{"id":1132,"date":"2011-04-19T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikew.ca\/wp\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2025-01-13T00:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T00:39:22","slug":"what-canadian-politics-looks-like-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"What Canadian politics looks like to me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadians are going to the polls, again, on May 2nd. There is almost nothing to distinguish this time from any of the previous five, but there is one significant difference: This time my son is old enough to vote (and he intends to do so). I’ve told him that he should find out what party offers the best value to him<\/em>, from his<\/em> point of view. If I had to guess what that would be, I’d say tax breaks for low income earners and education assistance first, then environment and health care. Luckily, I know he doesn’t read my blog, so I’m not worried about colouring his viewpoint. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, I find myself once again<\/a> trying to figure out how to vote. When I look at the various political parties I see effectively zero difference from where they were a couple of years ago, so I expect the same outcome as last time: a Conservative minority. After all, expecting anything else would be crazy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what I see (and I completely respect that these views are not shared by everyone):<\/p>\n\n\n\n