 One of many questions submitted for Stephen Harper's YouTube interview. |
On Tuesday (March 16) at 4 p.m. Pacific time, Stephen Harper will sit down for his first-ever YouTube interview.
Canada’s Conservative prime minister will take questions submitted by citizens through www.youtube.com/talkcanada.
People can vote on the questions, and the top-rated queries will get put to the PM.
At time of writing, 132,454 votes had been cast on 1,507 questions submitted by 4,421 people.
The deadline for submissions and voting is Sunday (March 14) at 10 a.m.
Here are six great examples of video questions that have been submitted from across Canada.
From Vancouver: "Why is the Canadian Government continuing to support the ACTA negotiations that Canadian citizens do not have access to but corporate interests such as Microsoft, the MPAA and the RIAA are able to obtain full disclosure?"
From Victoria: "You committed to creating more green, sustainable jobs for Canada. At the same time, your government is the first in 30 years that wants to allow oil tankers on BC's coast. How are these two positions consistent?"
From Victoria: "We are experiencing our warmest winter ever in BC. Climate change is obviously affecting the weather here in Canada. Is your government willing to take the strong measures necessary to adequately deal with climate change?"
From London, Ontario: "What benefit, if any, do you think the prohibition of marijuana, has for Canada. What is a reasonable punishment, if any, for the consumption of marijuana."
From London, Ontario: "Where were the Arts in your budget and throne speech?"
From Toronto: "Why do we still not have a national childcare plan?"
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He felt what a Dream was but still doesn't understand it so the search
for Canada's Dream as a Nation continues.
Canada a "NATION THAT HEALS"- the meaning of our name and why many came to this nation- a place of peace.
MR. HARPER can you release a miracle? Can you endorse the UNIVERSAL PATIENT.
Choice Mr. Harper begins in the Comox Valley not you tube for political gain.
Canada's Twin#1
FORWARD THIS TO HARPER
To borrow from the dated pot smoker lingo of my past, “Chill out man.”
Legalizing marijuana wouldn’t be the disaster most criminals fear. Their income would take a serious hit in the immediate short term, but the criminal mind is adaptable and resourceful. They will develop new markets and revenue streams.
The whole apparatus of law enforcement and the courts and prison infrastructures will not see cutbacks as drug dealers move en masse to new (to them anyway) criminal enterprise which we Canadians will need protecting from.
And other than the United States building a 7 metre high, 5,525 mile long wall to blockade Canada and the end of cross border trade between our two countries (water and oil of course excepted) the greatest danger will be a possible invasion of 14.6 ** million American marijuana users applying for refugee status. Even allowing for the attenuated achievement potential of the average heavy pot smoker, the stimulus effect to our economy will be far beyond any nightmare finance minister Flaherty might fall out of bed over.
**The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey.