Who to blame
If the Liberals do not go down in defeat tomorrow, and it appears that they likely will not, I'm putting the blame squarely on one person.
David Kilgour sounds like he's going to vote to topple the government, while "former-Reform" MP Chuck Cadman will likely vote FOR the NDP budget amendments. This is just my gut feeling. Cadman was never a policy wonk. He was never ideologically very "conservative". I don't think he sees anything of concern in spending billions of dollars in order to buy votes over a 10 month period. It sounds like he's actually being brainwashed by Paul Martin himself (who has called and visited him) into believing that keeping the Liberals in power would be good for national unity. I want to get mad at Cadman, for being so gullible and idiotic, but he seems like a generally good guy.
Instead, I'm putting the blame on Jasbir Cheema. "Jasbir Who?" you might ask? Jasbir Cheema was the guy who immorally defeated Cadman last year in the Conservative nomination race in Surrey North by signing up dozens of instant members. It will be indirectly HIS fault that the budget went through. If that disgusting nomination race did not take place as it did, Cadman would be a Conservative MP right now and because of his caucus loyalties, he would happily vote to topple the Liberals.
Now, that isn't the case, and he's likely to create a tie in tomorrow's vote, allowing the Speaker to keep this government in power.
Disgusting.
David Kilgour sounds like he's going to vote to topple the government, while "former-Reform" MP Chuck Cadman will likely vote FOR the NDP budget amendments. This is just my gut feeling. Cadman was never a policy wonk. He was never ideologically very "conservative". I don't think he sees anything of concern in spending billions of dollars in order to buy votes over a 10 month period. It sounds like he's actually being brainwashed by Paul Martin himself (who has called and visited him) into believing that keeping the Liberals in power would be good for national unity. I want to get mad at Cadman, for being so gullible and idiotic, but he seems like a generally good guy.
Instead, I'm putting the blame on Jasbir Cheema. "Jasbir Who?" you might ask? Jasbir Cheema was the guy who immorally defeated Cadman last year in the Conservative nomination race in Surrey North by signing up dozens of instant members. It will be indirectly HIS fault that the budget went through. If that disgusting nomination race did not take place as it did, Cadman would be a Conservative MP right now and because of his caucus loyalties, he would happily vote to topple the Liberals.
Now, that isn't the case, and he's likely to create a tie in tomorrow's vote, allowing the Speaker to keep this government in power.
Disgusting.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
12:25 PM
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