CanPol: Gomery and a Looming Federal Election

[notyoueither]

So, we'll see. Personally, I don't think Harper and Duceppe can pull the government down. A couple of Tories are too ill to attend the House. Add to that Parish says she'll back the Libs and Kilgour has run off to Africa 'until further notice', and I don't think there are enough opposition votes to kill the government in May.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

My hope is that it's fickle separatism that will peter out pretty quickly.

I think it is. A bunch of soft nationalists, pissed at the Libs because of Adscam, who have been given a way to let out some steam.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
We need to keep piling the immigrants in. They hate separatists.

Why bother. Give up the charade and just pull a 1755 on us...

[KrazyHorse]

"us"?

I'm half Québecois, you know...

[KrazyHorse]

Move on about the Plains of Abraham already. It's not like Canada mistreats Quebec nowadays, despite the whinings of a few Albertans...

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
"us"?

I'm half Québecois, you know...

And I was born in Montreal.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by joncha


Cadman has also said he will support the government for the time being.

That's new. Last I heard he was in line to bury Martin's govt., ASAP.

If that is so, count the summer election project as deader than the Socreds.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Move on about the Plains of Abraham already. It's not like Canada mistreats Quebec nowadays, despite the whinings of a few Albertans...

As the Albertan you are speaking of...

Canada mistreats any and all who are opposed to the Liberals if they are returned to power under these circumstances.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither


As the Albertan you are speaking of...

Canada mistreats any and all who are opposed to the Liberals if they are returned to power under these circumstances.

Actually, I meant asher...

[joncha]

Originally posted by notyoueither
So, we'll see. Personally, I don't think Harper and Duceppe can pull the government down. A couple of Tories are too ill to attend the House. Add to that Parish says she'll back the Libs and Kilgour has run off to Africa 'until further notice', and I don't think there are enough opposition votes to kill the government in May.

Cadman has also said he will support the government for the time being.

[notyoueither]

Why, when has Asher *****ed about Quebec getting the shaft?

[KrazyHorse]

I meant that if Asher had his way Quebec would get the shaft. Sorry if I didn't make that clear...

[notyoueither]

Oh, well I read the opposite.

It'll still be pretty ****ed up if the Liberals form the next government.

[notyoueither]

Tories and NDP having a workable majority woule be funnier than hell.

[joncha]

From the CBC

Cadman the man in the middle
Last updated Apr 28 2005 02:31 PM PDT
CBC News

VANCOUVER – In a major switch, Independent Surrey-North MP Chuck Cadman says he's now considering voting to support Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government in a non-confidence vote next month.

Cadman is one of three Independent MPs in the House of Commons, and his vote could keep the Liberal government in power.

The Liberals have 131 MPs and the Speaker, who votes to break ties. With the support of the 19 New Democrats, the Liberals would have 150 votes in the 308-seat House of Commons.

With the support of the three Independents, the Liberal government would have 153 votes.

The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have a total of 153 votes, but two Conservative MPs who are battling cancer may not be able to show up for the vote.

On Monday, Cadman had said he was planning to vote against the Liberals and force an election – saying that was what his constituents wanted him to do.

But he says since then he's received about 80 e-mails and phone calls from constituents who don't want a snap election, calling on Cadman to vote with the government.

"That certainly has to be the way that I'm considering leaning. I will have to consider my own views at some point, but that becomes secondary to the constituents," he says.

"And if I feel there's a good representation and a good consensus of constituents that want me to vote a certain way then I'm obligated to do that."

There have been reports that Prime Minister Martin is planning to talk with Cadman to try to convince him to support the Liberal government. But the Surrey MP says he hasn't heard from the PM.

He also says his constituents' opinions will hold more weight than anything that Martin might have to say.

"I don't like the idea of making deals. It's not my style. And it's not a matter of what it's going to take to convince me. Again I have to go back to what I'm hearing from people here in Surrey-North. That's basically what matters."

Cadman says he will continue to monitor e-mails and calls from his constituents up until the non-confidence vote is taken on May 18.