According to a new Nanos poll, 81% of Canadians oppose Stephen Harper’s dictatorship-style plan to seize control of the CBC and gut its editorial independence. The post Canadians oppose Harper’s dictatorship-style plan to gut the CBC appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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The Canadian Progressive: Poll: 70% of Canadians think it’s time kick Stephen Harper out
by: Obert Madondo | @Obiemad: Stephen Harper (Photo: Remy Steinegger) An overwhelming majority of Canadians think it’s time to kick Stephen Harper out and elect a new government, according to a new CTV News Ipsos Reid poll. 70% us are fed up with Harper and the Conservatives’ dictatorship-style assault on our democratic institutions, values,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Conversations Readers Want Change With NDP Leadership
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Adrian Dix suffered the worst upset ever for the NDP. Yes, in 2001 we were almost wiped out but then the expectations were low, very low. Heading into a Provincial Council meeting this weekend it will be interesting to see if the Dix loyalists can stave off
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Love this line: ‘Liberals continue to pound Conservatives’
It’s poll night! This one from Leger looks at the party’s standing and leadership.. and this gives a hint as to why the Conservative Party, or the Prime Minister’s Office rather (actually, scratch that, they’re both acting as the same thing, which the PMO should not be doing, by the
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Plurality of Canadians want Senate “reformed”, not abolished.
At least, according to this Nanos poll: The survey asked Canadians what they would like to see done with the Senate. Respondents were overwhelmingly against the status quo, with 49 per cent supporting reform of the Senate and 41 per cent preferring it be abolished. Just six per cent said
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberals Down In All Major Polls, Arrogance Is Up
Justin Trudeau is popular? It doesn’t matter. The federal Liberals are still extremely behind in the polls. The last three major polls conducted, with 100% accuracy, show the Liberal Party is far behind the Conservatives and in fact the Grits are at their lowest level of support in Canadian history.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberals Down In All Major Polls, Arrogance Is Up
Justin Trudeau is popular? It doesn’t matter. The federal Liberals are still extremely behind in the polls. The last three major polls conducted, with 100% accuracy, show the Liberal Party is far behind the Conservatives and in fact the Grits are at their lowest level of support in Canadian history.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberals Down In All Major Polls, Arrogance Is Up
Justin Trudeau is popular? It doesn’t matter.The federal Liberals are still extremely behind in the polls. The last three major polls conducted, with 100% accuracy, show the Liberal Party is far behind the Conservatives and in fact the Grits are at the…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Election…. No Show.
The British Colombian election is set for May 14th, and it’s pretty straight forward. People in BC no longer support the BC liberals after three consecutive terms. BC Liberals have been losing popularity since they won the 2009 BC election. The NDP started out the year nearly at 50%, and having twice
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Election…. No Show.
The British Colombian election is set for May 14th, and it’s pretty straight forward. People in BC no longer support the BC liberals after three consecutive terms. BC Liberals have been losing popularity since they won the 2009 BC election. The NDP started out the year nearly at 50%, and having twice
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Election…. No Show.
The British Colombian election is set for May 14th, and it’s pretty straight forward. People in BC no longer support the BC liberals after three consecutive terms. BC Liberals have been losing popularity since they won the 2009 BC election.
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Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Alberta Politics: “21 per cent of all respondents were undecided.”
21% of Albertans, according to a Leger poll, are undecided as to who they would support in an election. So who is going to convert these 1 in 5 Albertans? It’s not the Wildrose. They’re a known quantity, for good or ill. Nor will it be the Progressive Conservatives, racked by
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Ekos: 45% of Albertans say they are small ‘l’ liberals
According to EKOS when asked whether or not they’re small ‘l’ liberals 45% (+/- 8.8%) of Albertans say they are liberals . Here’s a link to the poll in question. The ideology question is on page 31.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Idle No More Might Be Popular No More: Polls
A few online polls suggest Idle No More is not supported by a majority of Canadians. Though there appears to be no major polling done as of yet, three recent online polls give some idea about the popularity of Idle No More. The larger of the polls was on Jan.3,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Is Chief Theresa Spence your 2012 newsmaker of the year? POLL
Is hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence, who entered Day 20 of her peaceful protest today, your 2012 newsmaker of the year? Is it the Idle No More movement? The Quebec student movement? Beleaguered Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? Is it Kevin Page, Canada’s fearless gallant Parliamentary Budget Officer, who showed uncommon courage recently when he took the Harper government
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: I’ll Be Gone For Christmas
I’ll be around, but justice will be working on its homework, and set to deliver their assignment about 600 days late. Marks may be deducted for lack of punctuality. The criminally guilty get a second Christmas on the wrong side of jail cell bars. Some polls besides Ekos clearly show
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Conversations Readers Do Not Trust Harper
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Do you trust PM Harper to tell the truth about trade deals with China? No, He just sold us out to Chinese State Interests on the Nexen takeover! (95%, 58 Votes) Yes, Steve is a trustworthy and dedicated PM (5%, 3 Votes) Total Voters: 61 On a
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The Journalist: More Trustworthy than the Prison Snitch
Montreal (The Skwib) — In their yearly survey of how much trust we have in a variety of occupations, Leger Marketing discovered that journalists were more trusted than quite a few other occupations. Nearly 49 percent of Canadians felt that ……
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Libs are 2% behind the Tory in Calgary-Centre. Huh.
… of 376 randomly selected residents puts Ms. Crockatt in first place – but pegs her support at just 32 per cent, down from 48 per cent in a similar poll held two weeks earlier. Liberal candidate Harvey Locke had the backing of 30 per cent of t…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Canadians Don’t Trust Canada
Sao Paolo, Brazil – 140 people have died in the last two weeks in battles between police and inner-city gangs. Be hard to be held in lower esteem. This was an interesting poll in The Globe and Mail this morning. It seems that out of 26 countries in both hemispheres of the
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