As the Canadian Parliament returns for what promises to be another acrimonious session, two opinion polls show that the Harper Conservatives hold a slight lead over Thomas Mulcair’s New Democrats. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll pegs Conservative support at 34 per cent, the New Democrats at 27, the Liberals at 24
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Scott's DiaTribes: Friday flipping
-Young Liberal Zach Paiken asserts that Canada is becoming more conservative – therefore, Liberals must follow that trend to get re-elected one day. I don’t see any polls or statistics in that story backing that claim up. Zach, if you’re not aware, has a bit of a reputation amongst some
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Federal HD Poll: 34% NDP, 30% Con, 20% Lib
It’s an interesting little poll, for some reason currently lacking a proper link to its official PDF file, but Harris-Decima was nice enough to lay out the entire poll in one go here. Harris-Decima (Federal – May 10th) New Democrats: 34% (+1) – 129 seats Conservatives: 30% (=) – 110
Continue readingBlunt Objects: What Does it Mean!?
It means nothing. It’s a poll, one of many, that shows the NDP leading the Conservatives as the Cons deal with a month of bad news (F35s, economy, robocalls, you name it). Some people like to attribute it to the “growth” of higher thinking among the population, the new “movement
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Lesson from Alberta: the need to cultivate the ‘professionally dirty mind,’ uh, clearly illustrated
Um… Nice hubcaps! Below: Proof that it could have been a lot worse! And why is Officer Annette smiling? To do one’s job properly, I have for years told my earnest journalism and public relations students, anyone who works with words and images must cultivate a “professionally dirty mind.”This does
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The need to cultivate the ‘professionally dirty mind,’ uh, clearly illustrated
Um… Nice hubcaps! Below: Proof that it could have been a lot worse! And why is Officer Annette smiling? To do one’s job properly, I have for years told my earnest journalism and public relations students, anyone who works with words and images must cultivate a “professionally dirty mind.”This does
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Albertans should worry when Calgary becomes the city Canadians love to hate
How other Canadians see the typical Albertan: rich, smug, condescending and irresponsible. Below: What they think of us as a result; Alison Redford; Dalton McGuinty. We won the lottery. Now we won’t stop telling everyone else how to run their financial affairs. And guess what? They don’t like it! I’ve
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