Watching Ignatieff's first address

[yuuago]

e.e *kicks TV* Parliamentary crisis this, economic crisis that. Arrrrgh.
And Stephen Harper is a douche.
And I hope Ignatieff doesn't turn out to be a disappointment like Dion. -_- *sigh*

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Ketchup chips are EEEW. I don't like them. But I'm glad we have them, because I couldn't imagine a world without 'em. =p

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[parzi.livejournal.com]

Haa, what's happening now, then? They'll never tell us here, our news is entirely about the inauguration, so any possible stories about Canada are knocked aside by the speculation that 5,000 portapotties will not nearly be enough for the massive Obama crowds.

...seriously. :/

[yuuago]

Ohhh. I'll try to explain, as best I understand it. But keep in mind, I'm not the most competent person in Canada when it comes to politics, and I might forget to say some important stuff.

Well, after the whole, you know, clusterfuck with the election that didn't happen, Stephane Dion stepped down as Liberal leader. Now the liberal party has a new leader, Michael Ignatieff. Today was his first official address as Liberal leader. Now, I don't know how much you know about the Canadian parties, but basically, even though we don't have a two-party system like y'all do, it's still techically sort of a two-party race. By that I mean that for the most part, the Conservatives and the Liberals are the only parties with enough firepower to get enough votes to end up with their leaders as Prime Minister. Things are starting to change now, with the NDP and the Greens gaining more popularity (and there's the Bloc Quebecois too, but I doubt they'd ever win. If they did, I swear, Duceppe would shit himself). It's still basically a Conservative-Liberal race.

So, that's why Ignatieff is so important. If we want Harper out of the PM seat, and the Liberals in charge instead, we need a strong Liberal leader (or for the NDP or Greens to get enough clout to have their party win, but I doubt that will happen any time soon).

Now, I'm not too sure what I think about Ignatieff yet. IIRC, there is going to be parliamentary votes on the next budget very soon (though I don't remember the date). This is partly what caused that whole shitstorm in late 2008, so it should be interesting, and possibly full of fail. Ignatieff made it clear in his address that he does not agree (at this point in time) with what Harper is proposing, so unless some changes are made to that proposal, there could be... issues. And maybe another possible-maybe-or-not election? Who knows.

And the coalition is still around, but it's kind of stuck in the back pocket, so to speak.

I just hope Ignatieff doesn't screw up. e.e I'm so sick of Harper. If there isn't an election, then we at least need a competent Opposition leader.

*flail* I need to watch the news more often. I just forget to. It's online, even! I fail. xD

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Ahh, wow, I didn't even know that the Liberal guy stepped down. I was wondering what would happen with the coalition - huh. And budgets - ha! I guess that's what everyone's dealing with now.

I hope the old revolutionary spirit stays alive, though. My inner obnoxious Alfred thinks that now that I have a left wing boss, so should you! Then we could match! If only it were so easy.

[yuuago]

Jaa, Dion stepped down on December 8th, I believe - something like that. I was kind of disappointed, because I did like him, but he really was... well... Not quite the right guy to be Liberal leader, let alone PM.

Ahhh, revolutionary spirit. That's the problem, we didn't have one! =p But I do hope things change and that we end up matching. *flail*

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Well keep me filled in on how the new guy does. I seriously want to know!

Haha, that's sad. I think our problem is we have too much. We're always trying to buy off your natural resources, you should get some of ours! The revolutionary spirit! I don't think we need anymore for a while.

*is now imagining Alfred trying to get Matt to have some of his 'revolutionary spirit', which, in Hetalia terms, would probably be something like Red Bull*

[yuuago]

Now that I really think about it, the fact that we don't have a Liberal prime minister right now probably has something to do with people being still extremely (and justifiably) pissed about the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal a few years back. At the moment, particularly in the West, there's still a lot of people going on about corruption in the Liberal party and so on.

So now that I have that in mind, it seems to me that it might be a while before we have another Liberal PM, unless this Ignatieff guy turns out to be extremely awesome or something. *flop*