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Liberals and Conservatives still close - Trend favours the Liberals at the expense of the NDP (2009-03-21)

• What kind of idiot would put a porn site here for people to get their computer infested with smut.Stay away from that site.
• Nova. If you feel the need to apologize ,you know it was a pretty idiotic thing to do. If you read my post I didn't call anyone an idiot, only asked what kin...
• Elf. Sorry to disagree but no one could possibly be worse than Lyin Brian. We will be suffering from what he did to us and has been out of office for 16 year...
• Jack. Unfortunately he is still not finished what he started out to do.Too many people like you were fooled by the C.RA.P. That's Conservative Reform Allianc...
• Jack. Unfortunately he is still not finished what he started out to do.Too many people like you were fooled by the C.RA.P. That's Conservative Reform Allianc...
• Syld. If Weston is right the Conservatives don't have much to offer. Another Calgarian born in Ontario or a former Mulroney cabinet minister who changed part...
• Sammy. Isn't the answer rather obvious. Trudeau was the longest serving P.M. ever and Chretien won three majorities in a row. They were miles ahead of Harper...
• Sammy . Did our first P.M. slip your memory when it comes to kickback schemes. The CPR is owner and still profiting from that little deal. Every politician s...
• Sammy . The inquiry is still going on. Adscam is over and done with . Most people thought the Liberals were the scum of the earth and it cost them dearly at ...
• Sammy. Why is it Conservatives claim there is a 100 milliom missing when the auditor only found 60 missing . The ad firms stole the money and that was proven...
• Sammy. Until we investigate and then prosecute it will go on. Accepting bribes in envelopes and not paying taxes in a timely manner should be exposed no matt...
• Sammy. That is the problem isn't it? We don't know how much they got away with. He actually cost us more after he left office. Did you ever wonder why the ba...
• Sammy. You are wrong on two counts. The debt when Trudeau left office was 190 billion. Every country in the world went into debt because of the OPEC crisis. ...
• Sammy. When your enemies are fighting with each other it might make sense to fan the flames. Besides Iggy is not my guy. I might support him because he is th...
• Sammy. Most people believe in socialism ,they just don't know it . If you donate to charities ,that is a form of socialism. Publicly funded schools ,health c...

Nanos - UB Poll: Majorities in Canada and the US support greater co-operation (2009-02-18)

• Ron. I am sure you have spent hours in meetings and negotiations with people you would have nothing to do with socially. Being civil is part of the job and t...
• Ron. The object of your meeting was not to work on some problems that you needed to work on to improve both your positions. And neither of you was as slick a...
• Made In Canada.The answer to your question should be obvious especially to you. If they did you would have emmigrated there long ago and half the CPC would h...
• I know the old saying goes"You can always tell a Conservative ,but you can't tell him much" but does Lyin Brian's own words that he accepted cash payments fr...
• You really aren't very bright are you?. The issue is the corruption of our government.Whether it's Adscam or buying aircraft or helicopters the powers that b...
• Never made any bigoted comments. The only thing I am intolerant of is stupidity which is why I responded to your post in the first place.When are you going t...
• Why are you such an a..hole??????????.They have all the facts and evidence they need.
• Please do .There may be hope for me but you will always be an A...hole .
• Why is it Liberals and Conservatives can change political views like they change socks? Could it be because there is no difference between the two.Who cares ...
• Trudeau was the best example . He was a socialist who got elected more often than anyone else.That is why I voted for him .Of course there is more difference...
• Are you saying he has kept this stuff hidden from us?That's not his real agenda is it?Maybe he isn't really a Conservative at all.Can anyone say reformer?
• Made In Canada,West Reform or Whatever name you are using. Why don't you know more about your own country. Our banks have been creating money out of thin air...
• Five aliases can't cover up your hate for the east. You can pretend to be someone else but you can't change your racist bigoted opinions. The funny thing is ...
• Made in Canada .Since you are an expert on B.C. history maybe you tell me the last time you guys elected a Conservative government. Amazing how such a right ...
• Ron. Thank for your concern but I think I can handle Made in Canada or whatever he is known as now. He already knew about my illness since he has been a memb...
• How can I be overpaid when I don't have a job . Retired years ago after working as an electrician for 40 years. If you were paying attention you would know I...
• You seem to be a little behind the times. Saw the movie months ago along with Loose Change. If you believe the conspiracy theories in those films how can yo...
• So I guess you are admitting you have been suspended several times. I can assure you I have never complained to Nik about you. The moderator reads our posts ...
• Since you live in B.C. I thought you would be smoking the pot not stirring it. You might want to try it. They say it is very relaxing and makes one more tole...
• I have to repeat, the only thing I won't tolerate is stupidity but I am learning to do that as you can tell since I keep replying to you.
• Better pot pot head than shrooms. We all know if you you want mushrooms to grow you keep them in the dark and feed them B.S.If you don't like smoking the pot...
• Jack. You are being kind if you think he is only a bit crazy.With statements like" the best P.M." we know he isn't just a bit crazy. If Prentice is the best ...
• Jack. M.R.M. has a habit of attacking the poster when loosing an argument. Insults and name calling are soon to follow if history repeats itself. If we are l...
• When you look at Alberta politics it seems a lot of successful people are transplanted Easterners. I guess the people born there are too honest to get involv...
• Do yo know any rednecks who like immigrants?I dont.
• Jack. Are you surprised that Harper supporters use personal attacks here. It is CPC policy and they spend millions to do it. They have probably received thei...
• Harper is threatening another election. 8 months ago the P.M. broke his own fixed date election law because the opposition would not let him pass his agenda ...
• Had to search for the following but it might well worth the time.You can find this on this site at Nanos Election tracking ending October 12 th. Last entry b...
• Are you getting old or just don't want to remember. The auditor couldn't find out where it went but I can tell you it went in the pockets of ad firm executiv...
• I suggest you visit your M.D. Your memory is fading and your comprehension is gone . The cancer I referred to was Harper but you already know that .Do you th...
• Are you really denying Guite who was tried and convicted was appointed by Mulroney. Not even you are that dumb. As we can see below Westerner is. The Mulrone...
• You just don't get it do you. The scandals of the past are just that, in the past . The fact that Harper is protecting Lyin Brian and the corruption that is ...
• I don't think they bombed their own buildings . I know they did. 10 trillion dollars in debt should be all the proof needed that Bush/Cheney did exactly what...
• Harper could have called another unnecessary election if he thought he could have killed the Liberals.
• My preference was to get rid of Harper at any cost. He wants to destroy our country and will if we ever make the mistake of giving him a majority which is be...
• Why do you get to decide what the options were? Besides I made it quite clear that I would prefer to get rid of Harper at any cost and that includes a coalit...
• If it is simple math than you should be able to understand it but obviously don't. If the two party coalition introduced legislation the Bloc with their 49 ...
• Is it that complicated for you to understand. With enough votes from the CPC in support of legislation the Bloc was powerless. Are you saying the CPC would h...
• You can not accept the fact that the Bloc could do nothing without the CPC . If the legislation was debated and amended to be acceptable to all parties excep...
• To the moderator. Why do you allow Canadian to accuse every new poster of being Parnel. I find it inappropriate and have flagged her posts that accuse people...
• Canadian has no proof and should stop with the accusations until she has some. The moderator should not allow her to continue and if she really believes it i...
• It makes absolutely no difference to me what you are but you seem to think it is OK to accuse all new posters of being Parnel but if I think you are a woman ...
• They all do but since you obviously don't it would be hard for you to know that.
• Very happy you have time to reread my posts . You might actually comprehend them if you read them more than once.
• I could have sworn you told Parnel you would not respond to him anymore. Please do that or are admitting that Centralizer is not Parnel. I guess a woman has ...
• They are 2 peas in a pod . Ban them both.
• Canadian. Why do you keep addressing your posts to Parnel. If you don't want him posting on your threads then stop talking to him. You are not only paranoid ...
• Made In Canada is back with his idiotic topics.
• Again you seem to think you can pick and choose who can make comments. Nik has not set up this site for you . Why can't you figure out when people joined thi...
• Jack. Is it the job of the opposition to oppose? If Harper wants a free hand to spend $3 billion with no accountability then the opposition must do whatever ...
• Canadian . If your past history with Parnel is any indication of what I have in store I will be very busy reading your responses to me. Could you promise you...
• At the rate you are telling people to stop responding to " YOUR" threads you will soon be talking to yourself. That would not bother me and most other poster...
• Syl,Jack,Parnel could we all make Canadian happy and stop sticking our opinions where they don't belong. She doesn't want us in her threads. It makes her sew...
• I knew you would change your mind and reply to me. It took less time than I thought.If I was as dumb as you I would consider women equal but I would not bri...
• Made in Canada . You forgot the B.C. in your new alias. Of course it did not take long to figure out you are back with a new name. How long before B.C. Rebel...
• Is there something in the air out there? Saying women are superior to men is bigoted? Only in a sick warped mind like yours.
• Jack. I am sure our Conservative friends will put all this down as Liberal friendly newspapers and columnists. They can't or will not accept the fact Harper ...
• Surprised you would reply to such negative stories about your hero. Even more surprised you agree Harper should risk an election at this time since his polit...
• Jack. Am I the only one who has figured out there is no difference between Liberal and Conservative politicians? They are there to line their pockets and tho...
• Jack. Not accusing you of anything but find it amazing how so many Conservatives can pontificate on how bad the Liberals have been but can't accept the fact ...
• Jack. You say he either has no clue or he is [EDITED BY THE MODERATOR].The truth is he is a compulsive [EDITED BY THE MODERATOR] and has no clue . It doesn't...
• Psi. Why is it CPC'ers can't understand that Harper haters like me don't think the way we do because of partisanship?It is because Harper wants to split this...
• Jack. He wrote it himself and certainly would not accept any criticism from anybody who might be foolish enough to offer it. He was Deb Gray's speech writer ...
• Made in Canada is back with more idiotic statements.
• Made in Canada. Who did I slander ? Are you denying your real identity?You shouldn't make it so obvious who you are.
• Jack. He changed his name again but still can't spell . His grammar and punctuation are not any better.
• Elf. How could two people be as bad as Made in Canada? Impossible. I don't want to point out his mistakes so he will continue to make them over and over .
• Joe. It is a West hates East battle. They believe we have been screwing them forever. Most of them forget that they were all from the east at some time.I liv...
• Must be another Liberal newspaper????
• Another Liberal newspaper and polster?????????
• Jack. How do you manage to find all these Liberal biased columns in Liberal newspapers?
• Jack. Hate to disagree but Conservative fiscal policy doesn't work at anytime.The only fiscal policy they have is to tax the working class and hand out corpo...
• Jack. Again I have to disagree. Since you are a P.C. you know Harper never had any Conservative principals. He is and always has been a reformer which is now...
• Jack. Keep up the good work. You may convince any doubters that Harper is incompetent and is not looking good even on the international scene. Is the Times a...
• Joe. Do you like Harper's style now or are talking about the real Steve Harper when he was with the N.C.C. We have not seen the real Harper and won't unless ...
• Jack. I think it is great he makes a speech a day. He just makes himself look worse every time he opens his mouth and people are starting to realize how inep...
• Jack. We can't believe anything Harper says . The news reported when told of the 82000+ layoffs last month Pinnochio said he was not surprised. "We are in fo...
• Dave. I will bet you have not read them all and there are some real doozies if you go back a few months. Don't waste any time though ,they will continue as l...
• There's a buzzing noise but I can't figure out what it is. Very annoying and haven't heard it lately thank God.

New Nanos Poll: Measuring Political Coat-tails - Leader Impact on Local Party Candidates + Budget Performance (2009-02-13)

• I wonder how the Americans would feel if we wanted to hold a recreation of us burning down the white house. I also doubt you actually know what happened in Q...
• Quiet . I doubt you could find another country that would take him.Being Made In Canada is usually a good thing but in his case it would just be a blemish on...
• What brain?
• Syld. I hope you meant a sweep in the East because no one could dream of Oilberta ever voting Liberal.Most of the West is so steadfast in their hatred of any...

Nanos-Policy Options Poll - Canadians see recession lasting into 2010; Support deficits and Infrastructure spending (2009-01-25)

• Michael. Has any one actually heard how big this budget is? Were any programs and discretionary spending been cut or stopped? We are being played for suckers...
• Canadian. You ask a two good questions.I think I can tell what happened to the party and why Canadians lost faith. The best answer to the first question is P...
• Canadian. The Grits are trying to rebuild and can't afford to run a proper campaign right now. And besides would you want to be in power during the worst rec...
• Nik. Nothing to do with the topic but since I have been missing in action lately could I ask why Parnel has been suspended again. Are these actions really j...
• Informed Canadian 1. Why do you continue to post complete articles for us to read ? If we wanted to read them we would search the net to find them. This is s...
• Informed Canadian1. My treatments are over so thank you for your concern . The questions you asked were good questions but your habit of posting articles is ...
• Informed Canadian 1.Your style and opinions are identical so to suspect you are the same person trying to get more responses. Your posts are the only ones th...
• Canadian. The problem with these numbers is they assume too much. Harper won in a lot of ridings due to only one factor. Stephane Dion. How many more do they...
• Sparnel07. How can one be racist against a restaurant. They are desperate for something negative to say. I thought every one knew about allegations of cat be...
• sparnel. They have all the numbers but can't let us know that. People would figure out they were lying and still are. From no deficit to 40 billion in 3 easy...
• Since I am not sure of your identity I will just not use a name. Why are you bringing Dion back into the discussion . He is no longer in charge so what he sa...
• Macho. Why do you assume InformedCanadian 1 is a man.Her name is Catherine . Only a woman could this obtuse. It's like talking to the wall.
• Syl. Could you please tell the other posters how to get InformedCanadian 1 to stop responding to us or posting her CPC propaganda. On this topic alone she ha...

Nanos Poll - Ignatieff still unknown, Harper too well known (2009-01-18)

• In my humble opinion it is not Harper who is too well known. It is his image. In reality we know very little about the real Steve Harper as he was known whe...
• Informed1. You are well aware that the CPC has not grown because of anything they have done. They grew because of Dion and his Green shift plan. Before that ...
• Informed 1. What the hell is the "bank slate" and I have never referred to Harper as a a GW poodle. You accept the fact that the Liberals won majorities not ...
• Parnel. You should try to be a little nicer to Informed1. A gentleman would never be so mean to a such a nice lady. She tried to hide by posting a picture of...
• Uniformed1. You should really get off this religion thing. No one else ever mentions it . Maybe we should call you sister Catherine to show our respect for y...
• Uninformed1. I thought Sharp and Parnel were the same person. Politics and religion do not belong in the same debate but when a party receives a large portio...
• Parnel. I am not trying to be funny. I do believe our friend is a nun living somewhere near Ottawa. If not a nun at least has some job with the church which...
• Westerner.Could you please define a religious bigot. Could it be someone who believes all other religions but his is wrong. Could it be one who believes that...
• Westerner. I doubt you could find that definition of a bigot in any english language dictionary. To be intolerant of my right to express my opinions about re...
• Michael. Why are you trying to explain what a majority is to someone who doesn't even know what day the election was held. Informed 1or Catherine as stated s...
• Westerner. A bigot is someone whose behavior/ actions and/or expressions demonstrate intolerance or make fun of another persons race or religion. Those are ...
• Westerner. Are you really that thick. The things I mentioned can hardly be Christian if they are stories that have been told for 4000 years. Do you deny they...
• Westerner. I give up. You are beyond hope. When loosing a debate attack the opponent and try to put him on the defensive . If in real trouble label him and i...
• Doc. To your P.S. first. If you try to correct every spelling error you come across you will keep yourself busy. A lot of us don't know which "to or too" to ...

New Nanos National Poll - Lib 34, CP 33, NDP 19, BQ 7, GP 7 (completed Jan 7) (2009-01-09)

• Tom. Good morning and Happy New Year. Could this be the first real sign of the renewal of the Liberal party. Looking back over the last 8 years we see the ba...
• Calm. You said all that and never once called him names or insulted him. But of course it will fall on deaf ears . His world is not only black and white . It...
• Calm. Harper can do no wrong in the eyes of some if he continues to increase military spending. 490 billion promised over the next 20 years has bought a lot ...
• Michael and Calm. You should both be aware MRM is a man. It is a woman's right to change her mind and they always do after being shown enough proof. Our frie...
• MRM. I haven't been around much and I am a little under the weather so could you please clarify what the hell you are talking about. Who and what am I critic...
• MRM. Thank you for your good wishes. Like I said I have not seen many posts lately so if Calm has called people names and I see it I will call him for it. Pa...
• Ron. The problem with polls is that any one who is asked questions can reply . Half the people out there still think the coalition was an attempt to steal po...
• Ron and Calm. Thank you . The worst part is travelling back and forth from the hospital every day. I actually had a nice 4 day stay and was very well looked ...
• Ron. I don't think a majority would be any better with the Liberals in power. A strong minority with the NDP getting some social programs passed would probab...
• Westerner. If the money is still unaccounted for that is because it is the hands of corrupt advertising executives who have been tried and sentenced. Part of...
• Informed1. You are persistent if nothing else. You grab hold of an issue and just won't let go even when no one else thinks it is important enough to discuss...
• MRM. Have just rated your post as "Agree" . It might be the first time. Informed 1 calls Bloc members traitors but if we look at it from their point of view ...
• Westerner. You must be aware of the investigations into pension funds being misappropriated. Zaccardelli was forced to resign was he not? How much evidence d...
• Westerner. You like every one else forgets a very important part of innocent until proven guilty. That is in the eyes of the law. Many guilty have been acqui...
• Informed1. The R.C.M.P . covered up what was obviously a crime with the death of an unarmed man . That Taser incident is the worst example of police brutalit...
• Westerner. How much proof do you need? Was there an investigation into the RCMP pension fund ? Did Zaccardelli resign.? Two simple questions you refuse to a...
• Westerner. Do you really believe only rich people go to Florida for the winter and does it bother you that many average working class people have a little to...
• Westerner. Why do you refuse to answer the questions. Was there an investigation and did Zacc resign? You know if you answer that will be proof enough.
• Westerner. He said it was a $20k fundraiser. I don't think he said it cost him $20 . The $500 a plate dinner at the home of a very successful man is quite a...
• Westerner. It was a Liberal fund raising dinner but the attendees were mostly land developers in the G.T.A. not multi-national corporations. The guest list i...
• Westerner. They have a lot more information and proof than I could ever uncover and provide them. The cover up has obviously worked very well and the fact no...
• Westerner. I don't know if Ontario is peculiar. I do know many police officers in different police forces have been charged and convicted with different offe...
• Westerner. Are you denying that corruption exists and has been covered up in the past?As seen on the CBC website to-day there are a lot of people who have su...
• Westerner. Is the yes meant to answer my question that they are all conspiracy nuts or that or that you are denying conspiracy exist?

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

• Nik. I must say I am a bit surprised by your honesty and candor in this report. The conclusions you reached are fairly obvious to anyone who is not a Harper ...
• Tom. None of this would be happening if the CPC had been given a majority. I still believe they did things in the last week of the campaign to make sure they...
• Taylor . Glad to see you have figured out the hidden agenda of the Reform /Alliance party.
• Ruth. With their experience of the last parliament , the opposition parties were well aware of what Harper would do until he was ready to call another electi...
• Lex. So many nations taking steps to prop up the economy might be a clue that there really is something serious going on. We have been sheltered from the tru...
• Lex. Wow. Did something impressive and have no idea how or what I did.Never studied latin so I need a translator. Where is ad hominum? That,s the only one ...
• Tom. If the opposition is bankrupted by these measures and another election campaign, the CPC will have accomplished their main goal . They will be the rulin...
• Idiot. Wolf died on the Plains of Abraham so it might have been difficult to level the city. His only mistake was dying.If you hate this country and everythi...
• Tom. Could this be the impetus needed to get people off their butts and vote. I am surprised that Duceppe has signed on to this agreement and I am anxious to...
• Lex. Why would I be concerned about the markets that caused this economic mess with rampant uncontrolled growth. I am still waiting for someone to tell me wh...
• Tom. If we knew Harper's real motives we might understand why he took these steps. I believe he wants to break up the country. Why is a mystery. What happene...
• Lex. If we are aware of the real economic situation we might see more clearly what needs to be fixed. There have been thousands of job losses and that is onl...
• They sure used that excuse to justify the IN/Out scheme.
• Hollin. We know you are a Conservative and we also know Harper is not . He was and still is a Reformer who took control of the P.C. party in order to get th...
• Lex. Alberta has it's own party but they aren't as open about seperation as the Bloc. They even managed to elect a P.M. who isn't an Albertan but that's just...
• Lex. Gohabs was right ,he has never had a real job. Do you really need an econo missed to write speeches for Deb Gray or Jim Hawkes . Great experience for ru...
• Ronald. Couldn't agree more and certainly hope he does prorogue. If that happens the Liberals must have their leadership convention before the election is ca...
• Ronald. I think you would get a lot more to agree with you if they got rid of Dion.
• Lex. Could it be the economic update they announced on Thursday? The P.M. is still determined to destroy at least one of the opposition parties if not all th...
• Lex. As i said you refuse to see his real intent. He may have withdrawn the plans but he will continue to do whatever he can to destroy the opposition. Part ...
• Lex. If you can't discern what is so blatantly clear you need help. Enough of the C.R.A.P. propaganda . Maybe if you opened your eyes and your mind you would...
• Lex. Did he have permission to tape a private conversation and release it to the press? NO. Give your head a shake.
• Lex. Please. No one including the people who were actually supposed to be included had permission to tape the conversation and release it to the press. You ...
• Lex. The 39th got a lot done by unethical and unprecedented tactics . You know that but can't admit it can you?
• Lex . Of course you are but would you be stupid enough to give it to your enemy. Don't answer that . I think I know the answer.
• Lex . Did you hear anything in his presidential address to save him from defeat . It is or will soon be in the hands of the G.G. 9:30 tomorrow morning will ...
• Uninformed. The budget is due on the 27th. of January. It will take a couple of days to defeat it and cause an election . With a 35 day campaign that would ...
• Uninformed. Just how dumb can one get. The hundreds of thousands of unemployed Ontarians are going to vote for the party who refused to do anything for the e...
• Uninformed. Isn't that what Harper said about the In/Out scheme? We cheated but its ok because the other parties did it too.
• Ronald . The older we get the more set in our ways . There are very few who actually take the time to listen but rather are busy thinking of a smart ass repl...
• Wayne. I will give you the short version. The National campaign has restrictions on how much they spend and so do local candidates. In order to get around t...
• Uninformed. Did I hit a nerve? Calling me names to try to provoke a reply is a new tactic. Usually you think I am have no idea what I am talking about but no...
• Lex She did call an election for sometime in March rather than January. The population will find out how bad things really are and most have been fooled like...
• Lex. That is the stupidest thing I have heard on this site . The liberals down south?If you called a Republican a liberal he would take his highly prized wea...
• Orville. Why put any faith in this poll. It is obvious the people are voting against the coalition and not for Harper. In a month everything will have change...
• Lex. Uncontrolled free enterprise might bear a little of the blame. Greed and corruption are not really socialist thinking. Even extreme left wingers are of ...
• Bernie. Sorry But the powers that be will not let us change what has been so good to them all this time. We are being played by both parties and we are too b...
• orville. When you have a seemingly unlimited supply of cash to attack your opponents and no morals or ethics to prevent you from lying about them,it is easy ...
• Uninformed. I guess all this nonsense kept you and all these other Conservatives from watching the truth about Mulroney and the Airbus affair last night or y...
• Harper could not win a majority against the weakest Liberal leader ever. He should be able to accomplish that the next time since he now has the hatred of th...
• Peggy. When did they pay back any money. I think they may have spent a lot of it defending themselves in a civil suit launched by Harper who has an unlimited...
• Ronald. Did you watch the Fifth estate last night. It is obvious to any one who saw it that illegal commissions were paid Lyin Brian through his former chie...
• HC. You know better than I do and seem to think the In/Out scheme was perfectly legal and acceptable. They got money from E.C. under false pretenses and shou...
• Ronald . Does that mean you would not be allowed to represent me. Too bad .
• HC. You might try E.C website.
• Jeg. It was not only denied . It up and died or more correctly was killed by our dictator.
• Ronald . Since you know the truth and if the price is right I would take my chances .I liked Quebec bars every time I visited there. Mulroney used his illn...
• HC . Not sure where I read it . Could have been when I filed a formal complaint against the CPC for violating the rules. Will see if I can find it again.
• HC. More proof that Martin was trying to destroy his own party as revenge for what they did to his father 50 years ago.
• HC. Found this. It is on the E.C. website. Sorry don't know how to send the link . ...
• Wayne. The CPC claimed the other parties did it and used that as there excuse for doing it. I don't know who was guilty but I think Elections Canada is still...
• Lex. In other words democracy is bought and paid for by the party with the most money. The worst part of this is you and your CPC friends are ok with that.
• Lex. In other words democracy is bought and paid for by the party with the most money. The worst part of this is you and your CPC friends are ok with that.
• Lex . Why are you asking questions?Have you figured out that E.C. has the power to do that? If the CPC is deregistered they can't form a government can they?
• Lex. You have a very negative opinion of your fellow man. If you think it is human nature to be greedy you should try to meet a different class of people. Do...
• Lex. Having the most money doesn't mean you have the support of the most people. You are the insider with information on campaign contributions. How many of ...
• Lex. I noticed you said work for a charity. Do you volunteer or do you get paid. As a capitalist you probably belong to the Association of Professional Fundr...
• Holden. Could it be that the CPC has asked their supporters to join any forum and call any radio talk show to spew the party line . How many new posters have...
• Nova. The fact you forgot is that you have been hoodwinked by the CPC. How can the Bloc veto anything unless they are supported by the Conservatives, If bill...
• LEX . Why do you ignore the obvious. The opposition formed a coalition after the economic update that the CPC delivered. No stimulus package for the economy ...
• Uninformed. Do you think this woman had the figures on job losses when she wrote this. Over 70,000 last month alone ,the worst numbers in 26 years might be a...
• Nova. It may be rude but you just proved it. You don't like the Bloc because the Nordiques moved to Colorado . Wow. That really is the best reason I have hea...
• Peggy . Have you been sucked in by the CPC propaganda? How could the Bloc veto anything? More lies from Pinnochio that people have not bothered to think abou...
• Lex. No answer yet??????
• Uninformed. I doubt that you believe the things you post. The voters refused to give Harper a majority .53% of Canadians are conservative but he can't win a ...
• Why do you keep opening your mouth. How much lower can you get than 0% for 72 months that is being offered by G.M. The problem is people are losing their job...
• Ronald. Well said but aren't they the C.R.A.P. Conservative Reform Alliance Party is a much better acrononym for what we have been fed. Only time will make m...
• Uninformed and Delusional. I didn't realize how good a job they did indoctrinating you until now. You are beyond hope. Those Canadians at Tim Hortons must be...
• Uninformed. Are saying that in the spirit of cooperation the CPC will vote against every bill without even seeing them. You want the opposition to work with ...
• Wayne. The name calling is actually better than it used to be. You should know that only the truth hurts so those complaining about the insults probably des...
• HC. You can't bring yourself to admit the CPC is the most unethical group we have ever had the misfortune of electing. There is a limit to how far you can go...
• James. Thank you . Finally somebody has hit the nail on the head. Harper's hidden agenda is out in the open. Western seperation has been his ultimate goal al...
• Ron. The CPC support hasn't changed much. There are just more people against the coalition which they have been fooled into believing is not allowed under th...
• MRM. Do you have any idea what you are talking about. Maybe you could enlighten us on the United Way. How many offices do they have in Ontario alone?All payi...
• Uninformed.You keep referring to English Canada and I asked where this imaginary place is but I am still waiting for an answer. Does it include places like G...
• Uninformed. You still refuse to answer simple questions. Where or what is English Canada?Are you a bigot or not? Your unending obsession with anti French ant...
• Peggy. I didn't hear a sound coming from the Conservative camp when the Bloc voted in favour of CPC budgets that handed Quebec billions . Harper sure wasn't ...
• Peggy.Very cute and well written . I especially like the last line. Harper is quite right since he is the one who won't abide by the rules of parliament . W...
• Lex. Great idea. Companies going out of business . Thousands being laid off. No revenue from consumption taxes. Your answer is to take away government revenu...
• Lex. I did figure one thing out. The capitalist created consumers with low interest rates and controlled supply to drive prices higher. Isn't that the proble...
• Lex. My point was that there are many places all over the country that were and some still are French communities. They have French names because they were f...
• Ron. The copyright law was the responsibility of Jim Prentice's department wasn't it.?Listened to an interview of Prentice on the CBC website and if that is ...
• Lex. Some right wing christian fundamentalist I imagine. His kids would probably have liked these rule changes brought in by Chretien a lot sooner. I prefer...
• Lex. The United Way is definitely a scam but not many are aware of that fact as MRM has proven. The hospital lotteries are the biggest rip off going. $33 mil...
• Lex. You are scraping the bottom of the barrel. The opposition was expecting some kind of announcement in the economic update but the econo missed still hasn...
• Lex. The only spending cuts are coming from consumers and that will get worse.
• Lex . That was a left wing liberal government that allowed this mess to go too far for the last 8 years. Fannie May and Freddie Mac are inbred socialists I g...
• Lex. My standard and that is the only one I am interested in. Can you name a better one?
• Lex. That average might be plummeting soon . How low will the price drop. Maybe their donations will dry up and they will want to go back to the old fashione...
• HC. Don't try to put a spin my opinion that is not there. The contributions are made in good faith by people who believe in something . The problem I have is...
• Uninformed, You seem to ignore the fact that the Bloc can do nothing without support of the CPC. 49 seats can not defeat any legislation. A minority governme...
• Since the well has been poisoned again by Conservative policies just as Mike Harris did years ago we need to find a new source . We might be getting that tom...
• Peggy. Since you asked me the questions I thought I might try to answer for myself. I have not read the agreement but I believe it is available to the publi...
• Bud.It is not having differing opinions that make individuals a buffoon. It is opinions based on bigotry and hate. You should read some of the postings from ...
• Bud. You are wasting your time. The indoctrinated right wing supporters will not accept the rules of parliament . The government has lost the confidence of t...
• Bud . You quoted the real baffoon but you answered my post. There is only one and if you have doubts about who he is they will soon be gone . Keeping reading...
• Bud. You might want to use the persons name at the beginning of your posts. It avoids confusion but I figured out who you were responding to and so did every...
• Carrs. Have you actually read the agreement? It is available at cbc.ca. If enough take the time to examine the coalition they would see it makes more sense t...
• Lex. Pinnochio learned from American style politics that attack ads work very well so find your opponents apparent weakness and use it as relentlessly as pos...
• Lex. How could the opposition defeat the government when Pinnochio cancelled the opposition day when he saw them sign an accord . He knew his days were numbe...
• Lex. You are absolutely right . Many charities are nothing but scams used by some to line their pockets, You should tell us who you work for . You might get ...
• Lerx. Was that the one day of the year he wasn't soused. Ralph knew what kind of damage they could do so he was wise to suggest limiting it to one day Unfort...
• Lex. The government has no money because they spent it all on the biggest budget in history. Hard to imagine they could spend more than Mulroney when he was ...
• Lex. Are you really criticizing the greatest free market economy in the world. Democrats or Republicans could have remedied the problem you think caused all ...
• Lex. The only measure we need is your opinion and mine. I made my choice for best country but you haven't so pick one and we can compare. Maybe you agree but...
• Lex. You know better than I do the economy of Saskatchewan is not as reliant on oil as Alberta . They have Potash and Uranium to fall back on . The populatio...
• Lex. Does that mean you don't mind getting screwed as long as they tell you about it first. Not much different from the party you vote for federally except y...
• Lex. I only base my opinions on limited research . You on the other hand have all the facts and should know Alberta's oil industry has been developed with t...
• Junkie. They know how to raise their own funds but aren't as good at it as the CPC. When the rules were changed they had more money than the Liberals . They ...
• Uninformed. You don't want to post the lies in your own name so you are using other people's B.S. Please inform Jason ,whoever he is, that the Bloc has the s...
• Uninformed. What is it about the democratic process that the majority of the elected M.P.s have lost confidence in the government you don't understand?The li...
• Lex. Dirty politics is what is wrong with American politics.The bailouts that I am in favor of is bailing out jobs and workers not financial institutions lik...
• Uninformed. The coalition was agreed to by the Liberals and NDP. The plotting between Layton and Duceppe was before the economic statement. More lies from th...
• Uninformed . More CPC propaganda. The Harper government passed legislation with a minority so why is it impossible for M.P.s to debate and change bills in th...
• Uninformed. You are hopeless. Taking money from the E.I. fund and putting it into general revenue is theft in your eyes. Get a life .Why would you want that ...
• uninformed. Make up your mind . Did they steal the money or did they act illegally? Would the opposition parties have said no if they had been asked for perm...
• Lex. The difference would also be that the legislation could be voted down without defeating the government. The bills could be debated and amended with inpu...
• Lex. The Americans make us look like alter boys when it comes to dirty politics. I didn't need Chretien to make me fear a bible thumping evangelist , a guy w...
• Lex. Was his new way ethical or sneaky and underhanded?Other minority governments never sank to his level of dirty tricks. He had to use those tactics becaus...
• Lex. I will admit his agenda is not very well hidden. He is alienating the west which will lead to seperation eventually. You and I might be among the few wh...
• Uninformed. You obviously don't know the definition of the word coup. If you did you would stop giving the Liberals and NDP credit for "A brilliant move" . ...
• Uninformed. Who cares what May has to say. The last time I checked she wasn't a part of the government. Harper's plan is to cause more unemployment. Less car...
• Twin.The only problem I have with your comments is the use of the word "we". About 36 % of voters reject the things "we" want and accept the things " we don'...
• Lex. We pay premiums to insure mortgages . Who does that money go to? If it is not to the government then the insurance company would be left holding the bag...
• ex. You avoid my point so I must assume you don't like the answer. When I took out my mortgage,CMHC got paid up front to insure that mortgage. Did they pay a...
• HC. Thank you for the info. The problem I have is that the liquidity created by the government by buying these mortgages did not get passed on to borrowers. ...
• Uninformed. Since you in your opinion you know it all , you should know that the income tax act passed by a conservative government in 1917 is also illegal....
• Uninformed. Ignorance is bliss. It is curable with knowledge. You on the other hand are beyond hope. Creative book keeping has increased the governments debt...
• Ledx. Why would you or I care if banks can lend each other money if they won't lend it to small businesses or for personal loans. The B of C should have put...
• MRM. You have been bamboozled again by the propaganda machine. In order for the Bloc to veto any bill the CPC would have to vote against all legislation with...
• Peter. Are you really trying to explain something to MRM using logical thinking? From past experience it will not not work. Get ready for name calling and in...
• Uninformed. I have not given the Liberal party any advice so it would be difficult for them to follow it. If I was to offer any it would be to defeat the C.R...
• MRM. What is it about the Bloc having 49 seats that you do not understand?How can any party with that many votes have a veto In order for the Bloc to defeat...
• Uninformed. I don't have a farm to bet,in fact not even an acre but I will risk making a prediction. The voters have been fooled by the Propaganda Ministry o...
• Ron. It is bad enough to have been associated with the C.R.A.P. without any visible proof to haunt you. If anybody claims they saw you there you can always d...
• Gohabs. I must disagree . Uninformed has a long way to go to pass Made in Canada and MRM for the number one spot but he is still a distant third. That $57 b...
• Peter. Well said but I doubt it will do any good.
• MRM. You avoid the question again because you don't like the answer. How does a party with 49 seats have a veto ? I doubt you will even try to answer that an...
• Lex. Could you possibly inform some of your right wing friends on how the parliamentary process is supposed to work? The government introduces legislation wh...
• Uninformed. To think I defended you when Gohabs said you are the number idiot on this site. You have just overtaken MIC and MRM . You can't possibly be as du...
• Uninformed. Unbelievable is the only word I can come up with when reading this nonsense. You want the supreme court to order the government to give itself mo...
• Uninformed and obsessed . You are well aware the 70% who don't want the coalition have been lead to believe it is a three party coalition and that the Bloc h...
• Uninformed. Again you miss the point. You keep assuming the CPC would vote against all bills . If they introduced a bill to bailout West Coast Shipping Yards...
• Lex. Take advantage of the situation and use the rules in any way you can to stay in power. Sounds like every other government that preceded him except they ...
• Lex. Thank you for seeing it as a benefit. If there was a crime should charges be laid and against who? Where did the money go ? Why did the opposition not d...
• Lex. He abused the ethics and rules like no one before him but for the same reasons. Power does strange things to people. Others before him did not claim to ...
• Lex. I need a little clarification. The government took money from the public and spent on government programs for the people and paid down some of the debt ...
• Lex. Using your example. If you are squandering your money on credit card payments and I steal your wallet to stop you from doing that and then spend all yo...
• Lex. He changed his picture so he thinks he can change his mind . Went from being a lion to a bird. More appropriate since if he is ain't shitting he's squaw...
• Gohabs. Have to disagree with you again. That is the joke of the century not the day. Pinnochio is as close as you can get to being a dictator . Sorry ,you c...
• Uninformed. The population growth in Ontario that they use to justify the increase in seats is all GTA. That means more votes for the Liberals not rural vote...
• MadeinCanada. What happened to your B.C. Lion ? Did they figure out you were B.C. Lyin and make you change it? How long before the Thunderbirds figure out y...
• lex.A little behind on my posts. The CPC is supposed to be for less government. If that is the case why would they not change the rules as to the number of ...
• Lex. Have you ever claimed E.I. or would you ? Since you are such a staunch believer in less government intervention in your life I doubt you would use such ...
• Lex. Pearson made us a peacekeeping nation that was respected all over the world. When you say Trudeau ruined our economy I take it you mean the west's econo...
• MRM. You are right you can't explain it to me. If the coalition with 114 seats introduces legislation the Bloc can not stop iy with 49 votes. In order for th...
• Uninformed. You have definitely moved into first . The liberals took money that was sitting there doing nothing and probably not collecting a cent in interes...
• Lex. You have start reading my posts . I asked questions about John Tory and you should be able to see that. Do you have a list of Professional Fundraisers?I...
• Lex. So it would take a constitutional amendment which I think we can now do since it was reconstituted by friend Pierre. Aren't you glad we can reduce the s...
• Lex. I am doing research the easy way. I ask the expert who provides me with answers without any of the work. Just another lazy socialist .
• Uninformed. Again you did not read what I wrote. We should have less M.P.s Government is too big. Change the rules and have less seats seems pretty clear .
• Uninformed. Intellect,ethical and moral standing doesn't seem to be doing you much good since you have been indoctrinated by the propaganda machine up there...
• Uninformed . I have reached the conclusion it is impossible to discuss any subject with you since you have been hopelessly brainwashed beyond hope.The coali...
• Lex. The United Way is a scam. I thought everyone knew that.7th of December 18:33 .Posted by who ? How many offices do they have in Ontario...
• MRM. You have a short memory. You are the one who gave him the name so who has an obsession with male anatonomy and not even his own? I heard rumors about mi...
• Ron. How can the average person make a prediction when the finance minister himself has no idea what will be in his budget. He keeps asking for help and sugg...
• Could you please provide a link .I would like to read what I supposedly said.
• Forget the link . Found the G & M comments myself and not one from this Larry L. I am proud to be a 12 th generation Canadian but have never used it as an id...
• HC.He can't let go of this since he might have to discuss things that matter.
• Nik. I have heard of flogging a dead horse but never a dead camel. The 3 wise men are wandering aimlessly in the political desert with nothing to discuss sin...
• Since they will not give it a rest on their own ,you should for the benefit of all others who used to enjoy this site suspend them and bring them back at dif...
• MRM. You should know that I have posted very little for the past week. That is because I am sick of the 3 of you having nothing but garbage to post . You al...
• Lex. Were you against the Heritage trust fund? It allowed Alberta to be debt free. How much could we reduce taxes if there was no debt to repay?You are all a...
• Lex. Could it be that the cost of producing LED bulbs is prohibitive. Why wouldn't some entrepreneur develope this technology if there is money to be made.Ma...
• Lex. You should ask the Green movement why they do what they do. Do you really believe the government screws up everything because of stupidity or is it corr...
• New Year's resolutions and predictions. Jan. 27th will see us going back to huge deficits . The budget will be passed as long as the Conswervatives don't try...
• Gohabs. The Montreal Canadians will win the Stanley Cup. Pinnochio will unfortunately still be P.M. but since the economy will crash he will be blamed. Tory ...
• Lex. The majority of Canadians don't pay enough attention if the media doesn't draw their focus to how many vote. When they were all abstaining it was newswo...
• Lex. As you and everyone else knows I am no expert . Has the government always had the right to expropriate land for public benefit? How could the government...
• MRM. You sound like Harper. I along with many others am fed up with the inappropriate comments made about other "People" on this site. I will flag any that a...
• Informed1. What little I know leads me to believe that Chretien was a strong supporter of Dion . I doubt that they have thrown their support to Rae. If there...
• Informed1. I don't remember ever making a comment on Income trusts other than the fact the CPC lied about taxing them and then changed that policy. Income tr...
• Informed!. You ignored the fact that CSL head office was and still is in Montreal. Many Canadians are employed by that company. You continue to distort the t...
• Informed. Thank you for proving my point . The public voted against the P.C. party when Mulroney left. They also voted against the Liberal party when Trudeau...
• Informed1 . Could you point out the name calling in that post. Asking for clarification on your claim that the CSL moved offshore to avoid taxes is hardly ca...
• Informed1. Hard to check all the things you post since there are so many and they are so long. If you can't find your words or remember what you said how can...
• MRM. You should do better research when trying to prove someone wrong. Taken from the website. CSL Group Inc. is a Canadian based company headquartered in M...
• Gohabs. I was a fan of Mike the knife when he was a small town golf pro in North bay. That was only one of the many jobs he was useless at until he found one...
• Gohabs. You are right when you say they need to be gone but insults and name calling is not going to accomplish that. The budget at the end of the month will...
• MRM. Thank goodness for big stories. People won't even notice a Canadian military officer being charged with murder. Do you think they will bring him to the ...
• MRM. I really should stop responding to you since you can't see or refuse to see the truth when are looking at it. They employ 700 people with 500 of them do...
• Less government by the Conservatives sure sounds like a good election platform but they tax and spend in record numbers with every new budget. Sounds more li...
• Informed . Do you really believe anyone on this site believes Harper's reason for cutting government funding to political parties at this time? You probably ...
• Syl. Our informed friend posts more links than any other two people since he has no life other than this blog. He hates all Liberals for things that happened...
• Lex. Are you sure no laws were broken.? Is that your opinion as a lawyer or judge? Why would even a slime ball politician think it is ok to listen to a confe...
• Westerner. You are back but I for one did not miss you. You should know that when you add quotations marks they are meant to quote someone else's words . Who...
• Westerner. I am surprised you asked about that tax. You obviously are aware of the other two main taxes Canadians pay brought in by Conservatives. Provincial...
• Westerner . If Harper had accepted some input from the opposition he would not have forced an unnecessary election on us.His government was dysfunctional so ...
• Westerner. GIT. You know that temporary measure introduced by the Conservatives to pay for the war. We are still paying income taxes 90 years alter thanks to...
• Ron. The budget will definitely pass. Iggy has to give the CPC an opportunity to fix the problems but there is nothing anyone can do since it is a global pro...
• Nik. I have been absent for several days and have not posted much since Christmas . I asked others who found other's comments inappropriate to flag them as s...
• Ron. Minority governments work as long as they don't try to govern as a majority or try to abuse all the rules to blackmail the opposition. If we go the poll...
• Ron. Iggy is the interim leader and the only way to guarantee he gets his chance to run for the top job is to defeat the government before the leadership con...
• Ron . Just heard of the new poll again on the radio from Ipsos-reid but found the newest Nanos poll done for Canadian Press which shows the Liberals tied wit...

New Nanos National Poll - CP, 32%, LP 30%, NDP 20%, GP 10%, BQ 9% (2008-11-19)

• How many of you out there are as amazed as I am that a month ago Harper was saying how sound and safe our economy was? Now he thinks deficits are essential....
• If you want to check the phrase I used was " on the verge of global economic collapse". Maybe I should have become an economist like Steve . Maybe he is real...
• Uninformed . Why would an economist ask a Harvard professor for advice on how to save money. The electorate will get the government it deserves until the spr...
• Uninformed. The Detroit 3 plants are located in Canada and employ Canadians. If we bailout those workers we need to impose conditions on the corporations or...
• Since I started helping my father almost 50 years ago and working on everything from 12 to 269,000 volts luck had very little to do with not blowing myself u...
• The ship building plants on the east coast are sitting idle. Many of those workers went west to work in Ontario and Alberta . They would love nothing better ...
• MRM. How many of your friends have been killed or crippled in those vehicles.If they were not there they would not have been in any danger of being blown up....
• Uninformed . I looked really foolish to some when I predicted a global economic collapse several months ago. I really couldn't care less what a bunch of righ...
• MRM. Anybody who thinks a 17.5 % VAT is good idea even during good times must be a Conservative. Guess who raised that unwanted tax from 8 to 15 % .If you s...
• MRM. I am surprised you would bring up such things as another tax implemented by a Conservative government.My post asked who raised it from 8 to 15 % and I w...
• Uninformed. I must have been the only one who read that "article" since nobody else made those predictions. With no knowledge of anything I figured out the g...
• Uninformed . Obsessed. You are in dire need of help. The Liberals did what needed to be done to stop the debt from swallowing up the whole country. You give ...
• Obsessed. The Liberals along with the rest of the world were lied to by the Americans. The phony war on terror should never have started if the U.S. governme...
• No. You believe in reducing taxes for corporations. I believe in putting money in the hands of consumers. If the auto industry is failing it is because of hi...
• Lex. The U.S. invaded under the false pretext that the 911 terrorists were trained in Afghanistan. 15 of the supposed attackers were from Saudi Arabia and fu...
• Lex. How much worse does it have to get before you consider it a global collapse. How many trillions of dollars have already disappeared with just stock mark...
• MRM. They are your facts so spin them any way want. The tax was implemented by a Conservative government and then raised by another one. It seems only fittin...
• Lex. This debate will go on forever. Without the actions taken by Martin the deficits would never have disappeared. Martin was the most fiscal conservative f...
• Lex. What is the first thing about economics?I always thought it was that without consumers there was no economy. Of course things have changed and it is now...
• I have a hard time replying to your posts since they are more like short stories. 1.The auto industry was having a great year because our dollar was at par w...
• What came first ,the chicken or the egg.?Have you ever heard of someone investing when there is no demand for their product. I think consumers create a deman...
• Uninformed. Harper could have done what you see he needs to do now before we spent $300 million. He should have adjusted his goals and policies rather than f...
• Uninformed .I must be as dumb as you think I am if I still haven't been able to make it quite clear the Liberals are thieves just like the Conservatives. Bo...
• Uninformed . How high would unemployment numbers really be if all those National guardsmen were at home instead of in foreign countries.They would probably h...
• I won't rehash the 7 points but I think what I said was they should print money to pay off the debt. With no more interest and servicing charges the governme...
• You can't even admit that one or the other came first. Pick one . I don't really care which one since i believe the demand has to come before the someone wil...
• Uninformed . Didn't watch it when it was on and can't now with no cable or satellite. I guess if you think spending billions on defense is not a waste I will...
• Uninformed . You are not only uninformed you have been mesmerized by Pinnochio and his propaganda machine in Ottawa. The reason the H of C was dysfunctional ...
• Lex. The ulterior motive you seem to have missed is the fact they started a never ending war on terrorism in a desolate country that produced much of the wor...
• Lex. The only guy I know who would have those is you so maybe you could send me copies of your Reform party policy pamphlets . Of course they were such good ...
• Lex . I missed the 87 crash but do remember the recession of the early 80's and the early 90's that were both brought about by surges in oil prices. I guess...
• We have been prosperous because of our low dollar. If our dollar had not been devalued we would still have sold our commodities and raw materials but would h...
• Lex. You should tell the other right wingers this idea. I think it would be great for the Bank of Canada to do what you suggest rather than have the governme...
• Maybe it is too simple for me to grasp. If the consumer does not create a demand why would anyone try to fill that demand . Is it that hard to admit the dema...
• Uninformed . I much prefer to get you experts to teach me all this stuff . Maybe you could explain who and how they manufacture futures on the stock market. ...
• Uninformed . Are you really so blind that you can't see what Harper did. He knew by making every bill a non confidence bill, which was never done by anyone b...
• Uninformed. The only thing we need a military for is defense. Killing people is wrong so why train and equip people to do that? Millions of people have died ...
• Uninformed. Glad you asked. I actually listen to Americans who complain constantly about how their freedoms have been taken away by Homeland Security and th...
• Lex . The last figure I heard was that worldwide 43 trillion dollars has disappeared from the global economy so our sources are off but the devastation has n...
• MRM. Why does there have to a winner . No war ,no killing. It is quite obvious you don't need much in the way of brains to learn how to kill people. Wars wer...
• Uninformed. My socialist values were instilled in me a long time ago. Growing up in a one industry town where bodies were being brought up from the mines eve...
• Uninformed. Please read more carefully . I clearly stated we need a military for defense.My problem is I don't know who we are protecting ourselves from sinc...
• MRM. I do believe the killing in those places you mentioned were done by soldiers . No soldiers no killing. If the bombs dropped by the RAF were smart bombs ...
• Uninformed . You really can't see that the tactics used by Harper were unethical . When you are given a minority you are supposed to work with the other part...
• Uninformed. According to other righties the MSM is a bunch of left leaning idiots so why would I believe anything I might read or hear from them. The propaga...
• Uninformed. The abuse of power by the U.S. is what has caused those puppet regimes to rise up and rebel against them . If they had not gone there for selfish...
• Uninformed. Hit the wrong button by mistake and rated your comment as inappropriate which I don't think it is. Sorry. I would respect the results of the elec...
• Uninformed . Only hate a few people but for some reason they are all on the right. Harris is at the top of the list right beside Lyin Brian.One tried to dest...
• Uninformed. Why do keep saying the Liberals supported the CPC. They abstained from voting which is a long way from supporting the bills. I have never blamed ...
• uninformed . You stay on your points but completely ignore the questions that if answered would show Conservatives for what they are. The Grey Mac affair saw...
• Gohabs. You are not surprised by any of this are you? Run on a need for change from old Liberal corruption and find your own ways of doing it. Not much you c...
• uninformed. You just don't get the hippocracy of criticizing everything Liberal but allow the CPC to do the same thing and use the excuse "The Liberals did i...
• MRM. Only you could turn the fire bombing of Dresden into a positive event. They dropped tons of bombs on a city with no military importance or capabilities ...
• Lex. The recession had nothing to do with it I guess. You still blame Trudeau but you know there was an economic downturn. The federal government put in all ...
• Lex . Most who retire want to maintain the same lifestyle even when they lose half their income. They take risks rather than alter their expenses. Unless you...
• Lex. Are you sure you belonged to the Reform party? It must have been the left wing of the party and I didn't even know they had a left wing. I should have ...
• Uninformed. They believed Harper and Flaherty and got screwed. I am not sure who lost out on that that broken promise but they should not have believed anyth...
• Uninformed . You must be an old man because they say there is no fool like an old fool. You have been duped into believing that Harper and the CPC are any di...
• Uninformed. Why do you think I would care about what Chretien or anybody else did in the past. It is what Harper is doing now that I worry about.$101 million...
• Uninformed. Not all old people are fools but the ones who are are usually bigger fools than most. If they haven't learned by now they probably never will. Yo...
• Uninformed. Glad you cleared up how much they have handed out since I didn't put a dollar figure in my comments. That is even more than I thought. You know a...
• Uninformed. Glad you realize this is just a game. People cheat when they play games and have lost as often as the right has . Were you not around or did you ...
• Uninformed . The more I talk to you the more I realize I missed my calling. I am "uniformed,ignorant , a liar and know nothing". I definitely should have bee...
• Uninformed. Now you are claiming to be worried about working families. Those tax cuts you were promoting would have to be paid for by someone or the governme...
• Lex. When I left there was about 18 billion in the fund and I have asked several people where it went but can't get an answer. Do you know? I wonder if sheik...
• Lex. Aren't you supporting the wrong party if you want less government. They keep increasing the budget but claim to want fewer programs. If there are fewer ...
• Ronald. As a staunch Conservative are you feeling pride in your party that is obviously intent on bankrupting the opposition parties.Could this ploy backfire...
• Uninformed . How much more evidence do you need to see the CPC for what they really are. This has to be obvious to even you that they are intent on destroyin...
• HC. They are dead either way so why not? Didn't the Liberals win 76 seats . They only need 68 to have more than the CPC who won 143.That would leave 25 for t...
• The CPC is giving power to the provinces in it's desire to break up the country. Eventually there would be no need for the Federal government. Each province ...
• HC. Was Lex talking through his hat when he claimed the Reform party was giving people money to donate. They got their money back and the donor got a tax rec...
• Uninformed . You can't be as gullible as are making out to be. These tactics are as obvious as they could be . They are trying and will succeed in destroying...
• HC. Where else would the money come from that they were handing out to their members to make donations with. I didn't make up the allegations of this differe...
• Gohabs . You are correct but it would be much easier to get the G.G. to act if the Liberals had more seats than the CPC. Besides what difference does it mak...
• HC. You right wingers are the ones with all the answers . I am simply a " conspiracy nut" who puts out possible scenarios. Do you think if it worked for the ...
• Uninformed. Who said it was a priority? Is making money available to banks rather than the Bank of Canada loaning it to them a priority. They didn't need the...
• Uninformed . They are inept according to you but still want their cooperation. If you want help from the really inept he should consult his cabinet. They wil...
• Do you really believe voters won't see what Harper is trying to do?A lot of those votes he got were anti Dion /Green Shift votes and they won't get them agai...
• Uninformed. You do know that money came from a crown corporation ? If they needed a cash infusion to make more money available for loans ,why did the B of C ...
• Uninformed . I do believe you said we need a strong opposition. If Harper does this there will be no other party so how would that be good for the country.Th...
• Ronald. If you keep making this much sense they will kick you out of the party or you will come to the conclusion you don't belong in it anymore. You are def...
• Uninformed. By having the government fund the parties it keeps it out in the open . They no longer feel obligated to corporations,special interest groups or ...
• Ronald. Most Bloc were at one time Liberals until the invention of the seperatist party by politicians who saw the opportunity to bilk more money from the fe...
• Obsessed and Uninformed. We already fund them by giving out tax receipts . The people with money have the influence since they are allowed to make donations ...
• Ronald. We can thank Mulroney for Bouchard since he appointed his lifelong friend as an ambassador and then to the cabinet. How much did that stroke of geniu...
• Ronald. The threat of uniting the left has caused Harper to back down. He knows if that happens he would lose big time. I still think Bloc supporters would ...
• Why do you believe that they would not have done just that to make themselves like a grassroots party ? When others saw their friends and neighbours supposed...
• The Tories did a great job when the economy was booming didn't they?Mulroney tripled the debt during a boom . Can you imagine what he would have done in a do...
• Ask Lex.Nobody said the reform party had any brains or that it had to make any sense.
• How long was that recession of the early 80's.? Those high interest rates should have seen the Bank of Canada making billions so that reasoning is ridiculous...
• Lex. What does etymological mean. Don't bother answering that. Foxer thinks I need to do more research so I will try to find out on my own. What you can do i...
• Lex. We are Albertans ,Quebecers , Ontarians or whatever depending on where we live but at the same time Canadians and I would defend this country with armed...
• How could you not know that the recession in 81 was very short and and was caused by a sudden rise in oil prices. You are the one with all the facts so tell ...
• Lex. You seem to have a problem with time lines. Was the oil crisis in 73 when Lougheed gained power in Alberta. The late 70's might be a little off. Trudeau...
• Lex. The views of Canadians can and are manipulated by the party with the most money as we saw 6 weeks ago. They were more afraid of Dion and the Green shift...
• Lex. Unless Jack jumps ship to the Liberals hell will freeze over before he becomes official opposition leader. The NDP would have to disappear for their le...
• I must admit you are right in your assertions that prove the old saying . Tory times are tough times . Thanks for the stats to prove it.
• Lex. Even the NDP know they have no chance of ever forming a government being the party of the left and will unite with the Liberals as the centrist choice ....
• Lex. You have a good reason to be angry at the Tories and the fund should be in 100's of billions since the price has risen so much. How low did it go before...
• Lex. You don't really believe the smaller pieces would not be gobbled up by the U.S. do you? They own most of the country now and all they are waiting for i...
• Lex. No . We need to control what they spend so that they cant just buy the election. Do you have any idea how much the CPC spent on their propaganda program...
• Lex. What the hell is an Andex chart.The Opec oil crisis was in 73 . The recession of the early 80's was caused by rising oil prices just like the one in the...
• Lex.Have you been sleeping for the last 3 weeks.How many nations have propped up their financial institutions and why did they do it if things aren't that b...
• Peggy. This whole sham is a plot to destroy the opposition parties. If it is about saving money in these tough economic times the CPC could refuse their shar...
• Carrs. If they leave Harper in power during this recession it will definitely get worse and could lead to the destruction of the country. How big will the de...
• It must be very frustrating to have all that information and yet spend your time here rather than come up with solutions to these problems. Why don't you sta...
• Please fill us in on all those solutions you have come up with. Maybe they just exist in your mind since I haven't heard about them and neither has any one ...
• Didn't expect any evidence since none exists. I do remember a few things that happened before last week but not the ones in your fertile imagination. I might...
• MRM. There many experts who have come up with ways Harper could be replaced. I am not one but how does this sound. Half the Bloc are disgruntled Liberals who...
• MRM. The Bloc is no longer a seperatist party and that should be obvious to even you. They are politicians and will do whatever it takes to survive. If this ...
• Why would I waste my time doing research when I can ask you anything I want to know. It will take less time and I sure you will make up the tons of evidence ...
• MRM. You are more familiar with the Bloc platform than your own party since they actually have one . The CPC convention was closed to keep theirs under wrap...
• MRM . Are you really incapable of reading and understanding. I said"You should realize that the people of Quebec don't support the Bloc financially because t...
• Still waiting for that evidence of your great accomplishments. You can't come up with any intelligent points so you resort to name calling and degrading comm...
• MRM. Dream on McDuff. I really am starting to feel sorry for you. You somehow change the NDP plan from stopping the tax cuts to a tax increase . You can't be...
• Wyly. They are trying to stimulate the economy by having elections every 4 months. The huge savings of $30 million dollars will go along way to reviving our ...
• Peggy. Do you really think it's brilliant to cause another election at this time. Only a Conservative would be happy about this. He is about to destroy democ...
• I may have been mistaken about the financial situation but you just flat out lied about your many accomplishments. Admit it.
• Uninformed . The rules that were setup 141 years ago will decide who forms the government. The people voted in a minority but Harper is not happy with that a...
• Accomplishments in your basement don't really count for much. You are still a legend in you own mind which we all know since you can't provide any proof of y...
• Ronald. As a loyal Conservative you must be aware that the leader of the party is not really in control. Even Steve couldn't be as incompetent as he seems to...
• Peggy . I wish I was as sure as you are. Will the left unite and take control or will Harper back down from this win win situation? What will save us from a...
• Ronald.Happy to hear you came to the conclusion that you were in the wrong party.Maybe your party changed too much to be considered Conservative . Hope you ...
• Ronald . Might be a little incapacitated for the next couple of months. Don't know how debilitating treatments are but I will do whatever I can even if it is...
• This nonsense has caused much animosity so a little levity might be in order. Dion still hanging on like this reminds me of a little joke I heard recently. Y...
• Ronald. Thanks . Hopefully especially for my sake it will not be too serious. Being a former smoker of 30 years one never knows when these things can happen ...
• MRM. How can cutting taxes they are already paying be considered an increase. Your lack of common sense has never been more apparent. Cancelling the planned ...
• MRM. Are those the same companies who made plans when your pals said they would not tax income trusts. Any company that makes plans on what a politician says...
• MRM. I don't know why I bother. You need to deny things that are not so easy to verify. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/ Just one of many sites ...
• MRM.The meeting was to discuss the leadership race. Nothing to do with policy. Obviously someone else was driving . I watched it and it is obvious you didn't...
• It's the end of the month and we need a new topic. Who can come up with the best choice for an interim leader for the coalition government. He/she would have...
• Uninformed and still Obsessed . I have said that lying would be perfectly acceptable to keep Harper from destroying this country. This latest load of crap fr...
• We will have twice as much to discuss if you don't ask the same question.
• Gohabs. Can you think of just one Conservative who could run this country during these difficult times. They have their best and only choice there now and he...
• Uninformed. You don't get it do you?The amount has nothing to do with this. They lied to us again but you won't admit it. Cutting the funding was an attempt ...
• Uninformed. Let's see if I have this straight . The NDP and the Bloc were working together to bring down the CPC. Layton with his caucus in Ottawa on Friday ...
• MRM. Please be consistent in your lies. Yesterday you said Martin brought in the funding changes in 06. Today you admit rae was at the hotel but earlier aske...
• Ronald . I doubt there will be a coalition if Dion is still the leader. He was seen as the worse leader the Liberals have ever had and the results of the ele...
• Lex. They don't have to use force. They bought most of our country when our dollar was at 65 cents and the western half would rather be Americans anyway. Mul...
• Lex. I will. All the experts probably knew about this but never told me about it. Guess they just wanted to use the stats that make them look good and didn't...
• Lex. Sure but they are still deductions and only the people who can afford to give get to use them. People are too dumb to even try to find deductions. They ...
• Lex. How much more proof do you need?
• Lex. You should ask Flaherty since he announced he will have a comprehensive plan in his new budget. Moved it up by a month and half. Has already bought $25 ...
• Ronald. Hope you are right . If they don't do something about the economy now it will only get worse and the voters will blame Flaherty for sitting on his ha...
• Lex. We didn't willingly sell anything . Nobody asked me if we should allow the takeover by foreign corporations. The best thing about being Canadian is that...
• Lex. The smart ones now operate the numbers racket and steal our money and you think that is ok. They are thieves ,plain and simple, but you don't mind that....
• Lex . The tactics used in the last parliament and the attempt to destroy the opposition which is obvious are the two most obvious pieces of evidence that he ...
• Lex. With all due respect do you have a clue of where the banks were getting funds to lend out before this collapse. They created money out of thin air every...
• Lex. If I need to tell you you will never be convinced. The diversity and opportunity of this country are unlimited. Have you actually travelled anywhere to...
• Lex .Not really. I find that people claw their way to the top and don't mind stepping on anybody who gets in the way. I would prefer to pour the milk in a bi...
• Lex. The oath of office must be available somewhere. I think it might be to both Queen and country. Media Oaths of office Oath of Allegiance I, _____...
• Lex. The workers who are consumers that create jobs with their purchases are the ones who need the financial stimulation but instead they are offering the ba...
• Lex. You have nailed it . We don't know how bad the economy really is and will not until it is too late to react. If you are right then taking action now is ...
• Lex . Please, with all your knowledge tell me how spending to boost the economy and save jobs would make it worse, Ridiculous.
• Lex. You are under the common misconception that the government needs to go back to deficit spending. It was not necessary before and it is not now. The Bank...
• Lex. Are capitalists that stupid that they would increase prices when no one is buying their products . Inflation would make foreign products more expensive ...
• Lex. It sure didn't hurt our exports of manufactured goods. Those jobs were created here since we were in such a favorable position in the auto industry . It...
• Lex. We would have to keep lowering our workers pay a really long time to get to the 3 or 4 dollars a day workers in other countries receive. Paying them wag...
• Lex. Isn't tax reductions especially for corporations the only answer according to the right wing bible? Now you suggest raising taxes. I think the assets he...

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

• The sad part of this whole exercise is that fewer people took the time to vote. We have to figure out a way to get people interested in who runs our country....
• Bailey . I really feel sorry for my country if people would cast their ballot just because a party is against gun registration . I can't think of many issue...
• The wrongside. Are you saying they could not make it a matter of confidence as they did 29 times in the last parliament? Maybe they want people to think the...
• Mistaken side . 75 seats in Quebec is less than a quarter of the seats. They should not have any less seats unless their population drops. Other parts of the...
• p. Bring on the best the best Alberta can come up with. A transplanted easterner from Scarbaria. People voted against Dion ,not for Steve. The Green Shift pr...
• Which side? Maybe you preferred Diefenbaker's job creation scheme. The only problem was that the jobs all ended up at Nasa or Boeing in the U.S. You should f...
• Switching sides? My memory is going . How could I forget Mulroney's job creation. There are thousands of new jobs but too bad they are all in Mexico. We do h...
• I cant bring myself to say you are the Right side. Sorry. If Lyin Brian had this great idea to pay off the debt why did he wait till his second term to imple...
• When I went to school we had no new math . 75 is 1/4 0f 300 which means that is less than 1/4 of 308 . I guess on that point I am on the correct side not the...
• Hi Tom. Paying people to vote does not really appeal to me. Punishing those who don't vote might be a better way. We already get people out so why reward the...
• Theodditor. If the advertising really was an important factor could the CPC be guilty of violating spending regulations since they started doing that two yea...
• Tom. Please don't confuse our new Conservative friend. He thinks Quebec has a third of the seats. Since the CPC is for less government Quebec would have to l...
• Tom ' That sounds good but the poor would not benefit from a chit if they don't pay any taxes. Some students don't earn enough to use the chit. Many seniors ...
• lex. You must be kidding. A conservative government get rid of taxes? They implement them and hell will freeze over before they lower individual taxes.Our fe...
• Which side. Are your refresher math classes almost over? We haven't heard much from you lately. Maybe you have seen the light but can't bring yourself to say...
• Lex. It's too bad the P.C. faithful don't know that . They would have thought twice about reelecting a right wing group like the CPC.
• lex. Have you read some of the tings he wrote when he was head of the National citizens coalition? I don't think he has changed any of his beliefs. He has ex...
• Lex. The GST would be a better way to tax us if corporations paid their fair share but the burden of paying the national debt has been put on individual taxp...
• Lex . Free speech means you should take the opportunity to criticize the people who run the country if you are not happy. By saying or doing nothing they don...
• Maybe undeSIDEd? You are free to choose what ever side you want but you should never say never. Other opinions have probably been changed with the correct{al...
• Your side.Maybe we should hold elections on a Monday so all the apathetic voters could get a long weekend out of it.The Americans increased turnout by pickin...
• lex. Unfortunately the people we elect are average people. The above average ones don't waste their time getting involved in politics.They do amazing things ...
• Lex. I don't complain about the taxes I pay. I complain about tax policy that cuts cororate taxes to nothing and yet still hands out corporate welfare with o...
• Lex.I hope he paid . We wouldn't want to think you were trying to buy some influence at a future date. Why is it people don't realize consumers create the ne...
• Is there a scientific way to prove it was a Liberal loss and not really a CPC win? What kind of poll question could we ask to find out if voters voted again...
• There is a huge difference travelling across the country trying to clear up the lies about the Green Shift and actual ads paid for by the CPC attacking Dion ...
• Lex. Even a diehard Conservative should admit voting against the Green shift can not be seen as a vote for Harper. I was told over and over to vote for what ...
• Lex. Now you are starting to sound like a Reformer. Some welfare recipients actually need help but they are considered lazy bums by the right. To hell with a...
• lex. If there are no limits to campaign spending the party with the most money would stay in power forever . The CPC campaign started the day after the last ...
• lex. If we paid them enough they might be less inclined to steal our money with programs like adscam or Airbus deals.
• Lex . Would gun registry be ok if you only had to do it at time of purchase and it was valid as long as you owned the firearm. No expiry to make you an illeg...
• lex. This thread started as a comment on Nik's story of a Harper win. In my opinion he gives Harper credit for a win when it was just as much a Liberal loss....
• lex. When it is obvious they are campaigning before the writ is dropped then the expenses incurred should be included in the campaign limits. They built a st...
• Lex . Even back benchers make more than 100 k. Living expenses , committee compensation and other perks add up pretty fast. You hire my son and I hire your d...
• lex. Is lying about your opponents plan running a good campaign in your way of thinking. Telling voters what your agenda is and what your ideology is would b...
• roedy. It is obvious you have not figured out that the right wingers on this site believe it's ok to lie if you are on their side but wrong if you are not. S...
• Ronald. Could it be in the best interest of the Liberal party to give Harper his majority now rather than let him govern for as long as he wants and then cal...
• Ronald . The forseeable future does not look very good for the Grits so they have very little to lose. If they defeat the government before picking a new lea...
• Hope. The main objective of the election was accomplished by the CPC. They wanted to bring the Liberal party to the brink of bankruptcy and they did just tha...
• Ronald. You working for the Liberals in Quebec is surely quite appropriate since it is lead by John Charest. A cabinet minister for the formidable Lyin Brian...
• Tom.If he moved to Alberta he would be a shoe in redneck country. He might be even too far right unless he ran in Keegstra's old stomping grounds. I still ca...
• Ronald. Too late . He made a complete ass of himself with his first post. It can be verified by checking his record,
• Ronald. You are definitely not stupid. I think it is commonly referred to as kissing ass. Harper will do plenty of it when O'Bama takes over. It is amazing ...
• Hope.The difference is that the P.C. party died in 93 but they had money to hang around with until they formed the unholy alliance with the Reform party. Wit...
• Bernie. There is no doubt in my mind they are out to destroy the Grits. The unfortunate part of it is the public will find out after it is too late. I should...
• bernie. You can't destroy the ideology of the people in the party but destroying the party is not that difficult. In order to function as a party you require...
• Gohabs. We have been in a recession for months but the inflated price of oil skewed the numbers and did not show the reality of our financial situation. The ...
• The higher the price the higher the royalty. Of course you wanted to keep it all regardless of high it went. If it keeps dropping Oilberta might join us in ...
• Hc. I think I could probably find one or two on this site who would not mind that happening to the east. How much of that 10 billion is from royalties rather...
• You actually got something right without even knowing it. I have no idea how much revenue the feds get from oil royalties but then again you don't either. Wh...
• hc. I may be ignorant of a few facts but that can be remedied by a little research Being an ignorant know it all is something you have to live with. Why is i...
• Thank you for verifying that you don't have a clue of the royalty arrangements.Even Ralph doesn't know what was in the agreement since it was written by oil ...
• Hollin. It is typical of Conservatives to find ways of getting around the rules. We saw it with the In/Out scheme and the Cadman attempted bribe.A lawsuit to...
• hollin.The Conservative Reform Alliance Party passed a law to prevent the government from calling the election at their whim. That law was real C.R.A.P. mani...
• hollin.I know you have been reading the Star since you have posted there too. The RCMP is being vilified in the press and some are calling for it's disollusi...
• Hollin. Do you actually think before you post. Central Canada is fixated on Quebec? Do you really believe the people of Ontario like giving their money to Qu...
• Hollin. Had to reply to this load of C.R.A.P.. The war measures act was used very effectively to control the F.L.Q. He arrested only seperatists in Quebec wh...
• Hollin. Figures lie and liars figure. Trudeau was there for 16 years and the debt grew to 190 billion. as I said. You claim program spending went down from ...
• Tom. Have to comment on the last paragraph.Don't know what it's like out west but here the schools are overflowing with young people . The high school closes...
• Lex. Spoken like a true capitalist. There is never enough productivity. Keep pushing workers beyond the breaking point to achieve more and never be satisfied...
• Hollin. You have not been paying attention. If you check my record you will find a post from May 26th that acknowledges Trudeau racked up 190 billion in debt...
• Uninformed. Why would you compare a farmer buying a tractor to improve productivity to an employer using psychological mind games to manipulate their employe...
• Hollin. You keep blaming Trudeau and the Liberals and accuse me of fighting old battles. I know you have read many of my posts and I have said over and over ...
• Uninformed . You seem to be forgetting a lot. Lying to keep the CPC from power and destroying this country is what I said would justify lying. When I was emp...
• Hollin . I started my apprenticeship at Garson Mine in 1966. First day on the job I waited for four hours to go underground because of a cave in that crushed...
• Uninformed. I consistently blame Conservatives for what they did because it was far worse than anything the Liberals did. I do not believe as you do that onl...
• Foxer. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so is what they choose to see. Martin cut transfer payments to the provinces . Harris chose to cut hospital f...
• Uninformed . Working for Wal-Mart includes more than just retail outlets. If you want proof of how bad they are you can find thousands of lawsuits have been ...
• Uninformed . Have no idea where the bailout question got into this discussion. I would say this. If we want to put money into American company branch plants ...
• holin.There is no way of knowing if we would have had the same growth without NAFTA. Our low dollar meant as much or probably a lot more than any trade agree...
• Uninformed . Why is it always about corporate tax cuts. They simply pass those costs on to us . By taxing at the manufacturing level there is less opportunit...
• Uninformed . Great suggestion for a 62 year old who is starting chemo and radiation treatments next week. Since I am a licensed electrician and tried getting...
• Hollin . The export of auto parts and Canadian built vehicles was a large part of our exports but we brought in many from the U.S. plants that produced diffe...
• Informed . Read the article on Ireland Celtic Tiger. I hope you don't think their success is only because of tax cuts . In took a generation to accomplish wh...
• Uninformed. All right wingers think tax breaks are a great idea as long as they are for corporations. I would much prefer getting rid of income taxes. We cou...
• Lex. If we get rid of socialised medicine you would do one of two things. 1. You make belonging to a union much more appealing since the union would negotiat...
• Lex. Spoken like a true snob. People should be treated like human beings regardless of where they came from or how priveledged they may have been born. You w...

Conservative Victory Propelled by Ontario Voters (2008-10-15)

• gohabs. You seem to forget that Pinnochio has accomplished the CPC goal.The Liberal party is near bankruptcy and would not dare force an election with no cam...
• informed. What is it you think I am denying. The CPC ran such a brilliant campaign they did exactly what they set out to do. By remaining a minority governme...
• HC. If you remember 1984 you would know Mulroney didn't win the election , Turner lost it. The voters were fed up with the Liberals ,especially Trudeau and T...
• HC. I wonder what a good Conservative scandal would do to the Liberals chances.Elections Canada is still investigating the In/Out scheme and charges could st...
• HC. We definitely need at least two viable options. The CPC plan to bankrupt the opposition might lead to a merging of the Grits,the Greens and the NDP simpl...
• Informed. If you believe Harper would stoop to that why would you want him as P.M. I guess Danny was right about Steve if that is how operates.
• Informed. Do we really want to follow the path of the U.S./British philosophy of "divide and conquer" ? Isn't that what is wrong with this country ? We have...
• Informed. I am not too clear on your response to my question. Are you for or against Canada as a country or should we promote what is happening . You seem t...
• I really don't think you or anyone else should claim they are growing. Less people voted so in reality the CPC shrank less than the Liberals. The truth be to...
• The CPC victory was more because of the people who didn't vote than the ones who did. With every poll showing decided voters picking Harper ,the undecided co...
• informed.Why do you have to resort to words like idiotic. If you disagree with we me could you simply say I am wrong rather than saying my opinion is idiotic...
• It seems pretty obvious that the election has caused many to lose interest in this site. It could also be that those who are still posting don't want to deb...
• Gohabs. The sad part of the right wingers on this site is that they could someday lead to the break up of this country. Their own stupidity has seen them ign...
• heaven forbid you should learn what your hero lyin brian did to this country before he left office. if more right wing thinkers actually knew our country is ...
• MRM. Can you point to one person on the left from anywhere in the country that has spewed seperatist garbage as much as the right wing idiots who think it wo...
• I think I will have to repeat this again since you are too dumb to understand what I have said over and over again. Both parties are corrupt and have been si...
• Gohabs. I hate to disagree but the Liberals lost because of back room deals that saw Kennedy throw his support to the wrong guy. The back room boys could not...
• Another legend in his own mind has all the answers. Does the word confederation mean anything at all to you. Our ancestors ,or at least mine, joined together...
• . Saying I am a liar doesn't bother me one iota . I admitted that to you a long time ago but you still refuse to admit you are one too. What hurts is calling...
• Federal government quietly releases $490B military plan Details posted online Thursday night Last Updated: Friday, June 20, 2008 | 4:51 PM ET Comments530Reco...
• Could you please show me where I admitted to being a die hard liberal that was not a sarcastic response to some other A...hole who was obsessed with labellin...
• This the second time you have claimed that the Liberal party is anti semetic without ever providing any proof of that . Is this the source of your hatred of ...
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• Informed? Because some nutbar is anti semetic does not make the whole Liberal party the same. Being anti Israel does not make you an anti semite. Bombing a v...
• Informed? The only pattern I see is the spinning from the right that ignores the facts. People voted against Dion and the Green Shift. Even true Progressive ...
• MRM. More corruption from both parties cost us a lot more than the 40 million you claim the Liberal party received from Adscam. How much proof do you need th...
• MRM. That is the difference between us . I will defend anyone who is wrongly accused. You and other right wingers claim the whole Liberal party was involved ...
• MRM. You are beyond hope. Why would a Liberal Senator blame both Mulroney and Chretien for slashing government spending on the military. Why not just blame L...
• Informed ?You should really change your name. Obsessed would be much more accurate. I am an avowed socialist as I have admitted before. If you think the N.D....
• Informed? You must be kidding. Gerard Kennedy threw his support to Dion for his own political ambitions. If he really was an anti semite he would have suppo...
• Obsessed. You really need to get off this absurd notion that the Liberals are my party.I am showing signs of early senility but surely I would remember blami...
• MRM. Why do you think it was okay for Mulroney to pocket cash in envelopes but that is not stealing by your standards. The deals he committed us to in his la...
• Obsessed. How fiscally responsible was he being when they spent record breaking amounts in both their budgets. This myth that Conservatives are for less gove...
• MRM. I really can't figure out why you are fixated on me defending the Liberals. How many times do I have to say they are guilty of corruption just like any ...
• MRM. There are only two parties that have been in power federally. One has been caught stealing money with a program they used to funnel funds to their party...
• Obsessed. Are you denying Zaccardelli resigned because of suspicions with regard to the pension plan? Maybe you should google Paul Palango. "The voters and t...
• Obsessed. You just can't let go of this idea of Liberal versus Conservative. The RCMP exonerated Mulroney when the Airbus affair accused him of arranging ki...
• MRM. Your reasoning amazes me. Some members of the Canadian military committed war crimes .Does that make you complicit I have never forgiven anybody but do ...
• MRM.Found the new report you quoted . You should have posted the whole thing since it really sheds more light than what you want to admit. However, the repor...
• gohabs. Anyone with a minimum of half a brain and rectum knows he is a bigot and a racist. That is how he got on this site in the first place. Do what every ...
• Obsessed.The tape has been altered as the FBI expert reported but the key statement by Pinnochio that admits there was an offer made to Cadman is intact and ...
• Obsessed. Why do you put so much emphasis on what the RCMP has done . Are you a former corrupt cop? Maybe a crooked lawyer? This matter has been dropped by t...
• Thank God they are for less government in our lives . Only 36 ministers will surely lead to less spending in the mini budget next month.That's only 25% of hi...
• Since you are our resident expert on everything I would like to ask how much an individual can spend of their own money on a campaign? If a billionaire want...
• HC . More of the Alberta School alumni infiltrating the top echelons of our government. How much longer before he appoints the head master to the Senate. The...
• I don't think I asked if E.C. will determine if the election law was broken. They are investigating the In/Out scheme and other rule violations with regard t...
• Obsessed. You keep putting words in my mouth. I did not claim everything the RCMP did was wrong but pointed out evidence of corruption . When Zaccardelli was...
• Obsessed. Thankfully not all Americams are republicans so I admit to being anti Republican. The Calgary School is a right wing think tank which you know as w...
• Obsessed. Why is it you can't understand I have been telling you and everyone else there is no difference between the the two parties. They are controlled by...
• Obsessed . I guess you are saying what we need is a labour party rather than a socialist party which of course the NDP are not .Layton is only interested in ...
• HC. No I think that makes him just like one of his cows. Put a ring threw his nose and drag him to the barn to milk him for whatever you can. I think going t...
• Obsessed. What part of my statement that I prefer the lesser of two evils did you not understand. Do you think you will win a prize if you get people to conf...
• Obsessed . I take you it believe Trudeau was a Liberal and not a Marxist as he has been accused of being .He was smart enough to know he would never be elect...
• HC . My apologies. I thought you said you attended the U.of C. which is where the right wingers plotted under the tutillage of Professor Flanagan. I would s...
• Obessed . If one has to lie to keep the right from destroying this country I would definitely have no qualms about that. Lying is a huge part of politics. I...
• obsessed. I would say the party in power now thinks they have a right to govern and people like you seem to think so too. Did the P.C. party in our province ...
• HC. Chretien was elected to parliament and gained experience over 20 years in different cabinet posts before being chosen leader of the Liberal party. Your h...
• MRM. What are you babbling about. You have just proven my point . Running as a conservative in Alberta is a guarantee of election. I have never heard of the ...
• HC. Actually I think my problem is I haven't had any today. I should really try to read those quick searches a little more thoroughly . It is hard to rememb...
• Gohabs. Have you been to Canada's Wonder Land? Obsessed is there from May to September . He then heads for Disney World for the winter.Since the U.S. is abou...
• Obsessed . You can get help with your problem at 99 Queen Street in Toronto.
• MRM. Rahim Jaffer is a much better known Muslim who just lost his seat in Oilberta to the NDP. That was what I was referring to when I made my comments about...
• MRM. Thank you.
• Obsessed. You want to discuss policy now so we won't talk about CPC scandals and unethical procedures used during the last parliament.If you want to discuss ...
• MRM. 15 of the 19 supposed hijackers were Saudis so why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan. You really should do a little reading and see the growing list of ar...
• MRM. If you knew half as much as you think you do about Alberta you would know the only thing they don't like as much as Easterners is immigrants. If they co...
• Hc. I didn't make up the article I quoted . If you look closer you will see the Western Front was shut down in 1979 by the government. the Heritage Front hap...
• Hc. What we are, is a group of hard-working people who generally believe in smaller government, personal responsibility and less government intervention, bot...
• Obsessed . Were these women chosen because they are the most competent or simply because they are women? Doesn't say much for the backbenchers whom have been...
• Ronald. Welcome back. A voice of reason from the right. I think your candidate was sacrificed by Harper along with a few others so as not to gain the majorit...
• Obsessed . Throw up the gauntlet and them run away. You have nothing to discuss so you find an excuse to chicken out. You know the CPC policy is well hidden ...
• Obsessed . Since you don't want to bother with me I will put in my 2 cents for the others . Ignatieff will bow out of the leadership race and take over as in...
• Ronald. Uphill for sure but they won't have Dion and the Green shift holding them back. A leadership race is always good for some free publicity . As for Har...
• Obsessed. You seem to change parties like you change socks. What are you going to believe in next week? I am at least consistent in my beliefs that the right...
• ronald. No point in going is there? They probably wouldn't let you say anything anyway would they? They don't like people who speak their mind. 12 days away ...
• Ronald . I don't think the Liberals would tolerate McGuinty trying to run since he has been more supportive of the CPC than his Federal cousins. Dalton and h...
• Ronald. Was it Churchill who said the same thing about the Americans. " They will always do the right thing after trying every other option" . You are right...
• Obsessed. If someone says every thing they say is a lie would you believe them since they said they always lie. Admitting to having lied is not quite the sam...
• Ronald. The convention was scheduled for Oct. 14 Could that be another reason Harper called the election early so the public would not hear any of the real p...
• Obsessed. Ok.
• Say goodnight Gracie. Goodnight Gracie.
• MRM. You really need help with reading comprehension. My opinions of westerners is not of all of them. The redneck bigots in the reform party are still activ...
• MRM.JUst a few more tidbits about the right. "Overfield claims to have been out of politics for 15 years when he decided to become active again. When he joi...
• Obsessed. Not man enough to say those things to me ?My posts have attacked the right which you seem to think are infallible. Every piece of evidence I can fi...
• MRM.If your comprehension is fine it must be that I am not making myself clear enough. Every group I mentioned is made up of people on the right. I never sai...
• Obsessed. I offered to debate topics of interest and made suggestions but since you have no convictions other than to say Liberals are anti semites ,you choo...
• Obsessed. I will not try to respond to that short story but will say this. I have said that lying to keep the CPC out of power would not bother me. They will...
• Lex. Are you saying there was a conspiracy or was it just a work of fiction. Strange tho they would pick a right wing party. Any idea what the title was. Mig...
• Lex. I must agree with you. If you meant running a sheep farm since that is what Harper's cabinet is. Definitely much better experience for running the CPC g...
• Lex. Never thought I would hear a Conservative admit that they are not all about less government. When I was out there the Heritage Fund had grown to 18 bill...
• HC. I have never claimed to know how to run a farm or being a premier . Ed should have stuck to farming from what I have read in The Hereald. He is off to Eu...
• hc. Why is it ok for you to lump all the western provinces together . The western economy is much diffferent in B.C. and Man.than it is in oil producing AB. ...
• Lex. You seem to be able to make non partisan comments that make sense. You are right that Albertans are not rednecks but I am sure you would agree some of t...
• Lex. I don't need to read how good our health care system is. During the past 3 weeks have had an ultra sound, ct scan and have an appointment for an MRI on ...
• hc. You probably have never said you hate Easterners and I have never said I hate Westerners. I reread my post and said westerners hate everything Liberal. I...
• Hc. There is definitely a lot of room for improvement in the management of the system. Privatizing more and more of it will not improve much if anything at a...
• Lex. If it was just a few old men that could be tolerated. Unfortunately there are many of all age groups who have grown up believing what they have been ta...
• Lex. Is that the wrong address ? Ive never been to that one or the other facility that helps the mentally ill near there. The Chum building I think is at 299...

CPAC-Nanos Election Tracking CP 34.2, LP 26.7, NDP 21.4, BQ 9.5, GP 8.2 (ending October 12) (2008-10-13)

• Time for our predictions. Could we restrict this thread to just what you think each party will get in terms of percentage of popular vote. We can ridicule o...
• LIberals 33.2 CpC 31.9 NDP. 14.1 Green 6.1 Bloc 14.7
• Has anyone noticed that Nik called more people per night for the last three nights and the number of undecided has increased. They will be the deciding facto...
• Suedo. That depends completely on who wins. The CPC knows that the other parties will all need time to regroup and will all be broke. They will force the opp...
• Peg . Would love to see your predictions on the other thread. I think women have a very important role in this election . The Reform/ Alliance members of the...
• Christine. The projections you have posted are from polls of decided voters . How much effect will the undecided voters have in your opinion. Please feel fre...
• Suedo. Think possitive. Dion will be P.M for a while . Layton will hang on as leader for as long as possible and Duceppe will do the same. The Conservatives ...
• HC. Put yourself in the shoes of the undecided voter. Can you risk a Harper majority because the polls and pundits are predicting a minority ? I think not . ...
• Prairie Farmer. Since you have time to spend with us you must have all your crops in. Hope you had a good season. I have as much of a hard time trying to fig...
• Christine. It is below this one . Starts out Time for our predictions.
• Taylor . There are far too many voters who base their ballot selection on the things you mention. But there are even more who will vote because of the attack...
• Christine . Interesting that you have them only four points apart.Nik's numbers agree with your CPC numbers but doesn't doesn't believe the Liberals will mak...
• Prairie Farmer. The Co-op movement in Canada was born in the west but I did not know it was imported from the U.S. I don't doubt there are many nice people o...
• Chritine. I worked at an advance poll and the Conservatives were out in full force. They wanted to get their supporters out early before they made more mist...
• El. One man one vote is the basis for a democracy. The right does not want people to vote any way they choose since that will work against the CPC. They also...
• Are we going to get more predictions from the experts on the right?
• Darryl . With a third of the population it seems only right Ontario should have a major role. The 905-519 and other areas outside of Toronto have lost a lot ...
• Informed.The only party with it's own studio is the CPC up there in Ottawa . They have been making animated short films since it opened . The star attraction...
• Darryl. You might not get any sleep because it's hard to sleep when you're crying in your beer. I actually had a change of heart but I too have cast my ballo...
• Peg. Being a catholic does not make you any less a woman. Your rights and the rights of others should not be taken away by some Reformer in Alberta. No one i...
• Craig. You are right . Conservatives don't say that but Reform/Alliance members who didn't like the power being in the hands of the population who just happe...
• Darryl. I thought only Liberals did the popcorn thing. You should get some onion chips so you can blame that for the tears. Have you decided where your going...
• Lex. No it's not Ontario's fault, no more than the CPC. If tax cuts create jobs we should have seen corporations investing here as much as anywhere or were ...
• LEX.Typical Conservative thinking. The me first attitude is not something we should teach our children. We need a depression to teach us to be a more caring ...
• Lex.Why is the pro-life opinion more important than that of a woman who wants to for whatever reason end an unwanted pregnancy. You prefer she goes to some b...
• Lex. Could it be they wanted their supporters to vote before they announced the non platform platform. I guess the undecided will really make a big differenc...
• Lex. A family of immigrants needs a place to live, schools to go to, cars to drive , clothes to wear and they contribute to our economy. The problem is the 5...
• Peg. It's not an issue since it is part of the hidden agenda everybody denies exists. Should you decide for other women . You can believe in the right to li...
• Craig. Do you think the senate did it's job when refusing to pass Harper's bills when they knew he abused the rules by making everything a non-confidence mot...
• Darryl. If they had already announced their platform why did they need to do it again the day after the advance polls. People had nothing to look at and comp...
• Lex. I read and understand the pro life position but they have no right to force that on any one especially through legislation . When they are given a manda...
• Maps. Did you notice who is missing from the conversations. There are a couple of names missing which is usually where the name calling and insults start. Ot...
• Lex. How can you claim to be pro choice and yet refer to abortion as murder. I thought that was the pro-life philosophy. Any body who believes women choose t...
• Please feel free to add your predictions. If you check others above you can make them to one decimal point to prevent the same results.
• Lex. Why would you keep repeating the pro life position if you don't agree with it . You could make your beliefs clearer without telling me what others belie...
• Fox. Is there a more democratic way to do it. I know you will say the west now has a larger population and they do . I would not complain if it was changed ...
• HC. Why would we let pro lifers impose their opinions on women who make a difficult decision. They are not murderers but changing the law might them criminal...
• Fox. Since I don't know how many each area has I would have to say no. The areas that have grown should have more and no one should have less unless their po...
• Without the benefit of the final numbers I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the CPC supporters who chose to re-elect Stephen Harper.I sinc...
• There is no doubt that Liberal supporters and anti-Harper posters will not win Nik's contest. I posted my predictions with the hope that the undecided woul...
• Informed. Happy to know you can judge a person's sincerity just by reading a few words. If your honesty matched your superior perception you would not claim ...
• Quick calculation this morning based on CBC numbers. CPC. 37.6 Lib. 26.2 NDP. 18.2 Bloc. 9.9 Gr. 6.8 I have a tie on our little poll usin...
• Latest update from E.C. the Bloc at 10 % .Enlightened had them at 9.2 which means he missed by .8 . HC. hit that right on so with these updates HC has moved ...
• Darryl. You are correct that this was only for fun but I did miss you since you were at the top of the list of predictions. After checking you were the most ...
• Our predictions.Using the latest numbers from E.C. CPC 37.6 Lib. 26.2 NDP 18.2 Bloc 10 Gr. 6.8 Using those numbers and how much we missed by for e...
• After my great success at the election results, I should not risk making anymore predictions ...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 33, LP 27, NDP 22, BQ 10, GP 9 (ending October 11) (2008-10-12)

• Stokes. Grasping at straws . All cell phones have caller id don't they ? Do you really think they waste their time and minutes answering a polling company. W...
• hc. Kevin Grandia is co-founder of VoteforEnvironment.ca, which tells voters which candidate has the best chance to defeat the Conservatives in swing ridings...
• Hc. It only means that a lot of people might use it . Two million hits with only one percent would mean 20,000 votes being swapped . 49 ridings identified as...
• Suedo. A short list.Lex, ,MRM,Westerner,Stokes ,Peg,dgbeaulne,Hollin,Darryl, Evable and the leader of the pack Foxer. I have missed some no doubt but they ar...
• glen. please come back tomorrow and post your predictions and see how the rest of us make out. After 2 pm results from Nik.
• Informed. Why do you believe some polls but not others. Ipsos Reid asked who would vote. 69 % said they would definitely vote and 15 % would likely vote but ...
• Informed. Do you want me to link you to Ipsos Reid. The last election was held in January so many voters went to the advance polls . How many stayed to vote ...
• Informed. You should know the answer to a question before you ask it. Voter turnout dropped by 18% in one election and bounced up by 33 %. Date of election/ ...
• Informed . You asked for a link. "Can you find any time in HISTORY of Canada in all elections the turnout has jumped 15% between elections?" I didn't reali...
• Informed. I stopped at 1911 randomly when copying the link only to save space. I find it strange you picked Tequila Sheila to bring back since she was part o...
• HC. If I didn't know any better I would say you are really a Liberal who is angry at his party for some perceived infraction . The last paragraph does not so...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 32, LP 28, NDP 22, BQ 10, GP 8 (ending October 10) (2008-10-11)

• Some time after Nik's results are posted on Monday at 2 PM. I would love to see every one post their predictions on the results of the election. The contest ...
• We will be polling on Saturday and Sunday with our final election tracking poll released on Monday at 2 pm. That is posted above. Nik may not be able to po...
• Not a hope in hell of that happening unless the election is rigged. There are probably a few ridings where they could cheat but the new identification rules ...
• Informed. You base your argument on the fact the RCMP cleared Harper. The same RCMP who had a significant effect on the last election by making an announceme...
• Peg. You didn't reply to my last post so I will try again. What is incompetent about trying to clarify the question before answering . You obviously would ha...
• Craig. I hate to mention other polls on this site but since the Ipsos Reid poll asked different questions it might be appropriate. In their survey they asked...
• Craig. There does not need to be a large number of cheaters . Some seats in the last election were decided by less than a hundred votes. One polling station ...
• Informed. Was it you who asked we all be civil and refrain from name calling ? I also believe I told you before I don't have a party. Since joining this foru...
• Informed. Main | About | Contact Editor | Subscribe RSS Jonathan Kay on the funding of Canada's military, 1970-2007 Posted: December 14, 2007, ...
• Craig. Alberta can hardly be used as an example when talking voter turnout. Everyone knows who is going to win so why bother going out to vote. When I lived ...
• Informed. You are happy with Harper's track record but I fear what he will do and and see signs that you are ignoring. Integrity does not allow you use the r...
• Informed . If you are not aware that Mulroney was an advisor to Harper for the past 2.5 years you should change your name. Mulroney is being kept quiet becau...
• Informed . All the good deeds are for naught when one gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar or more appropriately this time with his hand in the envel...
• Informed. No turkey for me this weekend . I am sure you will enjoy yours since he is much larger even after loosing all that belly fat . Why is the Conservat...
• Informed . Of course they are energy saving bulbs . Better than the bright light blinding the voters to keep them from seeing his plans .
• Informed.Harper has a brighter future if he loses. He will become president of Oilberta with the support of guys like Lex, Westerner and Stokes. I am predict...
• Darryl. You know very well they do not oppose the Liberal party or Liberal philosophy. They have been turned against Dion by unethical lies in their attack a...
• darryl. Nobody has examined their real polices since they have kept them from everyone including you. 70 % of the population is and always has been on the le...
• Informed . We live in a democracy. One man one vote no matter where you live . Why is it you can't grasp the idea if you want to be part of the government y...
• Informed. You believe Harper runs the whole party. Dion was not the leader in past elections so you should apply the same reasoning and say Martin or Chretie...
• Darryl. That is exactly the point. You would not support any of those things as most reasonable people would not. How right is he ?What will you do if my sus...
• Darryl. Did I say you are a seperatist or did I ask a question ? Just supporting the CPC does not make you one which is why I asked. You have been reading so...
• Darryl. Is it possible to get someone on the right to answer a simple question ?How far right is Steven Harper ? You can't answer that question because he wo...
• Darryl. You are right. My saying it won't make it happen. A Harper majority will.
• Darryl. If he can't beat the weakest leader the Liberals have ever had , he should hang his head in shame and resign.
• Darryl. If he can't beat the weakest leader the Liberals have ever had , he should hang his head in shame and resign.

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 33, LP 27, NDP 22, BQ 10, GP 8 (ending October 9) (2008-10-10)

• Newly. The reason the undecided is rising is because they phone new people every day. If they call some of the people polled before and they have become unde...
• All right wingers. I need your help. When people take out a mortgage through CMHC does it include insurance. If the mortgage is not paid for whatever reason ...
• Lex. Why did we pay insurance premiums to CMHC. Instead of the money being paid by the insurance company the taxpayers are getting stuck with the bill. Read ...
• How many of you saw this since it disappeared from the newest comments rather quickly with 3 posts from Lex showing up .
• How many of you saw this since it disappeared from the newest comments rather quickly with 3 posts from Lex showing up .
• How many of you saw this since it disappeared from the newest comments rather quickly with 3 posts from Lex showing up .
• Apoelstra. If the gov't had 25 billion available why did they not wait till the money supply dried up and then make it available to those who really need it....
• Holden. My conspiratorial mind finds the timing of this information being released very strange. Could it be Harper does not want to remain in power when thi...
• HC. I am still confused . If they were CMHC insured why did they need to be bailed out by the government. They claim they were injecting capital into the cre...
• HC. You believe as most do that banks borrow from other banks to have the funds needed to lend to people and small businesses. At one time all private banks ...
• HC. Do you have any idea what would be a good percentage to have on hand would be. It has changed from time to time but I doubt you have any idea what it is ...
• HC.The people of Alberta have more to be thankful for this year so enjoy your weekend too. Happy Thanksgiving.
• Bernie. There is no limit to the amount they can lend out. They are currently at about 400 to 1.Financial collapse is just as likely here as it is anywhere b...
• fox. There is no way the Liberals will pull that far ahead in such a short time. I can see them being 2 to 3 points ahead but not much more. Since about onl...
• Darryl. You sound just like my other brother Darryl. Is there something you don't understand ? Maybe you will join us with your predictions on votes for each...
• Darryl. Are you saying it is not possible. The undecided vote could well push the Liberals ahead and the release of the information on the Cadman tape will c...
• Darryl. It might be old news which is exactly why Harper launched his suit. He tried to cover up his lies and people like you still don't think he did anythi...
• fox. Not so funny after the release of the Cadman findings. Your estimate might have been more accurate than mine if enough people hear how he committed perj...
• moin. What part of the expert report did you not understand. The tape was unedited as Harper had stated under oath. The crucial part of the tape that has Har...
• Fox. We will find out sometime in the early hours of Wednesday morning. B.C. will determine the final outcome . And yes I do believe there will be a minority...
• Agnostic. The only thing that will keep corporations here is the natural resources they can exploit to make huge profits. The U.S. especially needs what we h...
• You know very well Rae would never be considered for finance. Goodale or McCallum have more experience than the leprechaun and either one of them would do a ...
• If Dion Manages to win a minority the daggers will be put away in order to get cabinet appointments.The young guns like Trudeau , Kennedy,Bains and others wi...
• You really amaze me at times. Martin was the only one who wanted Chretien's job after he lost the leadership contest. He was put into a very important cabine...
• I don't see any names of up and coming young Conservatives. I thought you could come up with at least one but I guess not. You are right about the Liberal ...
• I don't want the whole list. How about just the front runner for starters ? Maybe I can help .How about Pierre Poilievre. ? Another robot like creation of t...
• Mackay had the job but was instructed by the power brokers to give it up in order to bring the PC Party back to life after Mulroney destroyed it. Many PC mem...
• PostSteve. Where have you been the last month. The anti Harper troops have been reduced by suspensions that should have been lifted by now. Intelligent debat...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 33, LP 29, NDP 20, BQ 10, GP 7 (ending October 8) (2008-10-09)

• t & j. If the Tory slide has stopped it will be very difficult to regain what they have lost. The Liberals have been climbing and will get more support from ...
• Lex. You would think he could at least help his own mother but he is using her as an example of people losing money. Maybe you could tell us exactly what a g...
• Lex. Are you another of the Calgary School boys? I am surprised you have such high regard for an easterner. He has lived in Ontario for more than half his li...
• Just filled out my entry for Nanos contest on election prediction . Any guesses on how well our resident experts will do ?If one of us should happen to win t...
• Lex. You are correct about Harper having to turn over the reins of power. There is another scenario no one has mentioned. A Liberal Bloc coalition would not ...
• Fox. I got an e-mail today from Nanos and followed the directions. Maybe they started with people who have been registered the longest.If you are registered ...
• MRM.No. Some reform/alliance members of the party certainly are. You have been reading posts from Westerner and Lex so it should be obvious some would defini...
• MRM."Quebec wants to stand alone as a separate nation; Ontario could do the same and we would all have economic and political independence. Each country coul...
• MRM. If the job of governing is left to one man that is a dictatorship. If you want good government you had better choose a team of competent people . Harper...
• The supposed gaffe yesterday is a farce. An unclear question asking what could have been about this financial crisis before it actually happened is ridiculou...
• fox. The question was poorly worded and hypothetical.This whole thing is being played up to keep us from talking about the complete reversal of Harper's stat...
• Peg. There is no answer to the question so it might be hard to come up with one. Harper didn't do anything to prevent this so for Dion to have an answer woul...
• Informed. You are perfectly fluent in English yet seem to have a problem with a very clear statement that he would upon taking power meet for 30 days to asse...
• Informed. Diamond Jim made the announcement and is now on a plane to New York. I would love to ask what happened overnight to change the governments mind abo...
• Informed. Dion flubbed the interview without a doubt . That is not very important as you have said earlier. It is not going to change much. What I am concern...
• schmm. Are you saying the at issue panel on the National are a bunch of Liberal supporters. Andrew Coyne and Alan Gregg would love to hear they have switched...
• Informed. Are you saying we should follow other nations lead and nationalize our private banks. The bank of Canada was nationalised in 1938 but somehow we en...
• mrm. CMHC is a crown corporation which means it is owned by the citizens of Canada. Where will they get this 25 billion to buy mortgages . If they borrow it ...
• Fox. There was things that could have been done but one would have had to foresee how severe this collapse was going to be. Am I the only one who predicted t...
• Fox. Feel free to explain what this bailout is all about.
• MRM. You have a short memory. I found my post from May that predicted a global economic collapse that we are now seeing. If we are in such great shape why di...
• Holden. Unfortunately there are a lot of "Canadians" who can't stand a French Canadian especially one with an accent. They would gladly let Quebec seperate j...
• Pat. Nik does not answer questions as this site is monitored by a person paid to do it. Successful people do not usually consider politics as they can make a...
• MRM. You don't really believe CMHC has 25 billion in cash reserves. If that were true and we the owners of that money pay interest on billions in debt at the...
• Informed. Have you entered your predictions in Nanos contest . I am more interested in your predictions than the Ekos poll . I would like all our regulars to...
• When you signed up to this site there was an option to register to be picked as polster . I believe you can still enter the contest. You have to predict the ...
• Lex. CMHC insured the mortgages that people stopped paying.When I took out my mortgage I along with everyone else paid an insurance premium on that mortgage....
• You can participate in our version of the contest but won't be able to win Nanos' prize. I would like every one to post their predictions before the polls cl...
• Popular vote since that allows for a wider range of predictions.
• Popular vote since that allows for a wider range of predictions.
• Peg. The question was poorly worded and most have admitted that. If you want to ask what someone would have done differently why would you start your questio...
• HC. Can you plan what you will do will do next month if your better half has not told you she spent all your money yesterday. When he gets a look at the book...

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

• Lex.Why are seperatists in Quebec labelled traitors but you and others on this site can spew your garbage about western seperation . At least Quebecers want ...
• Westerner. Do you even know what the word bigot means?If you think I am intolerant of idiots who talk about breaking up this country, you are absolutely righ...
• Lex. You are a bigger dummy than the other a..Hole from the west.My family lived in Quebec for two hundred years before coming to Ontario so I would hardly l...
• Lex. Wealth is usually created by somebody taking advantage of the under priveledged. Look at the Royal family for the best example. Crown ownership and cont...
• Lex. The rules benefitted you when transfer payments and tax concessions kept the west going for uears. You are the one trying to change them so as to get aw...
• Lex. The west is right to want less government but should realize the Conservative party is responsible for most of it's growth.The last two CPC budgets have...
• LEX. Let's see which one of us doesn't understand. The stock market is a tool used to get money for investing and create jobs . The fees charged by those tra...
• LEX. What rule book have you been reading? I am no constitutional expert since I have never read it but I doubt the founding father's put anything in it that...
• Lex. You have forgotten the non-confidence game he used to pass all his legislation. He did all he wanted to do without revealing his extreme right agenda un...
• Westerner. I think there are several names that include Foxer, MRM. LEX , Stokes and of course Westerner.
• Monthebomb. Hopefully you will be allowed to stick around but since Nik prefers not having opinions that show Harper for what he really is I suspect you will...
• Westerner . If I was angry I would not bother replying but I see a glimmer of hope even for you. If you find out the truth about Ontario supporting most of t...
• Gohabs. I am still trying even in this case to inform them of the truth. These guys will someday see the light.
• westerner. MRM. and I had this same discussion months ago. There was only one bigot in the conversation then and he is not involved in this one but there is ...
• LEX. Waiting patiently for your reply. Do I need a lesson on how wealth is created or was my post at all accurate. Where in your opinion does wealth come fro...
• lex. Are you denying that the examples I put forward create wealth without actually having produced anything solid ? If you build the table you have created ...
• Informed. Does the number of advance poll voters include people who are out of the country? The January 06 election meant thousands of snowbirds in Florida ...
• Informed. Income splitting is good if you have income to split. Many seniors live off their investments but with the markets going nuts they have seen their ...
• informed. Dug this up. MRM ... more larryl - "economic collapse" - good one ! I love it when you left wing nuts use this over the top crap. It just drives...
• Wyly. There are way too many new Albertans to think that seperation would lead to civil disobedience or any other form of public displays to bring about the ...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 31, NDP 18, BQ 11, GP 6 (ending October 6) (2008-10-07)

• t & j. People are not only afraid of a Harper majority. Everything about him is scary since we really don't know the real Steve or is it Stephen the strong d...
• Tdot. This election was called to bankrupt the Liberals and stop the investigations into CPC scandals. If the truth had come out about the IN/Out scheme, the...
• What is it about the Green shift you don't understand. It will not tax oil but will tax polluters. If you think otherwise you must realize big oil is causing...
• Van. The party didn't make the mistake. Gerard Kennedy and Navdeep Bains are the reason the Liberals are in this mess. They did what they did for personal re...
• Holden. He has to have a seat to be P.M. and I don't think his riding is guaranteed unless the other parties still do what they have always done. Everyone kn...
• Fox. If the party does well he will stay on as leader for a short time .How long he stays depends on who wins the election .With a minority government he wil...
• Fox. I thought it was forbidden for the two houses to be together unless one invited the other . Have the rules been changed? In order to run for office doe...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 29, NDP 20, BQ 11, GP 6 (ending October 5) (2008-10-06)

• Prairie Born. You must have been born many years ago. You sound like you might have been in the old CCF or at least a Tommy Douglas fan. Unfortunately the ND...
• Informed .You can't really believe your numbers. I would be willing to bet the undecideds have not made up their minds on which left wing party they are goin...
• Theo. It makes me feel better to know that some intellectuals actually use their education to make such intelligent suggestions.We have had suggestions of pr...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 34, LP 30, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 7 (ending October 4) (2008-10-05)

• tweak. You are forgetting Duceppe has publicly stated that we have to stop Harper so the disillusioned Liberals in Quebec might return to their roots and are...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 35, LP 28, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 8 (ending October 3) (2008-10-04)

• tweak. The best opposition party would be the one with the most experience at it but it was destroyed by Mulroney. We need to elect the party with the most e...
• Reg. You are really not thinking too straight. Most cars have running lights so by using your idea it would look like everyone supports Pinnochio . What kind...
• Holden. TOUCHEZ. Hope I spelled that right.
• HABs. Any brain at all would be surprising.
• Fortescue . Cars create smog and since a lot of Albertans commute to work from Calgary and Edmonton in Westjet planes up to Fort Mac there isn't isn't much ...
• Tweak . You prefer to vote for a party that won't tell you what their policies are and have a strategy to destroy other parties rather than work with them wh...
• Tweak. If the CPC can't scare you into voting strategically nothing ever will. Time will tell if you were right . Of course it will be too late to do anythin...
• Craig. People are opposed to Dion,not the LPC .Of course with two and a half years of attack ads why would they not be. The public is so easily controlled an...
• Tweak. When there is a majority the opposition is capable of nothing. I pray you will never find out what a right wing neo-con has in store for us.
• tweak. You are right so you have to decide if you want to have the same scenario we have just gone through or stop Harper .Having a strong opposition does no...
• Fortescue. The problem I have is that we import oil from foreign countries for two thirds of our population while exporting to the U.S. but suffer the damag...
• Craig . When I was in Calgary in June I met people who were forced to live in camps for ten days and fly back to Calgary since building could not keep up wit...
• Tweak. You are absolutely right which is why we should never again give any party a majority to do only what they want.If the Liberals had been reduced to a ...
• Craig. Did not blame the housing on lack of water but too many new residents will speed up the coming water crisis. Fort Mac might have enough water but how ...
• westerner. Did you read the previous posts on the legislation that forced Ontario to buy western oil for higher than world prices to help establish your oil ...
• HC. I have to ask again. What is happening to Lake Athabasca and other large bodies of water because of the demand by the extraction process used for the tar...
• HC. That is the problem.People don't understand the Green shift.The plan is not to increase the price of fuel. The plan is suppose to tax polluters so you ar...
• HC. The difference is that when Ontario was making transfer payments to even Alberta those dollars were from the taxes I paid . The money being paid now by A...
• Westerner. Not this time.
• HC. I agree that industrial requirements are huge but are they keeping what water they have for that purpose rather than bring in more permanent residents ? ...
• HC. Well at least you can see there will be income tax reductions which most Conservatives denied. A made in Canada price could lower costs of producing prod...

CPAC-Nanos Daily Election Tracking CP 37, LP 26, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 8 (ending October 1) (2008-10-02)

• lex. It seems our resident expert thinks you either lied about the fund raising scheme or you are pulling my chain. Could you please explain to Foxer how it ...

Chat about the Leaders' Debate Live (2008-10-02)

• In all honesty we would all have to admit there was no clear winner. I doubt this will change the outcome of the election. It will change some opinions about...
• I think Dion showed that he is not the loser the attack ads have made him out to be. He kept repeating the Liberals have a plan and a team.Harper has neither...
• Informed . You ignored Dion who is the only one with a chance of beating Harper. He did much better than what most people expected since all they have ever s...
• Alfee. Check the definition of the word. None fits better to describe what Harper is doing and the image change is a perfect example. Do you really think he ...
• lex.Typical conservative. You think changing hats makes you an expert. The truth is if the hat doesn't fit or isn't yours you look ridiculous.
• David. Why do you have this idea that people want something for nothing. Most people just want a job that lets them raise their families and maybe get a litt...
• Cassidy. You have summed up the last two and half years perfectly.He has done just enough to keep his real agenda hidden. If God forbid he gets a majority we...
• Robini. How did you ever manage to figure out he is a Liberal? Must be your superior powers of observation.
• David . With all due respect just what percentage of the population are you talking about. I was in Calgary in 81 when the bubble burst. I worked for a compa...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 26, NDP 20, BQ 10, GP 9 (ending September 30) (2008-10-01)

• Berne.Unless you live in her riding you can't vote for her. You can however vote against what you correctly perceive as a danger to Canada. If your Green can...
• Holden. When caught with your hand in the cookie jar it is hard to deny guilt but when making a speech you can always blame a speech writer even if you wrote...
• Peg. You know as well as I do that the advertising firms who received that money were friendly to which ever party was in power. Chuck Guite the guy signing ...
• RBB . Of course all politicians are slime balls aren't they? Conservatives have never crawled , they run like thieves in the night since they know they won't...
• Peg. Are you sure you understood the In/Out scheme. Many people got receipts to use for tax deductions when they did not actually make the donations they wer...
• Darryl. Do you believe she should have done what other party leaders have done and found a nice safe riding to run in. Central Nova has been in the hands of ...
• Darryl. Your memory of how Mulroney got his seat almost correct. I think Elmer resigned rather than Mulroney picking that safe riding. It was of course a Pro...
• Informed. I believe it was closer to 1.3 million but does the amount matter . It was either illegal or at the very least unethical and people knew that sinc...
• Westerner. You underestimate Liberals. They knew they had little chance of beating McKay if the vote was split by another party but they can get rid of Peter...
• Westerner . Do you not see anything wrong with spending 60 million on an inquiry and still need the RCMP to find where 40 million went? They don't want us to...
• Westerner. How could Guite be a low level player and be only one of four tried and convicted . You have decided that it was only Liberals who were guilty but...
• Bernie. If you know for sure the Liberal will win you should definitely vote for whoever you want.How can anyone be sure? I want the Green party to get more...
• Westerner. There is no such thing as a Liberal or Conservative ad firm. They work for which ever party is in power. Try dealing with the facts rather than ig...
• Westerner. You really are hopeless. How much more proof do you need. Have you ever heard of Stevie Cameron. How Peter C Newman. Maybe Mulroney's testimony he...
• Westerner. Do you think they convicted Chuck Guite{42 month sentence} , Jean Brault{42 months} and Jean Lafleur {36 months} with no evidence. I don't think ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 26, NDP 20, Bloc 10, GP 8 (ending September 29) (2008-09-30)

• Informed. It will be difficult for anyone who is not bilingual to judge the performance of each participant. My french has suffered over the years but hopefu...
• Informed. The news clips i have seen and read Duceppe wants to stop Harper. He is not worried much about Dion since his supporters don't like Stephane anyway...
• Informed. The Bloc is much the same as the Reform party was. It works solely for the benefit of Quebecers within the federal system. The reform party began a...
• Sharp. I am here and trying to have some intelligent {that's only my opinion} debate . I haven't been contributing much since I feel discussing polls is rath...
• Informed. I don't have a party. Just opinions about issues. When there were only two parties the voters picked one more often so I believe we were and still...
• HC. The name calling has been going on for a long time. I was included in warnings to others to be more civil and have tried to be more respectful of other p...
• It is very hard to be sarcastic on paper which is obvious since you didn't realize what i was saying at the time.
• Parmley How many of my posts have you read to make this judgement on my morals and standards. If just my words can make me seem this way what can your opinio...
• Parmley How many of my posts have you read to make this judgement on my morals and standards. If just my words can make me seem this way what can your opinio...
• Informed.I doubt Reform ran candidates everywhere in the end .They ran in some ridings in Ontario and Quebec but not all. I think if you check you will see t...
• Parmley. You should read some of my previous posts. I have said several times the best thing that could happen for the Liberals would be if Dion resigned bef...
• According to Lex they used another version of the in/out scheme to get many of their small donations or did you miss that post.
• Informed. You are probably a better writer than I am if you can put sarcasm on paper. I am not and never have been a member of any political party. I may ap...
• Informed. I have no idea how informed you really are so I ask if you are aware of Harper's previous statements and his personal history. When he was head of ...
• Informed. The whole point of Harper's law was to prevent a sitting P.M. from doing exactly what he did. Interpretation of the law is almost irrelevant. It is...
• Informed. You can consider all these things fluff and you would be right so why can't we see that it is simply obfuscation in order to keep us all from discu...
• In the candidate In/Out the party sent money to ridings and they sent it back. With personal donations the party gives money to people who turn around and do...
• HC. I am not partisan . I don't care who beats Harper. I don't know for sure but I think some might have learned a few things on this site. I do know my opin...
• Parmley. How can you say Mulroney deserves anything for damages when he testified he took money from Karl . $225,000 cash payments not declared as income sho...
• parmley. I am sorry if I bother you but I thought I was informing you since you seem to have this figure of $100 million stuck in your head . The auditor gen...
• You really are the Doctor of spin. Where did the party get the money to give to donors is the key to make this scheme work. If some wealthy business man want...
• Informed. The legislation passed has nothing to do with the constitution . The intent of the law is very important in our justice system and you don't have t...
• You should ask Lex about his experience since he actually experiened it . Maybe he knows how the Reform party ran that little scheme. It did not take long to...
• Informed. Did you have to practice to be this silly or is it something that came naturally. You can't deny he broke his own law so you try to ignore the fact...
• Informed . Do you have a clue what you said in the first paragraph of that post. I have come to the conclusion that Harper violated his own law. I also know...
• Parmley. " When we were having dinner he said to me, "Was the Mulroney government an aberration? Stevie, was it always like this?" And he said, "Is this jus...
• The Bloc used to pay people to donate to it - with the tax benefits for political donations, it ended up earning money for both the party and the donors. Whe...
• you keep asking me all these questions. All I did was repeat what Lex posted. I didn't tell him he was stupid or that he was making it up. I have no reason t...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 26, NDP 20, GP 9, BQ 9 (ending September 28) (2008-09-29)

• Lex. You asked for proof. 2. MODERATION. "Canada is not yet a conservative or Conservative country,"...
• lex. no specifics but clearly he was saying to hide their real ideology.with a majority we would find out what they are up to.
• westerner. I will go back 3 or 4 months and show you where I predicted global economic collapse but was labelled a wacko conspiracy nut. Check back with me t...
• Peg. Are you sure you want to use the term common sense . The people of Ontario remember the "Common Sense" revolution that Mike the Knife led us through and...
• Lex. Maybe you would like to read the whole article and see for yourself how clear his statements were . Google The Harper Index. or other articles about th...
• Peg. Bob Rae was given, did not win,power when the recession was imminent to allow for exactly what everyone is doing, The Grits called the election ahead of...
• Lex. I have to ask why you think Harris left when he did? He saw the writing on the wall. Do you really believe giving away a toll road to a multi-national c...
• lex. No comment on the evidence I supplied or was it just Mbags that you wanted to supply it . You can't deny what I posted so you just ignore it. Maybe I pr...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 36, LP 27, NDP 19, GP 9, BQ 9 (ending September 27) (2008-09-28)

• GF. You broke the rule of this campaign. Never mention the name Mulroney as it will remind people of the mistake we made electing him twice. The Cardinal sin...
• HC. Just browsing and found Sharp complimented you on your post so wanted to read it. Was curious about your wheat board comment and checked . Head office is...
• HC. I admitted that I know very little about how the wheat board works .I don't think Quebec and Ontario produce any where near the quantities that the west ...
• Westerner. Please read my response to HC.
• Sharp. How could a man be devoted to his country and resort to suing us. He was by far the worst P.M. in the history of this country and we will be paying ti...
• HC. A very strange coincidence happened to me . I went to see my doctor the other day and we chatted about politics. When I mentioned the Liberals were almos...
• westerner. nothing wrong with choice but will it make things much better for the corporate farms and bad for family farms. only time will tell.
• Westerner. The size of those farms is so small compared to the huge ones in the west it makes the wheat board more advantages to the west. If the Ontario an...
• Sharp. Unfortunately it is way too important to the average voter. Harper can't sing but plays a mean piano. I think anyone singing Irish Eyes Are Smiling on...
• Westerner . I repeat I am not knowledgeable enough about the subject so I have to rely on you for info. How long has the Wheat board existed and was it a goo...
• HC. You should definitely take advantage of the scheme if you see nothing wrong with it but it is at the very least unethical if not illegal.The question wou...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 25, NDP 19, GP 9, BQ 8 (ending September 26) (2008-09-27)

• Sharp. The cost of the gun registry just went up by 8 billion according to Fortescue. Somebody should tell him about the toll road built by the government th...
• Liberalman .The Bloc document claims that the 1963 decision to establish the Borden line favoured the development of refineries in Ontario, to the detriment ...
• . It is amazing how facts can be changed to suit your own agenda. The 407 was completed by the Rae government at overtime rates and given away by Harris.I d...
• mbags. If Ontario had not subsidized the begin of your oil industry you would not have had anything for Lougheed to use in his battle with Trudeau that he lo...
• If you really are Mbags you should come to Brampton and buy a poor pensioner a beer or three.
• Sorry. Don't know anybody by that name. I guess I will have to buy my own beer. Sell your property and move away from T.O. before they tax you into the poor ...
• mbags. I find it really funny you are arguing with a former easterner about another former easterner.
• MRM. You should change your ISP. My google shows 18200 entries when I googled ottawa va lley borden line. They do not all have anything to do with the topiv ...
• MRM. The two paragraphs I posted were the point of finding info on the Borden Line. Ontario was forced to buy Alberta crude at higher than world prices. We p...
• MRM. Why would you start to care about the truth at this point? It was according to the info I copied and pasted on Monday legislation that Dief passed in 1...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 24, NDP 19, BQ 9, GP 8 (ending September 25) (2008-09-26)

• DG. It is strange how a person's view of things can be so different from another . From what I recall of Whelan did a pretty good job and his constituents t...
• Christine. Are you saying people prejudge anything he might have to say? They don't listen but have a pre determined opinion and nothing he says could change...
• Kschell . That accounts for 13 years but how would you explain the other 90 or so that the Liberals won. Was there no other alternative when there was only t...
• HC.You must be a transplanted easterner. Why can't more people see that if you are a center party you can go in either direction but when you are right wing...
• Lex. Your 13 years here were not wasted. You learned a few things . I spent 5 years out there and could have stayed after the bubble burst but chose to retur...
• HC . Sorry I addressed that to Lex who I was talking to earlier.
• HC. Had to look up pragamtic populist. Pragmatic 1.[a] busy or active esp. in a meddlesome way [b]dogmatic ,opinionated .Populist. a member of a U.S. politic...
• Informed .Having fun debating people you agree with? The U.S. economy has melted over an 8 year period of right wing policies. The Liberal brand has not mel...
• Informed. I did not think I would ever hear anyone else use the term ponsy scheme here. Are you also aware of the scheme used by the P.C. party to get us int...
• Informed . You have hit the nail on the head. It is not right or left but simply corrupt politicians on both sides lining their pockets and using anything th...
• Informed . Can't disagree with that.
• Informed. Sorry if I got off on a tangent but you did bring up the ponsy scheme.Simply trying to determine if you knew what Mulroney did during his term. It ...
• Informed. That is one of the things wrong with us. We feel we can't get along without our neighbors. They need us as much if not more than we need them. Clos...
• Informed. It is really sad that you are absolutely right .There is little we can do to change it . It does not matter much which party we elect since it is t...
• Christine . I was wondereing how long it would take for you to figure out are resident expert is never wrong about anything.Just ask him. When he can't dispu...
• The Bloc document claims that the 1963 decision to establish the Borden line favoured the development of refineries in Ontario, to the detriment of Quebec. I...
• No. Since the Borden line was established by the Diefenbaker government{a westerner} it should be obvious that the Alberta oil industry was funded by money f...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 40, LP 25, NDP 19, BQ 9, GP 8 (ending September 24) (2008-09-25)

• Any one interested can see Ton Flanagan on TVO right now.
• Sharp. You have hit the nail on the head . He is attempting to waste your time so you can't point out the ridiculous arguments of others who are old enough ...
• Sharp. You have hit the nail on the head . He is attempting to waste your time so you can't point out the ridiculous arguments of others who are old enough ...
• Anyone interested should go to tvo.org
• luc. Would you grow your own if it was legal. That's why they will never make it legal. They would make no money from it and health care costs would drop dra...
• Much. Quebecers have been there for 400 years so who are they traitors to? That is just in Quebec city and even longer in other places like Louisbourg. Maybe...
• Lori. Tell anyone who doesn't like the leader but likes the party they have the power to get rid of the leader by forcing him to resign. It is quite possible...
• Sharp. Where do you suppose all these new people are coming from . Are there really this many people who have taken a sudden interest in the election. Too ma...
• Westerner. TV Ontario is a publicly funded educational network here. It is not a left wing network. The host of THE AGENDA is going to be the moderator of th...
• lori. Do you actually like Harper or would you have no problem making a decision if the Liberals had a better a different leader?When asked to choose which o...
• Informed . Hang around a while and you will be informed. The reason you are not afraid of Pinnochio is because you don't know what his plans are . Harper doe...
• Mcfly. If You are watching the National on CBC they just asked the same question.
• westerner. You can judge for yourself if it is on the net. Are you really that paranoid that anything from the east has to have an anti west bias. Old John ...
• Westerner . If you have been paying any attention at all you would know I have said the best thing that could happen is for Dion to resign or lose his seat a...
• fortescue. Two of the three on the AT Issue panel last night did not put much credence in the rolling poll used here . It is based on 400 interviews per day ...
• Luc . I have been there and it is not in Quebec but it was the French who settled there first. My reference was to the people who have stood up for themselve...
• DG. Elections Canada has nothing to with theses polls but an annoucement from them will have a huge impact on the undecided voters and there will be a signif...
• lori. Elect a candidate and make sure your feelings are heard and if enough people demand his resignation he would be forced to resign. Candidates are suppos...
• DG. Every one knows Elections Canada was conducting an investigation into the In/Out scheme. It did not stop when the election was called. It is quite possib...
• MRM..thestar.com/News/Canada/article/271210 has a great article that I found googling your hero Flanagan.
• Informed. You are right . I should not insult Pinnochio . He was a great cartoon character and does not deserve to be included in the same sentence with Harp...
• DG. If you ask the right wingers they will tell you E.C. is a Liberal friendly group who are investigating the CPC when they are well aware the in/out. has ...
• lex. Do you think it might still be going on since the CPC is so good at fund raising. I think the investigation is still ongoing and I have filed another co...
• MRM. You keep denying anything I say and now claim even the G & M is left wing . Did you figure out Canoe is a right wing rag and refuse to read any negativ...
• MRM."The Civitas Society is a low-key, yet influential, Conservative group with close ties to Mr. Harper. In its last annual report filed with the government...
• leda. What in your opinion makes a good leader? Could it be his ironfisted approach that he makes every decision? Maybe his complete control of every ministe...
• MRM. Not a scientist or scholar but someone you might believe www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080515130436575ve. More to come.
• http://www.911sharethetruth.com/images/cards/CR10-huge-back.jpg
• http://burningbush.netfirms.com/Vidal.html I know you simply claim these are left wing conspiracy theories but even you must acknowledge Gore Vidal might be...
• MRM. You might have trouble accessing some of these sites since they are routinely removed to prevent people from finding out the truth.There are organizatio...
• MRM." Personally I am MORE offended that she is being deemed an "anti-semite" because she spoke poorly of some jewish companies. This is the kneejerk reactio...
• MRM. You need to look at the story about the Liberal candidate in Winnipeg to find the comments on that story http://www.cbc.ca/news/ canadavotes/
• MRM.I can't win . I did not provide any now I provide too much.You might learn something if you read the whole article.I will do my best to try it your way ....
• MRM. Was trying to give you my account of what happened when for some strange reason my computer erased my post. I will try again but going out for dinner s...
• MRM. Please ask your friends if it is possible to fly a plane by computer.If NORAD was told that there was a test planned for 9 11 no order to stand down wo...
• MRM. The planes were not remotely piloted . The computer on the planes had complete control. What flies a plane when it is on auto pilot.?There are signals t...
• MRM. The devices used to transmit the signal were not at the airport . They were planted in the WTC at the same time the building was rigged for demolition. ...
• MRM. Was the list of scholars long enough . There was another three pages of names of engineers , university professors , engineers and other well educated p...
• Sharp. It was meant for MRM but happy to get your input . He has been asking for names of scholars and scientists who don't believe the official story about ...

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

• Enlightened. Could you please let the rest of us know who is less credible?These things show up in the weirdest places. They don't always make sense if in th...

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

• kschell. I think you are absolutely correct. If the new 400 interviews on Monday were done in certain parts of the country then one could explain such huge ...
• Kschell. The guy building the platform is back in Oilberta hiding at the U of C. The cost of it seems to be low but only because they hid most of it with all...
• Lex. I doubt very many people know who Flanagan is. He was Harper's closest advisor but for some reason has returned to Calgary during this campaign . If mor...
• lex. That is exactly the point. You knew of him but they sure would not broadcast the fact that he is a right wing republican who has been mentoring Harper f...
• MRM. Back to your old tricks again. Tom Flanagan appeared on CBC Sunday and was introduce as Harper's closest advisor. His Tory blue sweater vest should have...
• MRM. Are you saying you watch the Communist Broadcasting Corporation. There is a very well organized left wing conspiracy to inform the public about his role...
• sharp. A complete waste of time and air too.
• MRM. Something that is public knowledge is not quite the same as common knowledge. You can't keep anything secret very long in Ottawa. There must be a lot if...
• 19 Sep 2008 ... Political scientist Tom Flanagan, a former Harper chief of staff, .. MRM . you can blame Canoe for for what is written above. I copied and p...
• MRM. Canoe happens to be part of the MSM.That great left wing rag known as the Toronto,Calgary ,Edmonton and Vancouver Sun newspapers and you don't know who ...
• MRM. I guess sarcasm is something you can't see when written down. The Sun newpapers are as right as any rag one can find but you already know that so to thi...
• MRM. You admit you don't know who the five COS were so is it possible one of them could have been Flanagan ? Canoe.ca is a Quebecor Media Company owned and o...
• MRM. I seem to have trouble posting things for you but I am sure you could if you tried you could find some of these on your own if you wanted to. Army Intel...
• same problem. just google donald buswell.
• MRM.Not sure we are looking at the same Canoe.ca The banner at the top of the page says it is owned by Quebecor which owns the Sun newspaper chain and severa...
• MRM. How can your google be different than mine. A U.S. Army sergeant, Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient and intelligence analyst has been accused o...

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

• Can anyone make any sense from these results. The rolling poll supposedly interviews 400 new people every day. The number of undecided has been fairly consta...
• fortescue. There are far too many Easterners in Alberta to worry about seperation. In order for that to happen the Oil bubble would have to burst again and t...
• TPQ. Spinning the numbers to suit your own agenda seems to be easy for the right. It makes absolutely no sense to poll higher and go down . Dropping to 35 fr...
• Nik.There seems to be more than a little confusion over the rolling poll results. Could you possibly explain more clearly how you arrive at the numbers you p...
• Westerner. You have finally said something that makes sense. It is not rocket science. When the numbers keep going down for three days how can you possibly p...
• Fox. It is very clear to me too but some seem to think you can actually drop on the third by polling higher than the day before.Would it be possible the way ...
• Zab . Did you understand the expert explanation or did you already have it figured out that to get to 36 on Sunday the interviews on Saturday night would ha...
• westerner . I have absolutely no problem understanding the numbers but some on the right like to inflate actual results so they don't appear so negative.
• Fox. How did we get 36 for the Sunday number? If 36 was the Sunday number it would be used with the Saturday at 38 plus the results of the Sunday interviews ...
• Zab. Why do you understand but others refuse to believe the actual numbers ? You could see it even more clearly if you use Nik's numbers instead of your exam...
• fox. If you go to all topics at the top of the page you will see all the averages for every day since the rolling poll started . The CPC never went up to 41%...
• Sharp. It seems everybody agrees that to get to 36 on Sunday we used the average from Friday{39} and Saturday{38} plus Saturdays interview number of 31 to ge...
• Sharp. I graduated elementary school and could do arithmatic in both languages better than some who actually went to university it seems.
• Attention all. Could someone explain what Nik meant in his methodology and results paragraph.above." To update the tracking a new day of interviewing is adde...
• elf. Some of us believe everything he puts on here. I have been reprimanded for questioning his integrity before and will certainly watch how accurate his n...
• elf. Time will tell just how accurate his polls are . I don't pay much attention especially now that they are based on 400 interviews per day. When the 30 da...
• elf. don't know where you live but if in ontario you should tune in to tvo.

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

• Sharp. Your math is right on. How about Dion's numbers. 28 + 29 +x / 3 = 31. You had better let the right wingers know what that X is since none of them coul...
• majere . You seem to be a little confused about the calculations. Craig explained it in his reply. Add up the numbers without the undecided and it totals 100...
• Newly. Keep the dream aliive.It is nothing but a dream and will become a nightmare if Pinnochio ever gets a majority. On election day the undecideds will see...
• newly. You are surely a minority in your undying devotion to a party that has no chance of ever forming a government . You would prefer to let happen the wor...
• newly. The only realistic thing is for the NDP to be the official opposition which is in my opinion not going to do a thing to stop Harper from destroying o...
• Newly . As I said before . Keep the dream alive. If you believe the NDP can pick up 8% on the Liberals you must also believe the Grits could pick up 8% on th...
• newly.Momentum is a strange thing. It can swing in the blink of an eye. Since there are 20 days left in this campaign and the first15 have done little to con...

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

• TPQ. Do you find it strange the mentor you mentioned is in hiding back at the U Of C. The campaign could not risk the public figuring out who is in the backr...
• majere. You have this figured out but give Harper too much credit. It is not his strategy since he is just a puppet being controlled by the neo-cons led by ...
• If you don't know who and what Mr. Flanagan is , how would the average Canadian, who only takes an interest in politics when there is an election going on, k...
• I think the right word was used by E May . How else could one explain electing Lyin Brain twice. Of course it was only temporary stupidity and we will not m...
• So you do know who and what he is. A right wing Republican who groomed and nursed his student for 20 years . He has appeared on political panels but I don't ...
• More sarcasm or just not very knowledgeable ? I know most Conservatives don't like to be reminded of those 9 years of corruption but he was one Harper's advi...
• Try mixing up Brain a little and you will come up with Brian as in Martin B. Mulroney . I imagine you already knew that but not even you wants to mention his...
• Lyin Brain only admitted to $225,000 and Karl said he did absolutely nothing for it , not even a few days work. I guess it's okay for Conservatives to take i...
• Does that mean you think it's okay to steal just a little .? Of course Lyin Brain got another 2 million by suing us. Now his pal Pinnochio is costing us 300 ...
• bini. He made them yesterday so you can stop laughing. The CPC made all their promises before the election was even called and started handing out money mont...
• MRM. Just curious . Does that include the 70 billion spread over 10 years which would mean 7billion a year . If we take 63 billion away from his promises wo...
• peggy . You should have your hearing checked if you have a problem with Dion. I understand every word he says in either language.
• MRM. Since the CPC had the largest budget in history , by cutting some of the spending I am sure they will find enough to fund most of their programs. They c...
• MRM. You should have asked Goofy for the answers rather than ask me. If the Liberals form a minority government the NDP and the Bloc will want us out of Afg...
• MRM. When in minority government concessions are made to other parties to keep from having unnecessary elections. If you read what I wrote you would know the...
• Informed. There is no doubt she said it and she was right. How else can we explain what is happening and happened before when Lyin Brian won two huge majorit...
• Informed . I simply use the name he has become best known by. If you think I was the first to name our illustrious P.M. I can not take credit for that. Even ...
• Informed . I would be happy to have a debate but since you feel you are informed I doubt i could ever change your opinions even with irrefutable proof. Pick ...
• Informed. Larry Laforge Bramton Ontario. I have no fear of any one knowing who I am or what I believe. Your turn.
• Informed. Don't have a party and can't tell you what the CPC platform is since it is kept secret. The three things I know about that I don't like are 1.Priva...
• informed . In order for something to be libelous or slanderous they have to be untrue which I doubt anyone can claim about anything I have said on this site....
• Informed . We can agree on some things. Since we live in a confederation the have provinces contribute more . Ontario has been the engine of Canada for a lon...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 28, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 7 (ending September 18) (2008-09-19)

• The impression we have been given of Harper as a strong decisive leader was completely fabricated by the backroom boys. We are now being fed another line of ...
• I know who said but I didn't think she was right but judging from this group she was right on. We are more interested in results from polls worded to illici...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 39, LP 30, NDP 18, BQ 7, GP 6 (ending September 17) (2008-09-18)

• fox. Are we too busy discussing mistakes and polls to spend any time on the important issues. Does anybody know what the CPC policy is on health care or the ...
• Mr. Ed. Do you think it made sense to have 40 billion in a fund and keep paying interest on the national debt at the same time? Pay off some of the debt and ...
• 101. The arctic was not and still has not been invaded by anyone.It has not been been claimed by any one. The GST was brought in by a Conservative government...
• karen. You can't possibly see things that clearly.Get ready for the attack from the right. Pinnochio might be a leader but he has no one to follow him so any...
• The bank of Canada has all the money needed to fund E.I. if the announcement of bailing out the U.S. is any indication. Where did that 10 billion come from? ...
• MrEd. Being from Northern Ontario you should know something about the mining and forestry industries.Conservative policies allowed INCO to erect the Supers...
• bam. Whoever is making claims to the arctic will not be stopped by us having ships there. If you could name one country that is a threat to us and has the ca...
• westerner. Does it have to be extreme right wing Conservatives or the other extreme left . Why can't I choose someone in the middle.If you think the Liberal...
• bam. I doubt very much 101 mentioned the Liberals sending ships to the arctic because he wanted research done. If it is research we need why send military ve...
• Saying a party has drifted too far right is not the same as saying they are too far right.Unfortunately we don't have a labor party who would work for workin...
• bam. Since the first point of 101's comment started this I will to try to address that. Maybe I misunderstood his comment but it sounded like he was praisng...
• Bam. It is obvious you are a typical right winger. When you can't understand the simple fact that the GST was implemented to make individual tax payers resp...
• We have actually paid a trillion over 30 years and you are right the Liberals are and were complicit. Since both parties are controlled by Bay Street they si...
• You just can't bring yourself to mention his name can you? Do you have an explanation for skyrocketing bank profits? You probably believe they make all thos...
• I guess that means you can't explain why the banks are making all those billions. You should read Hansard some time rather than Flanagans garbage . Of course...
• It would be hard to reveal something that people already know about. The fact that you don't know about it means you are nothing but an uninformed redneck wh...
• 101. You should know that tar sands oil produces 3 times as much GHG as conventional oil. You should also know it takes 4 barrels of water to produce one bar...
• user1. The sound fiscal management you claim was because Martin did the unthinkable of cutting transfer payments to the provinces which led to savings of bil...
• 101. If Oilberta is a great province Ontario is heaven.I lived there . Why would you want to include China and India when discussing pollution in Canada. T...
• 101. If you think a province's economic situation has anything to do with it being a nice place to live you need to get away from the GTA . Go north young ...
• 101. Driving along the trans-Canada highway is hardly seeing Northern Ontario. I can tell you sitting behind the steering wheel of a car is no way to explore...
• 101. If you don't drive you are either too young or too old. Being too young explains why you are so naive. Being too old proves there is no fool like an old...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 17, GP 7, BQ 7 (ending September 16) (2008-09-17)

• Another day with no change in the numbers should tell us the campaign is having little effect on the people. Two things will cause people to make a choice bu...
• elf. If you put the person's name you are responding to ,it makes it easier to figure out who they are addressed to. This problem has been brought up in the ...
• elf. trying to help but if we don't know what you are doing we can't tell you what you are doing wrong. in order to reply to this post you need to click on r...
• Do polls make any difference to any of us or are they just a subject of discussion. I for one have not will not change my opinion because of a poll. The day ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 17, GP 8, BQ 6 (ending September 15) (2008-09-16)

• apukwa. If you want intelligent conversation you got into the wrong group. You will soon find out who to talk to and where there is no name calling. Stick a...
• Non . Not sure who or what you were addressing but would be interested to know so I and others who read the latest comments can see of you are right.There ha...
• Non. Some only remember broken promises from the party they don't like. Others know campaign promises from a politician are not worth the paper they are wri...
• Ice. You have a short memory . The recession had a little to do with Rae damaging Ontario but it was really destroyed by Mike the Knife . You do remember he ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 31, NDP 18, GP 9, BQ 6 (ending September 14) (2008-09-15)

• Newly. My friend TPQ doesn't remember when you told us that you were no longer non-aligned {Aug.29th}. Strategic voting does hurt the NDP because voters know...
• Peter . The way I see it voters in Quebec can't see any point to voting for the seperatists but don't like Harper . They are reluctant to go back to their Li...
• Sharp. I have no problem with Dion but the impression the public has is what is important. He will cause the re-election of the Harper government not because...
• bernie. The only way the NDP could win is if there was only one extreme right wing party to run against them . The left would have to merge to form a united ...
• newly. I don't think I said voting for the NDP would be immoral but that the party has dropped down to the same level as the other two parties. They are now ...
• newly. You want to clean house and let Harper do more damage than we will ever be able to repair. Four more years of doing nothing is not better than doing s...

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

• Ronald. Sarah Palin is as qualified as to be vice -president as Dubya was to be president . When asked about Georgia Curious George said he didn't know of an...
• Ronald . You can read the quote in the Washington Post. When asked a question he responded that Hillary might have been a better choice than him. I just foun...
• Ronald. I should of asked earlier but what are negatives and where do you check them. Going to check mashline . You didn't answer my question about the Deat...
• Elf. The answer is simple really. You are a woman and politics is predominently a man's game . That means win at all cost regardless of ethics and accountabi...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 30, NDP 15, BQ 9, GP 8 (ending September 12) (2008-09-13)

• nik. I would love to see a poll with any other prominent Liberal such as Dryden replacing Dion . Would the numbers change drastically in the Liberals favor s...
• Bert . How 's your buddy Ernie. If the legislation passed by Harper was good for the country why would you want Dion to vote against it. Not voting does no...
• Ronald. I only picked Dryden as an example because we all know him and believe him to be an honest man. The other front runners for the Liberal leadership w...
• Ronald. It can be better if the timing is wrong but only if you do get to be first at some time in the future.If Chretien had won instead of Turner where wou...
• Newly. You might think it was a mistake but if Lizzie takes votes away from him during the debates, which I am sure she will , you might realize he was right...
• Ronald. The man was so full of himself he thought he could do anything.The only thing bigger than his ego was his chin. He actually didn't know he was lying...
• Eli. If anyone knew the answers to those questions we wouldn't need any more polls would we? We could even make a lot of money betting on the outcome.
• ronald. I don't know you but can tell from that observation you are definitely not an idiot and neither is NAIT. Just someone with "high hopes' as the old S...
• Rolling poll results change every day but if only 400 people are added on the third day and they account for the changes seen, why would we put any credence ...
• ABC. The number of seats is not by determined by national numbers but that is what we keep seeing. Unless a poll was done for each riding there is no way to ...
• ABC. Pollsters are paid by special interest groups to ask the questions they want answered. Professional political campaign organizers don't usually ask ques...
• ABC. You ask very interesting questions but Nik and other pollsters won't answer them if they don't say what his clients want to hear.The provincial numbers ...
• Attila. You should not assume all 26 Alberta ridings belong to the CPC. The population has grown and there are a lot of easterners who lost their jobs who h...
• Attila . Albertans have voted for the Tories provincially since 1971. Before that they voted for the Social Credit for 30 years. And before that they actuall...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 38, LP 31, NDP 14, BQ 9, GP 9 (ending September 11) (2008-09-12)

• psiclone. When you were volunteering for those parties were you part of the inner circle that had information about their plans for the future. Sometimes we ...
• Gretag. To say his caucus has been constrained is the understatement of the year. When one of his M.P.'s introduced a bill on the rights of unborn children ,...
• marty. You are a Conservative ,not a reformer. Harper has no intention of reopening the debate but I would bet my life one of his Alliance / Reformers will w...
• Marty. The "Calgary School" I mentioned in my earlier post is obviously something you are not familiar with . If you google it you will see it as the right ...
• Marty . You do know how to google so why are you asking me questions rather than finding out for yourself. ? . Read the "Alberta Manifesto" and the articles...
• Sharp. I told you before you were wasting your time trying to convince the right wingers of anything. The same can be said of Nik. He gets paid to do polls a...
• MRM. Back to your favorite tactic I see. Name calling and insults are nothing new . You always claim to have all the facts but need others to provide you wit...
• TPQ. The accusations made by the party faithful against Williams if proven true should be proof enough to show that Harper can't be trusted. If a P.C. premie...
• Sharp. It was yogi Berra. I think he also said "It ain't over till the fat lady sings". Nik's integrity is not being questioned but his methods are. He gets ...

CPAC-Nanos Tracking CP 37, LP 32, NDP 13, BQ 9, GP 9 (ending September 10) (2008-09-11)

• Nik. Why not ask simple questions that would give a better indication of the voter's intent. 1. Have you decided who will get your vote? 2. Are you likely...
• Since the numbers changed that much in two weeks would it be safe to say they could go back in the next two weeks especially if The P.M. has to apologize eve...
• How's this for a question? If Dion was definitely going to lose his riding , would you vote for the Liberals who would have to choose a new leader? Where are...
• hewlett. Let's hope the rest of the country feels the same way you do. They don't trust Pinnochio so they will have to give it to some else.
• Luc. The reason you can figure that out is your not a Conservative. They have a hard time with common sense.
• hewlett. I thought they kicked him out for actually saying things in public which nobody is allowed to do when a dictator is in control.
• ronald.I can't understand how you can see things so clearly and still believe in Harper. It must be your loyalty to the old P.C. party.
• un d . The Conservatives have convinced people that this plan is just a tax grab. Put in the simplest terms if the major polluters are too stupid to reduce t...
• hollin. The reason I am not happy with the questions is because they don't ask who people are going to vote for.They get the responses they want in order to ...
• hollin. The outbursts as you call them were not planned so the next mistake will also come as a surprise. I would bet that they will make more unless they st...
• John. The other half the country has less than one third the population so you may want to take that into consideration when saying everything is going so we...
• luc. You learned more in your nine years than these Conservatives did going to university. We still own the bank of Canada but Lyin Brain gave the private ba...
• Hollin. My suggestion to nik as to better questions should have been a clue that I believe polls can and are used to get the answers the polling company want...
• Hollin. The right will argue till the cows come home the Liberals did nothing for years while in power . The Kyoto targets were suppose to start this year bu...
• hollin. Just getting Lyin Brain's party out of office was a definite improvement.The Liberals took the necessary steps to balance the budget but it was the G...
• sharp. They think anybody who is against Pinnochio is a Liberal. I might have found a way to prove I am not nor ever have a Liberal. Actually volunteered for...
• new best friends. They really enjoy your company since they spend much of their time talking to you.
• hollin . A lot of those Star readers think you should do a little more reading yourself. The Green Party platform is quite extensive.
• T.T.T. I couldn't write those three words since that would make you an extremely rare species. You did ask a good question tho. If there was a thousand peopl...
• Hollin . That is something only their being elected would answer. That won't happen this time around but it does prove they are more than a one issue party t...
• hollin. The country is still together but for how long depends on this election. I really don't want to risk it's break up which is a distinct possibility wi...
• hollin. In order to compete in a global market which is really just China,we would have to eliminate all taxes since they operate on government ownership. Ho...
• hollin. If you believe our taxes are bordering on usary you might want to get a new accountant to do your taxes. The levels of taxes are high on our taxable ...
• hollin. The vast majority of government programs should be abolished but during nine years of huge majority Tory governments I doubt any were. When you are a...
• MRM. You are definitely in need of professional help. I support the removal of Harper and his lapdogs. If you think I support the Liberals because I want Har...
• Jean-Marc. Only the right does not want to talk about those issues. They just deny any of those problems exist and hope they will go away before anybody noti...
• Hollin. If the government does something that they should be sued for , it should not be left to an individual to bear the burden of a lawsuit. They should s...
• hollin. If we stopped spending billions on interest payments we would not need to choose which programs are important. With your banking experience does it m...
• hollin. History is a strange thing. It is written to suit the authors point of view. Trudeau did the same thing as every other country at the time and went i...
• hollin. I thought I did that with my last five sentences. Do you think we are doomed or just more of my wacko conspiracy theories. I hope I am wrong but the...

LP 35, CP 33, NDP 17, BQ 8, GP 7 - Harper leads as best PM (New Nanos Poll) (2008-08-29)

• gordo. Would you want to be in power if the economy collapsed. The polls say we are headed for a minority government. Harper is hoping Dion gets a minority ....
• gerry. We will pass judgement but unfortunately before we get all the evidence. Harper knows if we get the results from Elections Canada , the ethics committ...
• Bernie. Hope the 30 year wait was worth it and you don't wait that long again.The game Harper is playing would definitely put the noose around his neck if he...
• Tom. Hari Kari is used by men with some sense of honor who have been disgraced. Harper has no feelings of any kind so he could never do the honorable thing. ...
• gordo. It would be easy to survive the internal coup if he caused us to go the polls before the CPC could organize a leadership convention. If the figures t...
• TPQ.There is not enough money for advertising to change the voters opinion of Dion. Unless they can get rid of his accent , the perception of Dion will stay ...
• Gordo .I will try to make it clearer for everyone. Harper wants an election now for a reason .Is he trying to cover up all the scandals that we are waiting ...
• Non. Since you are not committed to any party your opinion is more important than those who have already made up their minds. The campaign will determine whi...
• Gordo. You are right , they do want power but will sacrifice a short term minority for long term majority if they can get it. Dion is the perfect scapegoat f...
• Newly .The Liberals did not prop up the CPC because they wanted to. They were in no position to force an election since they were on the verge of collapse. A...
• Gerry. Momentum would have been unnecessary if the truth came out . It would have been an avalanche running over Steve and his bunch of crooks. Lyin Brain m...
• Gordo . If the economy collapses after Dion takes over , Pinnochio could bring down the government and the voters would believe the Liberals were the cause o...
• Newly. Your core values should tell you that if the CPC gets reelected they will do absolutely nothing for the environment ,honesty and integrity or anythin...
• You must know Lyin Brain is one of Harper' s advisors. The fox teaching the wolf how to run the chicken coop would make more sense than to let the master of ...
• Peter3. I am probably the only one who agrees with your line of thought. Yo Yo Harper knows things we don't and that things will only get worse the longer he...
• Mike. You are not allowed to make that much sense in one post. Of course he doesn't have to go that far . Since the Texas police are working in B.C. he could...
• Bernie. You are correct that a politician would not agree to risk his/her seat . Most politicians are failures at whatever they attempted prior to getting in...
• Mike.You must have your opponent in an uncomfortable position. When an opinion is correct you attack the person rather than the statement. Calling someone a ...
• ronald. You are right ,he does need to win a majority . If he can prevent the public from getting answers to all the scandals that are about to be revealed ,...
• mike. Still battling but not with everybody .Got tired of the insults and name calling. The short stories written were a little too much for me. If you pick ...
• ronald. Your loyalty is admirable but the CPC is not the party that brung you. Many of the party faithful have come to the conclusion that Pinnochio is a Ref...
• ronald. Your misguided opinion of McGuinty is really unbelievable. The only reason he got reelected was because John Tory blew it big time. The first time he...
• Mike. He has a Ph.D in spin so good luck with trying to minimize it. I don't know how many people read the story of Texas police working in B.C. or of our mi...
• ronald . I don't blame you or of the other Quebecers for supporting her. She was in my opinion just as capable as the other choices your party had. Even thou...
• Ronald . May has to be desperate to take in a discredited Liberal just to get onto the debates. Of course if there was any fairness she would be allowed in a...
• Does any one besides me see this for what it really is? Pinnochio is again violating campaign spending rules by launching the CPC advertising campaign before...
• TPQ. Stop confusing people with facts.The next thing you will want to do is tell people the truth about where all the taxes we pay actually came from. Income...
• TPQ. The idea is not to defeat Pinnochio. Just delay the election until all the facts come out . That would destroy Yo Yo Harper . No need to unite to achiev...
• TPQ. Pinnochio is going to ask her to call the election. It is her right to refuse his request and ask the opposition parties to form a coalition. The opposi...
• Ronald. If Harper gets his majority no one will be sitting in parliament in ten years. They will either be in state capitol buildings or in the halls of cong...
• Ronald. What constitutional crisis are you speaking of. It has been done before and the Harper law did not change the power she has. If he has the power to j...
• Ronald . I am sure you have heard of the European Union. In our case it is known as the North American Union. Open borders with the U.S. and Mexico would lea...
• Ronald. You have been around long enough to know one should never say never. Sovereignty is just a word that can be used as it has been by the Bloc to make ...
• Ronald .When Dana repeated those words he was mimicking George Senior who of course went on to do exactly what he said he would not do . We all remember what...
• TPQ. I don't know why you bother. Have been watching golf so not up on your discussion but did go back to Ronald's comment on the government's bill replacing...
• Peter. How long have you been working for Nanos. People who rely on polls to make a decision on their voting choice should not even have the right to cast a ...
• Peter. Just kidding but it sounded like you were doing a commercial for Nik. Sometimes I wish I had more expertise but then realize none of it means anything...
• Ronald . I need your expert opinion. If 33% of the population lives in one province should the same percentage of polling be done in that province? Do the po...
• ronald. You may not have expertise on polls but your opinion is still more respected than the so-called or self-professed expert on every topic. 33% of posts...
• TPQ. Very interesting article. If the new polls show Pinnochio leading ,why would anybody be surprised. The Corrupt Party of Canada has been on the campaign ...
• Ronald . It would be virtually impossible to prove if a polling firm did skew the results but if the client wanted a skewed poll showing what they wanted fro...
• Peter. You might be correct about the poll reflecting all those factors but if it did not show want they want ,how do we know they would even release the re...
• Ronald. I have no doubt pollsters can be accurate if you look at the poll they release just before the vote. Were they as accurate at the start of a campaign...
• MRM. No. The party in power is the only one corrupt at this time. How can you be corrupt without power/
• MRM. If the Liberals were leaderless they would win without trying. Dion is the best thing that ever happened to Pinnochio and the CPC.
• MRM. The leader of the opposition has only one job. That is to oppose the party in power. With a majority in control he is unable to stop legislation and can...
• MRM. You think I have a strange thought process. I have repeated again and again that both parties are corrupt. I have also said the system has corruption b...
• MRM. Does saying that Dion is the best thing that has ever happened to Pinnochio and the CPC sound like I love the guy? Without Dion the Liberals would wipe ...
• MRM. I believe I have stated several times here that people should vote A.B.C. That means Anybody But Conservative. If I showed bias to the Liberals I would ...
• MRM. You are right . It was me who wanted us to use other posters names . When YO Harper stops using unethical and virtually illegal tactics I might feel the...
• MRM. You are aware of using non-confidence motions to pass every piece of legislation has never been done before by any minority government. By doing that, ...
• MRM. Our parliamentary system is set up so the opposition has a job to do. They are there to oppose but you criticize them them for doing what they are suppo...
• Dion is rejigging his Green Shift. Many will think he is a weak leader because he won't stand his ground. Others might see it as a smart move and show him as...
• MRM. Are you talking about the committees that the CPC published pamphlets for their members to obstruct and delay? There are Senators from all parties who w...
• TPQ. I doubt that even you would vote for someone who was not smart enough to make changes when he knew it would cost him the election. Dion never passed leg...
• MRM. I just love it when two Conservatives agree with each other. THe posts are kept to a reasonable length and of course you don't really have to read them ...
• MRM. Isn't a flip flop when some one changes their opinion completely? Making improvements to your stated plan is simply making it better. Of course some pre...
• MRM. You should choose your words more carefully. You said "He even has someone working on his goofy walk and his poor english skills so he is a liar too." F...
• Taylor. Would you not agree that a vote in the house is required to establish the P.M no longer has it's confidence? If a vote does not defeat the minority g...
• MRM. The famous " out of context " excuse. Pinnochio is an emotionless wooden puppet . The original version's nose grew. With Steve it is his waist line tha...
• MRM. I can assure you I don't make it up and it is definitely not crap simply because you don't know about it. The Texas police story was on the cbc.ca websi...
• TPQ. I listen to John Moore almost every day and call in once in a while but they don't usually let me on the air since I don't agree with him. He is a very ...
• TPQ. Mutt and Jeff were a couple of comic book characters who made us laugh . There is nothing funny about those two .
• Sharp. Welcome back.It must have been a real pleasure to get away from right wing B.S. for a month. I know you checked in on us once in a while but mostly to...
• MRM. No I don't have anything better to do.I thought you are my new best friend since I talk to you more than anyone else. I am hoping to make Sharp more of ...
• TPQ. It is hard to believe there could be two people so deeply entrenched in right wing philosophy . The CPC had most of western Canada brainwashed so they p...
• Harper testifies two weeks ago and they put it on the CBC website today. Were they waiting for right time to release the story to make Pinnochio look bad?
• MRM. I have been waiting patiently for your comments about that "crap" I posted yesterday. Maybe you will claim you couldn't find the information on Blackwat...
• How much effect will the deaths of Canadians in Afghanistan have on the polls? I believe a majority of Canadians think we should get out and many believe we...
• MRM. Why would you go through four pages when I told you it is easier to google Blackwater or Texas police in B.C. The proof is there and easy to find if yo...
• MRM. If I did not read your posts I would definitely not respond to them. Harper denied there was an offer of a million dollar policy made and Mrs . Cadman ...
• TPQ. Emerson was not elected as Conservative and just wants to save himself the ambarassment of defeat. The fisheries minister from Newfoundland knows he has...
• I must have been wrong. People obviously don't care about our troops.
• sharp. I can understand how you feel about MRM . I was going to sat nasty things about the other guy but prefer to just ignore him but that is difficult. I r...
• Sharp. You are probably right . I forget that I am probably the only one who sits in front of this thing all day . I should have waited longer for responses ...
• Taylor. I am definitely not joking. If Harper had used non -confidence motions only on matters that require that , he would have been forced to act as a P.M....
• Sharp. You can definitely never say anything bad about the military when talking to a guy who served under Hillier or other of our illustrious generals. He i...
• Sharp. The borders of Europe are not there to keep people out The American border is guarded to keep people who despise the U.S. out . Without border crossin...
• MRM. I am planning on campaigning for anyone but the Conservatives . I did it before on a major artery in my riding with my Vote A.B.C. sign. Privatier Tony...
• taylor.You are typical of most Canadians. You are right we have lost less than a hundred but you don't take into account the thousands of Afghanis who have d...
• taylor . My only passion is to get the Conservatives out of power to save my country. I could supply confessions by the guilty to what I claim but the brainw...
• MRM. My new best friend. The P.M. actually added another million on that suit. The other one is a copyright suit. When Harper testified that there were finan...
• Ronald. Do you or any of your Conservative friends really believe the CPC will gain during the campaign? They have just gone through a month long unconteste...
• Sharp. You were probably away when I told TPQ to stop confusing people with the truth. You are not allowed to do that here. Lyin Brain's own admission that h...
• Ronald. My question was obviously not clear since you thought I was asking if they would gain seats rather than in the polls during the campaign .They are a...
• MRM. NBF. I am quite sure what I did was not responsible for Privatier Tony going down in flames but it may have convinced enough to vote for someone else ...
• ronald. I doubt with even a strong start Pinnochio will go up more than a point or two and if he does get into majority range that will work against him dow...
• MRM. NBF. When did I put forth that the Texas police were taking us over. I asked you to read the article about them working in our country without proper au...
• Sharp. I think my new best friend might have confused some of my posts with yours. He usually reserves those words for me . You should consider the source of...
• MRM. It is hardly confusing to say if the "world" figured it out there would be no one to protect yourself from since there would be no armies anywhere. Di...
• MRM. Just another of my wacko conspiracy theories. Who better to transport drugs across the border than police officers. Would any border crossing guard both...
• We are getting way off topic which is probably what Conservatives want since the truth about Pinnochio is better kept hidden.
• MRM. I will definitely try to find the book you mentioned. Maybe your father or your friend can confirm what my Scottish friend told me. I did some research ...
• MRM. The information I had was from the DND. and had histories of 7 or 8 regiments involved. The Toronto ,Edmonton, Calgary and even some Quebec regiments pl...
• Just read an article on the CBC website about the global economy. It is worth a read. The timing of certain press releases and stories seem to be too strange...
• MRM. Facts found on the internet are great but it is the ones we don't know and can't find that are really much better. You know all these things,at least yo...
• MRM. Because you are unaware of past events does not mean they did not happen. You know better than I do about Dieppe. You should also know that the Pacific ...
• MRM. If you go back you will see I asked you to confirm what my old Scottish friend told me. The research I did about Dieppe was clear that many of our guys ...
• why would I provide a military expert info that you would not believe anyway. the only way for you to believe is to find out for yourself. your princess pats...
• MRM. You should remember that you and the expert were involved in attacks on Sharp when I tried to bring the debate back to more pertinent topics. Our discus...
• MRM. You can't possibly be as stupid as you sound. If you want to call me liar please do it directly and not by saying I made it up.Go back and check if you...
• Ronald. I need a small favor . I heard a rumor that Walt Disney is working in Ottawa in the CPC media center. Since they are trying to put Life back in Pinno...
• TPQ. I can understand why you broke your self imposed rule. For a minute I thought it was Barney Rubble or the Wicked witch of the West who had posted the He...
• Could you send them now? If you really know him that well pick up the phone and ask him if he said it. Better yet you can provide him with this site and he c...
• MRM.you are an idiot plain and simple. I said he did not say it on canada am but his words were very clear on the noon news. Canadian soldiers are dying need...
• I thought you were going to send me something
• Sharp. You are still wasting your time trying to convince the expert and the war monger. They will probably ask for a copy of the magazine as proof. Nothing ...
• Ronald . The only thing funny is the CPC trying to make Pinnochio more human. People are aware of his real personality since we have been looking at him for ...
• Ronald. Sorry Ronald , even they can't save the reputation of any lawyer I have ever met. Fortunately there have not been many. I actually had high hopes for...
• Ronald . If only we could all do that. Of course some don't want to talk about the global economy,healthcare or enviromment plans for 2050. Are you sure you ...
• MRM. The CPC has so many cartoon characters they had to build their own t.v. studio. Ghepetto has brought Pinnochio back to life and worked out the problem w...
• MRM. Checked the CPC website and you might want to do the same. It seems they only have 250 ridings on their list and conveniently left out the ridings that ...
• Peter . Should we be reading much into any poll results. If they stopped doing polls of any kind we would be forced to actually read and research the policie...
• nik. A strange thing happened today. At 11:53 I posted a message to M.R.M. about the CPC website and their list of candidates. It seems that M.R.M.'s claim t...
• I would be pretty dumb to think that all parties would not update their website but I find it strange that they chose to add all the ridings which they did n...
• Sharp. Why would a party that claims to have been ready a year and half ago have incomplete candidate lists. The only reason is that the grass roots had no i...
• MRM. Been waiting since noon for you to respond but since your post was inaccurate as I pointed out, I am not surprised you have waited this long. The whole ...
• Peter. It is quite obvious you know a lot more than I do about the intracacies of polling . I am a much better indicator of how the average citizen thinks an...
• MRM . Your post this morning stated they had a full slate. 308 would be assumed by anyone reading your post so saying you did not use that number is just ano...
• Peter . Strange you should mention horse races. I used to go 3 nights week but only because the track was only open then. I got over it so maybe that is when...
• Ronald. I think the political strategists know very well that they will be hurt by refusing to let Ms. May into the debates. They also know that she would hu...
• Ronald. Since most of us do not use our full names,such as TPQ or MRM ,can I assume you won't name them because they do use their names. You could say LarryL...
• ronald. Is it common for the strategists to change what people have posted . You did not mention which political party the strategists belong to but suddenly...
• MRM. You try to explain that the CPC website was not up to date on Monday morning because candidates were not registered with Elections Canada but how can ex...
• Ronald . More evidence of the third rate strategists in the CPC party was just shown on the noon news. Unfortunately for you they have just dropped to fourth...
• Ronald. When Harper was that quick to apologize would it more be accurate to say it has become or is well on the way to be a negative. If it had been left o...
• Ronald. I will have to check who Mr. Harvey is running against . Is he up against the same opponents as last time. Are all the alleged scandals having any ef...
• Sharp. People thought the stuff hit the fan with a little Puffin poop yesterday but I am anxiously awaiting Ms.Couillard's tell all they have announced will ...
• Ronald. I like number 4. The A.B.C.campaign got a real boost to-day with Williams speech broadcast on the CBC news at noon. I think if Danny boy was included...
• Bernie. Our soldiers had better start watching their backs. The U.S. is increasing their troops in Afghanistan which a sure sign of more danger from friendly...
• MRM. Same quote. Did your pal Lew deny saying it ?
• MRM. Since I don't belong to the Liberal party I have no idea where they will get candidates. I have contacted the Green party about doing volunteer work for...
• MRM. Do the names Stronach, Turner and Brison ring a bell. I suppose you could say Clark and Campbell are supporting the Liberal Green Shift so thast might ...
• taylor. The law was passed with one purpose in mind.It was supposed to prevent the exact scenario that we see now. How it was worded and how we interpret tho...
• taylor. You found one of the reasons for JFK's assassination. Another was his attack on organized crime . The war mongers didn't like the idea of ending the ...
• MRM. When did Clark and Campbell choose to endorse Dion's carbon tax? I am hoping one of the P.C. members who refused to take part in the IN/Out will come t...
• MRM. I could bring Joe and Kim to your house and you still wouldn't believe them. You should read the paper more often and you wouldn't need me to supply quo...
• Taylor . What kind of medication are they giving you for that condition you are afflicted with. To include yourself in a group with the well known right wing...
• Taylor. How in the world could Chretien commit a 100,000 troops when we don't have that many. If you knew anything at all you would know Canada belongs to th...
• taylor. A simple error when quoting is forgivable . Sticking to the belief that we belong there is not. We were lied to about who attacked the U.S. and the ...
• Taylor. Is that what you do when your wrong?You don't want to get into the Saudi Arabia thing.You don't want to talk about Harper and his Republican friends ...
• taylor. Have you had a revelation? To say neither party is fit to govern is the smartest thing I have heard you say. You have been fooled by the Conservative...

Time for federal politicians to refocus (Nanos Sun Media Column) (2008-08-18)

• Nik. After 4 weeks on the last topic , this is long overdo. Welcome back to all who have been missed . In order to refocus you would have had to be focused i...
• Alfee. I would like to know what it is you like about his style of governing? Could it the lawsuits filed against the opposition or elections Canada? Maybe ...
• Tom. There is nothing wrong minority government if all parties agree to work together for the benefit of the country. Unfortunately Harper's antics have a ma...
• ronald. your prediction of a republican win seems obvious to me since they have taken over the oval office twice without winning either of the last 2 electio...
• MRM. Why are so many right wingers prone to exaggeration.According to the auditor general $100 million was missing from the advertising budget. After further...
• Gordo. The opposition parties will spend the little they have on by-election campaigns and have little left for the general election. Meanwhile cabinet minis...
• MRM. If you check wikepedia which I think you will admit is unbiased in their facts , you will find that the man who signed the checks was Chuck Guite. Lyin ...
• TPQ. Are you hearing the same spinning noise that I keep hearing. I wish I knew how to get rid of it.
• MRM. Thanks for the advice. You just made me realize it is who I am listening to when I hear the spinning noise and the best way to stop it is to not bother ...
• MRM. Guite was in the same position that he was appointed to by Lyin Brain. He did answer to Dingwall but was not appointed by him. Civil servants don't get ...
• MRM. Was not offended and already knew where the spinning noise was coming from and have not responded to any of his posts. The reason I made such a big deal...
• Why are half the posts and 90% of the words written on this site from one individual. Maybe if we all ignore him he will leave us in our "uninformed", "delus...
• Sorry . I exaggerated . Only 45 of the 127 which is only 35%.
• MRM. Do you think those Conservative friendly advertising firms might have made contributions to the Tories. Same corrupt practice on a smaller scale.The Lib...
• ronald. You have said it rather well but have left out some important factors. If and when the electorate get the results of the Elections Canada investigati...
• MRM. That shocking revelation might be coming soon. It seems Obama might not have been born in the U.S. of A so he would be ineligible to sit in the oval off...
• Ronald. I do admit there were and probably still are corrupt people in the Liberal ranks. I do not include all Conservatives in Harper's band of thieves and ...
• ronald. In other words you are not one of the thieves but are aware that there are a few in your party but can't admit it here.
• Ronald. You forgot the "in the eyes of the law" . In the eyes of God if you believe in her you are guilty and will pay on judgement day. Were those convicted...
• Gordo. According to the expert on this site the opposition parties must defeat the government with a vote of non confidence. Now we are finding out that the ...
• gordo.You are defintely allowed to talk to any and all that you choose to respond to. I have read most of your posts and found them interesting . The other ...
• Ronald. Why am I not surprised one Conservative would agree with another. Your new found friend has more information than Nanos Research. I guess the answers...
• ronald. The crown decides to bring charges before a crime has been proven when they believe they have evidence to convict the guilty. The court attempts to l...
• MRM. Since the new law has never been tested by the P.M. it would be in the best interest of the country for the G.G. to take plenty of time to make a decisi...
• MRM. You know very well civil servants are not hired by political parties. Appointments to positions of authority within the civil service are made by the pa...
• Ronald. Since there is no proof either of the guilty were Liberal party members ,why did we only blame the Liberals for corruption that is built into the sys...
• The gentleman on the right of this discussion will deny to their dying day that the system is designed for abuse by the party in power and has been used by b...
• MRM. Have not found a direct quote yet but will keep looking. Did however discover that many Conservatives including a former deputy P.M. actually quit the p...
• tpq. You are relentless in your efforts but I doubt you will have any success . Some on the right are so entrenched in their hatred of the Liberals it would ...
• MRM. I found this little tidbit in the National Post. Michael Bliss In an article stated "The abuses of patronage and power in Liberal Ottawa since 1993 have...
• tpq.The timing of the election is up in the air. If Harper asks the G.G. to drop the writ it could come as early as October 6th. In order to allow her to at...
• MRM. You should read Stevie Cameron's speech to the Empire Club. Then you can tell her she is lying about being a Conservative. You might also question her c...
• Ronald. I have no idea who Plamondon is or what he said. How could Harper have information that he can win . That would mean every pollster is lying to us or...
• Ronald. The fact that Plamondon and Flanagan are coming out with statements is in itself very unusual since Harper has kept everybody quiet up till now. The ...
• Ronald. I don't know if I should take that as a compliment but thanks. Strategists are simply in it for the money and have no loyalty to their country , only...
• MRM. Your undying loyalty to the Conservatives would be admirable if they were not so obviously guilty of the same thing as the LIberals. I have never denied...
• MRM. Your post at 8:04 am said "Cameron is not and never was a Conservative". I don't know how many times I have to say it but I will try again. Both partie...
• Ronald. As a red tory you should be aware of Lyin Brain's record and since he is now part of Harper's back room team , you would better serve your country by...
• MRM. You are quite adept at telling me what you meant but can't seem to accept what I meant when I said both parties are corrupt over and over again. Cameron...
• elf. Just read your first post.Welcome . Was wondering if you meant he is hated in the riding he represents or in the riding you are in. It is not clear if y...
• taylor. I have seen the Zeitgest movie and do believe there is plot to have a one world government. That fact does not necessarily make all who share those i...
• taylor. I definitely missed your point. Mine is that the truth about globilization by corporations should be public knowledge. How people react is not what w...
• Taylor. How can globilization possibly be a good thing? Do you think the powers that be would bring the world's standard of living up to ours or us down . Of...
• taylor . Again you attack the man and not his ideas yet you claim you can fight their control with your ideas. Ideas are great but someone else has to hear t...

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

• tom.I agree with most of your comments but take exception with "the rationale has always been limited government , lower taxes and defending personal libert...
• tom.Again you seem to be the only one who actually thinks in terms of what would be "Good" for the country rather than what is best for party reelection. M.R...
• The far right agenda is not something hear much about. Their real goals include getting rid of public health care, privatizing any public service that can ma...
• M.R.M. It took you long enough to figure it out.
• ken. It would be nice to know who you agree with and since these posts don't always follow the person you are responding to you might want to put the person'...
• westerner. If you were right about the Liberals I would become one and volunteer my time to achieve that agenda.The secret agenda is not so secret. Alberta i...
• nigel. I have asked this question before but never get an answer. The Conservatives only want less government involvement when corporations are involved . Th...
• M.R.M. If you actually figured it out that quickly you sure did not show it. No name calling or insults and it was a discussion rather than pure bickering on...
• ken . You must think that I can accept reality since you responded to me. You did not tell us who you agreed with and typing in upper case is considered shou...
• M.R.M. Alltough I have not read all his posts I must say I can not recall him calling you or any one else a moron . Your claim that it is all his fault might...
• M.R.M. You just put me through an agonizing 45 minutes. I read every post from T.P.Q. and did not find him calling anyone a liar or an idiot. If you could di...
• M.R.M. I was not appointed blog cop by anyone . Thank you for thinking that I would be smart enough to concoct this little scheme . I simply asked you why it...
• T.P.Q. I commend you for your attempts and I do know who is at fault most of the time. The only ignore feature you need is you.Simply do not respond to comme...
• I will not dignify this response with your code name. Go back to your response at 15:02 where you said"It only took one post". That was a lie and you admitte...
• A lie is a lie no matter what size it is.That small thing is usually what gets people caught.
• tom. the only thing panels are good for is doing the rec room in the basement. you don't need more evidence to prove that climate change is happening. the ma...
• nigel. Duceppe and the bloc are still sovereigntists. If they are smart they will support the neo-cons from the west because that will lead to the break up o...
• know it all. the term neo-con is certainly appropriate for the new{neo} CONservative party of Canada since it has only been a party for 4 years. When the Pro...
• know it all. Happy to hear you admit you are one. I believe I stated I am not a constitutional expert so if the rules were changed and Harper can not call an...
• Know it all. It seems you think a lot of people are stupid. The two stupid women achieved a lot more than you have with all your knowledge so maybe there is ...
• Dr. know it all. You must have a PH.D. the way you spin things.The conversation you were having was between Nigel and T.P.Q. before you jumped in . You had...
• Do you really have to stoop to the level of insulting the dead with moronic comments about someone's parents. You are not only arrogant and obnoxious but the...
• know it all. I pointed out to you what your words were and you had to stoop to the level of insulting my parents again. I tolerated it the first time you did...
• Know it all. It took a little time but you can read previous conversations we had . On July 11th. I listed many of the insults you had thrown at me long befo...
• T.P.Q. Had to dig up the evidence for Know it all and found his words that he will probably find an excuse for using . Since he is in his opinion the smarte...
• know it all. I would rather be a jackass than an a....hole any day of the week.
• T.P.Q. You should know that the Conservatives will simply explain that the law was already broken by the other parties who do the same thing. They can't find...
• bernie. You have not tried and convicted Khadr like others on this site simply because he is a Muslim. The U.S. created a new term for P.O.W. so they could t...
• nik. I don't mind the personal attacks but when one has to resort to insulting a persons family I consider that going too far. I ignored it the first time b...
• tom. We are very fortunate to have experts on international law, the U.N. and warfare in our midst to explain that invading another country without a declara...
• Tom . The Russians were in Afghanistan for 20 years and we will be there just as long if Steve YoHarper has his way. More Canadian soldiers coming home in bo...
• T.P.Q. The tape had two people on it . One of them says it is exactly the way he recorded it . The other is now denying there was any offer of a million doll...
• Sure am glad we have the experts to correct my mistakes. Of course a mistake is not quite the same as lying if I am not aware of the facts . I get criticize...
• tom. Our military expert has all the answers . The U.N. does exactly what the Americans tell them to do. Bribes to tin pot dictators in the form of foreign a...
• T.P.Q I hate to say that this is a drop in the bucket when compared to the cost of our troops being paid for being in a war zone that is not really a war . ...
• tom. Trying to convince a career soldier that war is wrong is like telling a pedophile sex with children is unacceptable. Neither will stop what they believ...
• T.P.Q. Since it was the Liberals who agreed with Bush to invade Afghanistan ,you have to support the military action. I wonder if sending U.N. troops only in...
• T.P.Q. I doubt our expert has ever seen any action sitting in his Public Relations office in Shilo. Doing all that research for propaganda purposes is strenu...
• tom. Our experts are having a problem with their reading and misquoting what you wrote. I believe you said that if somebody bombed us but then you are accuse...
• tom .The insults and name calling are soon to begin if you continue to point out the truth . I can understand our military expert promoting war since he is p...
• ronald. Your comments were right on and I was looking forward to more but you have not posted anything new for a week.Just wondering why you stopped. We had ...
• tom. Britain , a relatively small country, became a super power and their empire covered half the globe because they ruled the waves .Their motto, "Divide an...
• Mike Or M.R.M. You accuse me of starting the insults but don't bother to give specific examples such as time and date that are easy to find. You stated in pr...
• mike.You are still stuck on this lying thing . Stating opinions that are incorrect without knowing they are is very different than outright lies. I told you ...
• mike. My conversation with my local Iraqui store keeper was simply that . A conversation not research. He was the one who told me Saddam worked for Bush seni...
• mike. You had better read that message to you again. I did not apologize for anything and sent it to keep that conversation from being read by any body else....
• mike. Again you take my comments about no one in particular as a personal attack. I did not compare you to a pedophile nor did I call you a bigot . Saying th...
• bernie. Mark this day on your calender. When you get accused of starting name calling and insults you can find proof of who actually did it first. Telling so...
• T.P.Q. The second mistake I made was to reply to one of his many posts addressed specifically to me. The first was to starting a conversation with him in the...
• mike. Your obvious paranoia about your personal life leads me to believe you have something to hide or are ashamed of. The name I used in the personal messag...
• mike. Your unfounded and unproven accusations are surely proof enough that you can not justify your comments without resorting to lies . Claiming I am a wack...
• nik. I am sure any one interested in this topic watched Dion on question period to-day. Without letting our personal bias get in the way, I would be interest...
• Mike . You are really getting ridiculous now accusing me of threatening your family. I have no idea who you are or where to find you except that you live i...
• M.R.M. Thank you for at least clearing me of threatening you or your family. You have no proof that I was researching you but still suspect that I did.I did ...
• T.P.Q. I will never change anyones beliefs by ignoring them. I have learned things through discussions with both our experts and maybe they have too. Asking ...
• T.P.Q. The most amazing coincidence . I was watching T.V.O. documentary on the energy problem in the U.S. Morgan Freeman the narrator said " A wise man chang...
• foxer. You are probably right . Those of us who post are political junkies . But it is those opinions that matter most, not the ones who don't really care. Q...
• tom.Good morning. Since more than 30% of the world population lives in two countries they will attain super power status . Militarily the U.S. will always be...
• good morning T.P.Q. ,Bernie and Tom. I have discovered the hard way that we should all be more civil in our debates and will endeavour to restrict my opinion...
• foxer. your welcome and I will do my damdest to keep it that way.
• gerry l. just noticed we have the same last name. l isn't that common . we might be related. ha ha. I agree momentum is important but it can turn on a dime w...
• Interesting question on Sympatico /MSN. Since it is a voluntary response and across the country the results from 25,000 is not scientific but the results mi...
• The question for those reading this later than Monday was as follows. Dion says an election will come between now and October 2009. Do you think it is wise ...
• hello sharp. where have you been hiding.?You are right the voters are fickle but if there was no tampering the results are interesting. Some Conservatives co...
• foxer . I sure don't know how to vote more than once and don't think most others do either. Some party hack could probably try to skew the results but would ...
• foxer. I am cursed with this suspicious nature . Could it be possible that results are pre determined by corrupt politicians who I suspect share power . The...
• foxer.Polls like this or other types are not very important . Elections on the other hand are and the results mean billions in the hands of the winners. My s...
• greenfish66. Your idea of a merger sounds great to me but why stop there. The Alliance party people were not happy. That gathered more who belonged to other...
• M.R.M. I believe I did say I was taking your advice and doing research on the latest casualty's funeral when I found information on Shilo. I don't know why y...
• greenfish66. Do you really think we can trust any party. Individual candidates can be honest so the secret to success is to choose as many honest ones as we ...
• greenfish66. By voting for more Green you are taking votes away from a party that has a chance,slim as it may seem, to form the government and do something f...
• gf66. Do you want to risk a Conservative win and four more years of doing nothing or would Dion at least begin to address the problem. The leader of the Gree...
• foxer. The Green party in Europe has been around for some time. They are very much a left of center party in most European countries . If they merged with th...
• T.P.Q. The Liberals and Greens could well have taken the first steps to a merger at some time in the future. When I think of all the time wasted during the p...
• foxer . I could have responded to you or T.P.Q. since you are on opposite sides so please check out my response to him. I think it applies to both your posts.
• Foxer. When the two main parties are as close as they are that small percentage that the Greens could bring would be enough to swing the election in favour o...
• M.R.M. It is quite possible I read more into your comments or even got other posters sentiments mixed up with yours .We should as you say now try to restric...
• T.P.Q.and Tom. Hollin's original statement that we can criticize Harper for not having a vision would be accurate except for the fact that Harper does have a...
• hollin. Really would like your comment on my reply to T.P.Q. and Tom with regard to your original question. How informed do you think most voters are about t...
• M.R.M. Why would the bias of the C.B.C. be surprising since the Conservatives would abolish the network if given the chance. I would definitely try any thing...
• T.P.Q. Sure would have been more informative to give us that information even if only on this site. Word of mouth is a very powerful tool when information is...
• Tom.Good afternoon.If you google either "The Calgary School" or Tom Flanagan information about Harper's closest advisor will come up. I believe Steve was a s...
• M.R.M. I have been taking your advice and doing some research on different topics. You find the darndest things with a simple click of a mouse. I have found ...
• M.R.M. Since I am not a card carrying member of any party and don't have any contacts with any I can only read what others opinions are. The sites I found al...
• foxer. Does your argument that Mcguinty got in and then the federal Liberals lost when they were expected to win reinforce my thinking that they alternate po...
• bernie. Tom and I have never heard of the "Calgary School" and I think if we had been we would be even more against Harper and his group of right wing academ...
• foxer . The Martin win was only a minority and to a new party at that . To lose would have been too obvious, not only to suspicious people like me, and would...
• foxer . My suspicions are that Martin was motivated by revenge for what the Liberals did to his father . His own ambitions were not as strong as his desire t...
• foxer. I have my theories and you have yours so I guess that makes us both conspiracy theorists. Chretien changed the rules because he knew the Conservatives...
• MRM. Advisors or "back room boys" if they are hidden from public view have been involved with all parties. When they don't reveal their participation in sett...
• foxer.I am not sure which of the 3 right wing parties benefitted from all those grassroots donations . Chretien changed the rules before the merger and proba...
• foxer. Dion can not defeat the gov't without the help of the other opposition parties. Harper is daring him to pull the plug but has not issued the same chal...
• foxer. You obviously have more facts on where the donations came from and who benefitted from them the most. I guess that is why the Liberals won more often ...
• foxer . If Harper forced an election the party would not get rid of him until after the election. If he won a majority or even a stronger minority they would...
• Has this topic run its course? It seems only two of us are posting any comments . Maybe the others don't want to go up against Foxer. Of course it could be t...
• foxer .I have definitely enjoyed our discussions and have spent more time researching different topics. I was kidding about the others not wanting to take yo...
• M.R.M. You are right about Chretien having advisors in his wife and Pelletier but everyone was aware of that. Was Pelletrier his of staff? If Flanagan is kep...
• foxer . My theory is that Layton really is a plant in the N.D.P. and not a socialist at all. I believe his father was a Conservative and the apple doesn't us...
• MRM. The man appointed might have broadcast experience but little knowledge of running a network. He was appointed to ready the transfer to the private secto...
• foxer. Thanks, I think.You didn't mention George H. Many times I scan through my 8 channels, I catch a glimpse of Curious George and actually thought the cha...
• foxer. The debates as they are now do not achieve much except allow attacks against one candidate.Dion would get crucified and the C.B.C. might like to chang...
• foxer. With Harper's antics at their convention I thought I would get information right from the source. E-mailed the following question to Elections Canada....
• foxer. With Harper's antics at their convention I thought I would get information right from the source. E-mailed the following question to Elections Canada....
• MRM. The Skydome was funded by mostly gov't funds .Construction began in 86 so most of the contracts were negotiated by theTory gov't The private companies t...
• MRM. My memory is definitely playing tricks on me. The 85 election the Conservatives won more seats than the Liberals but Peterson became premier with the he...
• T.P.Q. You could very well be right but with all those other choices fewer people are watching Canadian programs. We look for entertainment and that comes ma...
• MRM. Does that billion you refer to fund only television or does some of it go to radio.The C.B.C. also provides french language programming that the other n...
• MRM.You are missing my point. The C.B.C. is funded by the gov't and C.T.V.and Global make more money because it is there.With 3 networks bidding on the same ...
• MRM. Every top rated program on TV. appear on CTV.or Global in this part of the country. Very few U.S. programs on the C.B.C. would tend to make me believe t...
• MRM. It is obvious that you do not do your own tax return. When calculating your NRTC you add all your deductions and multiply by 17% to calculate your total...
• TPQ.The money Harper gave was an attempt to buy votes. Quebecers are well aware of when the politicians are buying their votes but take whatever they can get...
• Foxer. Your hehehehe makes you sound like Barney rubble or some old witch cackling in the corner. You really don't need to add it to half your posts. It seem...
• foxer. Did not mean it as insult and definitely not interested in going back there. More as a word of advice and it is really annoying . HaHa would suffice t...
• Hello Ronald . Happy to hear from you again. Knowing you live in Quebec and are a Conservative brings a new source of information to our discussions.TPQ. is...
• ronald. Quebec it appears might be split more equally than any other part of the country.The Bloc splits the vote there since they obviously don't run candid...
• foxer. When Adscam was in the news it had a profound effect on the election .It will have much less if any this time around . There are many die-hard Liberal...
• TPQ. Since I have never lived in Quebec I can't speak with any authority about them. I do believe when Dion switched sides on the sovereignty issue he lost m...
• MRM. Our understanding of tax law should prove that it is way to complicated and very hard to understand. I prefer to reduce my taxable income with deductio...
• foxer. The NDP. will I predict lose official party status . Vote splitting by the 3 left wing parties will let the Conservatives do exactly what the Liberals...
• MRM. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting website has schedules of CBC programs for many years. Your argument was that they had all this money to outbid CTV and ...
• foxer. I like this political stuff a lot more than the average guy but don't get that in depth about each riding or even other parts of the country. Your res...
• MRM. The website friends.ca has schedules for Ottawa CBC. Try adding the following to the address to see actual programs from 90 to 06. friends.ca/files/pdf/...
• foxer . I believe in one of your previous posts you said one of the by-elections might go to a woman who works for the CBC . Is she NDP or Green.The ridings ...
• MRM. Your opinion is that the C.B.C. is a money pit and should be privatized. The way I see it the other 2 private networks benefit from having it there to r...
• TPQ. I have not read the article but with the gov't just putting 4.5 billion for the sale of cell phone rights on the books, it would be difficult even for t...
• MRM. your post rom Monday at 20:54 edt. said that there was 9.5 hrs of foreign programming in 2007 .The Conservatives did that because the 06 schedule I saw ...
• TPQ. I don't care what I sound like to you but if you take off the rose coloured glasses you would see that I blamed both parties for the mess we are in. I k...
• TPQ. Just read that article. I would recommend we should all read it. If you look back on some of my early posts you would see that I thought we were on the ...
• TPQ. It is only a theory if you can't prove it. The proof is there for all to see if we would only open our eyes.You can't deny the takeover of B.C .E. thro...
• foxer. I can't imagine a conservative would think Lyin Brain did anything but a good job. Some even consider him a saint. The reality is he sold us down the ...
• MRM. I would continue if there was the slightest hope that you would see what I stated several times. The other networks don't want a third private network t...
• foxer .Trade figures can make things look really good if you don't see the whole picture. How much of the trade increase was due to soaring oil prices and in...
• foxer. My opinion of Lyin Brain will never change no matter what statistics you can find . He was a crook and that should be obvious to any one who knows of ...
• foxer. Are you denying Mulroney appointed 7 Senators to get his GST passed. With the Conservatives controlling the Senate they would have done exactly what t...
• foxer.I only need one reason to hate the man. He was corrupt and that is the best reason I know for my opinions of him. If someone commits a crime but gives ...
• MRM.Since the Conservatives appointed the new President wouldn't you think he would make sure that the Liberal bias would stop. The man was put there to prep...
• foxer . Your obvious talents at researching all these facts are obviously out of my league. I gather from your comments that the corruption in party politics...
• foxer. You believe that I should do what is best for the country but we disagree on what that would be. For me to vote CPC I would have to suddenly believe H...
• foxer. You keep putting words in my mouth. I did not say Dion would save health care. I only said the CPC would destroy it. I see evidence of what Clement di...
• foxer. You keep putting words in my mouth. I did not say Dion would save health care. I only said the CPC would destroy it. I see evidence of what Clement di...
• foxer. You keep putting words in my mouth. I did not say Dion would save health care. I only said the CPC would destroy it. I see evidence of what Clement di...
• foxer. You keep putting words in my mouth. I did not say Dion would save health care. I only said the CPC would destroy it. I see evidence of what Clement di...
• sorry about the repeat posts . I hit the mouse too often .
• foxer . There was actually four repeats and they were all my fault. I hit the post comment 4 times. I must not be making myself very clear. I said Clement pl...
• foxer. You keep providing me more and more proof the parties are corrupt and in collusion and that includes the N.D.P. Since they are all doing the same thin...
• foxer. I am learning about this research thing. According to Statistics Canada as of March 07 the national net federal debt was 508 billion. How much that co...
• foxer. Or should I say Dr. Foxer. You obviously have a PH.D. in the study of spherical rotation. You know SPIN. I am aware that interests rates are not ten p...
• foxer. It is not what you say that is spin. It is what I say that you spin. If you don't spin it you just ignore it and change the subject. I gave you an art...
• foxer.I have admitted that some liberals were and probably still are corrupt . You have admitted that some conservatives were corrupt but now Harper is a sai...
• TPQ. Don't hold your breath waiting for the right wingers to respond. When Harper is shown for what he really is, they will simply ignore any evidence of his...
• foxer. Your desire to crush the Liberal party is motivated by more than a desire to get rid of corruption. Maybe you want revenge for the N.E.P. Maybe you do...
• foxer. Again I ask where you can point me to see where and when you addressed anything I said about Conservative corruption. You can't .Collusion between the...
• foxer , An expert such as yourself should not need me to tell you how to find an address on the web. I told you after you told me it did not work to google i...
• foxer. I must have hit a nerve. Your resorting to your old insults and name calling. Outright lies and fake web addresses . Yea sure.You don't like anyone po...
• TPQ. The time for a new topic should be obvious. Why are we not seeing the diehard Tories post any comments. Have they all turned in their membership cards w...
• MRM.The CBC is now in the hands of the Conservatives. They are running it the way you want,as a competitive network that will require less gov't money and yo...
• We have not had anything new to discuss for some time. Is it possible the right wing moderator does not want more discussion of CPC corruption . The tactics ...
• Sharp. Hope you are enjoying your visit to France. It is one of the places I have wanted to visit but have not had the pleasure. You should really forget abo...
• sharp.Happy to hear you are having a nice vacation. Went to google earth to find Miramas on the globe. When I zoomed in the sun was gleaming off some guy's h...

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

• regina beach boy. You have been spending too much time at the beach. You quote a Liberal politician and somehow come to the conclusion the east screwed the w...
• foxer.You like most westerners have selective memory problems.You continue to blame the N.E.P. for all the west's problems and take nothing else into conside...
• foxer. Resentment in the west was based on the collapse of the oil boom. They did not take any other factors into consideration and blamed it on the N.E.P. L...
• foxer . Why would the government of Canada give B.C. any cash for becoming a British colony. When they celebrate becoming a province of Canada they will prob...
• foxer.The fear of the right that Dion will implement his plan is a sure sign they know they are in trouble with the voters of Canada. Doing nothing is exactl...
• foxer.Have you been into the mushrooms again. You are definitely not reading what I wrote but what you think I did. Simply wanting Alberta to share means exa...
• foxer . Have you figured out where those beetles that are devastating B.C. forests came from.. Why are they killing so many trees at this point in time. Cou...
• foxer . I obviously did not know when I started this exchange that I was dealing with someone would already has all the answers or I would not have risked hu...
• foxer .Should have known the answer man would have heard about fuel efficient cars. The tests that I was referring to had nothing to do with hydroxy. Regular...
• foxer . I was not being vague I just thought you knew everything. Isn't saying that somebody is making things up the same as saying he is a liar.Saying that ...
• Foxer .The information you can't seem to find on your own can easily found by googling 100 mpg carburator.The impression you give is that you don't need any ...
• foxer . You are the most arrogant obnoxious no it all I have ever encounter in my sixty plus years on this earth. You think you know it all. How could a man ...
• foxer. You forgot the obnoxious know it all part.I am aware that the allies firebombed Dresden when they knew they would only kill civilians.I am also awar...
• bernie. I agree with everything you said except the last sentence.Lyin Brian was far and away the least trustworthy when he was there and his pal Karl has pr...
• foxer. The truth is whatever you choose to believe. My simple ideas were in response to your truth that a huge majority could not do anything to reduce thei...
• foxer .If you do not choose to believe something then you think it is a lie. Not the truth. If you do choose to believe it ,it then it becomes your truth. A ...
• foxer. It seems you think I owe you an apology. Being sarcastic and confrontational is slightly different than saying things that sounded insulting and actua...
• tom. Dead things do not grow. A fetus begins to grow when the egg meets the sperm. Life it seems starts at that time. End of argument. Mine is not a religiou...
• Nik.Your original question was about trust. Regina beach boy began the debate saying Liberals caused seperatist sentiments to grow . It seems that selective ...
• tom. You choose to think for yourself but you let religion tell you what is right or wrong. Religion is a tool used to pit man against man. Back to that old ...
• bernie. The problem with that idea is it includes the people. We don't always want we need and how do they know what we want? Governing by referendum on any ...
• hollin.good morning.In a previous post I had voter turnout at about 40%.That would be accurate for municipal elections in Ontario.That number was as pointed ...
• hollin.There is no doubt that Canadians have been influenced by the attack adds run by the Conservatives. Since there have been no return attacks by the Libe...
• It is truly amazing . When people don't like the truth they simply ignore it. Not one comment on Lyin Brian appointing Bouchard as secretary of state before ...
• good morning. It should be apparent that the Conservatives spent tons of money on attack ads against Dion so the results of polls showing Harper leading is n...
• I wonder if the same poll were was taken to-day ,would the results be the same with all the shenanigans taking place in Ottawa?
• HELP. I keep hearing this spinning noise that makes no sense at all but can't figure out how to get rid of it. Any suggestions?

Democracy Online - Pushing the limits or creating a new frontier (Video Blog Post) (2008-07-04)

• gelmer. Elections have been scripted since the first T, V. debates between Nixon and JFK.The nightly news has been following candidates for years.Film At Ele...
• welcome jgallinger. I must say I disagree with most of your comments.Discourse on this site is usually between people of completely opposite views. A conser...
• jgallinger. Disagreeing I find is more conducive to asking questions. Occasionally we might ask the right ones . We don't always get the answer we want but m...
• jgallinger. Disagreeing I find is more conducive to asking questions. Occasionally we might ask the right ones . We don't always get the answer we want but m...
• gerry . Why do you equate the N.D.P. with socialism . If you ask Jack if he is a socialist he will deny it . The N.D.P. has drifted away from their roots and...

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

• Ottawonk. When people figure out that using less fuel and income tax cuts means more money in their jeans, they will probably still vote Conservative. We are...
• good morning jan. Dion at least has a plan. John Baird will not even admit there is a problem and has no plan . Read the Calgary Herald or Sun to get the wes...
• Good morning Parnel. Finally we have a new topic. You are right about winning votes of course because that is what politicians do. Usually they use our money...
• Nik .Thanks for the chance to discuss a very important issue. We will have many different opinions , as many as there are posters, but hopefully if we set pa...
• Good morning Broughad. Harper is an economist with only one motive for living. Profit is his God. Albertans and most Canadians have no clue when it comes to ...
• parnel. Dion's problem is that whenever he opens his mouth he reminds people of where he comes from. Westerners don't like Easterners and Quebecers in partic...
• russell. If we keep it simple the conservatives will be able to understand. Use less fossil fuel pay less tax. Reducing income tax is fine by me. The neo-con...
• jan .Until the conservatives found out this an important issue to most of us they simply denied there was a problem. John Baird is a left over from the Harri...
• hollin. You are being a typical conservative and banker. The bottom line is the only thing you take into consideration. What is so wrong with sharing the wea...
• non.Where did you see a consensus on the aboriginal issue. Certainly not from Pierre Poilievre who had to apologize for his remarks. Harper 's apology on be...
• hollin. By increasing taxes on fossil fuels Dion is hoping we will be smart enough to alter our wasteful way of life. There are people in this country who he...
• non. Its ok to disagree. My point is that he apologized on my behalf and I did nothing that should be apologized for . The native children were mistreated in...
• curtis. You will discover that Jan from Whiteby still has not learned the difference between a deficit and the debt. Lyin Brian is a saint according to her. ...
• hey everybody . nik is on the radio with charles adler.
• calm.Could tell us which post you are referring to so we could read it too.We could all use a good laugh once in a while.
• Tom. Dion's proposal phased in over the next 4 years to $40 a tonne seems pretty slow and steady. The only energy crisis is caused by speculators driving up...
• russell. You are correct about not taxing income. People would actually be motivated to earn wages if the government did not take half of it before we even g...
• nik. Could we ask everyone to come up with a five point plan to solve what is a very serious problem. We could all judge the results and send it off to Bulld...
• calm. I have never posted anything on any C.B.C. thread . If you found someone who has the same ideas I have they are not imitating anyone. They are beginnin...
• tom. You used that word crisis again. There is no crisis. We have more known oil reserves now than at any other time in history. Oil companies are still expl...
• Since it was my idea to come up with a five point plan , I should probably start. 1. Let's start in Ontario. Retrofit every coal burning generating station t...
• tom. Scrubbers and other technological advances are a great idea. You are right about corporate welfare bums. General motors is a perfect example that will r...
• hollin.Good morning. The Apology was long overdue. There are many more that could be made. The government of the day did things they knew were completely wro...
• Nik.I believe we have confirmed my suspicions. We are a nation of whiners. This issue is one of the most important that you have let us discuss. Instead of c...
• calm. The only reason the U.S. economy is not contracting is that little military conflict in Iraq that Bush and friends are profiting from. Without the "wa...
• non.If the party you vote for has no chance and never will have of forming the gov't why would keep voting for them. I have never voted for a party to form t...
• formerly non. Do you have a crystal ball. How do you know what kind of mess we would be in if the Liberals had not been there for those 13 years.I voted to g...
• parnel. Do you think it is possible the neo-cons want to destroy Canada. Alberta is much closer to seperation than Quebec has ever been. The rednecks hate ea...
• hollin. You seem to want to defend the conservatives by saying the liberals were guilty too. They,the liberals and conservatives, were and still are of guilt...
• calm.You have been sucked in to believing that the price of oil has anything to do with supply and demand. Speculators control how high the price will go,not...
• calm. I think you finally might have it right. If anything and everything is privately owned then the need for government is gone. The neo-cons want business...
• calm. your posts are longer and more ridiculous than other person on this site. When you can't debate an opinion you come up with your your feeble attempt at...
• parnel. 20% of the population would vote Conservative even if they were guilty of the most horrendous crimes imagineable. 20% would vote for the left under ...
• parnel. 20% is not enough to win a seat even in our flawed system. If only 35% of the electorate chooses to vote why would we give a party that gets 20% of t...
• parnel. There are some people out there who are honest and would serve their country if they didn't have to take a huge paycut. The crooks who run the system...
• sharp. The U.S. is a perfect example of how corrupt our form of democracy is . The last two presidential elections have been fixed. The electoral college cho...
• calm. If you want to discuss the Green shift I would be happy to. I have never mentioned the new world order before so you should probably read the post ag...
• parnel. It does not matter if everyone turns out to vote if the machines are rigged. The 2000 election that Gore won saw Dubya take office. Florida was the s...
• calm. We are making progress.You have almost admitted that elections are rigged. As for E.C. being corrupt and only on behalf of Liberals. I don't know how m...
• parnel.You are improving.You responded to M.R.M. with logic. All you called him was sneaky. You could have left out the "or" in the middle sentence as you ha...
• M.R.M. Your back. Thought we had lost you. I hope the time off was restful.
• sig. If you set goals and don't reach them you will be criticized and accused of failing. If you don't have targets you can't miss them but are criticized f...
• calm. I wondered how long it would take to lable me a conspiracy theorist. Theories can't be proven but voter fraud in Brampton has been investigated and fou...
• calm. All you ever do is tell us how great the liberals are and that you are right about everything. When i said that oil prices are controlled by speculator...
• calm. If we can agree that it is possible to rig elections in the U.S., the greatest promoter of democracy on the planet, then we may some day agree that it ...
• calm. It is quite possible that I have misconstrued some of your comments but you will not admit that some of the things I said were even a remote possibilit...
• parnel. your opinions and his are very similar. i would not expect you to think otherwise. When two people agree it is usually a short and boring discussion....
• calm, The beady eyed little crook was not in Brampton for the last election.He left here because he knew that he could not win again in the once safest Tory ...
• calm. I am curious . Have your opinions of gov't corruption grown from our discussions. If i go to far with my suspicions it is because i am a pessimist at h...
• M.R.M. Read it again . He said" stupid ,ignorant OR a tory " We all know you are are a Tory so the or was the key word. It is an improvement .
• M.R.M. They say a change is better than a rest. Would love to get out of the country for any reason . The french riviera sounds about right.
• JSWnMe. Why do conservatives have such selective memories. You remember that Sheila and the fiberals lied about the G.S.T. but never remember that Lyin Brian...
• M.R.M. The rest obviously did not do much for your logic. The only breaks I am getting is from taxes imposed by Conservatives in the first place.Read my post...
• M.R.M. I said he was improving not perfect yet. How does the word or imply that they were all the same. Or means just that .OR. If i am hungry I cut off the ...
• Parnel. Do you remember which party Jack's father was a member of. The apple does not fall from the tree. A wolf in sheeps clothing is still a wolf. You can'...
• M.R.M. It is more important how you took it since you don't know how he meant it unless you have learned to read minds. He would probably deny it anyway. I s...
• M.R.M.. What part of "90% of the taxes I pay" led you to believe that I claimed only Conservatives impose taxes. G.I.T, {income}, G.S.T. and P.S.T. were all ...
• M.R.M. I forgot to mention your post to signature. It was short and sweet Debates and sharing of opinions is usually boring and you never learn anything from...
• This is mainly for M.R.M. but every body should read it . You stated in one of your posts that the O.E.C.D. was recently in Canada .Their report was in par...
• Erich. I think you missed some of our wasteful practices. Driving and heating our homes does depend on geography and climate . Lighting up office buildings i...
• Sharp. You are right but it is not by choice. Why are all new homes built with such poor energy efficiency. You can't buy a home with on demand water heater...
• M.R.M. The report was obviously not written overnight. Can we assume that since they issue a new report every 2 years it may have taken that long to write it...
• M.R.M. You are right we all have our biases. I lean toward socialism because I grew up in a one industry town run by a multinational corporation that was on...
• M.R.M. I keep telling you agreeing with somebody just reinforces what you already know and believe. Short boring conversations teach you nothing. We disagree...
• JSWnME. Your question does not address the fact that before those oil and gas deposits were discovered the people of Alberta and Sask. were quite happy with ...
• M.R.M. How can we have a debate now. I am sure something will come up . This time your not being boring . We both have things we can learn and from each othe...
• M.R.M More debate is okay.Every country in in the industrialized world ran deficits at the same time as Trudeau did. Then the I.M.F. and the Federal Reserve...
• M.R.M. I am trying to catch up with my replies. Did the report not suggest more enviromental levies, a VAT{gst} increase and more property taxes.. I think ...
• Erich . I have never been to Europe but I have heard the Autobahn has no speed limit and B.M.W. and Mercedees cars are engineered for speed are they not. The...
• Erich. If the replacement of Japanese engines at 50k kms.is strictly a myth how did my daughter have her Honda civic engine done for $600.It is quite possibl...
• Another redneck westerner with a very short memory or absolutely no knowledge of Canadian history. This country was explored and developed from East to West ...
• Stress has brought on a terrible headache. Stress is defined as trying to control the uncontrolable urge to choke the living s.... crap out of someone who r...
• M.R.M. You may have hit it right on . My belief that there is no difference between the two parties sure hasn't been lessened by your revelation. If you goog...
• M.R.M. My first language was not english but I am pretty sure I have been proficient enough to understand the words in the report. " The Gov.t has set a hig...
• parnel. Common sense is not really very common.We seem to have a grasp on reality but can't for some reason get the neo-cons to accept it. I do agree that t...
• parnel. Common sense is not really very common.We seem to have a grasp on reality but can't for some reason get the neo-cons to accept it. I do agree that t...
• didn't mean to repeat my last post but then realized that if a conservative reads it twice it might actually sink in.
• M.R.M. Read the report again . They mentioned increased user fees and property taxes giving 3 examples. Did not see any mention of health care user fees but ...
• degres. I think that might have been aimed at me. I lived out west and a lot of them are quite proud of being rednecks and readily admit they are.Exchange of...
• westerner. I noticed you did not deny being a redneck. Some of your previous words of wisdom might have led me to that assessment. You like most westerners I...
• Westerner.Your true colours are showing. The facts seem to be hard for you to find.By the middle of 1979 ,that is 5 years after Trudeau's N.E.P. the price of...
• Westerner. I will give it another try. The Conservative party has been in power since the 1971 election. Before that the Social Credit ruled for 35 years. Al...
• westerner . You really have been brain washed.The recession in Ontario was brought on by rising oil prices and started long before Dion announced his plan. T...
• westerner. When the west needed our help they didn't ask. The gov't did what it was supposed to do and tried to equalize things . The population in western C...
• degres. I can't believe this country could actually break up for something as mundane as money. It really is black gold and does strange things to people. Gr...
• westerner. Is that your answer to when and who canceled the N.E.P. I guess I should have known better than to ask it in the first place. Your response was b...
• westerner. I told you the date Trudeau announced the N.E.P. The best you can come up with is in his first term in office. I guess since you narrowed it down ...
• westerner . I'm back.Mulroney renegotiated the N.E.P. in 85 , did not cancel it as you previously stated at 21:38 . Since he was dealing with a provincial...
• westerner. I don't have an encyclopedia in my hand but the book I have clearly states that in September of 1973 Bill Dickie the Alberta energy minister was ...
• westerner. I need some clarification. According to you the N.E.P. screwed the west. Your date is 1980. The Alberta oil industry grew at record rates form 73...
• Why do you refuse to verify facts . There was a recession in the late 70s that was caused by rising world oil prices. I was in Calgary from 78 to Dec. 83 and...
• leda. Typical conservative thinking. It is always about the money for you. Ontario contributed more to equalization payments than all the other provinces com...
• leda. are you trying my trick of posting the same thing twice. It makes no more sense if you read it the second time. In the case of conservatives you probab...
• degres. Dion is not in power .His plan is just a plan. He can not impose it on any body from the opposition benches. The recession in Ontario started back in...
• M.R.M. I began my last post by saying "Read the report again" I should have said " I read the report again". And I did it again this morning. There are a fe...
• parnel. I was aware of where the melliferous odor was was emminating from and where your comment was intended. That is why some westerners wear cowboy boots....
• M.R.M. What may i ask is an enviromental levy if not a carbon tax. I did not claim it compliments Dion's plan because the report was written before Dion's pl...
• hollin . Since you are a former easterner you know how Ontario supported the other provinces through equalization payments. I can not understand why you and...
• degres. There is a huge difference between a redneck earned from working in the hot sun and the term used to describe the attitude of some bigot who wants to...
• M.R.M. Dion was appointed environment minister by Paul Martin in 2004. he held that position for less than 2 years . Do you consider that an incredibly long...
• Parnel. You too have been duped by American propaganda . The greatest terrorist threat in the world is the U.S. The U.S. is not the most hated nation on eart...
• hollin . Figures lie and liars figure. 85% of Canada's exports include a million barrels of oil per day going south, millions of cubic feet of natural gas fr...
• hollin. Those increases in emissions you talk about might have been due our population growing by 2.5 million people in the 13 years of Liberal rule. That a...
• parnel. The U.S. conspiracy world you think I live in is growing every day especially in the U.S. where about 40% of the population believes the gov't was c...
• Tom. If we were not motivated by greed this planet could sustain 10 times our current population. We are destroying the rain forests in S.A. at an alarming ...
• Tom. I was under the impression a trait was a redeeming quality . I suppose saying greed and larceny in some humans might be correct . If it is a human dise...
• Sharp. Wikepedia has a list of military conflicts the U.S. has been involved in. The biggest terrorist organization in history. The list does not include war...
• Sharp. Wikepedia has a list of military conflicts the U.S. has been involved in. The biggest terrorist organization in history. The list does not include war...
• Tom. Are you saying the short list of things that I mentioned would not help at all if they were implemented. Other people have ideas that might help. You ar...
• tom, Well said. Do you believe that with the right plan Canadian corporations might be forced to invest in this country. We import everything and have become...
• M.R.M. The auto pact was abolished by a WTO. decision in 2001 A recession is calculated by G.D.P. numbers. Our G.D.P. is growing because of exorbitant incre...
• tom. Am I the only one that knew 40 years ago that buying an import put Canadian jobs in jeopardy. My first car was a 63 Ford. When I figured out that meant...
• parnel. Investing in foreign countries reduces the amount of tax corporations pay. They invest here and we invest there. That is legalized tax evasion. That ...
• tom.Wal-Mart has an advantage most people are not aware of. The communist Chinese gov't owns shares in that company and supplies them at a lower cost than an...
• parnel. Raising fuel prices for the people does not guarantee that those extra costs will be passed on to exporters. When you want any company's market share...
• M.R.M. I said that TECHNICALLY we are not in a recession. I also said that figures lie. G.D.P. is growing but only because of exorbitant oil price increases....
• M.R.M..The point is that rising oil prices are making it look like our G.D. P.is increasing but everything else is going down so are we really loosing ground...
• M.R.M. What positive effects are high oil prices having anywhere but the two provinces that have oil. Even Alberta is feeling the negative effects. Check the...
• M.R.M. So happy you brought up NORAD. Where was our air defense system on 911. Four commercial airliners went off course for up to 45 minutes. Not one U.S. o...
• tom. Stop the presses. I think I have come with a solution to our energy crisis. If we harness the energy wasted by some on this site arguing about which par...
• tom. Why is it some people refuse to see what is so obvious to others. The political system is in dire need of repair. The corruption built into the system s...
• tom. Perfection is not really a necessity.Improvement has become urgent. I have met a few humans that are perfect . Unfortunately they are perfect a.......s.
• M.R.M. North American Air Defense was suppose to protect against hijacking of any air craft and although I have never read the agreement I believe when one o...
• M.R.M.If NORAD has nothing to do with preventing hijackings why do military aircraft from either country investigate when a flight goes off course. The plane...
• M.R.M.You blame indecision for a failure to investigate. Do you really believe that incompetence was responsible. One plane I could understand but when four ...
• M.R.M. It is so easy to blame what happened on mistakes. That is exactly what they want you to believe. You deny my theory of a conspiracy but believe that t...
• M.R.M. Wrong again. We disagree about who the conspirators were but even you believe 19 hijackers flew planes into the W.T.C. You even believe Osama Bin Lad...
• M.R.M. I have agreed with you in the past. When you refused to admit a conspiracy but then said I simply took your denial out of context and that there was a...
• M.R.M. You have way too much time on your hands.You quote more sources than most of us knew existed. Then you get your facts wrong. Kyoto was signed in 1997 ...
• M.R.M. You are correct . Canada signed the accord in April 98.It was ratified in 02 but only took effect in 05. That is a long way from the 13 years you accu...
• M.R.M. Your reasoning is absolutely unbelievable. You blame them for 13 years of doing nothing . Who was doing anything about GHG emissions from 93to 97. The...
• M.R.M. Checked my previous post about solutions. " read the posts on Tom Good's question" does not mean read his question. You might try reading some of th...
• M.R.M. Your dates are right on . The government in 1988 was a Conservative one that was in power until 1993. Five years of doing nothing. No treaty agreed to...
• M.R.M. I am not interested in any government propaganda so no I have not read their plan or Dion's plan either. Why waste time reading what will never be imp...
• M.R.M. You seem to respond to only part of my posts. You failed to comment on the provincial Conservative government allowing an internationally owned corpor...
• M.R.M. When have I ever defended Dion's plan. I said that both are just election posturing . What I have said is that Dion is at least trying to do something...
• M.R.M. It seems i have mislead you again. The worlds tallest chimney is no longer in Sudbury. They lost that claim in 1987. But as you said sources are not h...
• M.R.M. Why would you want me to waste my time reading Dion's plan since he is not in power and can not implement it. It is strange that you claim the last tw...
• M.R.M. Again you say I endorsed the Dion plan. That is a blatant lie.How could I possibly endorse what I have admitted not even reading. That obscure provinc...
• M.R.M. I am really surprised to hear that there was money set aside for the environment. Ambrose was doing such a great job she got the finance minister to f...
• M.R.M. Again I ask when did I ever advocate for Dion's plan. If you tell a lie that makes you a liar. Have you ever lied about anything. One lie makes you a ...
• M.R.M. There you go again. You have to stop exaggerating . That is a form of lying . I have never demanded answers for any of my suggestions.Sarcasm about my...
• M.R.M. Please find me one post of mine that INSITS you read any of my ideas . Since you have never said that if we did some of the things I came up with we ...
• M.R.M. I must say I agree that this topic has been exhausted . Until the election campaign brings it back to the forefront it is pointless to keep debating D...
• Since we don't have anything new to talk about we might have to bring back old topics that are more important now than they were when we were discussing them...
• Zeister . Welcome . You should have joined us a lot sooner . The Kyoto agreement was signed years ago but the targets were to be met starting this year. The ...
• True North. Well said .The exorbitant cost of the gun registry was partly due to legal battles from gun owners. As soon as lawyers get involved some one is g...
• Zeister. Why would I have documentation to prove anything . I am not a lawyer and don't need it. I do know that organizations with large memberships who were...
• zeister . As a historian you should be aware of the truth . The gun registry seems to be the reason you have turned against the Liberal party. Originally it...
• zeister. Where have I indicated any anti gun sentiments. I am for registration not against you or any one else owning and using your firearms for sport shoot...

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

• good morning all. just read most of the comments for the last four days. i think this discussion was supposed to be about immigration but nobody came up with...
• parnel. rather than start naming names i try to make my comments less personal. you are not one of the people i said are wearing blinders and can't see what ...
• another right wing thinker. why is it you assume the taxpayers should pay.why can't we get the large corporations to pony up some of the cost.if we could eli...
• tom, just reread the first paragraph.i don't think illegal immigrants tie up the system. the real culprits are the lawyers. of course if you put it all toget...
• parnel.you seem to imply that these companies are doing things for the benefit of the country . i am very skeptical and believe they do it for their benefit....
• tom. i didn't elect them but i still get with stuck with the bill. we keep electing the same parties and expect a different result. i think that is the defin...
• parnel. you are smarter than that . there are alternative sources of energy. ask your grand parents how they got around before the automobile and what they h...
• read your post from saturday. blaming unions is just the rights easy answer for their own incompetance. trade unions in europe have worked together with com...
• hollin. i am amazed . you are right about our education system. the only problem is you don't who broke it or why. when i went to school kids thought it was ...
• parnel. keep up the good work. i was away for four days and was amazed when i saw in the newest comments someone calling you an obnoxious moron. i thought de...
• good morning. our opinions seem to be fairly close to each other. you are not a right wing neo-con and seem to be aware that there is corruption in our syst...
• you obviously don't like the rules. what are you doing to change them. probably not much more than complaining here. the system is to blame not the legitima...
• hollin. my suggestion that the conservatives are trying to privatize anything and everything is based on my experience in ontario. new home warranty program...
• deejay. if what i said was an attack you should probably read it again.i asked what you are doing and since you did not respond I can only assume the answer...
• hollin. you inadvertantly agreed with me without realizing it. governments can't manage anything because they don't want to, not because they are too dumb. i...
• Good morning. You are correct about living in a democracy. The question is do we actually live in a democracy. Simplest definition is one man one vote. Our g...
• parnel . why do you suppose we have rules and regulations governing businesses. could it be because profit is the only goal at any cost. If we have no restri...
• parnel. you are a typical canadian. you want your cake and eat it too. we live in a socialist country run by a bunch of capitalists. they have perfected the ...
• parnel. in this instance you definitely are not typical. you are however trying to scare people by your comment. fearing harper's economic strategy and repea...
• good morning hollin. I just was just social to you. You make it sound like being social is worse than death. Socialism is not something we should hate or fea...
• well it seems we might need a new topic for discussion. i don't know if all that can be said has been said but i can't seem to get any rebuttals to any of my...
• parnel.It has nothing to do with I.Q.s. Why is it you have to insult rather than just they say are wrong and then try to prove it. It is quite possible that ...
• parnel. socialism run by a bunch of corrupt capitalist thieves has no chance in hell of working. You have been sucked in to believing liberals are better tha...
• hi real. does the "R" stand for real. You are definitely sharp er than the liberals and conservatives on this site. I think there are about twenty of us who ...
• M.R.M. I can't believe you would actually agree with any of my comments so thank you. You may be right that Maple Leaf is doing their share but I would be wi...
• M.R.M. I sort of figured out you couldn't be as bad as that nameless guy made you out to be. I have worked in some of the worst hell holes on the the planet ...
• hollin. forgive me for butting in but wasn't it those independent thinkers who voted SOCIAL credit for 30 years.Where did the co-operative movement have it's...
• sharp. sorry i mistook you as someone who actually could change their political ideology to benefit the country when necessary. I have never and will never l...
• good morning. wow. A conservative with a heart. The extreme right which I mistakenly thought you were a part of does not want to reform the system . They wan...
• being social again . Happy father's day to one and all.
• sharp. I voted liberal when Pierre was there because he was a socialist who played the game better than anybody else. Now I vote strategically to prevent any...
• sharp. I am sure it was breathtaking and you took a few breaths. Does that and so many other things prove my point about obfuscation. They need diversions wh...
• parnel. Why would you think that any vote is wasted. By voting for other parties you are showing your displeasure with the governing party and hopefully they...
• parnel. If we only had one choice or if if everybody voted the same way we would be living in a communist country. Our system is in need of change but propor...
• parnel. We agree that we need change and with an exchange of ideas like this we might come up with something better than what we have. Putting our heads toge...
• parnel. unless i'm going fishing ,why would I want a worm.
• parnel.is it my imagination or paranoia that nobody is talking to me anymore.
• good morning sharp.did you notice the latest comments. we have just heard from one of Nik's leaders . Vandaphil shows up on the bernier affair after it was b...
• sharp. If they are not rw pollsters they sure are not left wing. Quebecor's Sun and Osprey media group might qualify as RW. Good pollsters know how to pose a...
• sharp. you and I are not going to disagree on much .unfortunately the people who need our help to grasp what the neocon objectives really are seem to have di...
• M.R.M. I hope you meant parnel was the reason everyone has left and not me . I can't recall any mean spirited comments from me lately. If you do mean me coul...
• hello
• M.R.M. Again your response shows up on the newest comments but we have no idea who you are responding to. Why would any one come to parnel's defense .I don'...
• parnel. who are you calling a liar now?
• parnel . a liar is a person who says things he knows are not true. M.R.M. says things he believes . that is the truth to him. your beliefs are different than...
• parnel. rather than insult why not just prove him wrong if you can. as i said before people believe what they want to believe until proven wrong. if they won...
• sharp. nik wants to ask his own questions to get the answers he wants. lets ask who the voters would they would vote for if dion was not there. we had no say...
• sharp. If you want to know the truth about oil you should read "The blue-eyed sheiks" by Peter Foster .You would be amazed by what the liberalas did back in ...
• sharp. Nik runs a research firm and is paid for his services . He comes up with answers they pay him for. As for Harper he was calling the plan crazy before ...
• sharp. I think you might be saying that pigs fight dirty. I'm not afraid of a little dirt. I'm not interested in building bridges with Nik or any of the righ...
• sharp. googled Skalbania . He owned the Oilers. Signed the great one to a personal services contract when weiner was only 17. Made the mistake of getting in...
• good morning M.R.M. thanks for clearing up the confusion. As for the people we are not hearing from, i thought they might be deserting the sinking good ship ...
• sharp. where is evertbody??????????? bunch of quitters. I guess all the right wingers are sulking and won't talk anymore.
• sharp. it looks like you and I are the only ones left. the truth always wins in the long run. the old saying " you can fool some of the people......." The ri...
• sharp. tell your partner to relax and enjoy life more. the economy will soon be so bad that there won't be any opportunity to enjoy anything. It's a wonder...
• sharp.is it really disquiet or has the moderator removed us from the others. sent an e-mail to nanos research and still waiting a reply. also sent one to par...
• sharp. unfortunately we have very little say when it comes to government. our representatives owe their loyalty to the party. back benchers do exactly what t...
• sharp. I tried to tell you about Nik but you thought he showed no bias.
• sharp. If your interested google HR 1955. you will find that the U.S. congress passed some interesting legislation to protect Bush and Cheney from prosecutio...
• nik. I wish I wasn't so cynical but when Sun Media hires you to poll us I'm pretty sure they prefer answers that shed more favorable light on steve and the ...
• sharp. did you google HR 1955
• hi
• non- Millions of Canadians don't have a family doctor because the people who run the health care system are mismanaging it intentionally to screw it up so ba...
• sharp. You missed some of the good parts.Your comments about Bush and company on this site could lead to your arrest without trial since you would be a cons...

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

• maybe it was steve's assistant making statements about the italians that were not true.
• did mean shrew or screw.?as a quebecer please tell you would not be wasting time bringing boring papers to her house.
• hollin is a retired banker . he is only interested in money not eyecandy.
• i would guess you are saying that minority gov' t is the best way to accomplish things in our flawed parliamentary system. if the opposition actually allows ...
• alfee "what's it all about alfee" the b.s about steve. have you forgotten about those other great conservative p.m.'s joe who and kim cambell. don't forget a...
• to all of you this beautiful day i take this opportunity to have my say. mr . bernier may be just a little gay if he showed up with his papier. i think i wo...
• calm , i have to disagree. the conservatives are not destroying canada. they are privatizing anything and everything so the americans can take over our count...
• sorry i missed your point . i still can't believe you think he has done a good job.when in miniroty you do your best to work with other parties to accomplish...
• have you checked any of foreign press lately or as usual do you base your statements strictly on opinion rather than fact. if it is fairly minor stuff why w...
• it seems that some people only hear want they want and believe only what they want to believe. there was supposedly a huge amount of money missing from the a...
• divide and conquer is actually the british way{india,pakistan,israel} adopted by the u.s. eventually they will take over this country if we let them.
• what part of lyin brian admitting he took cash from his pal karl did you not hear .you are right that it won't go anywhere. steve won't call for an inquiry u...
• what race exactly are accusing me of being racist against. being french is not a race. it is something i am very proud of being. being canadian is a nationa...
• thank you for saying that i might be right. thats the third time this week somebody has accused of me that. as i told rsharp i may be correct but i will neve...
• my feeble attempt at humour about affairs seems to have irritated you. it is common knowledge that in france where most of the french come from, it is usual...
• hollin made sense. the voters think steve is the best choice.not because he is but because dion is a lowsy alternative. the best of two evils. the liberals e...
• when will the three of you realize that politicians are crooks and it doen't matter what political party it is. in and out takes taxpayers money and pays for...
• whoever said you had to have the last word sure wasn't wrong . you don,t say anything and still try to have the last word.
• calm. trying to figure out what you could possibly agree with m.r.m. about. was it my suggestion about checking his family history. maybe if you knew about ...
• could you please tell me why i was included in the feud between parnel and m.r.m i can't recall any personal attacks on either of them recently. my personal...
• the apple does not fall far from the tree. what i meant was that if you knew about bernier's family history it might have made it harder for you to agree wit...
• i think we have all been caught up in insults and name calling and drifted away from the real issue. maxime bernier was inexperienced and incompetent. he p...
• finally . an intelligent discussion without name calling.if i remember correctly mr. dion was at about 18% when kennedy and bains through their support to hi...
• good morning. i think the order i just received this shows what i meant. i did not say that m.r.m. called me a racist. i was answering a post from parnel wh...
• m.r.m. does not debate. he spews right wing crap because he does not know any better. you could make the most intelligent statement and he would disagree bec...
• i'm confused again.what is LMAO?
• can you tell me why my money , taxpayers money is doled out to any political party. I don't vote for all parties so why should i be forced to provide them f...
• i can see where you think m.r.m. should be debated . you shoot him down so easily it makes you look good.
• i don't claim to know all the rules but i think j.c only changed the formula. we have been paying for political parties forever. political contributions by i...
• it was a very small compliment . we are talking about m.r.m. afterall.
• i think you just proved an earlier post of mine . martin was a conservative in sheeps clothing. he wanted revenge for his father against the liberal party th...
• had to take this opportunity to agree. it will probably never happen again. she fits in with the likes of ed broadbent and another n.d.p.er from winnipeg w...
• the member of parliament from winnipeg was stanley knowles he served for 38 years.ms. mcdonough was not there that long but had a very illustrious career.she...
• more conservative tricks . how does an immigration bill become a matter of confidence. defeat the bill not the government. of course steve would love for any...
• you didn't answer the question. how does an immigration bill become a confidence motion.the liberals were again forced to vote for the bill.they didn't chick...
• good morning. i am not the brightest bulb in the tree but i think that if he was after revenge he would not let party faithful in on his plan. as for knowing...
• having a point is good sometimes. it depends where it is.if we can do without them for 4 or 5 months, maybe we could prolong it even longer. if the public pa...
• this detante thing seems to have improved the level of conversation. whose idea was this anyway. keep up the good work.
• stop making too much sense. hollin might stop reading and responding to you and how will you be able to tell him anything. we know hollin is a retired banker...
• calm if j.c. changed the entire structure that means there was a structure to change. why change something that doe not exist. how the gov't doled out money...
• you are doing a very commendable job of translating right wing gibberish to intelligent conversation. unfortunately i don't know of any openings but you cou...
• according to elections canada act, parties that merge are entitled to the aggragate of the two parties before the merger. simply put the new party that recei...
• there are some i would like to get out of the country but you are not one of them. they are all the new reform party. your qualifications as a translator wou...
• hollin . i am amazed you accuse parnel. i remember making a few points about the bank act and the changes lyin brian made and never another peep about it fro...
• hollin. i not sure who cleared up what for you but you sure could not tell from your previous posts that you could have ever brought yourself to vote liberal...
• hollin. as you replied to my earlier post i was writing the one about someone clearing something up for you. i can bet my life on the fact that lyin brian ma...
• hollin i did not want to carry on too long but i forgot about your claim that kim was responsible for the conservative defeat . lyin brian was at 13% in the...
• good morning . back from my visit to the land of milk and money. there is no real thing martin did wrong but he did appear as mr. dithers. when you have a mi...
• welcome. Why did it take Mr. Bernier leaving important papers at his girl friends house for your great leader to fire an inexperienced and incompetent minist...
• good morning. The whole story of Max leaving papers behind was way to convenient and timely for me to believe. He was fired plain and simple but Harper could...
• good morning vp. Circumstantial evidence is used in court all the time. You can believe that they have never colluded but when you look at the history books ...
• good morning vp. You just provided proof without realizing it. Tory lost because of the school issue. You are right . He had no reason to bring it up and he ...
• hollin. Why is everyone so offended being called a liar. 62 years on this earth and I have never met anyone who has not told a lie. One lie in your past ma...
• hollin.My partisan rhetoric has said many times that politicians of every stripe are corrupt . The system is corrupt .Where is the partisanship.Since I have ...

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

• your figures are way off.trudeau,was there 16 years,deficit was 190billion during a slow down in the economy.lyin brian was there for 9 years of prosperity a...
• with that quick a reply it is pretty obvious you did not bother to check to see if my any of my numbers are more accurate than yours.history is seen differen...
• could someone please tell me when we started calling them the tax and spend liberals? was it after the conservatives brought in federal income tax?maybe afte...
• only time will tell if the minister of finance will put us back in deficit spending. hopefully we will have an election before his next budget and we can dum...
• when was the u.s.ever in this position before. they have a 9 trillion dollar debt that is growing every day. corporations don't create jobs, consumers do.sho...
• you didn't explain about creating wealth.maybe you should go to your local bank to ask for a loan .watch as the money is created out of thin air while you si...
• one can only assume from your reply that m r m stands for moron real moron. read what i wrote.i don't know who is responsible for all taxes but if someone ch...
• is that the best you can do. try spending some of your time reading a history book or maybe you could read hansard to find out who actually did bring in all ...
• unfortunately you are right ,there are far too many voters who are undecided. worse yet they cast their votes on personality rather than actually finding out...
• how long ago did you retire. changes to the bank act made by lyin brian allow banks to lend out money that they no longer have reserves to cover. they lend o...
• you know what they say. figures lie and liars figure. are you denying mulroney had deficits that reached 42 billion in his last year in office.check back an...
• when you can't deny historical fact and your loosing an argument it only seems logical to stop discussing anything. why have you not replied to my claims t...
• lyin brian's deficits grew every year he was in office from 83 to 92 . i don't know what planet you were living on but there was no global recession anywhere...
• i think we might be making some progress with this discussion.you just realized that the g.s.t . was brought in by a conservative gov't. guess who pays a hug...
• my memory is not as good as yours .that bump in the economy brought on by reagonomics wasn't signifcant enough for me to remember.it did cause an early elect...
• my dear m r m.could you please pass this tidbit of information to all your conservative friends especially hollin the banker who told me i did not know what...
• i sincerely hope you are right about flaherty not being there but i believe whom ever takes his place will lead us down the same garden path.having three pa...
• parnel i think you are wrong . she dislikes dion because he is french not because he is a liberal. history shows the english voted tory and the french voted...
• are you saying you want to give the voters who have voted so wisely time and again by electing liberal governments the opportunity to elect senators. i am ha...
• what do you mean i might be right . i might be correct but i will never be right.
• "good" morning. did we get to this enviable position despite some of the choices the voters made? i am showing my bias but we did elect such luminaries as jo...
• we don't need to change the system . we need to change the crooks who run it. if every voter actually took part in the process we might get a different resul...
• had to reread your comment to see if you actually meant what you said about taking in money and then lending it out. i don't know if you read my comment to m...
• hollin,are you saying you read the debate and don't believe it or are you admitting there were changes made by lyin brian and i some how informed the bank ex...
• one of the reasons i would never run for office is that i don't know if i could resist the temptations of money and power. i can however try in my little way...
• tom are you sure the irish did not say "there is a little larseny in arseholes" an an not our souls.it could have been the accent.
• calm,in order to believe the whole story is all lies you would have to believe that any conservative is smart enough to think up this story.then again i thin...
• was it only worth 2 ho,ho's. i'll try harder
• I am not sure but I think calmecam said the whole story is untrue. when he says they are lying isn't that the same as saying the whole story is untrue. the p...
• heaven forbid you should learn what your hero lyin brian did to this country before he left office. if more right wing thinkers actually knew our country is...
• jan,jan,jan. with all due respect.you have a deficit and a debt confused. trudeau after 16 years in office left a bebt of 190 billion dollars. your hero cam...
• m.r.m. you were sent to afghanistan by a liberal government who were fed false information by the u.s.a. and britain.there was not one so called terrorist fr...
• you didn't answer the question about your new job or how much "soldiers" are paid for being in a foreign country . at least chretien didn.t send more troops ...
• just noticed this again.what in your way of thinking is better . 8.3% of a trillion dollar g.d.p. or 5.3 % of a of a 2 trillion dollar g.d.p. you seem to rea...
• four brave young men died at the hands of some american wacko who did not have the guts to accept responsibility and your worried about who sent them there. ...
• we do agree the g.s.t. eliminated the deficit not lyin brian. if reducing the g.s.t by 1% then another !% then why doesn't he really do some good for the eco...
• i not sure what you.meant. did you actually understand what i told you is the difference between debt and deficit or that another tax on the working class i...
• you are considered a veteran. the men and women who served and paid the ultimate price during the great wars are also considered veterans. the difference is ...
• your too clever for me. i will never get it and i guess your just too busy to try to teach me anything. are you sure your jan and not jim from whitby . you s...
• which war are you talking about. to be a war some body has to actually declare war against their enemy. invading another country is not really a war it's a c...

The Federal Tories - Poking Ontario with a sharp stick (Sun Media Column) (2008-03-31)

• it is amazing what you find by reading old posts. after eliminating lyin brian's huge deficits, the liberals began paying off our national debt. in order to ...
• even a conservative should know it is impossible for anything to be half empty. it is either empty or its not. empty is empty . put something in as glass it ...
• the same a...hole told you something can be half full. the proper term would be that it is half way to being full.you are definitely not halfway to being ful...

What will be the impact of the Cadman affair? (Video Blog Post) (2008-03-09)

• found this old post of yours since there no new ones. wanted to know if you found out who appointed chuck guite in the first place.
• hollin . I agree the liberals abused the system. My point is that regardless of who is in power , abuse will take place because the system is designed that w...

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

• nik. is there a glitch in your system? why are we reading posts dated 2007 from a lot of people we have never heard from before. there seems to be a lot of t...