tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post6853186649716270681..comments2014-06-29T21:30:34.388-04:00Comments on A Guy Watching Politics: The Liberal Platform - offering a choice; tacking leftA Guy Watching Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179195643262016038noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-82597310138019945252011-04-09T12:50:20.007-04:002011-04-09T12:50:20.007-04:00Claudia - I could not agree more.Claudia - I could not agree more.A Guy Watching Politicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179195643262016038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-10377852343045420342011-04-07T01:07:16.609-04:002011-04-07T01:07:16.609-04:00Parliament should be supreme and I gladly will cha...Parliament should be supreme and I gladly will change any of these policies or from any other party to make it work.<br /><br />I don't think they are serious about it, the CPC, LPC, NDP or BQ. <br /><br />But it will be joke as long as we allow it, I say we have the power to make those changes, and make them accountable.claudia lemirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-87293538490991741692011-04-04T20:53:26.813-04:002011-04-04T20:53:26.813-04:00The only reference I see to student debt is the fo...The only reference I see to student debt is the following:<br /><br />"There will be further relief for student debt loads through a Liberal government’s Canada Service Corps, which will forgive $1500 in student loan debt for young Canadians who engage in volunteer service."<br /><br />It's a start, but I take your point. This doesn't do anything for the post-gradudate individual already struggling with paying off their student debt.A Guy Watching Politicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179195643262016038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-69030027832341333262011-04-04T20:41:22.703-04:002011-04-04T20:41:22.703-04:00If there's a poll going up may I suggest, &quo...If there's a poll going up may I suggest, "Talk amongst yourselves." ?<br /><br />Seriously, I do like the emphasis on education as well. I'd like to see the provinces (NB from personal experience) doing more to make education more affordable. I believe it would have a great ROI.<br /><br />It's great to focus on the future and the next generation, but one thing I would like to see also is some sort of help for students with current student loan debt. I know too many people who are having a hard time making a start in life because of this burden. I know NL stopped applying interest on the provincial portion of student loans as soon as they became a 'have' province (and about 8 months after I made my last payment, I might add).Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029223067942331783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-90259484579390507612011-04-04T20:18:25.352-04:002011-04-04T20:18:25.352-04:00Thanks to you both for your comments. I purposely...Thanks to you both for your comments. I purposely stayed away from commenting on the policy items themselves, as I am still going through it and considering them. That said, I very like the focus on education and learning. <br /><br />A modern economy demands an educated society, and this platform is making that connection. Too often we see economic and social policy being framed as mutually exclusive - they are not, in my opinion. <br /><br />Re. the suggestion on a different closing line, perhaps I can open a poll up the subject ;)<br /><br />Keep the comments coming!A Guy Watching Politicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179195643262016038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-13013632960160714072011-04-04T19:33:29.674-04:002011-04-04T19:33:29.674-04:00Have to say I agree with Kendall... the Lib platfo...Have to say I agree with Kendall... the Lib platform is a good module. BTW, any freaking chance you can mix up the closing query "Thoughts"? It's annoying. We all have "thoughts". But most only have them about American Idol, Charlie Sheen, and/or our bodily functions. Only a few have "ideas"!Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455704640278051306.post-4262007770321674462011-04-04T19:13:43.801-04:002011-04-04T19:13:43.801-04:00I still have to read the policies indepth, but I l...I still have to read the policies indepth, but I like the general theme of the Liberal platform.Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029223067942331783noreply@blogger.com