The Governance
I dislike Andrew Scheer. His response to the thrown speech was childish. I personally think that while no Province was singled out by name, that is was crystal clear what was meant. And only an A-hole with a bone to pick would bother to make such demands.
And the claims about causing division and not learning a lesson are staggering to try and comprehend on the eve where the Liberals accepted the, frankly appalling, plan Alberta has as a replacement for the Federal backstop.
Don't get me wrong. Accepting the proposal in some form or another was a definite requirement for the Liberals at this point. But, the plan provided will not be as effective as the Federal backstop (aka the "Carbon Tax"), which is, in itself not big enough to be effective either. So, they are accepting a sub-par response to an already sub-par solution.
I would say this is actually a huge concession. Nothing short of a betrayal to those who elected the Liberals on the basis of their stance on climate change. Again, not that the decision is wrong as such, or that any one really fails to understand the reasoning.
But, throne speeches are more a formality than anything. And the acts taken already such as continuing towards pipeline completion, accepting Alberta's proposal and making headway with Saskatchewan put clout behind the rather bland words.
Scheer has once again demanded that Trudeau act fully in accordance with his own Platform which saw the Conservative lose support basically everywhere except the West. It is lunacy. Yes. Trudeau needs to compromise and he has. But, Scheer was clearly delivered a message that Canada wants him to compromise MORE.
I think that is a fair interpretation of the election results. Not one of absolute rights and wrong so much as one of demanding compromises. But the only party budging is the one in power. It is insult to pretend that the opposition parties which are supposed to be holding the government accountable are also the ones reacting least appropriately to the election results.
If the speech wasn't inspiring (and when are they?), it is hard to argue that the PM hasn't factored his minority government into his actions already. The governance by compromise is in full swing. And that is really all a minority government can do without risking an absurdly early election.
Scheer's approach is already at odds with his Provincial counterparts, who aside from Ford are all particularly well liked in their home Provinces. The Conservative party would be best served by ejecting him ASAP.
And the claims about causing division and not learning a lesson are staggering to try and comprehend on the eve where the Liberals accepted the, frankly appalling, plan Alberta has as a replacement for the Federal backstop.
Don't get me wrong. Accepting the proposal in some form or another was a definite requirement for the Liberals at this point. But, the plan provided will not be as effective as the Federal backstop (aka the "Carbon Tax"), which is, in itself not big enough to be effective either. So, they are accepting a sub-par response to an already sub-par solution.
I would say this is actually a huge concession. Nothing short of a betrayal to those who elected the Liberals on the basis of their stance on climate change. Again, not that the decision is wrong as such, or that any one really fails to understand the reasoning.
But, throne speeches are more a formality than anything. And the acts taken already such as continuing towards pipeline completion, accepting Alberta's proposal and making headway with Saskatchewan put clout behind the rather bland words.
Scheer has once again demanded that Trudeau act fully in accordance with his own Platform which saw the Conservative lose support basically everywhere except the West. It is lunacy. Yes. Trudeau needs to compromise and he has. But, Scheer was clearly delivered a message that Canada wants him to compromise MORE.
I think that is a fair interpretation of the election results. Not one of absolute rights and wrong so much as one of demanding compromises. But the only party budging is the one in power. It is insult to pretend that the opposition parties which are supposed to be holding the government accountable are also the ones reacting least appropriately to the election results.
If the speech wasn't inspiring (and when are they?), it is hard to argue that the PM hasn't factored his minority government into his actions already. The governance by compromise is in full swing. And that is really all a minority government can do without risking an absurdly early election.
Scheer's approach is already at odds with his Provincial counterparts, who aside from Ford are all particularly well liked in their home Provinces. The Conservative party would be best served by ejecting him ASAP.
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