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Duceppe Provokes Election Showdown (2007-09-22)

• I had already expected a Throne Speech that would appeal to the centre while not giving a centimetre on Afghanistan or Kyoto. The target of that was Dion and...

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

• e guye, I could not have put that better myself (and I have certainly tried on my own blog). I used "pragmatic" as a euphemism for "power seeking" in an eff...
• So much so, I daresay, that "the environment" will slip behind some of those other issues when the chips are down. I'd love to hear what Ms. May has to say ...
• As with most human things, both/and works better than either/or. And I agree with your observations.
• Well, the right-of-centre side of the fence spent fifteen years in the wilderness unable to win power again, most of them spent sniping at each other. It to...
• Quite right, Regina Beach Boy - not a move on behalf of her cause, but one on behalf of herself. Old time politics, and in spades. Why don't we hear more of ...

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

• While I would not vote against the Harper Government were an election to be announced, I don't particularly want one in 2007. As someone who supports changi...
• Oh, sorry. PR - proportional representation. Any system where the members who sit reflect, more or less, the actual popular vote. STV - single transferab...
• Representation by population is one thing - by the way, we don't exactly have it, in that places like PEI, for instance, have four ridings for the same popul...
• Well, thanks! It's always nice to get an exchange going rather than just bouncing comments off the wall. And I think it very fair to say Harper thinks about ...

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

• I think this echoes the kind of conversations I hear and take part in. Harper has earned a fair bit of respect for two things: (1) doing what he promised to ...
• Fear not. I do recall that it was a Liberal government that sent us to Afghanistan (Chrétien) and who accepted the Kandahar mission (Martin). And I happen to...
• Annoying, isn't it! And of course it's nowhere near as clear as that - some form of PR would recognize the 1 in 4 Albertans who vote Liberal, the 30+% of Ont...
• Hi, blossom: I've tried several times now to post a longish reply which obviously isn't working, so let me do a short one. I am personally a Red Tory (think...
• I am also discomfited by this latest move. And I detest choosing between bad, worse and worst instead of good, better and best. It has been a very long time ...
• Alas, electoral politics and intelligent leadership do not go hand in hand. I have been thinking about Belinda Stronach's resignation. No doubt she was oppor...
• True - we shall see what she chooses to accomplish outside the system. This has been a good conversation, blossom - thanks for the back-and-forth.

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

• I don't believe the Prime Minister will directly call an election. I think it quite likely he will do what Government ought to do - govern - which will drive...
• There's no shortage of Canadians who are tired of politics - and minorities keep politics in their faces. So joining a likely winner to push it over the top ...

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

• I agree the situation is still too volatile for a majority government to emerge. But Harper, if there is an election, will be re-elected - and the Conservati...
• Sorry, Lorne, but I'm not buying it. I talk to Liberals here in BC and it's the same message, constantly: Dion is change; Harper is the past; it's a national...
• I don't think Emerson or Fortier will be an issue in the next campaign. The Vancouver Courier had a piece today commenting on the de-elect Emerson campaigner...
• Atlantic Canada does matter to Harper. There is a strong entrepreneurial spirit in the Maritimes that I see him tapping into. 1 or 2 seat pickup there. Québ...