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w obsession with the “economy” diverts campaigns’ focus away from Harper’s record on files such as refugee health and the suppression of science that will be both tragedy and travesty.
Great article from rabble.ca. My thoughts exactly after listening to last Thursday debate.
This statistical review confirms that it is far-fetched to suggest that Canada’s economy has been well-managed during the Harper government’s time in office. To the contrary, there is no other time in Canada’s post-war economic history in which Canada’s economy has performed worse than it did under the Harper government.
Rabble.ca article about this report and also one from TheTyee.ca.
Just a few of the articles on Canada’s dismal approach to human rights:
UN issues scathing report on human rights in Canada
UN Report On Canada’s Human Rights Record A ‘Wake-Up Call’
UN human rights report shows that Canada is failing Indigenous peoples
In her article Mary Agnes Welch was not completely correct in her analysis.
Three days before the 2006 election, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a minority government, the Winnipeg Free Press published a front-page story suggesting then-Liberal MP Anita Neville could be about to lose her seat to the Tories. A Probe Poll, done only of voters in the hotly contested riding, showed Neville neck-and-neck with her Conservative rival, lawyer Michael Richards. Both had the support of 32 per cent of decided voters.
On election day, though, Neville won by 3,200 votes, mostly taken, if the poll numbers can be trusted, from the NDP. It was widely believed that front-page story convinced just enough New Democrats to vote Liberal as a strategic move to defeat the Tories.
Not sure what the polls said about the NDP but in 2006 our candidate, Mark Wasyliw, had the highest count and percentage of any election. It is more likely that some Liberals decided to not vote Conservative. The total Liberal and Conservative vote in 2004 and 2006 were similar.
In this excerpt and four previous excerpts from Mel Hurtig’s new book The Arrogant Autocrat: Stephen Harper’s Takeover of Canada I have laid bare the sorry record of the Harper government in its management of our country’s economy and our government’s fiscal priorities.
At our nomination meeting on June 17, 2015 Matt Henderson was elected as the NDP candidate for Winnipeg South Centre. Visit the campaign website.
Last week, Voices-Voix, a coalition of 200 groups and 5,000 individuals, issued a new and exhaustive report called Dismantling Democracy. It provides a detailed and frightening account of Harper’s record on democracy. rabble.ca‘s parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg summarized the report’s alarming findings.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Crescentwood Community Centre
1170 Corydon Ave (Rockwood and Corydon)
7:00 PM
Agenda:
Guest speaker: James Allum, Minister of Education and Advanced Learning, NDP MLA for Fort Garry-Riverview
Entertainment by DJ Mama Cutsworth
Dan Lett’s article in the Winnipeg Free Press.
However, should Liberal support crumble, the NDP believes it could also make waves in Winnipeg South Centre and Saint Boniface.
Consider that the NDP is very close to nominating Matt Henderson, a popular and high-profile teacher at St. John’s Ravenscourt School. If Henderson is nominated, it’s a clear sign the NDP will not go quietly in that riding, which will create some sleepless nights for Jim Carr and the Grits.
