Republicans disdainful of the unemployed

[robkelk]

Y'know, I was going to reply to this with links to the platforms of the three major political parties in Canada - one right-wing, one centrist, one left-wing - so that folks in the USA could see what real left-wing and right-wing positions look like. However, two of those three parties don't appear to post their platform documents to their official websites. I've emailed both, asking for the URLs, but this is the weekend...

In the meantime, here's http://www.conservative.ca/media/2008-P ... tion-e.pdf]the right-wing party's platform document. I'll edit this post when (or if) the other two get back to me.

Edit: They've gotten back to me.

The centrist party:

On behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your recent email requesting policy information.

The Liberal Party is currently undergoing a process of policy renewal. This started with our highly successful Canada at 150 conference recently held in Montreal. There Mr. Ignatieff announced that a Liberal Government would freeze corporate tax rates - instead of cutting them as the Harper Government is planning – until such time as we can afford them.

Mr. Ignatieff has also made policy announcements regarding rural Canada, (%[link=http://www.liberal.ca/ruralcanadamatters]www.liberal.ca/ruralcanadamatters]), the fire arms registry (%[link=http://www.liberal.ca/publicsafety]www.liberal.ca/publicsafety]) and on Canada's Place in the World (%[link=http://www.lpc.ca/canworld]www.lpc.ca/canworld]).

You can visit the Liberal Party’s website (%[link=http://www.liberal.ca]www.liberal.ca]) or the Canada at 150 website (%[link=http://www.can150.ca]www.can150.ca]) for all the latest policy announcements as they become available.

Thank you for taking the time to write.

And the left-wing party:

The NDP produces a Platform document once there is a chance of an election since the issues important to Canadians' change frequently based on current events. I have attached the last platform for you (often some of the items do carry forward to the next election) but to know what the NDP is currently working on the best place to look is our website %[link=http://www.ndp.ca]www.ndp.ca]. The issue notes and press release sections often reflect current work done by the NDP.

(That's as-received; I didn't introduce the grammatical error.)

If anybody wants a copy of the left-wing party's last platform document, email me (robkelk atsign gmail period com) and I'll send it along. One might be surprised at what a real left-wing party stands for, especially if one thinks the US Democrats are left-wing...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012