Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Except...they are.
They don't vote the way they did today, there is no election. That much is clear.
I understand that the budget may not have given everything to everyone that they wanted, I have yet to EVER see a budget that pleases everyone in parliament as a matter of fact, but they still had a choice. This one baffles me to no end though and now the 4th election in 7 years is thrust upon Canadians...by the opposition.
Truth is this will be a fascinating watch to me. If the Cons stay on point and keep pounding the same message repeatedly, don't fall over themselves with some idiot making some stupid remark...they should cruise to an easy win. That is so much easier said than done with them though.
|
I see what you are saying, and in all honesty, the failure of this government falls on everyone involved. The governing party failed to find concensus and the opposition parties failed to find ground to negotiate on. Whether that was Harper purposely excluding them or if it was them holding their noses in the air at him, I really don't know.
The beef I have with Harper is that he seems to avoid admitting that this is a minority government and that he needs include other parties in the process if he wants to get stuff passed. That is the way minority governments are supposed to work. Instead, he tables stuff that he knows the other parties won't go for and uses bullying tactics to try and force their hands. For example, Harper knows the other parties do not have the resources that his does, so he ran attack ads for the past couple of months to boost the Conservative popularity up until it was time to vote on the budget. He seemed to think that the other parties would be forced to approve his budget in fear of an election. That is anti-democratic in my opinion.