Vive le Canada (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
NDP Leader Jack Layton has enlisted one of his predecessors to sound out former prime minister Jean Chretien on the possibility of a Liberal-New Democrat coalition government. A senior NDP official told The Canadian Press that Ed Broadbent spoke to Chretien at least four times after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered an economic update that threatened to bankrupt the opposition...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien and one-time NDP leader Ed Broadbent are planning to meet on Parliament Hill today to discuss the possibility of a coalition government.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien and ex-NDP leader Ed Broadbent are reportedly talking about a potential coalition between the two parties, a day after the minority Conservatives delivered their first fiscal update since re-election six weeks ago.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien and one-time NDP leader Ed Broadbent are brokering a possible agreement under which the two parties could form a coalition government.
KerPlonka! (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Liberal friend of mine is, um, NOT happy with this turn of events. With his permission, I've posted his note in its entirety: It was twelve years ago that a Quebec intellectual by the name of Stephane Dion was recruited by then-prime minister Jean Chretien to run in a by-election to the House of Commons and serve as national unity minister in his cabinet. It is therefore ironic that...
The Phantom Observer (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
I suppose that there is at least one virtue to Stephen Harper’s misstep: at least it wasn’t actually embarrassing. The Times of London has come up with a Top Ten list of international political gaffes that might be worth a quite chuckle. Of interest: Jean Chrétien does make this list. This Canadian Prime Minister and the microphone [...]
The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
By PETER WORTHINGTON, TO Sun: [...] Combined, the Liberals and NDP have 114 seats, the Tories 143. So the balance of power is held by the Bloc (49 seats) whose prime purpose is to break up Canada. What can Dion, Jack Layton, and their aging mentors, Jean Chretien and Ed Broadbent, be thinking? One would think Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae, one of whom will be the next Liberal leader,...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and then-Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark the day after the Nov. 27 election, in which Jean Chrétien's Liberals won a majority government."We will not under any circumstances support through a vote in the House of Commons a government led by the leader of the Liberal Party," the proposal said, before noting the three opposition parties would form a majority of MPs.The document...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 28: The FalloutFormer New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent and former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien meet to discuss the possibility of a Liberal-NDP coalition, a direct result of the controversial measures in the economic update. The Liberals serve notice of a motion of no-confidence in the government and declare a "viable alternative" coalition helmed by Liberal Leader...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
It's not surprising that Jean Chretien of Adscam and "Culture of Entitlement" fame is now trying to pull the backroom marionette strings and replace our democratically elected federal government. What sparked this railroading? Not the economy and not "economic stimulus"...
bastard.logic (Free subscription) | yesterday
by matttbastard Stockwell Day: the only person on earth who sucks at bullshitting more than Lindsay Lohan does: The Bloc rebutted Harper’s criticisms, claiming that in 2000 then-Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day, now Harper’s trade minister, had proposed a coalition with the BQ the day after the Liberals under Jean Chretien won. “My DNA would never allow me [...]
Gen X at 40 (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Let's be clear: the entertainment value alone is worth the current schlamozzle Ottawa finds itself in these days. One of the glorious things Jean Chretien did was leave the fiscal house in such good shape that anyone could pretty much keep the program going, claim it as their own and leave plenty of time for crisis within the Lex Parliamenti . Sort of a modern version of "bread and circuses"....
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
And to those diehard anti-Conservative activists of any political stripe who desperately want Harper out, consider this: the former Liberal government of Jean Chretien and his Finance Minister Paul Martin did far more damage -- lasting damage -- to social programs in Canada than either the Brian Mulroney or Stephen Harper Conservative governments.
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... had wanted Stephane Dion to be Prime Minister, they would have voted Liberal. If they wanted Jean Chretien anywhere in the same time zone as the corridors of power, they'd have voted Liberal. If they wanted the party that gave them Adscam and Earnscliffe and tarnished La Belle Province for yet another generation, they would have voted...
Bowie's Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Jean Chretien as leader of the new coalition with Ed Broadbent as deputy leader.
