Who's to trust?

A recent Ipsos Reid survey asked a representative number of Canadians which political party they would trust to bring in "honest, open and trustworthy government."  This is, perhaps, a naive question, knowing what one always has known about governments, but there it was.

In the end, the Conservative party was chosen as most honest, open and trustworthy by twenty-eight percent of those polled, or the number who have not been following the news. The NDP came in at twenty-two percent, followed well back by the Liberals at fifteen percent--odd, as it is hard to imagine a visage more honest, open and guileless than Mr. Ignatieff's.

The largest percentage--twenty-nine--was made up of persons who had no faith in any of the leading parties to deliver honest, open, et cetera.

So what does this tell us, fellow voters?  It tells us that the political party most trusted by Canadians is not trusted by seventy-two percent of us. It tells us that the largest number of Canadians trust none of the major political parties.

What is the answer?

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