Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum Green Poll

Too bad they didn't include all the party leaders in this poll. The results would have been interesting.

However when it comes to whose more Green, Dion is ahead of Harper. Despite Harpers recent conversion.

No surprise since Dion has made the politics of the environment his hobby horse and he is a one trick pony.

Luckily the majority of Canadians don't trust either of them when it comes to who is really green.


(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The two major party leaders have not convinced many Canadians about their commitment to the environment, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. In the survey, 31 per cent of respondents believe Liberal leader Stéphane Dion cares the most about the issue, while 13 per cent select Conservative leader and prime minister Stephen Harper. However, 28 per cent of respondents pick neither politician, and 27 per cent are not sure.

Polling Data

In your view, which of these individuals cares the most about the environment and global warming?

	All	Men	Women	Age 18-34	Age 35-54	Age 55+
Stéphane Dion (Lib.)	31%	37%	26%	33%	28%	34%
Stephen Harper (Con.)	13%	16%	10%	9%	12%	20%
Neither	28%	25%	32%	30%	30%	25%
Not sure	27%	23%	32%	28%	31%	21%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,122 Canadian adults, conducted on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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Even Albertans Get It

From todays Angus Reid poll showing the majority of Albertans are concerned about climate change global warming. And though this is a Conservative stronghold in the NDP provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba the numbers are the same.

Views on Climate Change Q1. We are interested in your views on the debate currently underway in Canada on global warming. Do you think global warming represents a serious threat to the world, or is the issue being overplayed?
All		BC		Alta.		Man. / Sask.		Ont.		Que.		Atl.
A serious threat	73%		72%		63%		61%		74%		77%	81%
Overplayed	20%		26%		33%		31%		19%		13%	10%
Not sure	7%		2%		5%		8%		7%		9%	9%

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Liberals BQ Tie

In a poll issued today by Leger Marketing/Angus Reid we find that the Tories have lost significant support in Quebec and the BQ and Liberals are in a virtual dead heat.

But this might help change the fortunes of the Conservatives; Quebec to get close to $400 million to fight climate change

Provincial Breakdown

	BC	Alta.	Man. / Sask.	Ont.	Que.	Atl.
Conservative	40%	59%	41%	40%	24%	43%
Liberal	29%	20%	25%	35%	32%	39%
New Democratic Party	20%	12%	26%	16%	6%	9%
Bloc Québécois	--	--	--	--	31%	--
Green	11%	7%	8%	8%	5%	6%

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Racist ADQ

The Reform Party of Quebec, aka the ADQ has revealed its racist roots. And with their encouragement the little town of Herouxville has met their challenge.

Mario Dumont is resorting to "demagoguery" when he says old-stock Quebecers are "on their knees" before minority groups, Premier Jean Charest said yesterday.

The premier was referring to an open letter by Dumont, leader of the right-of-centre Action democratique du Quebec. In it, he referred to Quebecers' "European stock" and "our values inspired firstly by our religious tradition."

The ADQ leader noted recent incidents involving minority groups, in which Quebecers "chose to put aside our common values" to satisfy minorities. He also criticized Charest for showing a lack of leadership and blaming "our old minority reflex, which persists despite the Quiet Revolution, Bill 101 and the success of Quebec Inc."

The premier said Dumont's view that Quebecers are always giving in to minorities is "a total, total fabrication."

Once again Quebec Nationalism, regardless of political ideology of its demagogues, reveals itself to be Pure Laine. Quebec does not need national sovereignty it needs working class sovereignty; socialism.

And the ADQ like its federal counterparts now running Ottawa appeals to the lowest common denominator, tax cuts, reduction in government services, privatization of the public sector, and anti-dual citizenship, aka anti-immigrant racism.

Ironically the ADQ's attitude is similar to the old Reform Party base out West which is not only anti-non-European-immigrant but also Anti-Francophone. Expressing the same beliefs that the ADQ does towards minorities, that is the Rest of Canada always gives in to Quebec.

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Return of the Soviets

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay had an interesting slip of the tongue while being interviewed on CTV's Question Period yesterday.

When asked about Putin's charge that American Unilateralism was responsible for increasing world tensions around nuclear weapons, MacKay replied;

"well what do you expect from the Soviets...ah, Russians. "

Maybe the slip of the tongue was because Peter had read this headline; Icy blast from Putin hints at a new Cold War

Or it could just be good old fashioned right wing nostalgia for the good old days before Russia became capitalist

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CN Whines

CN says striking conductors' wage demands too high

Oh really. I think not. Not after record profits and cost cutting that has reduced jobs and has resulted in numerous accidents that endanger their workers, the public and the environment.

UTU asked for wage increases of 4.5 percent in the first two years of a three-year contract and 4 percent in the third, CN said. "The UTU's final offer on lump sum bonus payments - C$1,000 ($840) per year over the three-year period - was three times greater than the other recent agreements," CN said.

Ah. cry me a river.

CN is demanding a flat wage rate. Where it has won those concessions in the U.S. the rail workers are now doing twelve hour shifts. Gone is the eight hour day.

Report on Business Top 1000 listed the productivity of CN workers,

RANK	COMPANY (Year-End)	EMPLOYEES	HEAD OFFICE	REVENUE/ EMPLOYEE	PROFIT/ EMPLOYEE

	34. Canadian National Railway (De05)	21,540	Montreal,QC	$336,676	$74,420

So each worker at CN produced a gross revenue of over three hundred thousand dollars for the company and made CN a profit of $74,000 each, thats after their wages, benefits, company taxes etc. had been paid out.

After all labour produces all wealth, all wealth belongs to labour.

Here is CN's ten year stock chart.

Not exactly boom and bust, just one long boom.

Paid for by CN workers and CN's disregard for public safety.
















And while CN whines about paying out $1000 signing bonus spread over three years, thats a big $333 a year, to their workers, here is what Hunter Harrison earned in 2005.

He is the second highest paid CEO in Canada.

	Canadian National Railway Co.	Harrison, Hunter	$56,219,496
Salary: $1,665,950 Bonus: $4,664,660 Subtotal: $6,330,610 2% chg Other: $1,710,324 Share Units: $20,931,213 Option Gains: $27,247,347 TOTAL: $56,219,496 New option grant: 250,000 ($2,136,051) Industry: Industrials

That means Hunter earns a cool $29,281 a day!!! While begrudging CN workers a measly 4% wage increase and a pitiful signing bonus over three years. Yet each worker produces a profit of $74,000 each, which goes to Hunter and his Shareholders.

Ain't capitalism grand.

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