Now that the Election is real, who will you vote for?
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Re: Interesting quiz to help you pick the party to vote for
Liberal Party of Canada (score = 94)
Bloc Quebecois (score = 88)
Conservative Party of Canada (score = 75)
That can't be right...I voted strongly in favor of personal and business tax cuts!
New Democratic Party of Canada (score = 100)wilde said:
Liberal Party of Canada (score = 94)
Bloc Quebecois (score = 88)
Conservative Party of Canada (score = 75)
That can't be right...I voted strongly in favor of personal and business tax cuts!
Biography of an anarchist
Makhno's Biographical Information
Born: 1889
Died: 1934
"The Struggle Against The State" And Other Essays
Nestor Makhno was the leader of a libertarian peasant and worker army and insurrection in the Ukraine which successfully fought Ukrainian nationalists, the Whites, the Bolsheviks and the bourgeoisie and put anarchism into practice in the years following the Russian Revolution.
Makhno was a committed anarchist who had spent years in Russian prisons for his political activities. Released from jail by the February revolution he returned to his village of Gulai-Polye and threw himself into organising unions, communes and soviets.
During the Russian civil-war he proved himself to be a brilliant military commander, whose partisans saved the Red Army from crushing military defeat at the hands of the Whites. When the White threat had been removed, the Bolshevik State turned on the Machnovshchina and eventually defeated them and their revolutionary achievements.
The history of the Machnovshchina has been consistently distorted by the Soviet state and its apologists.
Nestor Makhno was born in 1889 and was brought up by his mother only. His father died in his early years. He went to school from ages 8-11. He worked partially as a shepherd from age 7 to 12, and from age 12-15 as an agricultural worker. From age 15 to 17 he worked in a local casting factory. He was part of the Revolutionary effort of 1905. He was sent to jail for murdering a police officer, and during his nine-year term is where he learned and first encountered anarchism. He studied anarchism in jail with Peter Arshinov. Prison was like school to him. He spent a whole lot of time in solitary confinement. He was condemned to death at age 17 but was given a long sentence because of his age.
Makhno's Biographical Information
Born: 1889
Died: 1934
"The Struggle Against The State" And Other Essays
Nestor Makhno was the leader of a libertarian peasant and worker army and insurrection in the Ukraine which successfully fought Ukrainian nationalists, the Whites, the Bolsheviks and the bourgeoisie and put anarchism into practice in the years following the Russian Revolution.
Makhno was a committed anarchist who had spent years in Russian prisons for his political activities. Released from jail by the February revolution he returned to his village of Gulai-Polye and threw himself into organising unions, communes and soviets.
During the Russian civil-war he proved himself to be a brilliant military commander, whose partisans saved the Red Army from crushing military defeat at the hands of the Whites. When the White threat had been removed, the Bolshevik State turned on the Machnovshchina and eventually defeated them and their revolutionary achievements.
The history of the Machnovshchina has been consistently distorted by the Soviet state and its apologists.
Nestor Makhno was born in 1889 and was brought up by his mother only. His father died in his early years. He went to school from ages 8-11. He worked partially as a shepherd from age 7 to 12, and from age 12-15 as an agricultural worker. From age 15 to 17 he worked in a local casting factory. He was part of the Revolutionary effort of 1905. He was sent to jail for murdering a police officer, and during his nine-year term is where he learned and first encountered anarchism. He studied anarchism in jail with Peter Arshinov. Prison was like school to him. He spent a whole lot of time in solitary confinement. He was condemned to death at age 17 but was given a long sentence because of his age.
News story June 22 in Globe and Mail
Liberals take six-point lead over Conservatives
The election: Tories lose ground, Harper considers a new tack, and a coveted group of voters speak up
By DREW FAGAN
From Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004
The Liberal Party has vaulted back into the lead in the federal election, apparently helped along by the Conservatives' campaign troubles, according to a new poll conducted over the weekend.
The Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV, finds that support for the Liberals has rebounded to 34 per cent of decided voters, while Stephen Harper 's Conservatives have dropped to 28 per cent, a level of support similar to what they enjoyed at the start of the campaign.
The survey of 1,000 randomly selected adults was carried out Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as the Conservatives were buffeted by controversies on health care, child pornography and bilingualism.
"This is a horse race that is going down to the wire," Ipsos-Reid president Darrell Bricker said. "There's been a big move."
The Liberals have risen five percentage points from their position in a similar poll published in The Globe last Saturday, while the Conservatives have declined by four points. NDP support stands steady at 16 per cent.
The change in Liberal and Conservative fortunes appears to be due largely to volatile voters in Ontario, which has 106 of the 308 seats in the next Parliament.
The Liberals are once again well out in front in the province, rebounding to the 42-per-cent support that they had on the eve of the election. The Conservatives have dropped by eight points, equal to the Liberal gain, and now stand at 30 per cent, two points more than they had when the election was called on May 23. The NDP is at 20 per cent in Ontario.
In fact, the latest poll largely mimics the state of play nationwide at the beginning of the campaign. The Bloc Québécois maintains a big lead in Quebec over the Liberals, by a margin now of 30 points. The Conservatives lead the Liberals narrowly on the Prairies and in British Columbia, and are strongly ahead in Alberta.
In Atlantic Canada, however, this latest poll shows the Liberals may have stumbled, as they appear to be now tied with the Conservatives.
The electorate, Mr. Bricker noted, is "fairly settled" except for Ontario. "There's no way to know if this is a blip there or something much more."
Liberal strategists have spoken in recent days of sensing a change of mood among voters.
Liberals take six-point lead over Conservatives
The election: Tories lose ground, Harper considers a new tack, and a coveted group of voters speak up
By DREW FAGAN
From Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004
The Liberal Party has vaulted back into the lead in the federal election, apparently helped along by the Conservatives' campaign troubles, according to a new poll conducted over the weekend.
The Ipsos-Reid poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV, finds that support for the Liberals has rebounded to 34 per cent of decided voters, while Stephen Harper 's Conservatives have dropped to 28 per cent, a level of support similar to what they enjoyed at the start of the campaign.
The survey of 1,000 randomly selected adults was carried out Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as the Conservatives were buffeted by controversies on health care, child pornography and bilingualism.
"This is a horse race that is going down to the wire," Ipsos-Reid president Darrell Bricker said. "There's been a big move."
The Liberals have risen five percentage points from their position in a similar poll published in The Globe last Saturday, while the Conservatives have declined by four points. NDP support stands steady at 16 per cent.
The change in Liberal and Conservative fortunes appears to be due largely to volatile voters in Ontario, which has 106 of the 308 seats in the next Parliament.
The Liberals are once again well out in front in the province, rebounding to the 42-per-cent support that they had on the eve of the election. The Conservatives have dropped by eight points, equal to the Liberal gain, and now stand at 30 per cent, two points more than they had when the election was called on May 23. The NDP is at 20 per cent in Ontario.
In fact, the latest poll largely mimics the state of play nationwide at the beginning of the campaign. The Bloc Québécois maintains a big lead in Quebec over the Liberals, by a margin now of 30 points. The Conservatives lead the Liberals narrowly on the Prairies and in British Columbia, and are strongly ahead in Alberta.
In Atlantic Canada, however, this latest poll shows the Liberals may have stumbled, as they appear to be now tied with the Conservatives.
The electorate, Mr. Bricker noted, is "fairly settled" except for Ontario. "There's no way to know if this is a blip there or something much more."
Liberal strategists have spoken in recent days of sensing a change of mood among voters.
Same day, same country, different newspaper...
Harper widens seat lead
Analysis of polls puts Tories at 126 and Liberals at 95
Anne Dawson and Sean Gordon; with files from Robert Fife
CanWest News Service
National Post, Tuesday, June 22, 2004
BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - The Conservatives have widened their lead over the Liberals to 126-95 in seat projections for the June 28 election based on an analysis of the latest opinion polls.
With the race so close, Stephen Harper took the day off to prepare for the final sprint, as Prime Minister Paul Martin and NDP leader Jack Layton spent the day trying to woo voters in Ontario.
The Conservative leader met with his advisors and mapped out the final six days of the campaign, which will consist of shoring up his base and trying to pry Ontario seats away from the Liberals.
Mr. Harper is being counselled to strike a more positive, statesmanlike and enthusiastic tone and talk up the party's platform.
"It's basically about hope and change, but we're going to continue to hold the government to account. The central theme is accountability and honest government," said a campaign official.
Another took a shot at the struggling Liberals. "Most successful campaigns use the final week to push home their positive message and look to the future. The ones infused with the stench of failure get increasingly frantic, negative and fixated on past glories," said Tory strategist Jim Armour.
"We'll obviously be taking the strategy behind door No. 1."
Mr. Martin, campaigning in Southern Ontario, sidestepped questions about his future should the Tories form a minority government. He said he is entirely focused on winning, and he would not discuss scenarios in which he would either serve as the leader of the official Opposition or resign.
"I've said before that this is a tight race, but I feel very good about the way in which the whole race is unfolding," he said after addressing 100 guests at a breakfast meeting at an Ontario resort.
"I feel very good about the realization of Canadians as to the very deep differences between Stephen Harper and myself on health care, child care, the economy and that, in fact, they want a government that reflects their priorities. I feel confident."
The latest tracking from the nightly CPAC-SES polling shows Conservative support down slightly after new Liberal attack ads, comments from Ralph Klein, the Alberta Premier, on health care, and a controversial press release questioning Mr. Martin's stand on child pornography.
The tracking June 18-20 showed the Liberals pulled ahead slightly Friday and Saturday, but by Sunday night the Grits and Conservatives were in a dead heat again.
As of Sunday, the Liberals and Conservatives registered 33% of decided support, compared with the NDP at 18%. The Bloc Quebecois was at 12%, while the Green party had 5%. The poll still shows that about 19% of those asked don't know how they will vote.
The random telephone survey of 600 Canadians has a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
The most recent breakdown of seats by Wilfrid Laurier University political science professor Barry Kay indicates the Tories would win 126 seats compared with 95 for the Liberals, 27 for the NDP and 60 for the Bloc Quebecois.
Dr. Kay uses a "regional swing model" to conduct his poll analysis. He has studied surveys taken by Ekos, Ipsos-Reid, Leger and SES since June 1 to produce his results. He applies regional differences from the previous federal election to an aggregation of polls in the current election and adds in a number of other factors such as incumbency, by-elections and the party leader when conducting his analysis.
Dr. Kay concedes his projections are only as good as the polls from which he extracts his information, but he has produced an accuracy rate of plus or minus five seats per party over the last several federal elections.
Harper widens seat lead
Analysis of polls puts Tories at 126 and Liberals at 95
Anne Dawson and Sean Gordon; with files from Robert Fife
CanWest News Service
National Post, Tuesday, June 22, 2004
BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - The Conservatives have widened their lead over the Liberals to 126-95 in seat projections for the June 28 election based on an analysis of the latest opinion polls.
With the race so close, Stephen Harper took the day off to prepare for the final sprint, as Prime Minister Paul Martin and NDP leader Jack Layton spent the day trying to woo voters in Ontario.
The Conservative leader met with his advisors and mapped out the final six days of the campaign, which will consist of shoring up his base and trying to pry Ontario seats away from the Liberals.
Mr. Harper is being counselled to strike a more positive, statesmanlike and enthusiastic tone and talk up the party's platform.
"It's basically about hope and change, but we're going to continue to hold the government to account. The central theme is accountability and honest government," said a campaign official.
Another took a shot at the struggling Liberals. "Most successful campaigns use the final week to push home their positive message and look to the future. The ones infused with the stench of failure get increasingly frantic, negative and fixated on past glories," said Tory strategist Jim Armour.
"We'll obviously be taking the strategy behind door No. 1."
Mr. Martin, campaigning in Southern Ontario, sidestepped questions about his future should the Tories form a minority government. He said he is entirely focused on winning, and he would not discuss scenarios in which he would either serve as the leader of the official Opposition or resign.
"I've said before that this is a tight race, but I feel very good about the way in which the whole race is unfolding," he said after addressing 100 guests at a breakfast meeting at an Ontario resort.
"I feel very good about the realization of Canadians as to the very deep differences between Stephen Harper and myself on health care, child care, the economy and that, in fact, they want a government that reflects their priorities. I feel confident."
The latest tracking from the nightly CPAC-SES polling shows Conservative support down slightly after new Liberal attack ads, comments from Ralph Klein, the Alberta Premier, on health care, and a controversial press release questioning Mr. Martin's stand on child pornography.
The tracking June 18-20 showed the Liberals pulled ahead slightly Friday and Saturday, but by Sunday night the Grits and Conservatives were in a dead heat again.
As of Sunday, the Liberals and Conservatives registered 33% of decided support, compared with the NDP at 18%. The Bloc Quebecois was at 12%, while the Green party had 5%. The poll still shows that about 19% of those asked don't know how they will vote.
The random telephone survey of 600 Canadians has a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
The most recent breakdown of seats by Wilfrid Laurier University political science professor Barry Kay indicates the Tories would win 126 seats compared with 95 for the Liberals, 27 for the NDP and 60 for the Bloc Quebecois.
Dr. Kay uses a "regional swing model" to conduct his poll analysis. He has studied surveys taken by Ekos, Ipsos-Reid, Leger and SES since June 1 to produce his results. He applies regional differences from the previous federal election to an aggregation of polls in the current election and adds in a number of other factors such as incumbency, by-elections and the party leader when conducting his analysis.
Dr. Kay concedes his projections are only as good as the polls from which he extracts his information, but he has produced an accuracy rate of plus or minus five seats per party over the last several federal elections.
