Angry in the Great White North
Blogworthy but not newsworthy
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 02:05 PM

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If you read blogs and other online news sources, you'd think that the Tories were crumbling over the cabinet controversy.

However, it would appear that most people aren't reading blogs. Maybe it's a good thing. Take this poll from Ipsos:

Majority Approval For Harper Government

Harper Conservative Government Approval (54%) Well Above Party's Support in Recent Election (36%)
Canadians Split on Recent Cabinet Appointments

February 13, 2006

Toronto, ON - As Stephen Harper and the Conservatives move through their first week in office, a new Ipsos Reid/CanWest Global poll shows a majority of Canadians approve of the new government’s performance so far. Canadians are somewhat less supportive of the new government’s cabinet appointments.

Interesting. Not the government has actually done much yet, but it does suggest that people either aren't paying much attention to the cabinet controversy, or that they've dismissed the criticism as over the top.

I'm not a subsriber, so I couldn't get the poll details. But since the poll was done for CanWest Global, I figured I could find the news story that went with it.

Except there doesn't seem to be one.

Interesting. The Tories are enjoying over 50% support, in spite of the cabinet appointments, or maybe because of them, and it isn't newsworthy.

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