paulalex

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New SES Research Poll - BQ supporters would Tilt to Tories and NDP (2007-04-17)

• This is a very interesting poll and basically confirms my view that the Liberals are slipping down to third party territory. Personally I would not be surpr...
• Yes the Liberals have had a long reign as a result of their divisive tactics, but Dion seems to be trying to be divisive at the same time as he is uniting wi...
• You are right that the situation here is not nearly as volatile as people in the R of C seem to think ! I really don't understand why people think that the...
• I think you are mostly correct. Harper is clearly a principled man, which resonates very well in the Quebec heartland. It's about time we had honesty in po...
• You are entirely correct that Quebec is not a province like the others. Quebec is a nation state that has been occupied since 1759. Je me souviens. Even i...
• To my respected interlocutors in the distant lands of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, First of all, Dion is extremely unpopular here in Quebec. Secondly,...
• Yes I think it is fair to say that Dion is hated, despised, and reviled here in Quebec. In the last poll Nik posted here he did worse in Quebec than any oth...
• It certainly is a symbiotic relationship perhaps most clearly illustrated by a raging controversy here in Quebec which has probably received zero coverage in...
• Layton is probably the biggest asset that the NDP has. For the rest, the party is something of a mishmash, like the liberals in overdrive, trying to accomod...
• The BQ will lose seats but is unlikely to do as poorly as the PQ. They will always get at least a third of the seats in Quebec (and the liberals will always...
• I am sure you meant you would welcome the advent of a divided left since that is what I posited ... My last paragraph is indeed difficult to read. You a...
• e guye: I am sure that every anglophone Canadian school child is 'taught the importance of Quebec or the French nationality as an integral part of Canada'...
• The PQ used to be slightly more socially democratic but in the last couple of years have moved more to the centre to try to combat the ADQ. As a result they...
• Quebec wants to be autonomous and/or independent. 67% of voters voted against the pro-federal Charest Liberal party in March. It was the worst performance b...
• "There are no two founding peoples. It is English Canada who developed Quebec and the ability to retain their religion, language and system of justice was gr...
• e guye - the problem is that both Canadians and Quebecers have been deceived by Trudeau and the liberals and the only people who have benefited are the liber...
• Of course the Liberals will not go way, but in terms of elections to the Quebec National Assembly they are certainly heading for third place. There was a ...
• I don't think Quebecers have ever claimed to feel neglected (unless perhaps you are thinking only of the so-called 'fiscal imbalance' farce). I think the re...
• I agree almost completely with almost everything you have said with the only difference being that I think the ultimate goal is or at least will be significa...

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

• Roughly two thirds of PLQ (Charest) voters will vote Liberal federally, and roughly one third of ADQ (Dumont) voters will vote Bloc federally so given the ...
• "I really question the numbers for Quebec Harper support. If they are true I would be very surprised if they would stay that high during an election campaign...

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

• I think the most interesting result in your poll is how exteremely unpopular Dion is in Quebec, much more so than anywhere else. I think the second most i...

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

• maybe the 'new revelations' only came out about a week ago in English Canada, but here in Quebec the papers have been overflowing with stories about the corr...
• e guye; That is highly unlikely to ever happen. First of all, Quebecers are too divided amongst themselves to have one leading paper, but you could probabl...
• I think we will gradually see a little more of Quebecers writing in English for anglophone audiences. I would also like to see more anglo-canadians writing ...

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

• Most Quebecers (not counting most of the anglophone minority) would rather not have all of this financial to and fro with Ottawa. Every time it comes up it ...
• You are right, Quebecers are not impressed at this blatant unfair attempt to buy support. Charest will be severely punished. But Harper will not be because...
• I think the hardcore federalists are suffering from the same kind of brainwashing as the hardcore separatists, when really the situation is not that stark. A...
• Certainly I share the same distrust of politicians' promises. Especially those of politicians who have some ideological master-plan like Pierre Trudeau or Re...
• Sure the Bloc will still win most of the seats here, but there are a significant minority who will vote for Quebec members of the Conservative Party (not for...
• Anyway, people do remember that it was the Liberals who got us into Afghanistan and who did nothing about Kyoto. There has even been a slight blip of rare ND...
• If an opinion does not in one's opinion warrant an answer perhaps one might kindly refrain from answering !? ... unfortunately for most quebecers it is pat...
• As long as the corrupt elite in Ottawa steal tax money to pervert the popular will of Quebecers to separate, those of you in the rest of Canada will periodic...
• It matters not how much money is proffered it will not change the popular will in Quebec one iota. Harper may well have managed to preserve his hold on the f...
• You do realise, don't you, that the 'transfers' are really just TAX REFUNDS, since the 'federal pie' is nothing more than the sum total of taxes collected fr...
• Chér Monsieur Lawson, if you want to seperate (sic) you have to send your application for speration (sic) to OTTAWA and not to the Bloc ! We would love to h...

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

• Things will get done if we get rid of the inept unpopular mendacious Charest who just dances to Bay street's tune and has utter contempt for ordinary Quebece...
• 2,5 billion in extra payments will not satisfy anybody. Most Quebecers dont really want any of this kind of hush money which is viewed as a bribe for not ro...