Just when you thought it was politics in Canada was boring...
Without regurgitating their sins of the past, suffice to say the Liberals need a couple of terms in the penalty box to rethink their policies (or lack thereof) right? WRONG!!
Nope, welcome to the New Look Liberals!! Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss!!
-Mac
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061220.wliberals20/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp
Chrétien back in the loop
OTTAWA AND TORONTO — Former prime minister Jean Chrétien, who has been out of active politics for three years, is back in the game, giving advice to the transition team of new Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion.
Mr. Chrétien speaks regularly to Marcel Massé, one of his former cabinet ministers, who is co-chairing Mr. Dion's team. Sources said Mr. Massé may be given a different title — principal secretary — but will effectively serve as the chief aide to running the Opposition Leader's office.
Mr. Chrétien, who loves to remain in the loop, has been giving advice on governance and other issues, somewhat in the same way former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney talks to Stephen Harper.
“Chrétien can give huge advice,” one senior Liberal said. “Nobody knows better how to defeat a government, when to call an election, how to manage the caucus [in the early days] and how to manage the regions. His instincts are second to none.”
posted by Mac at 12:01 PM
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Better a pro-Canadian Liberal with Dual-Citizenship than an American wannabe Albertan - any day of the week ...
Did the Beta-Blogger thing cause any problems for your post? Maybe it's only me that gets bounced around by Beta...
As to your comment, I'm not convinced.
The more I learn about Stephane Dion, the more I see the Liberal Party is determined NOT to change. The same people who brought you AdScam, the gun registry, the HRDC billion dollar boondoggle and a host of other frauds are still sitting behind Dion, pulling the strings.
Although I'm not a huge fan of Harper, I don't base this him on anti-American or anti-Albertan rhetoric. I base it on his tolerance of religious zealots within his party.
That being said, the Liberals and Dippers tolerate and encourage their "progressives" who are less tolerant and much more destructive than the zealots.
But hey... if you want to support a failed environment minister for leader of the official opposition, got for it!
I don't vote Liberal ...
Nor do I...
I vote for the candidate, regardless of party, as there is no mainstream party which aligns with my ideology.
In the past two elections, the choice very easy: Russ Hiebert (C).
In both recent elections, the Conservative candidate was (is) economically conservative and somewhat socially conservative (worrisome) but the Liberal candidates were firmly socialist. The NDP candidates were, well, you know. The Green candidates were interesting but unable to articulate their economic policies in sufficient detail to satisfy me. The other candidates were fringe parties.
To run in the riding in 2004, Hiebert unseated the incumbent MP, Val Meredith, who'd held the riding through three elections for Reform. If Meredith hadn't been dumped, my choice would have been much harder and, in all likelihood, I might have gone Green.
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