An Appeal to Stephane Dion
Here’s a secret at The Political Wonk, when we have heard what there is to hear about stories in the media, our eyes glaze over. And the next thing you know we are playing paper doll dress up in Photoshop with an elected leader.
That time of eye glazing has come and gone, and, well, someone got dressed up because in the middle of our meditation we realized that Stephane Dion is not only holding back a country from a federal election, but he’s holding back a wonk’s required once-a-year migration to Ottawa for all things policy and procedure.
The federal Liberals have abstained from more than their share of confidence matters now but not before turning the verbal volume to 11 on the dial. It seems that either Dion doesn’t have the gut for the push or maybe it’s the fact that Harper can play him like four-armed drummer, beating out whatever result he wants. Hold on a second though, Harper hasn’t exactly been the best of the best when it comes to strategy lately (read: Chuck Cadman) seeming to fall and expose his weakness to Dion almost bi-weekly. Dion, get the guts.
The appeal to Stephane Dion here is to decide. Decide whether or not your team can take the Harperites down at the polls. Pull the trigger, any trigger, election or prop-up, any one will do, but please decide. The annual wonk migration is approaching, where a weeks worth of policy discussion, question period and senate debate watching occurs. Without a definate decision the migrating wonks will be displaced and potentially pay too much for a plane ticket that was just on sale.
So, Stephane for the sake of the nation and the wonk migration, please decide. Are you an opposition or not?