Press Conference / Signing Ceremony

[nonethewiser]

Three signatures! What is this mysterious agreement!

Coalesce, parties, coalesce!

Huh... two-way, with Bloc support...

Financial stimulus, yes... spending, yes, huh! tax cuts stay!

Here's your coup, Harper! No f-ing coup at all! You have lost confidence, and people are acting as laid out in convention.

How exciting! Cooperation!

Comments

[ext_93938]

what's interesting is that we'll probably still have to wait until January for a real economic update, given the upheaval and then the Christmas break to follow...

[nonethewiser]

Ha! Yeah.
I am not sure I mind people taking a month or two to really give that one some thought, though. As long as the new one isn't as ridiculous as the last suggestions...

[ext_93938]

the globe today asked the PM to resign in order to save parliament; i.e. this coalition will never work, but the opposition will never work with you again.

it seems reasonable, i think.

myself, i'm a little concerned about coalition. I think it's an awesome idea, and am love the idea of a progressive government. but i also think this has a huge chance to backfire, and possibly even propel us into a conservative majority. that said, the horse is now out of the barn, so we gotta go down that road regardless..

[nonethewiser]

I dunno, Harper's behaviour has been so ugly over the last little while that it might get a few more indignant hippies to the polls next time. But I might be a dreamer...

It feels, right now, that Jack Layton really wants this to work... and I think the NDP are pretty instrumental to its success. I don't know if I really want to see Ignatieff or Rae Liberals in power any more than Harper Cons...

I was rooting for the NDP and the Liberals to form this coalition off the bat... but then the Bloc got a couple seats too many...