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Originally Posted by Canmoore
Nothing new to see hear, only I suspect that Canadians have gotten a glimpse at Harper and like what they see enough to give him a Majority. Dion looks like he is going to turn his party into a one trick pony over the environment, thus giving Harper an even larger advantage by dumping the 13 year Liberal record on the environment down the throats of Canadians in any election.
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thanks for the history on Clark/Harper, Canmoore.
I can't see Harper getting in with a majority as things stand, though. My job involves looking at many sources of info every day, and analyzing them, making projections, identifying trends, etc. Our organization
has to be non-partisan, so my reports have to be the same, regardless of my personal politics. So far, I've managed to keep them impartial at work.
I'm not seeing this going CPC majority, unless something suddenly happens to turn it around. Could go either way, right now, I think.
Also, there are more and more indicators that people are fed up with the "13 years of Liberal mismanagement and neglect" answer CPC gives to so many questions. If they come up with a fresh, new strategy, maybe, but I doubt it. Disgust for the Libs helped CPC win last time, but now more people want to know what Harper has done, what he will do, and why he should be re-elected. You may feel he should get a majority, but I don't think the majority of Canadians are seeing it the way you do.
Harper is also in a tough position trying to shift policies a little to the centre to get those votes he needs for a majority. He starts talking green to accommodate the growing concern many Canadians have over climate change, but risks alienating some of his previous supporters. He needs to win support in Quebec, but risks loosing ground in the West. He strengthens the military, but that's again taking changes with Quebec support...
We'll see, though. Now Flaherty says the budget will be delayed again, so there's still time for all parties to try and turn things.