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Originally Posted by Marc Ciampa
The big picture of this is now the Tories + NDP = 154 seats. Assuming the Speaker will be a Liberal, they can now pass legislation even if opposed by the Liberals and Bloc.
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Yep. That means if Tory proposed legislation is favourable to any one party it will make it through the house. It will be up to Harper to throw every party enough bones to keep them happy. Really without a sponshorship scandal and other scandals the liberals would still be in power doing the same thing. Provided every party can go into the next election saying "look we did this this and this" they'll be happy because no one wants another quick election.
As far as the "whore" comments. There is a bit of a difference. Stronauch had just recently run for leadership of the party she left. Now she is talking of running for leadership of the Liberals. So yes she is very much after power IMO. Of course given the blank stare she gave a reported when he asked her a question in french she isn't going to become the Liberal leader anytime soon. I don't know the history of Emerson well enough to make that call but indeed it is probably also very much a powerplay on his part. Both situations stink to me to be honest.