Scott Brison: Sitting in opposition, a Love Story...

I realize that Scott Bryson is most comfortable sitting in opposition. That's when he's in "the zone" and can really vent his anger in an appropriate medium. How else can you pragmatically explain his vehement opposition to the merger of the right wing parties? Didn't MacKay ever pull him aside and say "but Scott, we have to do this if we ever want to form government!" That conversation surely took place. How does Scotty respond to that? "No Peter, I don't want to form government!"

I read the "op-ed" by Bison in today's National Post. I would link it directly, but I don't want Scott to get my "exit links". If you want to read it you will have to look it up on www.nationalpost.com. I have no problem with the Post publishing these rants, because I do consider the descenting opinion to be necessary in reporting "fair and balanced" news. But Scotty and his rant on the Conservative mishandling of "Buy American" was just wrong. He says that the Tories didn't do anything about it when Pelosi first snuck it into the "stimulus" bill. Infact Stockwell Day was fighting this right from the beginning. He was doing radio shows, and voicing our concerns through the proper diplomatic channels.

The inconvenient truth for Canadian left wingers is that it is the American left wing that wants to close the border to trade. The right wingers are the strongest advocates for free trade, American or Canadian. The bottom line is regardless of what agreement is signed, or which international trade regulator is cited, we can't force the Americans to do anything that they don't want to do, and they really want to do this. Remember when "Buy American" first hit? Do you remember Scott the voices clamoring from your left flank that not only approved of "Buy American" they were encouraging "Buy Canadian" as an appropriate response? Interesting to speculate how the government of Canada might have responded to this breaking issue had the Coalition Coup been successful?

You seem to be someone who believes in the NAFTA Scott. How would a partnership government between Liberals and Dippers treat the free trade that you chose to champion today in my newspaper? If you think Layton is going to line up behind you on this free trade bandwagon, you had better give your head a shake. Marxists oppose all trade. Remember Animal Farm? I seem to remember Scott being mighty cozy with the Marxists last December.

Here is what this Economist had to say about free trade and protectionism when as you say, it mattered. Yes, I know that Economics-speak can be boring at the best of times, but I do my best to spice it up with pop culture references.