The Liberals Can't Win

Posted on Friday, October 12 at 09:31 by N Say
The throne speech will have to be put to a confidence vote in the House of Commons that could trigger an election if Dion joins other opposition leaders to defeat it.

The same leader who is such an enthusiastic advocate of the climate-change treaty that he named his dog Kyoto, could face one of two extremely difficult choices.

** Dion can allow the policy-setting throne speech to pass and expose himself to taunts about having abandoned his principles by propping up a government that ignores Kyoto.

** Or he can vote down the speech and rush into an election at a time when his party is slumping in the polls, quarreling publicly, and struggling to raise money.

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2007/10/11/thronespeech-kyoto.html

[Not only are they struggling to raise money, they could be facing a taxing lawsuit for allegedly defaming Jamie Carroll. The Liberals are totally screwed. As much as I love to see it I really wish Jean Chretien or Paul Martin was in Dion's position. -- NSay]

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