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**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 00:59

Look at the mustache he tries so hard to grow.

**KrazyHorse** · February 23, 2003, 01:00

Don't mess with Jack!

He's going to kick ass in Parliament when he finally decides to get a seat...

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 01:01

He serves as a city councilmember in Toronto.

What a laughable candidate, no wonder their support is going up in Canada...

**KrazyHorse** · February 23, 2003, 01:15

You're so bitter.

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 01:16

Bitter and cynical.

**KrazyHorse** · February 23, 2003, 01:19

I'm cynical and optimistic.

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 01:22

It doesn't surprise me that someone from the NDP doesn't hold a realistic outlook.

**DinoDoc** · February 23, 2003, 01:24

Given the fact that Frogger seems to like them, I assume that if the NDP ever gained control over the Federal government the entire Western half of the country would die of shock. Is that a good assumption?

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 01:27

Not the entire west.

Saskatchewan and BC have or have recently had NDP provincial governments. There's just that pesky little province between them that'd implode before electing an NDP government.

**DinoDoc** · February 23, 2003, 01:29

How well did that turn out?

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 01:30

I think the NDP set a provincial record for "seats lost during one election" in the latest BC provincial elections, and Saskatchewan is facing record numbers of people emigrating to Alberta...

Edit: Interesting numbers: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/cens.../mob/provs.cfm

Only three provinces - Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Alberta - gained more population than they lost through interprovincial migration between 1996 and 2001. The remainder, including the three territories, lost more people than they gained.

Although these three provinces posted positive net migration, Alberta's gains stand out. Alberta had a net gain of 119,400, far above the equivalent of only 3,600 between 1991 and 1996. Alberta's net gain through internal migration represented 4.7% of its population. In contrast, Ontario's net gain of 51 900 represented only 0.5% of its population, while Prince Edward Island's net gain of 135 accounted for 0.1% of its population.

On the other hand, there was a marked reversal in British Columbia's situation. Between 1996 and 2001, British Columbia lost 23,600 more people than it gained. During the previous five-year period, it had a record net inflow of 150,000 people.
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Saskatchewan's net loss of about 24,900 in migratory exchanges with the rest of the country represented 2.7% of its population aged five years and over, the second strongest rate among the provinces. Roughly 67,500 people moved out of the province between 1996 and 2001, while 42,600 moved in.

This continues the trend observed during the previous five-year period when Saskatchewan lost almost 19,800 more people than it gained from migration. More than one-half of the people who left Saskatchewan went next door to Alberta.

**RedFred** · February 23, 2003, 02:01

I'm liking the 'oversea troops causing trouble on account of us running Dem' line.

Layton is claiming that the popularity of his party is due to their stand against the Iraq war. That might be partly true. But every party seems to get a bit of a bounce after electing a new leader.

The western provinces in shock if NDP formed gov't? Probably the whole country. But here is a far scarier and even more remote scenario: Martin is so far in front that nobody else enters the Lib leadership race. Then just before the vote he drops dead from a heart attack leaving Sheila Copps as the new PM.

**KrazyHorse** · February 23, 2003, 02:24

Don't forget Bob Rae, Asher...

**Asher** · February 23, 2003, 02:29

Bob Rae was NDP?

**KrazyHorse** · February 23, 2003, 02:29

Own Goal

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