Vancouver Quadra Conservative candidate Deborah Meredith's billboard at Burrard Street and 4th Avenue - September 18, 2010 Is Prime Minister Stephen Harper about to call a fall election?
Vancouver Quadra Conservative candidate Deborah Meredith certainly thinks so.
How else to explain her purchase of a pricey full colour billboard ad at prime location Burrard Street and 4th Avenue in Vancouver?
The billboard - up since at least Friday September 17 - also clearly indicates the Conservatives' election strategy, or at least Meredith's understanding of it.
"Strong Economy" boasts an eye-attracting reverse white type on red background corner headline, while the second headline claims "For Representation in Strong Government".
The ad is also bilingual - English and Chinese, for the benefit of many voters in the diverse riding with a mainland China or Hong Kong background.
"We do not know when a federal election will be called, but with minority government it may be soon and we must be ready," Meredith says on her website. How true!
Meredith seems to be taking a radically different approach than in the March 17, 2008 by-election, when she narrowly lost to Liberal Joyce Murray by 151 votes.
In that vote Meredith shunned media interviews and all-candidates debates, apparently running a stealth campaign - which failed.
The October 14, 2008 federal general election proved an even worse battle, with Murray - a former much-criticized BC Liberal provincial cabinet minister - winning Quadra by 5,000 votes over Meredith.
This time Meredith seems determined to send voters a message - if you want a voice in the Conservatives government - and you think they will win - you had best vote for her to at least have a seat at the table.
Will it work? Not if current polls continue showing the Conservatives and Liberals in close to a dead heat nationally.
But it's got to be better than pretending you're the Invisible Woman in an election!
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16 comments:
The public hates all its leaders and parties, so an election now or next spring will likely give you another Minority Government.
Another minority for Harper would leave him bleeding out amoungst his own sharks.
But for Harper and his North of 49 Tea Party army it could likely mean a Count Iggy minority more than a President Harper and a Thousand Year Christian-Hockey Reich.
Regarding the Quadra riding . . . if you switched the Liberal or Tory candidates in the middle of the night it would take months for anyone to notice.
If Harper has any brains he will stay the course and not dare Canadians to pay for his ego.
The GREAT SATAN
Man I hope he does so we can get rid of him once and for all.
I took a photo of this billboard on September 9th, so it has been up for some time already.
Sorry no fall election. Just pre-Spring advertising, Bill nothing more.
Besides that riding is federal Liberal, not Conservative.
As for Mr. Satan, I see he's writing references to Hitler with his "Christien-Hockey-Reich" nonsense.
Tell B.C's best Devilled Ham (aka: the Great Satan) to end that nonsense. It doesn't belong in a quality blog such as yours.
"Strong Economy"?????? From the same people that spent over a billion dollars on a 3 day summit, 4 billion for 3 transport planes, and want to spend $19 billion for some unproven fighters that are probably crap? Wow, are they seriously going to campaign on this platform? What a joke.
I love the Leftards calling the conservatives Tea Party North and thinking that's some sort of a slur. The Tea Party stands for:
- Protecting the Constitution,
- Rejecting Cap & Trade,
- Demanding a Balanced Budget,
- Enacting Fundamental Tax Reform,
- Restoring Fiscal Responsibility and Constitutionally Limited Federal Government,
- Ending Runaway Government Spending,
- Defunding, Repealing and Replacing Government-run Health Care,
- Passing an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Policy,
- Stopping the Pork, and
- Stopping the Tax Hikes.
Canadian's should be so lucky.
Bill,
If you took the time to drive down Arbutus in the past year, you'd have noticed that Ms. Meredith has had a billboard located there for quite some time (over a year).
Additionally, riding associations from all parties are told to be on notice in a minority parliament. That's simply the way it is.
@Anonymous Tea Party Supporter -
At least four of the items on your list I would consider nightmare scenarios proposed by idiots who should have failed high school economics and would never in their lives pass an ethics course.
@GREAT SATAN -
I happen to think that Ms. Murray is an excellent representative for Quadra, and have spoken to her on several occasions.
Thanks for the comments and info. I must drive down Arbutus more often to catch up on Tory strategy!
Nonetheless, I haven't seen any other Conservative candidate billboards or other advertising anywhere else in Metro Vancouver - fill me in if so - and I therefore conclude that something interesting is happening.
If Meredith has enough money to run ads for years maybe she has a better chance the third time out.
I won't delete The GREAT SATAN's comment but warn the devilish one that he is pushing it with his analogy.
love the Leftards calling the conservatives Tea Party North and thinking that's some sort of a slur. The Tea Party stands for:
- Protecting the Constitution,
- Rejecting Cap & Trade,
- Demanding a Balanced Budget,
- Enacting Fundamental Tax Reform,
- Restoring Fiscal Responsibility and Constitutionally Limited Federal Government,
- Ending Runaway Government Spending,
- Defunding, Repealing and Replacing Government-run Health Care,
- Passing an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Policy,
- Stopping the Pork, and
- Stopping the Tax Hikes.
Also stands for Sarah Palin and her never ending soppy publicity.
If the Tea Party wants to stop the pork, insist that Pallin speaks with no fee.
The word Conservative, leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Harper, is far too cozy with Campbell and Hansen. Harper lied to the people, regarding the HST. He even tries, to pass himself off as a christian. Canada has produced, the worst crop of politicians, that I have ever seen in my life. Harper's, global governance, must be on the way.
It seems that political correctness and typical Canadian limp-wristed attitudes are becoming the total norm in politics.
If you shift von Clauswitz and vom Krieg 180 degrees . . . "Politics is War by Other Means
So simply put . . . we are at war, and giving quarter or extending honour to our "beloved" elected national and provincial leaderships is a total and dishonest farce.
With plutocrats and bible thumpers like Campbell and Harper, and Fraser Institute lap-dogs like Joyce Murray they deserve any and all the rough trade dealt to them.
Secondly boys and girls, (and others) let me remind you that a weak, corrupt and ineffective democratic political system in 1933 "elected" Adolf Hitler by fully legal and constitutional means.
So save your bleedling heart political correctness for intro-poli-sci at SFU and scoring points with the class hotie.
Hell, our greatest poltical leader when the chips were down called out the army too, and when a few of the parliament hill league of journalist diaper soilers complained and asked "how far would you take it?" his reply was . . . JUST WATCH ME!
So to Anon and others . . . I say bleed or go home to mommy, since that what Harper and Campbell expect you to do.
The GREAT SATAN
For the info of Anonymous 10:45 a.m. Vancouver Quadra in its various configurations hasn't always been federal Liberal. Between 1947 and 1984, the riding was Progressive Conservative for 28 out of 37 years. The riding has been federal Liberal since John Turner was elected in 1984. Next election I wouldn't be surprised to see it elect a member of the next governing party whatever that will be.
You may be onto something here, Bill. Today there was a clip on the news showing Jim Flaherty addressing some function, and his message was that it would be foolhardy for the opposition to force an election at this time. I thought it was an odd statement to make as none of the leaders from the other parties have been rattling the election sabre lately.
Are the Conservatives trying to instigate an election through the back door?
I hope they do. It would be nice to lay some HST anger on some of Harper's BC MPs.
Bring it on.
"So to Anon and others . . . I say bleed or go home to mommy, since that what Harper and Campbell expect you to do."
Interesting. Just as Trudeau asked you to do, eh?
"For the info of Anonymous 10:45 a.m. Vancouver Quadra in its various configurations hasn't always been federal Liberal. Between 1947 and 1984, the riding was Progressive Conservative for 28 out of 37 years. The riding has been federal Liberal since John Turner was elected in 1984. Next election I wouldn't be surprised to see it elect a member of the next governing party whatever that will be."
John Turner only lasted less than the length of a good warranty.
Doens't matter what the riding was in the past since the boundaries have changed.
The riding is federal Liberal now and will be for quite awhile yet.
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