Mr. Dion’s campaign co-chair Mark Marissen and campaign director Gordon Ashworth were also against forcing a snap election, sources said.
Dion of course will bear the most responsibility for however his decision turns out on deciding to hold off on forcing an election until at least the Autumn, so he can discuss his carbon tax proposal with Canadians, rather then forcing a summer election.
However, if these sources are correct, and these two top Liberal advisers were also against forcing an election, their advice would be weighed heavily by the Liberal leader. So, Liberals need to keep those 2 names in mind when this plays itself out over the summer and into the Fall. Dion as the leader will of course bear the full brunt of either taking the credit or taking the blame for however this ends up, but the chief advisers need to also be given their share of the darts/laurels of the strategy to wait.
If this strategy works out, I’ll be one of the first in line singing their strategical genius. If it doesn’t however, the onus of responsibility for that decision falls on their shoulders as it would on Dion’s, and they would need to be held accountable for that failure in strategy.
