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Poll puts NDP in lead, says Mulcair viewed as best PM | CP24.com
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Joshua Freeman , CP24.com
Published Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:52AM EDT
A new poll released Thursday appears to show the NDP leading the Conservative and Liberal parties as the federal election campaign continues.
According to the poll released by Forum Research on Thursday, just more than one third of voters (34 per cent) plan to cast a ballot for the NDP in the upcoming election. The poll puts the Conservatives in second place with 28 per cent support and the Liberals just behind them with 27 per cent support.
While the NDP lead, the poll represents a drop for the party compared to another Forum poll released last week that put them at 39 per cent support.
“It appears last week's bump for the NDP wasn’t just giddy exhilaration brought on by the election call,” Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff said in a news release.
Bozinoff said the fact that so many electors are still planning to vote for the NDP after having had a week to watch the candidates perform shows that the NDP support is not an anomaly.
“Among the signs this isn’t temporary are that Tom Mulcair is equally likely to be seen as the best steward of the economy as the Prime Minister, who has always owned that measure himself,” Bozinoff said.
The poll found that voters feel NDP leader Tom Mulcair would make the best prime minister (28 per cent), slightly ahead of Stephen Harper (25 per cent) and Justin Trudeau (23 per cent).
In terms of who is trusted to handle the economy, Mulcair (29 per cent) and Harper (30 per cent) are roughly tied, while Trudeau lags at 26 per cent.
Harper leads both when it comes to which leader is trusted on national security (35 per cent) compared to Mulcair (26 per cent) and Trudeau (21 per cent).
However Mulcair is most trusted when it comes to the environment (36 per cent), with a massive lead on Harper (15 per cent) and a comfortable lead over Trudeau (25 per cent).
The telephone poll sampled 1,392 randomly selected voters across the country on Aug. 10-11. It is considered accurate to within plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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Poll puts NDP in lead, says Mulcair viewed as best PM | CP24.com
CP24 - Toronto News | Breaking News Headlines | Weather, Traffic, Sports
Joshua Freeman , CP24.com
Published Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:52AM EDT
A new poll released Thursday appears to show the NDP leading the Conservative and Liberal parties as the federal election campaign continues.
According to the poll released by Forum Research on Thursday, just more than one third of voters (34 per cent) plan to cast a ballot for the NDP in the upcoming election. The poll puts the Conservatives in second place with 28 per cent support and the Liberals just behind them with 27 per cent support.
While the NDP lead, the poll represents a drop for the party compared to another Forum poll released last week that put them at 39 per cent support.
“It appears last week's bump for the NDP wasn’t just giddy exhilaration brought on by the election call,” Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff said in a news release.
Bozinoff said the fact that so many electors are still planning to vote for the NDP after having had a week to watch the candidates perform shows that the NDP support is not an anomaly.
“Among the signs this isn’t temporary are that Tom Mulcair is equally likely to be seen as the best steward of the economy as the Prime Minister, who has always owned that measure himself,” Bozinoff said.
The poll found that voters feel NDP leader Tom Mulcair would make the best prime minister (28 per cent), slightly ahead of Stephen Harper (25 per cent) and Justin Trudeau (23 per cent).
In terms of who is trusted to handle the economy, Mulcair (29 per cent) and Harper (30 per cent) are roughly tied, while Trudeau lags at 26 per cent.
Harper leads both when it comes to which leader is trusted on national security (35 per cent) compared to Mulcair (26 per cent) and Trudeau (21 per cent).
However Mulcair is most trusted when it comes to the environment (36 per cent), with a massive lead on Harper (15 per cent) and a comfortable lead over Trudeau (25 per cent).
The telephone poll sampled 1,392 randomly selected voters across the country on Aug. 10-11. It is considered accurate to within plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
@Josh_F is on Twitter. Remember for instant breaking news follow @cp24 on Twitter.
Poll puts NDP in lead, says Mulcair viewed as best PM | CP24.com
The heart pumps blood outward. So basically Trudeau is saying there will be blood. FINALLY! I'll find a suitable wall. Who's up first?
I think he's wrong about that, N.D.P. Gov't would be DISASTROUS!
Your wisdom knows no bounds! (Actually if any one of those three parties win, we're all losers)
John Groves @jfgroves The same journalists covering this election are in a union registered to campaign in it. Seems problematic to me.
The RebelVerified account @TheRebelTV .@ezralevant Canadian Media Guild registered to campaign in #elxn42 (#video)
I talk a lot about Canada's "Media Party," but even I couldn't believe what I saw when I was researching "third party campaigns" on the Elections Canada website.
Those are the groups who aren't political parties, but who want to spend money campaigning and running ads in Canadian elections.
Mostly these are the usual big left wing labour unions, but this time one name stuck out:
The Canadian Media Guild.
That's the union representing 6000 journalists, many of whom work for the CBC, TVO and other outlets.
So while Guild members are "objectively" reporting on the federal election, their union is campaigning in it -- and for typical left wing causes, of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pomx8OQDbas
http://bit.ly/1TCmMH2
#cdnpoli
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/1...osing-of-the-canadian-mind.html?_r=1&referrer
THE prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has called an election for Oct. 19, but he doesn’t want anyone to talk about it.
He has chosen not to participate in the traditional series of debates on national television, confronting his opponents in quieter, less public venues, like the scholarly Munk Debates and CPAC, Canada’s equivalent of CSPAN. His own campaign events were subject to gag orders until a public outcry forced him to rescind the forced silence of his supporters.
Mr. Harper’s campaign for re-election has so far been utterly consistent with the personality trait that has defined his tenure as prime minister: his peculiar hatred for sharing information.
Americans have traditionally looked to Canada as a liberal haven, with gun control, universal health care and good public education.
But the nine and half years of Mr. Harper’s tenure have seen the slow-motion erosion of that reputation for open, responsible government. His stance has been a know-nothing conservatism, applied broadly and effectively. He has consistently limited the capacity of the public to understand what its government is doing, cloaking himself and his Conservative Party in an entitled secrecy, and the country in ignorance.
THE prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has called an election for Oct. 19, but he doesn’t want anyone to talk about it.
He has chosen not to participate in the traditional series of debates on national television, confronting his opponents in quieter, less public venues, like the scholarly Munk Debates and CPAC, Canada’s equivalent of CSPAN. His own campaign events were subject to gag orders until a public outcry forced him to rescind the forced silence of his supporters.
Mr. Harper’s campaign for re-election has so far been utterly consistent with the personality trait that has defined his tenure as prime minister: his peculiar hatred for sharing information.
Americans have traditionally looked to Canada as a liberal haven, with gun control, universal health care and good public education.
But the nine and half years of Mr. Harper’s tenure have seen the slow-motion erosion of that reputation for open, responsible government. His stance has been a know-nothing conservatism, applied broadly and effectively. He has consistently limited the capacity of the public to understand what its government is doing, cloaking himself and his Conservative Party in an entitled secrecy, and the country in ignorance.
Mark CritchVerified account @markcritch Tom Mulcair goes to one Jays game and they end their winning streak - or as Mulcair says "It was time for change"
We're better off as a country when people stop paying attention to sports anyway.
Harper recule, Mulcair progresse | Le Devoir
NDP 33%
LPC 28%
CPC 27%
GRN 6%
BQ 5%
OTH 2%
Harper recule, Mulcair progresse | Le Devoir
Harper recule, Mulcair progresse | Le Devoir
NDP 33%
LPC 28%
CPC 27%
GRN 6%
BQ 5%
OTH 2%
Harper recule, Mulcair progresse | Le Devoir