Morganni Wrote:I found it interesting how conservative a few of the bits in there sounded. '.'That happens a lot in Canada. They want to get elected, after all...
Morganni Wrote:(Although there's more than a few disturbing gaps. For instance, I notice that there's a line about protecting the right to join a union, but nothing about protecting the right to *not* join a union. Maybe that problem hasn't come up in Canada, I don't know.)It's come up - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_formula]65 years ago.
Morganni Wrote:I also can't help but wonder whether they really want to practice what they're preaching in 3.1i. Almost no one really seems to.They seem to think that "universal health care" means "universal health care"... so I'm not surprised this is in their platform.
Morganni Wrote:(On a side note, "A Canadian currency and opposing moves toward a common North American currency" - Is there anybody who's trying to move *towards* a common North American currency?)Some economists think it's a good idea - match the strength of the Euro, remove the volatility of the (insert any of a number of Central American nations here) peso, merge the strengths of the Canadian banking system and the US manufacturing system, etc etc ad nauseum. (I disagree with them, and not just because of what's happening to the Euro because of Greece's problems.)
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