Are You Registered?

[cali]

I didn´t even know there was a new Prime Minister until last summer

there is a new one again lol paul martin is gone and Harper is in.

and I am 18 and not registered to vote, not interested.

[jackie]

there is a new one again lol paul martin is gone and Harper is in.

and I am 18 and not registered to vote, not interested.

OMG! Jean Chretien was PM FOREVER, now two new guys in the blink of the eye?

I leave the country and everything just falls to bits.

[king2005]

OMG! Jean Chretien was PM FOREVER, now two new guys in the blink of the eye?

I leave the country and everything just falls to bits.

There aren't 2 new guys. It was Chretien (for about 11yrs) & as of Jan 2006 its Harper.

[Glacier]

There aren't 2 new guys. It was Chretien (for about 11yrs) & as of Jan 2006 its Harper.

You forgot Paul Martin. He was PM in between Chretien and Harper. Harper scares me silly, but that's a different thread!

cali: you don't have to be registered to vote in Canada. You can show up on polling day at any voting station with proof of identity and vote.

I do vote, have at every possible opportunity since I turned 18. I believe it's a privledge we are lucky to have and if we don't exercise it, we will loose it. I also believe if you didn't vote, you shouldn't say anything about the government. That's how I got Stuart to start voting. He likes to talk politics, but I won't discuss it with people who don't vote. My mother always told me that silence is agreement and if I didn't like something I had an obligation to speak up about it. Not voting is silence in the political world.

[king2005]

You forgot Paul Martin. He was PM in between Chretien and Harper. Harper scares me silly, but that's a different thread!

cali: you don't have to be registered to vote in Canada. You can show up on polling day at any voting station with proof of identity and vote.

I do vote, have at every possible opportunity since I turned 18. I believe it's a privledge we are lucky to have and if we don't exercise it, we will loose it. I also believe if you didn't vote, you shouldn't say anything about the government. That's how I got Stuart to start voting. He likes to talk politics, but I won't discuss it with people who don't vote. My mother always told me that silence is agreement and if I didn't like something I had an obligation to speak up about it. Not voting is silence in the political world.

oh ya, forgot about that fat old monster, he was good at taking money too... I don't know, I don't fear Harper, I think Martin just made him look bad & Harper being a nice quiet man didn't fight dirty like Martin did, nothing but BS just to make Harper look like he'll be the next Bush

[Glacier]

oh ya, forgot about that fat old monster, he was good at taking money too... I don't know, I don't fear Harper, I think Martin just made him look bad & Harper being a nice quiet man didn't fight dirty like Martin did, nothing but BS just to make Harper look like he'll be the next Bush

My concern with Harper is his treatment of women and women's rights. I fully expect to loose my right to choose what happens to my body if he remains in power long term, especially if he wins a majority at some point. The minority status will keep him in check for now. He just appointed a white, upper-class, strongly pro-life, way right wing, MAN as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women!

[king2005]

My concern with Harper is his treatment of women and women's rights. I fully expect to loose my right to choose what happens to my body if he remains in power long term, especially if he wins a majority at some point. The minority status will keep him in check for now. He just appointed a white, upper-class, strongly pro-life, way right wing, MAN as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women!

I never understood what right & left wing means.

Honestly I have NO issues with a Man as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, becasue he might have been the best choice out of all the people for the job. I'm also pro life (unless raped, or the mother is in lifes harm & has no other option but to abort), I strongly believe that if you fool around & get pregnat, tough titties. All the mother has to do is carry it to term & then put it out for adoption. There are SOOO many Canadians who cannot have children of their own (I might be one of them, stupid genes) & it pains me to watch people toss their babies in the trash when there are loving adults out there not able to have & want.

2 of my good childhood friends had a baby together. They didn't want it, so she gave birth & adopted it out. The adoptive parents are great! They love their new daughtor & are taking good care of her (my 2 friends are allowed to see her every now & then, so they can keep an eye on her & they have a school fund set up for her)...

I haven't been able to keep up with the news for quite a few months, so if theres other stuff you think is bad, do share (I'm trying to get updated, but its not easy), stupid move.


Edit: I'm against Feminests, as they try to make women better then men & not equals. NOT all women can be firefighters or police officers, I think if a woman can pass the same tests as a man then she is Equal! In Police Foundations the women have an easier test!!!!!! How is that equal? (made me quite mad)