870...At Least Michael Ignatieff Has Stones

Love him or hate him, fact is at least one knows where the next Prime Minister of Canada stands.

New story out of Ottawa bureau of the Canadian Press states that, following the Bloc Quebecois, Jack Layton and the NDP will support the Tories in Stephen Harper's bid to cling to power and the perks that it gives him.

"The NDP says it will support the Conservatives on a crucial budget motion Friday - and keep propping up the government long enough to pass EI legislation to help unemployed workers. The news appears to rule out a fall election - as long as EI legislation is still in play."

So now we have the right wing right way Tories in bed with the party that wants to break up the country and the dreaded socialists. At least you are consistently inconsistent Mr. Harper.

My Lord we do need Mikey I and we need him now but I am willing to wait til next summer when all the pensions of the soon to be losing candidates in the NDP and Bloc are vested.

Then Canada will truly soar.

WFDS

862...The BQ Blinks First

It was either Jack Layton or Gilles Duceppe that was going to save the Tories from another election. Gilles Duceppe, who has 16 MPs who need to hang in til middle of 2010 to get their pension, was the man who blinked first.

The BQ says it will support the Ways and Means motion because there is nothing bad in it. Just in case the NDP will also support the motion Friday because of the EI stuff they want pushed through.

This means that future Calgary realtor of the year [or should that be Realtor of the Year] Stephen Harper and the minority Conservative government will survive at least until the first week of October when the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals plan to introduce a non-confidence motion.

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298...He Is Certainly Acting Prime Ministerial

Mikey I. is set to make an announcement re will there or will there not be a summer election and, as the great Canadian he is, thinking first and foremost about his country, he is offering Prime Minister Stephen Harper an out.

In a story that just came across the wire from Canadian Press, Mr. Ignatieff is reported to have told his caucus that changes to the Employment Insurance system along with more information about stimulus spending and the ballooning deficit and action on the medical isotope shortage are needed before the end of Parliament this Friday.

Sources in the room [I love that, the cleaners? perhaps a water pourer? or the press hack attached to Mr. Ignatieff?] report that Mr. Ignatieff stressed that he doesn't want an election, but added he must hold the government accountable.

He could be Prime Minister this summer, Mikey I., but his country is more important than personal glory.

WFDS