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Harper has "poisoned the well" in parliament - path forward is uncertain (2008-12-01)

• There seems to have been much malice and mayhem since the arrival of Mr. Harper on Parliament Hill. His latest and most egregious act was to wittingly use t...

On the Harper election win (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-11-04)

• Thanks for the analysis Nik. I cannot regard the minority result as a victory because of the mendacious machinations used to justify an unnecessary election...
• Hi Larry, It's wishful thinking. The Liberal Party will not be destroyed any more than the PCs were. If you recall, they only managed to hang onto two seat...
• Thanks for your opinion MICO. I'll be waiting to see that rebuilt North American hemisphere.
• Thanks for your comment, Lex. As I said in my comment to Larry, they executed a metamorphosis meaning - starting with the Reform Party whose original member...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 33, LP 29, NDP 20, BQ 11, GP 7 (ending October 7) (2008-10-08)

• That's why he called the election a year early, hoping to beat the global meltdown and other painful matters that might come to a head. He rolled the dic...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 26, NDP 21, BQ 9, GP 7 (ending September 23) (2008-09-24)

• Hi Christine, I hope you're right. I think minority government is good - unbridled power bad. I think the minority would have worked just fine if the lea...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 27, NDP 21, BQ 8, GP 6 (ending September 22) (2008-09-23)

• Hi Lex, Which party do you think will be the "Reform Party" of this election by doing better than polled on October 14th?

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 35, LP 30, NDP 22, BQ 7, GP 6 (ending September 21) (2008-09-22)

• Hi Foxer, On CTV's Canada AM today, Layton suggested that he would work with the Liberals if the two parties combined won more seats than the Conservative...
• Hi again Foxer, Layton didn't earn a Ph.D without a good brain - he's a sharp dude. I agree, I don't think he has any interest in becoming anybody's back s...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 29, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 19) (2008-09-20)

• To use the old cliché, "The only poll that counts is on election day." And before that day, I hope that every Canadian who intends to vote reads a most inte...
• Thanks for the information - I'll certainly check the CBO website. I like your remarks on why the US is likely to go the cap and trade route (can't mention...
• Hi gretag, My reply went under TPQ's post - my mistake. So here it is: Thanks for the information - I'll certainly check the CBO website. I like your rem...
• Hi TPQ, Thanks for your reply. You're right when you say, "The Tories have succeeded, for now in making people look negatively at Dion and not at all at hi...
• Thanks for your reply and info Foxer. Yes, I've read Jonathan Kay's June 29th NP article "A carbon tax might work in principle but it won't work in Canada."...
• Thanks again Foxer but, as I said previously, I will stick by Simon Fraser University economist Marc Jaccard, an energy expert, who says he doubts that eithe...
• Hi Westerner, The difference is that Harper promised in 2006 that, if elected, he and his "New" Government would be paradigms of integrity and ethics. Hou...
• I agree Bernie. Thanks for your reply.

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

• You're right! Remember Harper's promise not to change the way income trusts are taxed? Less than a year after the election, he did the opposite. Many seni...

The House Returns - Ethics, Accountability and the Big Picture (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-04-28)

• Hi Parnel, I agree wholeheartedly with your statement, "The stupid GST cuts will come back to haunt them." It was nothing more than vote-buying politics, ...

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

• It certainly wasn’t a house built on truth. It was built on quick fix, vote-buying retail politics. In fact, it’s looking more and more like a house of car...

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

• Of course, Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, should be included in the next federal election leaders’ debates. As Nik said, the party went from 0.8% suppor...

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

• Hi Nik, Thanks for the thought-provoking article. I look forward to your future comments in the Ottawa Sun. A recent Strategic Counsel public-opinion rep...

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

• The majority of polls have shown that the Conservative Party has hit a brick wall, even though the stars have been aligned in their favour. Economic growth ...
• That's okay Bernie because they don't deserve majority status. Majority governments beget dictatorships. Minority governments keep politicians humble and h...

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

• I think the Conservative Party’s tribulations are based on making too many key promises they couldn’t fulfill. Then they got the proverbial whiff of absolut...
• Your comments are right on the money. I find it annoying when people say that premiers slag Ottawa to facilitate their re-election. The provinces want to r...

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

• I don’t support an election at this time because we don’t need one and, as other polls generally show, the majority of Canadians don’t want one! Election ti...

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

• I believe the Green Party will be around for the long term and that the leader, Elizabeth May, should be included in the federal leaders’ debate. The Bloc Q...
• Thank you for you kind comments Blossom. I thinks most Canadians are fair minded and don't like bully-boy tactics. I also think Canadians question the cha...

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

• Hi Nik, Just a little over a year ago, Canadians decided to send the Natural Governing Party into temporary exile. This resulted in the Conservatives being...

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

• Hi Nik, The “New Conservative Government” seems to spend an inordinate amount of time criticizing the “Old Liberal Government”. The incongruity is that th...

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

• After listening to the attack ads against Dion and his unkind “extra-weight” statement about Harper, I despair about this current slinging match. These are ...

Wajid Khan and Changing Political Stripes (2007-01-16)

• If life becomes intolerable for a Member of Parliament to remain with the Party under which he/she was elected, then sit as an Independent. In the next elec...