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Conservative Candidate Says He Would Take Action Against ‘Anti-Conservative’ Bias Among Elementary School Students pressprogress.ca/…
> According to Vanderley, conservatives are not able to speak their minds in first grade classrooms because elementary schools lack strong free speech policies.
> Vanderley explained that in his personal experience, he hasn’t “found too many issues with the teachers themselves, it’s the fellow students.”
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@Wipqozn remembered it wrong. But she did take a vacation to vegas in the middle of the 2011 election. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ellen_Brosseau
also TIL, in english its a 'paper candidate'. In quebec we say more 'candidat poteau' which would translate to a post candidate (post as a fence post, or flag pole, etc)
guess the english expression is more like 'its a candidate only on the paper, because it didn't do much except being on the ballor'
For confused people why you would run even if you dont have a chance in hell of winning there: In canada, parties get their subvention from the government for each vote they get (i think it ends up at about 1$ per vote)
So if you are not putting anyone in the running for a running, well you are leaving money on the table.
So you just get someone from there to run for you. Don't really have to put much effort in. But the maybe 1000 votes you get, well, 1000$.
But sometimes, those people unexpectedly get elected
So if you are not putting anyone in the running for a running, well you are leaving money on the table.
So you just get someone from there to run for you. Don't really have to put much effort in. But the maybe 1000 votes you get, well, 1000$.
But sometimes, those people unexpectedly get elected
Oh crap, I'm saying garbage, that subsidy has been removed in 2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_political_financing_in_Canada
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