The latest CPAC-Nanos tracking poll shows a seven point margin for the Harper Conservatives over the Dion Liberals. The Liberals have held on to post debate gains in Quebec but Ontario remains a tie between the Tories and the Grits.
In the post English debate world, however, Stephen Harper and Jack Layton have regained some lost ground on their daily leadership index. The research at this point suggests that the French debate has buoyed the image of Stephane Dion as well as Liberal support in Quebec while the Conservative numbers have slipped in Quebec.
Tune in to Goldhawk Live with Dale Goldhawk tomorrow night at 7 pm (EST) on CPAC for a discussion of our latest polling results. For more detailed information on the methodology and the statistical results visit the Nanos Research website at Nanos Research.
Methodology and Results
A national random telephone survey is conducted nightly by Nanos Research throughout the campaign. Each evening a new group of 400 eligible voters is interviewed. The daily tracking figures are based on a three-day rolling sample comprised of 1,200 interviews. To update the tracking, a new day of interviewing is added and the oldest day dropped. The margin of accuracy is ±2.8%, 19 times out of 20 for 1,200 random interviews.
The numbers in parenthesis denote the change from the previous Nanos Research Survey completed on October 2, 2008.
Question: If a FEDERAL election were held today, could you please rank your top two current local voting preferences? (First ranked reported)
Committed Voters - Canada (N=1,008, MoE ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20)
- Conservative Party 35 (NC)
- Liberal Party 28 (-2)
- NDP 19 (+1)
- BQ 10% (NC)
- Green Party 8% (-1)
- Undecided 16% (NC)
Question: Of the following individuals, who do you think would make the best Prime Minister? [Rotate] (N=1,202,MoE ± 2.8%, 19 times out of 20)
- Conservative leader Stephen Harper 32% (NC)
- NDP leader Jack Layton 19% (+2)
- Liberal leader Stephane Dion 17% (-1)
- Green Party leader Elizabeth May 4% (-1)
- Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe 4% (-1)
- None of them 8% (NC)
- Unsure 17% (NC)
Question: Which of the federal leaders would you best describe as:
- The most trustworthy leader
- The most competent leader
- The leader with the best vision for Canada’s future
[Leadership Index Score - Daily roll-up of all three measures]
- Stephen Harper 89 (+10)
- Jack Layton 59 (+11)
- Stephane Dion 52 (-19)
- Elizabeth May 18 (+3)
- Gilles Duceppe 12 (+1)
What do you think?
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It seems every time I read a newspaper lately, there are Liberal supporters and ... more
Reg (British Columbia) 04 Oct 14:12
The new 7 point spread of the Conservatives over the Liberals should widen over ... more
westerner (suspended) (Alberta) 04 Oct 14:33
I rest my case, the extreme changes yesterday have corrected themselves, the pr... more
Regina Beach Boy (Saskatchewan) 04 Oct 14:21
Ummmm larryl, the people who work in Fort McMurry also live in Fort McMurry. It... more
Craig (Alberta) 05 Oct 01:30
Well - not really 40. If they hit 39 percent with the current conditions it'll ... more
Foxer (British Columbia) 05 Oct 05:20
Well that is obvious. I live in Calgary and have a bunch of collegues in the ... more
Craig (Alberta) 05 Oct 11:38
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Reg
It seems every time I read a newspaper lately, there are Liberal supporters and candidates complaining about the possibility of the Conservatives getting a majority when "60% of Canadians are opposed to the CPC".
One wonders where these people were when the Liberals under Chretien were getting majority governments when "60% of Canadians are opposed to the Liberal Party."
Any Liberals want to comment???
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04 Oct 14:12
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Regina Beach Boy
I rest my case, the extreme changes yesterday have corrected themselves, the previous wild shift in Dion's leadership numbers have dropped by 19 points, close where he was prior to glitch.
Either way, it will be intresting to see where the voting preference numbers move in the next few days, this will reveal where the numbers will stabilize until election day, of course barring any major gaffes by the parties.
[updated Sat Oct 04 14:21:16 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 14:21
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westerner (suspended)
The new 7 point spread of the Conservatives over the Liberals should widen over the next 2 or 3 days as the rollling average fully recognizes the positive responses from the english debate. Dion is not doing well in the Leadership Index.
Watch for more Liberal dirty tricks as they get more desperate as the campaign comes to a close.
[updated Sat Oct 04 14:33:23 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 14:33
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HoldenCaulfield
Westerner, thanks for sharing your wisdom and psyhic abilities with us; and I thought all that came from the Oil Patch was smog and pollution, silly me.
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04 Oct 17:05
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
Holden, A foggy brain is actually a compliment to him
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04 Oct 17:13
fortescue
I t will be interesting westener. i like the previous responses. personal attacks, no response to your hypothesis. You cranked some estimates a few days ago, they proved quite accurate. I think you should gues on tory and liberal support for tomorrrow. i will post go back look at trend then come back with my prediction. By the way I am from ontario and have been out west a number of times. Never noticed any smog, only great peaople, great montains, and big skys. Here in Ontario smog in toronto is brutal. Did you no fighting co2 has nothing to due with reducing smog. Smaog comes from carbon monoxide not carbon dioxide, there is a big defference. Harper relizes thats whey the government started an official monitoring program on air quality and is working not only to ruduce co2, but alos carbon monoxide.
I know smog doesnt impact you so I though I would educate your new freinds.
[updated Sat Oct 04 17:28:41 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 17:28
fortescue
Something is very funny with liberal numbers. Methinks yesterday must have been a rogue poll. The liberals were consistently polling 26 prior to yesterday. Then Whammo 30. It shouldnt swing that fast on a three day rolling average. Did they poll as high as 38? (26+26+38)/3=30). (not likley but only nic know) The 26 numbers may not be right, but they are unlikely to be far off, given theliberals have had a rolling average of 26 for 4 straight days. The dip today may mean they are as as low as 20 in todays poll.
26 drops off replaced by todays number. (26+38+X)/3=28 solve for x. My math says X=20.
That cannot be right but it is very strange to see liberals drop so much after peeking so much yesterday.
Conserves fairly consistent. Up and down by 1 over last 7 days.
My prediction for next poll
Libs 26
cons 36
Game on,
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04 Oct 17:47
westerner (suspended)
You are taking averages of averages. It doesn't work that way. Nik doesn't release the daily absolutes so it is difficult to forecast.
[updated Sat Oct 04 17:58:20 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 17:58
Craig
This is why I don't understand why no one supported Rona Ambrose's Clean Air Act.
It seems like the world is simply repeating CO2, CO2 etc. when it comes to the environment and ignoring everything else. During the Live Earth concerts I saw videos of kids talking about how much they love the environment. Then they said we needed to get rid of carbon dioxide because of overfilling landfills (?).
The Clean Air act was supposed to reduce CO2 but also take care of smog as well. Well, carbon dioxide isn't even in smog. That is caused by carbon monoxide, sulfur monoxide and sulfur dioxide.
But people are so brainwashed they didn't care.
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04 Oct 19:58
larryl
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 smog on the ground but lots at 30,000 feet. They can't build housing up north because they have to keep the water they have to produce the oil we are sending to the States. Four barrels of water for every barrel of oil produced might dry up their supply really quickly.
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04 Oct 22:12
fortescue
just wondering where this water goes, do they bury it in a landfill site, do the export it, or do they clean it and reuse it? My understnading was the latter. Is there some other place we should be exporting this oil to? US pays there bills dont they? Do you have a problem with us exporting oil, or is it just a general concern with respect to producing the oil?
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04 Oct 23:50
larryl
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 damage to our eco system that can be lowered . That would reduce corporate profits so so we can't do that can we? People should be aware that tar sands developement would stop without government subsidies and corporate welfare. As for the water I think some of it goes up in the atmosphere and comes down where ever the wind takes it .It must be going somewhere since the Athabasca river is almost dried up. Maybe the resident expert can tell us?
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05 Oct 10:15
westerner (suspended)
Maybe you could encourage legislation to forbid the importation of foreign oil to eastern Canada from off shore (Venezuela, Columbia and Saudi Arabia) until all the Canadian production from BC, Alta, Sask and NFL is consumed by Canadians. With increased pipeline capacity western oil and NFL oil could be shipped to Ontario and Quebec before any foreign oil could be used. This would greatly increase the cost of oil to easterners and would encourage more production in Canada to meet Canadian demands.
Great idea, eh!
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05 Oct 12:41
larryl
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 industry? The trans-Canada pipeline that was built by the federal government and then sold to private companies makes tons of money for the multi-national oil companies . The same hated NEP tied the price of natural gas to the price of oil which should be unrelated as one has little to do with the other . Why does my gas bill increase when speculators drive up the price of a barrel of oil? The east is making those companies that create the GHG emissions huge profits because of legislation . I would love to tell Hugo Chavez and the Saudi oil sheiks what to do with their oil but we need to become self sufficient across the country before we can do that. Why do other oil producing countries charge their citizens
much less than world prices.? Should we be doing the same thing to make us competitive in the global market for our exports which would again benefit the whole country rather than just the blue eyed sheiks. Your hatred of the east is based on the false belief that the NEP was totally responsible for what happened in 81 and that is just not true.
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05 Oct 13:25
HC in AB
You can't talk out of both sides of your mouth, I thought the whole premise behind the tax shift was to make energy more expensive to discourage use. Now you are saying lets create a canadian only market for our energy resources so that it will be less expensive. Which is it?????
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05 Oct 13:31
larryl
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 are admitting that big oil are the major sources of GHG. If they don't clean up their act they would pass on the added tax burden to consumers who have some choices to reduce their use of the fossil fuels and thereby lowering demand for those products which would by the rules of supply and demand cause a reduction in price. The revenue from the polluters would then be used to lower taxes on income giving consumers more money to spend on products that companies who are smart enough to stop polluting can now produce at a lower cost since they don't have to include the carbon tax in their costs.Companies can decide to lower there carbon output or pay higher taxes. If you want to keep driving the gas guzzling four by four then you will pay. We can make choices to reduce our carbon footprint , save money and get income tax cuts at the same time. Makes sense to me.
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05 Oct 13:55
HC in AB
A small income tax decrease and a whole mess of program spending. The tax shift is very explicit about the tax rates that would be imposed on various commodities. You stilli indicated that you would like to create a canadian market for canadian resources and decrease costs to canadians. That would only encourage energy use. You did not address that. Is this the Liberal hidden agenda? Nationalize the energy sector?
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05 Oct 14:00
larryl
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 products for export and the carbon tax would keep our use of fossil fuels down .By making us more competitive globally the employment would add revenue to fund those programs . Of course a minority government could not implement all their campaign promises and only be able to do what all parties agreed to. Unless that is a CPC minority that abuses the rules to force the opposition to accept their legislation with non-confidence motions because they can't force an unnecessary election.
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05 Oct 14:38
HC in AB
In addition, all of Canada is benefiting, Alberta makes a net per captia transfer to federal coffers of about 3 times that of Ontario. The rest of Canada benefits greatly from that transfer thru equalization etc. The current labor market here has been acting as a bit of a safety valve for the rest of the country as economic activity has stalled there. A lot of material, equipment etc. required currently here is sourced elsewhere in the country. Look at the big picture.
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05 Oct 13:36
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
HC in AB... its always nice to talk present tense when it suits the western whiners but they don't want to accept that the east funded their resource discoveries and the building of the structures to get those resources to market.
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05 Oct 13:41
HC in AB
Nobody is disputing that fact, now you have to accept the fact that it was a good decision and now the rest of the country as well as Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC (yes, there are oil and gas fields in the BC Peace River Region) are all benefitting from that policy.
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05 Oct 13:44
larryl
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 Alberta is not coming out of your pocket, it is coming from royalties . That makes Ontario tax payers' contributions to confederation more of a personal thing but you only look at the figures that show how much the province is sending to Ottawa. Your tax dollars are not going to equalization but the royalties are. Big difference.
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05 Oct 14:11
westerner (suspended)
You dislike exporting oil to the US while importing off shore oil. So the solution is to stop all shipments to the US and send all western oil and NFL oil to central Canada. Sounds like a plan you would support.
PS: I never mentioned the NEP!
[updated Sun Oct 05 13:37:05 EDT 2008]
05 Oct 13:37
larryl
Westerner. Not this time.
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05 Oct 14:12
Craig
Ummmm larryl, the people who work in Fort McMurry also live in Fort McMurry. It's about 400 km away from Edmonton and 700 km away from Calgary. That's a hell of a commute.
Despite your comments, they do not use Westjest plane back and forth either.
Fort McMurry is its own city with its own resources.
You are somewhat correct about the water though. Except that they water supply is abundant.
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05 Oct 01:30
larryl
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 with the demand for housing. I have no idea how many are doing this but I imagine the Westjet flight schedule could give us some clue. Are all the so called experts wrong about the looming crisis of water shortages? Why are they building a pipeline from B.C. to Alberta? Who actually knows what the facts are? Not me.
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05 Oct 10:47
Craig
Well that is obvious.
I live in Calgary and have a bunch of collegues in the oil patch.
But your argument there just contradicts what you said earlier. You said that they can't build houses in FM due to the water shortage, now you say people cannot keeps up with the demand for housing.
FM is experiencing a huge housing boom and its true, it is hard to keep up especially with rising costs and expenses.
Why were you in Calgary meeting these people? Was it a secret meeting to make up more "facts"?
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05 Oct 11:38
larryl
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 about the two largest cities. I only read the opinion of the experts who fear what they can see coming. Are they right or just making up stories? Went to a very nice wedding and Calgary has gained a great new citizen whose roots go back 300 years in this country.
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05 Oct 12:43
HC in AB
Domestic water usage would not be the issue as it in a normal urban setting is only about a 50 to 70 imperial gallons per day or about .25 to .3 cubic meters per day (per capita). A population of 100,000 only uses 25 to 30 thousand cubic meters per day, which is miniscule compared to industrial requirements. The issues in Municipality of Wood Buffalo are more related to treatment and distribution capacity than raw water availability.
Most domestic usage is ultimately treated and returned to the river systems.
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05 Oct 13:00
larryl
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 sands ? Some of the pollution caused by the oil industry is damaging the eco system but there is little being done to reduce that or make big oil pay.
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05 Oct 13:32
HC in AB
You were talking about housing, did you not read "miniscule compare to industrial requirements".
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05 Oct 13:47
larryl
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 ? Families showing up rather than just the father being there for a short time and going home sure would increase demand for personal water use which they don't have. Is there a looming water shortage?????
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05 Oct 14:23
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
Craig, you are dead wrong. There is a current freeze on new building permits in FM due to, guess what, a lack of water. The aboriginal bands to the north of FM will tell you that in no uncertain terms.
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05 Oct 13:44
HC in AB
Ten in and ten out has been normal in any large scale or remote development across the county almost forever. It makes no sense to construct permenant housing for relatively temporary construction projects. I have seen this in mine development in SE and NE BC, Hydro development in Northern Quebec and numerous other places.
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05 Oct 11:49
westerner (suspended)
gohabs1 or is it Parnel, MBAGS, TPQ, or gohabs? You change your alias so often. I thought you were banned from this site when you were BMAGS? Well your made up facts are entertaining at least.
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04 Oct 17:55
Craig
Don't forget the ingenious incarnation of TPQ1. That was an original spin on the name. :)
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04 Oct 19:50
westerner (suspended)
I forgot that one!
Wonder what is next. He is so full of baloney that he is easy to spot.
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05 Oct 09:12
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
Baloney is what you'll eat if Harper is elected.
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05 Oct 09:19
westerner (suspended)
Yummy! Looking forward to it.
[updated Sun Oct 05 09:23:44 EDT 2008]
05 Oct 09:23
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
This is an anonymous internet blogging site. There are several people who post under more than one alias on an ongoing basis. Some change their names because of circumstances and some have internet problems with Nik's site.
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05 Oct 09:21
westerner (suspended)
You can dream up a better excuse than that cant you?
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05 Oct 09:24
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
I'm waiting for yours and also any intelligent conversation on why the cons are better than everyone as opposed to saying the others are no good. Oh that's right cons don't have to tell us anything and just sit dumb and happy with their crooked plagaristic leader.
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05 Oct 09:27
westerner (suspended)
When are you going to change your alias again? Do you regularly try to hide from your previous comments when you were banned.?
[updated Sun Oct 05 09:36:18 EDT 2008]
05 Oct 09:36
larryl
HABs. Any brain at all would be surprising.
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04 Oct 22:03
westerner (suspended)
Your very welcome; anytime I can help let me know.
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04 Oct 17:49
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
You sure do help us all realize why the most any Harper led government will ever get is what they got last time. Between 65 and 70% of ALL CANADIAN VOTERS will vote against his ideology and eventually the centre left will coalesce totally around the Liberal vision of centrist politics.
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05 Oct 09:24
westerner (suspended)
This is the baloney I was referring to! Great example.
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05 Oct 09:33
MRM
westerner - Maybe parnel/TPQ/TPQ1/TPQ2 (they were very original?) /MBAGS/gohabs/gohabs1(another original) should change his name to sneaky?
I don't know why he keeps showing up where he is not wanted. I guess he has no dignity and obviously no life. I can't wait until Oct 15th because we won't hear much from him after that. He will be to embarrassed when all of the stupid statements he has made come back to haunt him.
What he does not get is that if he is going to try to fool people he has to at least be as smart as those he is trying to fool. A criterion he falls woefully short on.
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05 Oct 09:53
westerner (suspended)
Agreed!!
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05 Oct 12:22
larryl
Holden. TOUCHEZ. Hope I spelled that right.
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04 Oct 22:02
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
Any more brilliant prognostications Westerner? We love them!!!
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05 Oct 14:56
MRM
Who are "we". Oh yeah the multiple personalities of parnel/TPQ/TPQ1/TPQ2/MBAGS/MBAGS1/gohabs and now gohabs 1.!
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05 Oct 16:57
gohabs1 (Suspended for inappropriate post)
Its the royal we.
[updated Sun Oct 05 18:08:31 EDT 2008]
05 Oct 18:08
Pop! The Balloon called Liberal hope is gone!
[updated Sat Oct 04 17:22:17 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 17:22
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Reg
There is less than a month until a great election, an election that will decide the next Prime Minister of Canada. The person elected will be the Prime Minister of all Canadians, not just the Liberals, PC's or the NDP. To show our solidarity as Canadians let's all get together and show each other our support for the candidate of our choice. It's time that we all came together. If you support the policies and character of Stephen Harper, please drive with your headlights on during the day. If you support Stephane Dion or that other guy, please drive with your headlights off at night. Thank you and drive carefully
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04 Oct 19:23
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What leader(s) of Federal Parties are exhibiting anti-american sentiment in this campaign?
a) Dion
b) Layton
c) May
d) Duceppe
e) Harper
Bonus question what party is claimed if the CPC were elected The Canadian Army could be deployed in our streets?
[updated Sat Oct 04 22:30:11 EDT 2008]
04 Oct 22:30
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HoldenCaulfield
I have been a member of several discussion boards in the past and I have to admit that I have never been on one where so many right wingers hang out. The number of Western right wingers on here is unusual. I'm left wondering why.
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05 Oct 02:36
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Anti-american sentiment by party leaders continue
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081002/canada/canada_us_politics_canada_col_1
Opposition leaders -- who regularly accuse Harper of harboring an extremist agenda and of taking his orders from Bush -- blamed the prime minister for Canada's sluggish economic growth and said he should do more to help people who had lost their jobs.
"Mr Harper is a fan of the laissez-faire approach to the economy, like Mr Bush, and we can see the disaster unfolding now in the United States," said Gilles Duceppe, leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois.
The value of Canadian workers' pensions has dropped by C$90 billion ($90 billion) in two days -- it's unbelievable. And you say that everything is going well," said Jack Layton, leader of the left-leaning New Democrats.
"The policies that you are suggesting today are the same ones used by George Bush ... Where is the action plan to protect people?"
http://technology.canoe.ca/2008/10/01/6945021-cp.html
Nelson Wiseman, professor of political science at the University of Toronto, said he's not surprised the Liberals have turned to negative ads.
"They probably regret they didn't start right out with it," Wiseman said. "They made the big error of running on something rather than running against something."
"Towards the end of the campaign, if you feel you're going to lose or even if you're leading but you perceive a serious threat, you go negative on the other side. The more negative you get at the end of the campaign, the more it reflects the dire straits you are in."
Dunne said such ads are aimed primarily at party faithful - or at least sympathizers - which makes it a form of preaching to the choir.
"The people they are trying to get behind this are their own supporters," he said.
"You probably won't change an awful lot of minds with this."
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05 Oct 08:47
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