Introducing the party of not conservatives.
A prime example of why minority governments in Canada just plain don’t work. Jack Layton, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, has already made it clear it’ll be very unlikely his party will back anything proposed by Stephen Harper and his conservative party. Which effectively leaves matters in the hands of the waffler and Quebec’s only legitimate complaining party, the Blocke Quebecois. Not that it’s all that much of a surprise–the US has the party of not democrats, so we should get a party of not conservatives, right? Harper needs at least one of the 3 opposition parties to back him in order to avoid an election. Right now, Michael Ignatieff seems to be waffling in his general direction, but a month from now that might change. As for Layton, well, at least he’s being consistent. That has to count for something.
