That is your latest election speculation, courtesy of The Hill Times - which has almost cornered the market of elec-spec.
...Last week, Ferdinando Longo, executive director, Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario asked all Liberal incumbents and candidates to send in the names of their campaign managers. Liberals on the Hill said last week that this email means an election is "coming sooner rather than later." "I think it's October. These kinds of emails usually originate a month in advance of an election," said a Liberal who requested anonymity.
However if you go through the rest of the article the logic is a bit flawed.
..."People will be trying to determine where Gomery is going to go, how many public executions there will be, if any, and these kinds of things and if he's going to assign blame and if so, where. If Martin is going to get a clean bill of health in this, or, are they going to pin it on the former PMO and [Alfonso] Gagliano, or something like that, then the Conservatives might be well-served to go on the economic statement and on Gomery," said the government source, pointing out that the economic statement at the end of October will be followed by the Gomery report on Nov. 1 which means there could be a confidence vote at the end of October or early November. "But if the Libs ever get a majority, then the Conservatives are screwed for four years."
This "government source" thinks the Liberals can gain majority after the release of the Gomery Report. How this is possible is beyond me. I think the only way this strategy works is for the Liberals to pull the plug immediately, hope the first Gomery report is delayed, get an election date before the release date, demonize Harper like crazy and pray to Trudeau that they get a majority. Hey, good luck on that!
