Friday, November 16, 2007
Baffling question from Wednesday
I have a quick question. Does anybody know why, on Wednesday, the Liberals abstained in the House of Commons on a Bloc Quebecois opposition motion concerning the forestry industry, thus allowing the motion to fail? The motion couldn’t have been a matter of confidence. If they were in favour of it why didn’t they vote for it and if they were against it why didn’t they vote against it?
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It's the new default position. In the absence of any clear direction they abstain.
I suggest it is the party position to abstain on most opposition motions not advanced by themselves. Note the anti-scab legislation supported by both the BQ and the NDP.
The question that should be asked if why did the Bloc voted for a supply Ways and Means motion on Wednesday which the Grits and Dippers went against. A defeat there would have plunged the CPC government into crisis as money would have ran out.
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