tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post7914647459068378060..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Coalition SteveAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-91368222070186368452011-04-01T10:53:03.842-07:002011-04-01T10:53:03.842-07:00I think Gilles usually comes off as the most intel...I think Gilles usually comes off as the most intelligent and honest in the gangbang debates. Although I live in a sea of sanity here in the Kootenays represented by no PsuedoTories nor BC liaRs, I often think I would vote Bloc here if they had a candidate. <br /><br />In my fantasy I see a scenario where Quebec leaves Canada and the Kootenays leaves BC and becomes a territory for the new nation of Quebec, kinda like the Bahamas and England or Puerto Rico and the US. Then Quebeckers could come to our place when they want to see mountains and we could go to Montreal (instead of Vancouver or Calgary, eeeek) when we want a shot of civilization.kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-87926979546388677912011-03-31T22:10:58.125-07:002011-03-31T22:10:58.125-07:00Koot! Sorry - you were stuck in spam moderation fo...Koot! Sorry - you were stuck in spam moderation for some unknown bricklefritzing bloggery reason. Thanks for your good wishes.<br /><br />Kev : Dunno. Don't know any more about the internal machinations of LPC factions than you do I imagine. <br />I think it likely that the Libs just tactically backed off the coalition when they realized it was going to be an impossible sell to a unprepared public who basically considered it to be 'cheating'. After Steve's little 2004 deal with Layton and Duceppe became public, people were confused by that but the Libs were just not able to reframe it in time, even as Rae was criss-crossing the country trying to sell the coalition idea. <br />So yes, I think Dion was scapegoated for it and yes, the media lurves them a good old auto-da-fe, but as to whether this was some sort of deliberate and premeditated LPC backroom power shift - I dunno.<br /><br />Google shows this paper has been written about before now but wonky stuff like this doesn't generally have enough appeal to attract widespread attention anyway you know. Too complicated, too off-message, no evening news.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34468289111600252002011-03-31T17:42:59.977-07:002011-03-31T17:42:59.977-07:00Alison, that's what is bothering me. This was ...Alison, that's what is bothering me. This was hidden in plain sight, yet nobody bothered to look. Could it be that the LPC elite were more interested in destroying the man who wasn't supposed to be leader, Dion, and the media loving a good witch hunt and burning at the stake, piled on.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-1616363528594571862011-03-31T17:05:04.982-07:002011-03-31T17:05:04.982-07:00Kev : Right under our noses - Library of Parliamen...Kev : Right under our noses - <a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=0218bf67-ef3a-4a8d-8ab4-0229e4fcaa54&Section=Publications" rel="nofollow">Library of Parliament: Stephen Harper: Publications</a><br /><br />Bob : And apparently just what Steve wanted back when <i>he</i> was the one in a fragmented opposition. <br /><br />Ron : I thought it was a very good article and surprisingly prescient in many ways. Many of us anglos are big fans of the Bloc - tough and smart and indispensable in parliamentary committees for their strong social justice leanings.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-2904853622951751212011-03-31T14:26:33.160-07:002011-03-31T14:26:33.160-07:00What has been nagging at me the last couple of day...What has been nagging at me the last couple of days is where the hell was this stuff 15 months agoKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-76295113267964019452011-03-31T08:18:55.281-07:002011-03-31T08:18:55.281-07:00Many thanks to you, Kev and Terry Milewski for thi...Many thanks to you, Kev and Terry Milewski for this exposé, Alison.<br /><br />Imagine a Canada with a coalition government <b><i>and</i></b> Proportional Representation - What a concept . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-21528204611824436022011-03-31T08:12:33.289-07:002011-03-31T08:12:33.289-07:00Interesting and provocative article.
At one time ...Interesting and provocative article.<br /><br />At one time in this country we used to alternate PM's from english to french and back again.<br /><br />This worked well due to large pockets of french settlement in southern and northern Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes.<br /><br />Everybody knew they would get their turn.<br /><br />As far as I know or can recall the Tory's have never had a french leader.<br /><br />If the BQ changed it's name slightly and expanded it's physical horizons, they would have that outside of Quebec voter support.<br /><br />Harper is not, never was and never will be comparable to any of his predecessors. He does not have the right stuff.ron wiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-72309315250216809372011-03-31T08:07:25.160-07:002011-03-31T08:07:25.160-07:00It's great to see you back and blogging. I'...It's great to see you back and blogging. I've got some catching up to do - this 1997 stuff is excellent.kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.com