Just saw a breaking news bulletin on CBC Newsworld that said LeBlanc is stepping out of the running for Liberal leadership, and throwing his vote behind Ignatieff, and both him and Rae want Dion out of power now.

Here's an article from the Globe, but it says LeBlanc "might pull out on Monday ( Read more... )

In brief:
- Dion will stay on as Liberal leader until a new leader is chosen
- Blames Conservative ads for portraying him as something he isn't

So Dion is calling it a day. I say, though he had some good ideas.... I don't think he is a leader. The liberials need a vibrant leader like Ignatiave or Brison.
Could this spur another electon??

The Globe and Mail reports this morning that: Stéphane Dion will face pressure to declare within days that he will end his troubled leadership of the federal Liberal Party and let the machinery start rolling to replace him, senior party members said yesterday ( Read more... )

Does Mr. Dion has such a big gap in comprehension ability? If so, why he should not be registered for an ESL class?

http://www.thestar.com/Article/516046

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I laughed so hard my sides hurt

(Note: I'm posting this in response to suitablyemoname's recent post here, in which he asked for opinions as to who would be leading the Liberals five years down the line. I chose to start an entirely new thread rather than post a response there, because I reject his thesis and so think I would have been off-topic.)

suitablyemoname began with the ( Read more... )

Increasingly, it seems to be a common view that Stephane Dion will probably not be leading the Liberal party in five years' time ( Read more... )

This really bothers me.Stephen Dion wants the scope of the inquiry to look into Harpers role... which I can't see how it has anything to do with it ( Read more... )

A federal Liberal government could eventually rescind Conservative cuts to the goods-and-services tax, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said Wednesday.

Is Stephane Dion an idiot? Even ignoring soaring surpluses, how can he possibly believe that rescinding a cut against the most hated tax in Canada could do anything positive for him or his party?