wanna play Canadian politics?

[iverglas]

I just got an email from Libby Davies, the New Democratic Party House Leader in the Canadian House of Commons.

Jack Layton is the former Toronto city councillor who was elected leader of the NDP last winter. He does not have a seat in the House of Commons at present, but is considering running in a by-election for one of the currently vacant seats.

Paul Martin is the Prime-Minister-in-waiting, having been all but already crowned leader of the Liberal Party. He is also a shipping magnate who sails his ships under third world flags of convenience, fires Canadian crew to employ foreign workers at a fraction of the cost, used his previous position in the federal Cabinet to keep the tax loopholes he uses for these purposes open ... and is as right-wing as Canadians come.

If you think a Prime Minister should be proud to fly our flag, you're not alone.

You've probably heard it about it in the news, and now it's time to take part in Jack Layton and Canada's NDP cheeky website on Paul Martin, www.flyourflag.ca

At www.flyourflag.ca, you'll get to vote for which flag you think Paul Martin will fly from the Peace Tower when he replaces Brian Mulroney as Canada's most conservative prime minister ever. And we're not making this up...as a shipping magnate, Martin flew other countries' flags to get out of Canadian taxes, Canadian wages and Canadian environmental laws.

So which flag will go up the Peace Tower when he's PM? It's up to you because your vote counts on www.flyourflag.ca -- and NDP Leader Jack Layton will hoist the winning flag outside the Liberal leadership convention in November.

If you've got an e-mail address, you've got a vote on www.flyourflag.ca -- so take part, find out the real goods on your next prime minister and pass it along to a friend. (If you're looking for a French version, visit www.drapeauavendre.ca ) <"flag for sale.ca">

Together, let's make sure more people vote on www.flyourflag.ca than voted to elect Paul Martin as our next prime minister...without anyone knowing what he really thinks.

So click, and feel free to vote: which flag should Martin fly over Parliament? I think I'll vote for Visa, myself.

Oh yeah. You can also click on a bunch of links to learn about the next slimey right-wing millionaire Prime Minister of Canada. Stuff worth knowing about your neighbours.

As late as summer 2003, Martin claimed he was weighing
his options on same-sex marriage, making him one of the
only people in Canada yet to make up his mind. He's since
made his mind up: Everything is on the table when it
comes to equal marriage, including the ridiculous option of
taking civil marriage rights away from heterosexuals just to
keep same-sex couples out. After remaining completely
silent as more than 50 Liberal MPs supporting him voted
against same-sex marriage, expect no leadership from
Martin on this file.

You really have to laugh when you hear Paul Martin talk
about Medicare and co-operative federalism. As finance
minister, he enacted the deepest cuts to Medicare in
history - all without any consultation whatsoever with the
provinces. As for keeping it public, in the wake of his
Armageddon budget of 1995, Martin quietly took a clause
out of the Canada Health Act that protected the public
delivery of key services like homecare. And when sitting on
the biggest surplus in history with Canadians saying
Medicare was their priority, what did he do? Build a
modern, innovative system? Nope. Spend $100 billion on
tax cuts instead.

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Gee. And some of youse guys that that Liberals wuz "liberal".

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