In Guelph yesterday, Stephane Dion suggested that he is a F.I. skeptic (H/T National Newswatch):
"Don't ask me to pretend there is a fiscal imbalance and elect me and (hope) I will fix it. I don't want to create these kinds of expectations."
Well, if I were Dalton McGuinty (*shudder*), I would therefore support Harper who has made a promise to address the situation, rather than Citoyen Dion who says "Meh" with a French accent.
And on the topic of a leader from Quebec again:
He said he's proud to be a Quebecer and ignored those who discouraged him from running for the Liberal leadership because he's a francophone.
"Many people told me don't run because after Mr. Chretien, Mr. Martin, Mr. Trudeau, enough Quebecers, now we want to go elsewhere. And I told them, 'I don't believe my country will react this way, I don't believe my party will react this way,"' Dion said.
"I (thought) they will say he have a complex country, a great country, but a complex country, and we need to choose the best talents and we should not dismiss somebody because of his or her province."
What about candidate nominations, Mr. Dion? Will you actually be looking for the 'best talent', or will you be dismissing men because of their gender?
Update: Well, obviously M. Dion does not deem it very important to have women in the chairmanship positions. (H/T Halls of Macadamia.) So I guess I was wrong. It's all about the best talent.
9 comments:
How ironic that you talk about "best candidates" but are trying to dismiss Mr. Dion because he is from Quebec
Read the post again. Where did I say that?
"How ironic that you talk about "best candidates" but are trying to dismiss Mr. Dion because he is from Quebec "
Ya,that's just not right.Of course,it's ok to dismiss someone as a candidate or criticize them because they are Christian right?That's the Liberal way.
To cherniak_wtf:
I'm looking forward to your answer to Joanne's question in her response to your post. I also don't see where she said what you accuse her of saying. If you think she implied it, please point out where and how.
CWTF - That's why I provide the link - You can read the whole article on your own. Do you want me to spoon feed that to you too?
It's my blog, and I can choose to highlight what I darn well feel like.
Why don't you rewrite the post on your own blog and give us all a lesson in libertarianism? You sound more like a wannabe dictator.
CWTF lost me on the 'religion' reference. I don't see religion mentioned in this post. But of course, CWTF knows all so I must be mistaken.
"Dion said if elected, he would make an effort to address the concerns of premiers like Ontario's Dalton McGuinty, who is complaining the Conservative government has not honoured the terms of a $6.8-billion deal he signed with former prime minister Paul Martin"
That agreement also had a clause where either side could withdraw from the agreement with 1 years notice,which Harper did.
McGuinty and Martin signed the agreement with that clause so if Mcguinty wants to claim it's not honored he should look in the mirror or call Paul Martin in Cina and complain.
But hey,i'll give Martin credit.At least he signed this agreement,something he forgot to do with the Kelowna Accord.
As for this little gem:
"The use of superfluous terms such as “Citoyen Dion who says "Meh" with a French accent.”, and the “leader from Quebec again”…."
Neo-con,bush-lite,redneck,anti-woman,anti-muslim,alerta bootlicker.
All superfluos terms thrown out every day by Dion and Liberals.
Lets see.Dion called Harper a neo-con during his acceptance speech and the next day on an interview on CTV.
Stronach has been running the Conservatives are anti-woman rant for some time now,such as when she announced her "pink book".
The anti-muslim comments were thrown around during the Lebanese conflict when Harper supported the Israeli position.
Bush-lite.Hmmm.Liberal's through this around quite a bit.In fact used it last election campaign.
Redneck.Do a search on most Liberal blogs.One of Liberals favorite words to use.
As for your claims:
The use of superfluous terms such as “Citoyen Dion who says "Meh" with a French accent.”, and the “leader from Quebec again”…."
Where has Harper or the Conservatives used these words?
And people wonder why nine tenths of canadians don't pay attention to politics. Settle down people.
It seems pretty hard to blame Martin for putting in a clause whereby either party could check out, and then state that BECAUSE Harper 'checked out' then its Martin's fault. Isn't this the 'personal responsibility' party:)
So here seems to be the difference, choose A or B:
A) Stephane Dion says not to elect him on the basis of 'fixing a fiscal imbalance' or
B) Stephen Harper (what's with all the stephs anyway, how generic is this country?) says there IS a fiscal imbalance, SAYS he will do something about it, then takes the first opportunity out. Stephane Dion or Stephane Harper, I like that.
Hmmm, what a choice! The guy who says theres a problem but won't address it, or the one who says not to vote for him on it.
To be fair, follow that link, the problem is: what exactly do you mean by fiscal imbalance? It seems kind of dumb to say you are going to fix a problem that you haven't even defined. Not dumb... political. When you've got three different provinces with three different ideas, then it seems you either pick one, or state that up front.
Go read Dion's comments, if anything this blog should be praising him to the skies, he sounds like a veritable gun toting conservative, this is an approximate quote "we'll deal with each province and it all depends on how much money is in the coffers". You don't get much more pragmatic than that. All Harper has to do is say the same thing, instead, he sounds like a liberal: Yes, absolutely, we'll do something about fiscal imbalance...not right now, got some cheating on my election expenses to do.
Welcome to upside down world. As a New Brunswicker in Ontario I have to say that both Harper and McGuinty are being complete hypocrites. Harper, once the 'get rid of corporate welfare' guy, and McGuinty, 'prop up our R&D and auto sectors and open up immigration so we can get cheap labour and the educated workforces from the other provinces but stop giving our damn profits away'.
No wonder almost 40% of canadians don't even bother voting.
No wonder almost 40% of canadians don't even bother voting.
Yes, I'm becoming quite disillusioned myself.
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