The session of Parliament prior to the October 14th election was dysfunctional. On October 14th voters sent a clear message that Parliament didn't listen to. That message was: We sent you back to work together and not rule by majority.
Unfortunately, the Harper Conservatives didn't seem to want to play nice and introduces a rather bullying bill. The opposition formed a coalition as a response. Rhetoric soared. Manufactured crisis ensued.
The Governor General, rightly or wrongly, put the breaks on Parliament. This will give tempers on all sides time to cool off. It will give the Harper Conservatives the time and opportunity to rule the way the voters wanted: cooperatively and not solely by themselves.
It is up to our elected MPs to figure out a way to work together and restore confidence in the House. More importantly, to restore confidence for the voters.
I thought sifting through the facts to the current situation was needed. The MPs certainly needed to take a step back and realize what's been going on. The decision by the GG was made and probably couldn't be changed.
There was enough blame to go around and the attacks were flowing in other responses.
I do think Harper made a horrible mistake for both himself and his party. Earning a majority government with Harper in charge might be more difficult. He's isolated Quebec. Ultimately, Harper hasn't been an effective communicator of the West's issues to the East.
Dion is going/gone. I got a chuckle out of Chantal Hebert's comment last night on the National: "Cats have nine lives, Dion has nine deaths."
Layton and the NDP are damaged by this situation. That might have lost some support for the next election.
Duceppe seems like the only one who gets any advantage out of this.
Geeze. I'd like to throw you a kiss for this comment. I never thought I'd ever agree to a comment by you. You've restored my faith in Liberals a little.
I may lose that kiss. I would have supported the coalition had the GG went that route. Either way, a fair chunk of the population would be upset.
Also, I was thinking back to the campaign and the Dion interview with Steve Murphy. I kind of recall hearing a politician saying that you don't get do-overs in politics. It actually looks like it is possible.
I think that the Liberals need to either: 1) Find a way to work with the Conservatives, with or without Dion, and hold off elections until after the leadership race; or
2) Cut short the leadership race and find themselves in an election or coalition sooner.
Not much to disagree with here. The situation is what it is -- rightly or wrongly, as you say. I just hope they get their petulant asses in gear and make something constructive of it. Too bad we have to wait six weeks for that to happen. But I guess that's part of the situation being what it is.
Unfortunately, the Harper Conservatives didn't seem to want to play nice and introduces a rather bullying bill. The opposition formed a coalition as a response. Rhetoric soared. Manufactured crisis ensued.
The Governor General, rightly or wrongly, put the breaks on Parliament. This will give tempers on all sides time to cool off. It will give the Harper Conservatives the time and opportunity to rule the way the voters wanted: cooperatively and not solely by themselves.
It is up to our elected MPs to figure out a way to work together and restore confidence in the House. More importantly, to restore confidence for the voters.
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There was enough blame to go around and the attacks were flowing in other responses.
I do think Harper made a horrible mistake for both himself and his party. Earning a majority government with Harper in charge might be more difficult. He's isolated Quebec. Ultimately, Harper hasn't been an effective communicator of the West's issues to the East.
Dion is going/gone. I got a chuckle out of Chantal Hebert's comment last night on the National: "Cats have nine lives, Dion has nine deaths."
Layton and the NDP are damaged by this situation. That might have lost some support for the next election.
Duceppe seems like the only one who gets any advantage out of this.
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Also, I was thinking back to the campaign and the Dion interview with Steve Murphy. I kind of recall hearing a politician saying that you don't get do-overs in politics. It actually looks like it is possible.
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1) Find a way to work with the Conservatives, with or without Dion, and hold off elections until after the leadership race; or
2) Cut short the leadership race and find themselves in an election or coalition sooner.
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