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Maybe all Harper has to do is just not enforce the gun registation act.
For all those who think that a minority government is good, there's more of these holdups coming from all opposition parties, and it will just make Harpers job of meeting his promises more difficult.
Once again....tell the truth!!and read the newpapers,,,in the Globe & Mail Feb 20/06:
From Monday's Globe and Mail
Ottawa — The Bloc Québécois says it intends to keep the Conservative minority government in office for a “good while,” encouraged by the Tories' openness toward Quebec.
With the Liberals already digging in their heels more than a month before the new Parliament begins and the NDP at least one vote shy of holding the balance of power, the Bloc will often be the deciding factor between Conservative success and an early federal election.
Many federal Liberals warned during the last election that a Conservative minority beholden to the Bloc would lead to the dismantling of federal powers and a rise in Quebec sovereignty.
But Bloc House Leader Michel Gauthier dismisses those warnings.
In an interview, he said his party has no intention of imposing such demands and will simply be happy with an end to Liberal centralization and the Conservative pledge to respect the constitutional division of powers.
“We don't want useless battles. We want to help the government function for a while. I have no shame in saying I will be urging my colleagues . . . to conduct ourselves in a way that the government stays in place for a good while to do what needs to be done,” he said in French.
“[The Conservatives] have already shown more openness than the Liberals. The Liberals were centralist in everything they did, trying to infringe on the responsibilities of Quebec. It couldn't be worse that that. I think the Conservatives will be more respectful of Quebec's responsibilities.”
Mr. Gauthier said the Bloc will not spearhead specific policies, but will push to ensure government policies are good for Quebec.
“You can't be too dogmatic. You can't head into the session saying you want to transfer all responsibilities to Quebec. It's not that at all,” he said.
The 2006 election results surprised the Bloc, which had expected to use better results to build momentum toward a Parti Québécois victory provincially and an ensuing referendum on sovereignty. Instead, the Tories won 10 seats in the province and finished second in dozens of ridings, marking a major shift in the province's federal voting patterns.
The Conservatives won 124 seats on Jan. 23 and with the defection of David Emerson from the Liberals, now have 125 seats. The Liberals have 102 seats, the Bloc 51, the NDP 29 and there is one Independent member, who is from Quebec. Combined, the Conservatives and the Bloc have enough MPs to control the House.
The olive branch from the Bloc is being offered as senior Liberals, including Opposition Leader Bill Graham, are vowing to fight hard against the Conservatives' main election platforms and attacking the NDP.
New Government House Leader Rob Nicholson said he is optimistic that all parties will be able to work together issue by issue regardless of the “opening gambits” from the opposition.
“We're hoping for support from all corners of the House,” he said. “I don't believe that [the Liberals] are going to be unconciliatory. I really believe that over the course of this Parliament they will want it to work.”
The NDP says it intends to be constructive and is fuming at the stern language coming from the Liberals.
SO ...RICHTERS...BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT. YOU REALLY ARE SD LOSERS
Take French lessons and read the article quoted and when walking try to keep your knuckles off the ground.
Before the Emerson/Fortier fiasco this editor was looking forward for the best with the new ethical Conservatives. This editor is very disappointed and concerned that the reform element of the Conservatives has been overridden by the Mulroney democratic deficit continuation. Needless to say your not going to agree. Please read the political Quote on our sidebar that I posted today to the right. Guess which one refers to you! Here I'll repost it just for you because your knuckles may be bleeding! - Editor
Quote of the week - "Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
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