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2015 Federal Election.

Boss Hog

Boss Hog

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So has the media picked it up and ran with it? Kind of like the KPMG thing?

Harper sure is milking the fuck out of the niqab issue. Looks like he's willing to go full Crusades to rile up the base and the media is happy to keep playing along.
 
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DJ Vuvu Zela

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i'm amazed that people are (still) harping on these losing (non) issues.

refugees & niqabs are virtually irrelevant to Canada, and yet Harper has been able to manipulate his opponents, the media and SJWs to focus on them.

he has set the agenda to talk about things the majority of Canadians agree with him on instead of his massive failings, and those who would oppose him continue to give these issues the most oxygen.

it's painful to watch this self-immolation. It's like only the conservatives have any idea on how to "do" politics.
 
praktik

praktik

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It must feel like a safe strategy for them but as the letter makes clear, it's a shitty strategy from an ethical perspective - but from a winner take all perspective it looks better I grant...

I am just unsure it's all upside for them - is this convincing people to switch allegiances, like will people change their vote due their pushing of the niqab and refugee issues? I'm thinking this is better for them on a conservative turnout/"rallying the base" perspective than it is as a conversion attempt on liberal/NDP supporters. The fact is Canadians very much DO rank these issues near the bottom of their priority list, so it's power to win new votes for them may be small.

It also can rally the base of NDP and liberal supporters, and with stories like this coming out:

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/syrian-refugee-crisis-stephen-harper-pmo-audit-1.3262902

We may find the backlash to their politics here undoes their short term polling gains.

We will have to see on election day - only then will we know if this was a political smart approach for them or one that had a poison pill inside... And the answer here may also be province specific (ie good for them in Quebec but a non factor or negative factor elsewhere)
 
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el presidente Highsteppa

el presidente Highsteppa

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I feel like there's something off about the polling - and I hope that I'm not speaking out of bias, or that I've been in a political echo chamber. The reporting that they're still using land lines leads me to believe that we're going to see the same kind of inaccuracy that we had with the polling results like at the provincial level.

Again, I'm not 100% - I want to be realistic, I wouldn't rule out that the length of the campaign might be influencing my thinking as well (fatigue from such a long campaign).

Here's hoping for a new start on Oct 19th.
 
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I_bRAD

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I got a poll call on my landline and after I started to answer the questions it became apparent they were supposed to be polling the next riding over, so take the results with a grain of salt!
 
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I_bRAD

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The liberal party of canada presents "strategic voting"

I swear this ABC movement would vote for a potato as long as it wasn't blue.
 
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DJ Vuvu Zela

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praktik said:
Harper government partnered with industry group battling CRA over KPMG case - Business - CBC News
Click to expand...

this is the kind of thing that the Libs & NDP should really be hammering the Conservatives on.

Things like this, the Duffy scandal, shady election practices (past & current).

Paint Harper into a corner where he has to be on the defensive, and no matter what way he tries to spin it will appear as just another corrupt politician to the majority of Canadians (which is a narrative that most believe).

Remind Canadians that the Conservatives came into power on promises of an open & transparent government and they have been anything but, and are now the very worst offenders of opaque government abuse & corruption.

Forget about the refugee & niqab issues (where Harper can play the self-serving role of keeping Canada safe, and defending Canadian values). Every time they open their mouths about these things they are taking oxygen away from their best bet of defeating Harper by making him defend his governments shady back room deals.
 
ndrwrld

ndrwrld

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praktik

praktik

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I like Peggy Nash - really do - but the Orange Crush dying in Quebec is putting the Libs ahead, and the guy running in Parkdale-High Park against her for the Liberals really ain't that bad.

It's going to be a game time decision for me - as Toronto goes for Team Red so does the rest of the country - apparently

If they would get out in front of a coalition I'd be more comfortable voting NDP, but if I can get the liberals a higher seat count than the Cons I might have to go Team Red
 
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