Not everyone thinks the Conservative government is a lock. Canada's opposition Conservative Party, which is set to bring down the minority Liberal government later this week, was hit by a new opinion poll on Monday that showed it was trailing in the country's most vote-rich region. The Leger Marketing poll for the Sun chain of newspapers put support for the Liberals in the powerful central province of Ontario at 43 percent compared with 31 percent for the Conservatives. Ontario, a Liberal stronghold at the federal level for the past 12 years, accounts for 106 of the 308 seats in House of Commons, and no party can hope to form a government without doing well there. . . . Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals have been badly hurt by a corruption scandal and Conservative leader Stephen Harper says the government must be defeated as soon as possible. The Leger figures, however, suggest there is no guarantee Harper can end 12 years of Liberal rule. Thanks, ALPF! I must say, I...
Please pull it together. We need to unite in our times of grief and get out of here.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is a hopeless sinking ship, I'm out of here. There is nothing worth fighting for there. The bigots, homophobes, racists and Christians are so mindless that they cannot be reasoned with.
ReplyDeleteAnon #1: Thank you. I'm sure I will pull it together... but for now I need to grieve.
ReplyDeleteAnon #2: You're right. They cannot be reasoned with because they do not value reason. As long as I live in this country, I'll fight to improve it. But I don't want to spend the rest of my time on earth fighting a losing battle. Let's get the hell out of here.