Canada General Discussion

[Peter the Lefty]

Quick question for Ontarians: what's going on with the wild poll variations? Cause some polls have a Lib-PC dead heat and others a PC-NDP dead heat with the Liberals a distant third.

Isn't Nanos the only pollster to show the Liberals polling decently? The latest Forum shows the PCs at 37, the NDP at 35 and the Liberals at 20. Incidentally, if that result ever came to be, I'd probably commit suicide. Hudak is a disgusting scumbag who would be a total and utter disaster for the province (possibly worse than Mike Harris) and who would totally destroy whatever good is left in Ontario. Horwath is a horrible person who would be a crappy Premier; if the ONDP was led by some Mulcair-type, I really wouldn't care and would probably be voting NDP, but Horwath is so horrible. Ugh.

What's so awful about Horwath?  Even for a Liberal voter?

[Peter the Lefty]

No No No No No NO NO NO NO!  I knew Mulcair was a rotten egg. 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/15/pol-cp-ndp-trade-policy.html

[Peter the Lefty]

So what's up with this whole Boulerice-WWI controversy?  Is it actually taboo to criticize that war up there?

[Peter the Lefty]

This is nauseating.  http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/03/sikh-kids-who-want-to-play-soccer-wearing-turbans-should-play-in-their-backyards-quebec-soccer-federation/

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Quebec is the only province where this is an issue.

[Peter the Lefty]

Well, if anyone in the NDP would have that personality, it'd easily be Mulcair.

[Peter the Lefty]

New Abacus poll:
Liberals–29%
Conservatives–27%
NDP–26%
Greens–10%
Bloc–6%

[Peter the Lefty]

Abacus is junk.

Well, that would explain it.  I remember literally laughing seeing the Greens at 10%.  I'd never heard of that company before seeing that poll. 

[Peter the Lefty]

Dewar has been fined $7000 for illegal robocalls during his leadership campaign, ditto the company in question.

Rather sad, I always thought he was at least a good guy, even though he would have been a bad leader.

[Peter the Lefty]

In other news, Trudeau flip-flops on pot.
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/straighttalk/archives/2013/07/20130727-083208.html

[Peter the Lefty]

Can't wait to see the credible polls resume.  Hoping that the Trudeau bubble will have burst fully.

[Peter the Lefty]

What do you mean by "burst fully?" Back to third nationally? There is clear evidence that the NDP is clawing back a bit in Quebec, for starters.

Yes, or at least 2nd.  But that's good to hear. 

[Peter the Lefty]

And Mulcair continues to pull the NDP rightwards. I'm almost hoping the NDP loses big time in 2015 so that he'll get the boot.

[Peter the Lefty]

Ontario Dippers: does Horwath really think she could win? Those Ipsos LV numbers suggest a certain type of Horwath surge could lead to a Tory government.

The NDP hasn't had this much of a chance of winning since 1990, so yes. I have seen polls over the last couple of years that showed a 3 way race, with all three parties in the low 30s.

Giggidy giggidy

[Peter the Lefty]

No, this is not The Onion. Worse than the perennial attempts to inject linguistic politics into hockey.

Dear God.  Next time we have a "best joke party" poll, the PQ better be included. 

I feel so sorry for everyone who has to live in a province where these clowns are taken seriously.

[Peter the Lefty]

It's tradition in Canada to eat turkey on Christmas. It's removed enough from Thanksgiving (which is in early October) so as to not be repetitive.

Poor Canadian turkeys...