Canadian Israelis Launch Crowdfunding Campaign to Re-Elect PM Harper

Despite the dampened expectations, analysts have projected some growth over the rest of 2015 – forecasts Harper has been talking up since the campaign began Sunday.

A group of Canadians living in Israel has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper win re-election this October.

And it worked, because Mulcair went into this debate directly behind Harper in the polls, and debate exposure has given Elizabeth May a bump in popularity.

Harper has won three elections since 2006.

But Canadians seem to be in a particularly foul mood in this campaign, where a kick-the-bums-out mentality is strong. After practising law and a stint in the government of Mike Harris, Tasha became the Ontario director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and co-wrote the 2005 bestseller, Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution.

But even more troubling for Harper is that the economy is slumping at the worst possible time.

And he says Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats are “dangerous on economic issues”.

But Trudeau saved his harshest words for Harper. Their mission for the last few months and the first weeks of this long election campaign has been to introduce him to the voting public.

19, in the event that Harper brilliant Conservative get-together desire to make 4th terminology after almost a couple of yours in potential. Mulcair demanded. I’ll give you a number.

“I think what Canadians saw was a guy … who is not like the ads have been saying, he is ready. That’s good!”

Harper touted the Conservatives’ record on security while warning about the threat represented by ISIS and other extremist groups, in particular from homegrown extremists who return to Canada after training overseas.

Dan O’Halloran, 73, a retired civil engineer who lives in the east coast city of Halifax, said he finds Mr Harper too cold and controlling. “The result is a disaster”.

During his familiar stump speech, the NDP leader declared that Harper’s approach has been a failure – leaving the middle class struggling to make ends meet. But he deflected the blame, citing low oil prices as the cause.

Get set to hear more oil-patch grumbling about the NDP as Harper pleads with Canadians to prevent the “Alberta disaster” from infecting the entire country.

Prime Minister Harper eventually joined Trudeau in this slam.

Trudeau soared to the top of the opinion polls after winning the Liberal leadership in 2013. He could come on and surprise with a vigorous campaign. His opponents rattled him in exchanges on the economy, the Senate and the environment, but he stuck to his message, treating his opponents with appropriate respect, avoiding humiliation and even seeming to enjoy himself.

That’s contrary to the federal Clarity Act, which requires a “clear majority” for a referendum to succeed. His other main competitor, the New Democratic Party’s Tom Mulcair, 60, is referred to by his last name – the strategy being to divide the opposition vote.

But my guess is that for most viewers, the most memorable moment just might have been Trudeau’s closing remarks. Johnston, that a longer campaign period was required because of the need for voters to consider the important issues at stake, chiefly the unstable global economic situation and a terrorist menace he said is posed by ISIS terrorists and other extremists in Syria and Iraq.