Nobody in their right mind, not even die-hard Liberal supporters could possibly believe that Stephane Dion would be good for Canadians and Canada if the Liberals and the NDP actually pull of their coalition plans right? Not that there is any likelihood of that ever happening of course.
Face it; there isn’t enough unity between Liberal Party members, let alone unity between the two parties for a workable coalition.
Besides, I really don’t think the Governor-General will agree to dissolve the government anyway, as she herself has seen that the Canadian people have spoken, plus there’s the possibility that she might secretly feel she owes the Conservatives something for naming her Governor-General anyway. The GG has been very loyal to the Conservative government since she was named GG and that shouldn’t be forgotten by those Liberal supporters who actually think the party the support will be able to pull this off.
Off the top my head I would suggest that the GG would be more likely to dissolve parliament and force another election (she can do that right?) in which the outcome would almost definitely mean a Conservative majority, and the end of the Liberal Party of Canada. She can’t seriously believe in her heart that the “will of the people” doesn’t mean anything and that Dion who isn’t good enough to lead his own party (as up until a few hours ago Liberal Party members well and truly believed-leadership convention remember?) is good enough to lead the country? Get real.
I just don’t know.
Liberals can’t seem to get it through their fat heads that Canadians don’t want them running the country period, with or without a coalition, something Canadians won’t stand for by the way.
The Liberal Party is taking a huge risk, and why; because both Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin still think they know what is best for the Liberal Party. Those two clowns are still running the party, count on it.
This is ridiculous, and any politically savvy analyst worth his or her salt will tell you that this attempt to steal the leadership of the country based on a budget that is yet to be presented is absurd and just stupid, not to mention political suicide for those proposing such a proposition to begin with.
The NDP don’t really have that much to lose, if anything, but the Liberals risk the entire party’s being in Ottawa, and should this bid to topple Harper and form the next government fail, look for the Liberal Party of Canada to set in motion a name change for the party. They will not want to go into the next federal election run a campaign under the Liberal Party of Canada banner if this latest bid to wrest power from the Conservatives fails, which by the way I fully expect it will.
On the off chance a coalition manages to topple the feds, does anybody really think that Liberals and the NDP would survive long, and that a federal election would be that far off. Think about it for a minute, how long does anybody think before dissention sets in between two parties who for years haven’t got along, and then of course there is the BQ on the sidelines, who are more likely to side with the Conservatives then they are with anybody else. They too have a long history of coming to loggerhead with the Liberals, and they would be reluctant to form any kind of partnership with the Liberals.
The Bloc Quebecois must be lovin’ this moment, celebrating their good fortune now that they find themselves in such a plum position. I bet PM Stephen Harper is hammering out a deal right now that will win favour with the BQ, thereby extinguishing any hopes Dion might have of being Prime Minister. He knows what side of the bread the butter is on. The Bloc may be supporting a coalition now, but the PM can still wheel and deal, and he will come up with a better deal for the Bloc than what the coalition is offering them.
People seem to forget that in Quebec that the Liberals aren’t appreciated as they once were, and that in the same province the Tories have gained some ground over the Liberals. The Bloc Quebecois will take notice of that, and at the end of the day any threat by Dion to topple the government will remain just that, a threat.
The BQ while they are on the side of coalition now are not going to side with the Liberals and the NDP much longer, if only because they can and will get more from the Conservatives.
Like Harper, the BQ also know what side of the bread the butter is on, and I have no doubt in my mind that the BQ and the Conservatives are about to become close allies.
Just so you know; here are the numbers as they stand in Parliament now. They were taken from the Mapleleafweb.
Here’s what it would look like if the Conservatives win over the Bloc, which I expect they will very shortly.
Bloc: 50 seats + Conservatives: 143 seats = 193 seats
Liberal: 76 seats (actually 77 isn’t it?) + NDP: 37 seats = 114 seats
Having seen the above numbers does anybody truly believe that Harper isn’t hammering out a proposal for the BQ’s support now? Come on, let’s be realistic about this, the Conservatives are going to kiss the BQ’s ass, and the BQ is going to jump on the Conservative bandwagon. You will see.
Trust me, the Conservatives will bend over backwards for the BQ, who obviously have a lot to gain from this latest threat from Dion. Not only that, but the Conservatives are in a better position now to offer the BQ immediate gratification, whereas the Liberals are not.
The Liberals truly do live in lalaland.
I also happen to think that it is too f**king funny that there are people who actually believe that the Liberals can pull this off. What a bunch of f**king crackheads they are for thinking such a foolish and unrealistic thing.
The Liberal Party of Canada is obviously still being run by Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien, the two men who are primarily responsible for the problems the Liberals are having these days anyway, and neither of them will be satisfied until the Liberal Party of Canada is run into the ground. I don’t know what is wrong with those two idiots, but they are not working in the best interests of the Liberal Party let alone Canadians, and when all is said and done, they will walk away from what I expect to be a deeply wounded and scarred party after this coup d’etat fails. Can you say “road-kill?”
This is the final nail in the Liberal coffin as far as I’m concerned, while many others will say, “Stick a fork in them, THEY ARE DONE!”
Last but certainly not least in his absurd plot is the question of abstention. How many of the 76 Liberal MPs will actually abstain from voting on a non-confidence motion? Does anybody think it will be nine, the amount of abstentions required to put this ridiculous plan where it belongs, in the garbage can? Maybe it will be more. I have a feeling that of those 76 MPs there is quite a few of them who are not of Dion’s and Layton’s plan.
This coalition government thing isn’t going to happen.
What I have published here today is all I have to say on the matter until December 8. Comments are closed on this blog entry too.
An aside: like many Canadians outside of Quebec, I don’t think too highly of the Bloc Quebecois and therefore I don’t pay much attention to what is said about the BQ in the media. What I can say though is that if the Liberals and the NDP have offered them something in return for their support, the Conservative government will go them one better, if only because they are in a better position to do so.
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