Harper Scores on CPAC-SES Leadership Report Card

This isn't really a surprise. Mr Harper has come out of the gate and fit into the roll well; especially when you compare him to the shotgun style (everything is a priority) of Mr Martin. Mr Harper has demonstrated decisiveness and clarity of purpose (albeit sometimes lacking in media communication strategies), maintaining that all important Prime Ministerial look.

It's no surprise to me either, given the fact that Harper has had a year as PM and the publicity that goes with it. Mr Dion has been leader of the opposition for 2 1/2 months, half of that time in parlimentary recess. It will be much different 6 months down the road, and I expect to see the numbers much closer.

I agree Nik those numbers remain the same for Harper, but the numbers Dion will go down, if he keeps beating this Kyoto drum, Canadians do not want to buy credits from Europe period, What is in it for Dion if he is still a French citizen, dual citizenship should be abolished before you can run in Federal Politics, or work in the Public Service, or be a member of this dysfunctional Senate.

It is no surprise at all that PM Harper is at the top of the heap.
This man is a leader and He will lead Canada to new heights. Dion has proven in the few months as liberal leader that he is not the man to look for to lead Canada effectively.

Where did you get the Numbers On Dion Nik did he run for Prime Minister or Party Leader the Leader Convention before the last one, these must be from his riding in Quebec before the last Electon, Nationally his numbers must be down near this Liz May, but your the Stats Man!

Best idea to come out of Quebec in years I sent councils in Metro Vancouver - Code of Conduct For Immigrants and Non Citizens! What do think about it!

Judges are not Independent they were appointed by Chretien and Liberals, these are Liberal Judges you can tell by their decisions these Judges think they are Parliament, keep stacking and get a good balance of Judges from the Right to offset these Liberal Judges, Beverly being the first to go.

Harper deserves a A+, No problem with Judicary Committe, Judges are not Independent, you cannot find a bigger Liberal, Beverley McLachlin Chief Justice of Canada, making Laws when this is the responsibility of Parliament, To many stupid laws and decisions have come out of this Liberal Judicary, the Judicary needs more balance which Harper is doing. Dion has no defense for this, and a reminder this is still a Chretien opposition government even with Dion as leader, no wonder Canadians do not want the Liberals, 13 years of corruption is not what Canadians want again.

These statistics are very disappointing; it shows the influence money can have on a democracy. The ads against the liberal party and specifically the leader, are taken out of context, they are intended to and do make Mr. Dion look weak. But you must remember that the debate was within the liberal party; what they had planned to do within the Kyoto protocol and what they actually accomplished. The ads are not honest; if you want honesty then you should compare the position of the conservatives on the environment during that same 13-year period. It would then be impossible for anyone to consider Stephan Harper a friend of the environment.
If the conservatives win the next election and do it with a majority, Canadians will have to suffer through a minimum of 4 years under Harpers right wing. Then in 20 or 30 years from now we will be speaking about the environment, the Canadian Wheat Board, Women rights, judicial justice the same way we now speak about the Avro Arrow Interceptor aircraft.

I agree, Harper, the man, has grown in the job as he ought to but, remember, he is being compared to someone who has not been in the job----speculative, to say the least, in this Harper vs Dion contest. Tonight, I hear on the news, that the government party is going to release another series of attack ads against Dion. Could this be characterized as a "panic attack" by the government party?

As a party, the Conservatives, under Harper, have tied their foreign policy fortunes rather closely to those of George Bush and his star seems to be dimming with the Americans and the world of late. This should give Canadians pause for thought. Canada's stature in the world as an honest broker has diminished and a foreign war, supporting United States interests, has done nothing to bolster that image but it has cost Canadian lives.

Domestically, Harper has made good progress given the restraints in the minority situation. He has demonstrated fantastic flexibility on the environment/climate change issue and in the beginning of this month he managed to cut all funding to the Northern Climate Exchange in the Yukon. His Accountability Act is long overdue even if he made just a few patronage appointments a week before the Act was proclaimed. It is unfortunate the farmers did not appreciate that it was in their best interests to not have a National Wheat Marketing Board.

We have yet to be told by the government what the Canada, U.S. and Mexico integration meetings are about. This is the North American Forum or the North American UNION. Is this evolution by stealth ? Will we be citizens of the new super country called the United States of Mexicanda with the capital of Washington D.C. ???? Should fly well with most of us---Ho Ho. Do you think trust and credibility will have a role to play in the coming election as they have had in the past ?

Harper is a good corporate CEO and he knows what manoeuvres it takes to hold office. With the coming election, I am waiting for a few good tax breaks. Just politics ! ! !

Report Card for Liberals is down to zero, trying to force this Kyoto scam down the throats of Canadians, But this is what Liberals are good for only, Scams,Corruption and whatelse illegal. Enivroment not a issues to some, Citizenship and Immigraton, Jobs etc etc. are. That is why I have asked the Auditor General to do a forensic audit on the following departments and Public Servants, 1. Citizenship and Immigration 2. Foreign Affairs 3. The Canadian Foreign Service, not one individual Public Servant is going to be exempted all will be investigated, their are not doing their jobs, PSAC has to much say on Polices, why shoud the onus be put on the Sponsor and Sponsored when we are paying the fee's, proof Public Servants are lazy, they have the resources to get information from other countries more so than citizens. They simply do not want to do any work. IN SHORT IF YOU NEED INFORMATION GET IT YOURSELF LAZY PUBLIC SERVANTS, UNIONS MUST BE BANDED IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IT LEADERS IN JAIL.

No To The Liberal Kyotto Bill this is no more than a scam to put Canadian Taxpayer's dollars in the pockets of Europeans and Dion's other country France.

Dion drops to -25 % , arrest of French Canadian Public Servant Official in the Finance a direct result of the Liberals billingual hiring Policies. Kyotto not to be honored by Government meets my approval, if these Wacko's of Kyotto take this case before Liberal Activist Judges, other Canadians will take these Wacko Kyotto supporters to Court after the Liberal Actvists Judges are removed, one the have been appointed by the corrupted Jean Chretien, more proof coming on this man's leadership and a dysfunctional Prime Minister. Non Kyotto's get ready for the Court's

Harper goes up another 25 % , Sorry but the Minister, the Deputy Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council must held accountable and responsible for the actions of the Public Servant Official that has been arrested. Individuals in those position at the time must be held accountable and repsonsible. McCullam and Goodale are just giving hogwash to Don Neumann on Politics. Goodale must never again be a Minister, he simply will not be accountable or responsible, this is not the type of Minister we want in Canada. Wether it is CRA or Finance those Liberals must be made responsible and accountable.

Nik, do you think if Harper's report card poll was held today, February 15th, it would read the same ? Harper has said he will not recognize Bill C-288 passed on a vote of 161 to 113, and, if this bill is passed by the Senate and becomes law, HE will ignore it. UNBELIEVEABLE ! Harper will not recognize a law passed by parliament. Sounds as if we have a constitutional crisis brewing and Michelle Jean will have to intervene. Of course, elected "leaders" in other countries in the past have chosen to ignore the will of parliament, or whatever they call it, and they have been labelled as dictators. Another guy, called King John 792 years ago chose to ignore "parliament" and I believe the results turned out not quite as he expected. In the history of democracy, the will of the king is bound by law and I suggest King Harper needs a refresher lesson in constitutional law. I respected Harper for what he managed to accomplish in a minority parliament but he is obviously not up to the thrust and parry of a minority parliament in respect to Bill C-288----he has lost my respect and in no way do I wish to see a one man rule in my country, Canada.

Dion down another 10%, Liberals must apologize for this arrested Public Servant Official and so must the Public Service Commission, this is a direct result of the billingual hiring policies and practices of the Federal government. Lucien Robillard must apologize also she created this absolutely stupid program, Down with Dion and his Liberals.

No apology to Goodale or Liberals needed, the Liberals caused this problem in the first with the hiring policies of Public Service Commission and the way Senior Officials are hired. Lucienne Robillard as a member of the Privy Council and Treasury Board is solely repsonesible for this mess.

Leadership! What a useless characteristic for a politician. It may be fine in the private arena but never in politics. A politician is a public servant (the opposite of leader). When I vote for a politician, I vote for someone to do my bidding. I don't want him/her to do anything other than what I ask him/her to do. The very monent that he starts making decisions of his own, decisions not according to my wishes, then I want that person out of office as soon as possible.
There's nothing that would turn me against a politician faster than for him to tell me that he is my leader. It's so insultful. Am I a sheep? Do I need someone to lead me around? How arrogant? How egotistical?
Give me a public servant, a politician who will do my bidding and I will vote for him/her.

Dion hard of Kyotto, But Soft on Terror, Dion is having a rough ride these past 2 weeks how can he possibily stay in the 20% range, he should be tied with Layton. Your comments wanted.

Time For Topic Change NIk , should have new topic daily things are moving fast in Parliament!

Time for Dion to step down, he is a losing cause for the Liberals. He simply does not have Leadership skills like Harper!!!

klawson sounds quite desperate to convince everybody here that Harper is th man. Well, I disagree. Harper has not impressed me one bit. If he were a more sympathetic person he might have fooled me in the beginning but what I have read about him dating from the mid nineties and to date I have concluded that he is a disaster for Canada. I will not lower myself by calling names but many come to mind.
The CPC's ads are nothing more than snippets of actual videos arranged so that they make Dion look weak. Now you can say a lot of things about Dion but weak he is not. He has qualities that the Conservatives could only wish their Leader had.

For Instance Dion allows dissent but eventually steers the caucus to consensus. Harper, with the help of his whip severely threatens caucus members and therefore makes them afraid to speak their minds and disagree (Belinda Stronach who did not have to accept that is a prime example). I have learned that several CPC caucus members are very disillusioned but have no way out. Their ridings are very CPC so they have to put up or shut up. They don't know where to turn. They just play along hoping to reach their retirement "entitlement" (10 years ?) and otherwise keep their noses as clean as possible. It is even noticable during Question Period where you can see them nodding agreement in unison whenever their Leader speaks (and others as well).

.As we have seen during the past year : public servants who act against the will of the Party in power or in other ways show themselvesto be out of line (Wheat Board CEO, Environment Commissioner, Chief Electoral Officer and probably numerous other) disappear rapidly with their "entitlements"..

Harper says one thing during his never ending election campaign and does something quite opposite (i.e. Income trusts , Kyoto or its replacement) Harper is not a leader he is an enforcer. Not my kind of Prime Minister. I am certain that many, many Canadian Voters will see this as well when the time comes.