Evaluating Harper: Seven Years Later

[Johnny LaRue]

Originally Posted by beowulf

And that says a lot about you and I am truly sorry for you.

Originally Posted by beowulf

OK i'll concede that.

Listen dude, I like you. We are fellow defenders of the Blackberry, and that means a lot to me. That being said, we're not always going to see eye to eye on things. You seem to support centre-left political parties. I can appreciate that.

I come from a strong Red Tory background, and I for better or worse have grown up to appreciate centre-right political parties.

And while I am happy with many aspects of the current government, I did give them a 5 or 6 out of 10 earlier in this thread. That means that I have misgivings about them. In the end, I try to keep an open mind. If you want to hear about the problems I have with this government, just ask.

Originally Posted by rebel diamond

That's not exactly fair. Johnny is a lot better than many partisans at calling out his own party when it does stupid ****. I hope we haven't gone past the point where simply liking a certain political party makes people believe you to be a bad person.

Thank-you. I try.

[Cotton500]

How are some of you giving Harper a 0 out of 10?

A 0 out of 10 should be for killing your own people, genocide etc., not for 'ignoring' science.

It's fine if you don't like him but c'mon.

[CanadianHockey]

Originally Posted by Cotton500

How are some of you giving Harper a 0 out of 10?

A 0 out of 10 should be for killing your own people, genocide etc., not for 'ignoring' science.

It's fine if you don't like him but c'mon.

It's just relative. I mean, if a 0 in Canada means cutting Environment Canada's budget, I'd say Canada is in pretty good shape.

[beowulf]

Originally Posted by Johnny LaRue

Listen dude, I like you. We are fellow defenders of the Blackberry, and that means a lot to me. That being said, we're not always going to see eye to eye on things. You seem to support centre-left political parties. I can appreciate that.

I come from a strong Red Tory background, and I for better or worse have grown up to appreciate centre-right political parties.

And while I am happy with many aspects of the current government, I did give them a 5 or 6 out of 10 earlier in this thread. That means that I have misgivings about them. In the end, I try to keep an open mind. If you want to hear about the problems I have with this government, just ask.



Thank-you. I try.

No doubt, I am a huge backer of Canadian products, companies, etc, when it makes sense. I grew up in Quebec which is much more liberal in general, that being said I've noticed over the years that my economic, military and security leanings are a little more conservative but my social leanings are very much liberal.

To each their own I guess.

[beowulf]

Ohhhh Overlord Harper when will you learn?

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/sur...171352301.html

Canadians may be growing weary of — even hostile to — all those Economic Action Plan ads the Harper government has been pumping out for the last four years.
Eight polls the Finance Department commissioned between 2009 and 2012 suggest the TV, radio, print and Internet ads are starting to fizzle — and annoying some people.
The most-recently released survey has respondents calling the material "propaganda" and a "waste of money," while fewer people than ever are taking any action after viewing the ads.

One of the worst things is how much this propaganda is costing Canadian taxpayers.

The Finance Department alone has spent well over $25 million in Economic Action Plan ads since 2009, in addition to tens of millions of EAP ad spending by other departments. The government reported $52.3 million in total EAP ad spending in 2009-10, but has not provided annual totals in the years since then as ad spending declined.