Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Immigration

Stephen Harper Dept: Success will not be measured by an uptick in this or that poll. It will be measured in the extent to which voters, watching or hearing about his progress across the nation this summer, start to reconsider Mr. Ignatieff and the party he leads. To do that, three things must happen. Mr. Ignatieff must:, according to Globe And Mail. Mr. Ignatieff, through his own uncertain performance, and the Conservatives, through clever exploitation of his missteps, have entrenched an unattractive Brand Ignatieff. In a poll released Monday by Angus Reid, respondents tended to characterize him as out of touch and arrogant. While Prime Minister Stephen Harper fared little better – he was seen as secretive and arrogant – voters trusted him over Mr. Ignatieff to lead the country and the Liberal Leader's six-week bus tour is make-or-break. Canadians don't like him. Even worse, the Liberal Party is, at its core, smaller than the Conservative Party. Unless Mr. Ignatieff begins to alter these truths during his conversations with Canadians during this last lull before an election that is almost certainly coming next spring, and possibly sooner, he is likely to lose that election, and with it the leadership of his party. Improve his brand As reported in the news.
@t angus reid, liberal leader