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Archive for September 8th, 2008

Globe - Greens out of Leaders Debate.

…On the matter of the Green Party, the consortium of broadcasters will issue the following statement: “The Consortium approached the parties to explore the possibility of including the Green Party in all or part of the Leaders’ Debates. However, three parties opposed their inclusion and it became clear that if the Green Party were included, there would be no Leaders’ Debates …

So it wasn’t just Harper opposed to the idea.

…But even as Ms. May vehemently denied she is co-operating with the Liberals, an email surfaced showing Ms. May cheering on a Liberal candidate.

This morning at 9:19 a.m., Ms. May sent an email to Brent Fullard, the new Liberal candidate in Whitby-Oshawa, Ont., and copied the email to a broad range of reporters and politicians.

“I cannot help myself!!! GOOD LUCK BRENT!!!,” writes Ms. May in response to a Liberal press release announcing Mr. Fullard’s candidacy. “You and Doug together can expose the massive incompetence of Mr. [Jim] Flaherty.”

Elizabeth May was just on CTV playing the sexist card, saying this was a shame for women, and daughters and so on.

However, with her tendency to put her foot in her mouth , perhaps the Consortium has done her a favour.

BTW, 89% of the respondents to my Sept. 1 Lizzy May poll should be happy about this decision.

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Wednesday Update: May in! Not necessarily a bad thing. I hope someone asks her where she stands on about abortion.

All this talk about whether or not Stephen Harper wants a majority government is a little ridiculous. Of course he does. Stephane Dion likely wants a majority Liberal government too. What leader wouldn’t want to win a majority?

The real question is what does the population want? A recent Ipsos Reid poll shows that Canadians seem to be fed up with minority governments:

…Sixty-three per cent of Canadians would prefer that the next government hold a majority of seats in the House of Commons, according to the Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by Canwest News Service and Global National…

(Alternate Gazette link with same story here. )

However, realistically they expect another minority.

What do you think? Do you think it’s time for a majority government in Canada? I have a new poll up, just waiting for your answer.

Thanks in advance for your participation.

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Update: I’ve left comments at both SDA and Cherniak’s asking for folks to participate in this poll. So far, my request to Jason is awaiting moderation.

Noon Update: Well, so far Jason hasn’t let my comment past moderation so I can only guess that he doesn’t want any Liberal supporters to vote at the poll.

I tried.

Evening Update: This will be a site to keep an eye on - LISPOP: Seat projections (WLU)