As far as I know, we do have 13 separate health care systems. I know that there are differences among the lists of services covered in each province. But, my overarching questions is why Ignatieff continues to expound? Why is it that failed Libs continue to speak out? Rae? The biggest failure of them all - the guy ruined Ontario. Ignatieff? An American who ruined the Lib party (thank God for Ignatieff in that regard). Ignatieff should retreat back to his country (USA) or the ivory tower at his university and stick to doing what he does best...whatever the heck that is - and leave Canada to its own affairs. But, is that not typical of Americans to butt in other countries' business?
Daniel - I think you're skating but not very well. You are trying to deflect and that is pitiable. Name the people or don't say anything at all. It would be very easy to find out who those people are and don't think for a minute that they don't know who they are and have become liabilities for you. Not a good move, Daniel.
I read in The Globe that Bob Rae will not rule out running for the leadership of the party. He won't answer directly because he considers it to be an 'iffy' question. I'd like to know what's 'iffy' about "Bob, will you run for the leadership". Apparently, there is some talk about changing the rules to allow him to run. I've been saying from the start that he will run for the leadership. There is no way that Rae would accept being only an interim leader - the man is so delusional. He bombed as our premier and yet he thinks he can lead the country? God help us if that ever happened. If he does become leader, our PM can slice and dice him with no effort. I'll also postulate that the Libs will try to woo the NDP and form a coalition. The NDP, under Turmel's brand of leadership is sinking in Quebec. Soon, these two loser parties will need each other but if they use their collective brain stem, they will recall our reaction, as Canadians, to the last attempt to form a coalition.
Nope - an organization is made up of individuals and those individuals have names. Individuals are not nameless robots with no personalities or characteristics. The same position can be occupied by two successive individuals who put their own individual stamp on the organization. Sorry, Daniel, but it is important to name the individuals.
Mark my words - somehow, Rae will run for leader even though he 'agreed' that he wouldn't seek the leadership.
And, with less and less eligible voters actually voting, the amount is diminishing. If 100% of eligible voters bothered to vote, their coffers may be slightly less bare but...with such a low percentage of eligible voters actually voting, their coffers continue to suffer. I wonder if their debt-ridden members have paid off their loans. Probably not.
We knew, in advance, that no matter what the Budget contained, the Libs would oppose it and the two hangers-on (Jack and Gilles) would support him. We Canadians, I believe, were sick and tired of the games being played by an American interloper and the destructive intent of the import from Quebec that we voted in PM Harper with an overwhelming majority in order to bring some stability to our country. The American ran with his tail between his legs...and so did Quebec's Gilles. Both lost their own ridings and neither stuck around to accept defeat.
So, I believe that bloggers will once again regain some importance once we have four years of Harper Government MAJORITY stability.
I think, Steve, that it's a case of being jaded. The Dion election was hot on the heels of the Chretien era and the campaigning became dirty, mostly thanks to a certain blogger who told one lie after another about PM Harper, the Conservatives, and even about himself and his motivations for what he was doing. There were a couple of other Lib bloggers who were also getting very nasty and Canadians were being subjected to Lib lies like 'scary Harper' and the like. It was kind of like watching a rumble.
The election after the axis of evil aka coalition once again gave us yet another election before the Harper government could do anything. Then, the Libs appointed (undemocratically) an American to lead the party and become our PM. Every good thing the PM tried to do for the good of Canadians was met with American arrogance in the form of the American putting PM Harper on probation.
I wouldn't say all bloggers are irrelevant, Steve. If I recall, you had quite an impact in the election before last. I recall that you exposed a candidate for his dishonesty in the form of a 'interview' with a voter whom he 'did not know'. Wink wink. I think that was highly relevant and your blog showed the person to be what we all know: dishonest and desperate for a win. You've shown many Libs' true selves and for that we're pretty darned appreciative.
As for Liblogs - yes, they are irrelevant - as is the party. It's too bad that the party and its irrelevant members are still as arrogant as ever.
The left loves to bring this up. For one thing, it is incorrectly stated. It should be that x percent of eligible voters who actually voted did not...
The left also always conveniently 'forgets' to mention what percent of eligible voters who actually voted did not vote for their party. Funny, that.
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