Another crack in the liberal armour forms. Is anyone surprised?
First, we have yet another edition of flip flop 2009, in which Ignatieff first says he will not appoint another Quebec lieutenant, and then goes ahead and does just that. Then, while we mull over the significance of a flip-flop like that, particularly given how well it went over the last time he flip-flopped over something in Quebec, the liberals turn right around and join the conservatives in eating one of their own alive for her old age pension changes as they relate to immigrants. And just when we think we might be getting a change from routine as usual from liberal HQ, we get a generous helping of yet more of the same. Not really anything we might call a plan of action, not really anything that might call itself an alternative government, and plenty of criticism for things the government either isn’t doing, or is doing and the liberals just didn’t get the memo.
Ignatieff can’t seem to unite his party on policy, can’t seem to unite his party on much, and is still just barely managing to keep his head above water. Oh, and let’s not forget failing in the eyes of university educated Canadians, and Canadians abroad–both of which Michael Ignatieff is, and says should be much better for Canada. His support among even liberal loyalists now equals that displayed for former leader Stephane Dion, who spun off into the political deadpool back in January–a shame, really. If this website had been running then there would have been a veritable gold mine of recorded quotes to compare. It’ll take a lot more than a couple months of patch work to try and piece this party back together. But, if Ignatieff can actually manage to do it, and show Canadians an alternative government, we might just be on to something here. Until then, though, the only thing that might take the spotlight off Ignatieff is a conservative slip-up. And we might not have to wait very long for that.
