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Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
That was one of Ignatieff's ineffective knock-out punch attempts.
Perhaps I read too much into it, but I think Ignatieff was trying to establish a larger point. The Liberals have been trying to paint Harper as a secretive autocratic leader that just does what he wants.....stating that Harper isn't interested in discussion (just bickers back and does what he wants) falls in line with the narrative.
Perhaps they were words of convenience at that moment, but I suspect Ignatieff was trying to establish a larger point. Dunno, just sort of how I interpreted the moment(s).
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I think Harper was effective in letting their actions speak for themselves:
The Libs paint Harper as disrespecting democracy and poisoning parliament. Yet Harper has led the longest lasting and most successful minority government in Canadian history. It's really hard to square those two statements.
Ignatieff paints Harper as passing off serious democratic debate as simply 'bickering', Yet Canadians clearly do not want nor understand why we are having an election. As much as the Libs try and make the bogus contempt of parliament charges stick, most people agree it just looks like more political opportunism to have an election than anything else.
I believe that the voters punished the Tories last election for the clear political angle when nobody wanted an election, and this time the Opposition will be punished for the exact same reason.