Flaggman's Predictions For 2008

The first is a given; the second is questionable.

*Liberal Party of Canada leader Stephane Dion will swallow some heavy poison pills enclosed in the February 2008 Conservative budget, trigger an election, and send his party spiralling to disaster. The Stephen Harper Conservatives will get a bare majority; the Bloc will be the official opposition; the Liberals will be heretofore known as the Toronto Party, losing virtually every seat outside the GTA; and the NDP will nearly equal, or possibly surpass, the Libs in seat count by swallowing many left-leaning districts.

*Canada, on threat of leaving combat in Kandahar, squeezes European NATO allies into a more active role in Afghanistan, and forces NATO command to proceed with a “surge” to emulate the grand success of America’s surge in Iraq. Harper to be lauded internationally for his leadership on issue by year’s end.