Comments on: Best description ever of Harper’s prorogation mistake.

By: JimBobby

JimBobby — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:49:59 +0000

Thanks. I was looking at the big thing at the top and not the one lower down. I stand corrected.

By: Anon ABC

Anon ABC — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:57 +0000

Hey JB: You may be looking at the wrong part of the post. If you go a bit further down, this is what I see: Liberals – 121
Conservatives – 110, Bloc Quebecois – 49, New Democrats – 28. I believe the EKOS projection today had the Libs at 122 vs. 109 for the Harper party.

By: TofKW

TofKW — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:24:36 +0000

JimBobby, you need to look down a little on the site, and on the right hand side. There you should find a pie chart with the label:

“1 Poll Seat Projection EKOS 02/02/10″

Lib-121 / Con-110 / NDP-28 / BQ-49

By: JimBobby

JimBobby — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:16:26 +0000

Ummm… Maybe I’m looking at something other than what you’re looking at, Scott. You’re linking to http://threehundredeight.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-ekos-poll-09-pt-liberal-lead.html regarding projected seats. That shows the CPC with 136 seats vs. LPC with 92. You think that’s good? Granted it’s an improvement over the current standings but the projection shows the combined LPC & NDP at only 122. Even if the LPC were to miraculously take away all of the NDP seats, the CPC would still form a government. Yeah, I know, there are some BQ seats that might fall into LPC hands.

Once again, we’re seeing evidence that FPTP robs us of true democratic representation. I floated a proposal for ABC cooperation last week and was roundly trounced by hard core party loyalists. Harper’s poised to win yet again.