According to the Hill Times today when will the writ be dropped is the $64,000 question.
..."The optimum scenario is that they [the Liberals] get into June and then you get the horror show of a summer election creeping up and given the way the numbers are breaking down you don't have to have too many people to be no-shows or sick or have deaths in the family, or, whatever the crisis case may be and it changes," said the Grit.
However, "the bottom line is things could be worse for the Libs. Gomery could whack them big-time; he could finger Martin as knowing; he could do a number of things. So the optimum scenario is to get defeated on the budget bill and then you go out and you can campaign on, 'Look, this is what we put on the table and do your litany of cities and kids' and whatever else," said the Liberal, who added that the Liberals are "not going to go beyond July 11 for sure."
This part of the article is interesting.
..."We're working towards gaining the confidence of Canadians to win a majority government. That's our objective, our goal is to win more than enough seats to form a majority government and we will win across this country if we get our message across and if we are able to communicate and gain the confidence of Canadians," said Ontario Conservative Sen. Consiglio Di Nino, who played a key role in recruiting new candidates for the party in the Greater Toronto Area recently and now is organizing and raising funds for the party.
Sen. Di Nino said that the "Liberal corruption" will be one of the main issues that Conservatives will campaign on, but he said that after the writ is dropped, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) will unveil the election platform and will articulate the Conservative views on issues such as environment, national defence, child care, and infrastructure.
Sen. Di Nino said that if the Liberals decided to go for a longer election campaign, it will be good for the Conservatives because it will give them more time to explain policy.
If more time is good, in terms of explaining policy, then what are the Conservatives waiting for? I would like to see it right away.
