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2015 Federal Election.
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JamesM
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Still looks like a three way horse race. Unless the pollsters are out to lunch, it's going to be a coalition government.
CBC News | Éric Grenier's Poll Tracker
CBC News | Éric Grenier's Poll Tracker
ndrwrld
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Aside from the ever approaching fact that Trudeau could very well lose his own riding.
Harper said if he loses, even by one seat, he's finished. Somehow, i can't believe him ( i don't know why
) that he won't form a coalition with Trudeau.
ndrwrld
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Green Party raises legal challenge to Munk leaders' debate exclusion - Politics - CBC News
pretty crazy that she went to CRA to get this sorted out.
guess she couldn't go to Elections Canada or the Ombudsman, as their powers have been essentially stripped.
pretty crazy that she went to CRA to get this sorted out.
guess she couldn't go to Elections Canada or the Ombudsman, as their powers have been essentially stripped.
Sal De Ban
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it's like the bottom level of the titanic up in here
I am perturbed that they are keeping Elizabeth may out of the debates. She seems like the smartest one of the bunch and that is probably why. She made the most sense in her only debate at the beginning of this campaign - it is a shame she won't be included in more.
Klubmasta Will
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I have not decided yet how to vote.
My riding (Don Valley West) is, according to the Toronto Star, likely the most ethnically and economically diverse riding in the country. Don Valley West: The vote of many colours | Toronto Star
Our current MP is Conservative (John Carmichael), who was elected in 2011. Prior to him, the MP was Liberal (Rob Oliphant), who held the post during 2008-2011. Both of these men are running in the upcoming MP election.
I normally lean toward NDP, but the candidate in our riding (Syeda Riaz) seems very inexperienced (her goal is to one day attend law school), which is disappointing. Syeda Riaz for Don Valley West « Canada's NDP
I have donated money to Olivia Chow's NDP campaign (Spadina-Fort York), and think that Tom Mulcair is doing well in the first debates, but I am having a hard time voting for an MP candidate that does not seem as qualified as the other candidates.
Would you vote for an inexperienced MP solely to help the Prime Minister candidate?
I am also turned off by the NDP's pledge to eliminate the stock options "tax loophole," as I think that is unfair and will not result in the tax revenue promised. For those who don't know, stock options give holders the ability to buy shares in their employer company for a pre-determined amount, so those employees get to profit from the increase in share value of their company. Currently, the money earned when stock options are exercised are taxed the same way capital gains are taxed, meaning 50% of the earnings amount is taxed as income. This makes sense, in my view, as (i) the earnings are closer to capital gains (i.e. increase in share/property value) than income and (ii) unlike income, the company does not get a tax deduction on the amount paid out to stock option holders.
Mulcair keeps saying that "eliminating the stock option loophole" will save the country $750 million per year, but he is ignoring the fact that, if the earnings are treated and taxed as regular income, then the company paying out the money will also get the new tax deduction associated with the income payment. NDP would close tax loophole on stock option earnings, Thomas Mulcair says | Toronto Star
Mulcair also keeps saying that stock options are reserved for CEOs and the mega-rich, which is not so. My company gives stock options to many levels of employees, as do other companies, as (i) a stock option plan incentivizes all levels of employee to work to improve the value of the company and (ii) it helps to retain employees as employees generally lose their stock options if they leave the company.
I get that the NDP wants to fight income inequality, and I support that. I just wish they would do so by doing something more sensible, like increasing the marginal tax rate (and other higher tax rates) for EVERYONE, as opposed to singling out stock option holders in a way that does not make sense.
My riding (Don Valley West) is, according to the Toronto Star, likely the most ethnically and economically diverse riding in the country. Don Valley West: The vote of many colours | Toronto Star
Our current MP is Conservative (John Carmichael), who was elected in 2011. Prior to him, the MP was Liberal (Rob Oliphant), who held the post during 2008-2011. Both of these men are running in the upcoming MP election.
I normally lean toward NDP, but the candidate in our riding (Syeda Riaz) seems very inexperienced (her goal is to one day attend law school), which is disappointing. Syeda Riaz for Don Valley West « Canada's NDP
I have donated money to Olivia Chow's NDP campaign (Spadina-Fort York), and think that Tom Mulcair is doing well in the first debates, but I am having a hard time voting for an MP candidate that does not seem as qualified as the other candidates.
Would you vote for an inexperienced MP solely to help the Prime Minister candidate?
I am also turned off by the NDP's pledge to eliminate the stock options "tax loophole," as I think that is unfair and will not result in the tax revenue promised. For those who don't know, stock options give holders the ability to buy shares in their employer company for a pre-determined amount, so those employees get to profit from the increase in share value of their company. Currently, the money earned when stock options are exercised are taxed the same way capital gains are taxed, meaning 50% of the earnings amount is taxed as income. This makes sense, in my view, as (i) the earnings are closer to capital gains (i.e. increase in share/property value) than income and (ii) unlike income, the company does not get a tax deduction on the amount paid out to stock option holders.
Mulcair keeps saying that "eliminating the stock option loophole" will save the country $750 million per year, but he is ignoring the fact that, if the earnings are treated and taxed as regular income, then the company paying out the money will also get the new tax deduction associated with the income payment. NDP would close tax loophole on stock option earnings, Thomas Mulcair says | Toronto Star
Mulcair also keeps saying that stock options are reserved for CEOs and the mega-rich, which is not so. My company gives stock options to many levels of employees, as do other companies, as (i) a stock option plan incentivizes all levels of employee to work to improve the value of the company and (ii) it helps to retain employees as employees generally lose their stock options if they leave the company.
I get that the NDP wants to fight income inequality, and I support that. I just wish they would do so by doing something more sensible, like increasing the marginal tax rate (and other higher tax rates) for EVERYONE, as opposed to singling out stock option holders in a way that does not make sense.
Bass-Invader
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if it was a marginal seat in a marginal election, then I would. Otherwise it makes sense to punish the party for fielding a crap candidate (or reward another for fielding a good one).
Fuck the politics room. 75% of the rooms on here should be chopped anyway (including politics).
LOL
ok, for starters, enough with this "There's already a thread in the Politics room", cuz nobody goes there.
B: Elections Canada warns staff to watch out for 'voter suppression' tactics | Election 2015
Both the Supreme Court and Elections Canada are on the watch for more Cunt Harper tactics.
... Anyhoo, honestly, I'd rather vote Libs, but the NDP is still the way to go in Kebek. Anyways, this election is about, AnyOne But Harper. So I go where the wind blows.
B: Elections Canada warns staff to watch out for 'voter suppression' tactics | Election 2015
Both the Supreme Court and Elections Canada are on the watch for more Cunt Harper tactics.
... Anyhoo, honestly, I'd rather vote Libs, but the NDP is still the way to go in Kebek. Anyways, this election is about, AnyOne But Harper. So I go where the wind blows.
wickedken
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Way to think for yourself. I hear the Blue Jays are winning too.
wickedken
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I learned in my studies that most people vote in a very locally-oriented manner - what benefits them. So I learned that the evidence pointed to the fact that voters aren't really ideological or society-minded as regards to voting for a polic position. So regardless of these issues that are alarming it comes down to what khuba has stated, in that how the policy position directly affects you is what is most important to a voter.
I have seen the empiral evidence to support this, And I would vote immediately and campaign for a party who would put cash money $250 in my pocket tomorrow.
I have seen the empiral evidence to support this, And I would vote immediately and campaign for a party who would put cash money $250 in my pocket tomorrow.