[the instability of canada] yet another election in fall

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It's more than a question of definitions:

The first priority for all three of the opposition parties is to define Ignatieff. While he appeared to start strong as a leader, he has been seen to stumble recently. More importantly, he has not clearly established the answer to two critical questions: Why do the Tories need to be defeated now? Why does Michael Ignatieff want to be Prime Minister?

The Conservatives expose Ignatieff's naked greed:

Watch for Harper to suddenly offer Ignatieff a deal on EI. He'll publicly propose a set of reforms that, while not quite what the Liberals sought, are indisputably seen as a compromise. Of course, he would make this gesture knowing that Ignatieff has crossed the political point of no return and will be forced to reject any offer.

And what Ignatieff's about:

The leader's ambition and the ever-present Liberal Party sense of entitlement seem to be the proximate cause of Ignatieff's election fever, rather than any rational plan to break the deadlock that has delivered five years of political turmoil and precious little constructive policy.

So we have a man who has naked ambition to be PM, he is pushing hard for a fall election, quite against the wishes of Canadians and to justify himself and get people onside, he promises this sort of thing:

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff pledged Wednesday to erase the projected $50-billion federal deficit if elected into government -- and to do so without raising taxes.

Canadians might like to look at the way the socialists over here sold off our gold at firesale prices and plunged us into debt to finance both the blunders and the policy breakdown. They might like to look at trillion dollar Obama and his plan to cripple the States.

It will be interesting to see how Harper plays Ignatieff. IMHO, Canadians should avoid Ignatieff like the plague.