Wow. Harper appealing to his base (though in a manner unlikely to convince anyone else) and Jack Layton dominating while Ignatieff just seems stiff, lumbering and partisan; I assume this is not the Leaders debate Ignatieff imagined when he decided to move to Canada from MA to become Prime Minister ;)
Also, they really just attack Harper. It's annoying, they hardly explain a single change in policy and they rarely sell theirs. Just a blame game, weak.
I don't think anyone expected this when we first watched the debate... Iggy's Liberals decimated, the frog separatists utterly destroyed, the NDP dominating Quebec, Jack Layton dead, and Harper's Conservatives in complete control with a majority.
I remember during the Federal election the scandal with Jack Layton geting caught in a massage parlour naked by cops who were raiding the place. Ignatieff is trying to get on Layton's good side here, but Layton wants to eat him alive and is taking no hostages. Jack is the best....haha. R.I.P. Jack.
Jack Layton took it to all of them. Going to be hard for the NDP to replace him. He had the gift of the mouth and knew how to deal with people. I don't know this Ms. Trumell but she has some big shows to fill.
Harper looks like a young darth sidious. He looks just like an american Neo- Con piece of shit from America. How did you guys fall for that shit? I thought you were smarter than us?
This was not a debate, especially by Harper. So un engaging & scripted. He could have easily been replaced by a cardboard cutout. Definitely agree with JAck Layton that there needs to be proportional representation, the voting system is whack.
I loved the part when the two opposing leaders (Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff) and the one major doofus (Gille Ducepe) are all yelling at Stephen Harper all at once, and his face when.
I loved the part when the two opposing leaders (Jack Leyton and Michael Ignatieff) and the one major doofus (Gille Ducepe) are all yelling at Stephen Harper all at once, and his face when.
What a truely childish debate. You have harper not saying how he plans to expand the economy, (the only way I see that is through selling treasuries to the central reserve, to make imvestments that may pay off, and like or southern neighbour sprial into continuous bailouts due to leverage) and others not speaking for themselves but against harper. Only iggy had a plan.
I don't really know how this is an equal debate. Its three guys of the same political ideology against the opposing guy. This is why there is no point in having more than two parties.
Speaking as a Conservative, I must say that I admire Jack Layton's tenacity. Despite the fact that I may share some different view points, I think he will prove to be a very effective opposition leader. The Liberals tend to think they have a right to run the government and their arrogance will continue to be their downfall. At least with the NDP the left will now have a voice.
@baird007 i was thinking the reason the liberals want you to "think" your choice is liberal or conservative is because the NDP is a BOOT to highjack the liberal base? He even said it right at the end! your choice is liberal/conservative!
Why did the Liberals get whacked? Ignatieff seems like a great communicator, charismatic and very smart, but through his leadership the Liberal party suffered the biggest loss in their history as a party, not mentioning Ignatieff losing his seat.
@IHARVWD Hey there, I think Conservatives won because of the past failures and current failures of the Liberals. We have a Ontario Liberal Premier who acts more like a Conservative. Ignatieff, undoubtedly intellectual, is seen by many as an American advocate as he worked in the US for about 33 yrs. In short, he's a "traitor". In addition, I think Ignatieff's manner of speaking causes people to think of him as arrogant or they just don't like to hear what really is happening right now.
@IHARVWD Based on the performance and history of the Liberal Party and their current leader, I think people voted Conservatives is due to Harper's (rather personal) attack ads. People SIMPLY BELIEVED the media. However, around 60%, of the total people ellgible to vote, voted. Harper managed to acquire at least 40%, NDP coming in second (very close), Liberal third (maybe 5%), and Bloc Quebecois (practically zero : D, mostly because no one was interested in being a separate nation at the time)
@IHARVWD Lastly, for clarification, past failures of the Liberals include not eliminating GST, getting the country into a deficit, raising taxes, created scandals on the federal level. There's more but I don't have the time to research on it, hope someone else actually reads this and corrects me. Harper is an uncharismatic bore (seriously). My uncle in UK is with the labour party too !!! and my family is with the NDP : D
@IHARVWD i think ignatieff focused too much on bringing another party down instead of gaining support for his own party, that's why ndp stole thier votes
We (UK Labour party) have been watching this election from afar and just like the rest of the world, trying to understand what in the world is going on.
Can someone explain a couple things:
The big one is why did Canada elect a seemingly impassive, uncharismatic, evangelical, neo-conservative hawk beset by fraud and corruption scandals to a crushing electoral win? Was it apathy? Was it through fault of the other leaders? Or is he actually quite popular?
@IHARVWD canada is a country of immigrants and older adults find that conservatives better represent their morals and values. young people like to vote for socialist parties that want to please everyone and become unstable in federal government
@PassionateTube "canada is a country of immigrants" How many people in this country are immigrants? Does this mean the majority of the population, born in this country, should be ignored? Should immigrant opinion be put ahead of Canadians?
HARPER CLOSES THINGS OFF - He`s not a democrat he is a complete DICTATOR in hiding, Ignatief is right ! As is Duceppe as is Layton... wish these 3 parties had sucked up the CON vote
@ONLYthroughTHECROSS Don't even try to start an arguement. First of all, the debate is over and I'm in grade 10. I can't even vote yet so why should i care right now. I'll care alot more when I'm 18. Think before you start shit.
Educated people vote conservative, high school drop outs vote NDP, NDP is unrealistic, there ideas sound great, but they would decimate the economy and ruin our country. It is scary that they are the official opposition now, if they were ever to win a federal election Canada would be in economic ruin
@uni4life1619 "Canada would be in economic ruin" We are already there, thanks to the Conservatives. We have record debt and deficit, we have governing party that was held in contempt of parliament, an MP who was held in contempt of parliament. How many more of these scandals need to happen, before you open your eyes?
@uni4life1619 even though it's four months old it still shows how immature and uneducated a student from a "prestige university" can be. Let me be clear that you aren't from Havard or MIT, and even if you are, your lack of knowledge on economics, social inequality and capitalism itself surprises me. You can be a "slave of the empire" who begs big corp for food all you want, be aware that you may as well be layed off and become the poor people you laughed at this very time. mark my words.
@omggggggggify the conservatives know that a nation runs on the corporations it consists of and not the poor beggars like yourself. There is nothing wrong with focusing funds to people that matter in society
@uni4life1619 I don't think you even consider the possibilities to run your own corporation, which is almost impossible under that current conservative control b/c small business doesn't get chances to grow big. Now tell me, who is the coward and poor beggars here who talk about being obedient to the big empire instead of make one of your own.
@omggggggggify Not impossible if you're educated like myself, now stop getting mad and get educated, the conservatives are going to be in power for a long time so you might aswell start pulling your weight instead of hoping the NPD will get elected so you get a bigger welfare check... society leech.
@uni4life1619 I know you have no repect to someone who is pratically in the same school and same program as you have, and probably recieve better GPA than you ever had. But you really don't get conservatives polocies towards small business.Check how many people who are from more prestige schools and well educated and still fail at work, then you may start to notice that you are just nobody even with 4.0 on your transcript. what a dumb ass
@omggggggggify I know grades arent everything, you need a mix of smarts and sociallability to suceed in business, but you cant have one without the other. And if you have both, it isnt so far-fetched to start a business. Besides Jack Layton isnt a leader, he cant even fucking live properly hahaha
ROFL the first guy complaining about corporate tax cuts, we need these for the economy to be stable. Who the fuck cares about people trying to make ends meat, you should have stayed in school like me. Maybe you should have become a doctor or a lawyer and you wouldnt have to make ends meat.
@uni4life1619 Taxing companys rightly helps stableing the company if you dont takes them and the rich get richer the poor dont get richer they get poorer. its something they dont tell you about captilizim. if you are going to run a country you better take account of every industry. you do go to school to make ends meat you need ur grade 12 to qualify for allmost any job and most jobs in trade you do only make ends meat of 5 in a famliy. U should educate and think about other ppl before voting.
@MegaVenom777 something "they" don't tell us about capitalism? that might be the most ridiculous statement ever. Sounds like conspiracy theory communists to me.
@MegaVenom777 high school does not count as education you moron. I go to the most prestigious engineering school in Canada (Waterloo) so don't tell me I need to educate, your brain is that of a dog's compared to mine. I'm saying we should let the poor be poor, it is their fault, if they want to make money they should have thought about that before they decided not to pursue a higher education. The rich people who've worked hard should be rewarded with piles of money, they deserve it.
@uni4life1619 How is it their fault? Its the politcians fault not them people that work in the forest indurstrys and other industrys of canadas resorces are dieing out not because of the lack of resources but the lack of goverment support so you are saying the elities(The rich) that controll the goverment is a right thing for a goverment that is for all the people in canada. yes I believe that you allways need higher education to get better jobs
@uni4life1619 and also I am not saying you are not educated in your field I am saying you are un edcuated and blinded in poltics I do hope you learn alot of all partys and vote carefullu. I think of who can do the most for all of canadiens people but our choice this year sucks its like choosen from who is the lesser of the 5 evils.
@uni4life1619 you arrogant prick. If you're so smart, don't be a Conservative in using personal insults at others. Because real intellectuals uses their minds to win arguments ! Let the poor be poor ? Hell, you might as well tell the children of Africa to die because they're dying !
@uni4life1619 "Who the fuck cares about people trying to make ends meat, you should have stayed in school like me" Meat? Did you get your education at a private school? LMAO!
@sweiland75 nope :) actually I am getting my education at the most prestigious engineering school in Canada University of Waterloo. How about you? And I use the term "ends meat" because it makes more sense to a genius like myself... people try to make money so they can eat the shit end of a cow.
Perhaps it's minor but I don't see how Steven Harper can excite anyone into voting for him. He's expressionless, dead eyes, just blankly stares and speaks monotone. It's awkward seeing him up there because he seems like a nerd who's getting picked on, no thick skin !
I don't care if he had a platform to save the world he'd never be able to convince me !
I am honestly surprised that so many people here that are criticizing Stephen Harper are criticizing his aesthetic rather than his answers and his party's weak points.
Why don't we criticize the fact that the other parties don't have anything to say in terms of their parties' positive potential but would rather keep going back to the same things over and over?
By the way, NDP, I'd vote for them... if they had the money to back up their ambition.
@atviking it's conventional wisdom, anyyone that sat through the first lesson of Econ 101 knows that, in times of recession raising taxes makes the prices go up which decreases demand thus business and besides it makes the place unattractive for investment.
Also, I live in Quebec, and most of us don't want to cede from Quebec and don't understand why Bloc is still a party. Don't lump us all together. Do some fucking research before you trash my province.
good point layton made about 1.3 million votes for blocs and they get however many seats because of the concentrated area. 900,000 votes for green and zero seats........thats bull. they should get seats based on votes all together and not broke up into the winner of a zone. I want a green seat so our voice can be heard in the house of commons.
Is it just me or was this video basically everyone attacking Harper and Harper was trying to defend himself? Hell, Harper barely even defended himself against everyone's accusations?
@donniesview Just go to Sudan or something your wish will come true America and Canada are civilized countries so we have laws and government, I'm an American citizen who also smokes weed and likes to drink while I'm driving and it makes it better because these things are outlawed, there would be no value to marijuana if it was legal so I wish it's always illegal.
It is so sad that men like this can a job let alone one of the most important ones. Harper wastes money and want laws that will crack down on crime I am a canadian citizen who consumes cannabis. By law I am not allowed to, I fundamentally disagree with these laws on the fact that crimes have victims, I am not a victim. I am tired of having things restricted to the point I don't feel safe in my own home because the police might break in. I hope for a better tomrrow, can I get it with these clowns
harper cuts through all the BS, all the oppositions arguments are all spin, they hope and pray canadians are too stupid to do their own homework on the "issues"
Personally if were one of you Canucks I'd vote for Ignatieff, he just seems a little more focused on what he's here to do and he'd probably get things done.
@MrFuhrer2009 Good thing you're not a Canuck then. We "Canucks" don't appreciate Mr. Ignatieff, who returned to Canada only to become Prime Minister...
@apacpaco Who are you going to pick? I personally think Ignatieff is the only person in this debate room who can get things right, if he was an American I swear Ignatieff would be my vote, fuck off Obama and Biden and all other faggots running things in the U.S. bring Ignatieff to office.
@MrFuhrer2009 I appreciate your views, so go ahead and take Mr. Ignatieff back then. We don't need elitists running our country. Who am I going to pick? Mr. Layton. I want a Canada that is not parallel to the USA.
And Ignatieff? I don't know if I would like to have him as my president, but at least he's showing life here, even though his attacks seem to be just blames and get personal from time to time. Seriously I thought my Republicans and Democrats were clowns but who knew Canada has the same problem.
I'm not even a Canadian and this is the first time I'm watching a canadian election debate and I have to say Canadian politics is a total joke there are 4 guys in this debate one guy can't even speak clear English the "prime minister" can't even answer questions asked and to add onto he can't even talk with eye contact to his adversaries, there's just no life in this guy, the guy beside the prime minister seems like he's just there to have a good time.
@MrFuhrer2009 That's because Canada is a bilingual country, we have leaders' debate in both French and English. The guy who can't speak English doesn't want to be Prime Minister, he's the leader of a separatist party whose only goal is to secede Quebec from Canadian Confederation. His votes come only from the province of Quebec. The good thing about Canada is that it isn't a two party state like the States, we have variety and we don't mind giving other parties a chance to govern.
The NDP will scrutinize the wasteful spending on military planes and wars in Libya and Afghanistan. The NDP will bolster our civil liberties while Harper has taken them away. A Layton government will have devoted civil rights advocates in MP's Libby Davies and Thomas Mulclair. The Layton government will certainly not raise taxes for the middle class, and it’s likely we will see much less corporate welfare.
did anyone else feel like michael ignatieff repeated himself alot? I thought he dodged questions and just brought up mostly personal attacks on stephen harper.
@f7ss 1stevan harper is primeminister thats why all the questions are directed to him , also i feel like stevan harper repeats himself ALOT answering questions , it sounds like hes answering the same question over and over again not the question he was asked , im gonna have to go with NDP
I can't wait for a majority Government! You can tell Harper should be back in, because these dinks can't manage to make a real point or argument. Layton is the only real opponent, and he's a complete idiot. "Are you calling me old?" A well thought out defense. Finally things will get done.
I can't wait for a majority Government! You can tell Harper should be back in, because these dinks can't manage to make a real point or argument. Layton is the only real opponent, and he's a complete idiot. Finally things will get done.
hahahaha.."When I go to Canada a lot of times I say 'I'm a bloke who turned Bloc'" hahaha "when I go to Canada". Fucking right Gilles when you come to Canada we respectfully ask you to GTFO just as we ask Harper to GTFO!
Of course Harper wants a majority government, because with his giant ego he has deluded himself into believing the Canadian people actually might want him as Prime Minister again. The creep can't even stop gaze-fucking the camera long enough to wipe the crust out of his eye. His government with a majority is a terrifying thought. You thought they were bullies before..hoo wee!
happy to see the NDP better supported.... but raising business taxes is the wrong move. Discouraging foreign/domestic investment is just bad economics and bad for Canadas future. Also, the other leaders seemed childish and petty in the debate.
Tell me again why Elizebeth May wasn't a part of this... What a total lack of faith this debate installs in its citizens.
daver744 3 weeks ago
Wow. Harper appealing to his base (though in a manner unlikely to convince anyone else) and Jack Layton dominating while Ignatieff just seems stiff, lumbering and partisan; I assume this is not the Leaders debate Ignatieff imagined when he decided to move to Canada from MA to become Prime Minister ;)
Faboba 3 months ago
Also, they really just attack Harper. It's annoying, they hardly explain a single change in policy and they rarely sell theirs. Just a blame game, weak.
wexarexthexStorm 4 months ago
There just aren't enough voters in Canada.
wexarexthexStorm 4 months ago
Harper's eyes.. Ohhh his eyessss. Him speaking TO THE VIEWER is overboard engaging lol.
wexarexthexStorm 4 months ago
I don't think anyone expected this when we first watched the debate... Iggy's Liberals decimated, the frog separatists utterly destroyed, the NDP dominating Quebec, Jack Layton dead, and Harper's Conservatives in complete control with a majority.
kougermasterz 4 months ago 2
Harper is calm, cool, and collected. He stayed out of the mud, and stayed on message, and thats why he won the debate and the election.
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@1234dpeck thank God he's dead.
rockemsockemredneck 5 months ago
I remember during the Federal election the scandal with Jack Layton geting caught in a massage parlour naked by cops who were raiding the place. Ignatieff is trying to get on Layton's good side here, but Layton wants to eat him alive and is taking no hostages. Jack is the best....haha. R.I.P. Jack.
79Testo 6 months ago
1:29:10 OH SNAP!!
REAVER87 6 months ago 3
imagine if Layton became Prime Minister... Damn. He would be amazing
kris2flip 6 months ago
@kris2flip you're right. The country would be bankrupt in an amazingly short period of time.
footluv71 5 months ago
All this debate is is everyone taking a shot at Harper whenever they can. Being an NDP supporter I can't complain.
Steeves7676 6 months ago
Layton had one hell of a sense of humor. He's got the best one liners by far.
leafyutube 6 months ago
@xxqcpowerxx Who cares about Duceppe, Bloc Quebecois is dead, FINALLY. NDP FOREVER :D
NintengirlX9 6 months ago
Jack Layton took it to all of them. Going to be hard for the NDP to replace him. He had the gift of the mouth and knew how to deal with people. I don't know this Ms. Trumell but she has some big shows to fill.
79Testo 6 months ago
freakin' ignatief!
BrownIce85 6 months ago
@1234dpeck WELL THAT REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE.
Bankai4tailLuffy 6 months ago
RIP Jack. I never liked you or your politics but you won me over during this debate and i'll always remember you fondly for it
patricksweeney85 6 months ago
Lmfao, Haropur Doesnt even answer his questions i love him.
this is why he always wins, he doesnt get too caught up on how stuff should be, rather than deal with how shit already is
azu111 6 months ago
You will be missed Jack... =(
JDubs878 6 months ago 10
Harper: "Economy"
Ignatieff: "Trust"
Harper: "Economy"
Ignatieff: "Trust"
Layton: "Ignatieff and Harper are both bad people to vote for"
Ignatieff: "Trust"
Harper: "Economy"
Ducceppe: BLAHBLAHBLAH I'M ANGRY AT ALL OF YOU!!!!
There I just summed up 2 hours for you guys. Because that is all I learned when I watched the full thing back in April.
Sithlord703 6 months ago 25
@Sithlord703 It's truly sad when I haven't even pressed play, yet I fully believe you.
azngirlchibi 6 months ago
@Sithlord703
Oh man, That was one of the best comments i've read in awhile.
VarrockMassacre 6 months ago
Harper looks like a young darth sidious. He looks just like an american Neo- Con piece of shit from America. How did you guys fall for that shit? I thought you were smarter than us?
AphelionXII 6 months ago
@AphelionXII Old people are stupid, young people didn't vote, Canada in ruins by 2015 :(
dra900nka1n 6 days ago
Listening to Harper talk makes me wanna hang myself.... the guy needs to shut up and just answer the fucking question
superdupertrooperman 6 months ago
This was not a debate, especially by Harper. So un engaging & scripted. He could have easily been replaced by a cardboard cutout. Definitely agree with JAck Layton that there needs to be proportional representation, the voting system is whack.
DianaISleep 7 months ago
I loved the part when the two opposing leaders (Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff) and the one major doofus (Gille Ducepe) are all yelling at Stephen Harper all at once, and his face when.
4Oh2Canaba0 7 months ago
I loved the part when the two opposing leaders (Jack Leyton and Michael Ignatieff) and the one major doofus (Gille Ducepe) are all yelling at Stephen Harper all at once, and his face when.
4Oh2Canaba0 7 months ago
@ajmlkhsa Why should I pay some rich kid so he can go to a place where he will get a document with which he'll receive twice my salary?
yoshi1681 8 months ago
What a truely childish debate. You have harper not saying how he plans to expand the economy, (the only way I see that is through selling treasuries to the central reserve, to make imvestments that may pay off, and like or southern neighbour sprial into continuous bailouts due to leverage) and others not speaking for themselves but against harper. Only iggy had a plan.
PredominateOne 8 months ago
hehe, looks like harper's being harper again. there. my comment was funny, now where're my 15 likes?
smellslikelithium1 8 months ago
BILL 101 BILL 101 BILL 101 god...shut up lol
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Futurecop2012D 8 months ago
duceppe shouldnt even have been there, what a joke he is
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22evil1990 8 months ago
I Love politic
Robinchenglb 8 months ago
I love politics but the first part was interesting
Qusonb 9 months ago
fuck harper
harrisonconstantinou 9 months ago
harper is a spine less puppet
why follow america
people needs to take over instead of these fake people they put up
the logical choice seems to be ndp and ron paul for the us
5british5 9 months ago
I love you Jack!!!!!
fftoocool 9 months ago
@fftoocool...THE Jack Layton that lived in CO-OP Housing in To on your
dime when he & his wife were earning well over 200.000 pr/yr? ,... the one
that was arrested by the TO police for being in a body rub parlour ... THAT
one....the one that advocates Socialism in his Government so you can be
oppressed while he lives like King Jack..?? Seems to me you better do a whole
lot more studying on NDP - the only party that REFUSES to make their
constitution available to the Public- THAT oNE ...
ONLYthroughTHECROSS 9 months ago
@ONLYthroughTHECROSS Yup, that one!!! : )
fftoocool 9 months ago
Anyone who could watch this, in its entirety, deserves a medal.
somewhatlongdong 9 months ago
harper is a tool. he looks at the camera everytime he speaks why doesnt he talk to the people he's debating? bad manners..
bomberZee 9 months ago
@bomberZee if you look closely, harper does not look at the camera but instead at the bottom of it.
WOmegrez110 9 months ago
unitedworld4everyone...please shut up.
ssizzlejr 9 months ago
@jiggaboo904 interesting debate and not a side show?
pistol987 9 months ago
i liked the french guy! i would never vote for his party but i am very happy he was there! i mean he rocked!
pistol987 9 months ago
you can tell harper was reading everything that was written, fuck
souljaLOVE 9 months ago
I don't really know how this is an equal debate. Its three guys of the same political ideology against the opposing guy. This is why there is no point in having more than two parties.
34601k 9 months ago
w...t....f is wrong with the guy on the lefts eyes? IS HE HALF ASLEEP or stoned or something?
theyetty4ever 9 months ago
wow,so thats a canadian debate? Wow ,the u.s. secret service would arrest someone talking to our president like that, you guys rock. FREE SPEECH.
theyetty4ever 9 months ago
@theyetty4ever Canada doesn't have Free Speech Rights only the US
there are 'hate speech' laws in Canada ie if 'someone' doesn;t like what
you said you can be charged.....just ask Mark Steyn & Ann Coulter.
ONLYthroughTHECROSS 9 months ago
I thought Layton was going to call Ignatieff Harpers BITCH instead of best friend.
TheHockeyCentral 9 months ago
Speaking as a Conservative, I must say that I admire Jack Layton's tenacity. Despite the fact that I may share some different view points, I think he will prove to be a very effective opposition leader. The Liberals tend to think they have a right to run the government and their arrogance will continue to be their downfall. At least with the NDP the left will now have a voice.
baird007 9 months ago
@baird007 i was thinking the reason the liberals want you to "think" your choice is liberal or conservative is because the NDP is a BOOT to highjack the liberal base? He even said it right at the end! your choice is liberal/conservative!
pistol987 9 months ago
You vote for who you think is best. When you strategy vote, you compromise the integrity of your own choice.
baird007 9 months ago
hahaha harper kicked your asses in the election!
viper10011 10 months ago
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captainofentropy 10 months ago
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DOWSOE 10 months ago
second question.
Why did the Liberals get whacked? Ignatieff seems like a great communicator, charismatic and very smart, but through his leadership the Liberal party suffered the biggest loss in their history as a party, not mentioning Ignatieff losing his seat.
Answers anyone?
IHARVWD 10 months ago
@IHARVWD Hey there, I think Conservatives won because of the past failures and current failures of the Liberals. We have a Ontario Liberal Premier who acts more like a Conservative. Ignatieff, undoubtedly intellectual, is seen by many as an American advocate as he worked in the US for about 33 yrs. In short, he's a "traitor". In addition, I think Ignatieff's manner of speaking causes people to think of him as arrogant or they just don't like to hear what really is happening right now.
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@IHARVWD Based on the performance and history of the Liberal Party and their current leader, I think people voted Conservatives is due to Harper's (rather personal) attack ads. People SIMPLY BELIEVED the media. However, around 60%, of the total people ellgible to vote, voted. Harper managed to acquire at least 40%, NDP coming in second (very close), Liberal third (maybe 5%), and Bloc Quebecois (practically zero : D, mostly because no one was interested in being a separate nation at the time)
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@IHARVWD Lastly, for clarification, past failures of the Liberals include not eliminating GST, getting the country into a deficit, raising taxes, created scandals on the federal level. There's more but I don't have the time to research on it, hope someone else actually reads this and corrects me. Harper is an uncharismatic bore (seriously). My uncle in UK is with the labour party too !!! and my family is with the NDP : D
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@IHARVWD i think ignatieff focused too much on bringing another party down instead of gaining support for his own party, that's why ndp stole thier votes
PassionateTube 10 months ago
Hello Canadians,
We (UK Labour party) have been watching this election from afar and just like the rest of the world, trying to understand what in the world is going on.
Can someone explain a couple things:
The big one is why did Canada elect a seemingly impassive, uncharismatic, evangelical, neo-conservative hawk beset by fraud and corruption scandals to a crushing electoral win? Was it apathy? Was it through fault of the other leaders? Or is he actually quite popular?
Which brings me to my-
IHARVWD 10 months ago
@IHARVWD canada is a country of immigrants and older adults find that conservatives better represent their morals and values. young people like to vote for socialist parties that want to please everyone and become unstable in federal government
PassionateTube 10 months ago
@PassionateTube "canada is a country of immigrants" How many people in this country are immigrants? Does this mean the majority of the population, born in this country, should be ignored? Should immigrant opinion be put ahead of Canadians?
sweiland75 10 months ago
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DOWSOE 10 months ago
i liket he two top rated coments. basically saying how the election went lol
motley666cobain 10 months ago
0:58:02....BURNED LOL
steamedbunz 10 months ago
HARPER CLOSES THINGS OFF - He`s not a democrat he is a complete DICTATOR in hiding, Ignatief is right ! As is Duceppe as is Layton... wish these 3 parties had sucked up the CON vote
tallderektoronto 10 months ago
I have to watch this for a stupid fuckin social assignment !!!!!!!!!!!
5982619 10 months ago
@5982619 well poor you ! :P
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@5982619 Tells how much you care about you country...
someone should ship you off to Cuba where are starving
ONLYthroughTHECROSS 9 months ago
@ONLYthroughTHECROSS Don't even try to start an arguement. First of all, the debate is over and I'm in grade 10. I can't even vote yet so why should i care right now. I'll care alot more when I'm 18. Think before you start shit.
5982619 9 months ago
@ONLYthroughTHECROSS I'm only in grade 10, I can't even vote yet. Just because I say one thing doesn't mean I don't care.
5982619 9 months ago
lol after all the commercials this is like the big season premier of some reality show
prasad604 10 months ago
Educated people vote conservative, high school drop outs vote NDP, NDP is unrealistic, there ideas sound great, but they would decimate the economy and ruin our country. It is scary that they are the official opposition now, if they were ever to win a federal election Canada would be in economic ruin
uni4life1619 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 That's complete rubbish.
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 "Canada would be in economic ruin" We are already there, thanks to the Conservatives. We have record debt and deficit, we have governing party that was held in contempt of parliament, an MP who was held in contempt of parliament. How many more of these scandals need to happen, before you open your eyes?
sweiland75 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 even though it's four months old it still shows how immature and uneducated a student from a "prestige university" can be. Let me be clear that you aren't from Havard or MIT, and even if you are, your lack of knowledge on economics, social inequality and capitalism itself surprises me. You can be a "slave of the empire" who begs big corp for food all you want, be aware that you may as well be layed off and become the poor people you laughed at this very time. mark my words.
omggggggggify 4 months ago
@omggggggggify the conservatives know that a nation runs on the corporations it consists of and not the poor beggars like yourself. There is nothing wrong with focusing funds to people that matter in society
uni4life1619 4 months ago
@uni4life1619 I don't think you even consider the possibilities to run your own corporation, which is almost impossible under that current conservative control b/c small business doesn't get chances to grow big. Now tell me, who is the coward and poor beggars here who talk about being obedient to the big empire instead of make one of your own.
omggggggggify 4 months ago
@omggggggggify Not impossible if you're educated like myself, now stop getting mad and get educated, the conservatives are going to be in power for a long time so you might aswell start pulling your weight instead of hoping the NPD will get elected so you get a bigger welfare check... society leech.
uni4life1619 4 months ago
@uni4life1619 I know you have no repect to someone who is pratically in the same school and same program as you have, and probably recieve better GPA than you ever had. But you really don't get conservatives polocies towards small business.Check how many people who are from more prestige schools and well educated and still fail at work, then you may start to notice that you are just nobody even with 4.0 on your transcript. what a dumb ass
omggggggggify 4 months ago
@omggggggggify I know grades arent everything, you need a mix of smarts and sociallability to suceed in business, but you cant have one without the other. And if you have both, it isnt so far-fetched to start a business. Besides Jack Layton isnt a leader, he cant even fucking live properly hahaha
uni4life1619 4 months ago
harper sucks dick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
22evil1990 10 months ago
@22evil1990 maybe is he got caught doing it he'd resign LOL
tallderektoronto 10 months ago
ROFL the first guy complaining about corporate tax cuts, we need these for the economy to be stable. Who the fuck cares about people trying to make ends meat, you should have stayed in school like me. Maybe you should have become a doctor or a lawyer and you wouldnt have to make ends meat.
uni4life1619 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 Taxing companys rightly helps stableing the company if you dont takes them and the rich get richer the poor dont get richer they get poorer. its something they dont tell you about captilizim. if you are going to run a country you better take account of every industry. you do go to school to make ends meat you need ur grade 12 to qualify for allmost any job and most jobs in trade you do only make ends meat of 5 in a famliy. U should educate and think about other ppl before voting.
MegaVenom777 10 months ago
@MegaVenom777 something "they" don't tell us about capitalism? that might be the most ridiculous statement ever. Sounds like conspiracy theory communists to me.
PeterKeep 10 months ago
@MegaVenom777 high school does not count as education you moron. I go to the most prestigious engineering school in Canada (Waterloo) so don't tell me I need to educate, your brain is that of a dog's compared to mine. I'm saying we should let the poor be poor, it is their fault, if they want to make money they should have thought about that before they decided not to pursue a higher education. The rich people who've worked hard should be rewarded with piles of money, they deserve it.
uni4life1619 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 How is it their fault? Its the politcians fault not them people that work in the forest indurstrys and other industrys of canadas resorces are dieing out not because of the lack of resources but the lack of goverment support so you are saying the elities(The rich) that controll the goverment is a right thing for a goverment that is for all the people in canada. yes I believe that you allways need higher education to get better jobs
MegaVenom777 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 and also I am not saying you are not educated in your field I am saying you are un edcuated and blinded in poltics I do hope you learn alot of all partys and vote carefullu. I think of who can do the most for all of canadiens people but our choice this year sucks its like choosen from who is the lesser of the 5 evils.
MegaVenom777 10 months ago
@MegaVenom777 good sir or lady, don't waste your breath on these kinds of ppl. They live in a bubble........like Harper
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@DOWSOE Thanks and I am a male Canadien/Danish my typing is a little bad but I am getting better. :)
MegaVenom777 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 you arrogant prick. If you're so smart, don't be a Conservative in using personal insults at others. Because real intellectuals uses their minds to win arguments ! Let the poor be poor ? Hell, you might as well tell the children of Africa to die because they're dying !
DOWSOE 10 months ago
@uni4life1619 "Who the fuck cares about people trying to make ends meat, you should have stayed in school like me" Meat? Did you get your education at a private school? LMAO!
sweiland75 10 months ago
@sweiland75 nope :) actually I am getting my education at the most prestigious engineering school in Canada University of Waterloo. How about you? And I use the term "ends meat" because it makes more sense to a genius like myself... people try to make money so they can eat the shit end of a cow.
uni4life1619 10 months ago
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TheMarksmenCat 2 months ago
est-ce c'est moi ou sur la cravate de Duceppe on dirait des couilles?
daniel270792 10 months ago
Perhaps it's minor but I don't see how Steven Harper can excite anyone into voting for him. He's expressionless, dead eyes, just blankly stares and speaks monotone. It's awkward seeing him up there because he seems like a nerd who's getting picked on, no thick skin !
I don't care if he had a platform to save the world he'd never be able to convince me !
skeetv123 10 months ago
cant wait to see the results!
darkbreeze9009 10 months ago
I am honestly surprised that so many people here that are criticizing Stephen Harper are criticizing his aesthetic rather than his answers and his party's weak points.
Why don't we criticize the fact that the other parties don't have anything to say in terms of their parties' positive potential but would rather keep going back to the same things over and over?
By the way, NDP, I'd vote for them... if they had the money to back up their ambition.
IncliningPizza 10 months ago
@IncliningPizza Isn't Harper doing the same thing? Harping on stuff that isn't happening (like economic recovery)?
DOWSOE 10 months ago
Any sources on harpers talk about economic specialists saying that raising taxes on corporations will hurt the economy more?
atviking 10 months ago
@atviking it's conventional wisdom, anyyone that sat through the first lesson of Econ 101 knows that, in times of recession raising taxes makes the prices go up which decreases demand thus business and besides it makes the place unattractive for investment.
TheMarksmenCat 2 months ago
Also, I live in Quebec, and most of us don't want to cede from Quebec and don't understand why Bloc is still a party. Don't lump us all together. Do some fucking research before you trash my province.
MrCaboose23 10 months ago
i like or used to like the liberals but ignatieff has to go
MrCaboose23 10 months ago
Anyone who votes for Ignatieff needs serious help. Harper is also a tool.
xAVRx 10 months ago
I can't take Steven Harper seriously with his dead eyes. He doesn't look at anything.
jazumyujishan 10 months ago 2
I found it funny when the leaders stopped beating around the bush and insulted one another, like at 1:46:50
mrmanakakman 10 months ago
Clearly voting NDP will make Canada perfect, its that easy
azm18 10 months ago
Jack Layton is Gold.
LaneDrums808 10 months ago
good point layton made about 1.3 million votes for blocs and they get however many seats because of the concentrated area. 900,000 votes for green and zero seats........thats bull. they should get seats based on votes all together and not broke up into the winner of a zone. I want a green seat so our voice can be heard in the house of commons.
MrSoloSanchez 10 months ago 2
@MrSoloSanchez and you did, May is in HOC now.
DOWSOE 10 months ago
Where is Elizabeth May??? :(
MrSoloSanchez 10 months ago 2
@MrSoloSanchez Elizabeth May isn't a huge political party leader...The Green Party doesn't even get a seat in the house of commons.
jazumyujishan 10 months ago
@jazumyujishan They did get one.
sweiland75 10 months ago
@sweiland75 I know. This is the first time ever, I commented when they had no prior seat.
jazumyujishan 10 months ago
Is it just me or was this video basically everyone attacking Harper and Harper was trying to defend himself? Hell, Harper barely even defended himself against everyone's accusations?
hawkfrost43 10 months ago
@hawkfrost43 As Borsauce and Harper said.... This is simply not true.
atviking 10 months ago
This is simply not true.
Borsauce 10 months ago 11
I SAY VOTE NDP AND GET RID OF THE CONSERVATIVES , FIND A GOOD LEADER IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
tbone66613 10 months ago 2
does this look like a playground fight with little kids trying to gain power to anyone else
jaysyj14 10 months ago
@donniesview Just go to Sudan or something your wish will come true America and Canada are civilized countries so we have laws and government, I'm an American citizen who also smokes weed and likes to drink while I'm driving and it makes it better because these things are outlawed, there would be no value to marijuana if it was legal so I wish it's always illegal.
MrFuhrer2009 10 months ago
Michael Ignatieff, please shut up
unitedworld4everyone 10 months ago 13
It is so sad that men like this can a job let alone one of the most important ones. Harper wastes money and want laws that will crack down on crime I am a canadian citizen who consumes cannabis. By law I am not allowed to, I fundamentally disagree with these laws on the fact that crimes have victims, I am not a victim. I am tired of having things restricted to the point I don't feel safe in my own home because the police might break in. I hope for a better tomrrow, can I get it with these clowns
donniesview 10 months ago
What an ugly fucking room.
drufuss2006 10 months ago
Wow. Harper is a douche
drufuss2006 10 months ago 2
the only good point ive ever heard layton make in my life is when he talked about proportional representation reform
fuckoff187 10 months ago
harper cuts through all the BS, all the oppositions arguments are all spin, they hope and pray canadians are too stupid to do their own homework on the "issues"
fuckoff187 10 months ago
love the way harper gestures at the moderator to shut up jack layton
fuckoff187 10 months ago
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DOWSOE 10 months ago
Personally if were one of you Canucks I'd vote for Ignatieff, he just seems a little more focused on what he's here to do and he'd probably get things done.
MrFuhrer2009 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 Good thing you're not a Canuck then. We "Canucks" don't appreciate Mr. Ignatieff, who returned to Canada only to become Prime Minister...
apacpaco 10 months ago
@apacpaco Who are you going to pick? I personally think Ignatieff is the only person in this debate room who can get things right, if he was an American I swear Ignatieff would be my vote, fuck off Obama and Biden and all other faggots running things in the U.S. bring Ignatieff to office.
MrFuhrer2009 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 I appreciate your views, so go ahead and take Mr. Ignatieff back then. We don't need elitists running our country. Who am I going to pick? Mr. Layton. I want a Canada that is not parallel to the USA.
apacpaco 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 You seem to be under the impression that your opinion is relevant to us.
sweiland75 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 well Ignatieff should seem a little more focused ! He was a professor at Havard and all.
DOWSOE 10 months ago
And Ignatieff? I don't know if I would like to have him as my president, but at least he's showing life here, even though his attacks seem to be just blames and get personal from time to time. Seriously I thought my Republicans and Democrats were clowns but who knew Canada has the same problem.
MrFuhrer2009 10 months ago
I'm not even a Canadian and this is the first time I'm watching a canadian election debate and I have to say Canadian politics is a total joke there are 4 guys in this debate one guy can't even speak clear English the "prime minister" can't even answer questions asked and to add onto he can't even talk with eye contact to his adversaries, there's just no life in this guy, the guy beside the prime minister seems like he's just there to have a good time.
MrFuhrer2009 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 That's because Canada is a bilingual country, we have leaders' debate in both French and English. The guy who can't speak English doesn't want to be Prime Minister, he's the leader of a separatist party whose only goal is to secede Quebec from Canadian Confederation. His votes come only from the province of Quebec. The good thing about Canada is that it isn't a two party state like the States, we have variety and we don't mind giving other parties a chance to govern.
apacpaco 10 months ago
@MrFuhrer2009 its better than michelle bachman.....
thundergrave 10 months ago
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DOWSOE 10 months ago
The NDP will scrutinize the wasteful spending on military planes and wars in Libya and Afghanistan. The NDP will bolster our civil liberties while Harper has taken them away. A Layton government will have devoted civil rights advocates in MP's Libby Davies and Thomas Mulclair. The Layton government will certainly not raise taxes for the middle class, and it’s likely we will see much less corporate welfare.
jWarcloud 10 months ago
Harpers a lying serpent cocksucker.
jWarcloud 10 months ago 2
Layton may be charismatic but the NDP's policies are laughable at best.
gojacketsgo61 10 months ago
@gojacketsgo61 lol well i hope your not voting conservative they didnt even make a platform
tbone66613 10 months ago
@tbone66613 Not even voting this election. I don't like any of the leaders.
gojacketsgo61 10 months ago
Harper looks forward blankly like he's blind.
onetthome 10 months ago 2
did anyone else feel like michael ignatieff repeated himself alot? I thought he dodged questions and just brought up mostly personal attacks on stephen harper.
f7ss1 10 months ago 2
@f7ss 1stevan harper is primeminister thats why all the questions are directed to him , also i feel like stevan harper repeats himself ALOT answering questions , it sounds like hes answering the same question over and over again not the question he was asked , im gonna have to go with NDP
tbone66613 10 months ago
JACK LAYTON IS A FUCKING BOSS.
NDP :)
corayyx 10 months ago 11
"let the flowers bloom. Let democracy bloom. Let it breathe".... wow, that was embarassing.
AndyRiot 10 months ago
at 58:45, Layton tells Iggy to talk to the hand... haha... nice
archaist 10 months ago
I can't wait for a majority Government! You can tell Harper should be back in, because these dinks can't manage to make a real point or argument. Layton is the only real opponent, and he's a complete idiot. "Are you calling me old?" A well thought out defense. Finally things will get done.
admiraljansen 10 months ago
I can't wait for a majority Government! You can tell Harper should be back in, because these dinks can't manage to make a real point or argument. Layton is the only real opponent, and he's a complete idiot. Finally things will get done.
admiraljansen 10 months ago
NDP for Proportional Representation and the win!
dharmapunk777 10 months ago
hahahaha.."When I go to Canada a lot of times I say 'I'm a bloke who turned Bloc'" hahaha "when I go to Canada". Fucking right Gilles when you come to Canada we respectfully ask you to GTFO just as we ask Harper to GTFO!
dharmapunk777 10 months ago
I'm not a Canadian, but this Harper guy is rude, not even making any eye contact.
NLWK110710 10 months ago
Of course Harper wants a majority government, because with his giant ego he has deluded himself into believing the Canadian people actually might want him as Prime Minister again. The creep can't even stop gaze-fucking the camera long enough to wipe the crust out of his eye. His government with a majority is a terrifying thought. You thought they were bullies before..hoo wee!
dharmapunk777 10 months ago
I know who i'm voting for...the NDP!
1988scottcarey 10 months ago
NDP all the way! Jack Layton thumbs up!!!!
gatawicked 10 months ago
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1988scottcarey 10 months ago
happy to see the NDP better supported.... but raising business taxes is the wrong move. Discouraging foreign/domestic investment is just bad economics and bad for Canadas future. Also, the other leaders seemed childish and petty in the debate.
starcraft2EPIC 10 months ago