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

Well - a little boring of course, but it was to be expected :) There's not going to be much more movement till closer to the debates unless something big happens.

Harris had the ndp up, but i really don't trust harris decima. I'd guess that aside from going up a point or down a point or two there won't be much change for a few days.

[updated Sat Sep 27 14:44:22 EDT 2008]

Volatility lessens for run up to debate or are we just waiting for the shoe to drop, listened to Dion speaking today and I'm sorry, but I just cannot understand what he's saying all too often.

[updated Sat Sep 27 14:44:27 EDT 2008]

CTV is full of [EDITED BY MODERATOR], just saw a piece saying the NDP was tied or doing better than the Liberals.

[updated Sat Sep 27 19:28:25 EDT 2008]

I HAVE to bring this 'gem' to the pages of Nanos. Please 'Google' :

('Ottawa Valley Borden Line' )to see that Ontario was legislated by John Diefenbaker
(PM 1958-1963 in majority) to pay approx. DOUBLE for their oil and HAD to buy it from Alberta to
help Alberta with their oil production. The 'Borden Line' was the border between Ontario and
Quebec. The 5 provinces east of that line paid much less for their 'imported' oil than Ontario did
for Alberta oil, thus subsidizing Alberta from the early 60s to the early 70s. Those cpcers who constantly say on other sites and 'boards' that Ontario is a 'welfare' province or anything in that vein, had better READ this site. It's the 4th one down on the page when you 'Google' it. THAT means, of course, that Alberta was most likely the biggest 'welfare case' in this country save Quebec for that approx. ten years. I doubt very much that few if ANY posters here know of this as they are too young. I was born in 1944 and I lived through it !! It's the TRUTH !! Alberta - welfare galore from us in Ontario and when they were asked to help out during the 'oil cirisis' of the early 70s when OPEC had shut off the taps to us, they refused, the greedy sods !! Trudeau HAD to implement the NEP just to get a greedy province 'onside' to help and they STILL got a good deal, in spite of the lies of their own MLAs. Eventually oil 'tanked' in the early 80s and Alberta went into a 'tailspin' - NOTHING anyone could do about it, but the Alberta MLAs convinced Albertans that it was Ontario's and Trudeau's fault which is completely false.
Nevertheless, Alberta gladly took the handouts and turned their backs on us when they were 'swimming' in 'the devil's brew, commonly known as oil !!
That's the final truth for Alberta. The 'urban legend's bubble is burst. Alberta's MLAs past and present are to blame for it and harper revels in it. READ the piece, especially the top of page 26 - It's ALL there !!
Cheers - LIBERALMAN

[updated Sat Sep 27 19:57:47 EDT 2008]

Turn to NDP to stop Harper, Layton says after poll gains

JULIAN BELTRAME

The Canadian Press

September 27, 2008 at 9:24 PM EDT

OTTAWA — A resurgent NDP Leader Jack Layton called on voters to flock to him as the only legitimate alternative to the Conservatives after national polls showed the traditional also-ran party closing in on second place.

“Here in B.C., the choice is very clear, if you want to stop [Stephen] Harper only New Democrats can do it,” he told a rally in Vancouver.

“Everywhere I go, at every family home, at every kitchen table, I'm hearing the same thing. This time Canada is going to make a different choice. This year we're going to say goodbye to 25 years of failed leadership in Ottawa.”

Mr. Layton's soaring optimism comes after a new Canadian Press Harris-Decima put the NDP at 19 per cent in popular support, up five points from the start of the campaign – and within striking distance of the Liberals, who remained stagnant at 23 per cent."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080927.welexwrap0927/BNStory/politics

And it goes on from there.

Well - this is what we were expecting sooner or later. I thought he might wait till the debates, but that Harris Decima poll seems to have emboldened him into making it an issue now.

So - will the people bite? Will this remain his message? Is the ndp going to move up in the polls in the next couple of days?

Place your bets people :)

[updated Sat Sep 27 22:45:54 EDT 2008]

I am in favour of a smaller more efficient Federal Government. I don't mean gutting our services or protection of our National interests but I want our Provinces and cities to have more taxing power to address local priorities.

What are the priorities you would like to see our Federal Government enact in the next HOC? (Keep it Federal ie Healthcare or property taxes are not a Federal jurisdiction)

[updated Sun Sep 28 12:03:26 EDT 2008]