Never knew that. Let's hope he answers questions from the media in the future.Harper looked a bit uncomfortable while answering questions.I seriously don't want the NDP to act like the conservatives during the election.
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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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Never knew that. Let's hope he answers questions from the media in the future.Harper looked a bit uncomfortable while answering questions.I seriously don't want the NDP to act like the conservatives during the election.
You Are Viewtiful
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You have to look at it on a riding-by-riding basis. Like the OP says, it's 338 elections occuring at the same time rather than one nation-wide election. If the Liberals are the best choice in your riding for beating the Conservatives, it would make more sense to vote Liberal, and vote for NDP in NDP/Conservative ridings. In a riding where Conservatives (or Bloc, for federalists) have no chance of winning, you are free to choose whoever you want.
Sakura
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Mulcair taking the wrong notes from Harper obviously. Should be able to answer at least a few questions.
CreeperBlocks
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Here's my Results
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John Blade
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Damm....I am too left wing.
It begins.
"For A Safer Canada"
Going with fear-mongering, I see.
Canada's one of the safest countries on the planet. If anything, Harper's foreign policy has made it less safe.
"Stronger Economy"
I guess all we need to do is dig even more into the oil sands. That'll fix it.
gutter_trash
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It means you love Harper.I'll be voting for the Bloc. Guess I hate democracy.
One Bloc MP elected = one less seat for either NDP or LPC who could beat Harper
Hellraizah
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No surprise for me.
I don't think there will be a Libertarian candidate here, so I guess I'll be voting Conservatives.
I don't think there will be a Libertarian candidate here, so I guess I'll be voting Conservatives.
speculawyer
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Please get rid of Sands Tarper...I mean Steven Harper.
matthewwhatever
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Which riding? I don't think Atlantic Canada will be very fertile ground for the Conservatives. Newfoundland will be a total write-off for them, and with Mackay gone Nova Scotia might be as well. New Brunswick might be safer territory for them, but even there, polls show the CPC has taken a big hit.
gutter_trash
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Day 1 recap
Harper today only took 5 questions with no follow ups from journalists.
Mulcair today took NO questions from journalists.
Trudaeu took many questions from journalists.
Harper today only took 5 questions with no follow ups from journalists.
Mulcair today took NO questions from journalists.
Trudaeu took many questions from journalists.
killer rin
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I personally found the journalists in Trudaeu speech video quite funny. Trudeau took so many questions they seemed almost confused that he kept on telling them to ask more
Well, that was fast. I thought it would take longer for the campaign buses to roll out
It begins.
That thing's been sitting in the Conservative Bat Cave waiting to go.
WSJ Opinion: Is Duceppe working for Harper?
You Are Viewtiful
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Shouldn't all of them be at that funeral? Pretty damn disrespectful of Harper to start the campaign today.
AlexMeloche
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No surprise here. Conservative is at 11% btw.
killer rin
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It is pretty disheatening. Considering how early this election is one more week wouldn't have killed him. That said, it doesn't seem like Harper cares all that much considering he decided to skip out on the funeral :/
gutter_trash
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I have very little faith in suburban Ontarians
Ontario will manage to fudge this up just like in 2011
Ontario will manage to fudge this up just like in 2011
DreamMachine
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I agree I think it will be a harper minority for sure. There is just too much in his favour.
Just want to go back to this, because right now Nanos is probably the worst pollster. They're rolling their polls over four weeks and coming out with sample sizes of <1000 (which is about the sample size they used to do for one 2-3 day period). Now, people often expect you need a lot more samples than you actually do to do accurate polling, but ... fewer than 250 people a week and then rolling in people from 4 weeks ago? That's just absurd.
They started doing this a few weeks ago.
gutter_trash
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thread needs more photos of Harper with cats.
Professor Renegade
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Surprised Harper even allowed the media to take questions when he did his speech on Sunday, bet he had his henchmen screen through them tho.
Oh my god, what a jerk. Not only is he not attending, he even spelt her name wrong in a tweet and did this:
The woman is dead... Whatever you have against her, just forget it man.
Arg this whole thing makes me sick. Like I wanted to listen to even more election adds then we already get since they basically blast them all the time even thought they really shouldn't be.
The worst part is the fair elections act bullshit. Why should our tax money be spent just so these guys can Campaign? Extending the election like this is literally costing us hundreds of millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere.
The worst part is the fair elections act bullshit. Why should our tax money be spent just so these guys can Campaign? Extending the election like this is literally costing us hundreds of millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere.
I could be wrong (anyone can feel free to correct me), but aren't the Conservatives the only ones that benefit from that?
Yes, because the other parties can't afford to keep up with them.
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Saw a load of these on the first page on playing catch up, so I figured:
Pretty accurate. My riding is consistently Liberal, both federally and provincially, and I don't anticipate change this election.
Sakura
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Well, to be fair, the average young person doesn't vote so...
This is actually from a month ago, but Justin goes into good detail on his stance on C-24, C-25 and the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
http://youtu.be/MonemkQLEQc
http://youtu.be/MonemkQLEQc
catpurrcat
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Anyone see the latest poll today? Wow! I would bet many libs will move votes over to tom seeing as how he has a legit chance of forming govt.
matthewwhatever
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Which poll? There are a lot, so you need to be specific. CTV yesterday had the parties separated by less than 3 points, so with 11 weeks to go, I don't think any party looks like they're a sure bet to win.
I read a few years ago that the Conservatives believed Trudeau's stance on pot would be a big vote winner for them, and that they could win a lot of votes if they just kept hammering the Liberals on that. That's why there have been so many anti-pot ads on TV for awhile now -- because the CPC believes it's one of the ways they can solidify their parent-friendly credentials.
Seriously? That's disappointing. I remember the 2004/6 elections, where he was basically untouchable as a pollster for nailing the final results. Wonder why he would change from something that was working so well?
I read a few years ago that the Conservatives believed Trudeau's stance on pot would be a big vote winner for them, and that they could win a lot of votes if they just kept hammering the Liberals on that. That's why there have been so many anti-pot ads on TV for awhile now -- because the CPC believes it's one of the ways they can solidify their parent-friendly credentials.
Seriously? That's disappointing. I remember the 2004/6 elections, where he was basically untouchable as a pollster for nailing the final results. Wonder why he would change from something that was working so well?
t-storm
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Interesting as it's only day 2 and I've already come to the conclusion I likely won't be voting NDP. Also, the backlash online and in the media over his campaign launch on day 1 has been strong. I never really gravitated towards his personality but I was at least open to the idea of voting for the party. However, I just don't respect his recent actions of not participating in the broadcasters' debate and shunning the media on day 1 of the campaign. These kinds of things set the tone going forward.
All that and observing Trudeau on day 1 push me closer towards voting Liberal.
Hey, you know it will be an effective campaign.
Not taking questions, I can see you having issue with, that wasn't a good move.
The debates, that does make some sense. No need to give Harper fuel for his well-funded fire of attack ads if it doesn't go both ways.
AuthenticM
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Harper's greatest strength is his ability to misrepresent quotes and soundbites in order to make his opponents look bad.
As long as the general voting public doesn't look beyond soundbites, you're absolutely right.
I assume one of these:
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...st-conservatives-liberals-in-latest-poll.html (done Sunday)
http://m.hilltimes.com/news/news/20...rrow-path-to-victory-but-losing-support/42961 (done 24-30th)
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