Matt

The Canadian system does work actually in North America, un-fortunately it needs to be fixed up thanks to what happened in the nineties because we fell off track. Also proportional representation does not work. Look how difficult it is in the House of Commons right now to pass bills, we narrowly missed having to go to the polls soon, yesterday.

Are you refferring to the B.C. Reform Party? Because I think some of them joined the D.R. B.C....

The only debt we have created is for assets, such as the RAV line, which can help B.C. in the future. If our transportation system falls into disrepair or becomes worse than it is, tourists might consider visiting other places. By having a transportation system that works well, we are more likely to keep those tourists here. Also here's something I mentioned in another topic:

Flip flopping, eh? Why make exceptions, it is okay for the left to have the balance of power but not the right apparently. Well that is not true democracy either. This minority government has proven (at least to me) that proportional representation cannot work here. Why should the voters vote for one party who then makes a deal with another one (for more power) which means the voters get something they did not vote for? That is not true democracy to me. That is not about the majority, that's back room deals.

Most referendums in B.C. need a 60 percent majority to pass I believe, so it's not like this is anything new. Also the N.D.P. had created many projects (but on a smaller scale) like that. But the N.D.P. are the ones that started privitization, they're the ones that gave away fish farm licenses (the Liberals have only given out one), etc., the N.D.P. are no saints. The idea that the Liberals are so terrible, and the N.D.P. are so great is un-true, the N.D.P. has promised the same promises they have in the past in this election. The Liberals have made investments into health care that will start paying off soon, such as the increased spaces in medical school, I believe there are new facilities that will be opening up soon too. Education is better than it was, Gordon Campbell has simply focused on the education system rather than the teacher's demands. He has added in more tests, to make the system more literate, English classes have become a requirement in Post-Secondary, these are good things for students. The Liberals had a choice fix up long term care facilities or add more beds, they choose to fix up the facilities so that they can continue to improve them. Fixing the problems takes a long time, there is no overnight solution, hard decisions have to be made, but that does not mean the Liberal solution will not work, as sometimes the situation has to become worse before it becomes better.

This is why I do not believe in proportional representation, because parties that do not have the majority of elected members can hold the balance of power like that.

The Liberals are currently leading... Also the N.D.P. ran the economy into the ground. They created how many jobs through programs such as fast ferries? Those jobs did not last, they were not sustainable in the end.

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Vote Liberal, the N.D.P. hurt our economy, and the N.D.P. "blew" our money when they were in power by having plans that did not work. Vote Liberal because they are the ones that turned the economy around, not the N.D.P. The N.D.P. was not even in power during the turn around, so they should not have credit for something they did not do.

The N.D.P. left us with a bad economy, the Liberals are the sound choice economically, they are the ones that turned us around. There was a chance for a boom during the nineties, when the situation was the same as under the Liberals and the N.D.P. was unable to have our economy improve significantly. Also it's not compassionate to the future generations if we live them with a debt, they will have less money to use towards helping people. They will have to take on more debt to pay for social programs, which un-fair and should not have to happen.

"The Age of Electric" were a Canadian band from the 90s, they featured Todd Kerns (lead vocals (on all but two songs I believe)/guitar), Ryan Dahle (lead vocals (on two songs I believe)/guitar), John Kerns (bass), Kurt Dahle (Drums). Todd Kerns has also played in "Static In Stereo", "TKO", and has a solo career. John Kerns played in "Static In Stereo" too before moving onto "Robin Black and The Intergallatic Rock Stars". Ryan Dahle, and Kurt Dahle formed "Limblifter" together in the nineties, but Kurt Dahle later left the band, while remaining in "The New Pornographers", he also helps out Todd Fancey's solo career "Fancey" sometimes. Ryan Dahle still plays in "Limblifter", but also plays in Matthew Good's live band... The song "Remote Control" was also a "Limblifter" song before it was an "Age of Electric" song...

Well I think Ian should have kept going in the final immunity challenge since I think he could have maybe won. But who knows? I guess. The next one sound like it might be interesting to me where they are in Guatemala...

I see there is a prequel movie, but I didn't notice any refferences to "Enterprise"...

The Unions that the N.D.P. gave into were not helpful to the B.C. Economy, infact it was the Liberals not giving into them that helped. The N.D.P. is making many of the same promises they did the first time around too, so why should they work out right this time, when the did not the first time around.

I watched this one, and I think it was one of the best ones, if not the best. I liked how they kept the tribes seperate until there was only one left on the one tribe and eight left on the other. Also the people seemed a bit brighter this time as well...

The N.D.P. tried to butter up voters too, why do you think they would spend a lot of money paying union demands while nothing was solved when they did that? Also what about the implications on the future peopleif we do not fix up the problems we have now on spending? The only reason there was a record number of jobs created was because the N.D.P. create plenty of un-neccessary and money losing jobs such as the fast cat ferry project which ended in failure, also many people were out of work too under them. The Liberals are working on creating sustainable jobs which does not happen over night. Also students may have to work a couple jobs, but how is that any different than in the past? There were still bills to pay, and education was still costly back then. The tuition freeze made education cheaper than it was before at the cost of the post secondary institutions being able to stay open. Also if the NDP was so good for health care then why did they never add another seat to the medical training classrooms?

The N.D.P. ruined our province, is that the legacy you are refferring to? They're plan revolves on if the economy stays where it is at, which did not happen the first time around either. The Liberals have made some tough calls, but our province was in disrepair before the Liberals even took power. Post Secondary institutions could actually go broke if they are making less every year, which is why the Liberals let them set up a new rate before they put a cap on tuition fees at the rate of inflation, which is a fair rate because without the price rising at the rate of inflation means that they are either making less money or tax payers are paying more for education, which means that money is going to other programs. Also students pay about 15 percent of the total cost of post-secondary while the government pays about 85 percent which means students still have a pretty good deal. The 6 dollar training wage is so people will take a chance on new employees. It costs money to search for workers as well as it costs money to hire them and if they do not work out, then the employeer loses the money they just invested in finding a new employee. The training wage allows him to try an employee or two more out that he might not have been able to otherwise. Also, the only debt the Liberals have incurred is on creating more assests for B.C. (such as the RAV Line). We need to have a better transportation system in the lower mainland to try to keep having more tourist dollars come into the economy. If it is difficult to travel around the area then some may consider not coming to B.C. The paycuts were to even out salaries with the rest of Canada so that we were paying them about what the average is. The province is better though because without a strong economy and by spending money we did not have we were leaving a mess for the future, which means they will have even less to work with then we do now if the Liberals had not started working to fixing that problem.

Where did you hear this (about a movie...)?

I know "The Age of Electric" is working on a greatest hits or best of..., so maybe that one will turn out well.

I enjoyed it because at least it lets you know how the story ends. I'm a bit surprised that another Star Trek series has not been announced, but from what startrek.com says, apparently the series/franchise is on hiatus, so... who knows what will happen?...

Well last night's episode (the second one shown) was the last one, I thought it was pretty good. They had the guy who played Will Riker (sp?) and the woman who played Troy on from "ST:TNG" and the idea was that Riker and Troy was on the Enterprise (D, I think...) and Riker is using the holodeck going through the last little bit on Enterprise (the NX-01)just before it was about to be de-commissioned. I thought it was a good way to end the series since the show was ended early it explained what happens to them in the end...

Well throwing money at health care won't neccessarily fix the problem, we have to figure out strategies which we best utilize the money we have and work on it from there.

The B.C. Liberals have made tough calls but the problems were there to begin with, they are trying to improve the situation so people can have what they want. The N.D.P. spent plenty of dollars but we never truly saw any solutions, the same problems remained. There was already a hospital crisis before the B.C. Liberals even took power. Sometimes for the situation to improve it has to become worse first. Also Europe has the European Union as well which prefers to deal with other European nations in the European Union, so that also provides another reason why there is a different situation there. But in our society it is possible to recover from being a lazy student, or even being a bad work situation by the person working their way out of it. They can go to college, improve their grades enough so they can go to university and do something else with their lives, if they work hard enough too.

Europe is a completely different situation, I hate to break it to you. Europe has a decreasing population in which allows more higher up jobs to go to people because there is less people to replace the people who were in those positions, this is commonly reffered to as a bargaining chip. Since that is not a choice the companies here have to face, they don't.

Economically the N.D.P. would be terrible for Canada, their tax raises would hurt jobs, people would pay more for goods and services, and some people would be out of work because of it.