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Originally Posted by MarchHare
It's interesting that Hamm would be endorsing Harper now, considering that only three years ago the Nova Scotia government unanimously passed a resolution condemning him.
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It's amazing that if you let a guy explain what he means how much less evil he sounds. As well a liberal candidate used the same "culture of defeat" type comment around that same time...he just phrased it a bit better and of course he wasn't a westerner. It was and is blown completely out of proportion and very few actually know what Harper meant and the policies he wanted to see to help the region which make a lot of sense. Speaking from Halifax this city is dead because of the military cutbacks IMO. It's really that simple. The military brought a bunch of regular money to the city and it's gone. That is one of the quickest ways to turn this part of Nova Scotia around...more funding = more soldiers = more money for local businesses = better economic picture.
And to be perfectly honest having now lived here for a time...the attitude is indeed different. People here do have a much greater tendency to look to the government to do something for them. There is a dependency that has developed (helped along by military cuts to be sure and other things). If I offend any maritimers I'm sorry but that is very much the impression i get. Maybe it's only fair after all the income tax rate is high and the 15 % HST is a joke...the government darn well better do something for me!
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Was that during the campaign or after? The actual results of the 2004 election saw the CPC lose one seat in NS (two if you count Scott Brison defecting to the Liberals) and popular support for the party was down over 10% compared to the combined PC+Alliance total in the previous election.
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During the campaign. In the polls around here the Tories gained considerable ground and even had the liberals passed in three or four consecutive polls from what I remember. the main reason was the off shore revenues. Martin then made a copy cat promise and people went back to the "devil we know" philosophy instead of the westerner and the polls reversed. When amrtin back-peddled and the liberals MPs did absolutely nothing about it it ****ed a lot of people off.