wyly

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

• seperation? Dream on, conservatives live in a fantasy world created by the first past the post electoral system. If a vote on seperation ever occured in the ...
• ahh add a bit of racism to the debate, nice...well that does verify what many suspect of the conservatives....must kill you to have a black GG who is about t...
• I find that most people I speak with are really weak on how our democracy works so their opinions are worthless kneejerk reactions... personally I think if ...
• hell I'd vote for Duceppe if he would run for office in Calgary
• there might be chance to end the ongoing events if Harper resigns but he won't it's not in his nature, he's a bully and bullys only understand a good butt ki...
• and most of Vancouver, is BC planning to seperate without Vancouver??
• interesting from someone who has made several racists posts on this site regarding the chinese
• "of doing anything on their own like Alberta did'' funny that...I live in alberta, alberta has done nothing but to have the dumb luck of sitting on a sea of...
• almost all of the easts oil comes from overseas, I'm sure whatever comes from alberta if any can be easily replaced by numerous suppliers... Seperation part...
• I was a long time resident of Saskatchewan, while Alberta was having it's rollcoaster economy Saskatchwan was just keeping a steady pace, the worst of times ...
• denying democracy is not something to be proud of, the precedent set by the GG will come back to haunt us...now we can justifiably compare Harper to Robert M...
• by not doing what I believe she should have done, so in around about way yes...she holds a position where occasionally the GG has to make a difficult judgmen...

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

• Khadar-at worst he was a child soldier indoctrinated by his father, if he was in Canada he would have already been released...if his comes to court in the US...
• correct, the parties need only convince the GG that they have enough common ground to successfully form a functional government. The GG is generally a figur...
• plus the plans for increased seats in the HOC no doubt formed in conservative strongholds...Machiavelli were he alive would have to add a chapter on to his ...
• agreed but Harper choose the moment to play petty part politics at the worst possible time for his own personal gain...the moment I heard it I knew this woul...
• the bloc are social democrats like the libs and NDP they'll have common goals, the economy, healthcare, employment and they'll have differences...in a coalit...
• oh spare us the hypocrisy! September 9, 2004 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.Governor General Rideau Hall1...
• So our government listens in to our private conversations, how does one inadvertently drop in on a conference call? Sounds a bit like watergate, is there not...
• listening in on and taping a private conversation, my right to privacy is sacred, no privacy, no freedom, no democracy. negoiating with seperatists is what ...
• sorry harper showed his true colours, he's a power monkey. I expected a a stimulus package and got a power grab instead. I've lost 25% of my investments virt...
• The RCMP will make that final decision.
• Ritz-not at all the same situation.
• he hasn't been convicted of any crime "that is why the US will not give him to us despite the best efforts of both the Liberals for three years and the Tori...
• prorogue may not be granted if the GG thinks Harper is doing it to only avoid defeat.... and if Harper really cares about Canada and not his political futur...
• Fascists don't normally like democracy and like it's rules that restrict their access to power...the libs and NDP are following our rules of our democracy ar...

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

• "tax" was the only word people were allowed to hear and they shut off all other brain functions after hearing it....a very poorly explained plan.... but lik...
• everybody plays with the numbers...here's the reality, less than 60% of Canadians voted....of the 100% of eligible voters the winning party only got 20% of a...
• I like minorites, we get better government ...I'd prefer ABC but this will do...
• putting 14-15 yr olds in prison for life, it'll never pass an idiotic idea to gain some votes from the ignorant knee-jerks and neo-cons, as a law it will nev...
• sad thing is you don't understand very much, yours is a knee jerk reaction of ignorance... sociopath...yeah you look it up, an obsolete term that describes ...
• that might work to keep kids inline but isnt fair to the parents...I knew some kids that were out of control but there was nothing the parents could do, the ...
• I don't understand the media's demand for an annoucement, why the desire for drama to see someone publicly humiliated the desire for spectacle from the media...
• I would think it would be normal proceedure after every election for each party to review its performance and it's leadership win or lose...

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)

• Harper won't call the next election he doesn't want to be seen as calling yet another $300million election before it was needed...the opposition will bring h...
• let's turn that around, it's your arrogance that let you assume that I have ever supported Liberals in my life, I haven't...I have only supported 2 parties b...
• that's simplistic speculation, we have no idea if it was liberal supporters that stayed home or not....a lot of people stayed home(a new record I hear) and n...
• socialism is alive and well in Saskatchewan, the odd conservative or liberal governments elected there is just sask voters way of clearing deadwood....wait a...
• socially Quebec leads Canada, where they are now the rest of us will be in 10-20 years...
• it's not mentioned because it would forever end the conservatives quest for a majority, but let's not be so niave to believe that many ex-reformers don't hol...
• as I've posted before I believe our system as it is is a subversion of democracy, until we change our system strategic voting is fair...I foresee vote swappi...
• last thing the cons will want is to call an election during a recession that's the reason this one was called....I doubt either the opposition or the governm...

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

• .if they move in masse I would think they'll head away from the cons, if there is no significant news(economic disasters etc.) they probaby divide out evenly...
• correct, people vote for parties for no other reason than "my dad voted for them".... a strategic voting actually indicates a thought process which is welco...
• parties that benefit from the system we have now will never want to do away with it.....they may say they do but the moment they gain power they'll want to k...
• a campaign of failure for both cons and libs...Dion if he doesn't become PM, Harper for not producing a majority vs. a weak "Dion, not a leader", 3 elections...

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

• how's this for math majority means over 50% and that's a number the cons will never reach.....so yes the majority of Canadians are not conservative they are ...
• ekos is the extreme on end and Nanos is on the other so you believe with whatever poll helps your party.....H&K seat predictions based on ekos and nanos numb...
• you're right our cons appear to be more lib than american right wing nutters but that's only because Harper has gagged his minnons, Rob Anders is a prime exa...
• truth be known when compared to GB and the USA , Canada has the fewest University graduate representives by far....it's really disappointing that Canadians d...
• oh gee I guessed the Conservative PM Robert Borden War Measures Act of 1914-20 ;) interment of Ukrainian Austrian & German Canadians spin it how you wa...
• agreed there will likely be a leadership convention if he does not win...I would think the cons would have to consider the same if Harper doesn't score a maj...
• it won't be another 2.5 yrs....if the economy tanks next year unemployment increases, inflation, exports down, manufacturing in Ontario drops through the flo...

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

• how does 50% of westerners voting conservative add to western discontent and alienation? what about the other 50% who don't support the conservatives are o...
• absolutely correct, western separatists are on the lunatic fringe, there is just no support for it...I've heard this talk out here for 25-30 years and the mo...
• Nik is out to lunch on this, voting conservative has nothing to do with or will add to western alienation, he's reading more into the polls than what there i...
• if there is a majority that would be automatic but what if a coalition with a larger number of seats presents itself to GG as wanting to be the government I ...
• I'll go there...as politically incorrect as it sounds, it's their job I didn't ask them to join the forces, our soldiers have a very safe occupation, how man...
• it's also wrong to assume that those who vote NDP are a protest vote, it's also wrong to assume all 50% of those who would conservative are alienated and...
• I don't object to danger pay that's fair but not the numbers you suggest...for 200,000 plus benefits we could hire a mercenary force that would do the job an...
• I would think it depends how close the results are, if Harper just misses a majority Dion is gone, if it's a close race and Dion picks up seats he stays
• thank you, I know something new I didn't before
• why would that be so bad... isn't that what the various right wing parties did to get where they are now....at least if the libs, greens, NDP join forces the...
• Harper if he loses he is gone, if he returns with another minority government a leadership convention which he may or may not win
• Harper has reversed his decision on arts funding ...a western PM from Calgary is giving in to Quebec opinion, so how is this the fault of eastern urban cente...
• why because she said what other leaders are afraid to say?...if the other leaders had the balls ms May had they would all state a 2nd preference for PM if th...
• yeah, I thought over giving them danger pay and had a change heart...., after all the benefits they recieve that the rest of don't get and the fact that for ...
• so democracy worries you? that the majority of Canadians are not tories and should allow themselves to dominated by tory minority is just?
• it's one of two answers, he's either a crap economist or he lied
• can this be considered a "do over" which Harper said is not good leadership?
• I don't think that's written in stone....the GG officially still has I believe the supreme power in this land and if two or three parties came forward and as...
• I have a hearing problem, I hear a really loud noise in one ear can you hear it?..it's the same affliction as my father had but mine is different than what h...
• I believe there are about 40-45 swing seats that could go either way so and the amount of undecided voters going to the polls election day could very well de...
• Fraser Institute-I'm sorry I hear the name and I turn off, they're predictable extreme right wing nut jobs you'd gain more credibility quoting wikipedia....I...
• absolutely I do, flip flopping is do-over of course if your con supporter than you for an escape clause
• I used to dislike Don Martin opinion I thought of him as a biased conservative hack, after reading a few articles of his critical of the conservatives I feel...

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

• who are these "we" as in "we want out"? who gave you permission to speak for us westerners?
• it doesn't matter what the official rules for seperation are if any one province wants out it's not going to worry about rules and other provinces opinion......
• simplistic logic-conservatives are a minority in the west, a perverse electoral system skews the results, combine the greens, libs and ndp and the results ar...
• as my banker explained mortgage rules to me it is a requirement of the government of Canada that Canadian banks not loan more than you can pay back. American...
• if he waited until next year as "his" law stated he would be trying to get re-elected during a recession and with his "steady as she goes,/hands off approach...
• nutty idea....please run for the conservatives next election and state publicly that you want to seperate from the east and we'll have one less conservative ...
• there are rules but in reality there nothing short of warfare to stop it from happening, and our military doesn't have the capability of doing that.....simpl...
• 5% of the population refusing to submit their Federal income tax will bring any government down...if 5% of Alberta tax payers about 60,000 people refuse to p...

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

• that's all very nice for those with the cash, but for most Canadians having a job that puts food on the table and pays the mortgage is the the reality not bu...
• I work in residential construction and live in the hotest area for housing in Canada Calgary. company's are folding, sales are dropping fast the first layoff...
• "Dion has come alive and people are seeing him as smart, sensitive and they do seem to believe that he is in it for more than power." ....sorry not me I don'...

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

• hey hang on there....don't put me in the same catagory as the nutty fringe , as a life long westerner (Sask, Yukon and Alberta) I have a huge circle of frien...
• by your comments your either very young or a poor student of history, for decades years Ontario carried the west...only now that natural resources are(were) ...

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

• can you think past one election? Saskatchewan has been Liberal, NDP and Conservative...by far the worst government ever elected in Sask were the Devine conse...
• you distort history..the crow frieght rates helped western farmers get thier product to eastern markets cheaply, there was little or no manufacturing sector ...
• I'm not your's or anyone's "kiddo" Here's a sumation of the Crow agreement... The Crow's Nest Pass Agreement, dated 6 September 1897, was an agreement betw...
• the new sask government has been in power for what? a year? the sask economy was booming long before the Wall government took over, they inherited a very he...
• one year in office the Wall government has done nothing to improve the Sask economy that wasn't already happening. Carbon Tax will change the way company's ...
• so now you're holding a grudge against the east for something that occured prior to 1897! how childish I suggest you read the original document, I have... ...
• give me a minority any day, the best democracy we can hope for...better than 40% of the population having a majority to force the other 60% to do things they...
• just as I thought you never read the original agreement...and western resistance to dismantling it... my history is fine it just hasn't been distorted to my...

New SES Research Poll - Canada's Mission in Afghanistan - Obstacle to Harper Majority (2007-05-06)

• "we are there at the request of the elected government of Afghanistan"-Candace you're entire arguement is nulified by that. The government of Afghanistan at...
• a person that sacrifices his life is coward??? I would think suicde attacks take considerably more courage than attacking someone from a secure base at 10K's...
• The Taliban never came into being until after the Russians were gone and were never trained and equiped by the americans.
• I knew it was an unwinable war when we went in...Politicians are lousy at history and ignore it repeatedly, we stumbled into a civil war we had no business t...