Lets Talk Canadian Elections

[N30S1NGH]

As my Canadian Singh Brothers and Kaur Sisters might be aware - Canadian Elections are coming near by starting of may.

I want to get sangat view's on who they be voting for this election. I might go for NDP this election, they have very good agenda, it's people party, if they win(which probably they won't) they would have lots of social programs by scrapping $35 billion dollar jet deal along with bring troops from afghanistan (war for saken country), they are very pro immigrants and also have recognize 1984 as sikh genocide in India.

But i m divided between NDP and Liberal. They will both scrap $35 billion dollar jet deal but one will have the troops in afghanistan, overall they are both good

Punjabi Canadian Mps and their contribution as far as Sikh interest goes:

Ruby Dhalla- she should stick to bollywood movies.. worthless when it comes to politics.

Navdeep Bains- Good man, defended kirpan may be because he was wearing one but didn't say anything or joined his collegue sukh dhaliwal in 1984 speech in Parliament

Sukh Dhaliwal: Mona but ankhi.. man with enough juice despite of his party leader, gave a speech how 1984 should be consider sikh genocide

Gurbax Malhi- Liberal part time side kick hired representative just to get pendu votes or leaders translator for Gurdwara Visit. I gotta be brutal, he should learn french and proper english until then stick to gurdwara politics.

Ujjal Dosanjh: Victim of fascism- feel sorry for him but overall He is an hypocrite comrad type atheist- he should might as well go to India and start doing baut puja of ghandhi dynasty and get more paramchakar awards from India. Sometimes i wonder does he represent Canada or India ? may be Indian lobbyist pushing agenda to Canadian gov't?

Tim Uppal- No Thanks...may be good sikh advertisement figure for dhari and blue turban in midwest and across Canada but thats it.

There is quite bit of hype of this new singh in ndp- jagmeet singh? what his motto? anyone want to fill me in?

Please share your thoughts?

[Singhballer]

Jagmeet Singh is standing in the Bramlea-Gore-Malton area. He was a Criminal defense lawyer. He's fluent in English, French and Punjabi

He's been at the forefront of the different Sikh issues in Canada. For the 1984 petition he was there and he flew out to Vancouver to confront the lies Ujjal Dosanjh was spewing. Has been a great community activist.

NDP is not 'gonna get enough seats to ever rule, but I believe we should elect the person who will best represent the constituency. Malhi hasen't done squat in all the time he's been in the house and he isn't about to start either.

Get Jagmeet Singh elected!

http://www.facebook....et#!/jagmeetndp

http://jagmeetsingh.ca/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59583942@N07/

[sunny_love_kirtan]

i was just about to post the above link for his website.

[ThunderousDominator]

As my Canadian Singh Brothers and Kaur Sisters might be aware - Canadian Elections are coming near by starting of may.

I want to get sangat view's on who they be voting for this election. I might go for NDP this election, they have very good agenda, it's people party, if they win(which probably they won't) they would have lots of social programs by scrapping $35 billion dollar jet deal along with bring troops from afghanistan (war for saken country), they are very pro immigrants and also have recognize 1984 as sikh genocide in India.

But i m divided between NDP and Liberal. They will both scrap $35 billion dollar jet deal but one will have the troops in afghanistan, overall they are both good

Please dont make the mistake of voting for the liberals theyre better then the conservatives but they just dont have the guts vote for the NDP they have done the most for the sikhs and they are the working mans party

[singh211]

It's time for Sikh Canadians to vote not on the basis of party allegiances but for those who will do most for the Sikh community if they get elected

If the WSO or others are reading this you guys may wish to circulate election pledges to candidates regarding Sikh issues like the Sikh Federation have done in the past in the UK and then name and shame candidates particularly Sikh ones in large Sikh constituencies who fail to pledge

[N30S1NGH]

Thanks for invoking an discussion on this, only problem i have with ndp is ndp is flirting with an idea of forming an coalition with Liberals. So at the end of day, even if i vote for NDP.. it may not be standalone party because this election it looks after the votes, liberal will be in close race to beat conservatives fully , there would be lot of backroom deals with ndp. Another issue is that NDP singh its not in my constituency so i cannot vote for him... i guess i need to find out who is the ndp constituent in my area and go from there.

There is even more dilemna for vancouver south apne, even though they may not be conservative at heart, i think they need to make a choice between liberal ujal dosanj (sell out) and conservative lady there, last time it was close race...i am not even close to conservatives.. took that vote compass thing on CBC...miles apart.. but if i was living in vancouver south, i would vote for conservative in that area to send that sell out dosanjh packing home.

It's time for Sikh Canadians to vote not on the basis of party allegiances but for those who will do most for the Sikh community if they get elected

If the WSO or others are reading this you guys may wish to circulate election pledges to candidates regarding Sikh issues like the Sikh Federation have done in the past in the UK and then name and shame candidates particularly Sikh ones in large Sikh constituencies who fail to pledge

Actually it should be both-

As a Sikh every day we ask for sarbat da bhalla in our ardas (benefit of everyone) including us.

We should vote for the party which is first good for general public along with good for visible minorities as well which includes Sikhs.. no point voting for party which is not good for general public but corporations and also give priorities to special interest groups be it- jews, hindus, sikhs, muslism, catholics, atheist etc etc.

[N30S1NGH]

Wooooooo... i just voted for NDP yesterday in advance polling... use your vote wisely guys... study the overall parties policies than just limiting yourself to who's in your constituent...i have navdeep singh bains (amritdhari singh) as liberal in my constituent.. but i still voted for gorrah who was representing NDP...it's not about who is standing in your constituent .. but overall parties policies towards benefit of this country and benefit all the people of Canada including sikh interest....!!

[N30S1NGH]

I am highly disappointed at Canadian elections results last night not because conservatives won but conservatives won majority..problem with winning majorities of any party is full control...which is scary thought itself as opposition will not be able to vote against and knock out any controversial bills majority government will put forward, they can voice their opinions but cannot knock the bills passing as they are in minorities ....there is no party which could held majority accountable..they can pass any bills they want....oversee bodies can only create reports and create awareness.. that too is in jeopardy as majority govt will try to replace auditor general with their own lapdog. Only Vahiguroo can help this country now and immigrants living in it.

[Singh559]

DId Ujjal get voted out?

Note to Canadians, learn from this and start informing sangat now about the issues you're facing as a community and why you need to change for the upcoming elections.

Get started now, that's the only way to win next time.

[Aman0001]

Can any of our Canadian Sikh brothers/siters give the rest of the international Sikh community a brief update on the results of the Canadian elections from a Sikh perspective.