“Assigning Ujjal Dosanjh, a former health minister and former provincial premier, I think demonstrates our determination to have a very real focus on health issues,” Mr. Goodale said. Here we go again! Every so often the Liberal Party likes to boast about Ujjal Dosanjh's 15 month tenure as Premier of British Columbia, before leading the BC NDP from majority government to a disastrous 2 seats. I would insert a joke about a socialist version of Kim Campbell, but I feel conflicted. I think that Kim was a far more competent politician than Ujjal, but like Ujjal I don't hold her tenure in any high esteem (it should be noted that the same voters who sent Kim Campbell to Ottawa have elected Hedy Fry 6 times in almost 20 years).
Lest we forget, in the last federal election Ujjy barely won his own seat by 22 votes after a recount. For a former health minister and provincial premier, you would think that he would perform better in local elections, where the people know him the best. This man is not held in very high esteem by the people he represents or by the general population of the Province he once led for 15 months. He was never elected Premier. He worked with the RCMP to overthrow his boss and was brutally punished by voters when he ran in an election for a mandate as Premier. His greatest accomplishment as a politician is that he managed to be Premier longer than Kim Campbell or Joe Clark lasted as Prime Minister.
Ralph, I'm not sure you want to be crossing the country bragging about this guy. Maybe he sells east of the rockies, where the voting public did not experience life under Ujjal's rule.
The Liberals have very little to offer West of Toronto. They have been reduced to an urban party with the bulk in Montreal-Toronto. The most pathetic fact is thirty MPs have decided to not show up for work and vote against the agenda they criticize.
ReplyDeleteMany Liberals will not be recover from the next general election.
As someone who had a family member in the forces while this filthy 'for sale' partisan prick questioned his conduct in a war that he went to because his leader decided that it was politically expediant,I wish this opportunist political parasite nothing but dog shit contempt.
ReplyDeleteAt least we will not have to listen to the shrill and rude Carolyn Bennett browbeat Leona Aglukkaq.
ReplyDelete"In Vancouver South, Dosanjh has just a 33 vote lead over Conservative Wai Young. Dosanjh had 16,101 votes to Young's 16,068, with 259 ballots rejected." I hope he will be gone whenever the next election is held. He has burned lots of bridges in BC.
"Ignatieff then jogged on the spot for a moment. According to an aide, he often does this to regain his energy."
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While running on the spot, I wonder if Iggy sings "should I stay or should I go now?". LOL
Louise M.
If you want to get rid of Ujjal, help elect Wai Young (www.vansouth.ca) if you're in the area. The Liberals are going to put a lot of resources into saving this riding, so we'll just have to fight even harder!
ReplyDeleteP.S. After the recount the margin was actually 20 votes, not 22 or 33.
When Dosanjh was disasterously the NDP Premier in BC some Howe Streeters had bumper stickers made up.
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