gdp's Comments

Macleans.ca : Poll projects 100 seats for NDP

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:47:45 +0000

Right. the pollster who predicted correctly FOrd would win the mayorlty of Toronto.. while others predicted a neck and neck race.. is a bad pollster. Make no mistake.. this could be an outlier (tho his new poll he released today to see if the one yesterday was whacky reconfirms Ekos #'s)m but it wont be because he's a Liberal shill or whatever other insult you're parroting from Kory Teynecke,

Macleans.ca : How many people does it take to release a report?

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:27:24 +0000

Ekos has the gap between the Liberals and Cons down to 5: http://ipolitics.ca/2011/04/13/race-tightened-in-...

Macleans.ca : John Baird's turn to explain the strategic review

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:26:13 +0000

Well, this is an Ipsos-Reid poll.. so it's not surprising they'd find a result like this.

Macleans.ca : Harper's game

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:17:44 +0000

Decima's latest poll has the gap down to 7 from 14. I wouldn't count on a Con majority just yet. It is still early.

Macleans.ca : The Ignatieffalump in the room

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:00:36 +0000

So CR.. how long does Iggy have to live in Canada now that he's moved back before he's fit to govern Canada, in your mind? DOes he have to be back for 21 more years (- the 5 he has been back) before he's eligible to run for PM?

Macleans.ca : On second thought

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:18:54 +0000

Not long ago, Mr Genco tweeted this: RT @TonyGenco Ppl of Vaughn, let Chief Fantino know that we don't want more prisons. Fantino's ways tried and failed in USA #cdnpoli #elxn41 I'd like to hear how he reconciles that now.

Macleans.ca : Coyne v. Wells on the looming election

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:24:41 +0000

Wow.. Coyne vs Wells is now so big it's got its own sponsor!

Macleans.ca : NDP rejects federal budget

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:39:35 +0000

Well, speaking for me, I've had enough of the bloody pre-writ Conservative attack ads and EAP ads and the contempt for Parliament. Lets go to an election.. If Harper gets a majority, at least we'll have lost on principle. If Canadians want this type of governing, they get the government they deserve. so be it

Macleans.ca : NDP rejects federal budget

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:58:32 +0000

Way to go Jack. I join other Liberals in saying I'm very proud of you.

Macleans.ca : Ignatieff's roots, immigrant and otherwise

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:10:57 +0000

The only thing that is 'cheap and nasty' is the PMO trying to belittle Ignatieff's family as being somehow less praiseworthy immigrants then others.

Macleans.ca : Things we can learn from Michael Ignatieff's father

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:18:19 +0000

I didnt realize the Liberal Party was in government.

Macleans.ca : Meanwhile, at the Federal Court of Appeal

Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:35:38 +0000

Well chet.. considering there aint an election right now.. these arent election results.. I'm not worried. If the Cons think they can win a majority, call an election. The point is as it stands.. your party has broken the law ... and the fact you're defending wrongdoing based on polling is a sad state of affairs.

Macleans.ca : Meanwhile, at the Federal Court of Appeal

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 23:43:08 +0000

This kinda fits in with Jason Kenny's narrative that these blasted judges won't rule the way we the government want them to.

Macleans.ca : Charges laid

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:06:43 +0000

Conservatives are supposed to be the law and order party - apparently when the law gets in their way, they forget that part.

Macleans.ca : The Commons: 'Where is the minister?

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:50:48 +0000

I was more appalled that the Prime Minister is not only defending but apparently condoning a Minister that decided to lie to the H of C Committee and committed forgery. The question isn't whether it was Oda's right or not to cut off funds to Kairos, or whether she and the government were right to do so - that's a different matter entirely - the question is how Oda went about doing it and the fact she lied about it. It's not the crime - it's the coverup, as they say.. or in this case.. it's not the cutting, but the lying.

Macleans.ca : 'Canada is, and always has been, our country'

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:20:52 +0000

..for rabid Con supporters - yes.. but pretty lacking in visionary goals for the future. IF all Harper can think up of is pie-in-the-sky Senate Reform and trying to again kill the long-gun registry, that's pretty meagre stuff.

Macleans.ca : Montreal Jews fear hate campaign

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:31:21 +0000

James, try to raise your level of discourse beyond "smear" occasionally. It will make for much better reading on the thread.

Macleans.ca : Montreal Jews fear hate campaign

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:30:42 +0000

classless as usual I see.

Macleans.ca : The new Conservative ads

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:24:46 +0000

I see the Conservative supporters are just as ready to drop cheapshots as their heroes in government.

Macleans.ca : Opposition fights cuts to party subsidies

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:53:38 +0000

There are many countries that have publicly financed elections. That would include the United States (though it's an either/or option for the presidential candidates). This is not something Chretien came out of the blue with. He had precedents from other countries to use... and in doing what he did.. he did cut out the big funding his own Liberal Party got from some corporations.. a noble and principled measure. Harper, on the other hand, is trying to turn this into a way to kneecap other parties. And I find it rather rich (no pun intended) that Harper claims this system is wasteful to the Canadian taxpayers, when it costs a mere 27 million $.. and it is basically self-funded by giving a party 2$ per voter... when this guy spent a billion plus dollars on the G20.. wants to spend 16 billion $ on an untendered sole source stealth fighter jet.. and whose government has suddenly decided to start up the "Canada Economic Action Plan" ads on TV again, which cost a bunch of money to run.