Liberal Leadership up in air if early election

I woulden't be surprised if Dryden became leader though.....

This is a moot point because there will be no early elections. Harper will be there until late 2008. Something quite profound would have to happen before the Liberals take down the government. The BQ won't want another election before the Quebec provincial election in early 2008. And the NDP won't want to be the ones to trigger yet another election.

All which needs to happen is for the conservatives to becomes too cocky (already has happend) and for them to act like they have a mandate (65% of the nation voted against them) and for them to think they can pass whatever they want. Social Liberals, the NDP and the Social Democratic Bloq will stop that from happening. Look I supported the Idea of a conservative minority because I thought Haper would govern as a minority but it really doesn't look like he will.

Plus we can't say what will happen in the next year. Perhaps harper will do something so stupid the polls would force the opisition to trigger an early election, or perhaps the polls would indicate a conservative magority and harper would cause an election by trying to pass something so neo-con he would know it'd fail.

I think we will be back to the polls sometime mid 2007

The fiberals seem to be itching to gain back their power. I guess 13 years of uninterrupted power will do that to you.

I will bet my house that Belinda will never win an election! I woulden't be surprised if Dryden became leader though.....

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The fiberals seem to be itching to gain back their power. I guess 13 years of uninterrupted power will do that to you.

I will bet my house that Belinda will never win an election! I woulden't be surprised if Dryden became leader though.....

umm...it doesnt seem so...if there is an election...it will be because CANADIANS want it. Look at it logically for a second before you criticize. If an early election is forced, the Liberals will be scrambling to find a leader, and the leadership convention didnt even happen yet! that would be a crisis. Another thing is is that the Liberal party is millions of dollars in debt, so they cannot even AFFORD another election soon. So, think about it, it wont work in their favour if another election is called, so they are not itching for power yet. Spare us the unneccesary Liberal Bashing c-rap will ya??

In my opinion, we are going to see the writs for the Fortieth General Election issued before the end of this year; I cannot foresee the Conservative Ministry co-operating with the Opposition parties — and if they continue to act as a majority government, despite being the weakest Government in the history of Canada, in terms of seats in the House of Commons, the Ministry could be defeated at any time.

In my opinion, we are going to see the writs for the Fortieth General Election issued before the end of this year; I cannot foresee the Conservative Ministry co-operating with the Opposition parties — and if they continue to act as a majority government, despite being the weakest Government in the history of Canada, in terms of seats in the House of Commons, the Ministry could be defeated at any time.

MMMike, and what of the vow by the Conservative Ministry to force through their child care agenda, and to disestablish the gun registry, notwithstanding the opinion of the House of Commons?

MMMike, more people voted for the Opposition parties, in aggregate, than for the Conservative Party of Canada; therefore, if the Opposition would see appropriate to prevent the Government from passing one or more legislative measures, even if they are parts of its campaign platform, then that is their right.

Considering the Opposition parties unanimously oppose the Conservative plan to end the agreements with the Provinces, I would argue that they would be quite right in pushing for the Tories to amend their strategy on that front.

And yet, what brought about the defeat of the Liberal Government of Canada? Accountability issues; and yet, has the Conservative Government of Canada shown itself to be any better? I would think not.

Hank C, with all due respect, the action of the Honourable Belinda Stronach was made in order to represent the views of a majority of her constituents; that is, to prevent the defeat of the former Government of Canada. I may have the numbers incorrect, but wasn't the vote for the Conservative Party of Canada in the electoral district of Vancouver — Kingsway in an amount of less than twenty percent?