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  1. Anonymous1 December 2004 at 12:14

    Any thoughts on Bush's visit to Canada?

    I don't know if I mentioned this previously, but I live in Ottawa.

    I was downtown for the day (I had a doctor's appointment, and figured I'd take they whole day off due to traffic disruptions). I was in the Chapters downtown (like your Barnes & Nobles) when his motorcade went by. It's the longest motorcade I've ever seen. When Bill Clinton came to town he didn't have nearly as much security.

    I was downtown all day, but I don't know where the masses of violent protesters were as reported by the media. Apparently I should have been right on top of them, but I only saw people standing around holding signs.

    --Kyle

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  2. Anonymous1 December 2004 at 13:09

    I'm not sure on the poll. Although something like 80% of Canadians said they'd vote for Kerry over Bush (except in Alberta, which is Texas North). We didn't really like Keryy, but it was definitely the lesser of two evils.

    On a humerous note, they served Bush Canadian beef for supper on Canadian softwood tables.

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  3. laura k1 December 2004 at 13:58

    Hey, most of us didn't love Kerry either...

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  4. Anonymous1 December 2004 at 14:08

    I think that's the problem with the two party system. "Don't blaim me, I voted for Kodos!".

    We usually have 3 or 4 big parties at a time. While usually only the Liberals or the Conservatives can actually muster enough votes to form a government, there's at least the potential for a third party to win (they do it all the time at the provincial level).

    There's even serious talk of going to proportional representation like the rest of the world has.

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  5. laura k1 December 2004 at 14:25

    The two-party system sucks, especially when the supposed center of each party is exactly the same.

    I would love to see Canada go to proportional representation! For a long time I thought it already was, since other parliamentary systems are - then I recently found out otherwise.

    One of the most compelling reasons for me to think about citizenship in the future is voting NDP.

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  6. Anonymous1 December 2004 at 14:30

    Every party talks about proportional representation when they're not in power, but if they win a majority they promptly forget about it (since they'd lose a large number of seats).

    However, since the current Liberal government is in the minority, the NDP has made proportional representation a requirement of them voting along side with the Liberals.

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  7. laura k1 December 2004 at 18:54

    Ah, interesting. I have a lot to learn. I look forward to it.

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