It has been hard for me to keep up over the last couple of days (you know, the actual paying gig) but it appears the Parliamentary days continue.
Here is how I see things. The NDP motion to dissolve the house will be ignored by the Liberals. The Conservative motion to bring back the House early for a confidence vote will be ignored by the Liberals. The Liberals are single-minded in follow through on their time table. The only thing that will stop it is a clear non-confidence vote. If the Opposition parties are serious they have to bring one later in November, bring down the government and have an election in mid-January.
The motions they are bringing forward now are good in showing how the Liberals are desperate in clinging to power but unless the job is finished by actually bringing down the Government it is just a pointless exercise in Parliamentary procedure and obstructionism and the Liberals will come out looking better. It's "play for keeps" time. I am curious about the collective will of the CPC, NDP and BQ. Only time will tell now.
