These two articles from 2004 and 2005 sum it up. How our politicians made a complete 180. [1]
Tories, NDP imperil national unity by working with Bloc, Dion says [1]
The heading alone is hilarious.. you'd think we're in the twilight zone.
And this was before the Cons and Bloc teamed up:
Layton went further on to say:
“Stephen Harper, Peter Mackay and John Reynolds have all made it clear in recent days that given the chance, they would form a Canadian government with the support of the Bloc Quebecois," Mr. Layton said. “Think about what that would mean. A federal government committed to the Gordon Campbell agenda – reckless tax cuts and deep service cuts — dependent on support from an explicitly separatist party."
In other words, they've all criticized one another for working with the Bloc. What a bunch of children.
I still support the current coalition, but I have no dillusions that it would be much better than a Harper government.
Links:
[1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20040609%2FELECDION09%2FTPNational%2FCanada&ord=68581881&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
[2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040601.elminority0601/BNStory/specialDecision2004/
[3] http://rabble.ca/print/babble/canadian-politics/hypocrisy-our-politicians#comment-967101
[4] http://rabble.ca/user
[5] http://rabble.ca/user/register
coeus, nice to see you!
There are already lots of threads on the coalition. Please feel free to post this in one of them instead.