Harry

Last poll I saw showed the CPC at 36% support I think, so basically 2/3s of Canadians don't want anything to do with Harper's policies.

Interesting discussion about the possibilities. NDP Government http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/04/18/ndp-government/

I think Layton is using an approach that a lot of Quebeckers and a lot of Canadians are beginning to appreciate. Layton doesn't want to fan the flames of division that Harper and Dupeppe appear to be doing, as Layton would rather find common ground on the issues that divide. And there is obviously is a growing sense that Layton stood out from the crowd in the debates. As La Presse so aptly put it today - the NPD is on a roll in Quebec. Layton touts NDP as federalist option in Quebec http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20110418/federal-election-campaign-day-24-110418/20110418?s_name=election2011&no_ads=

Why would Harper want the Liberal ads pulled unless there were having an effect? Anyway FWIW the Grits have decided not to cancel the ads.

Duceppe is now worried that the NPD are going to take seats from them. Gilles Duceppe invite les Québécois à «voter utile http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/elections-federales/201104/18/01-4390961-gilles-duceppe-invite-les-quebecois-a-voter-utile.php

Abacus Canada C - 37% L - 29% N - 20% B - 8% G - 5% Ontario C - 40 L - 37 N - 19 Quebec B - 31% L - 23% n - 22% C - 21% http://abacusdata.ca/2011/04/18/tories-lead-by-8-as-the-campaign-enters-final-two-weeks/

This is rich. The Tories, whose every second word is a distortion of the truth, want the Grits to pull their health care ad because they say it is untrue. The ads are obviously working so why would the Grits puill the ads. All's fair in love and politics.

The NDP weren't going to win with Carole James - provincial council abdicated their responsibility after the last election when they should have addressed the leadership issue. They didn't, Carole exploited the situation, and viola she lost the confidence of caucus and had to step down. I'm not saying Dix will win but he definitely has the potential to do so. Do people not think Clark and the other BC Liberal leadership hopefuls signed up new members? Of course they did - it's part of the process. No matter who the NDP chose they will be attacked by the media as that's a given

Well I kinda figured, if they don't have one already, that EC could develop some kind of appropriate process.

C - 149 seats L - 78 seats B - 47 seats N - 34 seats

Good one Hydraboss.

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That's the question that many people are asking. Usually if a pollster has one poll that if quite different from the rest of the pack it is called an outlier - you know when they they describe the polling results are accurate 19 times out of 20, and the 20th poll is an outlier. This does not appear to be an outlier so good question indeed -what is going on with Nanos. Does the new affiliation with Globe/CTV have something to do with it? Is it methodology?

You are best off voting for the party that comes closest to what you believe in. Strategic voting usually does not work as there is so much BS flying around about which party is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in your riding that it is usually impossible to tell what is actually going on. As we know well political parties play lots of games including setting up supposedly neutral websites for strategic voting such as the one mentioned in the opening post. However upomn closer examination you will see it is just another of the many many Liberal attempts to take away the NDP vote. Liberals for a long time now campaign on the left, and then govern on the right, and that is why their platform has basically a carbon copy of the NDPs apart from a few differences. Project democracy.ca is a Liberal front just like electionprediction.org is. Many polling companies have connections to political parties as well.

We have an age restriction becfore citizens are eligible to vote but as far as I know no restrictions on the other end when folks are aging and have Dementia. As Dementia is a growing phenomena with our aging population, should we not ask Elections Canada to remove people with Dementia from the voter's list? Otherwise we possibly could end up having large-scale abuse of the voting process.

Actually it is a lot less than 38% that have ever voted for Harper. When you take into account all the eligible voters support for Harper drops down to around 22% I believe.

I agree. They are not elected - just a slush fund for Harper and the other PMs before him.

Nanos Research - April 17 Canada C - 39.8%, Up 0.8% L - 29.8%, Up 1.5% N - 17.4%, Down 1.% B - 8.6%, Down 1.% G - 3.4%, Down 0.2% U - 17.4%, Up 1% Quebec B - 35.8%, Down 2.9% N - 23%, Up 4.5% L - 18.3%, Up 0.6% C - 17.8%, Down 0.9% G - 2.9%, Down 0.3% U - 20.4%, Up 3.4% http://www.nanosresearch.com/election2011/20110417-BallotE.pdf

The mainstream press who basically front for Christy was pushing for Farnworth, and even manipulating polls in an attempt to influence the BC NDP members each of whom had a vote. Dix who is very capable, will be underrated, which should help him during the election campaign.

Almost 2/3s of Canadians are opposed to Harper forming the government, let alone aquiring a majority government, so why should he? Or do you not believe in democracy? Let's lose words such as 'despise' or 'hate' as they are not at all helpful for these discussions

Definitely worth reading. You can try using a google translator process if you wish.

Leger Marketing Canada C - 38%, Up 1% L - 26%, Flatlined N - 22%, Up 4% B - G - 5%,down 3% Quebec B - 34%, Down 5% N - 24%, Up 6% C - 20% L - 20% BC C - 37% N - 28% (2nd place]

Angus Reid Canada C - 36%, Down 2% N - 25%, Up 4% L - 25%, Down 2% B - 9% G - 5% Quebec B - 36% N - 26% L - 19% C - 17% Best Choice for Prime Minister Canada Harper - 28% Layton - 27% Ignatieff - 13% Quebec Layton - 38% Harper - 14% Ignatieff - 13%

Great attitude. Let's try encouraging all voters to vote as opposed to discouraging the students like Harper did in Guelph.

Now I've heard everything. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/17/cv-election-leaders-bc.html#