They have no principles, we already know that, but as I also say, liberals have no greater quest than the quest for power and the yearning to remain in power. “Canada” comes in third or fourth. “Families” are ninth.
That’s why they now seem prepared to completely drop a whole section of their yet-to-be-passed budget, and a whole key element of their ridiculous environmental platform which was dictated to them by the perceived vote-potential and the cash of the huge environmentalist industry and special interest group in Canada, and their ever so “cool-sounding” environmental pap that sells so well in liberal-land.
Just today, the Liberals announced that in order to avoid a situation in which the Conservatives and even the socialist Bloc and NDP were going to vote against the budget due to the stupid Kyoto items in the budget, they would simply drop the whole thing.
Never mind! We can’t lead! Our ideas are ridiculous! We admit it! We’d rather stay in power than anything else in the world! Nothing on earth is more important! We’re out of touch and we know it! Please stop mocking us! Please, for the love of God (or, you know, the love of “us”), stop mocking us!
Liberals drop Kyoto from budget bill in face of non-confidence threat
OTTAWA (CP) – The Liberal government sought to avoid a non-confidence motion with an offer Tuesday to drop Kyoto provisions from its budget legislation.
The Conservatives had threatened to join the Bloc Quebecois and NDP to bring down Prime Minister Paul Martin’s minority government unless changes to environmental laws were removed from the budget implementation bill.
Events in Montreal might have forced Martin’s about-face.
Damning testimony coming from the Gomery inquiry currently covered by a publication ban might have begun to seep out just as the government faced possible dissolution.
Government House Leader Tony Valeri said Tuesday that if the finance committee recommends that the offending provisions of the budget bill be removed, the government will not bring them back.
It is almost certain that the bill will go to the finance committee for study after second reading, and that the committee will in fact recommend removing the provisions.
The clauses at issue would have amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to remove the word “toxic,” making it easier to cover greenhouse gas emissions under the bill.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper had denounced the proposed amendments as a “back-door” attempt to clear the way for Kyoto compliance and possibly a carbon tax.
“It is the one impediment that Harper outlined as the problem to moving Bill C-43 (the budget bill) forward,” said Valeri outside the Commons.
“I think it’s a pretty simple solution I put forward.”
Conservative Deputy Leader Peter McKay said his party would probably support the budget bill if the if the provisions relating to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act were removed.
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