Today's Iggyism

Steve Janke: The Liberals' big red no-decision machine

Posted: June 12, 2009, 11:48 AM by NP Editor

As Liberal leader, Stephane Dion could be counted on doing two things.

One was fawning over anything green, even though as environment minister he was an abject failure at keeping Canada's greenhouse gas emissions under control.

The other was waiting patiently as every other party staked out their positions on important issues, guaranteeing that the his party would be seen as hapless followers.

Michael Ignatieff, the new party leader, is thankfully very un-green.

But it certainly seems like he is suffering from Stephane Dion's other critical failing.

Today Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have delivered their economic report card:

Roughly 3,000 infrastructure projects across the country are getting underway as part of the government's $22.7-billion stimulus plan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

That action is "no small feat only 72 days into a new fiscal year," Harper said in a speech to a town hall meeting in Cambridge, Ont. He added that 80 per cent of the plan's funding has already been allocated.

Ignatieff has reacted, but without actually deciding anything:

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