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To: fresc who wrote (8874)	3/16/2006 7:27:34 PM
From: Lino...	Respond to of 37820

Hey fresc!!!! You gotta love it!!!!! Tory support hasn't changed: poll Broadcast News Thursday, March 16, 2006 OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests Tory support is as strong as it was in the Jan. 23 election, despite the political furor over Stephen Harper's cabinet choices. The Decima poll, conducted March 9-13, suggests the Conservatives had the support of 37 per cent of decided voters, up slightly from the 36 per cent of the vote they won on election day. The Liberals had the support of 28 per cent, down from 30 per cent on election night. The New Democrats were up to 19 per cent after taking 18 per cent of the January vote, and the Bloc Quebecois had 10 per cent, down from 11 per cent. "In this week's poll, the Conservatives have more support than the Liberals in every part of the country except for Ontario, where they trail by only three percentage points," said Bruce Anderson, Decima's chief executive officer. Harper has come under some sharp political criticism for a couple of controversial cabinet appointments. David Emerson changed parties to join the Tory cabinet just two weeks after being elected as a Liberal. And Michael Fortier, who didn't run in the election, accepted a Senate appointment to take the public works portfolio. But that does not seem to have shaken public support. "While not enjoying an extraordinary honeymoon, the Conservatives are certainly not losing ground in their early weeks in office," Anderson said. He also said the Tories seem to be gaining ground among younger people and women "as anxiety about the social policy agenda may be dissipating." The poll was conducted as part of Decima's national omnibus telephone survey. It was based on a sample of 1,012 people and is considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points 19 times in 20. © Broadcast News 2006

To: fresc who wrote (8874)	3/16/2006 9:18:57 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37820

My right? I don't get what you're saying. Anyway, if you plot the trajectory of Canada's debt in the 80's and consider the other economic variables (worker productivity, inflation) and extrapolate for another couple of decades, what would you anticipate? Socialist economic paradise? Frankly, we were f*kd if we didn't put the brakes on the spiraling tax and spend boom of the 70's and 80's. Even politicians recognized that, and for the first time, slowed the spending growth until as the economy caught up. Can I read from your position that history looked different out your window? Why else did the feds cut back on, for example, health care spending? Were they just being mean, or did they realize there would be dire consequences if they didn't? -g