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    The latest support number for the NDP, according to Ekos. Highest it's been for a decade. The NDP is now the second-strongest party in the country.

    In other news, the CA languishes at fourth place in the 10% range, as it has for the last couple of months. The CA leadership continues to stick its head in the sand and claim that these numbers are at odds with internal polling.

    Finally, Canadian opposition to a US-led non UN-sanctioned war with Iraq has reached its highest level yet at 74%. Our glorious Prime Minister seems to have sensed this move in the making and managed to get in his 2 cents:

    "Canada has clearly stated at the beginning of this crisis this summer, and I repeated that to (U.S.) President (George) Bush, that we Canadians are going to war only, only under the umbrella of the United Nations so there's been no confusion"


    which is the most coherent statement on the Canadian position yet.

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    83%
    "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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    • #3
      Hooray for the Canadians
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      • #4
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Ramo
          83%
          You sure? May be a different survey. I'll look for a source.

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          • #6
            "which is the most coherent statement on the Canadian position yet."

            But the quote says Canada clearly stated that at the beginning of the crisis.
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            • #7
              Tha's because he's lying.
              12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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              • #8
                Err I wasn't being serious. Just wrote down 83% because you wrote down 17% and I didn't have anything to add.
                "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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                • #9
                  He's been mush-mouthed about it since things started cooking. It's been difficult to get a straight answer.

                  More difficult than usual, that is.
                  12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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                  • #10
                    What he should have said is: "We will not go to war because all 1000 of our troops are now in Afghanistan, because instead of funding a military we've given billions of dollars to the Natives again in our new budget and we need to fund a new park in Shawinigan".
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Ramo
                      Err I wasn't being serious. Just wrote down 83% because you wrote down 17% and I didn't have anything to add.
                      You're right, though; 83% still haven't seen the light...
                      12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Asher
                        What he should have said is: "We will not go to war because all 1000 of our troops are now in Afghanistan, because instead of funding a military we've given billions of dollars to the Natives again in our new budget".
                        We have 70 000 troops. It's just that our Democracy causes great unhappiness when any significant number are actually deployed...
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Frogger
                          We have 70 000 troops.
                          Err...how sure are you about that?
                          I thought we had 70,000 people employed by the Ministry of Defence, which certainly doesn't translate to 70,000 troops...
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                          • #14
                            That's what I meant...

                            The 70 000 is only military, though. Doesn't include civilians, IIRC...
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                            • #15
                              Actually, what he should have said is that given the American predilection for haphazard bombing we've decided to keep our forces as far away from theirs as possible.
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