Posted on 02/16/2015 9:53:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
In the dead of winter, the last thing on most Canadians’ minds is the prospect of another federal election. The official deadline for this year’s vote – 19 October – is still a long way off, and there are more immediate worries in this G7 nation of 35 million people: the struggling economy, the drop in value of Alberta oil, the fast-sinking Canadian dollar, security scares over home-grown Islamist radicals, the war in Iraq and Canada’s military role there.
But it’s precisely those and other everyday worries – and the fact that the country’s Conservative government could use them to distract from its own stumbles and scandals as it seeks a fifth mandate into a new decade in power – that suggest an election could happen sooner than later. There could be a snap vote as early as April, after the budget. And when the writ is dropped, expect a hard-fought, three-way race.
Prime minister Stephen Harper and his Tories have governed Canada since 2006. For their first two terms, they held on to power precariously as a minority government, but were boosted to a solid majority (166 of 308 seats) after the last nationwide vote in 2011. That run could be coming to an end, however, for a number of reasons, one of which is the unexpected resurgence of the third-running (but for most of its history, governing) Liberal party.
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You can bet Obama’s bolsheviks will be interfering in that election just as they are in Israel’s.
Well, Harper can’t do anything about the world wide price of oil — however, he did waste the opportunity to exploit the medical cannabis market. Revenue they have surrendered to US state’s without a fight.
If your country were under increasing threat from financial instability and Islamic terrorism, would YOU elect a Trudeau?
” Well, Harper can’t do anything about the world wide price of oil — however, he did waste the opportunity to exploit the medical cannabis market. Revenue they have surrendered to US state’s without a fight.”
Harper fought, YOU surrendered.
Sounds like the obama hit team in Canada has begun its work. What was that crap he uttered during the 2008 campaign about how a country should not impose its values on others?
“Harper fought, YOU surrendered”
Aye, but a sweet, sweet surrender it was..
The Guardian is a leftist rag. I’m no fan of Harper’s but sadly we have no alternative when the choice is the silk socialist Trudeau. Harper’s poll numbers have going up significantly in the past 4 months as people have focused more on security issues in the aftermath of Islamic terrorist attacks against Canadian soldiers. Still too early to tell how things will end up in this year’s election. In Canadian politics, it is very difficult for a party that has held power for 9 years to win again. The fact that Harper is still competitive shows that most people are not buying the Trudeau kool-aid.
Exactly. No matter how many folks may be pissed of with Harper and the Tories, the alternatives are so much worse.
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