Ken Chapman

A member since December 17, 2006 12:02

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CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 31, NDP 20, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 20) (2008-09-21)

• Nik - it seems that the rolling results from you and most other polls shows that nobody who has made up their minds has changed their minds from as far back ...
• Harper is sure taking Alberta for granted this election. Most of the key Alberta MPs are campaigning in Ontario these days. The CPC webpage in full attack ...
• If there is a rebalance of seats in a Con-minority we may see a rematch election very soon. Too much uncertainty coming in the economy and the environment t...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 30, NDP 17, GP 9, BQ 6 (ending September 13) (2008-09-14)

• I like your analysis on soft voters...noting 60% are up for grabs. That is a very significant insight and a large number. I blogged on it today Nik. Thx fo...

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

• I think there will be a late spring/early summer election at the earliest. Dion is in the catbird seat and can only benefit by waiting. Harper will have to s...
• I love how the self-righteous right constantly dismisses thoughtful political comments with vapid screed. It is how they have been governing for over a year...

Duceppe Provokes Election Showdown (2007-09-22)

• Harper does not need Duceppe for anything and to try and deal with him just undermines the Cons position in Quebec as the Bloc alternative for the soft natio...

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

• The trust issue is fundamental for citizens relating to politicians and breeds their cynicism. It has been beaten to death by too many individuals and event...
• This "veil" threat against Elections Canada is just more bullying by Haprer too. He is trying to change the channel away from the Conservacitve version of A...
• If Harper had implemented the Appointments Commisssion portion of his much over-rated Accountability Act he would not have had the luxury of hand picking the...
• Hollinm - The Cons seem to think because they did not misdirect as much money as the Liberals they should get a pass in the integrity and trust department. ...
• The fraud in the Liberal Adscam is very different - no doubt but it is not disingenuous to draw comparisons where they are due. The political intent behind ...
• Exceeding of the spending limits by doing indirectly what you know you can't do directly and relying on deniability of candidates Official Agents or creating...
• If a local candidate wants to give money to the national campaign to use for advertising as the national campaign sees fit and that does not exceed spending ...
• Hollinm - I agree with everthing you said in your last post. It is before the Courts - leave it there - unless the Cons abandon the Action - then send it to...

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

• Are we really going to see a "softer gentler" Stephen this summer r just more political positioning and re-framing of the leader? Do you believe the Harper ...

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

• Nik - I don't know if I should blush for these guys or just ridicule them for this stupidity. In my unCanandian moment a settled on the latter. I Blogged o...

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

• Nic the content of the CBC Radio show The House yesterday was first rate. You quoted Danny Williams' making a distinction between the PROGRESSIVE Conservati...
• Good thoughts well expressed Blossom. Harper seems to settle for perpetual transition from the Chrétien/Martin days and they have to take lots of blame. Bu...
• In a time when we need to move forward, Mr. Harper insists that the real important thing is for us to only look back. We are supposed to be satisfied with ...
• The Captain of the HMS Harper has been throwing good programs overboard since he came to "power" becasue he saw them as Liberal programs. He has more often ...
• Hey Canada562001 - This kind of anonymous comment is just mindless trite tribalism. Be a citizen and use your freedom speech openly by using your real name ...
• Hey- e guye - So why did they not give us some proof of waste in the programs instead of putting on a new CPC "cover" for the same LPC programs and reinsta...
• e guye Sponsorship was in fact pretty small potatoes politicaly in the end. Gomery found no politician guilty of any wrongdoing in the end. A fact lost on...

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

• These kind of questions are pretty meaningless. We do not have any idea what values and issues are driving the choices and they are less than hypothetical i...
• Thx for the feedback Nik. I have no quibble with your comments. Trust me I know I am influenced in part because I do not like the results of the popularity...

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

• Nice to see a poll that relates to pre-budget and post-budget periods with sufficient time lapse to neutralize the impact of the media coverage bounce. Also ...
• The environment will be the dominant campaign issue regardless of when it happens. The lates ICPP report out on Friday is devastating - for the deniers in p...
• We do not need Royal Comission - we just spent millions on Gomery and he said no politician in Quebec had done anything wrong. People forget that. Party o...
• Hiu e guye - The money flowed from the Monteal volunteer operatives in the LPC only. Not from the political top... but the senior staff in the PMO under Chr...
• HI Russell - Buying carbon credits in corrupt states for projects that we have no way to monitor and control or to evaluate outcomes is not a smart economic,...
• e guye - I believe I said the Chretien PMO tried to defend themselves through wilful blindness and they were involved because they enabled the money to flow...
• Look at a number of the planet's oil producing countries and consider how transparent and stable they are politically. If we are going to buy credits and us...
• Russell - I call it a carobn tax in the short term only because the standards that have to be met before a cash penalty come into play are so high that every...

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

• Hi Blossom re web sites: www.cambridgestrategies.com is one and the other is www.policychannel.com and my blog is www.ken-chapman.blogspot.com I have be...

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

• Fascinating...will you do another poll with a larger sample 48 hr after the Harper Budget? Has Harper got any real traction other than the fiscal imbalance ...
• I think instability and volatility are the norm now because there is a shift in values amongst Canadians and that has not yet gelled but it is emerging quick...
• I hope for a Liberal majority but a small one and not just seats in Greater Montreal but Quebec City too. Then watch Harper lollygag on really dealing with ...
• HI e guye I will try to clarify some thing for you. I hope for a slim Charest majority on March 26 but for reasons of a stronger federation in the country...
• Hi e guye - I have lots of indicia of citizens intrusion. Actual incidences are not as likely because he has not been able to impose is Crime and Punishment ...
• Hi Blossom - just send me an email and we can make arrangements on the book. I posted 10 reasons not to have a spring federal election on my blog today BTW.

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

• I expect Baird as Environment will be inclined to bulldoze the Clean Air Act through as he did the Accountability Act. The game of election chicken will be ...
• Baird and Dion on the environment in Question Period will be defining for both parties and both leaders...Dion is up to speed and credible on the environment...
• Gosh doralh I wish the environment issues were that simple. A Clean Air Act and everything else is irrelevant! Simple answers to complext problems are usua...
• Mike has raised some serious points. Think Same Sex Marriage posturing and Income Trust shifts or betrayal, depending on your perspective. Do we now see ...

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

• The first part of 2007 will be a battle of the "steves" Harper and Dion. The traditionalist versus the modernist. Harper is already consolidating his relig...
• I agree with your obseravtions Nik. I think the Dion inner policy circle of Findlay and Gerrard will stand up well to scrutiny. I like Harper's inner polic...
• Good points carrscanary - but what if the social conservative base stays home. True they have no where else to go as an alternaitve party but they might exp...
• Hi blossom - btw - the LaPresse piece I sent you was published on Dec 24 under the title "l'Alberta Verte" ( I liked it). Feel free to redistribute it now t...
• The myth that Alberta is paying more than its fair share into is a wrong. Just as the Quebec myth that they pay more into Canada than they get back in equal...
• doralh - you reduce the proposition about equalization fairness into an absurdity. The equalization payments don't work that way. They are intended to prov...
• Hi Doralh - I know this is not the thread where we had our exchange on the balance of payments between Alberta and Canada. As I promised I did some homework...
• I posted the fact I was wrong about Alberta getting equalization payments on another thread. Sorry - so here it is again. Alberta has never been in need ...
• Yes there is lots of common ground and lots of differences...nice to know we will not be redundant ;-} Underwhelmed or not - the tax room is there for pro...

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

• blossom - I am an Albertan who is active in the PC Party here and bought a Federal Liberal membership to support Dion. His political triple bottom line of ec...
• Blossom - pl call me Ken. Also go to LaPresse today or maybe yesterday and see the Column I write monthly for them on western perspectives with my business ...