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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
yeesh, what a mess !! i watched the two speeches you linked to ; harper really will stoop low to discredit the opposition won't he ? it's a shame that the GG didn't stand up to him. Dion made an excellent point that if harper is to present a new budget he should first prove he has the confidence of the parliament. of course, since he pretty clearly doesn't, that would be difficult... so what do you think will happen if there is a new vote ? do you think dion will win ? would harper run again ? what if he is elected again ?? i was a bit shocked he won this time, to be honest...
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No party is in a rush to have another election so soon, the opposition was trying to do this through a non-confidence vote and offering up a coalition. The last election cost 300 million C$, the Liberals and NDP are broke.
I believe Harper will be forced to throw in some big economic stimulus initiatives in his budget to appease the opposition, forcing them to vote in favour. If they don't vote in favour of budget, the opposition will be blamed for an election and not Harper's conservative cronies.
If there is another election...who knows...probably another minority Conservative government. Unless, I hope, there is a huge backlash from his handling of this whole affair and he gets left in the dust!
The referees call this a time out. Parents call it that too. Parliament calls it proroguation.
Politics, eh!
PS: The Liberal party is holding it's convention here in Vancouver in late January or early February. Dion has already said that he won't run for leader. Current prospects are Michael Ignatief, Bob Ray and Dominic LaBlanc. No one from Quebec. LaBlanc is l'Acadie.