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The Federal Tories - Poking Ontario with a sharp stick (Sun Media Column) (2008-03-31)

• Nik. It sounds like pay-back time from the conservatives for Ontario!

Afghanistan Vote and the Issue Environment (Video Blog Post) (2008-03-14)

• Hello Nik, This is the interview that I recently mentioned on this blog that you had on CTV. An enternte was finessed because until 2011, however, we h...
• Thanks Mike, I am saving my strength for a worthwhile forthcoming Federal election. To be fair, it is madening that 80 MP's voted against Dan McTeag's ...
• Hello Tom, Just read your post...I am not receiving my mail, and I am going to notify Nik. As usual, its a terrific post, and can enjoy discussing without...
• Hi hollinm, I am sure that Parnel replied in his true fashion to all of this denial nonsense. Just once, and in all fairness hollinm, could you not adm...
• Hello robini, Long time no hear from you...As an ex-Military guy I greatly respect, and thank you. After 9/11, the spin and lies about invading Iraq, y...
• Hello MRM, Mike did a really terrific job answering for me, and I thank him for saving me the trouble of having to respond. I can't figure out blind fa...
• Hello Tom, I believe that we have already agreed on the first paragraph. If Obama wins, it does take more than a year to get out of Iraq. They have as man...
• MRM, Security certificates - Geneva Conventions, etc...Abu Graib, in the US,etc... It's not the Committee, it is the Courts that have decreed that we d...
• Tom, One cannot deny that you report history with much wisdom, and integrity. You fully understand the political games. Hopefully with Obama at the hel...
• Hello Tom, A couple of times I tried to reply to your great expose - unbiased... For some reason, each time, and for some time now, I get email replies f...
• MRM, Government? not committees, and for lack of a better word...I don't remember why I used this word... Needless to say that I am happy to hear that ...
• Hello Tom, As soon as Parliament resumes, and in very little time, we shall have the feel for when the next election is scheduled... Selling our Space ...

Election fraught with risks - Nanos Ballot - Lib 33, Con 31, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 8 (2008-02-08)

• Hello Nik, Good job on the medias, and as usual, always a professional! You know that it always hurts me to the bone when I see the bloq ratings in thi...
• Hello Mike, It's been a while...thanks. The time must be ripe...we do not want to get into an unwanted, triggered, costly election unless Canadians dec...
• I am back Gordo05, As Sir Walter Scott, or is it Raleigh so said: "My Native Land" Breathes there the man with soul so dead, whose heart had near'd wit...
• Hello hillimn, What a surprise! I was just going "roger & out"... the pq just announced that they will vote against the budget...I think that the 'b...
• Hi Tom, Good show! I say that we shall probably see two provincial elections before a Federal election is called.I would even predict that 2009 is goi...
• Hello Gordo05, I thought that I had already responded to your post. I always commend Nik for being truly professional, however, Nik stated that his pol...
• Hello Gordo05. In one of my latest posts this is exactly what I said; that Mr. Harper better be careful what he wishes for!!! Politically, we are on th...
• Hello Gordo05, How well I understand you...Think about it... Mr. Harper in his platform campaign stated that he would do away with the vastly Liberal S...
• Gordo05, There is no other alternative... If I may suggest, it would be very uplifting, and interesting to use your talents, and offer this help person...
• Hello zhimmy01, Yes, I do ramble, trying to bring examples, whether in Canada and the US. so that hopefully we pay more attention, and not just the "spin"...
• zhimmy01, Isen't it the other way around - Mr. Harper has Canadians on a short leash? After reading your first post addressed to me, and reading this s...
• Hello Gordo05, Please let me thank you for responding in your usual kind manner, and your perceptions, political or otherwise, are always right on. Wh...
• Hi Gordo05, I think that M. Dion's planning for repairing our future infrastructure, and having a fund that both Provinces, and Municipalities will be ena...
• Hello Nik, Just watched your latest poll on Duff this evening, and you have to admit that your poll is what I have been predicting all along, a Liberal wi...
• Hello Gordo05, So did I... They are two different individuals - J.C. already had a mandate, was politically savy, and was not dealing with a conspiracy...
• Hi Gordo05, Yes, I heard, and mentioned in my two minute ago email to you. John McCallum set the record straigh today, and I agree with him that any one p...
• Hello calmecalm, I do not remember Obama bringing the issue to the front on Caucasian vs African American...Wasen't it Bill Clinton, who until now had bee...
• Hi calmecam, Something that I have never mentioned before on this blog...I can actually "neigh"; one of the most beautiful sounds if one owned horses! ...
• Hi calmecam, I love your sense of humour! That and barbecues... Cheers,
• Hi calmecam, Lord Chamberlain! Our history has taken a strange twist, and the zealots want to control us at any cost.
• Hello Calmecam, Of course you are right... The cost of an election is not the issue, but it is the results of such an uncalled for election. One that i...
• Hello calmecam, I sense that you and others on this blog, and I could all really get along very well. I shall take the time to answer later, because y...
• Hi calmecam, Sorry for this delay, and I have found your response to be quite elevating...Yes, indeed, the " the beauty, and nobility of horses", and all ...
• Hello Gordo05, I just love reading your thoughts, views, and opinions. I also respect your candor, and your insights, and your depictions, that denote you...
• Hello Gordo05, I just responded, and lost my whole email! This one is going to be short! I was just as disappointed as you, however, there would be ...
• Hi Bernie, As usual, hearing from you has cheered me up! I feel exactly the way that you do, and Gordo05,.. However, think about this, if I may sugg...
• Hi Parnel, I see it your way... Pretty soon, the PM will no longer be in a position to attack anyone if we keep getting scandals that voters can unders...
• Hi Bernie, Well we know what happens to those who vote for the welfare of their constituencies, such as MP Bill Casey...In this harpercrite gov/t one is w...
• Hello Nik, I heard you on 940AM radio with Charles Adler, no conservative friend of mine, and you stated what I have already posted that scandals, and soa...
• Hellooo Bernie, Absolutely right about Charles Adler, but that your son might be listening to Mr. Adler does not denote anything wrong, or that you have n...
• Hello Nik, Yes, I understand, and thank you for taking precious time from your agenda, in order to answer me. I respect you all the more for this. You ...
• Hello Bernie, Pretty soon we shall have to rent :-)space on this blog! - The Cadman Affair is all important, and all week S. Harper ascerted that he w...
• Hi Bernie, Just emailed you, and had so little room to do so that I was getting cross-eyed! Therefore, I am using an old post to gain a little more room. ...
• Hi Bernie, I love your line about the more prevalent "narrowness of mind of men trying to fit in to smaller spaces"...Indeed, it is not how we were though...
• Hi Mike, Love your appropriate comments. I believe, in answer to your questions, it is that conservatives are screaming to be heard, and voters will ma...
• Hello Mike, Since the Dan MacTeag Private Citizens' Bill re. a good Bill, that would be good for all Canadian families who want to invesst, and send their...
• Hello Mike, Very well said, and thought out! What I like is that we are from the same province, and we see eye to eye. This is most encouraging to me...
• Hello Nik, Just heard you on cpac with Peter Van Dusen, and it all registered...I am happy that you are not a politician, and you should be giving your un...
• Hi calmecalm, Just read your post, and pretty much is happening as you had depicted. Where is the PM in the "House" this week? James Moore is respondin...
• Hello calmecam, I had better pay more attention to your posts...I am spellbound, and you have opined my most hopeful fantasies... You bet, since JFK, a...

Too many election risks (2008-01-22)

• Hello Nik, I agree that the numbers will not give S. Harper his majority. The Manley Report was not very enticing for S. Harper either. It pointed at him ...
• hollinm, Wrong - my head is too groggy to decipher any of this, but am happy to see that some are paying attention, and bringing out very important and t...
• Hello Canuck, First opportunity to clear the air with you...When a Liberal asks for answers, the Opposition states that we are whining. When a Liberal doe...
• Hello calmecam, I have read some of your posts, and would like to join with you, personally, and as a Liberal would want to extend my best wishes for Bill...
• Hello Gordo05, Nice to hear from you, and yes, decency is a rare animal in politics these days. I had also emailed Mr. Casey in order to congratulate, an...
• Hello Gordo05, It is really exiting to have someone on board as yourself on this blog, and I have always felt that it is a privelege that Nik hands over t...
• Hello Nn-aligned in Toronto: I agree that Harper will not have it so easy in 2008, and unless the Press and Medias turn on him that he will probably sai...
• Hello Bernie, So nice to hear from you... In this, as Jim Duff on 940AM radio said last week, Province is going down the 'toilet" to use his exact word...
• Hi calmecam, How right you are - Who knew about Linda Keen until the PM made her known to us all? That's probably why he fired her late at night, withou...
• Hi calmecam. You give a good depiction of what is happening, and yes, this person that appeared on Mike Duffy, has to be the meanest looking of them all. ...
• Hi Gordo05, One can always discount the 'bloq', and although they had proudly stated that they would vote against the budget, with the NDP, G. Duceppe dec...
• Hello Gordo05, Just started to read your article, and shall finish later, but just to let you know that although I have not yet read James Travers' articl...
• Hi Gordo05, Not complicated at all; just good reading and telling it as it is! How long can this charage go on? You have nailed it, and only voter insp...
• Hello Gordo05, I was elated at receiving this reply from you this AM. Thanks. I can understand your frustrations, and am also worried about the directi...
• Hello Gordo05, Yes, I am aware of all the counter arguments, however, Pervez Musharraf has made it clear that any intervention in Pakistan from an outside...
• Hello Gordo05, You think like me, but you say it so much better than me! Nik, you did say it right! Gordo05 I finally had to go for a long walk i...
• Hi Bernie, Good to hear from you. I guess we are both tired; at least I am. You know me better than that, and above all, I hope that I am a humanitaria...
• Hi Gordo05, Yes, Yes, Yes!!! Don't forget to read my predictions to Nik's latest question also... I warn you that my predictions are pretty good, at b...
• To Bernie, Hello Friend, Love it... That's exactly how I felt before responding to your post! Keep in mind that nothing that I say is ever personal;...

Federal Political Year in Review - Challenges and Opportunities for 2008 (2007-12-27)

• Hello Nik, It certainly will not be the NDP, who will call an election, unless they are still impressed with Tom Mulcair, and feel that he is going to car...
• Hi Jan from Whitby, What about the 22, not yet amended, Amendments to the Accountability Act? Have a great New Year.
• hollinm, Thanks, and if I have the time this year to keep up with all of the nitty-gritty, we shall have a lot more fun! Enjoy this ending of 2007, bec...
• Hello Nik, I would especially like to wish you a Very Happy, and Successful New Year, and thank you for this opportune blog that gives us the possibilitie...
• parnel, An illusionist; definately deluded, and possibly in self-denial like most Harpercrites! I believe that this is the second time that I rate "agr...
• Hi hollinm, So have I, and thanks for saying so. I just hope that I am up to par, and have the time to dispute all issues with you this coming New Year. ...
• Season's Greetings Bernie, Although I can agree with all that you wrote, and you have given a good perspective of the reality of this year's politics, I h...
• parnel, As the old saying goes, anything but Harper! They are the silent majority that will make their voices heard at the polls at the next Federal el...
• Happy New Year Bernie, I shall make this fast, since I have been getting phone calls, and emails all day long, from family and friends, and from far away....

New Nanos Poll - Canadians moving away from all party leaders (2007-12-03)

• Hello hollinm, Difficult to believe that we are back to where we left off. Haven't you heard that at Bali, Canada is not well perceived, by all countr...
• Hi hollinm, thought that I would surprise you and make a small comeback! Good question. Sounds as though each Province is going to take those matters int...
• Hello Nik. I have a somewhat different perspective on this one. Mr. Schreiber is no fool. He has been someone's patsy, and is using all he can to stay ...
• hollinm, its the same old rhetoric. Re-read Zena; she has it right! This new gov/t inherited huge surpluces, and is squandering it. Did you read Thom...
• Hello Tom, It's been a while, and am thoroughly surprised that you agree with this. You had been far more astute in the past, and hope to see you posting ...
• Hello Tom, Van is simply repeating what harpercrites would have us believe. They stomp on his personal image, and have laboured laboriously to repeat this...
• Hello Tom, Boy, are you up to parr! This is the kind of opinionated writing that I like to read from you. This is good reading! As I have explained to ...
• Tom, I forgot to mention, that now, and only now, are some realizing that John Turner would have been a brilliant PM. You are right about that! I hope tha...
• Hello Bernie, As soon as I read your first line, I knew that this message was from you. I missed exchanging ideas with you also. I had not forgotten you, ...
• Hi hollinm, Somewhere in one of your posts you mention the Outremont riding election? This is the perfect occasion for me to set the record straight, and ...
• Good evening Bernie, It is always so great to read you, and you sound to me like the "new era" style politics that Barack Obama's and Justin Trudeau's of ...
• And a good day to you also hollinm, If one is to be taken seriously, one has to get one's mind out of the gutter, and learn not to be too gutteral, woundn...
• Hi hollinm, Well perhaps the Irish in me came out a bit strongly, but you know that I do not like disparaging words about anyone. Your last paragraph remi...
• hello hollinm, I shall have to cut my answer short since I am sorry that I do not have much time. I don't think that there is much love lost for anyo...
• hollinm, Thanks for the update, but perhpas not all Canadians are watching that closely! Certainly, if they stabilize the dollar. The bad news is that ...
• Hello hollinm, I always respect your opinions, and understand your arguments. For instance, you mention Kyoto... Yesterday, John Baird was absent fr...
• Hi hollinm, And yes, all parties met until 11:00PM last night in a very eloquent debate about the issues of security, and what is right for those patient...
• Hi hollinm. I think you are missing the point. Darfur is in Sudan. Chad next door. 1- Block the airways whereby the janjaweed deliver arms, and use t...
• Hi hollinm, I haven't noticed the Press and Medias being too kind to the Liberals? Especially not to S. Dion. Just yesterday, Al Gore, stood on the pl...
• Hi hollinm, I guess that I am not getting my point across - In the "House" the reason that the three opposition parties wanted to wait, was to have those ...
• Hi hollinm, Cool off! Either I do not explain myself very well, or you miss the point. As to the magnanimity, re-read other posts whereby I have called fo...
• Hello hollinm, I don't know if I should thank you for dragging me into this conversation, but remember how Mr. Harper has a natural disdain of the Liberal...
• Season's Greetings hollinm, I have also been away, and just finished posting whence your post appeared. So happy for your new laptop; they are great, how...
• Hello Leda, Since I found your reply in my inbox, I presume that you are addressing me. Yes, well I am not sure whether you are speaking of Kyoto the "...
• Slung like a real conservative, Leda. Happy trails!
• I hear you loud and clear, Zena... Either some are in denial, or asleep... The US has just injected another $200billion dollars into the US economy, an...

Canadians want limits on accommodating minorities - SES Research/Policy Options Survey (2007-09-25)

• Hello Nik, As you know it was the adq in Qc who started this ball rolling. With the rest of Canada, I believe that it will be simpler to identify with sol...
• Hi Jim McDonald, I felt just as you did, especially the first day, I gave up. It is by chance that I picked-up on the second day, and discovered by listen...
• Good morning Bernie, Surprised to hear from you so early this am. Actually this is not about security, but about what we perceive as able to live with ...
• Always well thought out parnel. However, I am not sure that you understand that the main choice is French, unless you really come from an Anglophone famil...
• I have to disagree...Canadians want to accomodate realistic accomodations, and this conversation is to help to integrate them, and not stickmatize them to gh...
• I like your thoughtful expose. It counteracts some of the same arguments which we have all brought forward, and helps to broaden the discussion. In view of t...
• Hi doralh, This is the point. When journalists (women) go to Muslim countries, they have to wear the head gear, and respect the law and traditions of that...
• Hello PMK, You have a great point...I am sitting on both sides of the issue so to speak. This debate is going to be very complicated, and just today, I re...
• Good evening Bernie, It is late, and I shall probably talk some nonsense. Yes, I understood what you meant, and as I always respond, you always make a lot...
• Good evening doralh, Sorry to hear that you had to take so much abuse when you were young. I din't! I was however, in a private school (co-ed) in the U...
• Hello doralh, I can understand, at least feel empathy for what you had to put up with. I also very much appreciate that you went to the trouble of explain...
• Hello Bernie, I answered you earlier today, and had problems of some kind when my computer froze and I lost my post...This seems to happen to me only. -:)...
• Hi Bernie, Just read your post, and Tom's first post! I believe that we all agree on those principals, and that we haven't heard the immigrants calling fo...

Duceppe Provokes Election Showdown (2007-09-22)

• Hello Nik, The word "destabilizing" came to my mind also... I have complained for some time that no one is paying attention to our provincial politics ...
• I agree that duceppe is deceitful enough to play against the Liberals and that he is eyeing them mostly and feels that the Liberals are perceived as weakened...
• Hello Elwan, I appreciate that you also include Qc as part of Canada, and nothing makes me angrier when I hear Qc and Canada!!! It makes me boil!!! Qc alr...

Reading the entrails of the Quebec By-elections (2007-09-16)

• Hello Nik, I don't! Even should Thomas Mulcair, former Minister of the Environment win this by-election will have no future adverse effects for the Liber...
• Hi Parnel, I agree with what you say...S.Harper has a way of jumping the gun on issues, taking sides to quickly and then having to tone down, and blame th...
• Hi hollinm, What you are saying is more and more true, but in this province of Qc don't believe all that you hear. One can only expect the unexpected. ...
• hello hollinm, As you know I always pay attention to what Craig Oliver on CTV has to say. He wasen't exactly blaming S. Dion, but telling the party that t...
• Hello parnel, Iggy's delegates were mostly stary-eyed ladies! Although the Press doesn't like S.Harper, I agree that for many reasons, they are bantering...
• Hi hollinm, As long as the Harper gov/t is in power, I do not want a majority gov/t. Already this gov/t has taken action as though it had its majority, an...
• Hello hollinm, I have just had time to digest your first paragraph...My answer to that is why don't you vote for Conrad Black? O.J. Simpson? Parish someth...
• Well said parnel, and I truly believe that we are going to see real action in the "House" when in session next October, and from the Liberals.
• Hello hollinm, and happy that you are back! I do not remember hurling insults at you since this is not my style...Perhaps I stated that we could have a mo...
• Yes, hollinm you are absolutely right, Mr. Harper did not have to come back with a Throne Speech, however, it could be his way to force an election from the ...
• Hello Friend, Sounds as though you are going to keep me busy... All the same: I still hold my belief that there will be no Federal election...The parti...
• Hello hollinm, I had an idea that this was a response from John Baird. OK...how about the softwood lumber deal whereby we lost by signing 1 day ahead o...
• Hi hollinm, Bet yah that there will "not" be an election...
• Hello hollinm, I just do not understand the way you think? 4 yrs (actually only 2 yrs) can be a long time if one is on the wrong course!!! However you...

Harper Tories Should Tread Carefully on Elections Canada Issue - Nik's Sun Media Column (2007-09-10)

• Hi Ken, At last, what a whiff of fresh air ;-) - (Hope that this signifies a smile). More bullying from Mr. Harper, and straight out of Australia. He r...
• Hi Tom, I am glad that you reminded us of this. S. Dion has been asking Mr. Harper about it, but we still have no answers. What about all those millio...
• Hi Jan, Of course you were not speaking of Mark Maynard, nor Mr. Kingsley who retired after 15 yrs service and one who cleaned our electoral process, and ...

Green Party of Canada - Likely the Political Wildcard in the Next Election (2007-08-30)

• Hello hollinm, Could you arrange for a formal platform debate between Elizabeth May and Stephen Harper for me? I would willingly do my part in engagin...
• supper, You make sense to me! Anybody remember when black & white teles were introduced in the US market; many Canadians were frightened about its impa...
• Hello Nik, Absolutely! Liz May has already been quite outspoken at her dismay re the Environment and about S. Harper's lack of comittment. I think that...
• Hello Regina, No Liz May chose S.Dion because she knows that for the last 18mths before the Liberals were brought down, that M. Dion was tracing an import...
• Hello Integral Green, Some must even remember seeing the ad last winter when M. Dion was depicted as having brought about a great achievement in gathering...
• She must be leaving it up to you!
• Hello Nik, It's not about what I think about this not so new minority gov/t. postponing to reopen the sessions in Parliament as previously scheduled for S...

Jack Layton & the NDP - The Minority Challenge (2007-08-27)

• Hello Nik, If there is one thing that I am sure of is that you, Nik, must continue to publish regularly in the Sun Media, and not just temporarily. Ja...
• Hello scottbelyea, Thanks for pointing out the word 'meritorious" by which I meant - 'not deserving" such as not having merit! I am wondering what the...
• Hi hollinm, All I can say is that we have to look at the larger size picture for the future of all on this planet. This is no longer about politics, but a...
• Hi, Perhaps, I would just vote for you!
• Hello Bernie, You really have my attention! If you write a ballad I shall keep a copy. Our minds must have crossed on this one with regards to Mr. Layt...
• Hi James, You are right that "proportional representation" seems a brighter solution for the future. This present system is definately too outdated to ins...
• Hi hollinm, This is your best and most objective posting. In reality, you are stating what both, I believe, Bernie and I are saying. What I sense from Ber...
• Hi parnel, What a great scenario - remove the nightmare!
• Hello Bernie, This is where I would disagree with you. You must keep writing, and in your own very special enthusiastic way how you feel, and see options,...
• Hello Tom, I see Jack Layton as having the "butterfly effect" syndrome which is not good for any party. Perhpas the NDP would have more to gain to join...
• Hi Concerned, This one I can pick-up on. Why - the policies are great, but Mr. Layton has the ability to always cow-tow in his very special way to the Har...
• Hello Tom, Just lost my 5,000 word post to you about Afghanistan. I watched Norine MacDonald, President of Senlis Council, and just cannot repeat this who...
• Tom, Happy that we see eye to eye, on the Afghan issue, and understand the basic dilemmas that this new gov/t is closing its eyes to, and refuses to admi...
• Hi Bernie, I just read your post quickly - I shall to reread it. Not sure about what you are saying about the MMP system of voting. As I understand it:...

New SES Research Poll - Federal Tories and Grits Close - Harper Best PM Advantage Weakens (2007-08-14)

• Hi Nik, Just lost my first post? Today's Cabinet shuffle is an "Exercise in Futility". Peter MacKay was an asset insofar as that he is young, outgoing...
• Anyone who knew Phil Edmunston out here, liked and appreciated his councelling. He was with the CAA, and wrote one book a year called "Lemons", I believe. Th...
• It was no secret that M. Dion was travelling this summer, in order to get to know the grassroots, rather than the crowds. The strategy was to get him known o...
• I am a disbeliever also. It has been about two Federal parties from the start...and it is going to remain that way until the next election. The support th...
• PMK, you certainly nailed it right! I fully agree!
• I am in full agreement with this statement.
• Hello Bernie, I also agree with what you say...that he has never really done much harm, but although you know how I feel about the corrupt 'bush' administ...
• Hi Tom and Bernie, Just to put my two cents in - "Labelling" must be ensured also. Pretty soon we are also going to be eating 'cloned' meats off the shelf...

New ailment strikes leaders - Nik's Sun Media Column July 31, 2007 (2007-08-01)

• Hello Nik, There is absolutely nothing that you have stated that I can disagree with! In this symbolic 'nation' state, we have a problem with the Fren...
• doralh, I certainly hope that you are right! Cheers,
• Hi doralh, On the first paragraph, you took the words right out of my mouth! "The Liberals are not frightening, especially M. Dion. As far as the politics...
• Hello Tom, Cannot disagree with you either. For me, it is no longer about the party, the politics, etc... but hopefully about a Leader who will listen to ...
• Hello hollinm, I realize that we can never agree since our alliegeances, and social values are so far apart...for all citizens of this great Country. W...
• It seems to be always about Qc...Ontario's vote is to be considered also. That's where the population is. However, perhaps if the voting percentage went up i...
• Hi doralh, OK, I agree on her determination and strong will on policies. This is why I would vote Liberal. What was seen at first, as a quality on this PM...
• Hello Bernie, Whoof.....As usual, it comes from the heart, and I was anxious to see what you would have to say. You always go straight to the heart of the...
• Hi Harlan, I liked your comparison, and Stephane Dion has always been a wild-card, but one that usually targets it mark, and achieves his goals. Although ...
• Hello Parnel, I am happy that you responded to someone in Alberta, because I would have been far more disparaging, and could not have gotten my point, and...
• Hello Elwan, How can one refute your realistic analyses, and comprehension of what happened at the last election? One would have to be blind! I would l...
• Well hollinm, now I can better understand what you are saying...Some of it is absolutely true. I shall start by disagreeing by stating that I believe in n...
• Hello Parnel, Well said! Stephane Dion "shines" from within, and is not part of a cast and mold for stardom. He is not an opportunist, but a plugger wh...
• Hello Tom, Although I would assume that we have the same political aspirations with regards to policies, I disagree, and humbly so, that I would like to ...
• Hi Bernie, You did not reach the right person with the NDP...Take my word for it, because they are inviting people to go to meetings, and regularly. They ...
• Hello Bernie, I just wrote you a terrifically long post, and pressed "cancel" rather than preview. I could honestly cry. I am not going thru the mechanic...
• Hi Bernie, No I am not familiar with any of those words, unfortunately, and happy that you responded and have enlightened me to what I fugured were very...
• Hello Tom, In California the money is there, and Arnold, who is married to a Kennedy, certainly helps. California is Democratic, and altho Arnold is (R),...
• Hi Bernie, Perhaps, it is because a couple of week's ago, the Medias and Press where literally thrown out of a Hotel in N.B., where a Harper caucus was ta...
• Yes indeed, Greetings Tom, and Hello Nik, I would like to see Tom's post right up there on the Leaderhsip Board...Tom deserves to be right-up there! I ...
• Hello Bernie, Great to hear from you, and I have already copied your questions for the great day ahead, and please do not hesitate to send more. (Trivi...
• Hi Tom, I find Ambassador Wilkins always arrogant, and along with the 'bush' administration as though he owns Canada! One always feels that he is the boss...
• Hello Tom, Just as I started reading this post, I just knew that it was from you, because of the substance that you bring to the forefront, and more so th...
• Bernie, Just saw General Romeo Dallaire, whom you mentioned on CBC accidentally. I thought that he was much older, but not so, it would seem, and was i...
• Hi Bernie, I believe that I did answer this post...however, I wish to reiterate that the Liberal party (Stephane Dion) has a weekly e-mail newsletter, eve...
• Hi Tom, Just can't resist asking; "since when"? That is at least, the way the older generation of Americans would have answered...but, I do get the m...
• Bernie, Nice that you expounded on this subject and giving Romeo Dallaire's the credit that he much deserves. Funny, that after you mentioned Stephen L...
• Hi Bernie, I agree whole-heartedly until your last two paragraphs, and not that I disagree with those, but see it a bit differently. I think that I ha...
• Bernie, I must hurry also, but if everyone was as consciencious as you are, we would have higher voter participation, and this alone, would make a huge di...
• Bernie, I had to return to explain why I believed that M. Ignatieff made a direly, and not negligeable mistake, almost inconcievable, in my eyes, and on t...
• Hi Bernie, Do not worry about it, and I cannot always answer daily, especially during the summer...One cannot always have access to an internet connection...
• Bernie, On the Premier's conference; it is a good beginning. A step in the right direction for the future of our Provinces, and a huge step ahead of our n...
• Bernie, This is the continuation of the first part: It follows: (CBCnews/media) Instead of repeating the same news all all day long, and CTVmimickin...
• Tom, Not that I want to start on the subject of securing our Artic waters again, but I did hear David Aikan, Senior Editor for CTV, explain that the Liber...
• Hello Tom, So far, I fully agree with what you say in the first paragraph, and this is what I meant in my disorderly fashion post yesterday. The police is...
• Tom: Post 2 of 2: Out here, we have been warned this eve that the harvest of 'blueberries' will not be bountiful, because the bees are disappearing in gr...
• Hi Nik, Your predictions are good...Pauline Marois is getting a seat in a riding whereby a 13 yrs minister is going to abscomb to letting her get elected ...
• Hi Bernie, You have me in stitches...-:) You can't die yet, because who would I post with? From your own postings I get the feeling that you are not abou...
• Hi Bernie, I had promised to send you some of the notes re. Thomas L.Friedman, columnist for the N.Y. Times, on his book the "World is Flat", and am wonderi...
• Bernie, Did you get to see the (3) Leaders Press Conference today? I did! I thought that Pres. Calderon of Mexico was probably the most generous, an...
• Hi Tom, From what I did hear, only the US have those navigable ice crushers to navigate out there. Besides, how do we know that there is really oil out th...
• Hi Bernie, Well said, and I am glad I asked you. Personally I am for free trade, however the tariffs that we are being imposed is outrageous; just with...
• Hello Tom, Thank you for all those explanations, and I shall look at a map ASAP. I get the impression, and for some time that you see me at being at is...
• Hello Tom, Your wealth of information on this matter, and your patience at sharing your knowledge with the rest of us is much appreciated. There was a ...
• Hello Tom, The word "SHOULD" rings a bell !!! Thanks for the specific info., and I can understand your concern. Now I am starting to register what I h...
• Hello Bernie, I also agree with what you say, and appreciate the length that you go to in order to inform us. Yes, typing can be arduous! When Koffi An...
• Hi Tom, This is very much so...However, 'bush' asked for it when he sent emissary missile probes, (sorry always at a loss with the military expressions), an...

Summer will be serious for PM - Nik's Sun Media Column July 16, 2007 (2007-07-16)

• doralh, That's a pretty smart answer, and you have had prior experience in politics to know this to be true.
• scott, This "new" gov't, along with blaming the Liberals for 13 yrs of mismanagement, has abosulutely turned things around into total disarray...compared ...
• Hi Ken, Well said! except that I can not imagine S.Harper as kind or gentle...quite the opposite.It's his Autocratic party, his agenda, and he is the boss...
• You hit the nail on the head Pressman... Past history has shown that no one can manage Afghanistan. The military will backfire on us, and continue to brin...
• Regina, I expect that you also saw the "play" that untrained Afghan actors brought to Kandahar, whereby, a few chairs were set in the sand, and when two v...
• Anvil, I can only hope that you are right. Since Mr. Harper never seems to learn from his mistakes, and never listens to his critics, he is on another col...
• Well done Bernie, You haven't minced your words, nor your thoughts. And what's more, you are absolutely right!!! It has been inconceiveable to me how t...
• doralh, I feel likewise about info. re. Afghanistan. In the Eastern part of Qc there seems to be more anti-war sentiment against this upsurge in Afgha...
• Hi doralh, Sorry to disagree on this one, but there was a time when Alberta did need help! You are right though, when you say at what cost do a few goo...
• I am wondering where you got the information that all of the Conservative caucaus is satisfied, since we know that they are muzzled, or ousted if dissatisfie...
• Tom, I do not think that you are at all naive, and know that it is not in the nature of this PM to learn from sorry lessons...I am with you that Afghanist...
• doralh, You certainly have an important point, and it always amazes me that we can not trust, even our own government. Sad to say. But you are entirely ri...
• doralh, You certainly have an important point, and it always amazes me that we can not trust, even our own government. Sad to say. But you are entirely ri...
• doralh, You certainly have an important point, and it always amazes me that we can not trust, even our own government. Sad to say. But you are entirely ri...
• doralh, You certainly have an important point, and it always amazes me that we can not trust, even our own government. Sad to say. But you are entirely ri...
• doralh, You certainly have an important point, and it always amazes me that we can not trust, even our own government. Sad to say. But you are entirely ri...
• hollinm, With all due respect, as you know, the caucus is not responsible for ousting its members, but obey the dictates of their PM, and that goes for al...
• Hello hollinm, Here we go again, and with all due respect, and putting aside information being leaked to the Press, is also a normal procedure in governme...
• Hello Bernie, I am having a great summer actually, and just grateful that we haven't had excruciating heat as others have had unfortunately! I have not...
• Hi Tom, I like the "drunken sailor" part! However, I do not believe that they are stoned deaf, and blind...They are never out of earshot, and have tr...
• Nanny state? Would you expostulate please. Perhaps you mean that this gov/t is trying to give monies to the Provinces, and relieve itself of having to act a...
• Hello Tom and Bernie, I think that we are in unison and this is what I am alluding to Bernie, that "unless the PM has a vision/understanding of where the ...
• drgmobile, To be fair, and I do not disagree with all that you have said. There is truth to this. This new gov't has been amateurish, and to quick to j...
• I get the picture hollinm, and just for the record let me tell you that we do disagree on a lot of matters! For your information, just today Congress made...
• Hello Nik, I think that you really summarized it very well, by describing that, "one cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube"! Have a great summer!
• Hi Bernie, Bet yah it won't work this time, because this trick has been pulled out of the hat already too many times since this new gov;t has been in powe...
• You forgot to add, anvil, that he acts like a bulley, refuses to recognize his mistakes, and even breaks his promises, and before getting known, and getting ...
• After reading e guye, and hollinm's opinions, I was happy to read through your enlightened opinion, and I feel that I am back with both feet steadily on the ...
• It was nice to get an unbiased reply from you JamesH, and I agree that we are all a bit stymied at baggering and comparing this new gov/t, and the parties, a...
• Smitty you certainly know what you are talking about, and have written a really good piece for both parties to assimilate. Your insights are very astute. Th...
• Hi Bernie, no apologiy necessary, and happy that you picked-up on Smitty's well-thought out article. I am wonderting though, if as you say, S. Dion should...
• Hello JamesH, I just finished listening to the Democratic debate on CNN, and it's going to be some time before they get out of the mess 'bush' has put us ...

Conservative NASCAR Sponsorship – Likely more risk than political payoff (2007-06-21)

• Russell, Very well thought out, and this a very low key issue, which is not going to affect many voters. However, it bothers me like every other strategy t...
• Yep, they are spinning on their two right lopsided wheels, and accellerating constantly on a right somersault! The Three Stooges could muster such a landing...
• Hi Bernie, You got it! Great!
• Hi Bernie, again, Canadians do not want an election at this time...Even S.Harper has said it repeatedly. I still repeat that they will never get a majori...
• Hi Nik, Just read the piece, and sorry that I interpolated on this one when I answered Bernie!
• klawson, I believed that your privelege to blog had been removed by Nik? Since you are always the first to insult people, and personally, and that you fin...
• Hi Bernie, I appreciated the time that you took to answer, because of yesterday's comments, whereby I answered Nik, and then realized that I had made a m...
• Mike, That was the best response yet, and glad to have you aboard in this Province!
• :You know, Bernie, one of the big problems, is that if you watch CBC or other channels, we are shown mostly the Western provinces, in Qc, only what is visual...
• Hi Bernie, As usual it is so refreshing to read your comments, because one really gets the impression that you are not pragmatic, open to views, and alway...
• Hi Tom, I appreciated reading your retaliatory comments, and do not view the people of BC as bigots, as "one" would want us to believe. I believe that ...
• T'his the season for celebration; one more, one less - what the heck?
• Hi Bernie, Will get back to you soon; have to run. I am of Irish decent also! No wonder we can exchange opinions so easily, even if we can disagree som...
• Iceman, your comments are very much appreciated, and never took those remarks personally, but am happy to see that most of us will stand up for each other wh...
• Hi Bernie, I would see a (15 year term for Senators. I have often watched the Senate debates, personally, and feel more confortable having this body of us...
• Hi Bernie, On the whole, I absolutely agree with what you say. Little differences about Senators, is not a point of great contention. I hate to argue, and...

Bill Casey and Tory Political Brushfires (2007-06-10)

• Hello Nick, I absolutely agree that the Harper gov/t has been, and from the start,has defeated its own enhancement of governance...Just on basic principals ...
• Hi robb, Sounds as though we agree - I always write my own personal opinion before reading others, because I do not want to paraphrase. I am more than dis...
• Hi uf, Your response is funny, and I like it! 'bush' is trying to re-create a cold war with Putin...He is playing with dynamite. Just as God talks to 'bush...
• Hi Ken, Peter McKay had made a back-room deal! Am happy that you brought it up. Take care,
• Russell, This was a great move to have Elizabeth May run, without having a Liberal candidate, and we can thank Stephane Dion for this move. It is only on th...
• Wow Pressman, I love your tirade, and hope that all Canadians pay heed to it. I am with you all the way! Thanks,
• Hello Nick, and Ken just received your e-mail which I shall read later. However, all of you, my friends, if you can, tune in to CBC The Fifth Estate, this...
• Hi Desmond, I appreciated your fair and coherent reply.I was not referring to Ms May's thoughts on religion, but strictly on abortion rights for women. Th...
• Hi DSoulis, How true. I can live with this thought. What I especially like is that you are not dogmatic, and condeming all...It's the old political game bet...
• Mr. McOrmond, please accept my apology for Desmond...your bold italic letters brought me back to reality!It is referred to as dyslexia. Look, I find Elizab...
• Yes, DSoulis, isen't it nice when we can also agree. One would expect that all political parties could debate as we do on Nik's blog; and take at heart ...
• Hello again Mr. McOrmond, I sure wish that you would lay a plan on the table, and would be all ears, and am not being facetious.
• Hello Pressman, You can keep an upper-lip, since another Harper MP just might vote against the Accord, and will be another "Independent" responsible for ...
• Hi Jan, According to the PM, it just might pass to the Courts, and you would be right that it would not only fade-away, but be stifled in the Courts for ...
• Hello Mr. McOrmond, You explained your case very well, and I really enjoyed reading your ideas, and we certainly need this kind of information so that we...
• Hi, Have taken note, and shall learn more about it. Appreciate it. Thanks
• Hi supper, You better believe uf, and Pressman. There is no doubt about this one! Paul Martin had made the initial agreement, and then in his platform p...
• Hello Tom, I am happy about your conclusion, and the whole chapter on our political system, and the present government. "Independants", as Bill Casey...
• Top of the morning to you Tom, I totally agree, and feel dismayed by all of this. Not being a member of a party is one thing, but to be totally in disagr...
• Hello Mike, Hope that you din't think that your "cry from the heart" would go unnoticed? You certainly reflect what I believe! Great.
• Hello Russell, Thanks for explaining the MMP system. I can see why one could be a proponent of this voting system. I would definately want to vote for bo...
• Hey e guye, That's a terrific column...informative, and not biased, with much insight and homework. I give you a lot of credit. I can only hope that you ...
• Tom, I was just reading a line from (Carl von Clausewitz) "War is the continuation of diplomacy by other means", and thought that you would appreciate it.
• Hello Russell, Note that I am careful with your name! ha-ha. I shall read paragraph by paragraph to try to understand carefully. Am very comfortable w...
• Hello Russell, Yes, this makes a lot more sense. Now I really understand how it should work, and would be terrific for people of a low income. I believe...
• Russell, Sorry to get back to you again this eve, however, I have just listened to an all too short conversation with Zbzigniew Brezinski, former nationa...
• Hi Tom, This is the way I took it!
• Hi Bernie, I like the idea just as you have said it that we would see "integrity" in all politicians and especially our Leaders. It's really about a pol...
• Hi Bernie, I still believe in non self-acclaimed heroes... by this, I mean people who stand-up, and daily, for small acts which benefit others, and not jus...
• Hi drg, The answer that comes to mind, is that this government is a minority, but what would happen if it was a majority gov't? The Opposition parties do n...
• Hello Russell, Yes, it does, absolutely, and quite an interesting concept. Just today, I heard about Intillectual Property Protection in Cyber- space...
• Russell, Funny that you should say this about David McGuinty, because I saw him in an interview this eve, whereby, John Tory who wants to get elected did...
• Thanks, I wrote it down, along with the other one. Still, I hope that you keep blogging on this site also.
• Hi, I din't read about it, but you have it correct according to what I did hear. The problem lies with Mr.Harper having promised that there would be no c...
• Bernie, On CBC we get Don Newman out here, and think that he's from Alberta. He is terrific. On CTV, I get Craig Oliver, who always gets it right also, and...
• Russell, Yes, I understand that David McGuinty is a Liberal, and see him often in short interviews, and realize that they differ in their politics..David i...

SES National Ballot Tracking (as of May 1) - Liberal-Conservative Dead Heat - Greens Up (2007-05-08)

• Erich, I was happy with the way you went for the kill with both the medias and the Harper gov't for trying to assassinate anybody who is not on their side....
• JDW, You also put it quite well. The Greens are more right-wing, and it seems to be the electorates' choices at this time. I agree that the policies are th...
• Hello Tom, All hell is breakings news, and ustability at all levels of governments are unpredictable, and changing weekly, which is not good for voter supp...
• Hi Tom, Well I phoned the National Liberal party this AM upon hearing that possibly Jean Charest's caucaus wanted to possibly change Leadership, but on Fre...
• Yes, Tom, I agree that a slim majority gov't seems to work better, but minority govt's, such as Harper's is only intent on a majority, and acting as though ...
• Hi , supper, This is the way that I also see it. Unfortunately, S.Dion is getting a lot of back-lashing from within his party, and after Harper's attack ad...
• Hello Nik, What you are saying is true, but by next week, I believe that there will be a lot of water under the bridge...It's getting so that we can no lon...
• Tom, you're not kidding! They are stifling the system, and I need more wiggle room, especially in this province! ha-ha
• Tom, guess you got lucky to get a birthday card from S.Harper...I din't, and my birthday is one day apart!!! I also wrote that I liked the idea of Khan cros...
• supper, it's not in his character to do so! The attribute of a good 'strategist',hyped by the Press and medias, are just a myth. My question is, is S.Harper...

New SES Research Poll - Canada's Mission in Afghanistan - Obstacle to Harper Majority (2007-05-06)

• Hello Tom, Bernie, and S, Have read all of your ideas, and having so much trouble with my computer that I can't follow any more, but just wanted to say th...
• Hi Bernie, No...not Wal-Mart's. I love my computer, but am not computer wise!!! But I welcome suggestions. They tried to get a "union", but lost in Qc. i...
• Smitty, You are right about Afghanistan. I am afraid that it will turn-out to be another bloody Iraq, and can not be won politically. That's the real probl...
• Hi Mike, Who do you think separatists will vote for as their new leader? pauline marois? Seems as though gilles duceppe made-up his mind overnight...Seems ...
• Hi Tom, I see your usual wisdom...However, for the elections, voters had to remove their face gear out here, which was only reasonable. This is touchy grou...
• Yes, Tom, I agree with the above totally...however, by nature am moderate... I have no qualms with multiculturalism, and don't want to use political jargon,...
• Bernie, Unfortunately there are no professor's, or schools for "ethics and values"... One can see this lacking in our politics, and politicians of today!
• Hello Nik: Personally I feel that Afghanistan will be a big election issue, and that we can no longer dismiss Foreign policy, which now has a huge impact o...
• Bernie, I feel also that gov't's should do the fighting for us, and that we do not have the time, however, one can always boycott them! Same for prices at ...
• Bernie, Just read your article on immigrants, and I have to applaud you on it! It depicts very much what I saw growing-up in this Province, and for instanc...
• Hi Tom, Don't usually like to argue, as you know...However, one has to make the distinction between immigration and terrorists. Certainly we are never goin...
• Meant to say that the Air India tragedy is compounded by the fact that it could have been avoided, apparently!
• Hello Scientist, Firstly, you are being pretty hard on yourself, don't you think? I guess we all take up space, but that's our inherent right/priveledge. B...
• You bet!
• Hi Bernie and startrooper - sounds as though you were lucky; at least you got an answer from El Harpo; I don't even get a polite acknowledgement!! It seems...
• Hi Tom, Harper is not playing his cards right...Since when is the Press allowed only photo-ops to report major events to its citizens? He no longer feels t...
• Tom, Thank whoever that Gilbert and Sullivan survived, because we will never hear such heavenly music again! However, Tom, I would change the word tactician...
• Tom, I believe that we are saying about the same thing...Sure the young do not vote. We need Unions, but they are doing the governing, by forcing politica...
• Smitty, even after such a lont time since you wrote this, it is even more apparent now, how true this is. Iraq was not a war of morality, and in the usual ...
• Hello Bernie, This blog has been quiet, but since we usually agree on a lot of matters, I thought you might be a good ally to forward info which I received ...
• Hi Bernie, Nice to hear from you, and I shall also be making changes which should enable me to keep up to date. Happy that you are back, and that all is OK.

New SES Research Poll - BQ supporters would Tilt to Tories and NDP (2007-04-17)

• Hi Nik, I haven't read other comments or support material, and go by my own feelings...but will do so afterwards. My own sense of what is happening. "bloc...
• Hello Digby, Tom, and Bernie - we seem to be somewhat on the same wavelength...I disagree with Digby that it was a good move to go to Iraq because it had ...
• DanL, Doesn't make sense to me either...Qc voters are fed-up with the separation option - it hasen't worked, and kept us poor. They voted for "change for c...
• Hello Tom, Couldn't answer until now. Of course we are right on this one, as you also point out. However, S. Dion's answer was a question...Unfortunately, ...
• Don't remember you on this blog canada 562001, and I do not remember referring to Justin Trudeau, however I din't want to let your nastiness pass unnoticed,...
• You're pretty wrong on all of these matters, since Lafleur is no friend of mine...The 'bloc' chooses to bring 'hockey' into politics, and create more diffe...
• Hello hollinm, You have my respect for an outstanding and truly informative relavent and factual statement, and it is really sad that this separatist mov...
• Yes hollinm, we poor little, stiffled Quebecers...You are quite discerning, and yes, those whom I happen to know, are people who have a chip on their shoul...
• e guye, you can bet that all of our soldiers faught for Canada. Keep cheering because altho the separatist movement is still out there, it is dwindling, an...
• parnel, since I was away from this blog for a while, I am astounded this eve to see how much the rhetoric is about separation...I thought that this had been...
• Hi Bernie, S.Harper's last two weeks and his numbers are down, will not ever get a majority. This gov/t is in denial about 'detainees-torture" which will r...
• Hi Bernie, As soon as I started to read I knew it was you. Politics and our politicians are no longer serious, and the issues are so so very serious. As th...
• Hello again Bernie, I forgot to say, that I feel a little dispondent, because try as we may, it seems that none of us can make a difference. Once somebody ...
• Hello Digbyou812, S.Harper can no longer go to the GG, since the Bill has passed now about fixed elections. However, the three Opposition parties could bri...
• Pressman, don't remember which side you are on, but this is just another headache for the prov. Liberal party. dumont still hasen't told us where he stands,...
• Hello Digby, Just rated you and Bernie on your last thoughts "agree", and I have been out of it for the last month, unfortunately, just catching-up on th...

SES Research Poll - Comfort with Harper Majority - Support/Opposition to Election Call (2007-04-12)

• Hello Nik, All I can say Nik, is give them time! bloss
• Hello Nik - yeah gad!...For all of those despondent with politics I never thought that I would be promoting another Republican/Austrian/star/terminator...yo...
• Regina Beach Boy, I find your thoughts interesting, and I can see that when one is desperate for choices, that one could use this theory...however, it is...
• I mean that instability is being created by trying to get a majority gov't constantly, and in-fighting and fighting between parties is becoming outrageous. ...
• Hi Regina Beach Boy, Well you are going a little far back for me, however, when B. Mulroney left, I probably would have voted for him. It was an attack add...
• Bernie, I had to laugh because you can't listen to the French news!!! I would like to also, however, the really good French net-work that we have has always...
• Hi robini, Nice to hear from you again, and I agree with you that the block is a fossil that should not be in Parliament. This was the option that the ad...

SES Research Poll - Best PM - Harper 42%, Dion 17%, Layton 16% (2007-04-10)

• Hello Nik, You have said it all, and in an unbiased way...in your last statement. As far as I am concerned S. Harper has already gone too far in his attack...
• Hello Tom, Well said. He's been called a lyer (I have to say alledgedly), but Danny Williams did not! Those who voted for him, voted for a Conservative gov...
• bas1809 How does one respect someone who is defiant, goes against the grain, keeps saying he keeps his promises, and never delivers...for instance, check o...
• I would agree on the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, with a plan, and renewed positive action against Pakistan...The borders are wide open between thos...
• Hi Ken, The way I see it, we need to change the whole electoral process, and the way, and the little time that candidates have to answer questions...We nee...
• Bernie, this is true. Just this eve, missed the former Iraqui something, but said that the US "MUST' talk to Syria, Iran, and that Saudi Arabia is going to ...
• Yes Tom, the man is travelling...Have military will travel. Tom, I do not always want to be disparaging, however, our waterway is under dispute, whereas the...
• Hello Tom, Both you and Bernie have described what I have heard - Your exposee reveals to me that you are very much aware of the situation, and the positiv...
• Hi Bernie, Boy, did I love reading your article - terrific! Yes, not very long ago I did hear (not all) but yes, this had all been planned, and long before...
• Hello Nik. Ken is absolutely right on this one and I absolutely agree with what he is saying. It's not that I do not trust your poll Nik, and has nothing t...
• Hello bas 1809, Yes, thank you for answering and quite openly. I believe one is allowed 1,000 words only? Says so at the top of this page. Interesting, ab...
• Hi Tom, Just heard a Dutch Ambassador this eve who says that they do not question this mission, etc...Since they needed 2500 more soldiers, 6,000 more have...
• Tom, No, I did not know...I have heard that the $5million promised is there, and I believe that they need to get rid of the gangs - chiefs - however, that t...
• Bernie, Just re-read your article and hope that Nik puts it on the Highest rated board - You deserve it for this very honest and somewhat professional writ...
• bas 1809, I know how you feel... This is why I do not want an election. It will be disruptive for our Country, rather than debating those very important i...
• Hi fuzzy, I shall answer to your response tomorrow, and with all due respect tomorrow, but for this eve, I shall write to all, and via Nik's question of th...
• I have no qualms with what you are saying...however, she has money to back her, and can help on humanitarian issues, and women's rights, which she has been...
• Tom, I believe that this is what I was trying to say, but not knowledgeable enough on this subject - meant that yes, I believe in property ownership, but n...
• Ok, I see where I put (I do)...it should have been after I said we have to question this war!!! debate Canada as a "peace-keeping" Country, and agree wars w...
• bas 1809, how very nice of you to say this to me, and I appreciate your comment, and reciprocate.
• Tom, my last statement meant to say that in order to better our "trade relations" with the US, Jean Chretien agreed to go in a peacekeeping capacity, which ...
• Which means that we shall be on the same side, with an added asset, Liz May.
• Hi Bernie, and I mean it... Actually I do the same, and it's a manner of communicating with other people, sharing values and opinions which one could not do...

Federal Grits Drop in Quebec – Tories Still Short of Majority (2007-04-08)

• Hello Nik, I say that S.Harper will - it's been his objective since he came into office...He souldn't, and I wouldn't attempt it if I were him...This will ...
• Good thinking, Regina Beach Boy. bloss
• Hi Bernie, You're doing great! Although I took a short break from politics, especially after our own election, and was so fed-up, and stressed with the un...
• Hi Bernie, Hope we all see through this mess...Just today, announcing a commission led by a PQ (independent), and now in the Federal Harper gov't is so out...
• Bernie, For a fellow who says that he doesn't read between the lines, you are sure giving a good accurate picture of the reality of our political system ri...
• Hi Ken, Canadians do not want an election right now, especially not Quebecers... But watch my word, we haven't heard the last of accusations for the next f...

New SES Research Poll - Likely Impact of Federal Budget on Harper and Charest in Quebec (2007-03-19)

• Hello Tom, Well, you are right....This budget has infuriated Labrador/Newfoundland and Saskatchewan, and what it boils down to for quebec, is $800,000milli...
• kwlawson, you are just like those separatists who don't care about anybody but themselves! They don't even care about Qc. Why don't you check what Qc reall...
• Hi Nik, There is a lot of truth to what you are saying, however, what do you want Qc. federalists to do? We vote for the only party who wants to keep us wi...
• Hello Nik, I disagree and so far the budget has not been seen as an intervention in provincial elections...Quite the contrary, all parties want to take cre...
• Hello Tom. I am anxious for this prov. election to be over with...Since I am an idealist, I hate the dirty politics, and yes, there are some people for who...
• kwlawson, just keep at it, because you have really made me laugh tonight! You were funnier than Stephen Colbert this eve. In case you don't know him, he's a...
• paulalax, I really don't believe that you truly mean this...Think about it? Why should we give-up Canada as a Country? Get out there and vote for Jean Char...
• paulalax, I forgot to mention, that you write very well in English, and this is perhaps why your attitude suprises me. I was going to mention, that even in...
• Hello Nik, I do not have time to answer the e-mails this eve... However, the pequistes and adq and 'bloc' are virtually turning our elections into a circu...
• Hello Tom. Thanks, and I am with you all the way. It is terribly frightening what is happening in politics, both at provincial and federal level. Instead o...
• Hello Nik, I believe that I have the right to complain about a remark such as this one on your blog, and am really surprised, Nik, that you have not picked...
• supper, I give S. Harper a lot of credit for having tried to pull this stunt off once and for all, but he certainly din't do it for the 'bloc', and I am not...
• Tom, Despite that I am from this prov. I shall tell you that I would readily move-out immediately if it were possible for me to do so, and join the rest of...
• This statement doesn't even warrant an answer! bloss
• Tom, I meant it when I said that I was at a lost for words...this goes beyond politics...that we can not find a way to reconciliate and with all the divisi...
• Nik, As of today, I stopped listening, but I would still like to give my assesment. Although the polls would indicate that the Conservatives are on the ris...
• There's a difference between buying votes for a provincial leader, hoping to end this imbalance, and saying that he was buying the 'bloc'...not even Harper ...
• Hello Bernie, Don't discredit yourself...Continue to write, and if you haven't noticed, we all answer you, from the start, and would never have suspected...
• Hello Tom. Have to rush, however, here are some words worth mentioning by Dwight D. Eisenhower, just before he left office in his farewell speach. The dang...
• Hello Tom, The Press has been spinning that we might have a Fed. election somehow, which until now I had refuted...Friday, when the Amendments are present...
• Hi Tom, How can this be happening? especially when we see that the American press did not question 'bush' before the invasion in Iraq? They weren't all dum...
• Tom, you are right...It was only the journalists he chose, and the questions rehearsed...with his own base in the room. It's the same out here, we are (for...
• I forgot to mention, Tom, that Dan Rather, who is now on HDT, was ousted also, and still maintains that his facts was the real story...Why do I believe him...
• How about the Atlantic provinces while you're at it? We could all dissassociate from Canada, and then form a Union? How about that? I think that the 'bloc' ...
• Yes Tom, Hello, what really worries me is that the real problem, and not the Liberal issues, 2) the liberals are not seen as being organized "YET" and are ...
• Hello Tom, Thanks for always answering, because I am not very political, and it's always rewarding to have feed-back from someone who is more knowledgeable...
• Tom, after the ordeal of this last provincial election, I took a break, and have no idea of the pulse of this province...During the election radio-canada bo...
• Hello Tom, I missed this topic which you wrote, since I used to received an e-mail alert that someone had responded to my e-mails...Perhaps, Nik, has disco...
• Good Morning Tom, I shall be be off to the Library pretty soon, and shall ask about this book... There are several which I have asked for, but not yet in t...
• Hello Nik, Would like to thank you for the use of your blog, which is great, because we do get to sound-off, and perhaps even relate to each in all Provin...

SES Quebec Provincial Election Poll in Sunday's La Presse (2007-03-17)

• This is a fact - Mr. Harper is a conservative, and so is the 'bush' far-right wing adminsitration. S. Harper is just adjusting to be centre-right. W...
• Hello Ken, Nice to see that you are back, and shall visit your site, and would love a copy of your book! Tall order? bloss
• Hello Nik, I do agree with most of what you are saying, but only to a certain extent. Things are changing. You have the French influence media, against an ...
• Nik, Tomorrow's budget is not just about keeping Qc any more...S. Harper is really in election mode, and even if Jean Charest wins, as it had been perceive...
• Hi Ken, Great to hear from you, and it is rather late, therefore, I shall contact you tomorrow eve. What are you doing up so late? Just kidding...will get ...
• Hi hollinm, Wrong! boisclair should be completely out ! dumont of the adq gave his incoherent budget today...I feel sorry for those who voted for the adq l...
• hollinm, I just rated you "agree"...and hope that you are right, and thanks. We need to have a united Canada, and then, even Qc will be able to move forwar...
• Jacques, How could people actually go out and vote these last two days without knowing what the adq budget was going to be? They want change, and at any pr...
• Hi Ken, If Liz May wins in Peter MacKay's riding, it's going to hurt S.Harper a lot! Already his Gen.Gordon O'Connor is being asked to resign about the 4 p...
• hollinm, I thought it was Ken Chapman explaining the whole political picture out here, but you surprise me, and your acuteness of describing exactly what i...
• Hello Jacques, I agree with a). As for b) with S. Harper's anti-Dion mission, and the bad personal press against S.Dion did not help...Since yesterday, I...
• Hello Ken, It would be difficult to disagree, and depending if S.Harper is re-elected, I don't see Canada leading with a vision for the future...Unfortunat...
• Hi Nik, If the Liberals and adq can work together??? should not be too many waves. But don't kid yourself, that dumont, is an autonomist/nationalist, which...
• Just like the Executive branch in the US, "bush" , the Prime Minister has too much power! They are both on a military warpath! Gun control is a must, especi...

Nuclear Power - Is it part of our future or past? (2007-03-10)

• Bernie, do I agree with your statement...The environment, and nuclear development is potentially a "bomb"! A threat for this whole Planet. We are trying to ...
• Firstly, we all have the need for more friendly 'green' homes. Each produce our own energy. Start by getting rid of the old standard furnaces. Sixty years ...
• It's interesting, ironman, that just yesterday, there was a discussion about producing smaller Hydro-electric plants all over, rather then the huge existing...
• I thought that we had gotten rid of garbage incineration because of the extreme pollution that it caused? bloss
• Jan from Whitby, I am confused, because it is now accepted fact that if we take generations to clean-up our air, etc... there may not be future generations...
• Good for you Bernie; that's telling it like it is! bloss
• Hello Tom, In your first blog, you show your usual wisdom, common sense, and a unique sense of "balance", which always draws my attention to your thoughts,...
• I liked that thought of yours, alfeee...After all, shouldn't we all be a great Canadian community? More, and more, we are refering to a "world" community. U...
• Hello Bernie, We can certainly agree whole-heartedly. bloss
• There is a lot of truth to your answer, and take for instance, they want to build a pipeline for delivering oil, and bury the carbon-dyoxide underground, bu...
• Jan, It's funny that you should mention that, because just recently D. Suzuki said that he lived on an Island, whereby, he had none of the amenities of urb...
• Hello Tom, and Bernie, I have to agree with Bernie - I am for safety all the way, and to go at it very carefully, before implementing, what even scientis...
• mar, I have also listened to such arguments...about the implications of the carbon dioxide injection process, and I do not feel comfortable with it...The o...

The Green Party: Political Force or Political Phantom? (2007-03-04)

• Tom, As usual you always anwer so very wisely. I view Elizabeth May as always dazzling, but have my worries with Jack Layton, not the NDP...Mr. Layton, ...
• Jan, Ask if Dr. David Suzuki is really convinced that S. Harper is going to really learn to deal with global-warming... Mexico, Canada and the US would for...
• Hello Nik, Must get my two cents in here also... No, the Green Party is still a wildcard, and will remain so until we decide how we want to really govern ...
• Hi Bernie, It's OK to disagree...otherwise we would all stay stagnant! I respect Elizabeth May very much, and every time that I chance listening to her, ...
• Hello Jan from Whitby, I am at a lost for words! blos
• Hello M. Hanley, What I like about what you're saying, is that you can have an open mind. bloss
• Miranda, I am in total agreement with you insofar that Ms May has great potential of being a strong Leader eventually, and I have seen her in a couple of c...
• Michael, I would still like to hear her in the debates, and this would end the speculation... She is still undecided if she would like to be elected in her...
• Hello Bernie, You covered a lot of ground there, and I shall try to explain my perspective,and how I come to my own personal conclusions. You are right, b...
• This is your chance to shoot for the stars, kwlawson - write your own e-mail to Jim Flaherty, and tell him personally what you think about those fees...He w...
• Hello M. Hanley, Please consider this issue open to debate, and I am sure that Nik is busy, but in agreement with your suggestion. He has openly asked us...
• Hello Nik, Since I know that you are not referring to our Qc provincial elections; sounds as though you have inside info. that no one else seems to have...
• Hey M. Hanley, I was surprised by your retort...Thought you wanted a debate; your "huff" sounds more like Conservative rhetoric ! bloss
• Hope, Your text is simply inspirational, and gives much food for thought. Government was intended to function "For the people, by the People", and we seem...
• Hello Hope, Wait 'til 'bush' pardons Scooter-Libby at the end of his term...Gerald Ford, had pardonned Nixon, when he came into office after winning the ...
• You have just answered my question...I was pretty sure that I had heard Ms May's stand on abortion. She is old enough to remember what women had to go thru ...
• M. Hanley, There seems to be a break-down in our communications, apparently. You asked for a debate on this blog, suggested it to Nik, on the disposal of ...
• Just read your blog, and couldn't resist to say sorenson, that the person you are addressing never get's the message, from any of us...He would want to own...

SES-University at Buffalo Poll of Canadians and Americans - Americans Keen on Co-operation with Canada (2007-02-26)

• Hello Nik, You did well this eve on cpac!!! Tom Good is right insofar that Quebeckers are definately less paranoid about our close neighbours, and our bor...
• Hello Mr. Hale, Do I understand you to say that the greater the US insecurity is the lack of confidence in our Canadian security concern? and that the US fe...
• kwlawson, You are in a self-minority of your own! blos
• kwlawson, I wasen't refering to the Liberals...perhaps you should re-read your comments, and my reply which I shall reiterate: You, kslawson, live in yo...
• Hi Mike, I am happy that you are backing-up me up, and my remarks to kwlawson, have nothing to do with politics. He has attacked minorities, and just about...
• Hello Nik, I quite agree with what I am reading from Mike. The message is sound and clear, and although I uphold good -friendly ties with our American coun...
• Hi Bernie, This is exactly what happened in the soft-wood lumber deal ! Had we waited, we would have won that extra $1billion, just as the Courts had decid...
• Hello Nik, I wish that you would answer Bernie's question, because online polls I am not familiar with...The Leger poll tends to be separatist...and when I...
• Hello Tom, As you usual, you give us an indept analysis of what is really happening, and we should all be as far-sighted as you are...I don't understand th...
• Hello Nik, I am sort of jumping the gun; but "yes" is my response that it would be a great topic to discuss for all of us; and perhaps journalists who peru...
• Hi Nik, I really appreciated this statement from you, for a lot of people are quite dubious of polls, and I am one of them...For instance, It seems that I...
• Hi Bernie, I am also joining to this skepticism! bloss
• Tom, How is it that we have seen this coming, and it has been obvious for at least a decade ! We are already in denial, instead of fighting to stay up ther...
• Hello Bernie, Yes, "Absolutely", and since a lot of us seem to be skeptical, and cynicle of the Press, means that Nik's offer to have us debate on this ...

Influence of Quebec Provincial Election (2007-02-20)

• Hello Nik, Obviously S. Harper is helping Jean Charest, thank whoever, because primarily he wants this party to win against the separatist parties, which i...
• Hello Nik, The news out here in Qc is that we are going into election battle mode... Andre Boisclair, parti quebecois is calling Premier Jean Charest and i...
• Hi Nik, Of course, if the Provincial Liberals win; S. Harper, unless he has put himself in deep trouble, with all of the opposition parties, may want to de...
• Joe, You're painting a very rosy picture, but this eve, it has been suggested that the provincial Liberals might be lucky to get a minority gov't...should ...
• Bernie, I am happy that you see it that way, and the BC Premier is also commited to a greener environment. The monies will be for an eco-trust, and Quebeck...
• Joe, You are right that all provinces will be getting their share on a per capita basis. Jean Charest has been advocating his green plan for some time, an...
• You could be right Bernie, but why should any voter believe him when he has always snuggled-up to the other separatist parties. What I am seeing today, is t...
• Mike, Why do you think that Mario Dumont has gone to meet with S. Harper lately, and twice? In the House today, S.Harper was accused by the Fed. Liberals t...
• For once, I must say that I agree with you when you write that the Liberals get qualified Candidates to run in a Federal election. This is exactly what this...
• How do you see Mario Dumont, Ron, with the ADQ? He well might be the strongest opposition to the Liberals. Not so very long ago he wasen't that popular, but...
• Well, now that you are back-up on your feet, and sturdier, and I would not have wanted you to fall and induce a fracture on your brain; but are you telling ...
• Hi Nik, Judging from today, I would say it's still early, but S. Harper is getting a lot of personal flack this week, which had not been anticipated...I be...
• Hello Mike, I am happy that you responded, and obviously what you are saying is so...If you watch Don Newman on CBC at 5:00pm, Mr. Newman gives a good dail...

Harper Scores on CPAC-SES Leadership Report Card (2007-02-12)

• John, Your's are the only two intelligent answers worth reading so far. blos
• Hello John, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your kind words. I always enjoy my visits in Ontario; the people and family; etc... Yes, I live in a ...
• I can't believe that I am actually reading this stuff - Iraq was a lie; the US is contemplating 'impeaching" bush for his lies about WMD for invading Iraq, ...
• Name calling is not going to get your point across, kwlawson, You are not the one who is appeasing Qc., and just today PM Harper made a courageous move i...
• Mike - you might also want to mention the sell-out of the soft-wood lumber deal. This debate I followed thru, and without going into the debate; and I have ...
• Hi Tom, It is always interesting how you really well pin-point the Harper gov't. strategies, and I always enjoy reading your views. This eve mine are stifle...
• Hello Tom, And yes I agree with "all of your insights", above, and yes I try never to miss a conversation with Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet of the US, who...
• Tom, we did see some of that just today, when the name of Min. Ralph Gooddale has been cleansed. This could have made a big difference at which party would ...
• Hi Tom, King Tut did not get a very good report card from the Sierra Club, nor from Elizabeth May, today, on the environment, and that one whole year has ...
• Hi Bernie, Interesting point of view, and I have a feeling that S. Harper has just disqualified for your vote! blos
• Hello Tom, I just received your e-mail, which denotes that you asked a question 14 days ago - and it is no fault with Nik's blog, I would like to add; my i...
• Tom, You have a good sense of humour, and I am laughing! blos
• Bernie, Mr. Harper's recent maligning campaigns have had me worried...Perhaps you know that we are going to have an election next month, with the Provincia...
• Hello Bernie, I liked your answer, and agree that citizen's do their best when they vote, but we are too often confused on some of the issues, since it is ...
• Hi Mike, You've got spunk...and I like that... Good for you Mike for standing-up to our values, and "bigots" should be muzzled! I guess you know that S. H...
• Tom, Boy, am I happy that you brought this point up...Last summer PM Harper refused to recognize this global HIV/Aids conference in Montreal, and he was gr...
• Mike, I have to respect your views because the above-mentionned are all factual, and we have all been following the scenarios which corroburate your statem...
• Hello Tom, I fully undestand what you are saying, and I guess this is what I am fed-up with - It is time to perhaps change the dynamics of all parties, tha...
• HI Mike, You certainly have convinced me that I shall remain a Liberal. On the soft-wood lumber deal, this is going to be a real issue between Canada and...
• The old 'bush' line, "God bless America"...even Harper is now trying to refrain from doing this... In Canada, Church and State are still separate! blos
• I just hope that you won't get 'tweaked" by S. Harper! ha-ha!!! I just couln't help it either... blos
• Hello hollinm, I hadn't noticed that you had been away! It's nice of you to take the time to answer...You must realize that in this prov. of Qc., we are h...
• Hello Huron Park, Just answered to hollinm's response, and hope that he reads some of the facts which I did not want to repeat...but that you mention quite...
• Hello hollinm, You will have to forgive me if I do not respond tonight, for I am far too angry about our (3) party leadership platform debate...Except for...
• Hello hollinm, Thanks for taking an interest; it is nice to feel that we have friends who are concerned about we Federalists in this province, and the usua...
• Hi hollinm, Sorry for taking so long to answer...Black is guilty of taking millions from small investors, and he is a big-time thief, wearing a tie and ja...
• hollinm, Just for the record, I am both Anglophone and Francophone, but it's the Irish in me that really gets riled-up! A true Federalist Canadian. bloss
• Hello Nik, Am just reading what I printed a week ago, and just late this eve heard Jean Charest supplicating the same refrain - Out here "election mode" ...

Federal Dead Heat - SES Research Poll Completed February 8 (2007-02-09)

• That's the point - they are not scientific. Polls can change like the weather. blos
• Hi Nik, If judging by these polls, no one should want an election. Tonight S. Harper said he did not until 2009, but is moving forwards to an election by h...
• Just want to add that adverse publicity in politics, and the polls have denoted this; does little damage or have long-term effects. This is just another US ...
• I would say that that's the other side of the coin, Mike, and that you are also right, but I still uphold my half of this view. Take a look at this week, it...
• Although I am getting really fed-up with this style dishevelled politics, I find that I am more partisan than ever. Kartoon, reading your synopsis, now I un...
• Bernie I could only rate you as agree!!! Personally this is not how I want governments to act on my behalf. This is not what they are elected to do...Eliz...
• Mike, I agree that John Baird was as good a choice as Rona Ambrose, and that this week's performance by Mr. Baird will spill a lot of milk for the conserva...
• Bernie, I saw a part of that show, and it is inconceivable, to me, that this can actually happen, and if this shows what the Conservatives know about the i...
• Hi Mike, In such a context, S. Harper would be very brave to ask for an election, because deceitfulness and disregard for the citizens of the world, would ...
• It's been offered that if we contend with the problem of the environment which costs 1% of our GDP per/yr, that it will be cheaper than in 20 years, which w...
• No Mike, Technically, of couse he can not deny an approved piece of legislation which is voted for, and becomes law!!! So was S. Harper bluffing about not ...
• Hi westerner, You will probably be baffled when you read the news today, as PM Harper has allocated enough monies for this province to go green, which is g...

Watch, Rate and Comment on the New Conservative TV Ads which Attack the Liberals (2007-01-31)

• Hello Nik, "The Tories" Stephen Harper's green-spotted toads; they hop, they leap, s...
• Hi Mike, It's nice that two Quebeckers can agree...Jean Charest is going to call an early election, and am convinced that S. Harper is going to play ball ...
• Not Mario Dumont (mistake), Andre Boisclair studio! blos
• hollinm, this is going to be my last reply to you...your eyes are closed, and your ears are blocked...May sound rude, but why don't you learn more about Que...
• Hope,I really appreciate your comments...and they are absolutely true. This time S. Harper is using the US Republican administration attacks, approach, and ...
• You bet John...The Harper government has been eyeing a majority gov't at any cost; and will continue to do so, by all and any means...and quite frankly I fo...
• Tom, I don't whole-heartedly agree with you in this case...you are right that there are those issues which they will try to avoid, but the election in the p...
• Hello John, Unfortunately I missed it...When Mr. Turner was ousted, rather hypocritically, by the Torries because of his unabashed either criticism or diff...
• Hi Tom, The only use that I have left for S. Harper is that he will help Jean Charest's election with the budget, and the 'block' will be out of options......
• Hi hollinm, Of course I am a Federalist; always have been, and will always be. I just happened to be born in this province, accidently, since my parents we...
• Hello Nik, Good question...Why does a bully attack another person?...because he is running scarred! I believe that our Prime Minister has finally met his "...
• Evening Tom, I also believe that we are in perilous political agendas, and however dirty politics can get, and politicians under-performing, this parallel ...
• Tom, You are absolutely right - we do not need those three air buses...that was my point. If we do not engage with talks with Iran and Syria, it is perhaps...
• Mike, I wish I could have said it as you so well put it!. Thanks, blos
• Hello Mike: Thought I would try this new one on you, since you responded to my first amaturish poem... ha-ha! It would seem that S.Harper really inspires m...
• I like the way that you depicted the picture, BigEd; no one could have said it better than you... Just this week we are seeing at how desperate those Parti...
• Hello Nik, Although it is a very beautiful day out here, it is apparent that our Provincial elections are not interesting to the rest of this Country, and ...

Environment as an Issue - Is it over-hyped? (2007-01-08)

• Hi Nik, I certainly hope not...As you say, there are other pressing issues, and if we haven't all yet realized that global-warming is un fait accompli - we...
• Tom, A present issue is the "cloned" meat and milk, which the FDA is going to approve, possibly this year, and appear on the shelves, whereby no labelling ...
• carlarydc, I really like this scenario...however, Afghanistan remains a quagmire for all parties. Canadians got in as peacemeakers, and because the US had t...
• kwlawson, brush-up on your politics, and give the Liberals a break! The blame should go to the 'bloc', under lucien bouchard, landry,parizeau, and all the o...
• sgalahad, It has already been an issue for far too long...what we now need is political will, and go on to other issues which have long been over-shadowed,...
• Hi Russell, My feeling is that we shall see less and less majority governments from now on, but the Harper gov't. is proving that even minority governments...
• Hello Russel, Yes indeed, and just last eve I posted how I was baffled by some of the rhetoric that we are hearing from the Conservative gov/t... When the...
• Hello Russel, Yes indeed, and just last eve I posted how I was baffled by some of the rhetoric that we are hearing from the Conservative gov/t... When the...

Harper Cabinet Recalibration - Will it make a difference? (2007-01-04)

• Hello Nik, No, it will not make a bit of difference. John Baird will be able to scream a little more boldly, however, the Liberals and NDP will make the di...
• Hi Ken, Good reading...You just hit the nail on the head! Thanks, blos
• Hi Doralh, I think that we are not paying enough attention to Elizabeth May of the Green party. She is always dazzling, and coming-up in my esteem, for he...

National Political Scene - Year in Review - What are your predictions for 2007? (2006-12-27)

• Ken, Just picking-up on your last paragraph... I believe that if the Democrats win in 2008, and 'bush' and his cronys are finally ousted out of sight, tha...
• Hi Ken, I agree with you, and I shall also hopefully be there to help the party out here! I feel that this is going to be an exciting 2007, and that we are...
• Hello Robini, Yes, it has been...and I do so hope that in 2007 we can all begin to opine our different political views intelligently; certainly without bic...

Wheat Board President Fired (2006-12-20)

• Nik; Stephane Dione said in an interview now, that he will restore the Canadian Wheat Board, if the Harper gov/t dismantles it, when he is elected the new ...
• hyltonf, And how would you propose they do this, and what happens to the small farms? How will they survive? Why do you suppose that for the last 30 yrs. i...
• Dallas, I was just thinking that if kwlawson decided to go South, that perhaps he could bring the 'bloq' with him...They are also very unhappy out here! P...
• doralh, I wish to reciprocate, and thanks for reminding us of the Xmas Spirit, and that, afterall, we are all part of a great Country. I like some of your...
• Hi doralh, You've got me in stitches...but take my word for it; the 'bloq' is even worse than kwlawson! After all, he' s only on a screen, and we can de...
• Hello doralh, I do not want to get serious on a blog, but your message is very important, and very much appreciated. Yes, we should appreciate that we ar...
• doralh, not sure if you are referring to a black bear or a grizzly? Somehow, I feel as though I've just been bitten. Cheers, blos blossomf@videotron.ca
• Tom Good, Sounds as though you are knowledgeable about the farmers plight, and your insight helpful in clarifying some of the divided opinions, on this is...
• doralh and Quinn I just read your remarks, and perhaps you should be in Parliament, doralh because there is a lot of truth to what you are saying...and your...
• doralh, Why am I not suprised to hear this from you, and happy that we got the opportunity to chat... During the night, when everyone has gone to bed, is w...

Ontario Provincial Liberals Lead by Seven Points – Underlying Stats Provide Cold Comfort for Liberals (2006-12-17)

• Hello Nik: Right now, after hearing Jack Layton, I think that he is the only one who is reading your blog, and starting to get the real message! Perhaps ...
• supper, You're taking the words right out of my mouth. bloss Mtl. blossomf@videotron.ca

Should RCMP Commissioner Stay or Go? (2006-12-06)

• Hello Nik; Letting Zaccardelli resign was to good for him...he should have been fired, and at his first deposition, which satisfied no one following this s...
• Nik, There is no one inside the RCMP who is qualified, and the next Commissioner will be elected by the PM. Therefore, since they are still understaffed,...
• The only thing to do has been done. What about Stockwell Day's dittering...this might prove to be interesting also? The question is why was Mr. Zacardelli ...

If you were a Liberal Delegate who would you support? (2006-12-02)

• Hi Nik, I have already said it that the Liberal party needs to re-invent itself, and give all members a voice in choosing his/her favorate candidate. One ...

Impact of new Liberal Leader Stephane Dion (2006-12-02)

• Nik: Bill Graham did a really good job in the House, and I really enjoyed listening to him. Except for the question of QC/nation/non, which truly worries...
• Hello Robini, I quite agree with what you are saying...Not "Iggy, but Bob Rae! However, you are right, two other Leaders, (Stockwell Day) called for a...
• Hello Nik: I see that we have to ask ourselves new questions in politics, and drop the old-style bickering that has gone on too long with the different p...
• Hi Bob: So do I - listen, read, and write, and walk the dog! Re: Kelowna - I listened to the debate on cpac, whereby Paul Martin was being pinned-down b...
• Hello Paul in Alberta, What I am truly hoping for, is that someone is going to bring Canada, united, so that we can all feel that we, as we are speaking ...
• Hello, Thanks Nik. It's good to know that you are paying attention. Rob, one thing that I am learning from the political "pundits", is that we have to take...
• Rob, Why don't you give us a good topic of interest, one close to your heart, so that we can all have a good debate? Appreciated your last comment. ...
• Hi Kwlawson, I am definately trying to do so! As for Bill Graham, he was appointed as an intermediary for Paul Martin; he debated with Mr. Harper with a...
• Hello Rob, It is a heart-breaking, and a shocking story. You have my sympathy. It is a terrible tragedy, and the laws are becoming much stricter, and hop...
• kwlawson, Not so fast! I wouldn't bet on it yet. M. Dion is a bag of good surprises, and he proved it by getting elected against all odds! I am hopin...
• Rob, I am with you about ousting the 'bloq' out - Anybody who is going to do just that, is certain of my vote! Since it will be Stephane Dion, I would r...
• Hi kwlawson, No, I only attended the Conservative "Elepahant" Training Program on the Ontario/ Washington border. You know the rest of the story. You hav...
• Thea, What you are saying makes much sense to me. It's definately a possible scenario, but it would be too good to be true! This is why I am hoping that ...
• If anything, PMK, those two parties are bound to agree, and work well together, since, like M. Dion. Elizabeth May is one smart Lady. BLos Mtl. blossom...
• PMK, Did you know that M. Dion has a three pillar approach...i.e. 1-The Environment 2-Social Justice 3- Economic Growth in a global world. 4-Education...
• Hello Rob, What you are saying is the general concensus...However, did you know that in the 50's a farmer generated electricity from cow-booz...In Brazil t...
• Hi PMK, I absolutely agree with you. Blos blossomf@videotron.ca
• Hello Nik: I am also disappointed with what seems to be the demise of this blog...Nik, I did ask you if you planned on continuing with this "forum", as t...
• Nik: If you would so permit me to suggest a topic which I would like to debate, and perhaps others might want to contribute to on this blog, would be abo...
• At this time, I do not see the Conservatives gaining seats, but losing some. The NDP will also lose seats, and will not benefit the Conservative party. Unfo...
• Stephane Dion's reputation is one of integrity, and honesty. The media has been rough on him, although the Montreal Gazette endorsed him during his campaig...
• Hello Nik: Sounds great, and thanks for responding. Nik, on "Newsnight" on CBC, I receive a daily e-mail with a daily topic, whereby the discussions are...
• Hello Mr. Chapman: You resonate with me also, and thanks for the encouragement. I have also bought my Federal Liberal membership, and now we shall also h...
• Hello Ken, I have just reserved yesterday's and today's laPresse, which I shall pick-up later on. As I had just been e-mailing you, once again, I touched...
• You bet carrscanary! The PM makes the difference. A Canadian PM does not need to have pre-requisites, it depends upon his personal qualities, voting appe...
• carrscanary, Guess you heard the news today, that the Environment is still top priority, along with health care, and education. Conservatives are waisting ...

Who has the best chance to defeat Stephen Harper? (2006-12-01)

• Hello Nik, If only Bob Rae had been more passionate in his debates, he would be ahead of Ignatieff, because he can have national appeal as a person, acro...
• Hello Suedo, I could not have said it better! Blos
• Hello Nick, Just listening to Bob Rae, and this is what I meant about his charisma...He is himself, and happy with the decisions of the delegates who sup...
• William, I am with you about religious right-wing george bush- Harper gov't, because I lived in the US of A, and was educated there. It is important that t...
• Alta, I am impressed and you are giving me hope that all Canadians will want to evolve, and join to continue building this Country for the good of all, and...
• Hi KMA, Sounds as though you have already made-up your mind that you do not want Ignatieff... Just like me; anybody (almost), except "Iggy", and you are ri...
• Hello Russell, I guess your choice is Stephane Dion! Blos
• Hi Markis, I agree that Stephane Dion is a great choice, and no negative baggage...My first choice was L'Hon. Dion. However, I must disagree on the issue o...
• Russell, I really respect Stephane Dion, and he was initially my first choice, but I am now rooting for Bob Rae, because M. Dion would accept the idea of...
• Russell, In this prov. of Qc. it is divisive, and a touchy subject, which no one wanted to re-visit. It has many facets, and leads all those who would want...
• Robert, I totally agree with what you say...However, Bob Rae is a Rhode's scholar, and l'Hon. Dion is also an intellectual. Unfortunately, everybody was lo...
• Hi Nik, It's a big win for the Country! I am so happy about this outcome, and nice to hear "Iggy" promising to stand by, and with him. I do feel more secu...

It's Speech Night. (2006-12-01)

• Hello Nik. Both Martha and Belinda Stronach were absolutely great with speaches that hold true/ resonate with all of us as Citizens of Canada, and the re...
• Scott Brison is the man that we all underestimated, and is the one who can always move an audience with his vitality, his courage, his convictions, his glob...
• Just before Scott Brison's speech, lightning hit here in Montreal, and we have a power failure in my area...Scott Brison is innovative, and very compelling....
• Hi Nik, If we want real change in the Liberal party, and new policies in this new gloval world,why do we always consider the old leaders, and why don't w...
• Hi Nik, Mr. Volpe always speaks out for the democracy that the US stood for, in the old days! The "sky is the limit for all", and this is the way for the...
• Hello Nik, Ken Dryden always a 'winner:...Always a uniter....Whoever he sides with, is going to be the best choice candidate for the next Prime Minister ...
• Hello Nik, Stephane Dion's English is no longer anyone's reason not to elect him. His goals, and ideals, and his clean, and historical past, are a lot of...
• Hello Nik, Due to lightning, we had a power failure, and lost power during Stephane Dion's speech. This morning, I am listening, fortunately, to the rest o...
• Hello Nik, As usual, 'Iggy" delivered the speech, but it was borrowed from everything that we had heard before! He is a showman, nothing from the heart. ...

What Canadians like and dislike about the Liberal Party of Canada (2006-11-23)

• Hello Nik: Perhaps I am missing the point of this issue, but could it be because PM Harper has muzzled his Ministers, and in many instances, I could see ...
• I disagree, because although they picked Michael Ignatieff as their first choice, against PM Harper, Stephane Dion won, and not necessarily the most popular...
• filthy 1 (BC) I believe that you have your wish come true. Martha is right there with Stephane Dion, and you know what they say, "behind every great man,...
• Bernie, I find it said when, in this great Country, we feel that we have to vote for the lesser of two evils. A lot of young people do not vote because of ...