Quote:
Originally Posted by ikaris
*hits head against wall as well* lol. At that stage of the game, they could have negotiated with the Liberals (or even the Bloc!). There was no signed accord. Who's to say this didn't occur? My suggestion was the only time they did try to negotiate was when they realized their power was in jeopardy. It was too late anyways, confidence was lost because of the blatant partisanship displayed by Harper.
|
Couldn't negotiate with liberals: they were the offical opposition, playing the rold perfectly by opposing everything put out by the conservatives (in last parliment even those that they had wanted)
Bloc already had an agreement to go against conservatives with NDP
NDP already had an agreement to go against conservatives with Bloc.
Could they have shook one of those parties loose from the agreement? Maybe, but at what cost? Besides maybe I'm interpreting this wrong, but I thought this fiscal update was to give an idea of what the conservatives wanted in the budget, so the other parties knew, and could try to make changes before the final budget. Maybe that's just how it should be but politics got in the way.