I find the daily polls boring. I find politics boring.
Who are we trying to kid? Does anyone really expect the polls to move substantially in any direction? One day their neck and neck, the next, they're edging up 3%, or down 3%. Honestly, the only people benefitting from these polls are the polling companies.
As long as the two parties continue to operate as they have, the results will be the same. Minority. Maybe Liberal, maybe Conservative. At this point, I don't care.
But the whole thing is moot, anyway. There will not be an election this year. Perhaps in the spring, who knows.
But it's in the interest of all parties to play the brinkmanship game, isn't it? As each party releases their fundraising hounds the idea of an impending election can only help fill the war chest. So for now, don't expect any of the parties to make like their going to cooperate with the government. When the donations dry up, they'll be talking softer.
And how about the conservative's sudden interest in fixing EI? Is it really about fixing EI, or disarming the Liberals?
Yes, I'm just an ATM card to be taken out at will and drawn upon. I feel so used.
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Harper announced further changes to EI in last year's election - after increasing the benefits by 5 years, adding EI as a maternity benefit for the self employed and other changes he also said they were going to look at helping all of the self employed with an EI plan they could opt into.
He also said a year ago that they would add more money for job training even for those without EI - and he did it.
He also added more for job sharing programs.
The Liberals were fighting a straw EI ghost and thought Canadians were too stupid to figure it out.
Oops - I meant increased the benefits by 5 weeks.
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