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Already posted in the other Liberal thread...the other one of many
Either way we're screwed. Four month leadership race. Libs can't chance a non-confidence vote so they will prorogue before one could possibly happen. Government will be out for at least three months (assuming he prorogues wednesday and parliament wasn't planning on returning until end of month). I suspect they will try to prorogue for longer to give the new lib leader time to gain public eyes using taxpayer money. He gives zeros f^*&^s about us or the damage caused by trump incoming with no sitting canadian parliament.
He won't resign immediately, that would rush the Liberals to an interim leader. Lame duck PM which would probably still fold when the house sits. Then they have to run the leadership race (or not) before the election? Their best chance is to suspend parliament and have a more detailed leadership run. Then dissolve parliament to save face and call and election.
Legally it cannot.
Did his stupid two week extension (to secure lib pensions) actually become law or was it just more stupidity? I think worst case is the two-week extension, second-worst is mandatory date during diwali. Realistic in light of libs only caring about libs and not citizens will be April or May. If they cared about citizens we could have an early feb election (36 days required from call to vote).
Are there even any decent Lib candidates?
Almost zero chance imo. It will be a massacre. Those that run have zero chance (high probability they don't even win their seat yet alone a party with even a tiny bit of power). Some of the lib royalty may run as if you are going to be canned anyway, you might as well give yourself access to the huge slush fund to blow on your way out.
Imo, not really. From G&M:
didn't that need royal assent? since the Cons filibustered way back in the fall nothing has been getting done.
I hope so that would kill the capital gains changes.
That's probably already DoA. Cons will just go right back to blocking everything as soon as parliament sits. Only thing that will get through is the confidence motion.
Last I heard, Revenue Canada was still planning on enforcing the changes, even though it never passed.
Can't enforce something that's not actual legislation. Do they need legislation to make such a change to the program? That is the question.
Fantastic News!
Nope, if people expect to see positive long term changes in a short period of time, they're fooling themselves. It'll just be a new person digging a new hole by filling in the old one...
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