DID YOU ?
As an aside, why was it that this one and only debate was held in Canada's one and only unilingual french province...a province which views itself a nation or equal status with Canada? Would it not have made more sense to hold it somewhere in the middle of the country where those with different time zones got a better shot at viewing it?
Anyway, I did not watch it ...not because it was held in Quebec but rather because there are no true conservative parties running in the current election. Again, I remind you that my blog is entitled Real Conservatives for the reason that we are becoming more and more scarce. As Diefenbaker once described Conservatives as being only protected by the Provincial Game Laws.
So to decide who won this one and only english debate I went to the Pundits - those who know all and they proclaimed the in theory Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole the big winner and Justin Trudeau the Liberal Party Leader to be the big loser. Stay tuned they all said and you will see O'Toole's polling numbers skyrocket.
They didn't. Whereas prior to the Debate the Tories (Conservatives) were 2 to 3 per centage points ahead of the Grits (Liberals) and now ...two days later it has reversed - the Grits lead the Tories by that number.
I go back to my belief that you can never overestimate the intelligence of the voter.
Regardless of the turn around, Canada will not have a majority government come Election Day on September 20th - rather it will be a minority government - likely for the Liberals but still slightly possible for the Conservatives. And in any case, the New Democratic Party (NDP) will hold the balance of power like they did in the last Parliament.
And just to confirm, even though I do not personally have a horse in this race, I want the Conservatives win on the basis of less damage they will cause and most certainly want Trudeau out because of the damage he has caused our country in the 6 years he has been in power.
In fact we voted yesterday afternoon for the Conservative Candidate running in our Riding despite the fact that we have never met her and have never even heard of her before. She has also ran in my opinion a very lackluster campaign which she is not likely to win but that is how desperate I am to get Trudeau off and onto the unemployment rolls.
Later in the week and as promised I will offer up my firm opinion on what our new government will look like and why.
As I See It...
K.D. Galagher
