Consider the following talking points from the Liberal Party website:
and consider this set also from the Liberal Party website:
The “Issue” from the first reads:
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, New Democrat Leader Jack Layton and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe have agreed to form a cooperative government to address the impactof the global economic crisis on Canadians. The NDP will support this agreement until June 30, 2011.
and from the second, the issue reads:
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, New Democrat Leader Jack Layton and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe today announced that an agreement has been reached among the
three opposition parties to support a cooperative government to address the impact of the global economic crisis on Canadians.
A subtle difference but it does concede that the Bloc Quebecois is part of this proposed coalition government.
The Liberals must be scrambling around this calming members of their own party. Yesterday, their website featured a picture of Dion, Layton and Duceppe at the signing ceremony to compliment their featured story on their homepage. The picture was quickly dropped for the image of the Canadian flag that is now displayed instead.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Yeah well, Tasha Kheiriddin of The Fraser Institute has already debunked this thought of a necessary economic stimulus.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Wow, I am sold on this coalition now. How about Honesty? A book entitled “HOT AIR” beside Celine Dion's head? At least we are seeing the true colours of this coalition of idiocy.
December 4th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I can't believe these people are planning to take over a freely elected government. I honestly feel that if they accomplish this that this country is becoming a dictatorship led by Quebec! This is bully boy tactics. I hate it.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
“…..and the government will put in place a permanent, consultation mechanism with the Bloc Quebecois”
Now there's one of lines that concern me the most.
What, exactly, is meant by permanent here?
Permanent until the end of the agreement, or permanent in the normal meaning of the term?
December 6th, 2008 at 9:06 am
There were two tables at the signing ceremony. The first table had a flag off to the side that was not see for the most part. See here for the handshake.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politic....
The Liberals and the media chose to post the second table with many flags.
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December 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
There were two tables at the signing ceremony. Behind the first there was only one flag that was not visible for the most part. See picture at this link: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politic....
The other table is the one the Liberals posted.
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December 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
There were two tables at the signing ceremony. The first table had one flag off to the side that was rarely visible.
See here for the handshake. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politic....
The Liberals chose to post the second table with many flags.
December 6th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
There were two tables at the signing ceremony. The first table had a flag off to the side that was not see for the most part. See here for the handshake.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politic....
The Liberals and the media chose to post the second table with many flags.
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