I am back from my whirlwind tour of the Golden Horseshoe and I noticed that the Liberal-Bloc Alliance continues unabated. The Bloc has gotten into bed with the Liberals so Bloc members who share their beds with Liberals of the same sex can get marriage.
I guess Minister Stronach is cool with this alliance though. Isn't it ironic that this is the Alliance that may bring down the government. Not that it would be good strategy on the Conservatives part but things have soured so much between the House Leaders that anything could happen.
Update: Just in time for the sabre-rattling comes this poll from Decima. Coincidence? You decide. But my rule of thumb is that Decima is to be ignored. In case you disagree here are the numbers.
Liberals: 37%
Conservatives: 25%
NDP: 20%
Update II: (well actually Update 0.5 since this comes from before the poll but...) Here is a nice review from Politics Watch.
...There were also signs that the Conservatives are serious about fielding their entire contingent of 98 MPs.
Three MPs - David Chatters, Darrel Stinson and Gurmant Grewal - have not been in the House for votes in recent weeks because of cancer treatment and stress leave, in the case of Grewal.
But Stinson was in the House on Thursday afternoon to vote against a Liberal motion to close debate on a motion to extend the sitting into the summer.
"We will be here Monday - all of us," said Conservative MP John Reynolds. "If people are sick, they can't be here. But everyone has been told to be here on Monday."Reynolds denied that he was engaging in a bluff in order to have the Liberals back down on their efforts to pass the gay marriage bill before the fall and when asked if there Conservative's were serious about toppling the government, he said, "Yes."
Later Conservative Deputy Leader Peter MacKay was talking about an election campaign on ethics and government corruption, which stood in contrast to comments Conservatives have made in recent weeks that Canadians do not want an election.
