Fall is in the air

Can you feel it in the air? That feeling of change that a new season brings. As the days get shorter there’s a slight crispness to the air. There’s also a feeling that something else is changing besides the colour of the leaves. There’s a feeling that an election may be just around the corner. An election that nobody wants. An election that Canadians feel is being forced on them against their will. Canadians seem angry and the source of this anger is the sentiment that if Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals force an election this fall, on the brink of economic recovery, they should be punished. The punishment being a complete drubbing in a fall election.

Most Canadians feel a fall election is unnecessary. The polls only closed on the last election 11 short months ago. A recent Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey shows 73% of Canadians are opposed to an election. Similarly, an EKOS poll shows 70% of Canadians are against a fall election. They feel the Conservative government is handling the economy well and recognize that Canada is coming out of the recession faster than expected. There’s also the coalition threat to consider. After all, it was only a few short months ago that Michael Ignatieff said: “A coalition if necessary, but not necessarily a coalition”. Now we hear him saying: “The Liberal Party would not agree to a coalition”. How short does he think the public’s memory is?

No, this won’t do. We won’t let you pull the wool over our eyes Mr. Ignatieff. We know you’ll say anything now that your back is to the wall. In what is now known as the “secret tape”, the Prime Minister raised the clarion call: “If they force us to the polls, if they get together and force us to the polls, we have to teach them a lesson and get back their with a majority to make sure their little coalition never happens.". This line is now resonating with people. If there is a fall election, voter turnout will reach heights not seen in years to do just that – teach them a lesson.