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Stephen Harper to appoint former Tory Finance Minister Michael Wilson to the job?



Where does Tory nepotism end?

Toronto Sun criticizes Stephen Harper PM of Canada:



Editorial: Doing what is right



Throughout the Sun's history, we've been the first to speak up whenever we see the liberal -- and Liberal -- media unfairly trashing Conservatives and conservatism.



That said, here's a news flash for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives.



All this heat they're getting over David Emerson? It's not a liberal media conspiracy. If it was, we wouldn't be part of it.



This isn't about being Liberal or Conservative, or liberal or conservative. This is about right and wrong.



And it's wrong for Harper to have told voters in the election that it was time to throw the bums out, and then, at the first opportunity, to act like the bums.



Harper's enticement of Emerson to the Conservatives might have been the "one day wonder" he hoped for if he and his MPs hadn't spent months bashing Belinda Stronach and Paul Martin for doing the same thing in reverse.



Trying to argue, as Harper and many of his now tongue-tied ministers and backbenchers have, that the two cases are different, doesn't pass the smell test.



The details may be different. The substance is the same.



As former Sun business editor and cabinet minister Garth Turner, now the newly-elected Conservative MP for Halton, wrote in his blog last week: "I campaigned to advance issues my middle class voters are so concerned with -- things those families need and want.



"But, I arrived as the prime minister was appointing a floor-crossing Liberal and an unelected party official to his cabinet, which seemed to fly in the face of everything I had told voters about accountability and democracy ...



"The election was about change. I asked people in Halton to embrace the Conservatives as a modern, inclusive, mainstream, principled party of honest people committed to changing the system for the better. Finally ... Something to believe in ...



"Sure, I thought the appointment of those two ministers was questionable.



And after stating many a time that Belinda Stronach should have sought a byelection after her defection, how could I not say the same obvious thing now? It was simple for my constitutents to understand, and simple for me ..."



Exactly. Trust us, from past experience we know that Turner can be controversial, a glory hog and a pain in the butt. But he also knows what people are thinking and in this case he's 100% right.



Three weeks ago in this space, we urged you, our readers, to vote Conservative and end 13 years of corrupt Liberal rule. Like so many of you, we care about the future of Conservatism and conservatism. There is so much work for this new government to do -- cutting the GST, helping parents with the cost of child care, fixing our justice system, healing health care, uniting the country.



Harper and Emerson need to have a long talk. Emerson should either agree to run in a byelection in Vancouver-Kingsway as a Conservative, or he should resign. This controversy has already taken up too much time and cost this new government too much political capital.



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The honeymoon is over Stephen Harper

Here is an article from The Globe and Mail's Jeffery Simpson:





Liberal leadership lineup starts in Toronto



From Saturday's Globe and Mail



Friday, February 10, 2006



Toronto — The Liberal leadership race has not formally begun, what with big-name candidates declining to run, yet two trends are already making it unique in the party's history.



Nine of the possible candidates are from the Toronto area, reflecting how Toronto has become the party's power base.



Also, for the first time, the Liberal race will not be among parliamentary frontbenchers.





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You have to be an insider to read the rest

Emerson Called Traitor by constituents say Globe and Mail. Article below:





Emerson called a traitor by constituents



Canadian Press



Vancouver — Hundreds of people angry at David Emerson's defection from the Liberals to Conservatives chanted "traitor" at a protest rally.



They packed a high school auditorium Saturday in the Vancouver-Kingsway riding to vent their anger and frustration, saying their votes in the Jan. 23 federal election had been rendered meaningless after Mr. Emerson crossed the floor to accept a position in the Conservative cabinet two weeks later.



Kerry Galloway, who admitted to not voting regularly, said after much consideration and lots of research, he decided to vote Liberal.



"Then, a couple of weeks later, I found out that my vote was switched, that I had been disenfranchised, that my vote had been converted for a vote for a set of policies which are the diametric opposite than I selected by putting that X in that box " he said to cheers.



Alice Edge said the situation has made her ashamed as a mother. She told of badgering her sons to vote only to result in what she said is an undemocratic outcome.



"When my two young sons came home and they said to me: 'What is going on?' I got to tell you that my credibility as a mother has just been set back many, many years," she said.



"I want a by-election and I want it tomorrow," Mr. Edge said.



One man who spoke in defence of Mr. Emerson, who is now the international trade minister, was drowned out in a chorus of angry boos at the event, organized by the New Democratic Party.



But, the ongoing furor does not seem to have swayed Mr. Emerson.



In an interview with the CBC on Friday, he said: "No, I'm not going to quit."



"We've got at least three, perhaps more, members of Parliament who have crossed the floor or opted to sit as an independent," he said. "Frankly, my circumstances are not any different than those. As, and when, Parliament changes the rules to apply to all members of Parliament, I will abide by those rules."



Vancouver-East New Democrat MP Libby Davies said Mr. Emerson's arrogance has enraged his constituents.



"I don't think Mr. Emerson has heard anything yet in terms of the way people feel," she said.



The NDP has formally asked the federal ethics commissioner to investigate Mr. Emerson's defection.



New Democrat MP Peter Julian said Prime Minister Stephen Harper could be in violation of Parliament's conflict of interest guidelines, which prohibit members from acting to advance their own or other MP's private interests.



Mr. Julian has the support of fellow New Democrat Ian Waddell, who finished second to Mr. Emerson in his effort to make a political comeback.



Mr. Waddell has said of those who cast ballots in the riding, 80 per cent voted against the Conservative Party.



Mr. Emerson received 43.5 per cent of the vote as a Liberal while Tory Kanman Wong got 18.8 per cent. Mr. Waddell garnered 33.5 per cent of the vote.



Mr. Waddell served as New Democrat MP for Vancouver-Kingsway three times between 1979 and 1988 and as the member for Port Moody-Coquitlam from 1988 to 1993.



The fracas has also revealed rifts in Conservative caucus.



Ontario MP Garth Turner hopes to push ahead with legislation that would deter future David Emersons and Belinda Stronachs from switching political parties but admits he has probably limited his future in the Conservative Party.



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Looks likes the CONservative Party Grass Roots disapprove.



Garth Turner (early in this blog) is not happy.



From The Globe and Mail :





Turner says he'll move bill to stop MPs jumping parties



GLORIA GALLOWAY



From Saturday's Globe and Mail



Ottawa — Despite a tongue-lashing from the Prime Minister, Conservative Garth Turner says he will proceed with a private-member's bill that would force MPs such as Trade Minister David Emerson to resign and run again when they switch parties.



Mr. Emerson, who has been the subject of intense public criticism since being appointed to the Conservative cabinet on Monday — two weeks after being elected as a Liberal — was unavailable for comment yesterday even though the calls for his resignation continued.



Mr. Turner, the MP for Halton, Ont., said he was castigated by Mr. Harper for telling reporters on Thursday that Mr. Emerson should resign his seat and run again. But the financial-management-expert-turned-politician was unrepentant yesterday.



“I cannot stand and support something in Ottawa that I would not in a town-hall meeting in north Oakville,” he wrote on his web log. “Not even when it is the PM asking — or demanding.”



And, despite the censure from above, he said he will put forward a private-member's bill to force politicians who change political allegiances to resign their seat and ask their constituents for a new mandate.



“I do believe that voters are jaded today,” Mr. Turner said, “And one of the reasons that they are jaded and they feel they don't matter is that people get to be part of the government who never ran to be in that government.”



That's also true of Conservative campaign co-chair Michael Fortier, the new Public Works Minister who will be sworn in as a Senator because he did not run for a seat in the House of Commons, Mr. Turner said.



In his blog, he said he expected to be assigned an office in renovated washroom “somewhere in a forgotten corner of a vermin-infested dank basement” and a seat in the Commons that will be visible only during lunar eclipses.



It has been a bad first week for the Conservative government that came to power on a promise of accountability and was quickly lambasted from all parts of the country for moves that suggest the opposite. They include Mr. Emerson and Mr. Fortier's appointments to Cabinet and the appointment of former defence lobbyist Gordon O'Connor as Defence Minister.



Asked if he were feeling uncomfortable in his own party, Mr. Turner replied: “I can't answer that to the extent that my party is feeling uncomfortable with me. I regret that because, to me, it is a basic role of a Member of Parliament to voice concerns and opinions and convictions.”



Last night, Mr. Harper said his government will move quickly to implement its campaign promises, chiefly lowering the GST and “cleaning up our own government” with accountability legislation.



In his first speech as Prime Minister, he also said the government will toughen the criminal justice system and give child-care subsidies to parents. Mr. Harper was speaking at a tribute in Halifax to outgoing Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm, in which he praised the departing leader, saying that if all politicians had his integrity, no accountability legislation would be needed.NDP MP Peter Stoffer, who represents the Nova Scotia riding of Sackville-Eastern Shore, proposed a private-member's bill during the previous session of Parliament that would have forced political floor-crossers to quit and run again. He plans to re-enter it when the House returns and said he is glad to hear of Mr. Turner's plans for a similar bill. “He is more than welcome to second my bill and I would be honoured to second his,” Stoffer said



Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay defended Mr. Emerson yesterday saying he was obviously disillusioned with the Liberals and that makes his situation different to that of people such as Belinda Stronach who defected from the Conservatives to take a seat in cabinet at a time when the Liberal government needed her vote to stay alive.



“What David Emerson did, I would suggest, is different, in the sense that he has done this early after the election in hopes of continuing the important work that he was doing inside a government which he was obviously very disillusioned with,” Mr. MacKay told CBC Newsworld. “Unlike other moves, it didn't happen at a critical juncture that propped the government up. There wasn't that sense that there was strict reward or leadership ambition.”



But that view is not shared by Peter Julian of the NDP or Wayne Easter of the Liberals who have separately asked Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro to investigate whether Mr. Emerson violated the MPs' code of ethics by switching parties.



Both MPs point to the ruling Mr. Shapiro made in the case of Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh who was accused by Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal of offering him benefits as an inducement to become a Liberal. Mr. Shapiro said any attempt to further Mr. Grewal's private interests would have been “an extremely serious” breach of the code.



With a report from Jane Armstrong



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I am certain the CONservative Party is suffering from meltdown, and not a light dose of it.

Ancient National Revenue Minister Under Kim Campbell, Garth Turner now says:



Choices





posted by Garth Turner on 02.09.06 @ 11:26 pm | 308 Comments



First, I’d like to thank all the people who took a moment to drop me a line over the past few hours, and those who have come by and left a comment here. Mostly I’d like to thank the five volunteers who showed up tonight in Milton to help Sharon and Esther unpack all the stuff that arrived from the outgoing Halton MP’s office. Boy, having more than one second-hand computer and a geriatric printer is going to be sweet.



Speaking of offices, after today I’m expecting the Whip will be assigning me a renovated washroom somewhere in a forgotten corner of a vermin-infested dank basement in Ottawa. That should go well with my seat in the House of Commons that will be visible only during lunar eclipses.



Uh-huh. That kind of a day. This one MP came face-to-face with the party machine in a series of unhappy meetings including one tonight with the prime minister. I think it is now safe to say my career options within the Conservative caucus are seriously limited. If you would like a course on how not to be popular in Ottawa, then take a seat.



I have written here many times over the past few months about my journey to become an MP again, and why I wanted to return to Ottawa. It was not to be a minister with a limo, but, as I explained, to try and empower elected people more, to make them relevant and free, so the voters would also become more empowered. And I campaigned to advance issues my middle class voters are so concerned with – things those families need and want.



But, I arrived as the prime minister was appointing a floor-crossing Liberal and an unelected party official to his cabinet, which seemed to fly in the face of everything I had told voters about accountability and democracy. It also made me question the whole process, after eight months of knocking on doors to win my coveted seat in this magnificent stone building on the banks of the Rideau.



Going from door to door turns a politician into a democrat. At least, it did for me. By the time I got to Parliament Hill, I was infused with the spirit of a new era in government, sated on the belief we would see freedom reign in the Chamber and that the days of subjugation of MPs by the prime minster’s office were numbered. I had swallowed with gusto promises of more free votes, more powerful committees of free-thinking MPs, more listening to the voters, and an elected and responsible Senate.



And, most importantly, I had taken that to the people. Change. The election was about change. I asked people in Halton to embrace the Conservatives as a modern, inclusive, mainstream, principled party of honest people committed to changing the system for the better. Finally. Something worth knocking on doors for in the dark and the cold. Something to believe in. Something to run for. Something on the Hill worth coming back for with a passion.



Sure, I thought the appointment of those two ministers was questionable. And after stating many a time that Belinda Stronach should have sought a by-election after her defection, how could I not say the same obvious thing now? It was simple for my constitutents to understand, and simple for me. I did not seek the microphones out, but when they were under my nose and a clear question was asked, I gave a clear answer.



Everybody who makes up the government should be elected. They should be elected as members of the party that forms the government. Anybody who switches parties should go back to the people. To do otherwise is to place politicians above the people when, actually, it’s the other way around.



But my comments were deemed not helpful, even though I chose them carefully and pulled some punches, suggesting Minister Emerson be given a little time before deciding on whether or not to get elected as a Tory.



Did I know the potential consequences of speaking my mind, or sticking with the principles that brought me to this cold hill? Yeah, I did. I have been an MP before, and a leadership candidate and a cabinet minister. I have the hide to prove it. I know the PMO has a song sheet it wants all caucus members to sing from, and I know what happens when an individual chooses to go his or her own way. I was just hoping this time I would not be asked to choose – between party and principle.



I chose principle. My deepest loyalty is to what I believe, what I told the voters and what I want Parliament to become. The Emerson affair may indeed blow over. The minister may decide not to take the heat. David may turn into a cabinet star and a national asset. But he should still have the conviction to get elected a member of the team he chose. The same team that I chose, and fought like a warrior to join, helped by hundreds more and supported by tens of thousands of others. How could any member of caucus not privately feel the same?



A few nights ago, I made some pledges here. I pledged to remember that my job is not to serve the party or the prime minister, but rather the people who sent me here. I pledged to work to enhance the position of MP, because when that happens, the voters win. I pledged to share my MP’s power with you every way I could, and to speak up for middle class Canadians.



That voice may be a little fainter now, coming from that forgotten basement washroom office, but, dammit, it won’t quit.





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I invite any Canadian Conservatives to come over to the Liberals and create and honest and accountable government

Graham Thomson of the Journal put it well!!



Here is his comment from Graham Thomson's Blog:



SUBJECT: Outrage, what outrage? Perhaps I’m just getting too cynical...but I’m finding it difficult to muster much outrage at Stephen Harper’s cabinet appointments this week.

Yes, I was as surprised as anyone over David Emerson’s hypocritical jump to the Conservatives — especially since he was presented as a Liberal poster boy during the election campaign in British Columbia.

And I had to stifle a guffaw when Harper appointed Michael Fortier to the Senate to sit as a non-elected member of cabinet. That one move managed to make a mockery of Senate reform and responsible government.

People are rightly angered at the hypocrisy of it all (Liberal supporters in Vancouver-Kingsway must be ready to toss Emerson into Coal Harbor).

So, where’s my outrage?

I’m not sure. Perhaps I’ve misplaced it after 25 years as a journalist. Or maybe it’s been worn to the nub after reporting on this kind of thing so many times in the past.

Remember Reform Leader Preston Manning in 1993?

He promised a new era of cleaner more responsible politics — Reformers wouldn’t accept the gold-plated MPs pension plan. They wouldn’t fly business class. Manning said Reformers would never settle into Stornoway and he actually held a photo-op to hand back the keys to his limo.

Manning and Reformers such as Deb Grey broke every one of those promises.

The Liberals, of course, are masters at political sleight-of-hand.

Jean Chretien famously promised to scrap the GST — and infamously never did.

There are all kinds of other examples, too numerous and ponderous to mention here, of politicians putting expediency before principle.

I suppose there is a silver lining here: For all those afraid Harper has a hidden agenda to do things radically different, he has shown he’s just like all the rest.

In a bizarre way, that reaffirms my faith in politicians. As long as they’re willing to do what it takes to stay in power at the federal level, they’ll never do anything radical.

Maybe that’s why I can’t muster any outrage.

Or perhaps it's because I have high expectations for members of Harper's cabinet such as Rona Ambrose and Tony Clement.

Hmm, maybe I'm not as cynical as I like to think.

COMMENTS

Posted by Graham Thomson on 2/7/2006 12:14:43 PM



I expect the Conservation popularity to hit below 20% soon!

Since Stephen Harper took the oath to be PM, the Canadian Public are critical of his choices for cabinet..



1 Manitoba rep has a criminal record.



2 Ontario reps are under question for their histories.



The Vancouver minister who crossed the floor is risng consternation.



The Montreal Senator in Cabinet is not accountable to the Commons.



We have a major downward spin on the CONservatives all right!

Torontoian Stephen Harper - Alberta MP Calgary West Prime Minister

Nicholson, Rob (Hon.) Ont MP Niagara Falls - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform

Emerson, David (Hon.) Elected Liberal BC MP Vancouver Kingsway now joins the CONservative - Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics

Blackburn, Jean-Pierre (Hon.) - Quebec MP Jonquière—Alma , former MP is the Brian Mulroney caucas, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec

Thompson, Greg (Hon.) - NB MP New Brunswick Southwest Minister of Veterans Affairs

Marjory LeBreton (Hon.), appointed by Brian Mulroney, Leader of the Government in the Senate

Solberg, Monte (Hon.) Alberta MP Medicine Hat Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Strahl, Chuck (Hon.) BC MP Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board

Lunn, Gary (Hon.) BC MP Saanich—Gulf Islands Minister of Natural Resources

MacKay, Peter (Hon.) NS MP CEntral Nova Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Hearn, Loyola (Hon.) NLFD MP St. John's South—Mount Pearl - Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Day, Stockwell (Hon.) BC MP Okanagan—Coquihalla Formaer Alberta deputy premier and former Alberta Treasurer and for CCRA leader (Stephen Harper replaced this person at the helm of the CCRA) Minister of Public Safety

Skelton, Carol (Hon.) Sask MP Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar first Sask Female MP in the Cabinet Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic Diversification

Toews, Vic (Hon.) Man MP Provencher Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Ambrose, Rona (Hon.) AB MP Edmonton - Spruce Grove - Minister of the Environment

Chong, Michael (Hon.) ONT MP Wellington—Halton Hills - President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for Sport

Finley, Diane (Hon.) Ont MP Haldimand—Norfolk Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

O'Connor, Gordon (Hon.) Ont MP Carleton—Mississippi Mills Minister of National Defence

Oda, Bev (Hon.) Ont MP Durham Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women

Prentice, Jim (Hon.) AB MP Calgary Noth-Center Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians

Baird, John (Hon.) Ont MP Ottawa West—Nepean President of the Treasury Board

Bernier, Maxime (Hon.) QC MP Beauce Minister of Industry

Cannon, Lawrence (Hon.) QC MP Pontiac Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Clement, Tony (Hon.) ONT MP Parry Sound - Muskoka (isn't his seat under a recount?) Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

Flaherty, Jim (Hon.) ONT MP Whitby—Oshawa (same guy who still owes the Ontario PCs over $50000) Minister of Finance

Verner, Josée (Hon.) QC MP Louis-Saint-Laurent Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages

Michael Fortier (Hon.) Montreal Senator (Wait appointed senator?) Minister of Public Works and Government Services



My reaction is HYPOCRACY!! You have a floor crosser and an unelected senator that PM Harper some years ago denouned. Added he denounced Floor Crossing. So far so bad.



And now 3 April the Commons will meet? Talk about delying the inevitable.

PM Stephen Harper to take up office 6 Feb 2006. Canada has a hung parliament and it may not be easy for the new CONservative to lead. IF the budget is a deficit budget, Canada will go tothe poll over that issue!!



Liberal Leadership : The rules are not laid out yet 4 people are not seeking the leadership 'officially' . John Manley (YAY!!), Brian Tobin (YAY!!), Frank McKenna and Allan Rock have said no but what is preventing them from having a change of heart ( For Canada's sake, Manley and Tobin better stay clearly out!) .



About those predicitons:



Nfld Avalon L -> C



PEI all 4 seats went Liberal



NS stayed the same



NB Tobique-Mactaquac L -> C and a possible recount



Quebec



Montreal Ahuntsic L -> BQ

Beauce L -> C

Beauport - Limoilou BQ -> C

Brome-Missisquoi L -> BQ

Brossard - La Prairie L->BQ

Quebec City Charlesbourg-Haute Sainte Charles BQ -> C

Gatineau L -> BQ (VERY BAD!!)

Montreal Jeanne Le Ber L -> BQ

Lotbiniere-Chutes-de-la-Chaudiere BQ -> C

Quebec City Louis-Hebert BQ -> C

Quebec City Louis-Saint-Laurent BQ -> C

Megantic-L'Erable BQ->C

Montreal Papineau L->BQ

Pontiac L -> C

Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier BQ -> I





Ontario



Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Barrie L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Burlington L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Chatham-Kent-Essex L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Glengarry-Prescott-Russell L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Halton L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Hamilton East - Stoney Creek L->NDP

Kitchener-Conestoga L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex L -> C (Hargrove was right)

London-Fanshawe L -> NDP

Northumberland - Quinte West L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Ottawa-Orleans L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Ottawa West - Nepean L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Parkdale - High Park L -> NDP

Parry Sound - Muskoka L -> C (Hargrove was right) but under automatic recount

Peterborough L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Saint Catharines L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Sarnia - Lambton L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Simcoe North L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Trinity-Spadina L -> NDP

Whitby-Oshawa L -> C (Hargrove was right)

Oshawa C -> C (Hargrove was right)



Manitoba



Churchill NDP(I)->L

Winnipeg South L -> C (Hargrove was right) and this should be a recount



Saskatchewan



Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River C -> L and a maybe recount



Alberta



Edmonton Centre L -> C

Edmonton Millwoods Beaumount L (I) -> C



British Columbia



BC Southern Interior C -> NDP

Newton North Delta C -> L

New Westminister - Coquitlam C-> NDP

Surrey North (C) I -> NDP

Vancouver Island North C -> NDP

Victoria L -> NDP

West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country C -> L



Western Arctic aka Northwest Territories L -> NDP

Paul Martin said he does not want to lead the Liberals into the next election.



What happens if the Stephen Harper's Conservatives fall within 6 months?? Only time will tell.



Still There are some good name and then there are those not to trust!!



Good names: Frank McKenna , former New Brunswick Premier ,

and Michael Ignatief, MP Etibocoke Lakeshore.



Under the BAD category:



Those who want to destroy Canada's Identity: Brian Tobin and John Manely. IF either of these 2 every won the Leadership, I would tear up my card AND form another political Party That BELIEVE in CORE Canadian Traditions and Values, God Save The Queen!!



Floor crossers like Scot Brisson, Keith Martin and Belinda Stronach. At this point in time, there loyalty is dubious. They need to show , when a next Liberal Government comes along, that they can be worthy.



I hope every Monarchist League Member in Canada does sign up for a Liberal Membership. Will the Conservtives under Harper DARE advocate a Republic? In which case the Monarchist League of Canda are welcome to take memberships out in the Liberal Party of Canana and fight on with us .

I would like to see Liberals and Conservatives with a 2 seat difference

with the NDP coming 3rd and the BQ forth.



Still this is Canada.



Numbers in from SES on 20 Jan 2006:



Party CPC LPC NDP BQ Green

Undecided Error

Canada 35.5(-1.5) 29(-1.7) 18.8(2.2) 11.1(+.4) 5.6(+0.7) 12.0(-3.2) 3.1

Atl 41(-6) 31(-6) 23(+9) 6(+4)

12(-4) 9.7

Quebec 26(+2) 18(-1) 9(-1) 44(0) 3(0)

12(-5) 6.1

Ont 36(-4) 39(0) 19(+4) 7(0)

12 5.6

West 41(0) 28(-2) 25(+1) 7(+2)

13(-3) 5.2



SES Regional for 20 Jan 2006:



http://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20January%20Regional%2019%202006E.pdf



This should be read.



So now seats of interest based on democracticspace.com (DS) and

electionprediction.org (EP)



http://www.democraticspace.com/canada/2005election/20060119-national.pdf

is a recommended read with electionprediction.org



Newfoundland



Avalon: DS says this riding could swing but the NDP vote determine this.

EP calls this TCTC



One to watch.



The rest should stay the same.



PEI



Charlottetown : EP says TCTC DS says Liberal on projection.

The CONs have been lock out of PEI since 1988. Can they make a

breakthrough?



The other 3 , Liberal.



Nova Scotia



Dartmouth-Cole Harbour , Kings-Hants, and West Nova , EP says are TCTC.



I will add South Shore St Margaret's.



Darthmouth - Cole Harbour is held by Liberal Michael Savage and the

NDP iis the challenger. Who do the Tories want to elect?



Kings-Hant, Scott Brison's Riding and his nearest rival is the CPC.

Will the NDP vote Liberal to push Scott over the top?



West Nova, Robert Thibault Liberal Incumbant . Again

Will the NDP vote Liberal to push Scott over the top?



South Shore St Margaret's



The weakest Tory riding in NS. EP and DS says Tory Victory

with the the Liberals and NDP splitting the vote.

IF one side goes strategic, the Tory is out.



NO other changes expected.





New Brunswick



EP says 5 TCTC all the incumbents are Liberal



Fredericton



Close race between the Liberals and CPC. The NDP must

decide who will win.



Madawaska-Restigouche



Close race between the Liberals and CPC. The NDP must

decide who will win.



Miramichi



Close race between the Liberals and CPC. The NDP must

decide who will win. This could be CPC is both sides

are not careful



Saint John



Close race between the Liberals and CPC. The NDP must

decide who will win. This could be CPC is both sides

are not careful



Tobique-Mactaquac



Close race between the Liberals and CPC. The NDP must

decide who will win. This could be CPC is both sides

are not careful



Atlantic could give us an early preview.



Quebec



Ahuntsic



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.



Honore-Mercier



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.



Jeanne Le-Ber



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!



Laval-des-Iles



EP says TCTC and DS projects narrow Liberal win.

The Federalist need to vote as one to win this riding!



Outrement



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!



Papineau



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!





Brossard - La Prairie



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the Liberal.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!



Gatineau



Many a Federal Civil Servant lives here.



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!



Louis-Saint-Laurent



CPC gains from BQ we hope!



Pontiac



Liberal to CPC? This is one to watch.



Vaudreuil-Soulanges



Marc Garneau is the Liberal Candidate but Vote Splitting

could get the BQ reelcted.



Beauce



Liberal to CPC? This is one to watch.



Brome-Missisquoi



EP says TCTC and DS is projecting a swing to the BQ.

IF the federalists want a win, they have to vote Liberal.

Extremely close!





Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou



Only a concentrated vote can defeat the BQ candidate.



Chicoutimi-Le Fjord



Only a concentrated vote can defeat the BQ candidate.





This could a bit of a night in La Belle Province



Ontario (All eyes please!!)



PArkdale High PArk



Liberal / NDP Race!! Who do the Tories want to vote for?



St Paul's



EP says TCTC and DS says LPC. LPC better make certain

the NDP do not let the CPC get in.





Trinity Spidina



Liberal to NDP they say.



Beaches - East York



Liberal / NDP Race!! Who do the Tories want to vote for?



And that is just TO!



Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale



A Tory pick up?? If the NDP vote Liberal, the Tory loses!!



Burlington



Paddy's Seat. The NDP should vote Liberal otherwise

Harper is grinning. TCTC!



Halton:



Cons./Liberal race, The NDP have to decide who they want.





HAmilton East Stoney Creek



Liberal NDP race!! Cons no chance



Hamilton Mountain



Liberal NDP race!! Cons no chance



Newmarket-Aurora



Will Belinda Hold on? Only the NDP can tell. Close race!



Oakville.



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



St Catharines



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.





Whitby - Oshawa



Projected to go CPC. Can the Liberals win this with the

help of other parties?



Oshawa



NDP/CPC race. Hopefully the Liberals push the NDP over the

top



Glengarry-Prescott-Russell



CPC to pick up from Liberal?? NDP needs to help the LPC!



Northumberland-Quinte West



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Ottawa Centre



NDP/LPC race!



Ottawa South



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Ottawa West - Nepean



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Peterborough



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Kenora



NDP/LPC race!



Nickel Belt



NDP/LPC race!





Nipissing-Timiskaming



NDP/LPC race!



Parry Sound-Muskoka



NDP/LPC race!



Brant



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Chatham-Kent-Essex



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Kitchener-Conestoga



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Lambton-Kent-Middlesex





LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



London-Fanshawe



3 way race!! Watch this riding!!



London West



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



Barrie and the 2 Simco Riding will go back to horse and buggy.



There are other races with are



LPC/CPC race. Only the NDP can push the Liberal over the top.



A long night out of Ontario. And it gets to be more interesing.





Manitoba



Kildonan-St. Paul



Cons hold



IF the Liberals and NDP join, the CPC is out!



Churchill



NDP/Liberal race



Selkirk-Interlake



NDP/CPC race. Liberals have to choose



Sasketchewan



Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River



Can the NDP pick this one up?





Saskatoon Humboldt



Can the CPC lose?



Saskatoon-Wanuskewin



Can the CPC lose?



REgina - Qu'Appelle



Can the CPC lose?



Palliser



Can the CPC lose?







These could be interesting.





Alberta





Edmonton Centre



Liberal / CPC race. The NDP has to choose.



OThers are not that interesting.



BC (Another big battleground)



Victoria



NDP/LPC race.



Esquimalt Juan de Fuca



NDP/LPC race.



Saanich Gulf Islands



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



Nanaimo - Alberni





CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



Vancouver Island North



Liberals voting NDP will send the Tory out.





Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



Okanogan - Shuswap



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



Kelowna Lake Country



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



British Columiba Southern Interior



This should be NDP





Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge - Mission



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.





Vancouver Centre





NDP / Liberal Race





Burnaby - Douglas





NDP / Liberal Race





Vancouver Kingsway



NDP / Liberal Race



New Westminister - Coquitlam





3 way race!!



Burnaby - new Westminister



NDP / Liberal Race



Surrey North



3 way race NDP lead



West Vancouver Sunshine Coast



Liberal / CON race. NDP can determine the outcome



North Vancouver



Liberal / CON race. NDP can determine the outcome



Port Moody Westwood Port Coquitlam



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.





Richmond



Liberal win is NDP vote strategically



Delta - Richmod East



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



Newton - North Delta



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.

Liberals can win



Fleetwood Port Kells



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.



South Surrey Whiterock Cloverdale



CPC can be defeated if a concentrated vote takes place.

Liberals can win





The Territories:



NWT could go Liberal to NDP.

I got this in my e-mail:



ELECTION 2006

January 13, 2006



In response to the predictions of a Conservative majority government, the Council of Canadians has joined forces with other social justice groups and unions from across the country to issue this statement about the potential dangers of such an outcome. The statement was released this morning at a press conference in Toronto with the signatory groups.



Think Twice on January 23



Representatives from the child care, Aboriginal, women’s rights, health care, equality rights, environmental, arts, trade union, and advocacy groups have a message for all Canadians.



What would Conservative policies mean for Canadians?



They mean privatization and deregulation, and more cuts to social programs.





They mean the end of the national child care programme, and the rollback of the $5 billion deal between ten provinces and the federal government. This is the beginning of the first new national social programme since Medicare, but Harper says he will cancel it in exchange for a dollar a day sent to Canadians, burdened with securing and financing their own childcare.





They mean abandonment of the agreement just achieved with First Nations at the Aboriginal Summit, and reneging on promised spending to alleviate a housing and health care crisis for some of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens, women and children.





They mean more greenhouse gas emissions, the end of the domestic Kyoto plan to reduce emissions by 2012, and moving Canada from a strong supporter of further emission cuts to supporting George Bush’s camp.





They mean a health care system based on commercialization, not patient needs; based on competition between health care providers, not collaborative practice; a health care system that would allocate public health care dollars to for-profit business, rather than improving primary health care for our families; and a continuing absence of national standards for home care and inadequate long-term care for our seniors.





They mean the loss of at least $1 billion for affordable housing, and the potential loss of a Canadian housing framework.





They mean no commitment to the income measures and services needed to reduce poverty.





They mean abandoning efforts to protect workers’ wages, pensions and benefits in cases of corporate bankruptcy.





They mean massive tuition fee increases for university and college students.





They mean greater trade and foreign policy integration with the U.S., particularly joint military ventures (including participation in foreign conflicts and space-based military systems).





They mean new risks to Canadian women’s right to reproductive choice and access to abortion.





They mean abandoning plans for new pay equity legislation.





They mean abandoning plans for a new national strategy for people with disabilities.





They mean less government support for the arts and for public broadcasting.





They mean re-opening the debate over equal marriage rights for same sex couples, and the introduction of unconstitutional legislation.





They mean re-opening the Charter to protect private property rights, which have major implications for environmental protection, labour rights, and equality rights.





* They mean big tax cuts for corporations, and less pollution regulations.



We are very concerned about the future of our country. Many of the victories Canadians have achieved over generations, and many important new programs and initiatives that are poised to become reality, are very much at risk.



We are standing up for Canada. We want a Canada with strong social programs, environmental protection, and fairness for everyone. Canadians need to think twice.



Endorsed By:



Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada

Council of Canadians

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Canadian Federation of Students

Canadian Auto Workers

Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation

Egale Canada

National Association of Women and the Law

Prevent Cancer Coalition

Shelagh Day, Human Rights Advocate

Elizabeth May, Environmentalist & Officer of the Order of Canada



--

The Council of Canadians

700-170 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1P 5V5.

Tel: (613) 233-2773; Toll-free: 1-800-387-7177

Fax: (613) 233-6776

inquiries@canadians.org

www.canadians.org

It was revealed that:



http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550290/posts the following was said:



"Psycho," wrote on Free Dominion: "I honestly see no benefit for Alberta to remain part of Canada. Seriously, there is absolutely nothing that Canada as a nation offers me."



He goes on to compare Alberta to "a battered wife who has not yet realized that being divorced is better than staying married." While he allows that the statement could be politically incorrect, he writes "that's how I feel."



In fact http://www.freedominion.ca does have the original article if it can get it phpBB back up.



Also, this question did come up last night at the Edmonton Sherwood PArk All Candidatates Forum in Fort Saskatchewan.



Liberal: We should be focus to go in one direction as a nation.



Conservative: I get people calling me up with the same sentiment. Devolve the power to the Provinces.



NDP: Reform the Commons



Greens: Reform the Commons.



That is it. The Conservative Party of Canada is a POISON for the nation-state of Canada.



The less seats they get the better!!

New poll from Angus Reid: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10459



Also look at:



http://www.canadawebpages.com/pc-polls.asp

Here is what they should be:



Liberal Slogan:



Choice your Canada - No Majority Government if < 50% + 1



Choississez votre Canada - Pas de Gouvernement Majoritaire si les voies sont < 50% + 1



Conservative slogans:



Stand Up for Canada - Unemploy Stephen Harper as Conservative Leader



Changeons pour vrai - Au chomage avec Stephen Harper



NDP slogans:



Getting results for people - sending unemployment and economic unviability up!



Des realisations concretes - le grand chomage et l'ecomonie en faillite



BQ Slogan:



Heureusement ici c'est le Bloc Elitiste et Privilege



Green Party of Canada Slogans:



We can become government in 2006



Oui, nous pouvons etre gouvernement en 2006



You have to be green to believe that.



And for the goods on Stephen Harper read Bloc Harper