Apolitical Staples

If you assume that the voting profile has not been normalized, the SES numbers track Decima and Ipsos very closely.

Libs: 27.9 Con: 27.4 NDP: 14.2 Bloc: 7.4 Green: 8.8 Undecided: 14.3

A few simple words, “It’s the war, stupid”. There have been no issues, the environment included, that have sparked the average Canadian voter. With respect to the war however, they don’t like to see their sons and daughters coming home in boxes, and that old “peacekeeping” notion is in everybody’s head. If the war ceased to exist, Harper would be enjoying an easy majority.

i suppose we’ll see some increased attacks on canadian troops now . whoever did this poll should be charged with accessory to murder.

so given this do you think chubbakins will cut and run?

So let Canadians come up with an acceptable number of deaths by which we measure our fortitude. Then in any future conflict we can resolutely proclaim that we proudly stand behind our values, right up to the nth death.

Good point Soft…, this question should be addressed to the Thomas Walkom, CBC, E. Margolis etc. knows best of Canadian values.

For me, it’s who’s in control and Harper/MacKay/O’Connor are dismal. My problem is more about corrupt Karzai, their laws, etc.

Unless they seperate church and state and continue with the Sharia law - the whole mission is doomed.

Karzai, corrupt and all, complains to us and doesn’t mind getting our money and protection for him.

I don’t think he’s to be trusted.

Pollsters really like the first week in May for polling on the Afghan mission. Compare to one year ago:

Most Cdns. oppose Afghanistan deployment: poll

May. 6 2006

CTV.ca News Staff

A new poll suggests most Canadians now oppose sending troops to Afghanistan.

The poll, which was conducted by The Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, found 54 per cent of Canadians are against the deployment of troops.

Of those, 23 per cent are strongly opposed — an increase of eight percentage points from the previous survey.

“That’s the really interesting number,” said Timothy Woolstencroft, managing partner for The Strategic Counsel.

“There is starting to be greater opposition to the Afghanistan initiative — and this is a real source of weakness for the government.”

The specific question asked was: “Overall, would you say you strongly support, support, oppose or strongly oppose the decision to send Canadian troops to Afghanistan?”

… “It’s probably been the most controversial part of the Conservatives’ first 100 days in government, and Canadians are clearly more than ambivalent,” he said.

Of all the provinces, Quebec is most opposed to sending troops to Afghanistan.

….

In Quebec, 70 per cent of those surveyed now oppose sending troops to Afghanistan, compared to 53 per cent in mid-March.

…50 per cent in Ontario opposed sending troops there, with 42 per cent in support;

45 per cent in the West were in opposition, with 49 per cent in support; and 49 per cent in the rest of Canada were in opposition, with 44 per cent in support.

Anti war,

Green movement,

are just political tools for those on the left.

Want proof?

Nary a peep on Af’stan, or Global warming when the Libs were in power from the leftist/media establishment.

It’s as if they didn’t exist prior to Harper coming into power.

Harper is supposed to stop the world from warming,

the previous libs, well, they weren’t supposed to do anything. The left was in a state of contentment with their party in power.