On December 2, 2005, CAW President Buzz Hargrove endorsed Paul Martin and strategic voting. He called upon NDP voters to support the Liberals in ridings where they have the best chance of winning. What Buzz and his new friend Paul Martin didn't tell you is that voting NDP will not divide the left-wing vote and elect a Conservative government. In fact, strategic voting helps elect Conservatives.

In the 2004 election campaign Paul Martin campaigned across the country begging NDP voters to support the Liberals.

“You're voting NDP? You're wasting your vote!” How many times have you heard this before? What many voters don't realize is that strategic voting does not advance the cause of left-leaning voters. It, in fact, hinders it.

Strategic voting is an invention of the Liberal Party public relations machine. During the 2000 federal election, Brian Tobin, running in a riding in Newfoundland, claimed he jumped back into federal politics to stop the Canadian Alliance, even though support for the Alliance was in the two-to-three per cent range in that province.

Prime Minister Paul Martin over the past week has been saying that a vote for the NDP will result in a Conservative government. This couldn't be further from the truth. If the Liberals lose this election, it's a result of centrist and swing voters who are switching their support from the Liberals to the Conservatives.

Throughout December the Liberals on average were leading the Conservatives by 37 per cent to 30 per cent. In late December-early January the RCMP announced an investigation into a possible Liberal leak on income trusts.