canada a priori.
Now you're a smart guy, SRR. I have no doubt that you have noticed that the Liberals are in minority right now, and barely got a fourth consecutive mandate, never mind survive the first parliamentary vote of confidence.
Compare this situation with Australia, where John Howard just won a historical and unprecedented fourth consecutive mandate. Nary a peep or foul cry out of opposition backers though, even after John Howard brought Australia into the Iraq war, without the popular support of a clear majority of Australians. I predict also that Tony Blair will probably carry the next British parliamentary elections too.
The point is, the Liberals, love them or hate them, are the best option Canada has right now, just like the Liberals are for Australia, just like Labour is for Britain.