2007 Federal Election?
Harper addresses the issue of a possible election in the Globe and Mail in the following excerpt:
*OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no incentive to engineer his government's defeat and trigger an election during the spring session of Parliament that starts Monday. After all, Mr. Harper told The Canadian Press, there's little imminent prospect of a Conservative majority government.“What would be the point of an election, especially if it would just result in another minority anyway?” the Prime Minister said in an interview.
Mr. Harper begins his second year in office with public opinion surveys suggesting he wins high marks for leadership, but his party has actually lost support from the 36 per cent of voter backing it received a year ago on election night. The Prime Minister insisted he doesn't pay attention to such matters.“I'm not concerned about the polls,” Mr. Harper said.*
According to a poll by the Globe and Mail, 86% of participants do not want a spring election. What do you guys think? Do you want an election? Personally, I want Harper out; I can't stand him or his cutting of programs and active military issue. I think Dion could make a viable opposition candidate, although I think a lot of people (especially the eldery) still feel a bit sore about the Liberals. As well, I hope that the Green Party gains more seats. Elizabeth May makes a strong leader and with all the greening of public policy and voter values, she may have a chance for some seats. I think most people are against another election because it is time and money consuming. Most people don't want to have to go through that process again, especially if nothing changes.
*OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no incentive to engineer his government's defeat and trigger an election during the spring session of Parliament that starts Monday. After all, Mr. Harper told The Canadian Press, there's little imminent prospect of a Conservative majority government.“What would be the point of an election, especially if it would just result in another minority anyway?” the Prime Minister said in an interview.
Mr. Harper begins his second year in office with public opinion surveys suggesting he wins high marks for leadership, but his party has actually lost support from the 36 per cent of voter backing it received a year ago on election night. The Prime Minister insisted he doesn't pay attention to such matters.“I'm not concerned about the polls,” Mr. Harper said.*
According to a poll by the Globe and Mail, 86% of participants do not want a spring election. What do you guys think? Do you want an election? Personally, I want Harper out; I can't stand him or his cutting of programs and active military issue. I think Dion could make a viable opposition candidate, although I think a lot of people (especially the eldery) still feel a bit sore about the Liberals. As well, I hope that the Green Party gains more seats. Elizabeth May makes a strong leader and with all the greening of public policy and voter values, she may have a chance for some seats. I think most people are against another election because it is time and money consuming. Most people don't want to have to go through that process again, especially if nothing changes.
posted by Superman at 12:47 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not hoping for a spring election either, but for different reasons. I don't think the Liberals have had enough time to regroup and get their act together under new leadership. If they are to have a chance in the next election, they still have some work to do.
I can't seem to start a new post because blogger made me switch to the new version, and this blog has yet to be updated, if that makes any sense.
Anyways, here is a link to the new Conservative ad that began yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGJ6U2InwU
I think it's interesting for a couple of reasons.
1)They chose to have the ad essentially be Ignatieff vs. Dion
2) They centered it around the environment- a very hot issue right now.
Any thoughts?
I do agree with the original poster's comments as I would too like to see Harper ousted asap. However, I personally couldn't endure another election so soon, especially with the Ontario provincial election occurring this upcoming fall and the municipal elections that have just passed. The entire point of having a government is to lead our country in the right direction and it is becoming increasingly difficult for any PM to focus on what our country needs because of the constant threat of a near election. I work at a local MPP's office and half of the work and energy at that office is devoted to election readiness. This readiness is necessary in order to compete with other candidates and win but to me it's so sad how much it takes away from the time and resources that could go towards helping Canadians. Even tho I am a die hard Libearl I think that it is for the benefit of all Canadians if Harper doesn't call an election in the near future. We will never see an progress if we keep fighting one another, never allowing anything concrete to be done. At some point, regardless of party stripe or ideology, we need to work together on some issues in order to ensure that some tangeable advancements are actually made.
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