Comments on: Liberal strategists, please take note; Harper isn’t serious about EI reform.

By: zoop

zoop — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:22 +0000

“Harper isn’t serious about EI reform.”

Neither is the Liberal Party, otherwise we would be in an election by now. Or by the end of the year. Or whatever, the Liberals are just hiding behind the EI issue for their own protection.

I note the usual hypocrisy on this site is if full swing in this article. Ignatieff had as much to do with the blue-ribbon panel as Harper, and Harper appointing Poilievre is no worse than Ignatieff appointing Marlene Jennings, what a hack.

Who cares who they appoint, its purpose is to delay the election, not fix EI.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:10:53 +0000

Hang on a sec, didn’t Count Igula extract a promise from Harper to think about maybe discussing EI reform sometime in the future, maybe?

Face it, your man is a dish rag.

By: Toe

Toe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:10:16 +0000

Please. As if the Liberals are anymore serious. That’s like saying the gov says unemployment rate is 10%, all agree, except it’s more like 20%, no politico will agree. Sheesh, get a new do-over eh. Walk the Talk.

By: Chrystal Ocean

Chrystal Ocean — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:49 +0000

Neither, it would seem, are Liberals serious about EI reform. If they had been, they wouldn’t have agreed to yet more TALK rather than actual REFORM.

By: BCer in Toronto

BCer in Toronto — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:32:44 +0000

Pierre does live in Nepean, maybe Harper just didn’t want to ruin the summer of one of his other MPs by forcing them to commute to the capital to talk about EI.

I’d add that these talks aren’t going to be on TV, so there’s little need nor motivation for anyone to grandstand or act like a dick during the meetings.

By all accounts, when the cameras aren’t around most MPs tend to behave like real people. Even Pierre.