Thoughts on the Throne Speech - nuke it.

The Conservatives are not doing a good job of managing Afghanistan. Not only are they not fighting corruption required to development of good governance in Afghanistan, they are sending the wrong message with their handling of the prisoner abuse case. The Conservatives are not only not working to meet the Kyoto green house gas reductions. They are encouraging the rest of the world to ignore the necessary green house gas reductions. They simply don’t understand the economic benefits provided by improved energy efficiency. And this is not even covering abuses, over spending during the last election, not allowing free questions by the press, hiding excessive travel spending by MPs. The Conservatives are responsible, it you ignore the facts they are trying to hide.

Actions speak loader than words. The actions of Harper’s Conservatives are the Poison pill.

Whoa whoa whoa - hold on a second.  Are you saying that in the current minority situation, the primary concern for Liberal MPs should be what is good for the Liberal Party? Because it is possible that there are some things that another party would suggest that would still be good for Canadians.

Your entire framing of the issue exposes the fact you put partisanship above all else, by which I mean if the exact same position on a particular issue was taken by a Liberal instead of a Tory, you would defend it or at least be silent on it. But merely because it comes out of Harper’s mouth, you oppose it. 
Please, keep pushing for an election.  I’m all for testing all these assumptions about Dion’s ability to perform when it counts.

Well, as tepid as the speech was, with the usual rose-coloured generalities and thistled branches to irritate the opposition, I am of the mind that letting it pass — no vote on a throne speech in Canadian history has led to an election — and prepare to let the CONs show more of their cards in the house. That’s where they’ve proven to be truly inept, and their machievallian missteps have weakened their credibility, at least during the last sitting.An election would present a great opportunity to tear down the image created by the CONs, but would the media allow that to happen? They are already stuck in the cycle of ‘What’s wrong with Dion?’ and not bothering to ask the same question of the Suprememe Leader.But I’m backing my guy no matter which way he goes. Seems like the CONs have done a good job at turning us inwards and upside down, doncha think?

The speech was drivel with a lot of defunct philosophy thrown in for bad measure… In committee the opposition rules, so send it all to committte and make the CPoC eat the changes. Legally, the opposition controls the committees and what the bills look like before parl. Waiting to defeat the government puts control in the opposition’s hands.

Wow sez: If his real concern was the planet and not his and the liberal’s greasy hides, he should have toppled the government.

Thanks fer confirmin’ that Harper’s plans are anti-Earth. Yer sayin’ them who’s really concerned about the planet need to work against Harper. Yer slammin’ Dion because he didn’t vote against Harper’s anti-Earth policies.

I think Dion made a mistake an’ he shoulda voted down the throne speech. He looks weaker than before an’ he already looked weak. It was a Catch-22 situation, though, an’ Dion couldn’t make a choice that wouldn’t open him up to criticism. I’m glad to see that Wow’s criticism at least concedes Harper’s anti-environmental stance.

JB