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In Canada,the socialist Liberal party,the ones who have sent federal money to quebec to kick it bakc into Liberal party coffers, still ride high enough in the polls to win the next election.

What does that say about Canada ?

Well Canada builds your FR screen name :)

It's far too early to make that assessment as a given. This scandal has hardly played out.

Nor are elections set, and timing is everything.

Canada is hardly going to reject all its liberal leanings even if it rejects the Liberal Party for its misdeeds. But it seems as if there will a backlash to some extent no matter what.

In Canada,the socialist Liberal party,the ones who have sent federal money to quebec to kick it bakc into Liberal party coffers, still ride high enough in the polls to win the next election.

What does that say about Canada ?

Nothing yet, the polls were telling us that the Conservatives were going to win the federal election.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050511.wpoll0511/BNStory/National/

PM's honesty an issue as Tories lead in poll54% find Martin hypocritical; many ready to make sponsorship scandal the foremost election issue By BRIAN LAGHI

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Updated at 12:01 AM EDT

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Ottawa -- The federal Conservatives have edged back in front of the Liberals in a startling new poll that finds Canadians questioning Paul Martin's honesty and ready to make the sponsorship scandal the foremost election issue.

The poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV, finds that 31 per cent of voters would opt for the Conservatives if an election were held today, while 27 per cent would back the Liberals. The Tories are up three percentage points from late April; the Liberals are down three.

But perhaps the most stunning finding shows that 61 per cent of Canadians surveyed believe the prime minister is the federal political leader most likely to tell a lie if it would help him politically. Only 26 per cent believe that of Conservative Leader Stephen Harper

"What does that say about Canada ?"

I would never judge that based on any polling.

While the Liberals have ruled Canada since 1993, they replaced a Progressive Conservative gov't that deserved to go down. Still, in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 the Liberals never got close to even 50% of the vote. In the most recent elections it was Ontario that kept them in power.

The Reform then Alliance and now Conservatives enjoy over 70% of the votes where I live.

This next election will not tell us about Canada really... it will tell us about Ontario.

Frankly, if Ontario votes back in these thieves... I will personally weigh my options.