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And the NDP depends on Quebec, there is an inherent danger with being a federal party with most of your support in Quebec.
Right now the Conservatives might not win a majority, but we don't know what will happen in 3 years time, we could see Quebec swinging back to BQ or the Liberals, the NDP has to fight to protect their strongpoint of Quebec and that could prove to push away people from voting for them in the ROC.
Actually, this is starting to change as the NDP now have BC support and soon Ontario. They already have the Atlantic side as well.
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I had thought the self-destruction of the Liberals and the NDP's new showing were pretty significant as well.
That was the big talk around most parts as the NDP were just beginning this momentum shift.
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By Jove!
You are insightfully implying that this might not even be his real name!
We've already established his real name is "Smith Maneuvering".
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There are many legitimate reasons for why a person would refinance their home so often. A homeowner might want to draw on the accumulated equity to remodel, send a child to school, invest in the stock market, buy another home or cottage, or just get a better interest rate.
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Someone paints a portrait of the PM nude: People are too sensitive!!! It's Funny!
Someone finds out the Leader of the Opposition can't pay off his mortgage after 30 years: The reporter is a hack, This is horrible treatment of a public official!
I don't think that was the actual reaction in either case.
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Depends, McDalton was down to Tim Hudak by like 10 points in the Summer before the October election.
That's because Dim Whodat gave McSquinteye the win.
Anything is possible, but the NDP have been impeccably good at framing the discussion and even the dutch bomb isn't bringing them down.
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Yeah these mid-term polls are always sooo accurate...
It'll be a safer bet later on in the term when the Tories are down by 10 points.
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At the end of the day, how he got to that extent, how many times, who dug it up or where the house is... The plain and simple fact is that this guy can-not manage money...
No one cares.
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We've seen how wrong polls can be in the Alberta election. MY guess is that an election right now would return a minority CPC govt.
Govt's defeat themselves. Depending on how the economy goes, so go the fortunes of Harper. And of course govts just get stale and corrupt, as the drip drip drip of the Harper govts missteps continue so will their fortunes decline. And lastly, maybe what the poll is talking about - as Harper tries to pull the country right, if he pulls too hard he'll lose support.
Mulcair has a lot riding on him too - he has to prove himself. We can see he's no smiling Jack. Hard to say if his dutch disease move was clever politicking or will backfire on him. But it's going to be a different NDP under him, one that's willing to kick ass. He has the same problem as Harper tho, trying to keep his fundamentalists quiet, not come out with boneheaded ideas. Canadians aren't pretty centrist economically, they're not going to go for some of the nutty stuff the NDP can come up with.
I think a vote right now would bring a Harper minority as well, but that doesn't deligitimize the polls. It just means that a lot of people change their minds once they are ready to vote. That said, a poll can be a fairly accurate representation of the vote - Ontario's last election comes to mind.
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That explains why the cons are paying so much to fuel the dutch disease criticism and Mulcair's mortgage life.
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Can't say I give two poops, but somehow the media will spin it to make it sound like the guy is bad with money and dutch disease and greece and wmds.
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Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Eastern provinces are just supposed to shut everything down and give up all the income (to the entire country that is) just so Ontario can give it another go at a manufacturing sector that will...what? Support the country?
That's pretty silly.
Yea that is pretty silly.
I don't know why anyone would think that this solution is even being suggested in the first place.
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It's more of an omniburp.
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do you have examples (cited)... or should we just view this as a continuation of your big oil shilling?
Nevermind that the costs just go further up, the longer we wait.
Not much fiscal responsibility in that kind of agenda.
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But one thing I do know. When people start running to Greece for cover.. their argument is to be dismissed as comedic hyperbole.
Greece is the new WMD.
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They would, but then people would pay less taxes. Most recyclable products have a fee you pay at purchase to pay for the recycling. But I think we need to go a long way to set a price on the environment, and charge polluters that true cost. That was Mulcair's point in part - air and water and land ain't free, somebody has to pay at some time - it should be the people making a profit from it.
I agree.
This should be common sense.
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Doesn't look like Mulcair's dutch disease comments are negatively affecting his performance.
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You can spin it however you want, but the truth is that there is some influence from an artificially inflated dollar. No one is suggesting that we need to sacrifice resource sector - only that we need to sustain a balanced economy so that we don't suffer after the boom is over.
I'm not sure how that is a "left-wing" goal, considering there are right-wing premiers that support a good long term strategy.
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Quoting Ford
It's significant, folks.
CBC1 Metro Morning's Matt Galloway "I think he totally deserves a round of applause"
He still doesn't have my vote, not even close, but we must acknowledge the little victories IMO.
Same here.
Congrats Rob Ford, for dropping some douchebag points!
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Alberta has the lowest rate of attendance because good paying jobs that don't require degrees are plentiful.
Yea, the oilsands. Geography can be kind if you're situated in the right spot.
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One day, when you have a job, you'll understand that having that job does not permit you to run your mouth off whenever you feel like it.
What does this mean within the context of this thread?
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Ask your Mum to put in bigger windows in the basement so you can widen your horizons with an improved view.
wtf is this garbage?
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Instructing them to shut-up if their answers suggest the government's policies are wrong amounts to the same thing.
Wasn't there a Nature report confirming scientists were being muzzled?
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Looks like NRTEE has been busy waiting to release these final reports as their last hurrah. Both pretty damning in their determination of economic cost due to environmental laziness on the part of the government.
Not thinking green will hurt Canadian businesses internationally
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The scary thing is that the NDP seem to have a ton of momentum going for them right now. Even Mulcair's supposedly divisive "dutch comments" aren't knocking any support.