tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post116899569324110068..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Going To The PollsSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1169105390202191132007-01-18T02:29:00.000-05:002007-01-18T02:29:00.000-05:00Good post and I also agree with anonymous #2. Onl...Good post and I also agree with anonymous #2. Only one problem the NDP won't form a coalition with the Liberals - they should but they won't - they'd have to get rid of that awful Wasaleesaleesk and Pat Martin and maybe others who are fixated on their anti-Liberal thing.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925229206558848754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1169003010238228022007-01-16T22:03:00.000-05:002007-01-16T22:03:00.000-05:00I don't know about that anon 9:22. BlastFurnace ...I don't know about that anon 9:22. BlastFurnace has a post about Harper engineering his fall himself:<BR/>http://blastfurnacecanada.blogspot.com/2007/01/harpers-plan-for-fiscal-imbalance.html<BR/><BR/>Harper himself said we wouldn't recognize Canada when he was done with it and I believe him.<BR/>Why wouldn't Harper table a budget so terrible that the other parties would have no choice but to vote against it?<BR/>Harper is afraid of Dion, and Harper's recent machinations re: Khan and the mysterious and likely anti-Con report have let him set himself up for a non-confidence vote.<BR/>Why would Harper choose now? Several reasons:<BR/>He's got potfuls of money; he's been in election mode from Day 1; people haven't done their 2006 tax returns yet; winter has kept things cooler in Afghanistan; the CWB hasn't tallied its success for 2007 season; hockey is consuming the minds of many people; Spring is too soon, Summer is too good; and he knows he'll get his butt kicked in the Fall.<BR/>What will it cost? Who cares? Harper doesn't. What will be gained? Likely another minority government for him, plus the chance to browbeat the opposition for wasting taxpayers' money on unnecessary elections.<BR/>I say put a wrench in his works by forming a coalition government to guide Canada through another year before a general election.<BR/>If the opposition parties put their heads together they could probably come up with a workable plan that moves Canada forward on environment, resource management and fiscal balance.<BR/>Sidestep Harper's manufactured squeeze-play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1169000521655124692007-01-16T21:22:00.000-05:002007-01-16T21:22:00.000-05:00Harper doesn't have enough votes to engineer the d...Harper doesn't have enough votes to engineer the demise of the government. You could foil his dastardly plan by voting with the government and propping it up. If you don't, it is more your decision than his, presumably he and his party will vote with the government. <BR/><BR/>Stephen Harper has said many times that he is in favour of fixed elections, and in, I believe, introducing legislation to make it so. I think he and the Canadian public would see his taking the CPC government to a full four years as a massive triumph. It could do nothing but boost his position in the polls, and I think that is why the Liberals will do ANYTHING to avoid that. That they blame someone else for their actions is just habit, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com