Kiraly
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It's all so much drivel. It's the same twisted bs we saw last election and the one before that. That's what I meant by "so?". Why anyone would post this is beyond me. This heaping load of festering manure has been trotted out time and time again by the venal, self-serving Liberal crowd, each time to great applause from their mind-numbingly stupid supporters.
Don't mind her...
...she has a very odd fixation with the current leader of the Conservatives.
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I also dislike Harper, but this post has backfired as it has swayed me more in Harper's direction.
She does have that affect on people.
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So should Layton have intervened or should he have taken the Harper approach of non-interference?
Robinson is extremely popular among the hardcore NDP supporter.
Had Layton intervened, there would have been a revolt.
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I saved a copy too.
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Any thoughts?
I rather enjoyed it.
I thought it was a pretty good description of the political reality that existed in this country in the mid-nineties.
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Some thoughts on tonight’s debate:
(Listened to it translated in English on CPAC)
Best non-verbal communication goes to Duceppe. He looked very comfortable, didn’t move around excessively or awkwardly and used hand gestures effectively.
I thought Layton also performed well, especially in the beginning. Nailed Martin right away with the point on greenhouse gas emissions. Smartly, reserved his attacks for Martin. He did seem to be less effective in the second part of the debate. Probably more to do with the type of questions being asked.
Stephen Harper, the weakest of the four in French I believe, performed alright. He seemed to not understand a couple of questions posed to him. He also seemed to tilt his head quite a bit to the left….
…ahhh, Stephen, moving to the left was to be taken figuratively.
I thought his response to the home care question was weak – probably caught him off guard with that one. I also didn’t think his answer to the question “where do you see Canada in 30 years?” was all that inspiring. As a leader, you have to be able to answer these types of questions in a way that elicits a positive emotional response from the listener. There is room for improvement in this area.
I thought it was smart of him to include the names of some of his candidates running in this election. Good promo. Also liked the fact that he used “we” and the “Conservative Party” as opposed to “I”.
Regarding Martin, I found his hand gestures very distracting. To his credit, the smugness that I felt he portrayed in the debates in '04 was not apparent tonight. I also thought that he appeared to be very scripted. For example, after Harper said he would not use the NWC, Martin said that Harper needs to tell the public whether he would use the NWC….
...ahhh Mr. Martin, I think he just did.
Don't think he saw that coming.
Martin also seemed unable to address the fiscal imbalance question and seemed frustrated with the follow up question regarding the same.
I've noticed that some people (including conservatives) watching the debates in French, thought Martin didn't do poorly. Personally, I didn't think his performance was very good. Perhaps something gets lost in the translation. or maybe I'm just too partisan.
Martin was the target tonight. So I’m guessing surviving the debate is in itself a victory. How they convinced him to do four of these, I’ll never know.
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I'm with Slim...
...I thought it was a great article.
Won't win him alot of votes in this country, but a good read nonetheless.
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Personally I don't favour criminalization of handguns (beyond the restrictions already in place) any more than I favour criminalization of marijuana. Gullibility is not exclusive to the supporters of any one political party.
Oddly enough, I'm a conservative who has no issue with decriminalizing marijuana laws.
My girlfriend, who I would describe as a socialist, is very anti-marijuana decriminalization. If it were up to her, the laws involving marijuana would be toughened.
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For the record: While, unlike the current Liberal government, I have always supported free trade, there is a deep concern in Canada about the commitment of the current U.S. administration and Congress to free trade. The United States is withholding some $5 billion in duties held from Canadian softwood lumber producers, despite the fact that a NAFTA panel has ruled that these duties are illegal.
In a recent speech, I stated that Canada must determine "the willingness of the United States to strengthen the dispute resolution mechanism and to subordinate domestic political pressures to a shared system of rules" and that "if this is not a direction in which the United States wishes to go, then Canada will have to make other long-term choices in its economic infrastructure," including expanded trade relationships with Asian countries such as India, Japan, and China.
Click the link above to read the entire letter.
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I think the increase in Conservative support and decrease in Liberal support on the 9th is most contributable to the December 6, 2005 polling results being discarded from the overall numbers.
On this day, the Liberal numbers went up by 3 points, which is quite a shift from one day to the next. So I don't think anything occurred to increase Conservative support on the 9th - only that the lower numbers three days prior were discarded.
What I am curious to see is if the margin will now continue to decrease post-handgun ban annoucement.
I know two people who will now be voting Conservative as a result of Martin's annoucement. I wonder how many others there are.
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Sparhawk:
Harper would step down and a leadership convention would be held if that scenario were to occur.
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Martinistas: 39%
Conservatives: 30%
15% margin fell to 9% in one day....
...looks like they called a few conservatives yesterday.
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Economic Left/Right: +1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00
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A big, new study of the Quebec program has found that participating children and their parents are worse off than before, suffering from behavioral and health problems.
Perhaps more important, however, is how the program directly affected the families that used North America's only universal child-care program.
Here's how, in the words of the researchers:
"Finally, we uncover striking evidence that children are worse off in a variety of behavioral and health dimensions, ranging from aggression to motor skills to illness. Our analysis also suggests that the new child-care program led to more hostile, less consistent parenting, worse parental health and lower-quality parental relationships."
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Remember....
...registration doesn't lead to confiscation....
...yeah, right.
I cannot see this as a winner for the Martinistas. I eagerly await Harper's response to this....
...I guess once it is offically announced by Martin.
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Too early for me to predict...
...alot will depend on the upcoming campaign.
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There was no specific advance notice whatsoever," Goodale told CTV.
More importantly, perhaps, CTV discovered evidence, in writing, that seems to suggest some people had advance knowledge of exactly what the finance minister was going to say.
That evidence is in public bulletin board postings on a popular investor's internet site called "Stockhouse". The first posting -- at 11:14 that morning -- came from someone who wrote, "Skuttlebutt is that he (Goodale) will soon announce a reduction on dividend taxation to 'even the playing field'". This information was posted a full seven hours before the minister's press conference, and possibly viewed by many potential investors before the markets closed.
The second posting on the same site came from another person, who also seemed to know what was coming. At 3:59, they posted this message, "The hot rumour is that the government's decision on the income trust issue is that they are going to make a more level playing field by reducing the degree of double taxation which currently exists on dividends by increasing the dividend tax credit."
The Finance Minister used almost that exact wording, when he made his announcement two hours later.
Hmmmm....
....very interesting.
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Harper should run in Indonesia...
...I mean he would like totally win.
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Just reading through some old posts when I came across this thread....
...I was pretty close, eh?
Yes you were,
I am relatively new to this forum (I joined a few months ago) but I seem to remember you as a different name...am I right???
Yup...
Kanada Dry...
...I just had it changed.
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Just reading through some old posts when I came across this thread....
...I was pretty close, eh?
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If Harper is saying something and doing something about softwood lumber, please provide the evidence.
Are you unable to access google.com on your computer?
HALIFAX (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says that as prime minister, he'd take a hardline position with the United States and refuse to bargain over softwood.In an apparent shift from his conciliatory style in the past on Canada-U.S. relations, Harper said Wednesday that he would tell George W. Bush there are other markets for Canada's resources.
And he said he'd suggest Canada and the U.S. each appoint special high-level envoys to determine if the U.S. really wants to continue using the free trade deal and its dispute settlement mechanism.
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Maybe Norman missed my request:
Reposted from the previous page for your convenience:
Norman:
Taxing imports would be less risky then Layton's plan but Harper's plan remains the worst of all, i.e., do nothing and hope that the friendly giant returns the 5 billion that he stole. Why is Harper afraid to take even a modest stand on this issue?Kiraly:
That doesn't sound like Harper's plan at all.Would you care to provide and evidence where Harper stated this position?
The real Stephen Harper
in Federal Politics in Canada
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There's two of them???
Harperstein