Only 6% of Canadians say they give the federal government a passing grade on how it’s handled the F-35 fighter jet program, according to an Abacus Data survey exclusive to QMI Agency.
Even among Conservative supporters that number is only 11%.
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The Montreal transit employee union urges its members to refuse to transport police officers. (In French) Also strongly encourages its members to sign the petition against Bill 78.
‘Uncommitted’ is keeping it closer than expected in the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary. With 104 of 120 counties counted, President Barack Obama leads ’Uncommitted’ by only 20 percentage points. The tally so far: Obama with 105,487 votes (or 60.04 percent of the vote), while ’Uncommitted’ claims 70,211 votes (or 39.96 percent).
(UPDATE: With 99.8 percent reporting, Barack Obama has 119,245 votes, while ’Uncommitted’ has 86,789 votes. That is, Obama has 57.9 percent of the vote, while ’Uncommitted’ has 42.1 percent.)
The Republican primary isn’t nearly as close. Presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, leads his closest rival, Ron Paul, by over 55 percentage points so far. The current tally: Romney has 107,362 votes (or 66.85 percent of the vote), Paul with 20,117 votes (12.53 percent), Rick Santorum with 14,230 (8.86 percent), Newt Gingrich with 9,459 votes (5.89 percent), and ’Uncommitted’ with 9,428 (5.87 percent of the vote).
Paul, Santorum, and Gingrich have dropped out (or, in Paul’s case, essentially dropped out) of the race. Needless to say, ‘Uncommitted’ is not an actual candidate.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, increasingly regarded as drifting out to sea politically, just promised to start “shaking things very hard to get things done quickly”. More than two years after becoming PM. But if you think that’s a cliché, hold on. He was just getting started.
The student strike and protests in Montreal have caught the eye not just of the ROC but the Russians as well.
And the Ruskies are none too pleased with how the student protesters have been treated.
From The Voice of Russia:
The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed concern over reports of violation of protesters’ rights in the United States and Canada.
The Foreign Ministry Ombudsman, Konstantin Dolgov, has levelled criticism at the mass arrests of Occupy Wall Street movement activists in Chicago and university students in Montreal, amid disproportionate use of force and riot control agents despite the fact that the protests were peaceful in character, particularly at the beginning. Dolgov voiced hope that the US and Canadian authorities will in future exercise maximum restraint in dealing with peaceful protests.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also hopes that the response by the US and Canadian authorities to peaceful protests will be ‘responsible’ and in compliance with these countries’ commitments under international law.
A sharp-eyed colleague pointed out this Wall Street Journal article highlighting that the current Russian government is hardly a bastion for upholding the rights of protesters.
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