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Saturday, 4 June 2011
Jack Layton campaigned as a future prime minister, and won a resounding victory over the waffling Liberals and do-nothing Bloc, sweeping into Official Opposition party status.
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Jack Layton - the Outlaw PM? |
Now he is still running for prime minister, courting Quebec with as much relish as Brown Envelope Brian did, and trying hard to be prime ministerial in his media scrums and other meetings.
The latest polls show the NDP cementing their support in Quebec, firming it up elsewhere, moving up while the Tories stay where they are, and the Liberal Party sinks yet lower.
What does this mean?
It means that Canadians have to seriously entertain the idea that it is possible – perhaps more than possible, given the historic ceiling on Harper support – that Layton's NDP might become the government of Canada, either a minority or a majority government.
The applicable laws:
And this brings us to a succinct summary of the NDP policy regarding a referendum for independence in
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Labels: framing, Jack Layton, NDP, Quebec
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