Holy Cannoli!
May. 17th, 2005 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Belinda Stronach has crossed the floor, and is now a Liberal cabinet minister. This means the known votes on the budget are Liberal+NDP = 151, Conservative+Bloc = 152. With three independent MPs, at least one whom will be voting with the government, things are getting mighty interesting.
As someone on the Egale mailing list said today, it's as if we're all watching a Hollywood movie about a minority government, where the producers are trying to spice it up with all sorts of ridiculously unlikely plot twists.
Tangent 1: Scott Brison and Belinda Stronach will both be running for the *Liberal* leadership pretty soon. They might also be back to the private sector a lot sooner than they expected.
Tangent 2: Maybe Lucienne Robillard will finally climb out of her cave and actually start responding to Parti Quebecois propaganda.
Belinda Stronach has crossed the floor, and is now a Liberal cabinet minister. This means the known votes on the budget are Liberal+NDP = 151, Conservative+Bloc = 152. With three independent MPs, at least one whom will be voting with the government, things are getting mighty interesting.
As someone on the Egale mailing list said today, it's as if we're all watching a Hollywood movie about a minority government, where the producers are trying to spice it up with all sorts of ridiculously unlikely plot twists.
Tangent 1: Scott Brison and Belinda Stronach will both be running for the *Liberal* leadership pretty soon. They might also be back to the private sector a lot sooner than they expected.
Tangent 2: Maybe Lucienne Robillard will finally climb out of her cave and actually start responding to Parti Quebecois propaganda.
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Date: 2005-05-17 03:53 pm (UTC)So, chances are, it's the sign of a good relationship.