Opinion
Barry Artiste
Now isn’t that a “Kick in the Slats” by those detractors who say, the current ruling political Party, the Conservatives must go, and Canadians speak, yadda, yadda, yammer, yammer, babble, babble, hug a tree, drink a soy latte etc, etc.
Though it is too soon to say, it looks like Canadians enjoy our current Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Lets hope the momentum in three key provinces stays the course or improves over their political opponents. Alberta another province which historically votes Conservative is assured to have a strong conservative voting region.
Though I cannot say for the rest of the provinces, British Columbian’s, may finally realise Harper’s “Law and Order” of Serious Time for Serious Crimes stance may be none too soon to the Province deemed the Wild West of Lawlessness, and the previous “Crime Bills” Prime MInister Harper tried to implement and stonewalled by a Liberal Senate Majority will finally pass through the house, once a majority party is assured. Currently our Canadian Dollar and Economy is at an all time high, not seen since the early 1970s.
Yeehaa, Its Miller time.
Tories make strong gains in battleground ridings
(Photo inset) Conservative Leader Stephen Harper delivers his first campaign speech of the 2008 federal election in Quebec City on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.
(Tom Hanson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
The Conservatives made strong gains in key battleground ridings leading up to the election call, but voters are divided on whether they should trust the party with a majority government, according a new Strategic Counsel poll of tight ridings in three provinces.
CTV.ca News Staff The survey, conducted from Sept. 4-6 for CTV and The Globe and Mail, examined ridings 45 hotly-contested ridings in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.
In all three provinces, the Conservatives had a significant lead in the key ridings, with the most support in B.C. battleground ridings.
The Green Party has also made gains (percentage-point change from 2006 election in brackets):
* Conservatives: 45 per cent (+10)
* Liberals: 25 per cent (-8)
* New Democrats: 17 per cent (-10)
* Green Party: 13 per cent (+8)
The Ontario battleground ridings show similar results, with the Liberals and New Democrats again bleeding votes to the Conservatives and Greens.
But the Greens have made the most significant improvement in support, passing the NDP (percentage-point change from 2006 election in brackets):
* Conservatives: 41 per cent (+4)
* Liberals: 29 per cent (-10)
* Green Party: 17 per cent (+12)
* New Democrats: 13 per cent (-6)
In Quebec, the battleground ridings favour the Conservatives over the Bloc, while the Liberals have only fallen slightly (percentage-point change from 2006 election in brackets):
* Conservatives: 32 per cent (+9)
* Bloc Quebecois: 28 per cent (-9)
* Liberals: 24 per cent (-4)
* New Democrats: 11 (+3)
* Green Party: 5 (+1)
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