Blackacadian

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Anxiety about Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan (Nanos Policy Options Poll) (2010-03-01)

• Harper puts up a weak stonewalling technique after coming back from prorogation and he thinks that a newly politically attentive canadian public will simply ...
• I pwned you once on the constitutionality of a possible coalition government and now you're prepared to doubt the supremacy of the parliement. I would really...
• Wow, your level of denial is amazing. First, you claimed that a possible coalition government is undemocratic, while preserving our laws and traditions, as t...
• Again, you reply without providing any facts to support your arguments. You say: Individuals are entitled to believe as they chose to believe and to hol...
• In my posts I put the associated book's name, its author and even the page number of the offered quote. Simply stating that you're right doesn't make it so, ...
• Blaming me for not being able to support my arguments is a form of projection bias. The quotes you request can easily be found in the above posts. Donald ...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office (of Prime Minister of Canada) exists only as p...
• Again, blaming me for not being able to support my arguments, while I'm even using your links to prove my arguments is just another form of projection bias. ...
• I'm continuously pwning you with each of my posts, while you're still trying to defend your position with weak arguments. "Read you recent history as that...

Canadians believe PMO has too much power, House of Commons not enough power (Nanos Poll Completed February 8) (2010-02-24)

• Wow, I took some time off to watch the Olympics, just to see that certain conservatives on this website kept pushing their misleading talking points about a ...
• The GG has to follow parlementary rules. The fact that you disapprove of another MP being chosen by the GG to be the PM over the leader of the party with the...
• I admit that I should of extended my explanation the role of the GG, than simply saying "The GG has to follow parliamentary rules". The reserve powers of ...
• I have to admit that I personally have no idea of the details of what happened behind closed doors, so Topp may be right. However, the point I'm trying to ma...
• You're wrong and you still continue pose your arguments without any facts to back them up. In my posts, I put current and historical facts to strenghten my a...

Nanos National Poll - Canadians embrace Olympic peace (2010-02-11)

• The thought that Harper is responsable for the stability of the banking sector is a funny proposition. The fact that the conservative party would rather push...
• That explains why some would keep demanding for more tax cuts and deregulations of the corporate sector despite this recession. George Lakoff mentions that o...
• Do you understand that the conservative party is disregarding a recent Supreme Court ruling that precisely remarked that Omar Khadr's rights continue to be v...
• You seriously forget that Harper wanted to commit Canadian troops in Iraq on top of a more aggressive and extended mission in Afghanistan. His new policy...
• I completely agree. Political parties aren't like your favorite sports team. Your not supposed to blindly chear for your team regardless of its behavior. Cer...
• I'm glad you liked our posts. I'm noting special, I'm just a young french canadian who likes to vent on the overall state of politics in Canada. Most of my f...
• The fact that you would recopy purely hatefull arguments that would slyly accuse Gilles Duceppe and members of his caucus of treason, by being totaly unable ...
• Well said, but I think that Mr. Ignatieff learned from the previous time he decided to blindly declare his party's lack of confidence for Harper's government...
• What frustrates me is that there is practically no news on a 24h cable news station during the Olympics, but the programing on TSN, ESPN... remains unchanges...

Tories and Grits Gripped in a Tie (Completed February 4th 2010) (2010-02-08)

• First, Joe the plummer is an American. Second, you have to realize that it's only based on your own personal opinion. Some canadians might agree with your di...
• Progressives will just have to point out the number of new daycare spots opened in each province since the conservatives proposed a Choice in Child Care Allo...
• What!?! Brusmit is back? That probably explains why someone would be against earned media coverage. That would mean the end of easy photo ops of smiling MPs ...
• Man, that's some good analysis. The only problem I have with your statement is that it's the overall francophone community that tend to be more progressive, ...
• Well said. By dismissing that simple fact, the conservatives are only making matters worse. A growing number of canadians understand that Harper can't hide f...
• I really like how members on this site are coming up with very valid arguments in order to defend their political position. Trying to justify bad politics by...
• Everyone deserves a second chance. I only hope that they use the priviledge to post wisely. That same type of philosophy applies to politics, but Harper's co...
• That shows the difference between the old progressive conservative party and the current conservative party. Nowadays politicians like Leonard Jones, who sec...
• The fact that Max was even mentioned during the last cabinet shuffle debate says it all. We'll just have to wait and see if the conservatives can manage to p...
• I agree with you that the liberal party's childcare plan wasn't appealing enough to even win them a minority government, but should they stop trying to impro...
• No policy is perfect, but after four years of the conservative childcare plan, we can clearly see that theirs is ineffective. Now, all of a sudden, the conse...
• I know. I saw that episode of power play and that piece definitely showed how desperate the conservatives are to avoid accountability around the Afghan detai...
• Personal attacks about a politician's personal life? What does that have to do with a party's proposed policies? If there is some part of an economic plan yo...
• I appreciate the fact that you tried to explain your personal political position, but you need to stop with the personal attacks. You need to understand that...
• I completely agree with you. I consider the federal deficit as difficult to get out of as the generalized sentiment of political apathy by some canadians. Ob...
• hollinm said "Chretien committed us and Martin made it worse by moving the troops to the "killing fields of Kandahar" as Chretien put it in his autobiography...
• That's why it's important to have an open public enquiry in order to get the stories straight and to determine the facts around the Afghan detainee transfers...
• Well, all I can say is that CAPP's efforts definitely worked on this formely apathetic young voter. You know, deep down I was a bit envious of Obama's electo...
• First, I'm glad to have access to the net in order to vent, because most of my friends aren't really as deep into politics as I am "yet". I also apreciate th...
• The fact is that the liberals managed to balance the federal books while the conservatives are known to cut taxes and slash programs without being able to do...

Nanos Leadership Index and Ballot (2009-12-30)

• Wow, Brusmit. I, finally decided to come back to this site after the holidays. Guess my surprise to see how your posts have evolved since early december. For...
• Wow, Brusmit. I, finally decided to come back to this site after the holidays. Guess my surprise to see how your posts have evolved since early december. For...
• Wow, Brusmit. I, finally decided to come back to this site after the holidays. Guess my surprise to see how your posts have evolved since early december. For...
• Hey Brusmit, I'm starting to understand what you mean about spamming by some members. That kind of behavior isn't needed regardless of its political position...
• I have to admit that your Check. Mate. reply to checkmate was clever. Nice to see that you have some of that canadian humor regardless of your political posi...
• Did the liberals ever use prorogation in order to avoid governmental accountability from the opposition parties? Did they shut down the parliement in order t...
• I can agree with you that there are spammers on this site, but to think that everyone posting is a rat is just going to far. A fair political argument doesn'...
• If you're right, you're right, I don't need to argue against the truth. Those who got suspended need to stop spamming. Don't worry man. I'll keep posting des...
• Calm down, you're at a ten when you need to be at a two. The position of Prime Minister is occupied by the leader of the party with the greatest number minis...
• I've been a member of this site for about a month and I haven't heard any reasonable argument to justify the use of prorogation for two years in a row. The c...
• Imagine if Paul Martin would of used his power to prorogue parliement in order to prevent the Gomery commission. What would the conservatives do in reaction ...
• Now, you want to limit certain canadian's right to vote. I'm pretty sure that it's unconstitutional. Even the Prime Minister is allowed to vote for himself.
• Do you think that unlimited contributions from corporate lobbyists to a specific party have less of an electoral impact then governmental workers voting righ...
• Haiti, la perle des Antilles. Tu te reveille aujourd'hui sous l'écroulement de notre pauvre infrastructure, mais ton peuple t'aidera a retrouver le lustre qu...
• You severely underestimate progressives. Here in New Brunswick, issues surrounding the official languages act are reflected in our daily lives to a greater e...
• Unapologetic conservatives on this site, and in the parliement, have gravely underestimated the amount of political scrutiny they were under from the canadia...
• Man, I'm glad you're back. This site was starting to get a bit bland without your added spice. I understand that the trolls are annoying, but you can't keep ...
• Until then, the parliament will remain closed, the Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament group will grow larger on facebook, the issues surrounding the Afg...
• First, even if we look at just your accepted reduction of Ignatieff's negative numbers in the polls its still an improvement. Second, conservatives vote for ...
• Unfortunate to see that you keep obscessing over suspended members. Everyone that joins this site can clearly see that there are one day wonders that get sus...
• Progressives stopped voting conservative after the death of the progressive conservative party during the unification of 2003, because of their decision to g...
• I decided to ask you simple and easy political questions about governmental accountability, but you refuse to answer clearly. So this is how I guess your pos...
• I agree that most members of the old PC party have shifted to the conservative party, but what progressive policy do they support today? Will Harper present ...
• You consistantly think that I represent every member on this site, so why can`t I do the same to you? Cutting and pasting (As I have never commented on this,...
• Conservative=right-wing ; Progressive=left-wing. Old members of the federal PC party were forced to abandon their progressive policies in order to unify with...
• Well, I guess that I am done with you, Brusmit. We agree that no one in their right mind think that a single political party would be able to govern Canada f...
• Very well said. American style of blind political partisanship is the new problem facing many canadian voters after waking up from their long slumber of poli...
• American style of blind political partisanship is the new problem facing many canadian voters after waking up from their long slumber of political apathy sin...
• Brusmit thinks that every new member is part of this string of spammers who keeps getting suspended time after time. I disagree with him politicaly, but on t...
• Dismissing the over 206 000 members of the Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament movement by comparing their numbers to the overall number of canadian who ...
• I tried ignore your posts, but this one made me laugh a bit harder than the others. Ignatieff will simply have to be more transparent after the formulation h...
• I've been looking at your posts and you seem to understand the dynamics of this website. Keep formulating valid arguments and watch as certain conservatives ...
• To his credit, Harper did help unite the conservative movement in Canada. However, instead of governing by respectfully trying to achieve reasonable consensu...
• Man, I told you this was going to happen. First, you should stop with the insults, you're getting increasingly disrespectfull. Second, if you're totaly depen...
• Man, at first I though it was funny, but now it's kinda sad. Now, I can't speak for the other people on this site, but I'm telling you that I, regular guy fr...
• Where did you find the daily poll results? If true, that would support your argument, but Harper's issue with the opposition's call for governmental accounta...
• I saw that same show and its so obvious that things are going from bad to worse for Harper's party. At first, conservatives and right-wing pundits thought th...
• Unfortunately, people often learn the hard way that you can't decide to spam a spammer if you're only equiped with losing arguments, because it usually bring...
• Nice analysis. Cheap underhanded conservative tactics become very obvious, the more canadians wake up from their collective political apathy. I wonder how Ha...

Nanos National Poll - Views on Afghan detainees issue (2009-12-23)

• First, I loved your analogy. You also helped me think of some of the progressive conservative MPs that are caught in all this. After the sponsorship scandal ...
• I'm not surprised that politicians like to play politics, but there has to be a certain limit. Harper is the Prime Minister that is currently charged with go...
• I agree with you completely. The notion that canadians might forgive the conservative party if they came clean right after noticing a problem isn't strange e...

Nanos-Policy Options National Poll - Third Annual "Mood of Canada" Poll (2009-12-09)

• The fact that some don't care about detainee abuse in Afghanistan doesn't negate the possible violations of international law. It might be inconvenient for t...
• Is there a point at wich governmental accountability will play a role in federal elections? I just joined because the majority of the arguments that attempt ...
• You got it completely wrong. We are worried that Harper's administration in Ottawa was not doing their jobs while soldiers were sacrificing everyting in Afgh...
• The true big lie is the continuous denial of real serious problems. Do you really think that Harper's administration is doing an adequate job with regards to...
• Two wrongs don't make a right, even though the gravity of Harper's infractions are on a whole other level. Running to the governor general to avoid a non-con...
• Again, two wrongs don't make a right, even though the conservatives responsability to formulate coherent policies is much greater. Where is the made in Canad...
• The focus should be on governmental competance, accountability and transparancy. The poll numbers will eventually follow. The current administration arrived ...
• One has to deal with the unsanctioned misconduct of a few soldiers on the grownd and the other deals with Harper's administration lack of oversight of the es...
• You are good at adding and substacting, but if you really want compare the two elections results you should think of focusing on the percentage of canadians ...
• Very well put, but you can agree that if a larger proportion of the liberal base decides to show up to upcoming elections, the political race could be very d...
• So you actually think that those numbers will trend towards the conservative's side forever? If you do, then that might be a sign of being disconnected from ...
• I agree that liberals need to come up with interesting new policies in order to get elected in the next elections, but the conservatives need to produce effe...
• How do you know the way the liberal base will react in the next election? You can only quote past election statistic in the hopes of showing a trend in votin...
• How long can the conservative stay in power if the most frequently used political tools Harper has at his possession is either force, division or constant at...
• Brusmit said "I have been hearing that Liberal dribble of accountablity through two general elections and four years and the Conservatives are still Governme...
• Treating the other political parties of not supporting the troops is just not dealing with reality. Those sorts of attacks have no place in our political arg...
• Brusmit said "The Conservatives do not require a majority in this parliment or the next as they will continue to introduce one bill at a time get it passed ...
• You have no right to accuse other canadians of being unpatriotic because they don't all agree with conservatives on every matter. If you don't understand tha...
• So according to you, the end justifies the means? You don't care about governmental accountability or transparancy? Why would a public inquiery be a good th...
• If the conservatives think that the opposition parties will let the serious issue of governmental accountability and transparancy go, they are not dealing wi...
• What I can't understand is why any concerned canadian would volontarily dismiss any efforts to increase governmental transparancy and accountability? Deflect...
• Very well said. My growing problem is with CTV and CBC news. We can clearly see that they keep foaming at the mouth after fluff stories like Tiger Woods' tra...
• Brusmit, do you understand that your baseless accusations only demonstrates your paranoia to us? It's kinda funny, but you don't even try to answers the impo...
• Should everyone who disagrees with brusmit's political ideology stop posting? Trying to convince yourself that all the latest members are all the same person...
• I just laugh when I see that brusmit has to beleive that every member that disagrees with his political position is the same person. How does he justify his ...
• What does that mean? Your the one that looks paranoid in this process. Instead of repeating yourself, you should try to come up with better solutions to your...
• Brusmit is just using the same political tactics as the conservatives. Deflect attention, baseless attacks and muddling of the main subject of discussion. Ha...
• That's my point. The liberals lost after the conservatives succesfully pointed out real issues of governmental accountability following the sponsorship scand...
• I know, I wasn't about to miss Question Period on sunday. Sad to see how most conservatives are still in denial though. The thought that this situation would...
• However, you can't deny that the public inquiry did take place. The liberals knew that they couldn't hide from the facts after a certain point. The problem i...
• Man, its looking pretty bad for you. Just remember that you could have avoided all of these posts calling you out about your baseless accusations of liberal ...
• Brusmit, I can't believe that you keep owning yourself like this. Just remember that you could have avoided all of these posts calling you out about your bas...
• So this is the new made in Canada Plan for the environment? I think that Harper might just be tired of governing. That's probably why he's doing everything t...
• I told you man, this only makes you look paranoid. Do you honestly think that the growing number of people coming to this site to PWN you is just a lonely pe...
• You know what? I kinda agree with what you posted. The only problem is that it's definitely starting to show a worryfull pattern. One political blunder by it...
• I'm already laughing at your level of paranoia. I know about my membership and I'm pretty sure that spamming would take way too much efforts to maintain duri...
• What does that even mean? The conservatives are the ones who are in denial right now. Why can't you explain to us your reasonning for accepting this level of...
• Brusmit is simply trying to shift the reasonning to prorogate the parliement into a matter of senate reform. Most conservatives don't realize that this level...
• I'm starting to think that brusmit is only trying to frustrate members into quiting this website. He shows no efforts whatsoever to defend his arguments inte...
• Do you understand that by repeating your same tired insults you bring nothing new to the argument? That means that your position, who gets barely any back up...
• The liberals already realized that posting the pictures was a bad idea. There was an apology and probably someone is going to pay for this careless oversight...
• The reason why I mentioned the fact that most canadians didn't vote for the concervatives is because the Harper administration is trying to govern like they ...
• What don't you beleive, brusmit? You seem to think that Harper's administration isn't trying to cover up serious issues surrounding detainee treatment in Afg...
• This is very good news for every canadian, specially for the people at GM. Conservatives have to admit that some forms of structured governmental interventio...
• I agree that all parties are at fault for not supporting the other sectors to the fullest, but some tried more than others. The NDP/Green party tried hard, b...
• You seem to like when the Harper's administration governs by force instead of reaching for a broader concensus, but that doesn't help him make any lasting pa...
• Brusmit said "You can start with this one as all those diplomats were the dissenting minority from a much larger group that did not sanctution the Government...
• What you fail to understand is the cummulative effect of all of those political blunders. I agree with you that the conservatives did a great job of minimizi...

Nanos National Poll - Healthcare reclaims top issue of concern over economy (2009-11-24)

• An issue with the current conservative party is that they have a hard time admitting fault with any of their mismanaged files. Instead of dealing directly wi...