New Court Ruling: Expats to lose right to vote

[screech339]

The one above -- when I saw it before, it must have mis-loaded, or been edited by you; it looked like what you wrote was attributed to me.

Now I understand. I corrected the mistake. I realized how horrible that post was displayed with the wrong quotes. Your quotes instead of mine. So I had to quickly remove it and placed a proper post.

 

[neutral]

Expats who have stayed out of country for 5 or more years, are going to lose right to vote and will not be allowed to vote in coming federal elections.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-voting-rights-for-long-term-canadian-expats-appeal-court-rules/article25590714/?service=mobile

It makes ALL sense as Canadiens don't vote directly for the Prime Minister, they chose their representant according to where they live and the party with more representants choose the Prime Minister. As there is not a Representative of Canadiens abroad, it doesn't make any sense they could vote for someone who represent a place where they don't live.

 

[screech339]

Ok Ok, I'm just making fun of the idea of Trudeau is a Party leader . . . Of course the griping about troops on the streets or whatever about Harper is silly -- I think that by far the greatest objection to him (that I know of) is his introduction of US style campaignin/governing style; but the fate of that depends more on his successors than him.

By the way, I'm not sure that last quote is mine -- I don't remember writing it, though I've been on this forum long enough now, and aged sufficiently, that that is no longer definitive . . .

I still noticed you have not responded to the substantial increase cost of electricity due to ontario liberal green subsidy program in solar and wind energy. Ontario has now the highest cost of electricity in north america if not the world.

 

[on-hold]

I still noticed you have not responded to the substantial increase cost of electricity due to ontario liberal green subsidy program in solar and wind energy. Ontario has now the highest cost of electricity in north america if not the world.

Well, that's because I don't know anything about the issue of Ontario in particular. In general, the price of 'green' energy has been dropping greatly, which is what you'd expect with the amount of research going into it. Why Ontario's energy prices are high I don't know, I'm sure that it has to do with many things, just like the energy issues that hit California a decade ago -- but note that a subsidy program is different from R&D.

 

[screech339]

In general, the price of 'green' energy has been dropping greatly, which is what you'd expect with the amount of research going into it.

Tell that to the customers who have been paying up to 4 times the usual cost before the Liberal "green" energy came into play. This is the result of subsidized, over-priced wind power that ontario doesnt need and cant afford.

Remember 4% of ontario power comes from wind energy and yet electric bills are 20% higher.

Wind power are not very efficient. They run at 20-30% of the time, unlike nuclear, hydro and gas (clean, cheap and 100% reliability).

In summary. Ontario pays 11-13.5 cent for wind power. Ontario pays or charges Quebec 2.5 cents to take our excess. Quebec sells it to states for 5 cents.

Where's the logic in this math? If ontario is producing too much energy to the point of having to sell it, why keep wind power? No need.

Since you don't live in ontario, it is easy for you to say that you support green energy programs when it doesn't hurt your pockets. You would change your tune on "green" energy when you are on the receiving end of higher electricity bills. Wasn't "green" energy suppose to drop your electric bill, not up since wind energy is "free" like hydro energy.

Mind you, I am not against use of "green" energy. But be realistic about the cost of implementing them. If "green" energy like wind power ends up increasing your bill, what's the point. I rather Ontario set up 2-3 "green" energy hydro dams running at 100% capacity than to pay the same amount to build thousands of wind mills running at measly 20-30% capacity.

 

[Msafiri]

Looking at the Grits record on fiscal issues, why don't you give them any credit for their long run from the mid-90s, during which they restored Canada's budgetary stability, saved its credit rating, repaid its debt, and put it in the best position of any OECD country to withstand the financial crisis? A large part of Harper's reputation for being the guy who knows whats going on stems from the fact that he was put in an extraordinarily favourable position, in which he didn't have to do anything particularly objectionable. Provincial politics tend to be more feckless on all sides, not just the Libs.

Ah if it was down to fiscal performance eh....

1. In 2006 the Liberals left the incoming Tory minority a $13B surplus.
2. Since Fiscal Year 2008/09 the Tories have run a deficit each year - it hit $55B in FY 2009/10 down to $33B in FY201/11 when they got their majority.
3. The deficit for FY 2015/16 is projected to be $1B which is good news given where we came from. Oh well there is that sleight of hand with the increased and backdated Child Benefit which will be taxed next year when the elections are a distant memory eh!
4. Add to this other issues as mentioned - the Chief prorouging parliament twice at least once to keep the top seat safe by preventing an election he believed he would lose, held in contempt by parliament, in charge when various legislation impacting on civil liberties including several Mega Omnibus bills are enacted yet completely routs the opposition (anybody say Ontario?) and goes from a minority to a majority government.

That right there is chutzpah!!