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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Danny Williams has a right to be mad. A promise was made and then broken. But he has gone WAAAAYYYYY to far in what he is doing. It has become SOOOOO personal to him that he is acting like a mad man.
It's one thing to address the people of NFL about his concerns and disappointment with Harper. It's another thing to act the way he is acting. Promoting an ABC campaign. (anyone but conservatives).
Does he realize what will happen to all his oil money if the NDP or the liberals get in?
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Exactly... its not like there's a fiscally conservative liberal candidate waiting in the wings here for disinchanted conservatives to park their vote with right now... Williams is recklessly telling people to vote for a left-wing candidate who will have absolutely no qualms with destroying his golden goose because its a big polluter. The oilsands are in vogue to slam, but offshore is always slammed by environmentalists.
I know he's disappointed right now, but its very tough for Harper to do things with a minority government that are so different than the mindset of the other parties (ie: remove gun registry).
PS: DevilsAdvocate, you are aware that the fixed election date law is only applicable to majority governments. A Minority can't be held to the same standard because the opposition can topple it whenever they choose. If elections can only be held once every four years, that would mean opposition parties could not topple the government in a minority situation. An annoying loophole, but a useable one.