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rfmcdonaldI got this news item, a section of which I quote below, from the Canadian Press.
Between the economic troubles to our south, the collapse of the manufacturing sector in Ontario and Québec, and the weaknesses soon to be visited on western Canada's resource-based economy thanks to falling global demand, the Canadian economy is in dire straits. It doesn't help matters for the Conservative that, in the English-language debate at least, Harper didn't seem to have a plan at all. I hope that this issue will prevent the Conservatives from forming a majority government. I hope.
What's the big political issue where you live? Is it ethnolinguistic conflict, economic troubles, political disputes, all or some or none of the above?
Chat about them in this post's comments. As always, be respectful of other people.
Party leaders continued to hammer each other over the economy Saturday after a new poll showed Prime Minister Stephen Harper's dream of winning a majority government may be slipping away.
The first Canadian Press Harris-Decima rolling poll to include some voter reaction from the two leaders' debates found support for the Tories sliding slightly to 35 per cent.
The biggest beneficiary was NDP Leader Jack Layton, whose party now stands at 20 per cent - just two points behind the Liberals. The Greens also gained slightly to 13 per cent support.
The poll suggests the Conservatives are dropping in the key battlegrounds of Quebec and Ontario, where they need major gains if they are to rise above the current minority status.
Harper's failure to present new initiatives to ease mounting concerns about the economy may have hurt him in Thursday night's English-language debate, particularly in Ontario, said Bruce Anderson, president of Harris-Decima.
"The anxiety about the economy put a little bit in question how strong and decisive the prime minister looked and whether he looked like the kind of guy that was going to read the economic signals (and) cope with changing circumstances," he said.
Between the economic troubles to our south, the collapse of the manufacturing sector in Ontario and Québec, and the weaknesses soon to be visited on western Canada's resource-based economy thanks to falling global demand, the Canadian economy is in dire straits. It doesn't help matters for the Conservative that, in the English-language debate at least, Harper didn't seem to have a plan at all. I hope that this issue will prevent the Conservatives from forming a majority government. I hope.
What's the big political issue where you live? Is it ethnolinguistic conflict, economic troubles, political disputes, all or some or none of the above?
Chat about them in this post's comments. As always, be respectful of other people.
