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Gir Draxon
leftist-rightie and rightist-leftie
Babbler # 3804

posted 25 April 2004 05:06 AM

Once upon a time, I bought a membership in the Canadian Alliance. Although I made it onto the list, my card never arrived. I allowed the membership to lapse.

More recently, I bought a membership in the CPC. I am indeed on their list, but I'm still waiting for a card to arrive in the mail. I send an email to HQ- no response.

I might have to switch to the NDP if they would at least send me an eff'n card in the mail

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Marc
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 287

posted 25 April 2004 08:48 AM

Dealing with political parties can be frustrating...over-worked and under-paid staff sometimes just cannot keep up with the workload. The NDP has also had some trouble keeping up with membership cards.

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Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 25 April 2004 09:08 AM

It took months for my card to arrive from the NDP.

That said, don't let that stop you from joining the NDP, Gir!

Also, this belongs in another forum. Maybe politics. Yeah, politics is where I'll put it.

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NDP Newbie
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5089

posted 25 April 2004 11:11 AM

I don't remember having ever gotten my CA card in the mail, but I don't hold that against them. (With plenty of other things to, why waste the energy?)

Nor do I hold the long wait against the NDP.

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Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 25 April 2004 11:12 AM

I got my CA card in the mail relatively quickly after I joined a couple of years ago. Not that it did me any good anyhow, since Enza dropped out of the leadership race.

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NDP Newbie
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5089

posted 25 April 2004 11:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Michelle:
I got my CA card in the mail relatively quickly after I joined a couple of years ago. Not that it did me any good anyhow, since Enza dropped out of the leadership race.

I just did it because I was more libertarian than anything else (probably should have been PC then...lol) when I was 17 and was disenchanted with everyone else.

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Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 25 April 2004 11:19 AM

Hee hee. Well, 'lance and I both joined the CA at the same time after joking around about doing it, here on babble. If I remember correctly, he cancelled his membership after Enza dropped out, but I let it run until it expired a year later so that the ten dollars I paid them would be more than used up by the mailouts.

Here's the thread where we did it.

Also, I guess I was wrong - I joined on January 9th, according to my post there, and by March I still hadn't received my CA card.

[ 25 April 2004: Message edited by: Michelle ]

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arborman
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 4372

posted 25 April 2004 12:02 PM

I got my NDP card within a few weeks.

When I joined the Liberals (doh!), it took about 2 months. I think by the time my card had arrived, I had realized the foolishness of my choice (the Martinites were really scheming by that point).

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Northern54
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5325

posted 25 April 2004 01:09 PM

I never got a membership card from the NDP. They sent me a nice little plaque the day when I got married. All gold engraved. My spouse got one, too. [That was many years ago.] The folks at Tommy Douglas House on Saskatchewan Drive are still as friendly and thoughtful, I'm told.

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al-Qa'bong
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 3807

posted 25 April 2004 02:55 PM

I'm fairly surprised that people here would admit to having joined the Reform Party/CA/Liberals/Reformatories.

I can't understand how anyone could support Reform, and then make the 180 degree switch to supporting the Nude Ms.

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Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 25 April 2004 02:59 PM

Read the old thread I posted, M. Bong.

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Northern54
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5325

posted 25 April 2004 03:05 PM

I was tempted to join the Conservative Party and vote for Belinda. I heard her speak and thought she'd be the perfect leader.

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Ranger03
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Babbler # 5302

posted 25 April 2004 03:18 PM

I was a card carrying Liberal in Alberta (never one to go with the flow). When they began meddling with the company I worked for, I wrote them but only got a response from Collenette's office saying "you have the wrong office". There was no response when I mailed in my torn up card.

quote:
The Party system has elected representatives owing alliegance to the Party not the country

I will only vote for an independent

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BleedingHeart
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Babbler # 3292

posted 25 April 2004 03:22 PM

I joined the conservatives to vote against Ralph Klein for leader. They continued to send me stuff for years after. Reform also assumed I supported them and put a lawn sign on my lawn without being asked.

I also became a member of the Liberals without asking in University. This was in order to pack a nomination meeting (obviously a shortage of Sikhs in Vancouver Quadra at that time) and I didn't attend.

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1st Person
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 3984

posted 25 April 2004 03:49 PM

Hmmm...I joined The Alliance a few years ago, got my card right away, and I still get updates in my e-mail.

But I voted Green in the last provincial election.

I have no idea who to vote for in the Federal election, other than it definitely won't be NDP.

I'll probably vote Green again.

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oldgoat
Moderator
Babbler # 1130

posted 25 April 2004 04:11 PM

Joined the NDP quite a number of years ago. I recieved probably a couple of dozen solicitations for money before they got around to sending me my card.

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Radioactive Westerner
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 4432

posted 25 April 2004 07:33 PM

quote:
ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP
There shall be individual and affiliated membership in the Party.
1. Individual Membership
(1) Individual membership shall be open to every resident of Canada, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin, who undertakes to accept and abide by the constitution and principles of the Party and who is not a member or supporter of any other political party.

Hmmm, the NDP constitution states that you can't be affiliated with another party doesn't it? So if you were to join the conservative party wouldn't you have to quit the NDP?

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Marc
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Babbler # 287

posted 25 April 2004 07:34 PM

No...if you were to join the NDP you would have to quit the conservatives.

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Northern54
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5325

posted 25 April 2004 07:48 PM

I was thinking of joining the Conservatives temporarily... To vote for my choice for their leader... Belinda... As I thought she'd be a perfect choice... Afterwards, I'd rejoin the NDP.

I know a number of people who have joined political parties to go to the nominating convention and vote for the candidate they thought would be easiest to defeat.

I don't know anybody who did this to vote in a national leadership race but I suspect that there were quite a few in the last leadership race for the Conservatives. I suspect half of Belinda's supporters in Quebec (or elsewhere in the country, for that matter) will not be voting Conservative this election.

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IrishMuse
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5489

posted 25 April 2004 08:00 PM

Well, I'm getting my first party membership. Finally...don't know why I didn't do it sooner.

I applied for a membership form to be sent to me, but never received it. So I tried contacting some people in the party, and didn't get any responses. So I called my area nominee, and her husband is coming to my house tomorrow to sign me up.

We shall see how long it takes to get the card.

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LukeVanc
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2735

posted 25 April 2004 09:50 PM

Why is that, 1st Person?

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Michelle
Moderator
Babbler # 560

posted 25 April 2004 09:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Radioactive Westerner:
Hmmm, the NDP constitution states that you can't be affiliated with another party doesn't it? So if you were to join the conservative party wouldn't you have to quit the NDP?

I didn't belong to the NDP then. I didn't belong to any political party when I joined the CA. I didn't join the NDP until the summer of last year.

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IrishMuse
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5489

posted 26 April 2004 11:29 AM

Well, I'm signed up and have a little green slip of paper that is my membership "card" until the actual one comes in the mail.

Might be 6 weeks, might be 3 months, depending on when the election is called.

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1st Person
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 3984

posted 26 April 2004 11:37 AM

LukeVanc: why is what?

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