I VOTE YES ON CALEXIT!

[Eric the Green]

(02-07-2017, 06:22 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:

Quote:Probably a fairly liberal MA governor, elected in an off-year, Republican-wave election in which young Americans don't vote.

And the Albertans just elected the first Liberal premier ever, and the first non-PCP governor in more than 40 years.  The three parties in the running were two conservative and one liberal.  I wouldn't read too much into it just yet.

We'll see. If I remember correctly, she won a majority. Albertans may be more conservative than people in Ontario or B.C. But they are not going to secede to protect their tar sands pipeline to the USA; I'd bet on that.

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Quote:But it just goes to show, you can't be so sure that Alberta is as right-wing as North Dakota or Kansas.

I don't have to, I just have to think that it isn't as liberal as California.

I'm not sure about that. Conservative in Canada is probably as liberal as California now. Maybe not. But Alberta is a long way from Mississippi or West Virginia. And I would not over-estimate how liberal California is either. It has so far refused to outlaw the death penalty, something Canada has done iirc.

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Quote:They would have good reason to shut it down (yes). And I even think the new liberal governor wanted that. Apparently the national leadership still thinks money is more important than the environment.

So, no liberal fantasy land there. They murdered minks too for a while. It's just better than the red USA, that's all. No immigration frenzy, no aversion to national health care, no militarism, no religious right, willingness to support alt energy, etc.

You spend a lot of time IN Canada, per chance?

Copperfield used to give me that crap. I don't have to physically visit a place to be informed of its policies; I do know how to read. Ridiculous statement, SomeGuy.