Recent polls have come in quite strongly against an election right now. And, I agree that as things currently stand Canada is likely to come out of this with another minority government. However, I also don’t see much evidence that an election on the Prime Minister’s timeline would have produced a majority government either.
In the end I’m sort of glad the opposition decided to call out the government today. Ever since the Gomery Report and especially in the last weeks Ottawa has been in election mode. And, once that cat is out it doesn’t go back in the bag easily. So I don’t think the choice was between a holiday election campaign or one in the spring. The choice was between a shorter official election campaign now or electioneering from now until March or April.
This entry was written by the proprietor, posted on 28 November 2005 at 10:15 pm.
Election Season
Recent polls have come in quite strongly against an election right now. And, I agree that as things currently stand Canada is likely to come out of this with another minority government. However, I also don’t see much evidence that an election on the Prime Minister’s timeline would have produced a majority government either.
In the end I’m sort of glad the opposition decided to call out the government today. Ever since the Gomery Report and especially in the last weeks Ottawa has been in election mode. And, once that cat is out it doesn’t go back in the bag easily. So I don’t think the choice was between a holiday election campaign or one in the spring. The choice was between a shorter official election campaign now or electioneering from now until March or April.
This entry was written by the proprietor, posted on 28 November 2005 at 10:15 pm.
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