[BRIEF NOTE] Canadian Politics, Exciting?
May. 17th, 2005 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldBelinda Stronach's defection, from the opposition Conservative Party to the ruling Liberal Party, is rather exciting.
This is not only because she's girlfriend of Peter Mackay, leader of the old Conservative Party before its merger with the Canadian Alliance, mind. Rather, it's because (as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
james_nicoll so ably notes) the Canadian federal parliament is evenly balanced between supporters of the minority government and opponents. The defection of a fairly prominent Conservative to the government's ranks is definitely destabilizing, to say nothing of the latent tensions between the old Tories and the former Reform Party (conservative right and radical right, respectively, in the Canadian political lexicon).
21st century Canadian politics looks rather interesting and exciting. At least, it looks this way so long as it doesn't destroy the country.
This is not only because she's girlfriend of Peter Mackay, leader of the old Conservative Party before its merger with the Canadian Alliance, mind. Rather, it's because (as
james_nicoll so ably notes) the Canadian federal parliament is evenly balanced between supporters of the minority government and opponents. The defection of a fairly prominent Conservative to the government's ranks is definitely destabilizing, to say nothing of the latent tensions between the old Tories and the former Reform Party (conservative right and radical right, respectively, in the Canadian political lexicon).21st century Canadian politics looks rather interesting and exciting. At least, it looks this way so long as it doesn't destroy the country.
