Election 2015

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I'm speaking more broadly about replacing substance with style, misdirection and platitudes to appeal to voters.

[The Unknown Poster]

Promises, Promises (GlobalNews):

 

 

Conservatives:

 

Extend parental leave benefits under employment insurance, including extending the length of time mothers and fathers would have their jobs protected to 18 months from the current one year. Give parents the option of stretching EI benefits over 18 months, starting next year.

 

Open a two-year pilot project to allow parents to earn self-employment income while on EI.

 

Provide a $1-billion package to help the auto industry cope with the repercussions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

 

Renew funding for Brain Canada, a non-profit organization devoted to comprehensive neurological research.

 

Create a tip line for people to report “barbaric cultural practices.” 

 

Create a formal list of criminal gangs, similar to what is done with designated terrorist groups. Put $2.5 million more a year into efforts to steer teens away from gang activity.

 

Enact a law imposing two-year, mandatory minimum sentence for financial fraud over $5,000 with multiple victims, unless the offender pays full restitution.

 

Aim to create 700,000 new homeowners by 2020.

 

Provide $700 million for light-rail transit in Surrey, B.C.

 

Establish new RCMP human trafficking teams in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg at an annual cost of $8 million for five years. Renew the national plan to combat human trafficking for five years at a cost of $20 million.

 

By 2020, add 665 personnel to Canada’s special operation forces, which consists of 1,900 members.

 

Bring in a “tax lock” law barring increases to federal personal and business income taxes, sales taxes and “discretionary payroll taxes” such as CPP and EI.

 

Re-establish College Militaire Royal as a full-fledged, degree-granting military university.

 

Impose travel bans against people who’ve already been sanctioned by the Canadian government and expand the list of reasons for implementing sanctions.

 

Aim to create 1.3 million net new jobs by 2020.

 

Issue official veterans cards as formal proof of service to every member of the military who completes basic training and is honourably released.

 

Create a $100-million manufacturing technology demonstration fund available to large, pre-commercial projects in the advanced manufacturing sector.

 

Bring in legislation to ensure that criminals sentenced to life are not eligible for parole. Toughen penalties for drunk drivers. Provide new money for child advocacy centres.

 

Bring in a $2,000 tax credit for single seniors to help nearly 1.6 million seniors with pension income.

 

Commit $10 million over five years to the Kanishka project established in 2011 to fund research into preventing and countering violent extremism.

 

Invest $20 million in the lobster industry over three years, including a $15-million partnership with the Lobster Council of Canada to market and promote lobster abroad, plus $5 million for research.

 

Raise government contribution when low- and middle-income families invest in education savings plans. A family earning up to $44,000 would get $200 for the first $500 put away for a child’s higher education plan each year, while a family earning up to $88,000 would receive $100 on the first $500 each year.

 

Increase the maximum annual Canada Disability Savings Grant for low- and middle-class families to $4,000 from $3,500.

 

Create and endowment fund for museums that would match the money the institutions raise privately, with a cap of about $15 million a year.

 

Allot $5 million annually for programs to sustain habitats that support bird, moose and turkey populations, starting in 2017. Create a family bird-hunting permit and allow the use of crossbows for hunting birds. Earmark $9 million over three years starting in 2016 for a tourism program to attract recreational anglers, hunters and snowmobiles from the U.S.

 

Establish a Canadian Forces reserve unit in the Yukon, the first such unit in the territory since the Yukon Regiment was disbanded in 1968.

 

Extend the existing 15 per cent mineral exploration tax credit first implemented in 2006, and create a new 25 per cent credit for hard-to-reach mines.

 

Establish a not-for-profit agency in Burlington, Ont., to help develop new products and technology for manufacturing, with a budget of $30 million a year for five years.

 

Set up a new trade-promotion office to help attract new business for exporters, paid for by reallocating other government resources.

 

Add $40 million over five years for an existing federal loans program that offers financial support to new Canadians while they complete the foreign credential recognition process. The money comes on top of $35 million committed to the program in the last budget.

 

Spend $200 million to expand the country’s high-speed broadband Internet network across remote and rural areas.

 

Support for a new marine terminal in Montreal and an expanded cruise ship terminal in Quebec City.

 

Provide a tax break on membership fees to organizations such as the Kiwanis, Lions and Royal Canadian Legion.

 

An extended partnership with the Pacific Salmon Foundation and $15 million to restore British Columbia estuaries.

 

Increase the value of the 15 per cent non-refundable adoption expense tax credit to $20,000 from $15,000 and make it fully refundable.

 

Cut “red tape” for businesses stemming from legislation and policy rules in addition to regulations.

 

Better harmonize child car seat regulations with those of the United States to provide more choice and better prices.

 

Simplify the calculation of home-office expense deductions.

 

Resurrect the “life means life” legislation that died in the Commons when the election was called. The bill would mean that those who commit the most heinous murders or high treason, would spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

 

Add 6,000 people to the ranks of the Canadian Forces reserves at a cost of $163 million over three years and $63.4 million going forward once the target of 30,000 personnel is reached.

 

Improve the earnings loss benefit for veterans with service-related disabilities or injuries by letting them earn up to $10,000 in outside work, without losing any government funding.

 

Spend $14 million to pave a stretch of a scenic highway between Fort Smith and Hay River in the Northwest Territories.

 

Raise to $35,000 the amount that first-time home buyers can withdraw tax free from RRSPs to finance a home purchase. Track the impact of home purchases by foreign, non-residents to ensure this doesn’t skew the market against Canadian buyers.

 

Another $4.5 million a year, on top of the $22 million currently budgeted, for an RCMP team designed to crack down on illegal drug labs and marijuana grow-ops. Allot $500,000 a year over four years on a national toll-free hotline for parents to call to get information about drug use among youth.

 

Bring 10,000 additional refugees from Syria and Iraq.

 

Spend $9 million over three years to help the Office of Religious Freedom protect places of worship and religious artifacts targeted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

 

Expand federal laws that make it a crime for Canadians to head overseas to fight alongside groups officially identified by the federal government as a terrorist organization. Essentially it would declare certain areas no-travel zones for most Canadians, with exceptions for journalists and humanitarian workers.

 

A permanent home-renovation tax credit – an update to the temporary credit introduced in 2009 – costing $1.5 billion a year, but contingent on a stronger economy. Applies to $5,000 worth of renovation costs, down from $10,000 in 2009.

 

Increase the apprenticeship job creation tax credit, first introduced in 2006 to create incentives to foster skilled trades, to a maximum of $2,500, up from $2,000, and extend it to include the third and fourth years of eligible training.

 

 

 

NDP:

 

Commit $4.8 billion over the next eight years for aboriginal education.

 

Provide $60 million over four years to Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board.

 

Loosen rules for grants from the Canada Council for the Arts. Allow self-employed artists to average their incomes. Establish a new $10-million digital content fund to support celebrations of Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017.

 

A New Democrat government would not ratify a Trans Pacific Partnership.

 

Spend $200 million over four years to help retrofit 50,000 homes and 15,000 apartments to make them more energy efficient.

 

Invest $150 million over four years in a green municipal fund to help with sustainable local projects and cleaner transit.

 

Establish an Office of the Parliamentary Science Officer and put $100 million toward helping 25 northern and remote communities wean themselves off diesel generation.

 

Spend $32 million over four years to ensure more northerners have access to nutritious food.

 

Launch a national cap and trade plan to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Provinces would be allowed to opt out if their efforts to bring down emissions are as good or better than those of the federal government.

 

Boost the forestry sector with $55 million for manufacturing facilities, $40-million for research and development, and $10 million to promote Canadian wood products abroad.

 

Freeze EI premiums for the next four years and spend more on training, while increasing benefits for young people, so-called precarious workers and new parents. Ease eligibility restrictions for EI benefits.

 

Spend $454 million over four years to provide treatment for veterans suffering from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

 

Reopen the maritime rescue sub-centre in St. John’s, N.L., and reopen the Coast Guard marine communications and traffic services centres in St. John’s and St. Anthony. Have coast guard search and rescue capabilities available at all hours.

 

Provide $2.6 billion over four years and work with provinces to establish universal prescription drug coverage. Aim to cut drug costs by 30 per cent through bulk purchases.

 

Set up a $100-million, four-year mental health innovation fund for children and youth, including $15 million a year for health-care providers and community mental health associations and $10 million a year for research and information-sharing among health-care providers.

 

Invest $300 million to build 200 additional health clinics and spend $200 million on recruitment grants for health-care professionals.

 

Devote $40 million to deal with Alzheimer’s and dementia, including money for research, screening, early diagnosis and treatment and help for families seeking care for afflicted relatives.

 

Spend $1.8 billion over four years to help provinces bolster health care for seniors by expanding home care for 41,000 seniors, creating 5,000 more nursing beds and improving palliative care services.

 

Provide up to $100 million a year to create more than 40,000 jobs, paid internships and co-op placements for youth over four years.

 

End Canadian participation in the bombing campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

 

Bring 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country by the end of the year.

 

Set aside an additional $90 million for the automotive supplier innovation program over the next five years.

 

Create a $160-million, four-year fund to help small- and medium-sized aerospace companies adopt new technology and increase production.

 

Convene a first minister’s meeting to discuss expansion of the Canada and Quebec pension plans within six months of taking office.

 

 Invest $28 million in Sport Canada to support youth sports. 

 

Invest $30 million in Destination Canada over three years to promote tourism.

 

Invest $40 million over four years to restore cuts to shelters for women fleeing violence, creating or renovating 2,100 spaces in first-stage shelters and 350 spaces in transition houses.

 

Reverse a planned reduction in the rate of increase in provincial health transfers, due to set in two years from now.

 

A $40-million tax credit for businesses that invest in machinery, equipment and property used in innovative research and development.

 

A balanced budget in the first year of an NDP mandate.

 

Increase the guaranteed income supplement for the poorest seniors by $400 million; return the age of eligibility for old age security back to 65 from 67.

 

Create a million child care spaces over eight years, including 110,000 in B.C., where child-care costs are highest. The party says the cost to parents would be no more than $15 a day.

 

Spend $250 million over four years to recruit 2,500 new police officers. Commit $100 million year thereafter to a recruiting program.

 

Commit $7 million a year to a Joint Emergency Preparedness Program for disasters such as floods and fires and earmark an additional $2 million for emergency training programs.

 

Invest $30 million over three years in Destination Canada, a Crown corporation responsible for promoting Canada as a tourist destination.

 

Bring in legislation to make the parliamentary budget officer a fully independent officer of Parliament and require government departments and agencies to make financial information available to the PBO.

 

Create a payment-protection program for farmers who don’t get paid if they sell their products to U.S. companies that go bankrupt.

 

 

Liberals:

 

Sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, which covers conventional weaponry.

 

Increase Canada Student Grants by 50 per cent to $3,000 a year. Allow students to wait until they’re earning at least $25,000 a year before requiring them to start repaying student loans.

 

Impose new restrictions on marketing unhealthy food and drinks to children.

 

Help fund a Montreal rapid transit expansion, as well as a light-rail project on the Champlain Bridge linking Montreal to the suburban South Shore.

 

Spent $3 billion over four years on home care and improve access to and reduce the cost of prescription medications through bulk purchasing.

 

Establish a pan-Canadian Expert Advisory Council on Mental Health.

 

Put up $200 million a year for three years to help research facilities, small business incubators and exporters and invest another $100 million a year for an industrial research assistance program.

 

Ease rules to speed up family reunification for immigrants.

 

Scrap the visa requirement for Mexicans travelling to Canada.

 

Provide $380 million in additional funding for the arts and undo Conservative funding cuts to the CBC.

 

Scrap the purchase of the F-35 fighter jet and instead buy cheaper planes to replace the aging CF-18s and use the savings to pay for offshore Arctic patrol vessels for the navy being built in Halifax.

 

Provide $1.5 billion for public transit in Calgary as well as unspecified financing for flood control measures in the city.

 

Give $500 million to the provinces for skilled trades training, and devote $200 million for federal training programs. Set aside another $50 million to help aboriginal people improve their skills and job prospects.

 

Spend $1.5 billion over four years on a youth job strategy to help 125,000 young people find a job.

 

Put a moratorium on tanker traffic along the northern coast of British Columbia.

 

Reinstate $40-million cut from the ocean science and monitoring program at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Increase protected marine and coastal areas to five per cent from 1.3 per cent by 2017, and to 10 per cent by 2020.

 

 Eliminate the GST on all new rental builds and give up to $125 million a year to landlords renovating aging units.

 

Kill a planned toll system on a rebuilt Champlain Bridge in Montreal.

 

Over $120 billion for infrastructure projects across Canada.

 

A refundable tax benefit of up to $150 for teachers who spend their own money on school supplies.

 

$300 million a year to reform veterans’ benefits and delivery of services to vets.

 

Make employment insurance compassionate care benefits available to anyone caring for a seriously ill family member and make the program more flexible by allowing the six-month benefit to be claimed in blocks of time over a year-long period.

 

Change labour laws to ensure that employees in federally regulated industries have the right to ask their bosses for flexible work hours.

 

Invest $200 million a year to develop clean technologies in forestry, fisheries, mining, energy and farming. Put another $100 million into organizations that promote clean technology firms.

 

Lower the federal income tax rate to 20.5 per cent on incomes between $44,700 and $89,401, paying for it by raising taxes on the wealthiest one per cent.

 

Bring in a new, tax-free child benefit to replace the Conservative universal child benefit.

 

Add $515 million a year to funding for First Nations education, rising through the mandate to a total of $2.6 billion. Add another $500 million over three years for education infrastructure and $50 million more a year for a program that helps aboriginals in post-secondary education.

 

Bring in a merit-based appointment process for the Senate.

[kelownabomberfan]

I think you need to reexamine things, if you see that as a liberal tactic rather than a political tactic that the Conservatives are just as guilty of.

 

I just can't get over the image of Putin and Trudeau in the same room together.  Putin just pointing and laughing and realizing that the entire Canadian north is now his for the plucking.

[kelownabomberfan]

 

 

 

Curious: what's LPC seat projection at this point?

 

Liberals have 120 seats on the poll tracker.

 

 

And team New Dumb is down to 84 seats and dropping, daily.  So happy to see that....

 

 

Some people like bashing Trudeau but he's done well and is winning Liberal seats back.

 

 

Sure.  Not entirely sure what your response has to do with me mentioning that the New Dumbocrats are falling in the polls, but all righty then.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

[kelownabomberfan]

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

 

orange wave good-bye.  Orange crush has turned into orange crash.  Oh yeah, by the way, I really think the NDP is pile of smoking dog turds.

[Mark H.]

 

 

 

 

Curious: what's LPC seat projection at this point?

Liberals have 120 seats on the poll tracker.

And team New Dumb is down to 84 seats and dropping, daily. So happy to see that....

Some people like bashing Trudeau but he's done well and is winning Liberal seats back.

Sure. Not entirely sure what your response has to do with me mentioning that the New Dumbocrats are falling in the polls, but all righty then.

Because people who decide not to vote NDP again will very likely vote Liberal. If they had a snob like Ignatief running again, that wouldn't be the case.

 

[Noeller]

 

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

 

orange wave good-bye.  Orange crush has turned into orange crash.  Oh yeah, by the way, I really think the NDP is pile of smoking dog turds.

 

Funny, 'cause I think that's what'll happen to the CPC if they lose this election. There's going to be a split of the Reform-ists and PCP back to what it used to be, and might end up with years of fighting...

[HardCoreBlue]

 

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

 

orange wave good-bye.  Orange crush has turned into orange crash.  Oh yeah, by the way, I really think the NDP is pile of smoking dog turds.

 

Shocking :-)

[17to85]

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

The NDP never really stood a chance federally once the momentum left them. Ontario is just not an NDP place. Bob Rae sank their hopes in that province and let's be honest, if you don't do well in Ontario you won't have much of a chance. I'd also say that Quebec bought the crap Jack Layton was selling last time and Mulcair is just so unappealing as a potential prime minister that they were bound to fail. 

 

Trudeau may just be a hair piece, but he's a face and that's all the Liberal party is using him as. The machine behind him has run a good campaign while the NDP tried to walk both sides of the line and never convince either side and the Conservatives spent the whole time saying "vote for us or the terrorists will get you!" It's quite frankly insulting and they deserve to lose for that alone. 

[Mr Dee]

They deserve to lose for that...and a hell of a lot more.

[HardCoreBlue]

 

Latest poll numbers I never would have thought. Had the orange wave winning.

The NDP never really stood a chance federally once the momentum left them. Ontario is just not an NDP place. Bob Rae sank their hopes in that province and let's be honest, if you don't do well in Ontario you won't have much of a chance. I'd also say that Quebec bought the crap Jack Layton was selling last time and Mulcair is just so unappealing as a potential prime minister that they were bound to fail. 

 

Trudeau may just be a hair piece, but he's a face and that's all the Liberal party is using him as. The machine behind him has run a good campaign while the NDP tried to walk both sides of the line and never convince either side and the Conservatives spent the whole time saying "vote for us or the terrorists will get you!" It's quite frankly insulting and they deserve to lose for that alone. 

 

I'd tend to agree with you on this, with some reasons being valid and other reasons not so much, but the outcome being the same.

[The Unknown Poster]

The NDP orange wave or whatever was Jack Layton.  Period.  They had people win who barely knew they were even running.  No one cared.  They voted for Jack.  Mulcair is no Jack.  And in a more serious issue-based election, people looked closer and realised they dont like what they see.  Had Justin been leader of the NDP, maybe it would be different.  Although I dont find him particularly charismatic.  Maybe it's his drama roots, but he always seems to be trying too hard and "over-acting".

 

As for the Cons, I dont see them fracturing.  I do think Harper will step down if they lose.  But not because they lose.  If they somehow win a majority, I think he'd step down during his term.  He's been leader and PM for awhile.  I would like to think the members are too smart of put their far right desires ahead of a more balanced right wing agenda.  Why be a right wing nut that loses when you can be a moderate winner?  And I think Harper will maintain a lot of "elder statesman" respect...at least until a new leader is installed and tries to shove him out to pasture.

[sweep the leg]

 

I never specified all voters.  But there is always a lot of voters that will vote for style over substance.  And the Liberals know that and run ads to capitalize on it.

Can you give an example of an ad that features Trudeau's sex appeal?

[The Unknown Poster]

 

 

I never specified all voters.  But there is always a lot of voters that will vote for style over substance.  And the Liberals know that and run ads to capitalize on it.

Can you give an example of an ad that features Trudeau's sex appeal?

 

There is an add that shows Harper in black & white with video of him repeatedly rising in Parliment over the years and then transitions to a bright colourful Trudeau.  This is to prosent Harper as old (and established) and Trudeau as young and fresh.  Which is in itself a use of his youth and good looks.  The ad wouldnt work if it was Mulcair.

 

Mulcair has an ad where he's sitting behind a desk looking Prime Ministerial.  Conveying a different message.

 

There is also ads showing Trudeau out in the public, walking through streets and parks.  An attempt to portray him as young and active and vibrant.

 

I think him attending Pride and taking so many pictures was an attempt to show him as young and cool with young girls swooning to him.

 

Its exactly what I'd do if I was running the Liberal campaign (other than the Pride thing) because Trudeau has no experience, isnt very good at speaking to the issues and comes across as an empty suit.  Use what you got.  And for Justin, its that he's young, good looking and "fresh"

[bustamente]

Every time Mulcair speaks he just sounds so forced, contrived almost like even he doesn't believe what he's saying. Goodbye to him and good riddance to the Manitoba NDP's.  

[17to85]

 

As for the Cons, I dont see them fracturing.  I do think Harper will step down if they lose.  But not because they lose.  If they somehow win a majority, I think he'd step down during his term.  He's been leader and PM for awhile.  I would like to think the members are too smart of put their far right desires ahead of a more balanced right wing agenda.  Why be a right wing nut that loses when you can be a moderate winner?  And I think Harper will maintain a lot of "elder statesman" respect...at least until a new leader is installed and tries to shove him out to pasture.

They only came together because they could win, if they can't win why stick together? You ask why be a far right loser than a moderate winner, well that's the problem with the people who believe in the hard core social conservatism, they believe what they believe with 100% conviction and to them there is no compromising. Harper ran that party top down with an iron fist to keep everyone in line in order to win, once he's gone I'm not sure anyone else can keep the thing from flying apart at the seems because it's clear that the Canadian public is getting fed up with the Conservatives act. 

[kelownabomberfan]

More good news for the Liberals in Quebec...

 

NDP’s Quebec lead over Liberals evaporates: poll

Daniel Leblanc

OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail

Published Thursday, Oct. 08, 2015 

The Liberals have caught up to the NDP in Quebec, as voters in the province increasingly see Justin Trudeau’s team as the party most likely to defeat the Conservatives, according to the latest Léger poll.

The New Democrats’ massive lead in Quebec has steadily evaporated during the campaign, as growing numbers of strategic voters turn to the Liberals, pollster Jean-Marc Léger said.

“A Liberal vote is now seen as the most useful way to beat the Conservatives,” he said in an interview.

The Liberals and the NDP were tied at 28 per cent support each in Quebec, according to a poll done between Monday and Wednesday. The Bloc Québécois was at 23 per cent and the Conservatives at 20 per cent.

A Léger poll released in early September had the NDP solidly on top at 46 per cent in Quebec, with the Liberals at 20 per cent, the Bloc at 18 per cent and the Conservatives at 13 per cent.

The Liberals have always felt they needed a big increase from their current tally of seven seats in Quebec to challenge the Conservatives on Oct. 19.

The trouble for the NDP, which had 54 of Quebec’s 75 seats at dissolution, is that they are running second in regional races. According to Léger, they trail the Liberals in the Montreal area, the Conservatives in the Quebec City area and the Bloc in more rural parts of the province.

“The NDP’s problem is that they are in second place everywhere. In terms of seats, they are guaranteed to lose some,” said Mr. Léger, adding that it is too early to make seat projections.

At the national level, the Léger poll found only 13 per cent of respondents believe the NDP will form the next government, compared to 28 per cent who say it will be the Liberals and 29 per cent who predict a Conservative victory.

“There are not many people in the country who think the NDP can win, so the whole notion of strategic voting no longer plays in the party’s favour,” Mr. Léger said.

Across the country, Léger found the Liberals in first place at 34 per cent, followed by the Conservatives at 30 per cent and the NDP at 25 per cent.

Léger polled 1,006 respondents in Quebec to obtain more precise numbers in the province, and 2,087 respondents across Canada for its national numbers. The margin of error for national figures is 2.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The Léger poll included 1,006 respondents in Quebec to obtain more precise numbers in the province, and 2,087 respondents across Canada for its national numbers. The margin of error for national figures is 2.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

[Fatty Liver]

Every time Mulcair speaks he just sounds so forced, contrived almost like even he doesn't believe what he's saying. Goodbye to him and good riddance to the Manitoba NDP's.  

 

Honestly, I think trying to portray Mulcair as warm and fuzzy was a mistake by the NDP strategists.  I much prefer the straight-shooter that we saw in QP these past few years.  He's at his best when he's talking down to Harper and he only exposed that side briefly during the second debate.  Nothing against him personally but when Mulcair smiles it kind of gives me the creeps.

[17to85]

 

Every time Mulcair speaks he just sounds so forced, contrived almost like even he doesn't believe what he's saying. Goodbye to him and good riddance to the Manitoba NDP's.  

 

Honestly, I think trying to portray Mulcair as warm and fuzzy was a mistake by the NDP strategists.  I much prefer the straight-shooter that we saw in QP these past few years.  He's at his best when he's talking down to Harper and he only exposed that side briefly during the second debate.  Nothing against him personally but when Mulcair smiles it kind of gives me the creeps.

 

That's the problem though, it's easy to look good when you're just attacking Harper, if you want to be PM though you can't just attack Harper. The man is an easy target. Mulcair is just a straight up opportunist and people see that. Rick Mercer always said Canadian voters aren't as dumb as politicians think and when you treat them like they are they don't like it. I think the NDP are learning that with their sunshine and rainbows campaign and it appears that the Conservatives are going to learn it too with their war on terror campaign. 

[HardCoreBlue]

 

 

Every time Mulcair speaks he just sounds so forced, contrived almost like even he doesn't believe what he's saying. Goodbye to him and good riddance to the Manitoba NDP's.  

 

Honestly, I think trying to portray Mulcair as warm and fuzzy was a mistake by the NDP strategists.  I much prefer the straight-shooter that we saw in QP these past few years.  He's at his best when he's talking down to Harper and he only exposed that side briefly during the second debate.  Nothing against him personally but when Mulcair smiles it kind of gives me the creeps.

 

That's the problem though, it's easy to look good when you're just attacking Harper, if you want to be PM though you can't just attack Harper. The man is an easy target. Mulcair is just a straight up opportunist and people see that. Rick Mercer always said Canadian voters aren't as dumb as politicians think and when you treat them like they are they don't like it. I think the NDP are learning that with their sunshine and rainbows campaign and it appears that the Conservatives are going to learn it too with their war on terror campaign. 

 

Allowing the green party to break threw up the middle for the win. :-)

[The Unknown Poster]

I think the NDP is just too far left for most voters. Their gains last election had nothing to do with voters moving left or their policies being widely embraced. It was jack Layton. They are simply falling back to earth where they belong.

Would have happened sooner if not for empty suit man.

Now people are seeing the liberals as more moderate and getting used to Justin. So they are moving in that direction.

[The Unknown Poster]

With advance polling starting Friday and only 10 days left until Election Day, the latest nightly tracking by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail shows the Liberals continue to trend marginally higher than the Conservatives.

Respondents were asked "If a federal election were held today, could you please rank your top two current local voting preferences? Support for the major parties stands at:

34.0 per cent for the Liberals

31.0 per cent for the Conservatives

25.0 per cent for the NDP

and 4.2 per cent for the Greens nationally.

[Fatty Liver]

With advance polling starting Friday and only 10 days left until Election Day, the latest nightly tracking by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail shows the Liberals continue to trend marginally higher than the Conservatives.

Respondents were asked "If a federal election were held today, could you please rank your top two current local voting preferences? Support for the major parties stands at:

34.0 per cent for the Liberals

31.0 per cent for the Conservatives

25.0 per cent for the NDP

and 4.2 per cent for the Greens nationally.

 

Just wondering, do these polls reach people through social media or are they conducted as in the past, strictly by phone?

[The Unknown Poster]

 

With advance polling starting Friday and only 10 days left until Election Day, the latest nightly tracking by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail shows the Liberals continue to trend marginally higher than the Conservatives.

Respondents were asked "If a federal election were held today, could you please rank your top two current local voting preferences? Support for the major parties stands at:

34.0 per cent for the Liberals

31.0 per cent for the Conservatives

25.0 per cent for the NDP

and 4.2 per cent for the Greens nationally.

 

Just wondering, do these polls reach people through social media or are they conducted as in the past, strictly by phone?

 

• Ballot tracking reflects only the first choice given by decided voters

• A national dual-frame (land+cell) random telephone survey is conducted nightly by Nanos Research throughout the campaign using live agents. Each evening a new group of 400 eligible voters are 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 error for a survey of 1,077 decided voters is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

• The margin of error for weekly surveys before Sept. 4 is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20