My View on the Election

I really don't want to have to go back to polls but thanks again to the political greed of a few, I will have no choice. Given that, I am going to say my view on the candidates.
 
 
Michael Ignatieff  
 
Where to start with Mikey. There are so many things for me to not like about him I am finding it hard to find things that I do.
 
 
He was born in Canada yet went to University in the USA. He held a position in 2000 at John F. Kennedy School of Government (gee wonder if that gave him an American Slant on politics), not coming back to Canada until 2005 at which time he decided to become a Liberal candidate in the federal election. Odd thing to give up a position at Harvard and be part of their political scene to run to Canada to try to get a leader position. Reeks of nothing more than opportunism to me.
 
 
He took a stab at Ukrainian Canadians by stating ""I have reasons to take the Ukraine seriously indeed. But, to be honest, I'm having trouble. Ukrainian independence conjures up images of peasants in embroidered shirts, the nasal whine of ethnic instruments, phony Cossacks in cloaks and boots...".
 
 
He wants us to remain at war. The reason Harper couldn't just let us leave Afghanistan is because of this. Harper has a minority government, Iggy didn't support the pull out of the troops.
 
 
He has lived outside of Canada for over 30 years.
 
 
Final judgement - Iggy is wrong for Canadians and is barely even "Canadian" at all.
 
 
Jack Layton  
 
Born in Canada, specifically in Quebec. He comes from a long line of politicians and has been part of Canadian politics (in Canada not the USA) since his school years.
 
Layton and his wife lived in Cooperative Housing in 1990, meanwhile making $120,000. Then in 2004 he accused the Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin of being responsible for the deaths of homeless people, because he failed to provide funding for affordable housing.
 
He opposed the 1996 Olympic Bid. Layton planned the coalition prior to the fiscal update and then persuaded Dion to sign on Layton was hellbent on ousting the Harper government, pledging that the NDP would vote against the Conservative budget regardless of what it contained. So it makes no difference to him if Harpers budget was good he wasn't even going to look, just wanted to take over.
 
 
Layton urged Ignatieff's Liberals to topple to Conservatives before the shelf life of the coalition expired; constitutional experts said that four months after the last election, if the government fell, the Governor General would likely grant the Prime Minister's request to dissolve parliament instead of inviting the coalition. On January 28, 2009, the Liberals agreed to support the Conservative budget with an amendment, ending the possibility of the coalition, so Layton said "Today we have learned that you can't trust Mr. Ignatieff to oppose Mr. Harper. If you oppose Mr. Harper and you want a new government, I urge you to support the NDP."
 
 
His recent campaign speech stated he will punish the "Polluter's" by finding "new sources of energy". Which translates to - Alberta is screwed.
 
 
Final Judgement: Jack Layton is for Jack Layton.
 
 
As for the Green Party, they are not even in the running. The two big wigs here are really Liberal or Conservative.
 
 
Now I will talk Stephen Harper.
 
 
He was born and raised Canadian, and better yet, a MP in Calgary. Yeah so I am a bit biased there I will admit. He has a long political career. During the recession we remained afloat. Unlike our American neighbors who are still struggling and seem to be getting worse, we survived and are starting to come back. I am wondering what he would be capable of if he wasn't a minority government.
 
 
Final Judgement Finally someone who really does seem to have our best interests.
 
I want Harper to have a majority and really get to make some changes. That's how I see it.