Sure, but 160,000 people believed in the Conservative party enough to give money last year, while only 35,000 Liberals displayed the same courage of their convictions.

Now that only individual Canadians are allowed donate to political parties, these fund raising numbers are the best guage of public sentiment next to an actual election, and they spell a Conservative majority.

By C. B. Innes on 05.19.08 3:45 pm

I have found very few people who know what they believe and why they believe it. I extend ‘trust’ to those who show an openness to new information and one can fairly gauge their honesty by how they receive such.

Likewise, I do tend to agree that ‘trust’ is, sadly, a rather etherial word when related to most politicians.

Have a good day. Back to work here.

When it comes to the nature of politics I think that the word “trust” is not an appropriate word. Politicians are generally pushed and pulled in so many directions that they are bound to destroy trust if it is given too freely.