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octothorp · 06-14-2005, 01:47 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...ence050614.html

Pat O'Brien claims that he and another unnamed Liberal MP will vote against the government unless they delay the same sex marriage bill. The thing that strikes me as strange is the unnamed MP... doesn't have the courage to stand up and say where he stands now, but will apparently stand up and say where he stands when it comes to a vote? Or is this all a big bluff by O'Brien? And it's so last minute that it has apparently caught the Tories off-guard, as they won't have all of their MPs there. Cadman won't be there, either. If O'Brien and the anonymous MP do vote against the government, they would still need Kilgour to vote against the government, or one of the three absent Conservative MPs to show up, otherwise it'll be back to the speaker's tie-breaker.

06-14-2005, 01:47 PM	#1
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...ence050614.html Pat O'Brien claims that he and another unnamed Liberal MP will vote against the government unless they delay the same sex marriage bill. The thing that strikes me as strange is the unnamed MP... doesn't have the courage to stand up and say where he stands now, but will apparently stand up and say where he stands when it comes to a vote? Or is this all a big bluff by O'Brien? And it's so last minute that it has apparently caught the Tories off-guard, as they won't have all of their MPs there. Cadman won't be there, either. If O'Brien and the anonymous MP do vote against the government, they would still need Kilgour to vote against the government, or one of the three absent Conservative MPs to show up, otherwise it'll be back to the speaker's tie-breaker.