Peter Julian, re-elected
Burnaby-New Westminster results:
Peter Julian, NDP: 16,968 votes (38.83%)
Mary Pynenburg, LIB: 13, 052 votes (29.87%)
Marc Dalton, CON: 12061 votes (27.6%)
Scott Henry Janzen, GRN: 1614 votes(3.69%)
Did my vote make a difference? Well, better safe than sorry, but it looks like the Liberal reputation damaged Mary's chances - either that, or Peter's reputation as a man of action ensured that none of the other candidates stood a chance, anyway. I think there's too many immigrants in this riding for there to ever be a Conservative MP elected here. And the poor old Greens... Canada just isn't ready for such radical idealism.
Now that all the hype is over, I'll have to spend some time evaluating how the new government ends up working and what kind of progress they make on their campaign promises. I will continue to pose my thoughts and ideas as they are inspired by books such as Saul's The Unconscious Civilization. And I will occasionally delve into trains of thought that could easily begin with "If I were Prime Minister..."
posted by katatak @ 10:01 p.m.
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1 Comments:
Kat, I like your blog. FWIW, I voted Conservative. I don't find the Tories scary,and I don't think gay marriage or abortion or women's rights in general are big issues. Why? Simple. I live in Vancouver, I must know a million gay people (o.k., not a million, but a ton, anyway), I've always known working women (I'm in my 40s and my mother always worked, even when I was little), I employ several womeon now (more than men) and they all get the same pay guys would, and we already have the most free abortion laws in the world. We've seen that come to pass even though I've always been surrounded by lots of hairy knuckle neanderthals like myself. What's my point? I think the scariness of hairy knuckle neanderthals is over-rated. Kind of like Shrek.
Meantime, over the course of our lives we have seen liberal thinkers make huge changes in our society. If we're going to be scared of anyone, shouldn't it be them? (And of course, where I'm going here is: let's drop the idea that our neighbours and people we work and do business with are scary. That's such a crock).
Harper is a young(ish) guy, with a smart wife who kept her own name, a couple little kids, and a party that includes more diversity than you'd expect if you listened to the critics. I don't think they'll be bad, especially considering that they're probably left of a great many of the center parties that you find in Europe.
Anyway, I like your blog. Keep it up!
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