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« Reply #175 on: January 29, 2012, 12:12:15 PM »

Major Grit gains.

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120128/nanos-poll-liberals-tories-globe-CTV-20120128/
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« Reply #176 on: January 29, 2012, 01:08:14 PM »

Nanos is a hack pollster.
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« Reply #177 on: January 29, 2012, 01:22:08 PM »

I call BS on those Grit Quebec numbers. No way are they top dog here. And they won't get it by whining about the gun registry either.
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« Reply #178 on: January 29, 2012, 02:22:30 PM »

Shafia trial: GUILTY.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/29/shafia-sunday.html
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« Reply #179 on: January 29, 2012, 05:31:08 PM »

I call BS on those Grit Quebec numbers. No way are they top dog here. And they won't get it by whining about the gun registry either.
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« Reply #180 on: January 29, 2012, 05:33:29 PM »

NDP has been on a middling decline since October, so the trend is clearly established. I won't believe the Grits are in second nationally (and definitely not first in Quebec) until we see more data.
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« Reply #181 on: January 29, 2012, 09:27:15 PM »

This is a logical extension of their oilsands policy, so we appreciate you coming around.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2012/01/29/19310301.html
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« Reply #182 on: January 30, 2012, 02:40:14 AM »

Thank GOD that the Liberals are finally putting the breaks on this stupid move to the left.

Harper calls us left-wing once, and Liberals are like "yea, we are left wing!"
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« Reply #183 on: January 30, 2012, 03:14:18 PM »

Leger confirms the NDP Quebec decline, though it's now a 29-29 tie with the BQ. Liberals 16, Tories 14.

QP today: More exchanges on Gateway, pensions and F-35s. Finley pwned Brison when he attacked us from the left on pensions, noting that the Liberals had voted against income-splitting and several other boosts to senior programs. I need not say who was the real LOTO and who had the title today, that certainly hasn't changed in 6 weeks.
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« Reply #184 on: January 30, 2012, 03:28:09 PM »

Note to Dippers: Put Laverdiere in Foreign Affairs, where she belongs.

Note to Grits: Check your voting records before critiquing other people's. This isn't the first time Brison lost an exchange with Finley because he didn't check his voting record- surprising considering his reputation for thoroughness.

Note to my fellow Tories: Don't attack Grits from the left on deficit issues, as the PM did in an exchange with Rae today.
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« Reply #185 on: January 30, 2012, 04:07:08 PM »

Oh, surprise!

Liberals were caught being inconsistent.
Not surprising when you campaign on the left and govern at the right.
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« Reply #186 on: January 30, 2012, 04:32:50 PM »

No, in this case they were consistent- they voted to our left, attacked us from the left, Finley counterattacked from the centre. It just surprised me coming from Brison of all people. Usually he critiques us from the right on fiscal issues, which I welcome.


Liberals/energy: Heh, this is wishy-washy compared to 3 years ago when Trudeau came out for the oilsands as a "cornerstone of our economy."

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« Reply #187 on: January 30, 2012, 09:03:40 PM »

More on pensions.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/01/30/john-ivison-tories-flat-footed-on-pension-reform/

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/01/30/andrew-coyne-stephen-harpers-long-overdue-talk-about-canadas-pension-crisis/
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« Reply #188 on: January 30, 2012, 10:11:39 PM »

For once, I completely disagree. PQ resurgence has more to do with Marois winning her leadership wars and CAQ becoming "meh" than anything the federal parties have done.

http://www.thestar.com/article/1123762--hebert-pq-poses-peril-as-bad-news-budget-looms
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« Reply #189 on: January 31, 2012, 10:53:07 AM »

I won't link, but since That Place has done a projection based on the two new polls, can someone here do one with their own model?
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« Reply #190 on: January 31, 2012, 01:50:54 PM »

Yes, give me 5 15 minutes
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« Reply #191 on: January 31, 2012, 02:06:51 PM »

atlantic
Lib-16
CPC-9
NDP-7

Quebec
NDP-34
Lib-21
BQ-12
CPC-8

Ontario
CPC-51
Lib-41
NDP-14

Prairies
CPC-37
NDP-12
Lib-7

BC
CPC-19
NDP-11
Lib-5
Grn-1

TR (unchanged)
CPC-2
NDP-1

CANADA
CPC-126
Lib-90
NDP-79
BQ-12
Grn-1


To replicate the BC results, go to

and put in .57 for the CPC, NDP, and Grn

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« Reply #192 on: January 31, 2012, 02:14:18 PM »




Yes Outremont.
Yes Laurier.

...According to the raw math.
I expect that both would be retained by the NDP given the candidates and their stature. The ElectoMatic allowed me to make individual riding adjustments, but the forecaster does not.
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« Reply #193 on: February 01, 2012, 01:12:26 PM »

Senator Boisvenu (a stupid guy whose daughters has been killed and became a "victims rights campaigner", even if he doesn't make consensus at all, because he doesn't give a damn about victims, he only cares about vengeance and honestly needs a therapy, not a policital office) said than "each murderer should have a rope in his cell".

I think he should retire and take a therapy and stop tarnishing his name in the public place, because it looks pathetic and quite sad.
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« Reply #194 on: February 01, 2012, 01:18:05 PM »

2011 fundraising: 1) Tories ...... 2) Grits 3) Dippers.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tories-lead-fundraising-race-while-liberals-get-a-cash-boost/article2322575/
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« Reply #195 on: February 01, 2012, 03:30:27 PM »

Pensions, jets, and more pensions.

Today's notes:

Finley is underrated and should get promoted at the next shuffle. Same goes for Raitt and Ambrose.

NDP needs to develop a B-team in their A-team's absence. Of the frosh, only Boulerice has solidly established himself as an A-teamer.

Still don't understand why the PM attacks from the left on deficit issues.

Kirsty Duncan is annoying as all hell.

Put Trudeau back on the frontbench.
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« Reply #196 on: February 01, 2012, 03:51:33 PM »

Lisa Raitt?

Mrs. Cancer is sexy?
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« Reply #197 on: February 01, 2012, 04:06:41 PM »

Eh, one minor gaffe. (Remember Honourgate?) Harper's female ministers are generally underrated, and none of them sit on P&P.

More thoughts...

In retrospect, Fantino was a much better candidate than minister.

Give Oda a committee chairmanship as a prelude to retirement, and if that useless ministry is to be kept give it to Alexander.
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« Reply #198 on: February 01, 2012, 07:09:08 PM »

Anybody could see that Fantino was a full-of-sh**t idiot from day one. It's also disgusting that stupid fraud Bev Oda is still allowed anywhere near cabinet. But Steve has never been one for accountability.
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« Reply #199 on: February 01, 2012, 07:27:53 PM »

He doesn't gaffe but is completely ineffective in the House. Dunno what he's like as an administrator, given that his job is a rather pointless one (like literally half the Cabinet posts). Then one remembers another infamous Tory occupant of that post... Pierre Sevigny, and I'm not talking about Munsinger either.

Oda: Apparently she's a good administrator but horrible communicator. Nonetheless, I agree that she shouldn't be in Cabinet- even before NOT.

Other women who I think will do well: Rempel, Glover and Adams.
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