That’s certain to be the reason that Leitch (Simcoe-Grey) proposed the idea – and has stuck by it in the face of criticism, said Lorne Bozinoff, president of Forum Research.
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Conservative backers put patriotism at the top their list of important values.
Conservative leadership candidate Tony Clement is proposing putting people at high risk of committing terrorist acts behind bars if they can not be monitored around the clock.
She later said she is protecting Canadian values from people who believe that women are property and can be beaten or that gays and lesbians should be stoned.
The decision by MacKay now makes it possible for others who were waiting for his choice to prepare in earnest for their own potential bids. “I’m sure that will be part of our discussions in caucus, but also part of our discussion with supporters on the ground”, he said.
Perhaps you could inform Canadians of your views on these issues in your upcoming leadership debates, instead of just accusing Leitch of dog whistle politics, which is what the Liberals accused you of in last year’s federal election.
At a news conference with Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Trudeau said the government is determined to get Canadian oil to global markets, but it must be done in way that has broad public buy-in.
And he noted that those who seek Canadian citizenship are required to pass an exam that tests applicants on their knowledge of the country’s system of government, its history, geography and culture.
And it showed that although nearly 60 per cent of Canadians would prohibit one or more articles of Islamic clothing, an equal percentage of respondents agree that the state has no business telling women how to dress.
“I wouldn’t be here if that kind of mandate existed”, said the TV star and businessman, whose mother immigrated to Canada from Lebanon.
Still, he noted there is a “fear of the foreign” here, spurred by violent outbreaks around the world and what are perceived as unsettling changes here at home.
“Conservatives win when we’re united and when we respect contrary viewpoints”, said Conservative MP Erin O’Toole, who is weighing a leadership bid and is expected to announce his intentions shortly.
Do you think of yourselves as what the great American conservative thinker Thomas Sowell describes as “the anointed”?
As for the Conservative race, Bozinoff said the question now is how Leitch’s competitors will react.
He said he knows both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican opponent Donald Trump personally.
“The others got to think about that”.
“I’m writing her off”, O’Leary said Monday in an interview with The Canadian Press. The margin of error is 1.35 per cent, 19 times out of 20 for federal polling data.
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Forum polled 1,370 Canadians 18 and older on September 6 and 7 using an interactive voice response survey.
