| Commentary |
| ZEUS ROBBINS -- Greater Toronto Area (GTA) just blew Stephen Harper - and his Conservative Party away - dead like a skunk in the middle of the road. |
| Barely one in 6 respondents in Toronto GTA support a Conservative majority government. |
| These numbers should chill the Prime Minister and his party to the marrow--Depends users- in the Conservative caucus -- ‘got some changing to do. Toronto has not ever taken to the Stephen Harper - Conservative government - despite all the latter has done kowtowing to Bay Street including allowing the financial district and insurance companies to run roughshod over Canadians. |
| Toronto’s GTA population is 5 and one half million people -- the outlying area -- holds one if four of all Canadians---Are the Toronto GTA numbers an omen of bad news to come for the Conservative government of Canada---in the greater Golden Triangle region -- and sprawling suburbs ---? |
| Women particularly won’t support the Conservative Party with only (09%) indicating “Yes” to a majority government for the Conservative Party of Canada after the next general federal election.
The billion dollar security orgy of spending at the G8 and G20 conferences -- contributed large- to the poor support for the Conservative government in this ZEUS poll. |
| Despite this---------Stat Canada---minister responsible Tony Clement -- has ‘de facto’ support for his new policy to get rid of the long form Stat Canada Census---as three out of four Greater Toronto Area residents/respondents “personally” finds the long form Stats Canada Census “Unimportant“. |
| With three out of four Torontonians of the opinion that the long form census is not important to them personally (I find it hard to believe that 47% of Canadians are ‘against’ getting rid of it). |
| I would speculate that less than 10% of residents on the Prairies -- would find the long form Census “Important”. |
| The mainstream press -- has been hammering the Conservative government for weeks - about the long form Census - but the Canadian public as reflected from a more left sided culture---could care less -- how come? |
| A message to the Conservative government - Opposition - media - insiders et al----As the late R&B singer Rick James says “Cocaine’s a helluva drug”. |
| Canadians residing in the Greater Toronto area expect the federal government to regulate or strongly regulate financial institutions and insurance companies--------------with only 03% of respondents supporting self-regulation. Presently if you have a complaint against a bank or insurance company in Canada -- you complain to the company -- when that doesn’t work--you go to the company Ombudsman----months go past----------possibly years----and that is why banks and insurance companies in the country are so arrogant/and so loathed by the general population -- like our federal government - no accountability. |
| That’s shitty government -- and these are real shitty popular support numbers for that shitty government. You get what you deserve -- long form census or not. |
| Again----------------/As the late R&B singer Rick James says “Cocaine’s a helluva drug”. |
| A random survey of 401 respondents in the Greater Toronto Area between July 23-July 28, 2010. M.O.E 4.75% -19 times out of 20 @95% competency. |
