by frog
OK, it’s a bit tongue in cheek and it does exaggerate Canada’s liberal nature. However, when it comes to social services, many Americans would enjoy much greater peace of mind over the border in Canada. Or New Zealand. Anecdotally, I understand that we have had quite a wave of Bush refugees in the last few years, particularly in Auckland. If you are one of them, tell us your story!
Published in Economy, Work, & Welfare | Society & Culture by frog on Sat, October 18th, 2008
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
Actually after Canada’s election result this week I’m not sure this video is at all fair. The opposition there has 61% of Canadian votes. Conservative leader Stephen Harper (an arch anti-global warming politician) was able to pick up 18 seats with less than a 2% increase in votes. He will now govern with only 37% of the votes. The Greens captured no seats with 6.8% of the vote, while Bloc Quebecois, with not much more votes, got 50 seats.
No party should be allowed to rule this country with a 37% minority. And, as to be expected there was a record low turn out for this election.
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“quite a wave of Bush refugees in the last few years”
Are you Nuts?
Perhaps we should ask for the story of the tens of thousands of Clark “refugees” now out of the country before we talk to the 3 that come from america (probably with a passport purchased from a labour mp)
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A bit sensitive, are we Shunda? I’ve met at least a dozen Bush refugees, and I’m not in Auckland, where many immigrant settle.
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I didn’t leave just because of Dubya. If he’d been the only problem I might have stuck it out there. He was a PART of the reason. I know at least a half-dozen down here in Wellington though… and people are lining up to find work back in my old home town in the States.
However Frog, he does have a point relating to the number of people leaving NZ for Oz.
I don’t think that categorizing them as running from “Clark” is accurate, but the lack of tech salary parity and jobs and affordable housing and some other factors are pretty high on the list of problems that Cullen and Clark have not done well with.
Wouldn’t say taxes are at the top of that list though. A lot of it is just size and the feeling of greater opportunities. This country is marginal in size for folks to have an ambition to climb the OECD ladder. Needs some special attention to make progress in that direction.
respectfully
BJ
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He will now govern with only 37% of the votes. 42% of registered voters abstained from voting. Perhaps the Canadian GG should abstain from issuing any ministerial warrants thus making Canada the world’s first truly democratic government
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“Actually after Canada’s election result this week I’m not sure this video is at all fair. The opposition there has 61% of Canadian votes. Conservative leader Stephen Harper (an arch anti-global warming politician) was able to pick up 18 seats with less than a 2% increase in votes. He will now govern with only 37% of the votes. The Greens captured no seats with 6.8% of the vote, while Bloc Quebecois, with not much more votes, got 50 seats.”
The opposition could govern, they would just need to form a government made up of the Liberal Party, the Bloc and the NDP. If you consider that Harper came from the Reform Party, it is quite a significant rise from unknown in the 1980s, to taking over the Progressive Conservatives in 03, to government in 2006.
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