prime minister martin called the next federal election (finally). the 28th of june, this year. i'm excited to vote for the first time, but i'd be lying if i said i was completely confident in who i'm voting for. but who really can be? often you have to pick the lesser of the evils, but the political situation in canada right now is a bit weird. i'll try to be as brief as possible since i know no one really cares about this anyway. i took some quizzes, so if you want to skip this part, go ahead. just remember that i'll love you more if you read what i have to say. >:P even if it is long and boring. >:P
if you don't know, canada's political parties are very diverse. it's something i really like. it's the number one reason i hate the whole american democrat/republican thing. you basically have no choice but to vote one or the other (and, let's face it, no one really cares about those little parties that never make it). okay, so the two main right-wing parties (alliance and progressive conservative) merged very recently. let me start off by saying that i have never been a supporter of the alliance party. ever. their reform party roots make me sick that i come from alberta sometimes. -_-; so let's just say the right is really pissing me off. the conservative party doesn't even have a freaking election platform, last time i checked. -_-;;;
on an international political spectrum, i'd say that the old progressive conservative party was more liberal than most conservative parties around the globe. which is why the quiz i just took doesn't surprise me very much. the quiz was supposed to help people decide on who to vote for in the last federal election (i know, it's outdated…none of those prime minister candidates are even around anymore, even). my results:
Joe Clark Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (score = 100)
Jean Chretien Prime Minister of Canada Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (score = 63)
Alexa McDonough Leader of the New Democratic Party (score = 29)
Gilles Duceppe Leader of the Bloc Quebecois (score = 25)
Stockwell Day Leader of the Official Opposition Leader of the Canada Reform Conservative Alliance Party (score = 13)
shocker…alliance is last. shocker…the liberal party is second. i never did support the conservative merger in the first place. i was rather neutral to the pc party, and i was actually slightly impressed by joe clark in the last election. yes, he has no charisma (and no chin), but oh well. he's gone now. and so is that party. and i'm stuck with my arms thrown up in the air not knowing what to do.
"why don't you just vote liberal already!?" there's the whole sponsorship scandal that i just can't ignore. x_X i suppose i'll just have to wait until the campaigns are underway to find out the liberal party's reaction to the voters who are upset over the scandal. and then there's the fact that i live in freaking southern alberta. we had a liberal sign in our yard for the last provincial election and got so many dirty looks. so why bother even voting for my liberal candidate when i know the conservative guy is so getting in.
and then ndp. i'll never vote for them in my life. ever. they're pro-everything! X_x there's a lot of things they're for that i'm either neutral to or against, so forget them. my grandpa is probably going to vote for them, though, based completely on process of elimination. which is dumb.
and then bloc quebecois. rofl!! i doubt that there'll be a candidate from the bloc in my area, to be quite honest.
if i had to vote tomorrow, i'd vote liberal hesitantly and only hope for the best. so help me, though, if they piss me off during their campaign, i'm voting green party. if the pc party was still around, i would probably vote for them (while everyone around here would vote alliance -_-). i hate saying that i'd vote for a right-wing party, but this is federal politics here. there's no way in my life i would ever ever ever vote for any right-winged party in a provincial election. totally different scenario. -_-;
blah, i can't even remember what riding i'm in. i'm pretty sure i'm not part of the lethbridge one (i think we're the cardston/taber/warner riding or something freaky like that). i kind of wish i was in lethbridge, though. the liberal candidate there used to be the leader of the liberal party of alberta. :( he might have a chance, but it's doubtful.
okay, and now for some quizzes from people on livejournal. (more…)
