Filibuster Cartoons
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January 21 was deadline day for Prime Minister Harper; that was the day in which the Liberal Party was to decide whether or not to support his economic update in parliament, and thus determine whether or not he would be non-confidence voted out of power.
As we’ve discussed, Stephane Dion, the old Liberal guy, was eager to move ahead, by hook or crook, with non-confidence voting, in the hopes that he himself could be installed as prime minister in the aftermath. But Mr. Dion is gone now, and Michael Ignatieff is now in control of the party. And he has backed away from the whole zany coalition government idea Dion was peddling. Iggy said the Liberals would support the economic plan as long as Harper promised to regularly update parliament with future economic updates.
“Really? That’s all?” said the Conservatives. “Sure! Sounds good to us!”
