I find it interesting that one of the chief critics of Dion and the Liberals in the media is now counselling that he should not force an election in June in her latest column. Apparently, it’s better not to force an election because they won’t win on the immigration issue, and work on the environment instead through the summer.
I keep saying this: bringing down the government on one particular issue doesn’t mean that it will be the only issue talked about for a 6 week election campaign. The environment can certainly be talked about (and would be talked about) during an election campaign, as will other issues, so I don’t really buy the theory you can only bring down the Cons. on a specific issue.
Regardless, if the Liberals did follow Chantal’s advice, they’d face a loss of support from the immigrant community - one of their chief political supporters, and Chantal’s companions in the media would again be all over the Liberals for backing down on core principles. I also don’t buy the premise from her that somehow this will tip Quebec ridings to the Cons., because they’ll love this new proposed policy.
My advice to the Liberal hierarchy is the same as other people much smarter then me - which is to ignore her advice and pull the plug. I love elections in the early summer.
Scott,
the LPC w/o the “ethnic vote” is almost an empty shell. Maybe this is what it will take for ppl to stop taking this votes for granted. I hate the idea of a June election, because I’d rather be playing ultimate frisbee, but if that’s when it is, so be it.