Prime Minister is thumbs up
And why wouldn't the Prime Minister be thumbs up? It's not as 'good as it gets', but the lack of any real spine on the part of the opposition parties, has landed the Prime Minister in a pretty nice spot. Jack Layton will not bring the government down. Not even for a policy near and dear to the NDP's heart, employment benefits for suffering workers. To listen to Mr. Layton, Mr. Harper's plan must pass, because of course an NDP government just couldn't do a better job. [caption id="attachment_117" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Prime Minister give a thumbs up."][/caption] Listening Mr. Ignatieff reminds me a ...
A New Beginning?
Welcome to Mr. Harper's world. Again. [caption id="attachment_131" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Prime Minister Steven Harper on Election Night"][/caption] And what a world it is. With policies that could never be sold under the Reform banner, unable to muster a clear majority or even much more than 30 per cent of the country, Mr. Harper gets to implement his dystopic Reform vision of Canada. Why bother to describe the vision? A quick look at the Reform Alliance policy book will tell you where this all ends. And it ends badly for just about everyone except the extreame right wing. So hail to the chief, and ...
The Upcoming Election
The upcoming election they all say. What election I ask? Does anyone really believe that Mr. Harper a master strategist, will allow an election that is not overwhelmingly predicted to produce a majority for his conservatives? Does anyone really imagine that the twin egos of Jack Layton and Micheal Ignatieff will be able to set aside their own personal glory to join forces to defeat the Harper conservatives? Even now, with the management of the swine flu crisis being the first specular failure on Mr. Harper's part, neither Layton nor Ignatieff can bring themselves to bring this government down.
The Failure of Mr. Ignatieff
Can Micheal Ignatieff succeed as leader of the Liberal party? How you define 'succeed' will determine your answer. Mr. Ignatieff may make a telegenic figure head, but he seems a poor candidate to take the reins of power. In the first case, Mr. Ignatieff has avoided any confrontation that might actually result in the fall of the Harper conservatives. In the second case Mr. Ignatieff has refused to consider an incremental approach to taking power. A lesson by the way, that he should learn from Mr. Harper, who is an expert at getting what he wants, one small step at ...
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Things are really not so bad, I tell myself. I just finished watching Lewis Mackenzie give a speech on his experience of reading a local Ottawa paper the first morning he returned from the Balkans. In his speech, the general relays the story of watching some kids being blown limb from limb in front of his eyes. In his speech the general points out how the lead story on that day in that paper was to GST or to not GST. The point of the story being how wonderful a place our country is. I so agree with him. And ...
A Few Questions for Mr. Ignatieff
A person has to be in the rarefied national press core in order to interview a national party leader. Haven't you ever wanted as a citizen to ask a Canadian political leader a question? Well I have a few questions of my own to ask the current Liberal Party leader. Mr. Ignatieff, you have rejected an alliance with the NDP and the Bloc to oust the Harper conservatives. Are there any conditions short of total victory for the Liberals under which you would remove your support for the Harper government? Mr. Ignatieff, are you even aware of how Mr. Harper is ...
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Things are really not so bad, I tell myself. I just finished watching Lewis Mackenzie give a speech on his experience of reading a local Ottawa paper the first morning he returned from the Balkans. In his speech, the general relays the story of watching some kids being blown limb from limb in front of his eyes. In his speech the general points... more...
The Upcoming Election
The upcoming election they all say. What election I ask? Does anyone really believe that Mr. Harper a master strategist, will allow an election that is not overwhelmingly predicted to produce a majority for his conservatives? Does anyone really imagine that the twin egos of Jack Layton and Micheal Ignatieff will be able to set aside their... more...
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Can Micheal Ignatieff succeed as leader of the Liberal party? How you define ’succeed’ will determine your answer. Mr. Ignatieff may make a telegenic
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