The Harris Decima Poll released on May 17, 2010 demostrates again the lack of attention or traction in the soap opera on the Hill. Here
To recap Harris Decima placed fifth in predicting popular support in the October 2008 elections. With the margin of error of 3.1% for the latest poll very little change from the 2008 results.
Liberals are stalled at 28%. The Green Party is polling 4.2% above their 2008 results at 11%!
The CPC were underpolled in 2008 by Harris Decima at 34% by 2.7%. If you factor the current prediction of 32% with the 3.1% m.o.e. (2008 -2.7%) you can extrapolate 37-38% again.
You can do the same with the Bloc and NDP. So much fun. Campaigns and finances matter.
The Liberal leader is not being advised, reading the papers or meeting regular people. How else do you explain his statements and disconnect from reality?
Fundraiser in Toronto
Fundraiser in Montreal
Fundraisers in ridings they hold.
Are Liberals only interested in trying to save the 77 seats they hold?
Each political party has their 2008 platform up on their website available for comparison. The Liberals are the only party to run and hide from those promises they championed. They have failed to champion their vision in this minority parliament.
Refuse to introduce National Daycare for debate in parliament.
Refuse to introduce Isotope Strategy for debate in parliament.
Refuse to introduce Kelowna Accord for debate in parliament.
Refuse to introduce their Investments into Higher Education Plans for debate in parliament.
Ignatieff has been appointed since December 2008 and has waffled on every single pledge. The Liberals won't come clean and explain their position beyond a recent last minute announcement of freezing corporate tax rate. The Liberals are silent in protecting our National interests in our Canadia Banks. Martin says he agrees with Harper that such a tax should not be imposed indiscriminately by the G20.
If you look at the NDP platform from 2008 you can probably guess where the Liberals will be getting their talking points in the next campaign.
Canadians will have a clear choice when they return to the Polls in 2010-2011. They can continue to support the socialist economic policies of the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc in fairer tax redistribution with the promise a "just society" economic model. (Utopia on earth)
In Britain Nancy Lucas leader of the Green Party talks about the importance "social justice" and the importance of the "Robin Hood Tax". The "king maker" Nick Clegg's (Leader Liberal Democrat) , Labor Party leader Gordon Brown policies were rejected as both parties lost seats and popular support. What is your fair share of "tax"?
An interesting article “I know this is right; you know this is right; the only question is how we do it.” Benefits from a strong Political and Moral Compass. Montreal Economic Institute.
It is time for governments to rethink a central authority, central planners are smarter or better at spending your money on priorities? Do we have an example of this "just society" on earth? If so why do the neo-liberals and proponents of wealth redistribution keep changing the labels they attach to socialism? Why shift from Global Ice Age, Catastrophic man-made global warming, to climate change?
Is anyone credible going to argue waste under any government does not occur? What makes a central planner in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, Victoria more likely to understand how to spend your tax dollars, his education, his communication with political appointees and stake holders special interest groups lobbyists?
Are we going to ignore, deny we can buy the "correct data" we want through advocacy, polling, research if we ask the right questions or fund it? Look at the criticisms lodged against United Nations peer review studies, IPCC, Frank Graves, Manning Institute by opposing camps suggesting the "data" were bogus.
Canada's recovery is tied to the Global Economic Recovery. It can be stalled or worse if we don't deal with indebtedness of governments.
Liberal Premier Jean Charest has used his majority to block, ignore calls for investigations of corruption in his government by opposition parties, his majority allows the losses in the Pension Fund estimated in the billions to be ignored NOT investigated by a public inquiry. Does the Liberal Premier benefit by pitting region against region, did he ignore the efforts by the Alberta Government to deal with Carbon Sequestration. Does he demand Albertans increase their contributions for equalization programs?
Caroline Lucas should be the luckiest woman in politics. More than 20 years ago she joined a minor, leftfield party: today its defining issue has become the biggest political issue in the world. Bingo! Only politics, of course, is not that simple. As Winston Churchill famously pointed out, democracy has been described as "the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried", and if you really want to see what he meant, spend an hour with the leader of the Green party. May 18, 2009 Guardian
It is not difficult to play the part of Robin Hood in politics. Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green Party follows the tradition of blaming the "robber barons" (BP, Shell, Centrica) for making "grotesque profits". She suggests they are to blame for the rising costs of heating your home. She also like to throw in her clip it is they are run by mostly men.
Does she think students, seniors are driving around in Hummers, private jets heating the 5,000 square foot mansions consuming and feeding the profits of these evil robber barons? I am under the impression these groups have very little impact in polluting or wasting energy. Caroline can you contact those wealthy friends in the Green Lobby to stop sending profits.(here)
The delegates to the Copenhagen climate summit will produce enough carbon emissions to fill 10,000 Olympic swimming pools, according to figures commissioned by the host Denmark. Reuters is reporting that the massive carbon footprint is equivalent to the impact generated by half a million Ethiopians in a single year Did you attend, how did you get there again?
The socialist parties in Canada do the same thing. They promised an organicchicken in every pot and to make those rich bad people pay for the inequities of society. The Bloc, NDP regularly like blame the banks, big corporations, oil companies for "grotesque profits".
Poverty, unemployment exists and will always be a part of every society. How we choose to deal with has been an ideological battle for decades.Where do the NDP, Bloc and Liberals turn to for economic models of successful socialism? What countries do the cite as role models?
The Liberals, NDP , Bloc have been fans of "wealth redistribution" for a very long time. They propose to tax the middle, upper income earners to provide a higher standard of living for the less fortunate. The disconnect for the coalition parties is how much more in taxes can the middle class afford to give?
Do any of us believe they can create a "windfalltax", "Tobin Banktax", "CarbonTax", promising to targeting only the most wealthy, banks, oil companies system will work to help the poor?
HST is a bad tax according to the socialists NDP, they even had fun at the expense of their coalition leader here. Some Liberals like the HST, some Liberals are against the long gun registry but threats by the Liberal party whip can eliminate those individual thoughts. Can a socialist explain a good tax vs a bad tax? The middle class wallet can't discriminate based on political ideology. It sucks when the right or left take our money.
If so where are those economic socialist government models? Let's compare.
If a large population of poorer Canadians are not paying income taxes today how do you help them by increasing their expenses on food, energy, shelter through adding or increasing consumption taxes?
Who will ultimately be asked to pay for those new added taxes, families and the middle class.
Instead of looking at the problem in an objective fashion it is much easier to blame, label someone else for your misfortune. Is is possible a lack of jobs, education, willingness to relocate to regions where the economy and prospects are better?
If I build my mansion on the beachfront, or in the middle of a fire zone in the forest should the taxpayer be on the hook? Where does my personal responsibility measure up?
Can Caroline Lucas identify or enumerate how many of these MPs are in the House of Commons are on the payroll for these three energy (Robber Barons) companies?
The Labor Party has a majority and helped create a financial incentive for Carbon Trading. Billions have gone missing, organized crime and governments are selling the same credits twice. Do you see a problem with giving government more taxation powers?
What other types of taxes, subsidies are given by governments can she find as wasteful? Can we review and eliminate wasteful spending and non essential priorities and allow the poorer and middle class to keep their earnings?
