caesar Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 In describing their new era of co-operation, the three party leaders crafted a sentence designed to satisfy the sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois and the federalist opposition parties."This [co-operation] is what Canadians and Quebeckers expect," the three leaders were quoted as saying. Quebeckers ARE still Canadians; that was a dumb statement separating Canada and Quebec. Quote
maplesyrup Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 the separatists are master communicators, which creates part of the problem, for the federales. They have their act together but I am still hopeful partition can be avoided. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
maplesyrup Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Canadians Tentative on Federal Liberal Government Canadians were asked to rate the performance of the federal government in eleven key policy areas. The measure was taken on a scale from one to seven where one represented strongly disapprove and seven represented strongly approve. Many of the scores were near the median (3.5) which is indicative of a wait and see attitude. The government management of tax dollars continues to be a sore spot among Canadians. On this measure, the government had an average approve/disapprove rating of 2.9 out of seven (its lowest rating). The residual fallout from the sponsorship scandal continues. Polling August 5th to August 11th, 2004 (Random Telephone Survey of 1,000 Canadians, MoE ±3.1%, 19 times out of 20). Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding. Policy Areas - Approval Disapproval (1= strongly disapprove, 7 strongly approve) Public Safety and Security - 4.4 out of 7 National Unity - 4.0 out of 7 Jobs and the Economy - 3.9 out of 7 Canada/US Relations - 3.8 out of 7 Agriculture - 3.8 out of 7 The Environment - 3.8 out of 7 National Defence - 3.6 out of 7 Health Care - 3.5 out of 7 Social Issues - 3.4 out of 7 Taxes - 3.3 out of 7 Managing Tax Dollars - 2.9 out of 7 So, what do ya think? Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
caesar Posted August 21, 2004 Author Report Posted August 21, 2004 Sounds pretty middle of the road. This is a new government and too early to really rate. They haven't even sat in the legislature, yet; have they. That statement came from a joint Harper, Layton, and Duceppe meeting Quote
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