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Originally Posted by peter12
Canadians are totally comfortable with this minority government.
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I dont know if I would say that. Right now alot of Canadians dont have anything to worry about that directly affects their quality of life. Thats a great time to be apatheitc about politics.
A look on some of the more Canadian political orientated boards find that alot of Libs hate Harper where as Conservatives dont hate Dion - they just think he's a joke.
For the Conservatives to get a majority they need to:
1) Table a motion to pull out of Afghanistan before the Liberals do. They wouldnt even lose that much Conservative support because they could use the fact that the Euros do none of the heaving lifting over there so if Germany and France arent doing their part, why should a country like Canada. To be hones I think that is the only thing they have to do which might get them enough soft seats in QC to squeek out a Majority.
2) Find a way to counteract Williams in NFL. He is like a Mexican built grenade - can go off without any notice and has no allegiance to anything or anyone outside of NFL. And while you would be hard pressed to beat him within NFL - with respect the seats NFL provides arent worth the hassle. They need to clear the position about the Atlantic accords. I would suggest McKay, Harper, or Flahrity (Harper would be the best but he might get pelted in the head by foreign objects thrown by the CBC crowd) go on a program like Strombo's on the CBC and explain the governments position clearly and then challenege Willams to come one and give the legal position why it should be the way he says it should.
3) Kyoto - likely put up some more smoke screens to lessen the blow of the issue since its a lose lose-less situation for the Cons. No matter what they do they wont gain votes for it.
The election will be interesting whenever it happens which might not be for a long time - liekly the Libs are still putting Dion through the leadership training programs they have for debating and the such. Just from an outward look, Dion looks like he would do horribly in the debates.
MYK