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Earthquake Damage

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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2011, 06:13:21 pm »
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:09:50 pm
I'd prefer a 10% informed voter turn out over a 40% "I heard Stephen Harper was good for the economy" turn out.

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Taricus

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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2011, 06:14:16 pm »
Quote from: Earthquake Damage on March 25, 2011, 06:13:21 pm
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:09:50 pm
I'd prefer a 10% informed voter turn out over a 40% "I heard Stephen Harper was good for the economy" turn out.

Cue an Australian extolling the virtues of mandatory voting.
Bugger that, we'd prefer not to vote for our politicians :P
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2011, 06:17:03 pm »
Quote from: Earthquake Damage on March 25, 2011, 06:13:21 pm
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:09:50 pm
I'd prefer a 10% informed voter turn out over a 40% "I heard Stephen Harper was good for the economy" turn out.

Cue an Australian extolling the virtues of mandatory voting.
Do please keep extolling it. Political apathy is killing our country because we're pretty much ignoring corruption because we can.

I've said in the past that I would enjoy seeing mandatory voting in Canada.
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2011, 06:18:06 pm »
Quote from: Willfor on March 25, 2011, 06:17:03 pm
I've said in the past that I would enjoy seeing mandatory voting in Canada.

Enforced how?
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Taricus

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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2011, 06:18:39 pm »
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:18:06 pm
Quote from: Willfor on March 25, 2011, 06:17:03 pm
I've said in the past that I would enjoy seeing mandatory voting in Canada.

Enforced how?
Large fines.
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2011, 06:18:55 pm »
Only one other person has voted on the poll? Man :/
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2011, 06:19:17 pm »
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:18:06 pm
Quote from: Willfor on March 25, 2011, 06:17:03 pm
I've said in the past that I would enjoy seeing mandatory voting in Canada.

Enforced how?
Fines, like they do in Australia.

The problem is, the only movement I see in Elections Canada is making it harder to vote in general, which is the opposite way it should be moving.
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2011, 06:23:42 pm »
I'd prefer a ban on political advertisement.  Those running in the election should have equal exposure.
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Taricus

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« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2011, 06:26:04 pm »
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:23:42 pm
I'd prefer a ban on political advertisement.  Those running in the election should have equal exposure.
This, especially in a mandatory voting environment.
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2011, 06:40:27 pm »
Quote from: Qloos on March 25, 2011, 06:23:42 pm
I'd prefer a ban on political advertisement.  Those running in the election should have equal exposure.

But who would provide that? How could one be sure the coverage is unbiased? (Because the CBC is biased)
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #25 on: March 25, 2011, 06:51:40 pm »
How is state TV biased?
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2011, 06:54:45 pm »
Have you watched it? It usually seems pretty biased to me.
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2011, 06:56:11 pm »
Biased like most TV stations down here call the ABC communists?
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2011, 07:02:33 pm »
Here's a brilliant idea, how about people don't do political research using a television?
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Re: Canadian Election
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2011, 07:03:58 pm »
And what, use common sense. It'll never work :P
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