Hurrah! Another American praises the NDP!
There's an election coming in just over a month, you know. It's official.
Paul Martin accuses Stephen Harper of wanting to Americanise Canada.
Stephen Harper replies, 'My Canada will be as Canadian as any other Canada.'
Jack Layton still looks like Jack Nance. And, y'know, he's still standing up for social-democratic principles and values. And he began the official campaign season by partying with the Barenaked Ladies. You just can't lose with that guy.
This Ipsos-Reid poll shows the Liberals with the support of 35% of the electorate nationally, the Conservatives 26%, and the NDP 18%. The Bloc Quebecois is also bringing in 50% of Quebec voters. These numbers don't really mean as much as one would hope, for Canada's elections, like Britain's, tend to give the victorious party a disproportionate number of seats in Parliament. The Liberals' 35% would still translate, according to these pollster chaps, into a majority in the Commons, though just barely. The NDP is actually in second place, beating the Conservatives, in Atlantic Canada, and is just 8% behind the Liberals in British Columbia.
The Toronto Star even has an election blog!
What more could you want? (Besides an NDP majority government.)
UPDATE: Good news! The BC NDP is seven percentage points ahead of the BC Liberal Party, and seem at this stage to have a solid shot at recapturing the provincial legislature next year. And that's even with the Green Party factored in. The Green Party is well ahead of the Marijuana Party, which is a silly, silly party indeed.
Posted by aloysius at May 23, 2004 02:07 PM | TrackBack |