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Bruce Anderson, at the Globe and Mail, comments that the Liberals don’t seem to be anywhere on the economy. I would say that he has a point. It has been a while since I remember Mr. Ignatieff making a statement on the deficit, recession, debt, or any other economic issues. For the leader of the opposition it has all been scandal and outrage. This is bizarre considering that the economy is clearly the most important issue of the day, not the antics of a now dismissed Minister’s spouse.
In an effort to produce a positive message, the Liberals are now pushing for an emergency debate on MS. They want to fund a new possible treatment. I fail to see how MS constitutes an emergency (at least for the Parliament and Government of Canada), and I also fail to see what the opposition will gain by pushing this issue in this manner. It is certainly interesting and relevant that there are new possibilities for those suffering from MS, but how is this an issue that has to be pushed hard in the House of Commons? Is Mr. Ignatieff trying to politicize MS?
This is all particularly absurd because the decision to fund specific procedures is a Provincial competency not a Federal decision. So the Liberals are pushing for an emergency debate on an issue that is not an emergency, not within the Federal jurisdiction, and offers no clear political advantage.
I think I can guess the general attitude in the PMO towards Mr. Ignatieff:
With enemies like these, who needs friends?
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Don,t forget the famous QUOTE:
**HARPER WILL WEAR THIS RECESSION**...Another reason why the Liberals will never get back into power..They were actually cheering against our country CANADA..Hoping beyond hope that we would fail and have a long recession so they could get their grubby,corrupt hands back into the treasury .Any Liberals out there reading this..THE MONEY TREE and brown envelope era is over and this goes for the MSM also.
If Iggy was running this country right now, our recession would last years longer and the pain and damage be significant due to that fact. I'm gonna pray again tonight. (real conservative)
Of course, Iggy is going to try to politicize MS! He has so far politicized food, religion, viruses, abortion in Africa, military operations, pensions, EI, language spoken by judges - any item at all that will raise fear or emotion.
If he were running the country, he would throw money at anything that makes people happy and buys votes. He has no financial acumen and would lead this country into a deep hole.
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