maplesyrup Posted October 13, 2004 Report Posted October 13, 2004 Article Lib 40% (up 3) Con 25% (down 5) NDP 17% (up 1) Grn 6% (up 2) In Quebec: Lib 39% (up 5) BQ 36% (down 13) NDP 11% (up 6) Con 5% (down 4) In Ontario: Lib 42% Con 27% (down 5) NDP 21% 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 October 13, 2004 Author Report Posted October 13, 2004 The last election was the Conservatives to lose and they did, and what did you expect with such a neanderthal leader. Why would Canadians bother to vote for another Conservative party when they already have one in the Paul Martin Liberals? 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
Newfie Canadian Posted October 13, 2004 Report Posted October 13, 2004 I wouldn't call Harper a "neanderthal leader", but he had the misfortune of having some candidates shoot off their mouths enough to scare some center, center-left voters that he may have otherwise had. A policy convention before the election may have helped. I suspect the polls will get better for the Conservatives after the House has been in session for a while. If after a couple or 3 months the polls stay the same or get better for the Liberals, Harper may want to start looking for a new job. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
August1991 Posted October 13, 2004 Report Posted October 13, 2004 Why would Canadians bother to vote for another Conservative party when they already have one in the Paul Martin Liberals?Is it fair to say that between fascists and thieves, Ontarians chose the thieves?Incidentally, with a sample size of 1000, the provincial results are meaningless. I don't think the Liberals are ahead of the BQ in Quebec. Quote
maplesyrup Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Posted October 13, 2004 Harper's political career as a federal leader of a contending party is over. He made a terminal error in judgement allying with the Bloc. The Bloc had a bit of boost just around election time. They don't have much of a future either. 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
Newfie Canadian Posted October 13, 2004 Report Posted October 13, 2004 I agree August. It is hard to believe that the Grits would be ahead of the Bloc in Quebec so soon after getting pasted by them in the election. On the other hand, the PQ has been raising the sovereignty issue a lot in the last few months, and it may not be sitting too well with many. That is just a theory though. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
Slavik44 Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 I suspect when the conservatives find charisma their numbers will improve. Quote The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand --------- http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 Last taken: May 23, 2007
maplesyrup Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Posted October 14, 2004 They could do worse than pick Bill Clinton's Canadian sex toy for leader. 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
takeanumber Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 teehee. August might be right about the sample, if only 1000 were interviewed. Anyway: Libs are up, cons are down. I wonder if Harper's latest stunts in the HoC has anything to do it? And when the hell is that policy convention supposed to be? Quote
Newfie Canadian Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 And when the hell is that policy convention supposed to be? March, 2005. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...licy040908.html Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
JWayne625 Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 Now that just goes to show us all how STUPID Canadian's really are. Anyone who still has doubts that the sponsorship program reached right into the highest levels of our governmment is either a moron or is in denial, especially with the relavations which are coming to light this week with the testamony of people like Ms. Roy. Chretien himself was involved in these illegal activities right from the start, along with Martin, Gagliano, and the list goes on, and on. Gullible people might be comfortable with crooks and liars running our country, but I certainly am not. Especially since the Liberal's have again misled the taxpayers about the amount of the projected surplus. Now we find out that this surplus is about 5 times what was projected, and my great fear is that there are still many Liberal friendly corporation's in Quebec and Ontario that perceive they didn't get their fair share of the last pot-of-gold. I fear what will happen to this $9.1 billion dollar windfall for the federal treasury. It is an assurance that we the people, who donated heavily to this windfall will never see any of this money coming back into our pockets, after all that's just not how thigs work in Canada. In Canada government initiatives are usually meant to benefit the top 5% of the population. Quote
Newfie Canadian Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 Change isn't going to happen until all Conservatives realize that to get eelcted they have to be more of a centrist party. It was the right wing comments from a couple of Conservative candidates that really hurt them in the last election. The bilingualism comments cost them all hope in Quebec (if they had any) and probably cost them in New Brunswick, where the Liberals took 7 seats, the Conservatives 2 and the NDP 1. I'm not opposed to change in Ottawa. I think the Liberals have become arrogant and complacent, but the NDP is too left and the Conservatives are too right, as they stand now. Maybe after the convention. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
Guest eureka Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 I don't think of Harper as a "neanderthal" leader, either. As we now know, Neanderthals had bigger brains. Quote
kungfusion Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 Interesting phenomenon, now that we have a minority government, hopefully Liberal will still take on the same accountability as before. Quote
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