tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post3658158014097093395..comments2023-10-10T05:02:26.827-07:00Comments on WesternGrit: Is The Strategy Sound?WesternGrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-54324403104521991152009-02-01T01:14:00.000-08:002009-02-01T01:14:00.000-08:00They'll play. They always do. They're more inter...They'll play. They always do. They're more interested in looking like the party that kept the government "honest". They'll play.WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-87835211583385290492009-01-31T20:25:00.000-08:002009-01-31T20:25:00.000-08:00We can only defeat the government with the help of...We can only defeat the government with the help of the BQ. They won't be helping us any time soon. IGGY can want an election whenever he wants, but the other opposition parties don't have to play with him.James Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064830948270604331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-32427514769167400682009-01-31T20:18:00.000-08:002009-01-31T20:18:00.000-08:00Whose the "we" you speak of? The Liberals do not ...Whose the "we" you speak of? The Liberals do not have enough votes to defeat the government. Perhaps it will be an NDP motion of non-confidence that the Liberals support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-72698669973834273662009-01-31T14:55:00.000-08:002009-01-31T14:55:00.000-08:00Mike, perhaps I hadn't read that clearly (still op...Mike, perhaps I hadn't read that clearly (still operating on my "pre-election" thought processes). Still, the "updates" on the budget are the key reporting periods anyways, and we have that on OUR time schedule. I wouldn't want to be beholden to fixed election dates anyways...<BR/><BR/>We will defeat the government on a date when it has a poor grade on it's quarterly report card. A little Parliamentary discipline...<BR/><BR/>Cheers.WesternGrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-67197109687770563072009-01-31T13:49:00.000-08:002009-01-31T13:49:00.000-08:00Um there is no mandated election in October. That ...Um there is no mandated election in October. That legislation calls for elections every 4 years after the last election, that's all it calls for you can read it for yourself. When the writ dropped that legislation automatically got updated to make the next election mandated for October 2012 unless the government loses the confidence of the House.<BR/>The legislation is tootheless anyway (as we saw when Harper called the last election), but I don't know where you got the idea there is a mandated election in October, this government will very likely govern till the next budget in 2010 since they may not even recall the House in the fall (and what could we do to force them?) and we won't be bringing them down before summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com