Harper has survived his first confidence vote of the session due to support from the 'socialist' and 'separatists' he recently spent millions in ads attacking.Oh, the irony. That's a lot of wasted ad money. I do enjoy those tables turning.
The NDP, desperate to avoid an election as they are in bad financial shape, are propping up Harper supporting a bill they know to be badly flawed, in the stated hope that after months of creeping negotiations, they won't get screwed over by Harper, who would rather see the money not spent at all. Given how hard Harper worked this past summer to not allow the EI Working Group to accomplish anything, should act as a a warning to the NDP.
While the NDP continue to bluster that the lipstick on this pig is worth propping Harper up, the Liberals continue to seek to expedite the bill, in order to remove the NDP's stated reason for supporting the government.
Any gains the NDP may get, won't last under a Harper majority. Indeed, Harper, who is up in the polls, may pull the plug on Parliament before the NDP get anything they are looking for.
Well, the longer this takes, the more money the NDP can get in to cover its fundraising deficit.
I hear the NDP own a building in Ottawa, and recently lost their tenant? That they are still heavily leveraged from the last election?
And while these games carry on, poverty in this nation grows worse. This EI bill will do nothing for people hardest hit this recession. And they don't have months to wait.
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