Canadians coming to their senses

[marmar]

from CBC News:




Prorogation tightens gap between Tories, Liberals
Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010 | 5:45 PM ET

CBC News


The lead enjoyed by the Conservatives over the Liberals has dramatically narrowed since Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament last month, a new poll suggests.

The Conservatives now lead by a marginal 1.6 percentage points over the Liberals, compared with the 15-point advantage they had in a mid-October survey, according to the EKOS poll released exclusively to CBC News.

Asked which party they would support if an election were held tomorrow, 30.9 per cent of those polled chose the Conservatives, and 29.3 per cent backed the Liberals.

The poll found 15.3 per cent of respondents supporting the NDP, 11.9 per cent the Green Party and 10.2 per cent the Bloc Québécois.

Harper prorogued, or suspended, Parliament for two months on Dec. 30. His spokesman said the break would allow the government to consult with the public as it worked on its economic action plan.

However, critics saw the move as a plot to gain a majority on Senate committees while perhaps also avoiding criticism over the Afghan detainees affair.

Government moving in wrong direction

The EKOS poll found that almost 64 percent of respondents felt suspending Parliament was "anti-democratic." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/01/13/ekos-conservatives-liberals-poll-prorogue-suspend.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I wish Americans were as smart as Canadians.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. So do I. nt

[marmar]

3. I'm really giving up hope......It just seems like there's too big a portion of America .....

..... that's brainwashed beyond help.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. The disappointment is getting more and more difficult to deal with.

[krabigirl]

6. Yep. Tons of them.

[roamer65]

4. When are Liberals and NDP going to form a coalition???

30% Lib + 15% NDP = 45% (which would equal a majority gov't)

They should run only NDP candidates in NDP ridings and Libs in Liberal ridings.

Lester B Pearson passed Medicare with a Lib-NDP coalition gov't.

[mmonk]

7. Get it right up there Canadians.

I'm going to begin a quest to try and get my sons a future in another country. I was thinking about Canada as a possibility for them in some capacity.

[tuvor]

8. The majority of us have had our senses all along.

Harper has never been able to achieve anything but a minority.

[applegrove]

9. I worry that he will make up some points with all his Haiti related appearances on the TV.

Seems like he has been filmed every single day taking some action to help Haitians. Of course all Canadians want from him is for him to be a nice guy (projection). He isn't. He's a neocon. They should never have given him even any minorities. I worry that Canadians will fall for it during these emotional times with everyone glued to the TV.

[ONE PUNCH]

10. THIS COUNTRY IS JUST TO STUPID..

Americans will never be as smart as Canadians, the dumb-fucks here keep electing Republicans, even after the horrifying Bush years...