Canada General Discussion

[Hatman 🍁]

Does Canada not do opinion polling during the summer?

They would be worthless.

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lolololol

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This is going to help Trudeau in Quebec. Remember what happened when revelations came out that Andre Boiscair was using cocaine while in office? His poll numbers skyrocketed!

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Rob Ford would be unelectable in Quebec for a vast array of other reasons. Not the least of which would be being from Toronto. (although admittedly that didn't hurt Jack Layton) :/

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Looks like everyone and their mother is admitting pot use. I guess they saw how much it helped Trudeau in the polls.

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Good. Hate to see a New Democrat jump ship.

Speaking of jumping ships, former Tory Tom Osborne has joined the Liberals in Nfld. Making that allusive official opposition status there for the NDP harder to get.

[Hatman 🍁]

Yes on all three.

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I met up with Michael Sona (aka "Pierre Poutine") last night at a mutual friend's birthday party. He thinks his chances are pretty good in winning the case. Says he barely knows the "witnesses" who claim he did it.

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lol @ Tories.

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It would be a weird map. I guess the Liberals are ahead in their traditional areas, (along the US border, Western Quebec), while the NDP is strong in the heartland, some sovereigntist areas.

[Hatman 🍁]

One thing's for sure: Quebec will be crucial to Liberal hopes for Stornoway in 2015.

Oh come on, not even I'm that hackish.

[Hatman 🍁]

308 crunches the Leger provincial numbers as 61 PQ, 57 PLQ, 5 CAQ (LOL) and 2 QS. I for one would be happy for a return to essentially 2-party politics.

Says someone who wouldn't vote for any of them

Unless you support the PLQ now? I for one have put my tactical support behind the PLQ over the PQ now that Charest is gone and Marois has turned out to be a huge racist.

My ranked support of Quebec parties is now:

1) UCQ
2) PVQ
3) QS
4) CAQ
5) PLQ
6) ON
7) PQ

Any type of movement below the #3 spot is highly possible.

[Hatman 🍁]

Meanwhile, in more lol-worthy polls:

Liberals: 42
NDP: 32
PC: 23

Guess what province?

PEI!: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/09/04/pei-cra-poll-ndp-liberals-584.html

Federally? NOPE! Provincially!

[Hatman 🍁]

Don't the Greens have leadership elections every 2 years? Or did E-May drop those?

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As I expected, CRA did polls of all the Atlantic provinces.  And they're all pretty lol worthy. Except NS

NB:

Lib: 47
NDP: 24
PC: 23

NL:
Lib: 41
NDP: 33
PC: 26

Strange how Trudeaumania is helping the provincial Liberals. And yet, the NDP remains strong. Where are the Tory voters going?

[Hatman 🍁]

NL?

More like orange Tories, at least in Avalon.

[Hatman 🍁]

Would be nice if all provinces became NDP-Tory or NDP-Liberal 2 party provinces. Don't hold out on us Alberta and Ontario!

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Would be nice if all provinces became NDP-Tory or NDP-Liberal 2 party provinces. Don't hold out on us Alberta and Ontario!

Aren't you a huge PR guy?

You can still have PR in 2 party races

[Hatman 🍁]

A plurality of Canadians (46-42) support intervention in Syria: http://htl.li/oC58P

Including a plurality of young people (49-40). Interestingly Quebec is most in support (52-37) while Alberta is most against (37-49).

Also interestingly, support among NDPers is the highest among the three parties (47-35); Tories disagree the most (45-48).

[Hatman 🍁]

A plurality of Canadians (46-42) support intervention in Syria: http://htl.li/oC58P

Including a plurality of young people (49-40). Interestingly Quebec is most in support (52-37) while Alberta is most against (37-49).

Also interestingly, support among NDPers is the highest among the three parties (47-35); Tories disagree the most (45-48).

Whether it's here on Atlas, in America, the UK, and France, or anywhere else, I always get a kick out of how bizarre the lines of support and opposition are re: intervention in Syria.

Yup. It seems to cut a different way than traditional left vs. right divides. It's more on the lines of internationalist vs. isolationist.  Do we intervene because Syrians need our help, or do we stay put because we should focus on our own problems? (trying to put that as neutral as possible)

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Naheed Nenshi and Ezra Levant have been going at it all day on Twitter. Apparently they go "way back" as former debate team foes in university.

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Ordinarily risky to do during an election campaign, but no one serious is running against him.

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The Abacus CEO is literally around 30 years old. I met him a long time ago, he's a former New Democrat. But Abacus does stuff for the Sun now, so he may be a Tory.

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Multiple deaths in a train-bus accident in Barrhaven (suburb of Ottawa)

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At least 5 dead on the bus.