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Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Damn the Libs are crafty
Poor Jack. He thought he had a deal with the Liberals but instead he's been made a fool. On the NDP's website, they proudly proclaim the "first ever NDP budget" passed in 2005, referring to Bill-C48, which sure enough has passed and received Royal Assent. The NDP specifically boast "$900 Million for the environment, including energy efficiency." And if we look at C-48, we find it right there in 2. (1) (a):
for the environment, including for public transit and for an energy-efficient retrofit program for low-income housing, an amount not exceeding $900 million;
But when Jack came out saying he no longer supported the government, did he do so knowing about the details of C-66 and the Liberals near-contempt for parliament? Check it out. In C-66, the Liberals have introduced legislation detailing how that $900 million will be handed out. Part 2 deals with energy efficiency and Part 3 deals with Public Transit. (e.g. in Part 3, they actually name the Minister who will requisition the money, and count out how much will be spent each year!) Bill C-66 has only just gotten to first reading; no one has yet even spoken about it in the House.
Once parliament has expressed its opinion on one subject you can't go back and try the same thing again to get a different result. Everyone thought C-48 was a fait accompli. Now the crafty Liberals have stuffed enough new measures into C-66 that they will be able to dodge that charge (some good lawyers could maybe prove otherwise). However, if C-66 isn't passed, then that $900M Jack promised every Mayor in Canada and that his website claims to have delivered will not materialize.
Basically, with C-66, the gov't lawyers will be able to say that all C-48 did was put $900M into the bank ready to be spent. But C-66 is required to, y'know, actually spend it. Heh and something tells me the gov't won't be in any hurry to pass C-66. Surprise surprise, Jack's been double-crossed. Get used to Martin & the Gang everyone, they're not going anywhere.
Posted by CharLeBois on November 8, 2005 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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Comments
That is very funny.
Honour among thieves.
Haw,haw.
/Nelson from the Simpsons
Thanks, CharLeBois, best laugh I've had today.
Posted by: Speller | 2005-11-08 2:44:55 PM
Anyone who would trust Paul Martin and any Liberal for even a nanosecond, deserves to get taken. Jack is such a slow learner!
Posted by: Old Mother | 2005-11-08 3:05:51 PM
Very astute 401...CharLeBois..... you can pick em!
Sure wish there were a lot more of that going around.
Posted by: PGP | 2005-11-08 6:13:47 PM
This is rich!! Jako is going to be breathing heavy when he reads this - or maybe he knew about it all along. The left wingers in this country are not to be trusted at any time.
Posted by: jema54j | 2005-11-08 7:57:25 PM
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