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Yakk · 06-15-2004, 01:07 PM

So, a friend of mine looked into some election predictions. Note that with 27% of the electorate "may change their minds before election day", these numbers are not set in stone....

The prediction was roughly the same number of seats for the liberals and the conservatives. The Bloc would get 55-odd and the NDP 28-odd.

This means the viable majorities would be:
Liberal+Conservative
Conservative+Bloc
Liberal+Bloc

The only one of these with any hope of working is Conservative+Bloc.

This then leads me to my prediction: the C+B party would proceed to move revenue and powers from the Federal government to the provinces. This is about the only thing both parties would agree on.

So, they would move lots of federal taxation to the provinces, remove transfer payments, and cut all strings attached to money.

They would probably also redo the entire equalization scheme.

06-15-2004, 01:07 PM	#62 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	So, a friend of mine looked into some election predictions. Note that with 27% of the electorate "may change their minds before election day", these numbers are not set in stone.... The prediction was roughly the same number of seats for the liberals and the conservatives. The Bloc would get 55-odd and the NDP 28-odd. This means the viable majorities would be: Liberal+Conservative Conservative+Bloc Liberal+Bloc The only one of these with any hope of working is Conservative+Bloc. This then leads me to my prediction: the C+B party would proceed to move revenue and powers from the Federal government to the provinces. This is about the only thing both parties would agree on. So, they would move lots of federal taxation to the provinces, remove transfer payments, and cut all strings attached to money. They would probably also redo the entire equalization scheme. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.