Dion backs away from Throne Speech ultimatum

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October 14, 2007 - Liberal leader Stéphane Dion has backed away from his Throne Speech ultimatum in which he threatened to defeat the government unless it meets 4 Liberal arty demands.

Dion's ultimatum
http://canuckpolitics.com/2007/09/13/stephane-dions-ultimatum/

All three Opposition parties have set conditions for supporting the Throne Speech, and an election will be called if they follow through on their threats.

However, Stéphane Dion now says he will take a 'wait and see' approach. The change comes amid ongoing divisions in the Liberal Party, and after an October 13 Ipsos-Reid poll showing 40% of Canadians would vote Conservative, and 67% think Canada is moving in the right direction.

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[footchannel9]

stupid incoherent frog.

[lkcwu]

"I do take all print media with a grain of salt." That has got to be the biggest joke in the history Youtube.

You were the one who said the Saskatchewan report against the Green Shift was questionable because, in yoru own words, Brad Wall is a Conservative. Yet the Green Shift, a hastily put together plan with no direction or goals other than "let's hope the economy goes green." You bought into it, and the Dion platform completely.

I think you're either double-talking, or a complete idiot.

[photo986]

Dear Mr Dion my MP Hedy Fry wrote to the govt on my behalf until she got frustrated not getting an answer told me the Harper Govt is Secretative and controlling we don't need that we need open honest straight forward govt

[fatdog09]

Dion is such a joke!! haha

he has no chance!

[PrimarySource888]

The professor dig was just for fun. But he's not a 'source', he just repeated the Globe editorial. Anyway, everyone is biased, so when faced with limited column inches/airtime any media outlet must engage in gatekeeping, and their bias inevitably guides those decisions. Some may even deliberately filter or spin the truth to support their bias. Its almost impossible to untangle the web, so I prefer to go straight to the source. That's why I post these videos ... Anyway, good debate.

[nickgibson1]

Well I do take all print media with a grain of salt, and the Globe and Mail is no different. However, it is a credible source of information so there have certainly been whispers of these sort of ideas...whether they were taken out of context or not is for the reader to analyze...

As for my poli sci prof, he is one of the most respected political science professors in this country and is the Dean of Arts at this university...I think its safe to say he is a credible source

[PrimarySource888]

Sure, the Globe story shows us exactly how it works. First they print a story that is more innuendo than fact, while ignoring numerous clear statements by the PM to the contrary. Then the opposition use the innuendo as an attack, and the rest of us just assume its based on truth. Its not, and it rarely is, otherwise I might actually vote Liberal.

Anyway, Harper made his position unequivocal AGAIN today, not that there was ever any doubt. Never trust poli sci professors or the Globe and Mail!

[nickgibson1]

I refer you to the Globe and Mail article on the front page from about a week ago RE: A Harper Majority would reopen Constitution w.r.t. Quebec. Now granted I am going with this from my professor so forgive me for not knowing the contents of the article itself but my professor did not mention a word about the Liberals and Mr Dion(I also could not find the link in my quick search, prob could if i tried but I do have exams to worry about).

And again we differ on democratic reform but w/e...:)

[PrimarySource888]

Harper specifically does NOT want to open the constitution re: Quebec, he's said so many times and all of their reforms can be done through legislation or parliamentary convention.

Its just more Liberal fear mongering designed to prevent an elected Senate and other democratic reform. Trudeau and Chretien created the problem in the first place by stabbing Quebec in the back in 1982, and then used a divided Canada to their electoral advantage in the decades since.

[PrimarySource888]

Interesting, this is one main policy differences between 'C'onservatives and 'L'iberals in Canada - Liberals centralize powers while Conservatives devolve them to lower levels. I agree the feds should set national standards, but disagree that devolved powers undermines this as they can always legislate when needed. I personally think lower levels of government are best suited to deliver services and it saves money by not duplicating bureaucracies at the federal level.