An honest look at the Liberal leader
In a recorded interview Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has said that if he was in Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams’ place, he “would be in Canadian healthcare.”
After 34 years abroad, Canadians might find it hard to believe Ignatieff would have a problem with leaving the country for heart surgery.
Posted in Iggy on Iggy.
– February 23, 2010
From Conrad Black, for the National Post.
There has often been occasion in these columns and elsewhere for me to express my admiration for the federal Liberal Party. Having governed for 80 of the 114 years since the first election of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1896, it is the most successful political party in the democratic world. Continued…
Posted in Uncategorized.
– February 20, 2010
Although Ignatieff’s Liberals have been riding high in the polls, the leadership numbers tell a different story. Nick Nanos has released poll results that say only 16.1% of Canadians think Ignatieff would make the best Prime Minister. To put things in perspective, 83.9% of Canadians think someone other than Ignatieff would make the best Prime Minister.
Are those crocodile tears, or did you get some salt in your eye Iggy?
Here’s the scoop on the Nanos Leadership Index:
Best PM: As you may know, [Rotate] Michael Ignatieff is the leader of the federal Liberal Party, Stephen Harper is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Jack Layton is the leader of the federal NDP, Gilles Duceppe is leader of the Bloc Quebecois and Elizabeth May is the leader of the federal Green Party. Of the following individuals, who do you think would make the best Prime Minister?
The numbers in parenthesis denote the change from the Nanos National Omnibus survey completed between December 10th and December 13th 2009.
National (n=1,001)
The Best PM
Stephen Harper: 32.0% (-2.8)
Jack Layton: 18.1% (+3.2)
Michael Ignatieff: 16.1% (-1.6)
Elizabeth May: 6.9% (+2.4)
Gilles Duceppe: 5.8% (-0.7)
None of them: 11.7% (-2.7)
Unsure:9.4% (-3.2)Leadership Index Questions: As you may know, [Rotate] Michael Ignatieff is the leader of the federal Liberal Party, Stephen Harper is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Jack Layton is the leader of the federal NDP, Gilles Duceppe is leader of the Bloc Quebecois and Elizabeth May is the leader of the federal Green Party. Which of the federal leaders would you best describe as:
The numbers in parenthesis denote the change from the Nanos National Omnibus survey completed between December 10th and December 13th 2009.
National (n=1,001)
The most trustworthy leader Stephen Harper: 25.0% (-4.3)
Jack Layton: 20.8% (+4.4)
Michael Ignatieff: 10.4% (-0.5)
Elizabeth May: 9.8% (+5.2)
Gilles Duceppe: 7.8% (+1.5)
None of them/Undecided: 26.2% (-6.4)The most competent leader Stephen Harper: 33.6% (-1.7)
Jack Layton: 14.2% (+3.4)
Michael Ignatieff: 13.9% (+0.6)
Gilles Duceppe: 6.5% (+0.8)
Elizabeth May: 3.4% (+1.1)
None of them/Undecided: 28.4% (-4.2)The leader with the best vision for Canada’s future Stephen Harper: 26.8% (-3.2)
Jack Layton: 17.2% (+3.2)
Michael Ignatieff: 16.0% (+1.2)
Elizabeth May: 6.4% (+3.6)
Gilles Duceppe: 2.9% (-0.5)
None of them/Undecided: 30.7% (-4.2)Leadership Index Score Stephen Harper: 85.4 (-9.2)
Jack Layton: 52.2 (+11.0)
Michael Ignatieff: 40.3 (+1.3)
Elizabeth May: 19.6 (+9.9)
Gilles Duceppe: 17.2 (+1.8)
Posted in Nanos.
– February 15, 2010
To follow up a little bit on my esteemed colleague’s post below, I thought that I would present to you something that Kelly McParland wrote for the National Post’s Full Comment section:
Posted in National Post.
– November 10, 2009
Hopefully by now everyone knows the disasterous by-election results. The Liberal party is without a doubt even less popular now than under Stephane Dion. It turns out that when Ignatieff visits a riding, he actually decreases the Liberal votes. Three out of four ridings, the Liberal vote was worse than under Dion in 2008. Ignatieff has let the Conservatives become the default federalist vote in Quebec. What a long fall from grace.
Posted in The Globe and Mail.
– November 10, 2009
When Jane Taber begins to ennumerate the ways in which Michael Ignatieff is failing the Liberal party, you know something is wrong. Taber seems to like nothing more than poking the Conservatives with sharp sticks, but Ignatieff these days Ignatieff is too juicy a target to pass up. Despite his pleas, members of his caucus still voted in favour of killing the long-gun registry, and other members of the party are out of control.
Posted in The Globe and Mail.
– November 6, 2009
Not only are the Liberals using a potential epidemic to score cheap political points, but Ignatieff has his own cronies pretending to be concerned citizens on CBC Television. Mark Sakamoto, a former lawyer for CBC (think they didn’t recognize him?) and now a staffer in Ignatieff’s office got himself on camera to deliver a fake testimonial while posing as a concerned citizen.
This is a shameful new low. Thanks Michael Ignatieff.
– November 3, 2009
It is now safe to say, 85% of Canadians don’t like Ignatieff.
Posted in Angus Reid.
– October 31, 2009
