- L. Ian MacDonald: Delay is Conservative party's new best friend
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When he met his caucus last July at Lévis, Stephen Harper was looking for a pretext to call a fall election. Today, as he meets them at Meech Lake, he should be looking for a pretext to avoid one.
That was then, this is now.
A year ago, Harper had poll numbers in his pocket that told him a Conservative majority was not only achievable, but quite likely, with the road to that majority leading through Quebec. Today, a Conservative majority is out of reach, largely because Quebec has become a roadblock. What's more, the timing of a fall election is otherwise inconvenient and inauspicious for the prime minister.
There are three reasons why Harper should do everything in his power to remain in office until the fall of 2010, which might be the very reasons for the Liberals to hasten the downfall of this minority House.
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