Oh.....No Canada! Say it ain't so.......

[marmar]

from the CBC:

"If a federal election were being held tomorrow, who would you be voting for?"
Conservatives 40%
Liberals 26%
NDP 15%
Green party 9%
Bloc Québécois 8%
1,393 Canadian adults interviewed Sept 10-13

Conservatives, Harper, May winners in new opinion poll
Survey shows Liberal Leader Dion isn't connecting with voters

Last Updated: Sunday, September 14, 2008 | 2:48 PM ET
CBC News



The Conservatives have solidified a substantial lead among Canadian voters, thanks at least in part to a lack of confidence in Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, according to an opinion poll released on Sunday.

The Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll, conducted Sept. 10 to 13, gave the Conservatives 40 per cent support across Canada, followed by the Liberals at 26 per cent.

The NDP had the support of 15 per cent of respondents, followed by the Green party at nine per cent and the Bloc Québécois at eight per cent.

Respondents to the poll were asked the following question: "If a federal election were being held tomorrow, who do you think you'd be voting for in your area?"

Dion was the only major party leader to register a negative impression with Canadians. Fifty-five per cent of respondents to the poll had an unfavourable opinion of the Liberal leader, compared with 34 per cent who reported a favourable opinion of Dion. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/09/14/poll-sunday.html

[demnan]

1. Yeah but their conservatives are not like our conservatives

and they have health care.

[iamthebandfanman]

4. not if they had their way

but fortunately i dont think canadians would stand for ANYBODY messing up their health care.

[marmar]

5. But Stephen Harper is a different animal.....

He's Bush in freaky-looking sheep's clothing....If he gets a majority government :scared:

[Kutjara]

6. Exactly. They share some of the same loonie notions about...

...markets and regulations with our neocrazies, but tend to go easy on the batshit insane stuff. Well...most of it, anyway.

[LeftishBrit]

8. Also, a lot of issues in Canada are mainly controlled by Provincial governments..

so if you live in a reasonable province, it may not be so disastrous even if the national government is RW.

[applegrove]

11. 40% of the country feels that the conservatives would rule like neocons if

they get a majority instead of the minority government they have had. Who knows if we would still have health care.

[DonCoquixote]

2. So much for moving to Canada

It seems that Oil money has even managed to seep into their Politics as well. To those of you up there, I wish you the best.

[iamthebandfanman]

7. theres alot of oil in canada.

it was only a matter of time

[iamthebandfanman]

3. doh

when u have 3 parties that divide the progressive and moderate vote, the other party tends to benefit...

putting the liberal, NDP, and green numbers together gives u the percentage of sane people ;)

[Monk06]

9. The Liberals won't get in until Dion is gone. He's even a weaker leader than

Kim Campbell or Joe Clark for the Tories.

[HEyHEY]

12. Yup, he is the issue.

[RollWithIt]

10. Not surprising, the Canadian financial system is still sound for the most part....

So there is no sense of "failure" atm. Give it a year or two.