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[pubeparty]

I had an opportunity to interview Jim Harris, the Federal leader of the Green Party, last night. Unfortunately, I had already made a commitment to an amateur Playhouse group that I couldn't break. I am extremely disappointed... but moving on

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[embraceyouth]

Honestly, I doubt any party will ever repesent my views (however, my views are always tied to other people, so I wouldn't say they are just mine). Parties play it safe so they can get votes, and that always means playing with the devil.

[igotarock]

last election (provincial one?) i looked into all the parties.
I couldn't find any difference between the main three except for the numbers. They all had basically the same ideas, except the Liberals would say they'd put more money into something like affordable housing than the conservatives, and the NDP would say they'd put more into than the Liberals. But still basically all the same ideas.I ended up voting green because they were the only one that had any different and interesting ideas about how to achieve certain goals.

I haven't really looked into their platforms or anything yet but i will say one thing:
Strategic voting is pure bullshit.

[hellofadoll]

i always vote NDP. they're the only ones that even touch on issues i think are important. fuck strategic voting...i'm happy to be just one vote for the losing party if it means one less for the winning one.

[tumblingverse]

me too. if it weren't for the ndp we wouldn't have free health care and social security etc

[tumblingverse]

yeah the green party is essentially the same as the conservatives while supporting the enviro.
lame!

[igotarock]

i've heard this a lot, but i don't totally get it.
they're economics are a lot more market based than say the ndp so i can see the comparison to conservatives there, but they do take a much more progressive approach than traditional conservatives.

and their social policies support issues like access to education, affordable housing, preventative health care and early education and childcare. they also seem to support increase power at local and municipal levels.

again, most of this i've gathered from talking to them and reading their own material during the last election. so correct me if i'm wrong.

(aside, it is much better to have 400 companies producing a given amount of pollution then only 200 producing the same amount)