Thursday, June 10, 2004
Federal party platforms. Read.
Obviously these tend to be just advertizing, but they are at least more thorough than ads and opinion pieces and stump speeches. I like the Green platform, and their positions on open-source software are in line with my own thoughts on the subject. The NDP platform is the only one of the major parties which makes economic sense, while pushing a clear plan to fix the problems in the healthcare system. The Liberal and Conservative platforms, aside from the cons promise of huge tax cuts _and_ increased healthcare and military spending, and the libs usual spate of promising everything to everyone, are quite similar on most points. On the other hand, the leftovers from the Reform / Aliance party's views on the constitution and charter of rights creep me out. Unfortunately Martin won't say anything that wil lloe him too many votes, now matter what his feelings are.
