XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   So I guess people of BC want to switch back to the other corrupt party,   
   NDP; now that they ahve forgot about their corruption scandles.   
      
   Maybe consider voting for someone else.   
      
   On 24/05/2010 5:42 PM, alea@iacta.est wrote:   
   > May 21, 2010   
   > B.C. Liberals popularity slide deepens   
   > CBC News   
   > B.C. Liberal MLAs admit the groundswell of opposition to the HST is hurting   
   them in   
   > opinion polls.   
   > B.C. Liberal MLAs admit the groundswell of opposition to the HST is hurting   
   them in   
   > opinion polls - and a recent survey hammers home just how much damage has   
   been done.   
   >   
   > The Liberals slid 15 per cent in voter preference since May 2009, when they   
   won their   
   > third consecutive election victory, according to a poll conducted by the   
   Mustel Group of   
   > Vancouver.   
   >   
   > On provincial voter intention, the survey puts the governing party at 32 per   
   cent while   
   > the opposition NDP has risen to 44 per cent in decided voter support.   
   >   
   >    'The groundswell in B.C. is certainly unprecedented.'-Liberal MLA John   
   Slater   
   > The poll found that the HST was the No. 1 issue among those surveyed,   
   followed closely by   
   > the economy in general.   
   >   
   > "The HST is certainly a huge factor in my riding. People are upset about   
   it," said Liberal   
   > MLA John Slater, who has reason to be worried.   
   >   
   > Poll Particulars   
   > The Mustel Group poll was conducted May 6-16 from a random sample of 500   
   British Columbia   
   > adults 18 and older.   
   >   
   > The margin of error was plus or minus 4.4 per cent, 95 per cent of the time.   
   >   
   > Those surveyed were asked their voting intention and whether they approved,   
   disapproved or   
   > had no opinion on the leaders of the two parties in the legislature.   
   >   
   > Slater won the riding of Boundary-Similkameen by only 800 votes last year.   
   >   
   > Huge response to petition   
   > As of May 16, anti-HST petition canvassers in Slater's riding had collected   
   more than   
   > 10,000 signatures.   
   >   
   > That's more than twice the 4,000 signatures needed to satisfy the rules of   
   the petition   
   > initiative under way across the province. The petition, which could prompt a   
   referendum on   
   > the HST, requires participation of 10 per cent of the voters in each of the   
   province's 85   
   > ridings.   
   >   
   > "The groundswell in B.C. is certainly unprecedented," said Slater.   
   >   
   > But the backbencher said despite the opposition he still believes that once   
   people have   
   > all the facts about the HST, they'll come around.   
   >   
   > B.C. Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom represents Peace River South, a region   
   that usually   
   > votes solidly Liberal. But anti-HST canvassers have exceeded their target in   
   Lekstrom's   
   > riding, too.   
   >   
   > "The issue that I hear more than anything is not so much about the tax, as   
   saying, 'Gosh,   
   > we thought that this wasn't on the agenda before,' and it wasn't."   
   >   
   > Lekstrom said the government's priorities changed after the election. Six   
   weeks after the   
   > 2009 ballot, the Liberals announced they would introduce the HST, but prior   
   to the   
   > election Premier Gordon Campbell said the blended tax was not on their radar.   
   >   
   > He and other Liberals are still trying to make that case to a skeptical   
   electorate.   
   >   
   > The poll also indicates that Campbell's approval rating dropping sharply.   
   >   
   > While 46 per cent approved of Campbell's performance in May 2009, 28 per   
   cent do now,   
   > according to the poll. Sixty-one per cent said they disapproved of the   
   premier.   
   >   
   > Opposition NDP Leader Carole James has not been able to capitalize   
   personally on   
   > Campbell's falling fortunes. Her approval also is down, from 44 per cent in   
   May 2009 to 40   
   > per cent in the May 2010 survey. Her disapproval stood at 36 per cent.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   I would rather be a paid up Conservative nut job than a Liberal with no   
   nuts, no job in debt and living off of other people like a leach.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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