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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Dion then, Dion now
That was then:
"We cannot have a coalition with a party that has a platform that would be damaging to the economy," Dion said. (Burnaby Now, September 24, 2008)
This is now:
"It's all about the economy," Dion said Monday as he sat flanked by his former NDP and Bloc Quebecois rivals to announce a governing entente that would take power if the Conservatives are defeated in a confidence vote next Monday. (CTV.ca, Dec. 2, 2008, 7:33 AM ET)
Posted by Terry O'Neill on December 2, 2008 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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Is that really a change? In the first quote he could have meant the Conservatives as much as any other party. In the second, that position did not change at all, keeping the economy central. (It's not as if they ever really cared about the economy anyway, but it's an election year.)
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 2008-12-02 1:18:16 PM
ZP: Yes, it's a change. In the old quote, Dion was saying that he could not form a coalition with the NDP because its economy platform would damage the economy. In the new quote, he is saying that he must form a coalition with the NDP in order to save the economy--a coalition in which the NDP and the Libs would apparently be agreeing on economic policies. This must mean that: 1. Dion was not being straight during the campaign; or 2. Dion has secretly changed his economic policies since the election, so that they now agree with the NDP's; or 3. Layton has secretly changed his economic policies, so that they now agree with the Liberals'.
Posted by: Terry O'Neill | 2008-12-02 2:07:42 PM
This coalition of socialists, liberals and the Bloc is the culmination of how politics in our country has become deranged. Example: We have the BLOC a party that wants to separate from Canada, yet it is allowed to sit in the Parliament of Canada. The Bloc is allowed to vote on Canadian legislation yet it does not want to be Canadian. Example: so-called "same-sex marriage would never have passed without the votes of the BLOC. Yet, if and when they ever leave, they will have left their mark on Canada, yet they do not want to be part of the country. But, hey they'll take Canadian Tax dollars. Perhaps this crisis will finally make people see that the BLOC and Canada have to part company.
Posted by: Stephen J. Gray | 2008-12-02 5:33:05 PM
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