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FOUR times? Don't you think a Prime Minister should have a little better handle on English? Furthermore, for someone who has spent the better part of a week on this subject, shouldn't he have some sort of answer? Maybe if it was once. Not four times. Do you really believe that? It's on the front page/website of every major media outlet in Canada.

So is there really a disability that makes someone unable to understand one language, but not another? Isn't that just called unilingual?

So your first statement is that we have no clue what is coming. Then you dispute that anyone can predict what's coming. Does anyone else see the painful contradiction? hahahah

So you agree, it was a factual statement and he did not tell people not to invest in Ontario. Thanks.

Wow. I can sort of understand someone supporting the LPC. But how in God's name do you support this fool? That he'd be an embarrassment on the international stage would be an understatement. How can you actually want this guy to be your leader? Hearing problem? Really? Please. Thanks for the majority, Celine. I guess notaleader.ca was prety bang on all along.

When and where did he advise voters to invest? You still haven't answered that or my other question. As an aside, you do realize these sorts of markets are where the most money is made, right?

Anyone who votes for Dion or Layton on the basis of short-term stock market fluctuations should be locked up and the key thrown away. What, exactly, do you think will happen to the markets if Dion or Layton were in any position of power to promote their high-tax, shut-down-the-resource-industry agendas?

Where did he counsel Canadians to buy anything? He simply suggested there are buying opportunities, which there are. Markets are off 30+% from highs. It's basic, common fact. Just another lefty who doesn't understand that the stock market isn't directly related to the strength of Canada's banks which, by the way, everyone (from the IMF, to the World Economic Forum, to Chretien and Manley) agree on.

Large fluctations meaning what, exactly? The slow and steady decline down to the high 80s/low 90s, as we've seen? Thought so. Like everyone else, you have no idea what the markets will do tomorrow, let alone after that. Let's see the quotation you're relying on to show that there is a credit crisis in Canada. Or perhaps you're relying on your LPC talking points and spin? Please provide quotations. I know you're not very good at these, though. bahahahaha. Mere speculation that RIM might get taken over, based on, well, nothing? That's all you have?

When did Flaherty tell people to avoid the province?

More lies. When did Flaherty or anyone else in goverment say that? "It discourages investment in the province of Ontario," he said. "If you're going to make a new business investment in Canada, and you're concerned about taxes, the last place you will go is the province of Ontario." This is a fact. He never said it wasn't "worth" investing in Ontario or that it's the "last place" to invest. He stated a simple fact, that Ontario is not attractive to start up new business due to the high taxes. Do you disagree? I certainly wouldn't invest in Ontario, all things equal. How's that Dion Kool Aid taste?

I thought a low dollar was good? Can you please tell me what the markets will be doing tomorrow and next week? What does the US bailout have to do with conditions here? Who is blaming this on Dion? The way I see it, it is being blamed on Harper, no? Where is the evidence that RIM is vulnerable due to stock price? More lies.

Your solution is...?

A report from the World Economic Forum says Canada has the soundest financial system in the world, and also places the country on the top 10 list of the world's most competitive countries. Canada snatched the top grade for its soundness of banks, plus made the top 10 for its strength of investor protection (5th) and financial market sophistication (6th). However, nearly a quarter of respondents cited Canada's high tax rates as of the "the most problematic factors for doing business." About 15% also cited tax regulations, and 12% said government bureaucracy was a top problem. http://www.forextv.com/Forex/News/ShowStor....jsp?seq=135008 So I guess what Flaherty was saying about corporate tax rates being too high in Ontario was right? Hey Jack, make our taxes higher, I'm sure that will help!

Of course not, but if we're hit by a recession it's all Harper's fault, right?

How is this higher that what Harper said? He said about $8b to date. The finding was between $7.7b and $10b to date over six years. And remind me again who was in power for most of those 6 years? And who voted with the CPC to join the mission and also extend it? Again, nothing to see here, folks.

It's nice. Unfortunately, it's about $26b short of revenue neutral. In addition, it won't last very long when everything from fuel to clothing to food is more expensive.

Woe is us! CANBERRA (Reuters) - Canada has the world's soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as financial crisis and bank failures shake world markets. But Britain, which once ranked in the top five, has slipped to 44th place behind El Salvador and Peru, after a 50 billion pound ($86.5 billion) pledge this week by the government to bolster bank balance sheets. The United States, where some of Wall Street's biggest financial names have collapsed in recent weeks, rated only 40, just behind Germany at 39, and smaller states such as Barbados, Estonia and even Namibia, in southern Africa. RANKINGS 1. Canada 2. Sweden 3. Luxembourg 4. Australia 5. Denmark 6. Netherlands 7. Belgium 8. New Zealand 9. Ireland 10. Malta 11. Hong Kong 12. Finland 13. Singapore 14. Norway 15. South Africa 16. Switzerland 17. Namibia 18. Chile 19. France 20. Spain http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNew...me=businessNews

Yeah, I can't really put much stock in a poll that has margins of error of about +/- 10% in more than one region and bases its results in interviews of less than 100 people in certain cases. I mean, Dion's and Harper's leadership scores will go up and then down 10-20 points overnight sometimes, on no news. Different pollsters are more or less accurate in different elections for a whole host of reasons. I think Zogby or one of the other pollsters nailed the 2004 election, but was way off in 2000. Nanos gets the benefit of the doubt from most for his recent success, but in this businses, particularly given his overnight swings, I'm not sure any of the polls we've seen are helpful.

So you want to nationalize banks and monetary policy? hehehehe There's absolutely nothing to see here, folks.

I agree, but this suggests more Tory pick-ups, and if you add in the ridings not in play, the true spread among the CPC and LPC is likely 10-12 points (or at least greater than 4). So I don't think this poll is much different than the EKOS poll.

Keep in mind that these are polls only of battleground ridings (I think).

Indeed. It's also interesting to me that Nanos does not give the respondents a list of parties. In my mind, while I know he was most accurate in 2006, this is silly. In the booth, I get a list of parties. I'm not sure why you wouldn't give a list here. It's why I don't trust Nanos as much as the others, notwithstanding the 2006 results, not to mention his small sample sizes and 10-point Atlantics swings from night to night (I also noticed the Greens were up 3 in Ontario today per Nanos, which seems silly). All of which is to say, I'm inclined to trust EKOS this time around. But that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

http://www.ekoselection.com/index.php/2008...october-8-2008/ Latest EKOS poll has lead up to 11 from 9 and NDP closing in on LPC, and perhaps more significantly the CPC having a heavy edge in voters who will actually vote: CPC 35 LPC 24 NDP 20 Green 11 Bloc 10 [OTTAWA – October 8, 2008] – The Conservatives continue to maintain a significant lead nationally over all the opposition parties, according to the latest EKOS tracking poll, and have a significant lead with some of the most important groups of voters, but they are fighting a series of very different regional battles. “Across the country, the Conservatives hold significant leads among many of the demographic groups most likely to vote, such as seniors, men and baby-boomers,” said EKOS President Frank Graves. “There is nothing in this picture that suggests that the Conservatives have been knocked off track from winning government again, by either the leaders’ debates or the international financial crisis.” “We see no sign of a Tory collapse or a Liberal surge. It does seem that some voters have been drifting between parties in recent days, perhaps because none of them inspires much enthusiasm with the electorate,” he said. “There is some tentativeness and instability, and the gap with the Liberals was narrowing for a few days but the Tory lead, if anything is widening now, not shrinking.” In British Columbia, the Conservatives seem to be regaining some of their momentum of earlier in the campaign, re-establishing a significant lead over their closest rival, the New Democrats. In the Prairie provinces they are clearly ahead, though challenged in Manitoba and Saskatchewan by both the NDP and the Liberals. In Ontario, meanwhile, the Conservatives are struggling to shake off a determined Liberal challenge and a significant NDP presence. However, they maintain a narrow lead. In Quebec, Conservative support continues to slide and the Liberals are now emerging as principal federalist alternative to the Bloc Quebecois. In the Atlantic provinces, meanwhile, there appears to be a three-way battle, including the Liberals and the New Democrats, though as always, relatively small case-numbers.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=868792 OTTAWA -- The architecture of the recently revamped food inspection system - an issue that has dogged the Conservatives during the federal election - was crafted when the Liberals were in power in 2005, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.