Liberal opposition leader, Stephane Dion has signaled that the immigration reform bill and other measures introduced by the Tories, that the Liberals do not agree with, will most likely be overturned by an elected Liberal government.
Dion explained that when the Liberals boycott confidence votes to avoid an election, they're signaling which Tory policies they would like to overturn when they become the government.
It reminds me of when former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien, when he was the opposition leader, saying that an elected Liberal government would roll back the GST. Of course it never happened during the 13 years that the Liberals were in power.
Memo to Dion: If you disagree with government policies, it is your duty as the opposition to vote against it. Isn't that the purpose of the opposition?
John Ivison from the National Post in the article titled, The mind says no, the body says yes, eloquently expresses this point:
It prompts the question if not now, then when? And over what? The Grits may be waiting for the economy to sour, in order to present Mr. Dion as the saviour. Yesterday, the Liberal leader said, "Time is our ally, so why not wait...?" But that's optimism bordering on delusion. Does anyone really think the nation is going to turn to the bookish, untested Liberal leader in its hour of economic crisis? Even his colleagues have their doubts about his husbandry skills.
Mr Dion at some point needs to stand up for something he believes in. Under his leadership, the Liberal party has degenerated into a party that no longer has any principles worth defending.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
When we become the elected government, we will...I think I have heard that before
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Mr Dion at some point needs to stand up for something he believes in. Under his leadership, the Liberal party has degenerated into a party that no longer has any principles worth defending.
And when, exactly, was it that the Liberal party actually had policies worth defending? The only thing they stand for is trying to get elected. They have no policy or principles. This is nothing new!
When we become the elected government....
We'll again find a new way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars so we can pay off all of our leadership campaign and party debts, as well as make sure we can all retire rich
We'll continue to shovel corporate welfare to our corporate friends
We'll find nice cushy public appointments for any of our friends who didn't manage to get elected
We'll load the senate up with as many cronies as possible to ensure we can cripple any other governments except us in the future
And then of course, once in power, rather than doing anything of use or good for the country, we'll spend the next 4 years alternately dithering away time or finding as many self-congratulatory photo-ops as possible
When we (Liberals) become the elected...
-strippers will once again be brought to the front of the immigration line!
-we will rekindle the war with the separatists, long live the Bloc!
-we will return the Premiers to their rightful position, on their knees, begging for bucks.
-we will raise the GST to pay for handouts to our friends of the earth.
-we will punish Alberta for being rich!
When the Libs get elected again,brown envelopes will come back into style.
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