Michael Ignatieff: Sacrificial Lamb

Maybe so but Harper is just a single step ahead of the Liberals. Harper is too cold an operator to have an upside. And there's no replacement for him. So both sides are screwed.

I'm not a huge fan of Stevie boy but he has been remarkably successful. Five years as PM in a minority government is no small achievement, even if the Libs crap-ness has contributed to his longevity.

Just think, he could have been beaten at any time but he’s still here and still calling the shots.

Five years for the Libs to wander in the wilderness says to me that their talent pool has dried up.

Yup, you are both right - make sense.

More promises.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ ... arena.html

The poor political baby Ignatieff is now promising ice arenas across the country. He has expanded his core priorities from home care, a national day care program and more funding for post secondary education to pensions and now infrastructure. This is while the deficit is out of control and the debt still a large burden. He’s a political neophyte, a professor from out of the country, and is now in the presence of the national treasury and he is bedazzled by it. It has mesmerized him, actually transforming him from one of the world’s top 100 Liberal intellectuals to a fool.

When he inherited the leadership there was a huge deficit and his job was to criticize Harper’s spending and think of popular, savvy small initiatives such as importing some more medical doctors and strategies such as taming immigration. That would be smarter government. Harper played into the situation with some heavy spending of his own. People are bothered by the deficit, Ignatieff’s natural role was that of war time Kilroy.

The Liberal caucus is now going to bite the bullet, hold their breath, and go into an election that has no chance of a Liberal/NDP coalition. The Canadian voters will take care of Ignatieff.

He remains a sacrificial lamb. He'll be offered up on the alter of paying the mortgage and taking care of the children on a working mans income.

Hmmm....

There has been a fair bit of talk about an arena program again. We haven't had one since the Centennial I believe and many small community rinks are old and in need of major repair or replacing. After spending the last 20 years in smaller communities, "the Town Rink" plays a major role in the life of small town Canadians. It may not be as important in the larger communities, but it's often the center of community life outside of the big cities. I hope who ever forms the next government seriously looks at an initiative to build new arenas nation wide again. If they're going to to any "make work" construction to help the national economy, why not build arenas.

I read an article on it. Most the local arenas in Canada are some 40 years old. It's another cost that will have to be faced up to. However, Ignatieff's list is growing.

Working from memory the infrastructure bill is over $100 billion. However the deficit comes first.

Sorry Bruce, but you talk like this is something new, A politician making promises our bank account can't keep. I don't think I've seen a politician running for office who's campaign promises wouldn't just about bankrupt the country. Don't sweat it Bruce, he's a politician, it's not like he's going to keep most if any campaign promises anyway. When you vote this election, just close your eyes, swing your arm in the air and make an X next to the name your pencil lands next to, they all be useless, crooked, morons again this time around anyway.

Your right of course, politicians make promises. Ignatieff was supposed to be one of the top 100 Liberal intellectuals in the world and charm the electorate with it. In fact he's terrible. By now the Canadian electorate knows deficits don't bother politicians and they search around for a Martin or a Clinton, who were responsible.