Coaltion Government? Election? Return to Sanity?

grumpy old man wrote:Call it Canada. Let Ontario and the others find a new name.

FlyingRat wrote:Would Yukon get to be a province?

Winklovic wrote:This just in

Breaking: New polls show huge Tory gains:

Ipsos: CPC 46, LPC 23, NDP 13, BQ 9, GPC 8

Ekos: CPC 44, LPC 24, NDP 15, BQ 9, GPC 8


IPSOS: 68% SUPPORT GG'S PROROGUE

OTTAWA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The political crisis that shut down Canada's Parliament benefited the governing minority Conservative government in poll results published Friday.

A Strategic Counsel poll done for The Globe and Mail newspaper indicated the Conservative Party remains at the top of the standings with 45 percent support if an election were now. The Liberals were behind in second place at 24 percent and the socialist New Democratic Party at 14 percent.

The national poll had a 3.1-percentage-point margin of error.

An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted for the Canwest News Service found 46 percent support for the Conservatives, 10 percent higher than before October's federal election. A party official who asked not to be identified said the party's own polls were showing similar results.

The Liberals, NDP and separatist Bloc Quebecois formed a coalition last weekend with the goal of voting down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government based on its vagueness in dealing with the global economic crisis.

Thursday, Harper sought and won a suspension of Parliament from Governor General Michaelle Jean until Jan. 26. Afterward, Harper called for less political posturing and more cooperation among the four parties to get a budget in place for Jan. 27, which would be the quickest time in Canadian history for any governing party.

Canadians would rather have another federal election than see a coalition government headed by Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion take power.

That's according to a poll released Friday by COMPAS for Canadian Business magazine.

Nearly 70% of the 505 Canadians surveyed said they prefer to go to the polls again.

On Thursday, Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean agreed to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to shut down Parliament; however opposition parties are still threatening to bring down the Conservative government at the first opportunity.

grumpy old man wrote:Good point. Excellent point actually.

That said, look at the candidates. What flake is next? Rae, an NDPer turned Liberal, frickin near destroyed Ontario. Ignatieff? This deep thinker spent the majority of his life living and working outside Canada, returning only to run for the leadership of the Liberals to become Prime Minister.

There is a real dearth of quality statesmen with character in Canada.