Today is our Federal election. I posted about this a couple of weeks ago wondering how many people were prepared for our Federal election and how in the Canadian system we can announce, run a campaign and have an election in less than 6 weeks.I looked at our neighbours to the south of us who took over a year to decide who was going to be the head of a political party. I am not saying that is bad or good thing, it's just very different than the way we do things here in Canada. I look at the US a country who was on the verge of financial ruins and yet you have candidates parading their pompous circus about the country side spending millions while people were losing their jobs, and homes and the government of the day was/is asking the public to bail them out.....that's just wrong to me.
Anyhow, back to the Canadian election....today we must all get out there and do our civic duty and vote. Regardless of whether you believe it will make a difference. Our fathers and father's before them fought for freedoms and justice, our mothers fought for the right to vote....generations before us made great sacrifices in order that we may have the right to vote. The right to have a voice in the political arena and a voice for change. Don't throw it away by not voting.
I often here one vote doesn't make a difference. I believe it does. Regardless of whether the party you vote for gets into government at least you know you did your part to make a change. So please, go out and vote!
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Millions in a crisis thats costing nearly a trillion dollars is a very small amount in comparison.
We both just got back a little while ago from voting... it seemed to have been a good turn out here in my city...
~Michele~
A great plug to get the vote out and it's timely regardless if you live "up north" in Canada or "down south" in the States. Like you, I firmly believe that every single vote counts, whether one's party or candidate comes out on top as the winner or down on the bottom of the heap. If everyone adopted the idea that "my vote is only one vote and as such, doesn't count" well, guess what? Then your vote and my vote and everyone else's votes wouldn't count because they simply wouldn't be there.
And then, what would we have?
Nothing! And a whole lot of it too!
A vote is a vote is a vote. One, added to another continues to grow and the right candidate (hopefully) is elected.
I agree with you that it's important to vote. Happy Election Day! I know I'll be voting in the U.S. in November.
Five members of my very large house hold were eligable to vote. Four of us did, and the fifth tried. (Long story).
I love the fall fabric you made the apron with. What a great Idea. I am thinking aprons would make nice Christmas gifts this year!
I liked the post on the shapes and colours of sock and people. I am dismayed with the fact that there still exists so much pejudice in our society.
A belated happy ThanksGiving to you and yours.
I went and voted! :o)
You are soo right about here in the US way too much time and money spent on the election of the president. They worry about that when people are loosing there jobs. It's sad.
I was thinking the same thing as you, Mary Ann, about the billions of dollars and the extraordinary time taken in the USA to prepare for an election. How many homeless could have sheltered? How many hungry could have been fed? How many new jobs could have been created? It's really a shame.
But...I voted!
Wayne and I aren't allowed to vote here in Canada (yet) but we watched the election results closely. We will be voting absentee ballots in the States soon. You are right, campaigning seems to go on forever! - Margy
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i was so sad to hear how many Canadians didn't go and vote. we went!
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