Holy Cannoli!

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050517.wpmpm05417/BNStory/Front/

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.

Comments

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The Liberals have loooong memories. Maybe not Team Martin, but the Liberals in general too. People that have fought for the Liberals for 30-odd years will not let Stronach end up as leader, not until she's proven that she really is sticking around. Hell, even Brison has ten years or so before he gets a shot, unless there's a blowout or something (a la Jean Charest, 1993).

But it's nice to see the parties becoming more like themselves again. :)

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Yeah, I tend to be a little too optimistic when it comes to politics. It would just be nice to see a prime minister in my lifetime who doesn't look like (s)he's plagued with the gout.

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Maybe send a Lush gift backet to PM the PM?