Its just a matter of tweaking the results. Most of my friends back in canada are in Manitoba and in BC. They generally do not like the Conservatives. Mind you most like the Liberals even less.
larry On 11/29/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a very unusual observation Larry. Typically the West is very > supportive of the Conservatives and the East is very supportive of the > Liberals. NDP smatters through the far West and far East coasts, though > Conservatives have taken some of their power in the Maritimes... and the Bloc > takes Quebec. It's becoming very routine... as it's happened for the last 20 > years. > > Liberals are in power in BC, Ontario > > Conservatives are in power in Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova > Scotia, PEI > > NDP are in power in Manitoba, Saskatchewan > > Bloc is in power in Quebec. > > Much like there being key states in the USA to determine an election... our > elections are won with BC and Ontario. > > The territories have been handled a bit differently in the past. > > So while the Conservatives are losing some support, it wouldn't shock me to > see much the same result in terms of seat spread with a slightly higher > number going to the NDP. > > One of the biggest platform items the Conservatives are running on is > implementing a two-tiered healthcare system. Canadians are afraid of > two-tiered healthcare. > We all recognize that medicare isn't working right now and that something > needs to change, but until a detailed report on what it will -really- mean > for the individual comes out, people will not vote in such a way that > eliminates it. We're quick to say it's broken, but not as quick to let them > take it away. > > People love to get riled up, but overwhelmingly, people will vote for the > devil they know over the devil they don't. > > Depending on how closely you've been following the reason for the > non-confidence vote, you would know it is in response to a scandal (don't you > just love the idea of 'responsible government'?)... and Canadians have been > easy to rally... and I'm betting that the Conservatives don't want to risk > the idea that the second half of the report in February will not support > their 'Liberals Suck' mandate... but the reality is that Canada is largely > made up of rural constituents... and it s a) damn hard to make it to the > polls in the dead of January in MANY areas of Canada and b) damn hard to > campaign over the holiday season. It will piss people off. > > The interesting democratic trend... is for the people who grumble and > complain loudest are often the ones that don't bother voting. > > My prediction: status quo. > > >It depends on where you are. My friends in western Canada don't like > >any of party leaders but call Harper a Bush clone. Other friends in > >the east don't like the liberals but like the conservatives even less. > > > >So chances are its going to be more of the same - minority Liberal > >government. But this time the NDP probably will be sharing the > >opposition with the Bloc Quebecois. I expect the tories will be down > >to around 20 seats. > > > >larry > > > >On 11/28/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184552 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
