Today on the Soloman Show Liberal leader Mike Ignatieff was discussing the Senate snafu over Bill C-9 (which failed...dramatic drum roll please...because Liberals skipped work), and Iggy accused the Tories of "ramming" their budget legislation through the elected House; only to have Liberal Senators serving their sober second thought. Curious that Iggy would know what happened with the most important bill of the year in the Commons, and why do I say that? Of the ten C-9 votes in the HoC, how many do you think Iggy was present to vote on? A whole two. That's right, all those extra readings, amendments, debates, and votes, Iggy was someplace else 80% of the time. I suppose their Senate leader had to fill him in on what exactly was in the bill, because Iggy was absent for the debates on its ingredients! I doubt he has even read it.
If this legislation was so bad as to justify an election, maybe Mike it would have been worthwhile for you to SHOW UP TO WORK when the HoC was debating it??? Maybe your Senators would not have needed to inject their sober second thought had you been sober enough to show up for work! We just narrowly avoided a possible election because Ignatieff never took the time to read it and debate it the first time. Next time Mike, do your job.
Where have you gone Stephane Dion, the Liberals turn their lonely eyes to you...
The opposition did NOT show in committee to stop or break up the Bill, made any admendments when the numerous opportunities rose.
ReplyDeleteThe CPC are in a minority and can not get a single thing Bill passed without at least a group of MPs rolling over, not showing for work.
This session was filled with Liberals en masse skipping key votes.
Ignatieff promised he would not sit on his hands and repeat the Dion strategy of complaining and lying down.
He did the opposite and took the rhetoric to a new level and made the Liberals look more disorganized and inept (if possible) through losing their own state funded abortion vote for the women in Africa.
Iffy calls it 'politics of manipulation'.
ReplyDeleteWe call it a weak opposition, with a flipflopping leader that has poor judgement and zip for political experience.
Canadians are not stupid.
Should we have another prorogation the liberals will not be able to yell and scream, open these doors, we want to work. Or, Canadians expect us to be at our desks. Blah Blah. I wonder if the PM knew that they would not show up when the HofC got back to work and really set a trap for iggy, which he fell into head first.
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