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Dr. Dion, or How I learned to stop worrying and love Minority Government
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Inroads
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July 1, 2008
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When the Liberals announced that they would not vote down the 2008 budget, Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson wrote, "The recent, silly, occasionally frenzied speculation about an election will end, for which Canadians can only be grateful." Indeed we were grateful, but exactly who was doing the silly, frenzied speculating? The answer is of course obvious.
Exhibit A: The February 6,2008, Globe and Mail announced, "It has been two years to the day since Stephen Harper and his Conservative cabinet formally took office," and invited readers to "join Globe Columnist Jeffrey Simpson online." The subject? Not what the government had or hadn't accomplished but "How has Harper managed to ...