Here’s a switch. Conservatives take a crack at doublespeak.
Taking a page from the Ignatieff playbook, Stephen Harper went on his own little rant about the liberals weakening a tough on crime bill in the senate by introducing amendments to it that would, so they say, effectively neutralize what they were aiming at with the bill. It was a bill the liberals in the house of commons supported, that the conservatives are now saying is being held up in the senate due to these amendments. Of course, when asked if Stephen Harper would fast track the legislation through the house of commons when it came back from the senate, anyone want to guess at his answer?
If you guessed no, you were right. So, all that complaining about the liberals slowing things down and mucking up their legislation is… what, exactly? Now, yes, if the bill does come back to the house of commons with those amendments intact they’ll probably end up being removed. But, and here’s the kicker, the conservatives say they’ll do exactly what they’re accusing the liberal senators of doing. Folks, am I missing something here? Or has Harper finally caught Michael Ignatieff’s apparent amnesia?
