Get Ready For A Spring Election

March 05, 2007 15:02 +0000 | Politics 2

Attack ads on the Liberals in Quebec
Blatant, public media support from the military
Polls showing increased public support for the Conservatives (wtf are you all thinking??).
Big cash payouts to municipalities for transit projects that have been on the books for decades.

The Conservatives are going to call an election and they're going to do it as soon as the snow melts. Expect the budget to be stupidly unsupportable so they can call a vote of non-confidence. Expect them to blame the fall of the government on their primary opposition at the time.

I hope I'm wrong, but it just looks too obvious.

Comments

Andrea
5 Mar 2007, 11:01 p.m. |

The conservatives passed law that they can't call an election until a set date (American style - every 4 years). SO one of the opposition parties will have to call it - or steven breakes another promise...

If the Quebecers vote liberal - then look for the bloc to try to call the election

Daniel
5 Mar 2007, 11:49 p.m. |

Of course the opposition parties will have to bring down the government -- that would be part of the Conservative plan. They'll propose a budget full of tax breaks, claiming no deficit, plus all of these infrastructure windfalls to the municipalities and provinces and then wait for the opposition parties to be the force of reason and point out that you can't have both. The budget will be debated and defeated and the government will fall with it.

The Conservatives can then claim that they tried to work with the opposition and the opposition will point out that they were only being realistic. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc would take the heat either way (support a shitty budget or incur an election) and the Cons will come up smelling like devious roses.

Just don't vote for them kay? The environmental policies should be enough to keep any half-intelligent environmentalist at bay.