Friday, September 24, 2010

Let's nip this in the bud

I'm not sure how Chantal Hebert developed her assumption that the NDP has any interest in propping up the Cons this fall, let alone enough to be willing to accept poison pills to do so. But the theory seems to fit all too well with her argument from lack of information about the NDP in general - including her bizarre assertion that the NDP's much-heralded free vote on the invocation of the War Measures Act somehow serves as evidence that it shouldn't have free votes now.

In any event, there doesn't seem to be any particular evidence that the opposition parties have changed their roles from this spring, with the Libs wanting to appear responsible by avoiding an election and the NDP and Bloc voting against the Cons on confidence matters. And considering how the Libs got burned last time they tried to alter that equilibrium, it'll be a major surprise if we see any changes this fall.

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