The Liberals have backed down again. Dion has opted to vote for the Tory budget.
Why not just get it over and join the Tory back-benches. I don’t know how people of the left can justify supporting the Libs - all they do is prop up our right-wing government.
Seriously Liberals, have you thought about the NDP - they’ve got a lot of gimmicks that you can get behind. Why not the Greens - what better way to impress people at parties?
Your “leader” has abandoned you. He’s giving your votes to the Conservative Party and the Harper agenda. Being a Tory, I think that’s great - but how do you square it with your ‘principles’?
Stephen Harper the Girly man of CONfederation said, “There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept!”
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/exec/promisebrochure.pdf
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/exec/01harper.pdf
ABC; Anything But Conservative! Even the BLOC!
Is Harper being a Tory or is he a watered-down Tory/Liberal hybrid who puts out some liberal points to keep his party afloat or if Dion grows a pair he can point out that the liberals voted against some of their own ideas? A view on this idea is here: (an NDP blog) http://idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com/2008/02/post-budget-puzzlement.html
I think you’re right that traditionally “liberal” Canadians either need to demand a difference between Dion and Harper or switch camp to NDP bliss. As per the Greens, their primary policy is the environment, but their economic policies would typically follow a conservative tradition (think social left, economic right on the compass), so it may not be for every disheartened liberal.