Harper makes Atlantic trip to heal wounds
...the Conservatives won nine of 32 seats in Atlantic Canada in the January 2006 federal election -- partly on the strength of Harper's assurance that he would honour the accords by letting Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, keep 100 per cent of their offshore petroleum revenues without federal clawbacks.
His last budget effectively gutted the accords, and Harper's handling of the resulting fallout, threatening to sue Atlantic premiers who challenged him, only fed the fires of anti-Conservative sentiment. Click here to read more.
I don't think Harper has much of a chance..the last time they voted for a Conservative MP was 25 years ago, and he was a PC, not Harper's gang. Telling the RCMP what to do, does not bode well.....political interference.
ReplyDeleteIf PMSH was there to heal wounds, why didn't he meet with Danny?
ReplyDeletePM goes to ------ to heal wounds.
PM goes to ------ to shore up support.
PMS goes to ----- looking for his majority.
Actually, Prime Minister Harper goes across Canada, because he is the Prime Minister of this great country, and it is his job.
Lizt, you are quite right. Not a chance in P.E.I and he is very unpopular in the rest of Atlantic Canada.
ReplyDeleteWilson, it is obvious what the purpose of the visit was. You are not saying that he goes from one end of the country to the other aimlessly because he is the Prime Minister? If that is the case then it is pretty pathetic.
In Newfoundland he wants to win over votes but he knows he will not get much help from Williams.