Andrew Coyne, Colby Cosh and Norman Spector are having great fun debating the linkage, or lack thereof, of SSM and polygamy. David Frum (National Post, subscriber only) takes a different approach; the linkage is actually the rising dollar and SSM.
...Martin has to fear that the Canadian economy could tip tomorrow into recession — possibly severe and prolonged recession. He may calculate that an election in March, 2005, would serve him better than an election in March, 2006. But how to justify such an election? How to avoid looking cynical and opportunistic? This may be the chain of thinking that led the Prime Minister to start talking about an early election on the same-sex marriage issue — sorry, not same-sex marriage, but rather the “defence of the Charter of Rights.”
...Paul Martin made his recent statements on same-sex marriage, Charter rights and the next election while he was in China. Perhaps that is why his words need to be translated into plain English, like so: “I need to call an election before the economic roof falls in. Same-sex isn’t much of an issue, but it sure beats ‘Where did all the jobs go?’ Maybe I can’t save all those other jobs. But I sure intend to do everything I can think of, no matter how desperate, to save mine!”
Seems pretty far-fetched to me.
