Federal Court upholds Wheat Board Ruling - no unilateral changes allowed.

The libs strategy seems to be to wait until the hand of God comes by and makes things right for an election call. Perhaps the Libs should instead *make* things happen?

Scott , the Tories would be fools not to make it a matter of confidence.  This will send Bob Rae into a panic because "No one in Toronto cares about wheat. We might lose an election if we bring them down over wheat!" Then the Liberals will vote with the government to save Canadians from a "needless" election over wheat and Cherniak will yawn some more. 

Although, I know it is "publicly known the Liberals have opposed that change to the Wheat Board, and quite publicly," it was publicly known that the libs wanted the troops moved from the north of Afghanistan to the south for the PAST YEAR. In fact, they were almost shouting that out, at every mike and to every reporter, and also making it sound that the troops would leave Afghanistan altogether in 2009. Of course, that wasn’t true, but considering the public’s lack of support for continuing the American war of invasion, this misunderstanding was welcome.
Of course, that was the 4th extension, since 2003, when the libs said the ‘mission would end.’
So no, I do think the libs would ’seat on their hands’ and sell out the Western farmers, if the winds of polls weren’t blowing their way. Now that the libs have sold their souls on Kyoto (last budget abstan vote), Afghanistan, the wheat board might be feeling a ‘chill wind in their bones.’

Three words, man:

Subvert. From. Within.

Seriously, what are your options?  You can join the NDP and shout from the bleachers while simultaneously propping up the Conservatives in return for sexual favours.  Or you can join the Greens and shout from the bottom of the Hill while you try to pretend you’re not just an environmentally conscious Libertarian.

Or you can find a street corner somewhere and shout about whatever you like.

Or you can do what Trudeau did - take a stodgy old party in the pockets of the corporate elite and transform it into a briefly shining beacon of North American social democracy.

That’s why I paid up.  Wish me luck!  Just don’t tell Garth.

"Subvert. From. Within."

You used to be a Trotskyist, Jen?  I was raised by a dad who subscribed to this ideology.  Mind you he came from a resistance family who fought the Japanese during the Second World War.

"transform it into a briefly shining beacon of North American social democracy."
The key word is briefly.  Many Grit cadres don’t believe in this anymore.

"Just don’t tell Garth."

I don’t pay attention to him anyway.  A maverick who is the David Kilgour of the present Grit caucus.  There are many good Grits on McGuinty’s government that may be more sympathetic to us, losing the referendum on MMP notwithstanding.  This may be our saving consolation.

"Lucky.  My dad was a lawyer.  UCC, Osgoode, QC, Scottish Rite, UEL, Monarchist league… you know the type."
Anti-racism rallies and stories about Japanese war atrocities were the politics of my dad.  I am Chinese, by the way.  Then came the May 4 movement etc.  Dad voted for Turner and Chretien, always favoured Broadbent over Trudeau.  Returned to his leftist roots when Martin took over.  Splits his vote between the Greens and the NDP.  Wants to see both merge to form a United Left.  Voted for Harris in 1999, due to populist politics.  No regrets, hates liberals with a passion.  Now calls himself a socialist.

He is also a Catholic with liberation theologian concepts.  So he is also socially conservative on moral issues.  Thinks more like a Cuban and a Venezuelan politically than a Canadian.  I am more democratic and liberal, thus I am with the red crowd rather than with the Green crowd.