OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion refuses to be rushed into a crucial meeting with Stephen Harper that will determine whether the country is plunged into an election within the next two weeks.
But the Prime Minister may yet decide to pull the plug on his minority Conservative government as early as Sept. 2 without waiting for the tête-à-tête with Mr. Dion.
“[Mr. Dion] is essentially refusing to meet and, not only refusing to meet, refusing to speak by phone,” Kory Teneycke, Harper's communication director, said Monday.
“This is a sign that he's, for all intents and purposes, broken off communication with the prime minister.”
So, Dion is a coward. He blabs about an election, then when challenged, he goes into hiding. What a weenie. Do the Liberal supporters see it that way? Nope.
Alan Pater from Vancouver, Canada writes: Another alternative to electing another dysfunctional government is for the current opposition to get together and form a coalition government. Then elections can take place as scheduled in a year.
This is my favorite delusion, the lefties can run the government! HA! Go for it, way to tick off all voters.
jack sprat from Canada writes: Ummmmm, isn't the election date already set? Why the fuss?
Steve was adamant that this date was fixed in stone and gave all kinds of reasons, and niced quotes as to why he would never cause an election himself.
So with an election date set, why should Dion meet with him, and why only on Harper's schedule. Steve is ujnavailable all this week as he splurges on another trip to the one seat Arctic.
Dion is right, whats the rush? Schedule a mutually agreeable date in the next couple of weeks as schedules allow.
This silliness by Harpo has to go, he shows no leadership at all.
Then you get the ones that are clearly scared out of their minds that the Liberals might have to actually go to an election. Too funny!
Ed Long from Canada writes: Mssrs. Dion and Layton and Duceppe are under no requirement, constitutionally or ethically, to meet with the PM prior to the beginning of Parliament.
And their agreement to do so simply makes them pawns in PM Harper's immature, duplicitous and irresponsible attempt to deflect attention from his own inability to lead.
Here is another example of delusional thinking, those lefties are funny. They claim to take the high road, and then slither in the mud.
The Globe and Mail has become Canada's National Enquirer, sleazy reporting, rabid comments, and reporters married to Liberal communications directors. They have two or three articles a day about the Conservative government, none of them positive, ever. Can they afford to lose 36% of their readers?
Just to remind you of how dysfunctional this Parliament has become, let me re-run this example of how Liberals have been voting lately:
Liberals are dysfunctional, and loving it!
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But see, the Liberals are sooooo excited about their chances of NOT LOSING any seats in the upcoming byelections!!
It will give them momentum, they say. Add that to Obama winning in the US, and Dion will be PM, they say.
"Ed Long from Canada writes: Mssrs. Dion and Layton and Duceppe are under no requirement, constitutionally or ethically, to meet with the PM prior to the beginning of parliament."
No they are not; but if Mr. Long would take the trouble to read the legislation he would find that the PM is under no obligation, constitutionally, to keep parliament in session until October, 2009. The legislation sets a fixed date for the next election but it does not abrogate the right of the PM or the GG to dissolve parliament and call an election. That would require a change in the constitution.
The ethics of calling such an election remain open to debate.
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