On my way home tonight, I listened to the election debate on CBC radio. This is my first time listen to any election debate live. My first impression is we have too many political parties in Canada. The debate is too crowed with all five leaders trying to talk or yell at the same time. I don’t think debate help the voters at all. The candidate simply restating their policy in the debate, voters already know those information from newspaper. It seems the candidates of all the opposite parties only know how to attack the party in control of the government. Occasionally they present some bits and pieces of their own policy, but somehow you sense their math do not add up and some of the policies are even contradicting with each other. The current prime minister is not much better. He never response to those attack directly, just restating what the government had done in that area.
Each party claim they have a platform, but the platforms are just some empty slogans. Voters don’t get much information how things will turn out. All we know is when they are elected, they promise to spend how much money on this or on that, tax cut or tax raise here and there. Never mind those are just election promises that never intended to keep. Even if the elected keep their promise, no one knows whether the maths adds up, whether or not those promises feasible at all? No wonder the public don’t feel much interest in politics, no one is addressing any real issues. They are not even debating, there is no communication, they are just talking their own stuff. Maybe we should change the format of the debate. Instead of having a round table debate, we should have a series of round robin debate, putting the leaders head to head with each other. Allow them to focus their attack and give them enough time to unmask the bullshit of the other party.
Elizabeth May of the Green Party and Layton of NDP seems to be the best talker in the debate. It is much easier to irresponsible policy that appeals to everyone than a sound policy that actually works. Harper of the Conservative may not be the best speaker in the debate, but he is the only one quote real statistic to back up his policy. Other candidates rely on stories or anecdote to sell their ideas. I think using number alone worth giving Harper some credits over the other candidates.
讀來倒覺得加國也跟香港的立會選舉很像,參選單位一樣是多到人海打人海。也是民建聯式的slogan亂搶掃射。
I still don’t see who’s less evil… there isn’t any vision from anyone.
Maybe they are all equally evil, but at least Harper is an evil with good manner, unlike the other evils who don’t know how to behave themselves in the debate.
It’s pretty funny that when the Quebec guy answer the question: “What is the first thing to do when you become the PM”. He said he will never be the PM, neither will the other three guys. It is quite a complement to Harper.
You probably missed some in your driving. Harper never claimed any platform. Layton even teased CPC hiding their platform under the sweater.
Sure. NDP Layton is always the best talker, however, this leftist had never been in power, otherwise, we might have a Chinese Canadian first lady.
Harper used the tactics of pushing the ESL student to far left with NDP. So, CPC will be the majority. I hope it will work out. If so, the ESL student will be on the job market…….
Harper started the war with visiting a Chinese Canadian family in Vancourver. Let me tell you how to attract PM/politicans to you home….Wait….
I think Harper has a platform, even though Layton accuse him has none. Harper is a pretty standard conservative platform, lower tax, small government. It’s straight out from the text book.
ha… that’s would be cool to have a PM visiting. Too bad I am in India now.