Liberals Support Terrorism in a Good Cause

I was shocked to hear that Peter McKay plans to list the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) as a terrorist organization if the Conservatives win the election.

Shocked, because it is scandalous they have not been so listed by the Liberal government. This is a clear case of pandering; the Tamil community having tended to vote Liberal. The Tigers are among the most active terrorist organizations in the world, and one of the chief practitioners of suicide bombing. They were suicide bombing way before 9/11. They took out Rajiv Gandhi.

Not to ban the Tamil Tigers makes a mockery of any Canadian claims to be opposed to terrorism. It makes it look as though we are opposed only to Muslim aspirations.

And, just as opposing Muslim terrorists should not mean we oppose Muslim aspirations, opposing the LTTE does not mean we oppose Tamil aspirations.



Advance polling is up 25% over last election. A big turnout is usually bad news for an incumbent.



Stephen Harper’s actions suggest his polls show the same huge lead as the Strategic Council’s. He’s campaigning now in Toronto and Montreal—the safest Liberal areas in the country. Today’s Strategic Council poll more or less confirms the last one, showing a sixteen point gap between the two big parties.

Rumor has it that an Ekos poll last week showed a twenty-point lead for the Conservatives, but it was assumed to be in error and was never released.



La Presse has followed the Globe & Mail in endorsing the Conservatives. So, unsurprisingly, has the National Post. More surprisingly, so has Lorne Calvert.

Buzz Hargrove, apparently, has endorsed the Bloc Quebecois.