Harry

Absolutely - another tempest in a teapot here.

On Friday, March 25, 2011, for the first time ever in the history of Canada and the British Commonwealth, a government, the Harper Conservative Government, has been found in contempt of Parliament.

Actually in the Angus Reid poll the CPC support has not changed from their previous poll.

Leger Marketing - March 26, 2011 C - 39% L - 23% N - 19% B - 9% G - 7% 0 - 1% http://www.ledevoir.com/documents/pdf/SondagepancanLM-Le%20Devoir.pdf

Sorry, and I thought you were going to talk about something current like those fighter jets. After all what's 15-20 billion dollar cost overruns, when you can just stick it to the taxpayer if you can get away with it. Competent fiscal managers my ass.

You're right, I forgot, the UK is at war.

Excellent question nicky.

How do you think any legislation, spending estimates, the last spending estimates, got passed with a minority government?

Oh come on now, this is total hypocrisy on Harper's part. And if Harper ends up on the other side of the House with the Bloc and the NDP, Harper will be after a coalition with them so quick it will make your head spin. And everybody knows it.

Did you really mean to call Harper part of a "coalition of the losers" when Harper, when he was Leader of the Official Opposition, combined with Layton, and Duceppe, wrote a letter to the GG on September 9, 2004? Have you even seen the letter?

Trust is now becoming a bigger problem for Harper. I imagine Canadians want their leaders to be above bord and honest with them.

Newer poll out today, March 25, 2011 EKOS poll C - 35.3% L - 28.1% N - 14.2% G - 10.6% B - 9.7% O - 2.1% http://www.ekospolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/full_report_march_25_2011.pdf

So could we say that Harper started all this recent coalition talk with his letter to the GG in 2004. It if it was a good idea then why is not a good idea now? Why doesn't Harper just stand tall and take kudos for his efforts to work with the separatists and the socialists? After all that's what you need to do in minority government situations. Maybe Harper's lack of ability to work with others means he is not the right person for this kind of job. How many elections have we had since 2004 and how many of them have been caused by Harper?

How different is that from Harper lying in bed with the Bloc to get legislation through the current House?

You mean for example how Harper made a coalition/agreement, whatever, with the Bloc to get the last estimates passed in the current House. So what's this hullabaloo about? It all seems very bizarre.

How did Harper manage to get any legislation passed as he did not and has never had a majority in the House of Commons? Just curious.

Where's Harper - why was he afraid to show up to Question Period today and all week for that matter? Not a good sign.

Wow, that's amazing! Good catch.

Just had a quick look at the most recent Nanos polling: On March 1 the CPC had 39.7%, the Libs had 26.6%, and the NDP had 18.9%, whereas 2 weeks later on March 15 the CPC had 38.6%, down 1.1%, the Libs had 27.6%, up 1%, and the NDP had 19.9%, up 1%.

So Friday`s the big day. Should be a hoot!

Apparently there is another poll out tomorrow that is showing different results. Ipsos Reid polling tends to favour the Conservatives more than the other pollsters.

Nanos Research have released a poll tonite showing that 41% of Canadians trust Harper less today than they did a year ago. What kind of damage do you think this could do to Harper's chances in the coming election campaign? Poll shows increasing voter skepticism about Harper government http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/poll-shows-increasing-voter-skepticism-about-harper-government/article1955978/

So its ok for Harper to deceive Canadians but it isn't ok for Ignatieff to do so. Give us a break. Coalitions are part of the Canadian political lingo now, and more and more Canadians are getting receptive to the idea every day. Ignatieff should not run from the issue, it's nothing to be ashamed about, is it, as even Harper when in opposition tried to make an arrangement with the NDP and the Bloc in 2004. Why should it be any different now for whoever ends up in opposition? Or are there 2 rules at play here for you - one for Canada's Tea Partiers, and one for the Liberals? If I was a reporter I would begin to start asking Harper about his history with his attempts to work with the Bloc and the NDP as Mcleans began to do today.

Did Harper tell voters before the election in 2004 what his plans were for working with the separatists and socialists as you refer to them, for after the 2004 election? Of course he didn't, so why would you suggest anyone else talk about their plans before this coming vote? Or are you suggesting Harper lied to Canadians?

I did take a look at the polls so I'm not sure what your point is. There's been a bit of a snow job on this coalition issue. Here's one: "An Angus Reid Strategies poll on this subject conducted on December 1 and 2, 2008, consisting of online interviews with 1,012 Canadian adults, and with a reported margin of error of 3.1%, showed that 40% of respondents agreed with the statement "The Conservative party does not deserve to continue in government," while 35% agreed with "The Conservative party deserves to continue in government," and 25% were "not sure." On the question "Should the opposition parties get together and topple the Conservative minority government headed by Stephen Harper?", 41% responded No, 36% Yes, and 23% not sure. If the government was defeated in a no-confidence vote, 37% of respondents would support a coalition of opposition parties taking power, 32% favoured holding a new election, 7% favoured an accord rather than a coalition among opposition parties, and 24% were not sure.[112]" Did Harper announce he was going for an accord/coalition, whatever, before the election in 2004 - of course he didn't, and rightly so. No one is going to do that before an election when no one knows the end results. Maybe Harper will want a coalition with the Liberals after this election. Who knows at this point? With the number of parties now involved in Canadian politics now, of course coalitions are a great idea, and if Harper had joined one we wouldn't be having this election now, would we?