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Kjesse · 03-17-2014, 11:57 AM

I'm not sure how you can have a Premier "on probation", imposed by her own party, who can in turn still effectively govern, especially where the probation is instituted by the party but where the cabinet was left in the dark. Redford is wounded politically from that-- I don't think she can recover. This probation thing is the worst idea ever.

Part of the problem is that Redford has always been seen as a left-of-center politician but still somehow managed to head the PC's. Now the more conservative elements in her party aren't coming to her defence, a defence she sorely needs if she's to remain leader... but it just isn't there, not even in her own cabinet. Reason being, much of her cabinet is comprised of more traditional tories.

Even more odd is that those who would be expected to be considered the leaders of the party, the cabinet ministers, deny knowing what happened in the Saturday meeting amongst the PC brass. They are waiting to hear from Redford as to what happened.

So there's a big disconnect between the party that governs and the government proper. This is a recipe for a massive upheaval. There is no actual internal agreement between the party, the cabinet, and the premier... they're all on different pages.

I think Redford has been a poor Premier and as such I'm looking forward to seeing her resign, and then how the PC's reinvent themselves over the next few months. I predict someone from the outside will swoop in to become leader, but only because while I think there are a lot of competent cabinet ministers, I don't currently see any of them as Premier yet.

03-17-2014, 11:57 AM	#445
Kjesse Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	I'm not sure how you can have a Premier "on probation", imposed by her own party, who can in turn still effectively govern, especially where the probation is instituted by the party but where the cabinet was left in the dark. Redford is wounded politically from that-- I don't think she can recover. This probation thing is the worst idea ever. Part of the problem is that Redford has always been seen as a left-of-center politician but still somehow managed to head the PC's. Now the more conservative elements in her party aren't coming to her defence, a defence she sorely needs if she's to remain leader... but it just isn't there, not even in her own cabinet. Reason being, much of her cabinet is comprised of more traditional tories. Even more odd is that those who would be expected to be considered the leaders of the party, the cabinet ministers, deny knowing what happened in the Saturday meeting amongst the PC brass. They are waiting to hear from Redford as to what happened. So there's a big disconnect between the party that governs and the government proper. This is a recipe for a massive upheaval. There is no actual internal agreement between the party, the cabinet, and the premier... they're all on different pages. I think Redford has been a poor Premier and as such I'm looking forward to seeing her resign, and then how the PC's reinvent themselves over the next few months. I predict someone from the outside will swoop in to become leader, but only because while I think there are a lot of competent cabinet ministers, I don't currently see any of them as Premier yet.