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Harper finds his feet, but too late I noticed that as well. It made him look shifty. I wonder how many others noticed it.

Debates didn't change anything much for Martin or Harper. Apparently Martin came out a bit ahead. Both the Liberals and Conservatives are stalled, according to internal party polling.

SES CPAC Best PM Leader/Jun 9/Jun 10/Jun 11/Jun 14/Jun 15 Martin: 27%, 30% 31%, 30%, 28%, up 1% Harper: 25%, 26%, 22%, 27%, 26%, up 1% Layton: 10%, 10%, 11%, 12%, 12%, up 2% Duceppe: 4%, 3%, 3%, 4%, 5%, up 1%

Democracy, is that another right wing buzzword, when you want to crush the weaker components in the political system? I consider it bullying myself. It reminds me of the word "choice" which is the latest right wing buzzword for privitization of the health care system

One of the areas of concern is the low percentage of female MPs in the House of Commons. Political parties ignore the female voter at their peril. The last poll I viewed showed that the negative gap between male and female voter was almost 50% more for the Conservatives than the next closest party. The following is the percentage of female candidates breakdown for the coming election: Conservatives: 11% Liberals: 26% New Democrats: 31%

Layton goes on attack in leadership debate, gets under Martin's skin Layton came close to scoring several knockouts tonight, one when Martin mentioned reducing debt, and Layton retored yes, on the back of students.

Well at least you got that part right.

I wonder how Martin is going to handle Adscam as more devastating news for the Liberals came out today. Starts in less than 10 miutes, eh!

SES CPAC poll released June 15, 2004, showing the changes in the past week: Party/Jun9/Jun 10/Jun11/Jun14/Jun15 Cons: 37%, 37%, 34%, 34%, 33%, down 4% Libs: 33%, 32%, 33%, 33%, 32%, down 1% New Dem:15%, 17%, 18%, 18%, 19%, up 4% Bloc:10%, 10%, 11%, 11%, 12%, up 2% Grn: 5%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 4%, down 1% Und: 22%, 22%, 24%, 22%, 15%, down 7% So actually, in spite of all the media hoopla, the significant changes in the polling over the last week show the Cons down 4%, and the New Dem up 4% i

Ad firm asked employees to donate to Liberals The Liberals continue to implode. Someone is going to have to hold the Conservatives' feet to the fire when Harper takes over as PM. I think Jack Layton better get ready to play a larger role, as the Liberals seem to be heading South in the polls.

Quebec Company Date----------BL LI CO ND GR OT UN Leger Marketing - Sun Media 17/06/2004 46 31 15 07 Ipsos-Reid 15/06/2004 48 28 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Compas 12/06/2004 50 32 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? CROP 12/06/2004 44 32 14 08 ?? ?? ?? EKOS 11/06/2004 54 22 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Leger Marketing - CP 09/06/2004 46 31 13 08 ?? 02 00 SES CPAC 08/06/2004 43 30 15 10 03 ?? 28 Ipsos-Reid 04/06/2004 45 28 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Leger Marketing - Sun Media 02/06/2004 46 33 09 09 02 01 ?? SES CPAC 01/06/2004 49 30 13 05 03 ?? 22 Ipsos-Reid 31/05/2004 44 29 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? EKOS 28/05/2004 45 36 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Environics 26/05/2004 48 32 10 10 ?? ?? ??

Ipsos-Reid poll released June 15, 2004, compared to previous Ipsos-Reid poll dated June 9, 2004: Party/June 9/June 15 Cons: 31%, 32%, up 1% Libs: 32%, 31%, down 1% New Dem: 16%, 17%, up 1% Bloc:12%, 12%, no change Grn: 6%, 6%, no change

Canada Company Date----------CO LI ND BL GN OT UD Ipsos-Reid 15/06/2005 32 31 17 12 06 ?? ?? SES CPAC 14/06/2004 34 33 18 11 05 00 15 SES CPAC 11/06/2004 34 33 18 11 05 ?? 24 EKOS 10/06/2004 34 30 19 ?? ?? ?? ?? SES CPAC 10/06/2004 37 32 17 10 05 ?? 22 Leger Marketing 09/06/2004 30 33 19 12 ?? ?? ?? Ipsos-Reid 09/06/2004 31 32 16 ?? ?? ?? ?? SES CPAC 09/06/2004 37 33 15 10 05 ?? 22 SES CPAC 08/06/2004 35 31 16 11 06 ?? 23 SES CPAC 07/06/2004 34 32 20 11 04 ?? 22 Ipsos-Reid 04/06/2004 31 32 17 11 06 ?? ?? SES CPAC 04/06/2004 34 37 17 09 03 ?? ?? SES CPAC 03/06/2004 32 35 19 09 04 ?? ?? SES CPAC 02/06/2004 29 37 19 11 05 ?? ?? Leger Marketing 02/06/2004 30 35 17 12 05 ?? ?? SES 01/06/2004 25 36 22 13 05 ?? ?? Ipsos-Reid 31/05/2004 30 34 16 ?? 06 ?? ?? SES 31/05/2004 26 36 20 13 05 ?? ?? SES 30/05/2004 31 34 19 12 03 ?? ?? EKOS 28/05/2004 30 38 18 11 ?? ?? ?? SES 28/05/2004 31 40 16 10 03 ?? ?? SES 27/05/2004 29 42 17 10 02 ?? ?? Environics 26/05/2004 29 38 21 11 ?? ?? ?? SES 26/05/2004 28 41 18 11 03 ?? ?? Compas 22/05/2004 31 39 17 11 ?? ?? ??

Instant poll hands TV debate win to Duceppe I think these results speak for themselves.

willy.....my numbers are correct. Ipsos-Reid poll following the French debate on best ideas and policies: Duceppe: 38% Layton: 23% Martin: 19% Harper: 12% Harper came in dead last on ideas and policies.

Did the moderator(s) lose control of the debate? There seemed to be a`lot of talking over others, and some people have suggested that the moderators lost control of the debate? Do you agree?

I have a hunch our here at Mapleleafweb is actually going to vote for Harper.

pff.....gad you liked it. I think a lot of the media do a huge dis-service to viewers but being spokespeople for their respective political parties or ideology. A good example is Jose Legault - she's not a journalist, she a BQ or PQ hack, fronting as an independent journalist. What I like about Wells is that he expresses his own point of view, he's not a broken record like Legault. Sometimes he will support one party, another time another party.

The PM's Exit Strategy Excellent article by one of English Canada's best non-affiliated journalists.

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Ipsos-Reid poll following the French debate on best ideas and policies: Duceppe: 38% Layton: 23% Martin: 19% Harper: 12% I think what happened is that Harper had to try and defend his policies and he ran into trouble by trying to avoid answering. Do you think he will be able to recover tomorrow night?

"Excuse me, we do not agree at all, because you were in the government for 10 years when we were asking for action on the environment and the air is a lot worse than it was 10 years ago, drinking water is a real problem." - NDP Leader Jack Layton to Liberal Leader Paul Martin when Martin suggested the Liberals and the NDP agreed on several fronts.

The reality is, once the election is over, the Liberals and the Conservatives will work together to defeat the progressive social policies of the Bloc and the NDP.

Instant poll hands TV debate win to Duceppe Everyone expected Duceppe to win tonight, so there were no surprises there. But on policy it seems the NDP is getting high marks.

Le BQ's goal is independence for Quebec. Now why would a BQ supporter be pushing so hard for Harper? Because Le BQ sees their best opportunity to achieve their aim of Quebec independence is with Harper. I don't think Canadians will fall into this trap.