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The issue isn't that people are against having to provide ID in order to vote (whomever believes that is taking an incredibly simplistic view of things) .. it's that you are potentially disenfranchising 500k+ voters who could prove their ID but not their current address. Typically, people falling into this group are students or people who have recently moved .. but also impacts the elderly living in long term care facilities and First Nations who live on reserves. One method of verifying your address was the use of Voter ID Cards (those mail outs you get from Elections Canada at election time). In the last election, about 400k voters used the Voter ID Card as a method of corroborating their address - the Fair Elections Act eliminates its use. The other issue is that it allows parties to game the system in ridings where there may be a tight race. Party officials can challenge IDs, holding up / causing lines to back up and people simply leave without casting their vote. So why was this done? Potential voter fraud. There's no evidence of voter fraud and, as noted by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2012, the issue of voting irregularities wasn't one of fraud but of inconsistent training of and mistakes committed by elections officials. They found that the people who voted were eligible and voted in good faith. In fact, an EC compliance audit (completed before the SCC ruling) came to the same conclusion and recommended (among other things) that paperwork be simplified for elections officials dealing with people with ID issues, better training and more widespread use of the Voter ID Card. Instead, the Fair Elections Act simply makes it harder for people a segment of the population to vote and does nothing to address the root cause of the problem. C-23 was a terrible bill and actually does more harm to our elections process than it does good. But this is what you get when you limit debate on legislation and rush things through the House.

This is Robotech man .. Keep that Transformer garbage out of this thread!

This was my Saturday morning while I was growing up ..

Just cleaned up some of the posts (moved the toon related discussion to General). Please keep it going there if you'd like.

Ugh rocket Robin Hood pleeeeaase noooo What the hell is a Rocket Robin Hood?

Moore, Denmark, Adams, Veltung and Kohlert? Now THAT's a receiving core. They could run sweeps with Veltung/Denmark/Cotton and keep the defense guessing. Run some cross-buck action ...

Backlash from left leaning voters for the Liberal support of C-51.

Wonder what Albert Johnson III is up to ..

Is she hot? I agree we need pics here. She was very HOT! In addition, usually drunk by half time. The perfect combo. Skinny and drunk with big ****, that kind of perfect combo. BUT Nooooooooo, I had some morals. I had some ethics. I was a complete idiot. Now I'm just stuck reminding myself of her from time to time when, well you know. All of that AND a Bomber/football fan? You found the Great White Buffalo! http://youtu.be/Nl6__lNxh-M ... great white buffalo ...

Always looked unsure of his alignment to me ..

I'd settle for not giving up first downs simply because we're playing a VERY soft zone ..

Right on the nose. Signal to noise ratio is way down after a win .. there's a lot of folks who ONLY want to be heard when we struggle .. and at that point, there's so much misplaced criticism and frustration that it's not constructive or conducive to having a conversation. Happens though when you have a fan base that's suffered for as long as we have.

Draheim was absolutely mugging Westerman early in the game and got away with a couple of decent holds on that long opening drive ..

Lots of optimism after this win .. but honestly .. it should be tempered somewhat .. while Willy and company put in a solid effort and I won't take anything away from it (and hell yes I'll bask in the warm glow of the win for awhile) .. I'd be very worried if we couldn't move the ball against them as BC is near the bottom of almost every defensive category (and they haven't proven to be offensive juggernauts this season either). Good win. It's 2 points in the standings. I will definitely enjoy it.

There's the positive attitude we should be seeing after a Bomber victory!

No .. the Riders should simply lose tonight .. this way I don't have to hear about their "miraculous win" ad naseum for the next month ..

What prompted the unnecessary roughness call? I completely missed it .. I know Adams looked confused .. "What did I do?" type thing .. just never saw what he actually did ..

I'll say this .. I can't recall a time where Glenn ever put a team on his back and led them to a win .. elevated the play of people around him .. or inspired his teammates to continue to battle and fight like Willy did for his guys last night.

One thing I loved was how guys kept fighting .. I know both Bryant and Daniels got nicked up and were hobbling around .. both stayed in there until the end .. love seeing these guys battling for each other.

Im starting to dislike Cotton. He was like a newcomer on this offense out there considering he is the starting RB. I would like us to promote Marshall up, move Scott as #2 and sit Cotton for now. I hate to be negative on such a positive day, but that's probably because MB's running plays aren't very good. His plays do well with Marshall cause Marshall just pounds it through. It makes a big difference when the RB can push the pile and get 5 yards on first down rather than 2 or 3. Makes everyone's job easier. I'll take 5 yards a run all night long.

He did it a few times last year, early in the season .. but last night was a great example of a player putting a team on his back and willing them to win .. we got a solid game on both sides of the ball .. but it started and ended with a guy, coming off an injury .. where people may be questioning him a bit .. and laying it all on the line.

Irritated the hell out of me .. especially on one specific special teams play .. Bombers punt team hustles out on the field and really caught BC changing personnel and the refs basically ground that advantage into nothingness ..

Let's see if they tie the Riders of 1979. Started 0-12. Nope. We play you before we are 12 games into the season. (: Already 0-1 on that count ..

Has anyone ever figured out exactly what the Bombers ended up paying the Ti-Cats for Brohm? So far this year they've coughed up two losses .. ;-)