Canadian Conservatives Could Clobber "AdScam"-tainted Liberals this spring...

The Toronto Sun is reporting that a recent poll shows eroding support for the Paul Martin-led Liberal party.

"The election unease in Ottawa comes as a new poll shows the Liberal free fall continuing and support moving to the Conservatives. A Leger survey conducted April 8-11 showed the Tories in front with 34% support, the Liberals at 31%, NDP 18% and Bloc 13%."

Speculation is running rampant that Canadians could be heading to the polls for a Parliamentary election as early as June.

I did a little checking on the Tories in Canada and found their website. I didn't realize that the current Canadian Conservative party is the result of a 2003 merger between two former rival parties - the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. Here's where they "officially" stand on the issues:

• More accountable government/use of public funds
• Control of spending
• Tax relief
• Support for the Armed Forces

So far so good. Ah, but then here's the rub: "Access to Health Care." A noble idea indeed but unless they are for pulling the government's meat hooks out of the system they're going to be stuck with waiting lists and sub-standard care. I guess even Canadian Conservatives have a socialist bent when it comes to this issue. I also fail to see how they would expect to achieve the first three - accountability, spending control and tax relief with this last issue mucking things up.

Oh well, good luck to the Tories. The US hasn't had a Canadian PM they could identify with since Brian Mulroney.

Posted by: Gary at 06:44 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 269 words, total size 2 kb.