Zanchief wrote:Narrock wrote:Harper is the best leader Canada has had in years.
I've never heard a stronger endorsement for his opposition.
FED - Harper's fortunes soaring in B.C.
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(May 23, 2006) -
May 23, 2006 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has soared in popularity to 43 per cent from 38, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll.
In B.C., the only province where the Tories lost substantial ground in the Jan. 23 election, they are in even better shape, sitting at 48 per cent in the May 16-18 survey for CanWest/Global on voting intentions. That's up five percentage points from two months ago and well ahead of the party's 37-per-cent showing in the January election.
The poll analysed voting intentions of 1,003 Canadian adults, including 121 British Columbians. The B.C. sample size has an 8.3-per-cent error margin, 19 times out of 20. The national sample has a 3.1-per-cent margin of error.
Harper, in B.C. this week for his second visit since becoming prime minister, has taken several steps to improve his party's image after losing five seats in the province while winning a minority government on the strength of gains largely in Ontario and Quebec.
Harper pushed aggressively and successfully for an agreement-in-principle with the U.S. to end the softwood lumber dispute, cancelled the unpopular privatization of the Ridley Terminals Crown corporation in Prince Rupert, and reached out to multicultural communities by striking a judicial inquiry into the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing and negotiating redress for victims of anti-Chinese immigration laws.
Let me know when you're ready to crawl out of your box and look around.
