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Both Harper and Dion face greater risks than their rhetoric suggests (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-07-21)

• It is easy to jump on board and criticize Harper and the Conservative government for not having a vision or capturing the public's imagination. However, l...
• As Conservatives while it is easy to see the cup as half empty the fact remains that the media, pundits and pollsters really don't know what ordinary Canadia...

Who Canadians trust on the issues (New Nanos National Poll) (2008-07-07)

• Please tell me the environmental goals for the green sh.ft. There are none because Dion has acknowledged that he does not know the impact of the carbon tax o...
• I have great confidence that the vast majority of reasonable thinking people will see through this so called environmental plan for what it is. How can this ...
• Absolutely agree. The impact on prices for virtually every commodity purchased by Canadians will increase dramatically over the 4 years. In fact there wi...
• The Liberals are running 3rd in Francophone Quebec and it is unlikely they will support Dion and his party who chose to steal/misappropriate $250 million ove...
• That makes two of us for sure. I will do everything in my power to ensure that a Liberal does not win in my riding. That'll be pretty easy and even Ralph Goo...
• Remember what Keith Davey, the so called Rainmaker of the Liberal party said: "Screw the West and we will take the rest" It worked once under Trudeau a...
• Give it time. As the details (or lack thereof) unfold over time we will see a real "shift" from the Dion plan to the Conservative plan or maybe even the NDP ...
• You have drunk the Liberal kool-aid by the gallon. I have no trust of any Liberal when that party is prepared to steal the money of hard working Canadians. ...
• Arrogance thy name is Liberal!
• Liberals never changed their minds on any of their promises eh? The G.S.T. FTA and I could go on. There are plenty of broken promises over 13 years. The cha...
• The frustrating part of the global warming discussion is that only 36 countries are expected to provide hard targets for reducing GHGs. Countries like the U....
• I am following your comment thread. Good points. Keep up the good work. We need to expose the Dion green sh.ft for what it is. It is a tax grab pure and s...
• What a bunch of hooey! You are right that there are issues with the political party system. Some parties advocate disallowing MPs from switching parties. ...
• Agree fully! The middle class will be hit big time and you are right the carbon tax which is really a hidden consumption tax will escalate to pay for the tax...
• Good plan! bankrupt the companies causing massive job losses, increased inflation, higher interest rates all for what? Unless all the major polluters are com...
• Now you are quoting left wing ideologues to support your arguments. Did you see the Ipsos Reid poll saying most Canadians don't know abut the tax sh.ft pl...
• So I am a troll because I have an opinion eh? These are open forums for comments. So you don't even know what a troll is. I do not write on Liblogs for examp...
• You do that because I will be working to defeat a corrupt opposition party who was proven to have stolen/misappropriated $250 million of taxpayers money. ...
• Anybody that believes this is an environmental plan certainly needs to see a shrink. I am very clear in my thinking and understanding of what this hoax is...
• Only the province of Quebec with a tepid 54% supports the carbon tax. You guys said that when the Van Doos went to Afghanistan that support for Conservat...
• What a dream world you live in parnel. Look at where you leader stands with Canadians. They don't want anything to do with Dion and that will show up in s...
• So only Liberals are real Canadians eh parnel. You belong to the right party. Just a tad arrogant don't you think parnel. All of the name calling shows yo...
• Soon the public will like it....I don't think so. Canadians are not crazy. They know instinctively that this a tax grab of mamoth porportions and they will n...
• We will see... I don't care how bright the legal minds are in the Liberal party the fact is you cannot infringe on a registered trade mark particularly since...
• We will see... I don't care how bright the legal minds are in the Liberal party the fact is you cannot infringe on a registered trade mark particularly since...
• Read the Ipsos Reid poll parnel. It is you who keeps dreaming up your version of reality. Read Nik's poll results again parnel. I know it isn't comforting...
• Because the only revenue neutrality will be for those constituencies where Dion thinks he can buy votes. It is all about appealing to the anti poverty crowd ...
• At least Harper studied economics. Your guy sat in a university class thinking theory and developing his socialist ideas.
• And we are suppose to accept your version of the Quebec situation. Not likely.
• How is Campbell going to hit back? Eliminate the gasoline carbon tax? Probably not. He has stepped onto a limb and the voters are going to cut that limb off ...
• Tom..there are no rules that state a Minister must answer the questions in the House. It is up to the government to decide who speaks on an issue. I would pr...
• Let's get real here. Duceppe and the gang were on their way to almost 50% of the vote in Quebec in the 2006 election. Duceppe was on TV bragging about it. ...
• So there parnel take it and stick it where the sun don't shine. Good comments Foxer. Right on the money.
• Absolutely right. Say nothing and let Dion hang himself as the country gets more angry as all the details seep out day after day. Canadians know instincti...
• Once again I agree with your assessment. The fact that the Liberals have lawsuits totalling $12 million outstanding will be reflected on their financial s...
• parnel we counter your arguments all the time. Its just that you don't like what we are saying because we refuse to drink the Liberal kool-aid. Enjoy my frie...
• parnel we counter your arguments all the time. Its just that you don't like what we are saying because we refuse to drink the Liberal kool-aid. Enjoy my frie...
• Foxer that's all parnel can do.He just calls people names, insults them and calls that reasonable debate. Yikes!
• parnel. I know the Liberals would like to see the oil industry collapse in Alberta but the fact of the matter is China and India need our oil and we will se...
• You can't come back with a legitimate response to counter what I said because it is based on facts so once again you call people names. Foxer is giving you a...
• That kool-aid must taste real good parnel. Enjoy!
• It is you and the Liberal party wh are praying that the demand for oil falls apart and Alberta begins to suffer. I did not advocate the collapse of the oil s...
• Foxer is new to the board. Let him fight with you for awhile. I don't consider it worth my while any longer. After all you are just a partisan hack who reall...
• I have written the Speaker on a number of occasion complaining about the decorum in the House. He says he is following the rules and if the House wants to ch...
• You really are a on trick pony.
• Once again your really are in a world of your own. The Libs have no chance outside of Montreal. That means its a fight between the Bloc and the Conservati...
• I do not agree that abortion should be on demand and used as a birth control measure in our society. However, as I said in my posting I do not want Canada...
• parnel has stopped using rationale discussion and has now resorted to name calling. I think Nik should remove him from the discussion board if he can't be ci...
• Shame on you parnel saying and I quote " The Green shift inc lawsuit is a joke...green shift will survive and that little broad will simply fade away" unquo...
• Could not connect to the link. Can you provide any further info to assist?
• I did cut and paste it to my browser but the message came up that it couldn't find the link. Tried it again. Now you have my curiosity peaked.
• Thanks I'll do that. My the way here is an interesting link. A column by a Liberal who exposes the Green Sh.ft for what it is. http://netnewsledger.com...
• I must be slow. I copied and pasted each of these links in my browser and came up with the message cannot find. Could you post them into here in a couple ...
• I agree with your comments MRM. The Libs will say or do anything to create a wedge issue and make themselves look holier than thou. I hope Canadians see t...
• Bernie....it pains me that I have to disagree with Tom Good on this issue because I appreciate his well thought out comments. You have made many of the po...
• Bernie and Tom....it pains me that I have to disagree with Tom Good on this issue because I appreciate his well thought out comments. You have made many o...
• larryl...while I am not as cynical as you about the process I do object to parties and politicians outright lying to the public in order to get elected. A...
• Bernie...while I agree with the substance the reality is that the country is made up of regional factions with each wanting and desiring different things all...
• Hi Tom: The only thing I will say about Harper and social issues is that he has promised that MPs will be free to vote their conscious or the wishes of th...
• If 34% of the poll are undecided that is the opinion of 34% of those polled. It does not invalidate the results of the poll but certainly should caution anyo...
• I agree. A couple we know had a new baby a couple of years ago which they were not expecting since their only other child was 13 years old. Aborting th...
• Good morning larryl... I would suggest to you that there will be one issue that will dominate an election campaign and it may not be any of those that we ...
• Foxer you and I are of the same mind. I was talking to my neighbour yesterday who is a small business man, raising a family and they are so busy they have...
• larryl....you forgot that perhaps the polls do not show the Conservatives in a lead over the Liberals but in leadership poll after leadership poll Dion is at...

Liberal Green Shift - High Risk and Potentially High Reward (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-23)

• This will certainly be a test of the Dion leadership and it won't turn out well for him and his party in the next election. While the lefties in the count...
• larryl let's not forget that the price of every consumer good and service will increase significantly with this plan. How do ordinary Canadians who are he...
• The only thing I would say to you if Dion's gets a chance to implement this plan watch your monthly cost of living skyrocket. What happens when there is no c...
• I am sorry that the PM's word hurt your fragile ears. However, let me tell you the Tim Horton crowd understood it in spades. Also the West will take this as ...
• Of course everybody has an ulterior motive other than the Liberals of course. By the way the Conservative plan has not been fully disclosed at this point ...
• Non-aligned in Toronto....By debating the issue the PM would simply give Dion a platform which he would be loathe to do for political reasons. It is the same...
• Non-aligned...I fully agree. The government acts on behalf of the Canadian people and therefore the apology should have been on behalf of the country. It was...
• larryl...while I agree with your sentiments the fact remains the government acts on behalf of the citizens and makes decisions both good and bad. It comes as...
• Liberals can say that they will not raise the price at the pumps but it makes sense that if the refrineries are paying increased costs for electricity etc th...
• larryl...hindsight is always 20/20. Remember the Liberals have been in power 70 of the last 100 years in Canada. So while the Conservatives are not blameless...
• A better question is what happens when emissions go up under the Dion plan? What will he do keep jacking up the price of carbon until we are all in the poor ...
• The Liberals will lose the next election and then we will see who is laughing. They cannot win with their feckless leader. Doesn't matter how many environ...
• degres....Sorry for the lengthy comments but there is a lot to be said about this social engineering experiment being proposed by Dion. The Liberals don't...
• I appreciate your comments. My whole point is that the tax reductions are really aimed at the "poor" and other identified groups but the vast majority of ...
• degres..needless to say I agree with you and this plan given an opportunity to unfold certainly will have the rule of unintended consequences. As one example...
• larryl...I had decided not to engage in a back and forth with Liberal supporters because it was simply a pis.ing contest. You are absolutely right Dion had ...
• Instead of taxing the middle class into oblivion why not invest in finding alternative energy sources. That would be a good way to solve our environmental pr...
• MRM...thanks for sharing these numbers. Hadn't seem them yet. The Liberal supporters i.e. Parnel and rsharp hate it when I criticize Dion as feckless and ha...
• parnel...if as you say this is a discussion then I am discussing it. However, you don't like my attacks on your party and leader because they hit too close t...
• MRM parnel mentioned in a previous post to me that this isn't Dion's full plan. That's what should scare the hell out of Canadians. The devil will be in the ...
• Once again parnel you discredit any pollster who does not support your beloved feckless leader. You are right he will take a hit during the summer big tim...
• Glad your enjoying it parnel. I did not back down I simply am getting tired of Liberals who put out misinformation hoping the electorate will fall for their ...
• And you call this kind of post intelligent discourse. Truth hurts doesn't it parnel?
• Remember parnel everything is in the timing. Harper et al will let Dion run around the country talking about the Green Shaft and really just hanging himself ...
• I don't know where you get off calling me racist. I have never said anything about Dion other than he can' effectively speak the English language. If that's ...
• larryl....I regret that Ontario is virtually in a recession. However, McGuinty was being urged by Flaherty (too strongly in my view) to reduce taxes to encou...
• If your friend Dion needs to be protected from political discourse then he should resign and let a real leader take over the Liberal party. Talk about a d...
• You don't read too well rsharp. Re-read MRM's reply. It's all about interpreting the results the way you think which makes you feel better.
• parnel...you go too far. This is politics not some sewing bee. It is a rough business. How does Harper attack people incessantly? He does not and you know i...
• MRM...what you say is true. Arrogantly telling Sask. and Alberta they need to change their ways and they will be better off in 10 years is not a winning stra...
• The Libs of course understand that most Canadians know Dion's English is terrible and the Star recently wrote a column on it. This is really one of Dion's ac...
• The Dems may well get elected in Nov. in the States but as you probably know the President does not propose legislation and so Obama's rehtoric will come bac...
• larryl..Whether you blame Dion or the Liberal party for their shameless lack of action on the environment the results are the same; an increase of almost 30%...
• parnel...what are you talking about? "targets his place within the Canadian federation" Don't be silly. He is one man from one province and he is running to ...
• Getting frustrated panel? Now you have to show you lack of vocabulary by swearing. I know its all in my head. Nobody else says he can't speak the King's ...
• And your point is? I have no idea what Dion is like. To me, he is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. What does he stand for besides wealth redistribution? And h...
• I understand French but that is not important. The fact is Canada is predominately English speaking and I can get along quite nicely without speaking French....
• Try looking at all the polls when it comes to Dion. He is at the bottom of the heap and that will not change between now and the next election. Now repeat...
• parnel... 1. you are right Dion has no where to do but up. He has been trying for 1 1/2 years to have Canadians love him. He has not impressed and is mire...
• MRM... I hear you loud and clear. parnel wants so badly to convince us Dion is doing well but the facts prove otherwise. The carbon tax will not win many ...
• Thanks for letting me know. I will go to the site and read the comments. So you say the impact was 6 cents/litre rather than the announced 2.4 cent/litre....
• MRM...you are right. I reminded parnel of this when he talked about Obama. Dead silence on his end of course. When the leader of the Official Opposition c...
• I think ordinary Canadians, other than diehard Liberals, are satisfied with the performance of the government and are not in any rush to have an election. ...
• parnel...the Separatists will win the largest number of seats in the next election with the Conservatives coming second. Liberals will come in last in Franco...
• At the wholesale level eh? Well if the oil producers are being taxed at each stage of processing they will pass those costs onto consumers. That means the re...
• rsharp only because in your previous postings you sound like you are even further than the left wing NDP. I stand by my comments on Dion. He is a mystery ...
• Unfortunately for Liberal supporters it is only Dion on the campaign trail day after day being forced to defend himself and counter the Conservative position...
• parnel...careful your nose is growing.
• TAXES for the middle class....NO CHANGE to the amount of GHG emissions produced by Canada let alone the world. That is the reality parnel.
• So you had a booth trying to propagate the myth that Dion's plan will save Canada and the world from environmental disaster. Good for you guys. I was talk...
• MRM...once again it is all smoke and mirrors with Liberal sychophants. They have to talk about the team because there is no leader and they know Canadians do...
• parnel...they are all being quiet out of self preservation. Not because they agree with Dion and his tax and spend policy. Dion is in the newspapers but i...
• parnel....a poll is a poll. Doesn't matter whether Obama was in the poll or not. Besides you Liberals love him and want Dion to emulate him. MRM was just...
• No I think it is you who is in denial. No matter how vociferously you deny, call names, distort the facts the Liberals are in deep trouble and when the elect...
• MRM....Couldn't have said it better myself.
• The same could be said about Ontario for the Liberals. As well what the poll doesn't tell you is the results in Quebec among Francophone voters. Liberals pol...
• Do you honestly believe spending $2.9 billion of all taxpayers money will fix poverty in Canada? There are systemic problems that money won't fix and it does...
• Anything which increases taxes is considered progressive by the lefties in this country. I can spend my own money quite well thank you very much. Like I s...
• Absolutely true. However, the kool-aid Liberals will continue to promote the fact that it is revenue neutral to fool people into thinking its not so bad. ...
• You know as well as I do that the price of oil is set by the world market. Speculators are driving the price up and maybe something has to be done about t...
• We are not just talking about welfare numbers but the working poor who are subsisting on low wages, food banks and the like. Liberals promised to eliminate c...

Nanos-Policy Options Poll - Immigration as Nation-building (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-06)

• Hi Tom: I don't disagree with your assessment. However, there is an issue that is not being addressed and that is the quality of our education system i...
• I could not agree more. It seems that unless parents and the citizenery in general demand better we will continue to produce a pile of kids unable to cope w...
• Good words to leave by rsharp..Not... The education system is broken in this country because of the powerfull teachers union. Incompetent teachers are dif...
• Tom...I agree with your point but I understand that the credential committees are at the provincial level. The feds can only do so much. Am I wrong?
• Good morning Tom: However, there is a limit to which the feds can go. Moral suasion is all they can do. You saw what happened when Flaherty went after ...
• I agree management at the auto companies was less than stellar in determining consumer preferences. You can interpret my comments as anti union if you lik...
• MRM..GM has a lot of explaining to do. Signing a contract and then reneging on it within two weeks is hardly professional and may be illegal. However, the fi...
• McGuinty sends nothing to Ottawa. It is the people of Ontario who pay federal taxes to Ottawa. Based on the constitution it is the obligation of the governme...
• Just to remind you parnel McGuinty had no issue with the equalization formula as reconstituted by Harper. It was the Atlantic provinces and Sask. that though...
• Finally I can unequivocally say I AGREE!
• As I said there is plenty of blame to go around.
• So we are back fighting the wars of twenty years ago. One minute we are talking about the equalization payments and the next minute we are talking about ...
• Hi Tom: How do the feds show leadership? Outlaw the various professional accreditation committees in the provinces and take on the job themselves? There i...
• So why didn't the Liberals deal with the problem over 13 years parnel? That pesky record of the Liberals keeps showing up. Harper has had two years to ...
• You can't counter my arguments so you dismiss them as Liberal bashing. So sad parnel. I have said nothing untruthful and that is not accurate and you know it...
• I agree with you if that if the provinces remain parocial there will be no progress on accrediting foreign, skilled workers. However, the discussions seem to...
• You simply cannot be fair in your discourse parnel. You know full well Mulroney inherited a huge deficit. The deficit was covered in 1995. What happened a...
• Could not have said it better myself. Our kids are going through this very same thing with their kids (our grandchildren). Money is no object. School i...
• Good morning Tom: I agree. However, I would caution providing "free" technical schools could be just an opportunity for those not interested to clogg up t...
• Free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Truly Liberal thinking. Not enough universities and teachers eh parnel. Need more of them do we?
• So I was a civil servant was I. Nice jab parnel. Once again education is the domain of the provinces and you want the feds to finance free education. Like...
• You want the national government to show leadership don't you? There goes your argument that the Cons are not interested in working collaberatively with the ...
• degres...good points. Martin's so called national daycare plan was another Liberal smoke and mirrors feel good program. How do you have a national program...
• Get stuffed you ignorant Libeal hack!
• There are no national standards for eduction. Only in a Liberal dream world do you think this way. I am not worried about universities. I just want the...
• Sounds like your experience and mine were the same when we went to school. We attended class from 9 am to 4 pm with very few days off (PD days) other than th...
• Not sure which level of education you are talking about but the public school system is still as I remember it. If universities are operating as you say t...
• Rather than worrying about who is running something would it not be better to determine if in fact it is being managed more efficiently. We all know governme...
• Unfortunately we have created a socialist leaning society where the people seem to believe in big government with its big social programs to control all face...
• When you talk about socialism you are talking about wealth re-distribution. If socialism worked we would no longer have poverty in this country, the healthca...
• The money Charest got was part of the solution to fixing the fiscal imbalance. All provinces got money under the program. The transfers were enhanced as well...
• Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said Quebec was shortchanged ever. However, Quebec being one of the largest provinces does get considerably more ...
• You should be ashamed of yourself. Obviously you don't like it when the power and success is transferred from central Canada to the West. You don't like ...
• I was born and raised in Ontario and when I lived there I always asked the question what's wrong with those people out West. Well I have now lived here 20...

The Bernier Resignation - Is it more than political "eye candy"? (Video Blog Post) (2008-05-30)

• I have to agree with you that the Bernier affair will not resonate with the public although the opposition and the media will make every effort in their atte...
• You said the same thing about the Cadman affair, Afghanistan, the Mulroney/Schreiber affair, the in an out scheme. You say "How Mr. Harper gains Canadians...
• I caught this on MDL this afternoon as well. Although I am not sure the poll was taken as Bernier was being fired. However, I suspect that Quebecers recog...
• I think Quebecers love a sexy titillating story and will be interested in it but Quebecers will realize that Harper had no choice given the infraction of lea...
• Good luck with that. Ignatieff looks smarmy and Buffalo Bob Rae has his own issues to deal with from his time as premier of Ontario. Given that Ignatieff and...
• No prime minister has a crystal ball and can tell how effective or ineffective and MP will be when given a cabinet portfolio. So the fact that Bernier screwe...
• He's doing nothing for the economy? Where is your argument that he is destroying the economy with his actions. Make up your mind parnel. Once you get pas...
• The day I accept as credible sources in the Liberal party it will be a frosty day in hell. Wait, bring on the carbon tax discussion and watch your weak le...
• Exactly. Even Nik doesn't believe there will be any long term impact on the government. The Liberals have gone to the scandal well too often. Their credib...
• I don't how I gave you the impression that I don't love a sexy titillating story like the next person. Love those pictures. That's how Canadians will view...
• Whatever! I'm off to bed.
• Absolutely true. They are no longer hiding their disdain for Harper and his government. If there is anything they can print or say that is negative they will...
• parnel is so desperate for some good news in Quebec that he is now trying to tie the Quebec Liberals in with the Federal Liberals. We know Charest is really ...
• If you seriously believe that poll then you truly are living in Liberal la la land. Canadians will say virtually anything in a poll. However, ask them if the...
• Let's just revisit history a bit. It was the Reform Party that was pushing Chretien to introduce something which would set the ground rules for Separation if...
• Why don't you challenge his assertions rather than calling him names parnel.
• Aren't we the arrogant one! Take that exclamation point. Typical Liberal who has no shame. Perhaps the comments made by you are not deserving of rebuttal ...
• calmecam...isn't this what Liberals do? Say the same thing post after post...Harper is bad...Dion is good. It gets pretty tiresome.
• Hello....did you watch the Liberal leadership race? It was because Rae and Iggy could not agree that the Libs ended up with Dion. A man who polled 18% on ...
• Something like the Liberals in adscam....deny, deflect, defend. However, I do agree with your points. I think the Conservative communication strategy is ...
• They do a great deal of disservice to the journalism business by being so outwardly biased and dismissive of a major political party in the country who happe...
• I don't buy it for a minute that most ordinary working Canadians are on the left and want high taxes and cradle to grave government. I don't think so. You...
• I could care less about the machinations of the corrupt Liberal party. You can say that I am gossiping and that seems to really bother you. However, watch...
• MRM....don't get soft on me. You go too far without personal knowledge of the man.
• calmecam...I am afraid you are a little generous with the facts in this post. It is you who has called Mr. Harper and the Conservatives every name in the boo...
• rsharp...no but it makes you way out in left field even past the NDP.
• This is one thing we can agree on. Murphy has the way to turn a phrase that many of us lack. It is always interesting to listen to him even though he works f...
• parnel such an intelligent reply from someone so "intellectual".
• MRM....however, those that don't agree with the Conservatives continue to make accusations about all manner of things but never support their propostion with...
• Good idea...let's stick to making valid comments supported by some facts rather than just blanket statements. In other words make a statement provide some pr...
• so much for detente eh parnel "Look it up stupid!!!"
• I do not believe that EC is corrupt but I do believe they are not infallible either. They can make mistakes. After all lots of legislation is vague and subje...
• Thank you for the lecture. I really needed that. If you note a lot of my points were addressed to parnel. I have never called you pompous or a windbag....
• Glad we could agree on something. What did you mean "how hateful of me" I must have missed the point.
• Thank you. I appreciate the comments. Windbag is not a word I usually use so if I have called you that I apologize as well. Sometimes we all get carrie...
• Thanks for clearing that up. Not to belabour the point but I do not support everything this government does but when they are accused of all manner of thi...
• larryl...did you perhaps consider that I had nothing new to offer on your comments on the changes to the bank act. When you referred to lyin brian I may h...
• larryl I don't know whether you saw my lengthy post to calmecam but I did vote Liberal before. For Trudeau when he was against wage and price controls and Ch...
• Once again you are entitled to your opinion but obviously I don't agree. I have already acknowledged their communication strategy sucks. I have made my fe...
• I understand there are many who have given that moniker to Mulroney but I simply say this and will not comment on him further. I think he tried his best. His...
• I watched 13 years of Liberal rule in this country and saw a massive theft of taxpayers' money. I saw little done which moved the country ahead on the import...
• And your point is? Is Dion a world traveller? Is Ralph Goodale? I don't think so? Only Liberal partisans would say that Harper has not provided leaders...
• larryl,,,,You didn't answer my questions. If you believe your partisan rhetoric you should be able to give clear examples.

The Economy - Political Opportunity and Minefield (2008-05-26)

• Canadians have lived through 13 years of high taxes with the Liberals. They had a "big tax cut" over 4 years but any benefit was offset by increased premiums...
• Dion has a lot of 'splaining to do and he ain't no salesman. Can you just see him trying to sell higher taxes while promising tax reductions for anybody a...
• The only point I would make is your observation 'but the visceral distrust that many Canadians arttach to Stephen Harper is unlikely to be overcome by this. ...
• You are right Jan. The media and of course the opposition parties do not want to give credit to Harper for anything he has done since coming to office. Ho...
• I agree. However, watch for the left wing media to support every pronouncement that comes out of his lying Liberal lips trying to convince Canadians that it ...
• Exactly. However, I don't think Canadians are that unsophisticated. They recognize that the Canadian fundamentals are still strong even though it is based on...
• Agree. This may be the one issue that Layton and Harper can agree on. Can you just see Dion in his mangled English trying to sell a carbon tax and saying ...
• Jan there is one thing about Liberals. They don't have any shame. They don't mind being hypocritical on any subject as long as it serves their partisan inter...
• laureen...first of all you understate the ability of the U.S. to recover. It is a huge economy and has been in this type of position before. While it is true...
• I am satisfied that Harper and the party knew exactly what the rules were going into the election and followed them. Hence, his challenge to EC to prove in c...
• parnel you know as well as I do that the Libs were considering taxing income trusts. This was confirmd by John McKay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister...
• You say they would have grandfathered the existing trusts. I have no idea whether this is accurate or not. However, if they remained in government and saw th...
• ok now you want to talk semantics. If corporations don't produce goods consumers can't buy them. Get real. The debt level is high but I would rather give ...
• You are talking to the wrong person when you are discussing the banking system. I was a senior person in a major bank for 36 years. You don't know what you a...
• Yeah great for the country if you want wasteful spending with no real solutions to the serious problems facing the country i.e. aboriginal issues. As leda...
• LEDA...you are absolutely right. Never mind parnel. He is a Liberal diehard who will criticize anything that is not in keeping with his beloved Liberal party...
• parnel you can see my the number of responses that people are putting on your thread that you have a lot of support. Not.
• The far left speaks again. Not too much support for your positions rsharp. Other than parnel of course.
• Tom...as usual you bring sanity to the discussion. As these hard core Liberals say time and time again Harper is not competent, his economic policies are ...
• parnel is so desperate to have Dion accepted by Canadians. However, if we think Harper's personality is dull well there is a twin sitting across from Harper ...
• parnel...once again it is all about what is best for the Liberal party. Your comments confirm what Tom and I have been saying. The Libs and Dion in particula...
• parnel....if the current system is so broken why didn't your friends fix it. We both know why. It was not to their advantage. The split on the right serve...
• This has nothing to do with Harper's leadership abilities even though the Harper haters want to make so. MPs are elected by the voters. The PM has to choo...
• If you read parnel's comments on this board you would think that there is this great vision that has been revealed to Canadians about what Dion stands for a...
• I agree the party system does have its strengths but also lots of weaknesses. However, I don't know what would replace it or how it could be restructured to ...
• You are right. He keeps spouting the Liberal rhetoric in a vain attempt to convince anybody who will listen that Dion is a real leader and the Liberals are o...
• supper....Your point is what?
• That's the whole point parnel. The public is satisfied with the current government and the Liberals in their own self interest are waiting hoping that someth...
• Even Quebecers will understand why Bernier was fired. However, the people of the Beauce will re-elect him and he will return to cabinet at some point down th...
• parnel...not worth the paper these columns are written on. Would not even attempt to counter their lies and distortions. We will see if Canadians buy a ca...
• MRM....Exactly!
• If the Liberals believe in their rhetoric and believe Canadians are on their side then have the courage of their convictions and vote non confidence in the g...
• Will you say the same thing if the Liberals win a minority next time out. That won't happen so have no fear. They will lose big time. My talk on the envir...
• I don't need anyone to tell me what to do or say. I can see the writing on the wall. Liberals actually campaigning on higher taxes? That's better than hiding...
• There is also the law of unintended consequences and there will be plenty if Dion gets a chance to implement his carbon tax. For example what happens when...
• Be specific. Otherwise there is no point in debating you on this board. I do not make things up but of course you would say that because you know the do n...
• You actually believe what you hear in the House of Commons? Then you are really naive. If it is Question Period then I would take anything said there with...
• Hi Tom: I hope it doesn't work and the people of B.C. speak out loudly and strongly against Campbell's carbon tax. As the price of carbon inches up there ...
• Wow! I thought we were bad at $1.30. That's the brillance of Campbell's plan..incremental increases hoping nobody will notice. Taxes on taxes. We are all ...

Leadership Tracking - Harper personal image untouched by controversy (Analysis with video) (2008-05-09)

• Only the feckless leader of the Liberal Party would decide that campaigning on raising taxes is a winning strategy. Harper will tear the carbon tax propos...
• Nik's polling shows that Harper (the teflon PM) continues to be consistently perceived by the public to be better than all of the other leaders when it comes...
• Hi Tom: I am not sure I agree with your point that there is a new electorate. However, I think what this poll is saying is that Harper continues to be ...
• parnel you have once again spouted the Liberal line. What this poll is saying is that Harper's support is rock solid. It is the opposition leaders and par...
• Tom...parnel is a kool-aid drinking Liberal who hates Harper with a passion. His vigorous attacks show that the Liberals are scared to death of him becaus...
• parnel...there are only two men who potentially can be prime minister of Canada. The current incumbent and your feckless leader. The Liberals are always l...
• westerner try telling that to parnel. He can't accept the fact that the Liberals screwed up big time by electing another Francophone, one who is hated in Fra...
• MRM...I agree with you. The tactics of the opposition parties has backfired on them and particularly on the Liberals. Focusing on issues that people do...
• parnel...the opposite could be said as well. If Dion is so popular and Harper so disliked why isn't Dion kicking Harper's ass. We both know why. Support f...
• Let's hope so! I am confident that Baird will tear the carbon plan to pieces because it needs to be exposed for what it is. A huge tax grab to satisfy the...
• Wishful thinking parnel. Like all the other faux scandals the Liberals will be barking in the wind. Keep wearing those tinfoil hats. That's all you guy...
• parnel...look at the numbers again. Harper's numbers haven't changed but poor Dion his numbers keep going south. You can delude yourself into thinking you gu...
• Hi Tom....I agree with you that there is a reason why the parties remain deadlocked in the polls. It may be as you say. Anybody watching QP and the shenan...
• I hope you are right Tom. As you and I have discussed it is critical that the next government be a majority. The foolishness that is going on is disgus...
• parnel..the old saying goes that first impressions count and they are very hard to change. If, as you say, Dion has not been focusing on his communication sk...
• I thought you were only interested in Nik's numbers. You kept saying any time I mentioned a different poll that it was only Nik's numbers that you paid atten...
• 14% on vision and trustworthiness and 12% on competetence ain't anything to brag about either parnel. What all these polls are saying is that on judgement...
• There is only one major broken promise by Harper and that was the income trust issue. The rest of your statement is pure propaganda because you don't agree w...
• Tom: its amazing how parnel can twist and turn so that he can present the most positive image for his party. He will not accept the fact that his leader h...