Darrell Bricker is a Canadian author, pollster, public speaker, political scientist and political commentator. (wikipedia)
He's not going to be able to do a lot that's different from Paul Martin.
Mr. Harper's trip didn't do much. At this point, not enough has happened to explain to people why we happen to be there and to really justify the type of sacrifice they are being asked to make.
There's nothing that appears to be fatal in terms of what (the Conservatives) are proposing to bring in. If the opposition decides they want to take the government down on these issues, they've got a lot of selling to do to Canadians.
People are taking a look at this and saying I'm just not really convinced, one way or the other. Harper's trip really didn't have an impact on public opinion. It is going to take more than just one trip to engage people in this issue in the correct way.
Harper is going to win on Monday, there's no question about that.
