Election Platforms
So, as the Canadian readers know, Canada is "in the throes" of a federal election. There was a vote of non-confidence over some miniscule thing that no Canadian really cares about however, it toppled the Liberal government, allowing the rest of us to spend our holiday time listening to the garbage each side will throw at each other.
Or is it?
This week we learned that this election will be based on something unthinkable: daycare and support for parents. So, I says PARDON??? That is completely interesting to me. Talk more, I encourage the newspaper.
All three of the potential parties have differing platforms:
The Liberals will throw more money at the problem and allow a decrepid, federally supported daycare system to create spots for more children. This is a great solution for parents living under the poverty line. Now, they will only have to wait 6 months for subsidized daycare, living from welfare cheque to welfare cheque because they cannot afford to pay a sitter.
The Conservatives have decided *until they get into power* that stay at home mothers need a break sometimes too. And in fact, even the middle class finds it difficult to pay $2000 a month in care for their children. They have offered the voting massess $100 a month for each child in the family under 6. Currently, there is no talk of income qualification and no details on what the family should do with the money. It is their assurance that they understand it is expensive to raise children and sometimes you will need daycare.
The Democrats ... well, who really cares what their platform is? They have no chance of getting into power and if they did the deficit would balloon to mammoth proportions in their term, crippling the Canadian economy for generations. Wait...?
The chances of the Conservatives getting into power are pretty slim but, if that is to be the election platform of choice I will be ringleading as many people as possible to vote for the one that makes my life easier. When you tack that together with a 2 percent reduction in the GST, I am on board. Nah, it won't happen until my kids are 6, 8 and 11. I just know it!
Or is it?
This week we learned that this election will be based on something unthinkable: daycare and support for parents. So, I says PARDON??? That is completely interesting to me. Talk more, I encourage the newspaper.
All three of the potential parties have differing platforms:
The Liberals will throw more money at the problem and allow a decrepid, federally supported daycare system to create spots for more children. This is a great solution for parents living under the poverty line. Now, they will only have to wait 6 months for subsidized daycare, living from welfare cheque to welfare cheque because they cannot afford to pay a sitter.
The Conservatives have decided *until they get into power* that stay at home mothers need a break sometimes too. And in fact, even the middle class finds it difficult to pay $2000 a month in care for their children. They have offered the voting massess $100 a month for each child in the family under 6. Currently, there is no talk of income qualification and no details on what the family should do with the money. It is their assurance that they understand it is expensive to raise children and sometimes you will need daycare.
The Democrats ... well, who really cares what their platform is? They have no chance of getting into power and if they did the deficit would balloon to mammoth proportions in their term, crippling the Canadian economy for generations. Wait...?
The chances of the Conservatives getting into power are pretty slim but, if that is to be the election platform of choice I will be ringleading as many people as possible to vote for the one that makes my life easier. When you tack that together with a 2 percent reduction in the GST, I am on board. Nah, it won't happen until my kids are 6, 8 and 11. I just know it!
posted by y-vonne at 4:07 AM
4 Comments:
You sound like someone who really understands election promises...which are what I like to refer to as "des promesses d'ivrogne".
Does not really matter either way. It just changes who I write the cheque to for 55% of my weekly salary
I so hate politics in any form. I'll send my good luck wishes your way that the best political party wins and everything works out for the best.
Why are people so scared of the PCs? I don't have a problem with many of their ideas. They are at least thinking of the problems and coming up with reasonable options to fix the problems created over the past 20 years (some created by the PCs when they were in power). I am not a die hard political person, but I really wish people would give their heads a shake and really ask themselves what is so scary about the PCs? Did a kid come to your house dressed as Steven Harper and scare your family this halloween? (I would be much more afraid if Mr. Leighton came to the door ... sorry Mr. Leighton, I give at work).
I really do feel that the PCs have soem good ideas that just might make Canada a better place to live (they have to live here too!)
If they want to send me a cheque to help cover the cash it costs to keep our kids safe while we go and earn enough to pay income tax, then right on.
Even if this wasn't in the cards (I am not banking on it coming to fruition without some small print), I would be supporting the PCs. I really think they are good people (as good as politicians can be) and they want to make this a better country using a more right wing approach.
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