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That's not what she's saying though, I don't believe.

Off topic a bit but does anyone know why Thomas "Tom" Mulcair didn't run for the provincial NDP when he first entered politics?

But is that what Christy Clark actually cares about? The BC government should obviously make sure that the environment is respected, that the best materials are used to prevent oil spills, and that if an oil spill does occur that they are not responsible for any of the clean up and that if they must get involved that they are fully compensated for it. However, saying to Alberta that we want a share of the royalties isn't making the pipeline anymore environmentally friendly.

Crosbie lost to Smallwood after Smallwood decided he didn't want him to be premier. Many say that Crosbie was the de factor premier when Frank Moores was premier, also a former federal politician. As for the leadership of the federal PC Party it is believed he would have beat both Mulroney adm Clark one on one.

I should also add that John Crosbie was a high profile provincial politician before becoming a high profile federal politician, and there are other examples in Newfoundland and Labrador. I think one reason we've seen few premiers be successful in federal politics, and thus become prime minister, is due to very few premiers being Danny Williams and Gary Doer. Williams retired at the top of his game, 92% approval rating, while Doer's appointment came while he was still very popular. Many premiers are either defeated in elections or are forced out due to their unpopularity. As well unless you have a strong track record from provincial politics, like Williams and Doer, then you're not going to succeed federally, an example of this is Bob Rae. If you couldn't manage a province properly then you're going to have a tough time convincing people you can manage a country any better. Here's a perfect example of what I mean.

Sheila Copps was a provincial politican before entering federal politics and Brian Tobin was a federal politican, before becoming premier, before he became a federal politican again.

Increased privatization is needed.

Christy Clark is also a reason why having a big push to sign up new members to a political party is not always a great thing. Clark won because if her "celebrity status", despite MLAs knowing she wouldn't be any good and probably most long time leaders.

Clark is dumb.

It's not Trudeau's fault that people are that stupid though.

I think Charest would probably be more popular outside Quebec than inside. He's supposedly a Liberal suporter now as well.

I don't know if he has what it takes to be Prime Minister but I do think he has what it takes to be Liberal leader.

Not the greatest track record as premier though.

A serious question. Do you think you could support a party in government?

I don't know if he would have entered politics or not, and neither do you. Would Jack Layton have? Would Maxime Bernier have? If people are willing to vote for him due to his last name is that his fault? Do you think he should have changed his name? Justin has made comments many time about distancing himself from his father.

Did Justin ride his father's name? It's not the man's fault he has probably the most famous last name in Canadian politics.

I don't know, I don't think it's that likely. Who knows Liberals like him.

So I guess you didn't like Jack Layton?

Agree with what exactly?

How do you know he never had to worry about money?

Say what you like about his governing abilities, McGuinty can win elections.

Their support for the last year has been higher then what the NDPs has historically been and look what happened to the NDP in about 2 weeks in April 2011.

With his recent attacks on Mulcair and a leadership bid being more likely I highly doubt it.

Yes beauty and charisma is what got Harper to the PMO!

Wrong. They wanted to increase the corporate tax rates to what they were before January 1, 2011. They had said in 2010 they would freeze the tax at its current rate.