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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Far different, the Conservatives were in government at the time and it had to go through the house, it didn't give the Bloc power over the budget or policy, and it wasn't put in place as a back room agreement pursuant to toppling the government.
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I don't see the difference at all. Here's what Rerun said:
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Originally Posted by Rerun
They will, as they have done many times in the past, shower money wherever they figure it will buy them votes. Unfortunately, this money will come from Albertans and other taxpayers. ... and they will quietly say "to hell with the west... we hardly have any seats out there anyways. Lets see how many seats we can buy back in Ontario and Quebec".
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My point was that the Conservatives too shower money where they need the votes as demonstrated by their budgets. The Conservatives know they'll always get support in the West, so they too funnel money to Quebec because they understand that it's almost impossible to win a majority without support in Quebec.
I'm not saying I like it, but it's a bit of false outrage to criticize the Liberals for doing something that the Conservatives have proven more than willing to engage in.