Is so and so qualified to be Canada's next PM?

[CanuckInUSA 0]

With all the talk of American politics these days, I think some of you Yanks and all of you Canucks should think about who'll be Canada's next Prime Minister. After all we are stretched to our limits (our fault for neglecting our military for so long) but still pulling our weight ... and then some in Afghanistan.

Anyway ...

WARNING: This is a long post since it examines the backgrounds of all of our potential PMs. This all started when some people were questioning whether Canada's current PM Stephen Harper was qualified to govern the country. Here are the LIEberal Party's candidates as this corrupt cess pool which resembles a political party is having a leadership race and they still have nine candidates in the running.

1) Michael Ignatieff - Is a respected academic in many peoples eyes. He's kind of been parachuted into the country by the social elite as a Trudeau like savior of the country. Which is all bull soup. He has no real world business experience and he's been out of touch with this country living out of it most of his adult life. So do we want some elitist academic with zero business experience who's been away from the country most of his adult life running the country?

2) Bob Rae - well it appears that Mr Rae has many many academic achievements including obtaining a law degree. But the man has been involved in politics since the late 60s and besides leaving the province of Ontario in massive debt after his failed leadership there, one really must ask if we're ready to let a man with very poor understanding of economics run the country? But he is the only LIEberal candidate with any real world leadership experience. Help us if this zipper head ever gains power since we know he will be chasing business out of this country faster than you can say "what you were expecting me to make a joke". Boob Rae is a dork with little economic credibility.

3) Gerard Kennedy - OMG are people actually thinking this guy knows how to run a country. He dropped out of university and then went on to work at a food bank before getting into politics. You've got to be kidding me. Well we know all the welfare bums in Toronto will be supporting this clown, but what makes him and his supporters think that this man is even remotely close to being qualified to run the country. What's his secret to power? He's got the poster boy good looks with all the promises to change Canada into a more fair equitable for all country type of guy. We're all FUBARed if this clown ever gains power. It's be like having Taliban Jack Layton at the healm. Only this time for real.

4) Stephane Dion - appears to be a likeable guy, but once again what makes him and his supporters think he is remotely qualified to run this country. As a youth he was a Quebec seperatist, before teaching political science at Laval University. What is his real world business experience? It appears to be non-existent.

5) Ken Dryden - well hockey fans will remember this man as one of Canada's greatest hockey hereos. But does that qualify him to run the country? Well he did go on to become a lawyer so I've got to think that he's not dumb. However you know what we say about lawyers. "The first thing we need to do is kill all of the them". Has anyone noticed how angry Mr Dryden has been lately? Do we really want angry emotional people running this country? Oh and one last comment about Mr Dryden. As a youth I idolized Ken Dryden the goalie. But what ever happened to that athlete? People make fun of Harper's man-tits without any mention of Dryden. Ken Dryden should be ashamed of himself for letting a world class athlete as he once was turn into this angry fat man. Then again maybe that is why he is angry, because he's let his health go down the drain. So is an angry, fat, former athlete who became a lawyer qualified to run this country? Careful during Question Period there Ken. We don't want our PM having a heart attack while he's telling us his LIEberal lies.

6) Jon Volpe - worked as a school teacher for 8 years, a mortgage officer for 2 more years before becoming a school principle for 5 years before deciding to become a career politican. Once again, you've got to be kidding me, what kind of experience does this man have that could be applied towards running a country?

7) Scott Brison - started off his career running a small business which rented small fridges before working in corporate sales. Well at least Mr Brison has some business experience (more than can be said for the majority of his LIEberal leadership running mates). But his business experience is hardly close to what's needed to run a country.

8) Martha Hall Findlay - Ms Findlay was an elite ski racer during her youth and while in university she worked as a carpenter, a waitress, a ski racing coach and she operating two small retail stores before earning her law degree. Even though I question Ms Findlay's qualifications to run this country, at least she's been successful in athletics, academics and some small retail business ventures. Plus unlike Mr Dryden, this former athlete didn't turn out to be a fat ####.

It appears that the two most credible leadership candidates (if a LIEberal can ever be labeled as credible), are both in last place in this race. It just goes to show how much the LIEberals are still festering in their own slime. But just to show that I'm not picking on just the LIEberal candidates, let's look at some of other other political leader's backgrounds:

1) Jack Layton NDP Leader - Mr Layton comes from a long line of politicians. His great-great-uncle was a father of confederation, his great-grandfather was a political activist, his grand-father was a cabinet minister in a Quebec provincial government and his father was a LIEberal Party activist in the 1960s and 1970s, and served as a member of parliament and cabinet minister in the 1980s. Mr Layton is also a academic professor with absolutely no real world business experience before leaving academia to join the political world. Is there any wonder why the man is full of hot air. Look at the legacy he's got to live up to.

2) Gilles Duceppe Bloc Quebecois Leader - Mr Duceppe studied political science at the Université de Montréal. In his youth, he advocated communism, and was a card-carrying member of the Worker's Communist Party. He later became a trade union negotiator before getting into politics. Now we know we don't need to worry about Gilles becoming PM since he is a self professed Quebec seperatist. But I just thought people should know that here's yet another academic with zero real world business experience who while he may now deny that he's a communist, we know what his socialistic back ground would mean to the business community.

3) Stephen Harper PM and CPC Leader - He graduated in 1978 as the top student of his High School graduating year. He briefly studied at the University of Toronto before travelling to Edmonton, where he found employment in the oil and gas industry as a computer programmer in his early twenties. He later attended the University of Calgary, receiving a Master's degree in economics. Harper is the first prime minister since Lester B. Pearson not to have attended law school.

So there you have it folks. Obviously the partisan people will choose to ignore this, but Harper is pretty much the only non-lawyer with any real world business experience (well Mr Brison also has some business experience, but it's limited compared to Harpers). What's that saying we use in the real world? Those who can't do, teach. Virtually everyone else is nothing more than an academic, with a former seperatist, a communist and food bank specialist thrown in the mix. Incredible that some of people fail to factor this into their political affiliations. Then again we know Canadian's are all about "feeling good about themselves" without actually doing anything of real substance. All one needs to do is look at our big cities to see how rapidly they are becoming cess pools of poverty, crime and corruption thanks to Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his socialistic brainwashing much of the nation. Oh and there is a JR Trudeau (Justin) brewing in the pot promising to pick up where his father left off. He's doing his show-biz thing now tailoring himself for that poster boy good looks style whichs works so well on lemmings.

You know there will not be any jobs for the masses in these cess pools which resemble our big cities when the left leaning governments drive businesses away. It's the private sector which creates jobs and gets people working. Big unions and government make work projects are nothing more than cancers to economic development. But one wouldn't expect people who've sheltered themselves in academia all their lives to know how business works. Ignorance is bliss ...

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Royd 0]

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You know there will not be any jobs for the masses in these cess pools which resemble our big cities when the left leaning governments drive businesses away. It's the private sector which creates jobs and gets people working. Big unions and government make work projects are nothing more than cancers to economic development. But one wouldn't expect people who've sheltered themselves in academia all their lives to know how business works. Ignorance is bliss ...

Finally, someone who gets it. Socialism is destructive to a functioning society.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Your post is long, informative, but a little biased. I agree though, I am not a big fan of the federal Liberals and would not be happy with any of them leading the country, specially Bob Rae.

Ideally I would liketo see Stcokwell Day take over leadership of teh federal conservatives and be our next PM. Don't think that will happen though.

[IanHarrop 42]

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Ideally I would liketo see Stcokwell Day take over leadership of teh federal conservatives and be our next PM. Don't think that will happen though.

I hope you're being sarcastic...

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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You know there will not be any jobs for the masses in these cess pools which resemble our big cities when the left leaning governments drive businesses away. It's the private sector which creates jobs and gets people working. Big unions and government make work projects are nothing more than cancers to economic development. But one wouldn't expect people who've sheltered themselves in academia all their lives to know how business works. Ignorance is bliss ...

Finally, someone who gets it. Socialism is destructive to a functioning society.

You should see some of the clowns we have running for office. The US has the hard-core right wingers and Canada has the hard-core lefties. Your Democrates are like our Conservative and our Conservative are like your Democrates (well not exactly, but you get the picture). I'm still trying to get my head around the concept of a former university dropout, turned foodbank worker before becoming a career politician now wanting to be in charge of this country. What can he possibly think he's got in skills and experience to warrant him being elected as the head of state?

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[jcd11235 0]

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Finally, someone who gets it. Socialism is destructive to a functioning society.

The same can be said of capitalism.

The truth is somewhere in the middle.

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So there you have it folks. Obviously the partisan people will choose to ignore this, but Harper is pretty much the only non-lawyer with any real world business experience (well Mr Brison also has some business experience, but it's limited compared to Harpers). What's that saying we use in the real world? Those who can't do, teach. Virtually everyone else is nothing more than an academic, with a former seperatist, a communist and food bank specialist thrown in the mix. Incredible that some of people fail to factor this into their political affiliations. Then again we know Canadian's are all about "feeling good about themselves" without actually doing anything of real substance

Canadians don't like George Bush and the far-right coalition that brought him to power. Do Canadians view their nation as a secular democracy?

The idea that our Prime Minister wishes to transform Canada to fulfill a religious purpose is a concern to Canadians. Canada's Prime Minister belongs to the Christian and Missionary Alliance. His organization's intentions for Canada are clearly stated in their VISION PRAYER:

O God, with all our hearts we long to be:
a movement of churches
transformed by Christ,
transforming Canada and the world.

By your grace and for your glory:
Renew and empower us through a fresh encounter with yourself
Release us to be strategic in service, kingdom-connected in practice,
passionate in pursuit of your mission and mercy
Use us to fulfill your purpose for Canada and the world."

Harper's Evangelical background is seen to cut against the grain of mainstream Canadian social values. He is the first evangelical prime minister since John Diefenbaker, and the first ever to belong to the relatively obscure Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination, a brand of Christianity that has a relatively small following in Canada.

Civitas is a network of Canadian neoconservative and libertarian academics, politicians, journalists and think tank propagandists. In 2003 Harper's adviser Tom Flanagan was an active member of Civitas.

As a Canadian I choose not to vote for government run by radical populists hiding behind the cloak of rhetorical moderation.

The Americans assumed positions of power and influence in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. The Canadians have not had much opportunity to show (or is that hide?) their stuff.

SMiles

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[Richards 0]

1) Michael Ignatieff - Initialy was impressed by his demeanor (he seemed so realistic for a liberal) yet his flip flop turn against Isreal told me that in true liberal fashion he would trade his integrity and values to appease a large voting demograph (muslims) just to buy a few votes.

2) Bob Rae - WTF. This is the idiot former NDPer who said "Socialism is love" and argued that refusing to allow people to bill OHIP for penis enlargements, tattoo removal..etc was un-canadian. This is the fool who destroyed Ontarios economy by sending business scrambling either south or to other provinces. Lets see he fucks up a province so we want to let him run the country? Thats like taking a man whos drivers liscence has been revoked for careless driving and DUI numerous times and saying "maybe he will be a good 747 pilot". I will shoot myself if this man is our next PM.


3) Gerard Kennedy - He can always count on the special interest vote.

4) Stephane Dion - Let a seperatist run the country. Uhhmmm....no.

5) Ken Dryden - Don't know enough about him.

6) Jon Volpe - Don't know enough about him.

7) Scott Brison - maybe a least worst for the liberals

8) Martha Hall Findlay - Celebrity...must be a good politician.


1) Jack Layton NDP Leader - HAAAA-HHAAAAA-HAAAAA!HAAAA-HHAAAAA-HAAAAA!HAAAA-HHAAAAA-HAAAAA!

Again the NDP who can destroy a province faster than a twister destroys a trailer park. these are the fools who in British Columbia put together a study group which determined that single mothers on welfare were overwhelmed by their housework and decided that the taxpayers were going to provide "Subsidized Maid Service" to single mothers on welfare. I would feel more comfortable with Tom Green or Saddam Hussien running our country than this laughing fool.


2) Gilles Duceppe Bloc Quebecois Leader -
communist seperatist. Uhm no.

3) Stephen Harper PM and CPC Leader - Well so far he has done OK but he does have his failings (better enviro plan). I know people were upset at him for his reversal on Income trusts but it was the right decision to make in the end. He should have thought more carefully before making that promise.

So long as he doesn't start imposing his "family values" on every canadian he should do OK


*** Then again we know Canadian's are all about "feeling good about themselves" without actually doing anything of real substance. All one needs to do is look at our big cities to see how rapidly they are becoming cess pools of poverty, crime and corruption thanks to Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his socialistic brainwashing much of the nation. Oh and there is a JR Trudeau (Justin) brewing in the pot promising to pick up where his father left off. He's doing his show-biz thing now tailoring himself for that poster boy good looks style whichs works so well on lemmings.***

The truth of that statement makes me want to cry.

I hope for a Conservative majority. Mostly because I wish to have two strong parties which in the long term will serve canadians better.

Richards

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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So long as he doesn't start imposing his "family values" on every canadian he should do OK

Agreed ... plus not all CPC members are evangelicals. Rona Ambrose if I'm not mistaken is a Libertarian. Time will tell. If he get's all Jesus'y on us, then we know what's going to happen to him.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[RMURRAY 1]

I like Dion. He is the one who will place the environment near the top. But even if he wins, I will vote Green Party....

rm

[ExAFO 0]

Is the main qualification having one's own goalie pads?

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[brettski74 0]

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...elected as head of state?

That would be head of government. The head of state of Canada is HM Queen Elizabeth II, represented by the Governor-General.

[Richards 0]

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Agreed ... plus not all CPC members are evangelicals. Rona Ambrose if I'm not mistaken is a Libertarian. Time will tell. If he get's all Jesus'y on us, then we know what's going to happen to him.