Civility in politics
Despite Layton's dealing with the devil to try and get the NDP version of the budget passed, it's stories like this that show there is still some sign of fairness in politics. In a sign of political class which has been seriously missing from Canadian politics as of late (personally I think the last 11 years), Jack Layton (leader of the NDP party for those who don't know Canadian politics) has suggested that due to the timing of the budget vote, which coincides with at least one Conservative MP's cancer treatment, that they adopt a process of vote 'pairing'. This would essentially cancel out a vote on the yeah side for every nay that cannot attend, and vice versa.
While this happens on a less formal level almost every election (I have often heard people decide in advance to cancel out each others votes and go grab a pint instead) this is the first time I've seen this happen in on the parliamentary level, especially where the results could topple the current government.
The fact that it was Layton to propose this is not all that surprising. I have always thought of the NDP as the nations conscience and have even told friends to vote NDP (only if they were left leaning to begin with and I could not convince them to vote conservative) because even though I think they would make a terrible ruling party, you can honestly say that they believe in their positions. In that regard only, they are much more like the Conservative party then their Liberal brethren.
While I wouldn't trust a Liberal to tell me what their favorite TV show without an opinion poll, the NDP truly do have the well being of the nation's poor and unfortunate in mind. Personally I just think they are too idealistic to actually accomplish anything without first destroying the economy and therefore making all but the wealthiest people members of the poor and unfortunate.
While this happens on a less formal level almost every election (I have often heard people decide in advance to cancel out each others votes and go grab a pint instead) this is the first time I've seen this happen in on the parliamentary level, especially where the results could topple the current government.
The fact that it was Layton to propose this is not all that surprising. I have always thought of the NDP as the nations conscience and have even told friends to vote NDP (only if they were left leaning to begin with and I could not convince them to vote conservative) because even though I think they would make a terrible ruling party, you can honestly say that they believe in their positions. In that regard only, they are much more like the Conservative party then their Liberal brethren.
While I wouldn't trust a Liberal to tell me what their favorite TV show without an opinion poll, the NDP truly do have the well being of the nation's poor and unfortunate in mind. Personally I just think they are too idealistic to actually accomplish anything without first destroying the economy and therefore making all but the wealthiest people members of the poor and unfortunate.
posted by Bic at 2:52 p.m.
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