jdobbin Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Stephe...0736/story.html Harper's approval numbers have cratered, only three months after he won the election. This has nothing to do with his management of the economic crisis, and everything to do with the political crisis provoked by Harper around the November economic statement.The blowback in Quebec comes down to Harper's harsh denunciations of "the separatist coalition," which served its purpose against the opposition parties in English-speaking Canada, but became a tipping point for sliding Conservative support in Quebec. It looks Harper really won't have a honeymoon in Quebec in terms of support. I think in the minds of many Quebec Harper really showed what he thought of the people in the province. Liberal support would now translate into 30 seats in Quebec. The situation might only worsen for the Tories in the province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Progressive Tory Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Stephe...0736/story.htmlIt looks Harper really won't have a honeymoon in Quebec in terms of support. I think in the minds of many Quebec Harper really showed what he thought of the people in the province. I think Quebec is gone to him forever. "On the question of best prime minister, Michael Ignatieff leads at 37 per cent, Jack Layton is at 23 per cent, and Stephen Harper, who actually is prime minister, is at just 16 per cent." Even Jack Layton is ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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