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She said she disagreed with the NDP on their policies regarding the war in Libya and publc private partnership for infrastructure project.

Yes, they must have lied.

He left because of policy disagreements and Lise St Denis left because of policy disagreements, there is no difference in either of the cases. Hyer supposedly wants back in but I don't see why the NDP didn't harass his constituents with robocalls and call for his resignation like they did with St Denis.

Just going by what they said. They're not just looking at income taxes though, they are looking at sales/sin taxes and municipal taxes.

I agree with all of this. However, there are still a lot of people who won't vote for a federal party because they are dissatisfied with the provincial party of the same name. The Ontario Liberals and federal Liberals are not affiliated, but I don't know how someone can deny that McGuinty's government has influenced how people voted federally. After Jack Layton's breakthrough last year, and then his death months later, the provincial NDP in just about every province saw a bump/surge in polling. Even though, while affiliated, all the parties ran on different platforms.

Few in power in the provinces at that time, therefore Chretien had less baggage to deal with from the unpopular decisions made by his provincial counterparts.

My point is about the NDP though not the public.

On Sun News Network they said the average family, which I think they said makes 70 odd thousand, would pay 40%+ between provincial/federal income taxes and municipal taxes. I guess they probably include sales taxes as well.

What difference does it make if he's an independent or sits with another party? The NDPs logic with St Denis was that people didn't vote Liberal, and that her win had everything to do with her being a New Democrat and nothing to do with her as their candidate. Under the NDPs logic people in Hyer's riding voted NDP and not for Hyer, therefore he should resign if he doesn't plan on sitting with the NDP. They can't have it both ways, they should robocall his riding.

Why are you complaining about sick leave?

When Lise St Denis left the party for the Liberals the NDP were calling on her to resign and run in a byelection, has anyone heard any NDP MPs call for Bruce Hyer's resignation?

Are you not going to explain anything?

What?

I was wondering what impact provincial politics will have on the next federal election in 2015. Will the popularity of the premiers and their governments effect how the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Bloc do? I have heard many people say over the years that Bob Rae's NDP government in Ontario had a big impact on the federal NDPs poor showing in the 1993 election and the elections after that. I also remember reading one time that a few things Dalton McGuinty did during either the 2004 or 2006 federal election had an impact on how the federal Liberals did in that province on election day. I was thinking about the big changes we saw in the 1993 election and looked back at what governments were in power provincially at that time, and when they came to power. I was wondering what impacts these governments had on the outcome of the federal election, and I am wondering what impacts they may have on the next federal election. What I noticed was in 1993 the NDP were governing in BC, Saskatchewan and Ontario, and had been for a few years. The PC Party was in power in Alberta and Manitoba and was just defeated in Nova Scotia. In Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, New Brunswick and Quebec the Liberals were in power. Besides Quebec, which the Bloc Quebecois won, the Liberals had not been governing in the larger provinces. The Alberta PC Party had just been elected over the Liberals, who had been in the political wilderness for decades. The PCs were in power in Manitoba and has jus lost re-election in Nova Scotia. The NDP were forming and unpopular government in Ontario and were governing in BC and Saskatchewan. Anyway the longwinded point I am trying to get at is if the Chretien Liberals benefitted in 1993 by most voters not being ruled by provincial Liberals? I think many people would say this had an impact. As well if you look at what happened since then, a party named "Liberal" has governed in the majority of provinces. In the 2011 election an unpopular Liberal government was in power in BC, Ontario and Quebec and not long out of power in New Brunswick. The NDP have two fairly popular governments in place and while the Conservatives aren't affiliated with any provincial party the conservative parties that are in power are popular. I've seen people mention that the popularity of an Adrian Dix led government in BC could have an impact on how the federal NDP do in 2015, what about a PC government in Ontario? Are we really seeing an end to the Liberal Party and parties across Canada? Is it beneficial to the Harper Conservatives that while they have relationships with some provincial parties they are not affiliated with them and can't really take the blame for their decisions?

I was surprised to see Nikki Ashton struggle a bit on The Wet Block on Stephen Woodworth's motion, she was not as strong as she was during the NDP leadership "debates".

How?

I have to agree with Chretien that the Liberals and NDP basically ask the same questions, with the same concerns.

I guess he couldn't get her to resign before the budget vote. Well behind in third? The two polls that showed them in third, a Nanos had them in first, had them behind the NDP by 3 points, within the MOE. The most recent Forum poll had 6 points separating the three parties. The Liberals are supposedly the most ready for an election, and many wanted one according to an article the other day.

Bernier is fine. Peter Kent needs to be replaced by Michelle Rempel, Bev Oda should be replaced by Chris Alexander and John Duncan needs to go.

He'd still form an NDP government.

Another protest party was propelled to the Official Opposition last May, we'll find out how the NDP make out in 3 years.

The federal Conservatives have a horrible record thus far, none of the other parties have anything better to offer Canadians though.

All the parties suck, again I'd need to see who my candidates are before I'd choose who I'd be voting for.

She'll remain in cabinet.

Doubt it. I read an interesting article about the Alberta PCs a while ago, it argued that they have basically been a centrist party that changes with the times and the public. They were more conservative in the 90's because all governments were more conservative after the recession. They are more progressive now because despite the recession Alberts is doing great and many people want investments in infrastructure, education and healthcare. I believe it was Don Martin who said that Alberta is not at all as conservative as it was. If Redford doesn't work out and needs to be replaced in a few years they will likely go with a more conservative leader. It's possible the Wildrose could form a government, buyI don't think the PCs will die.