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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
IMO....the conservatives would not be pumping money into tv ad's if they didn't think there was an election soon. I don't think they want and election any time in the near future. The reason they are doing this is because one of the first things Dion said was, we will have an election as soon as possible.
That is my take on it.
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Fair enough.
A couple of points:
1. It would have to be more than just the liberals to defeat them and force an election;
2. you made the point for me - the conservatives are the ones putting $$ into the "election style ads", so they are doing as much electioneering as anyone else.
3. Of course Dion is going to state to be ready for an election at anytime, it is afterall a minority gov't, meaning theoretically an election could be called tomorrow;
4. Of course the Conservatives wouldn't want an election any time soon - the only time they would want one is when they felt guaranteed to win a majority. Other than that, why would they want one? They are in power, albeit a minority...they go for the majority when they best think that they can get it. Perhaps they think this is their chance - that they can defeat the new liberal leader (Dion) especially before he has his party all re-organized and set up the way he wants.