Dirty Tricks

The events that took place in Parliament recently as a means of getting the Liberal budget passed should take no one by surprise. That it took the Conservatives by surprise is a signature of that party's lack of forethought.

I am not a Liberal fan and think that the Conservatives should form the next government. That being said, there is a history here that should have warned the Conservatives to expect anything that could be tried to get the Liberal / NDP budget passed would probably be tried. The tricks that the Liberals have used to stay in power and pass legislation show their ethics, but the fact that the Conservatives were caught flat footed is more concerning.