Comments on: Ignatieff's fine line

By: Undecided Voter

Undecided Voter — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:55:11 +0000

Possibly D.C. but hopefully the PM doesnt step in many more of his own traps.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:32:18 +0000

UV, I think the trap has been sprung. On the Libs of course.

By: Undecided Voter

Undecided Voter — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:44:51 +0000

Whats next for the desperate libs, discussing religion and bilingualism? Are they trying to set a trap for Harper or themselvcs?

By: D.C.

D.C. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:05:19 +0000

Trust a Liberal to create a crisis where none exist. Hopefully the Canadian voter see through the latest gambit.

By: Cy

Cy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:11:32 +0000

second what nom said. Obviously the Libs are running out of ideas. This is not likely to work – Harper left the abortion bill for dead more than a year ago, probably anticipating this desperation move.

By: nomdeblog

nomdeblog — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:01:51 +0000

How American of you Iggy. When in doubt of how to handle the critical issues of the day, just throw the word “abortion” on the table and leave the room.

This is clearly a cynical Liberal strategy. Discussions in Toronto over proroguing inevitably lead to PMSH being a bully and implementing the infamous ”hidden agenda” if he ever gets a majority. I’m sure the phenomenon is the same in Quebec where women and abortion are a hot button because a couple of generations ago Catholic women had a dozen kids and that has left a deep impression on Quebec women in terms of family planning.

Many of these target voters that Iggy is propagandizing to are just hard core Liberals ( or Separatist swing voters) and would never vote Conservative anyway. But by lobbing the word “abortion” into the discussion, it instantly becomes emotional and thus hard for a Conservative campaigner to maneuver the discussion back to the facts and to Accomplishments.

The Liberals have not had a meaningful platform for decades. Emotional topics are all they have to fight with. Therefore it is all the more critical that we control the election agenda when it comes and that we set out 5 goals and campaign hard on them.

By: MaryT

MaryT — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:29:21 +0000

I did not see leaders of opposition parties anywhere when I googled Members of the G8/20
If he will not be attending, or involved in setting the agenda, who cares if he does or does not support the agenda for said meetings.
And didn’t PMSH say he hoped the health of women and children WOULD be included in the agenda. To me that means it has not been approved for the agenda at this time.
And isn’t it a fact that most of the decisions made for these meetings are being worked on months before said meetings.
And it is also a fact that most of the countries of the world do have abortion laws, with various restrictions in place. Good luck with getting Iran to change its laws that a father must give his permission, or the parent’s permission must be given in the case of unmarried women in other countries.
What agencies is Mr Iggy talking about, whose sole purpose of existence is providing abortions in 3rd world countries. Perhaps he should name them so we know who they are. Bet he wont because most of them (if they exist) hide behind some fancy name.
No wonder the pink ladies of the liberal party refuse to get involved in countries that throw acid in girls faces, let them burn to death because to allow them to excape from a burning bldg someone might see their face, let them be stoned to death for premarital sex, or adultery, and say nothing when a school is blown up.
I would love to have some reporter ask Iggy, Layton, Libby, Lizzie and lots of others, are you happy your mother made a choice to allow you to be born. And if they say, yes, then ask, why are you prepared to deny other women of the right to have their child. Then ask, did she make the choice to give you life so you could deny that right to other women.