With all the talk of Stephane Dion’s soon-to-over leadership. Should conservatives not be discussing the failings of Stephen Harper’s leadership. The Globe and Mail is reporting recent polling suggest the Tories are headed back to ‘minority’ status, again.
In a time when Canadian politics appear to be in their most dysfunctional state, questions must be raised as to why Stephen Harper cannot earn a majority government from the Canadian voter. If ever there was a time to be elected, and take legitmate control away from the LIberals it is now, but clearly being the ‘best of the worst’ has not generated any type of excitement with the voter.
No matter how many sweater are pulled from the closet, they all have two stains no amount of ’shout’ can remove. Stephen Harper still comes across as out of touch with most Canadians. He did nothing but reinforce that point when, during the debates, he [Mr. Harper] said “Canadians weren’t particularly worried about their jobs or their homes; they were more concerned about the stock market”. The second issue goes back to Mr. Harpers intentions for this country. Mr. Harper’s ‘hidden agenda’ has many Canadian concerned. An Ipsos Reid poll found when asking Canadians if Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a “hidden agenda”, the following results were gathered: [Ontario 50%, Atlantic Canada 43% and Québec 38%] answering YES.
Apart from his personality issues, Stephen Harper and the Conservatives called this election not out of necessity or even as a result of a Motion of Confidence, but in an attempt to take advantage of the Liberal leadership issues. Based on the campaign thus far, they have attempted to make this an election on ‘leadership’ and not a campaign of an issue or policy that concerns Canadians. As a result, this campaign can be compared to a Seinfeld episode, about ‘nothing’.
CTV News Mail reports “In the both the 2004 and 2006 elections, the Conservatives lost a significant amount in the final days leading up to the election.” The pattern of the 2 previous elections seems to be recurring.
When ‘push comes to shove”, Canada does not trust Stephen Harper.
