maplesyrup Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 PM promises to end cronyism Martin, in major speech, also pledges to wage war on waste, mismanagement "And we're going to do it - come hell or high water." http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Conte...ol=968793972154 PM Martin made a major speech in Quebec City today. Will this help to shore up support for the Liberals? In Quebec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theWatcher Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 PM promises to end cronyism Another way to look at this issue is that Martin finally admits that his government has indeed practiced cronyism for the past 10 years and he fully particapted in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 PM Martin made a major speech in Quebec City today. Will this help to shore up support for the Liberals? In Quebec? In some ways, Liberal federalists are so desperate, they'll cling to anything. It may well work. But talk is cheap. Can Martin walk the talk? And imagine the arrogance of those Liberals if he pulls it off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 PM Martin made a major speech in Quebec City today. Will this help to shore up support for the Liberals? In Quebec? In some ways, Liberal federalists are so desperate, they'll cling to anything. It may well work. But talk is cheap. Can Martin walk the talk? And imagine the arrogance of those Liberals if he pulls it off... Arrogance is a good word here. Liberals act like they do not have to earn the right to be elected. After the CPC leadersip convention this weekend, hopefully the polls will knock some of that Liberal arrogance out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDP Newbie Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Meh. Admitting they're screw ups didn't save the Union Nationale. Of course, only a buffoon would put any major Canadian politician in power today in the same league as Maurice Duplessis. (Well, maybe Larry Spencer. But the NDP is going to slaughter him. It's Regina, damn it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Of course, only a buffoon would put any major Canadian politician in power today in the same league as Maurice Duplessis. That's how the French press looks at it. Chretien=Duplessis and Martin=Sauve. That is, after Duplessis died, Sauve became the UN leader (and PM of Quebec) and said he was going to clean up this atrocious mess, and "from now on" things would be different. Martin is trying to present himself the same way. (BTW, Sauve died before he faced an election. The Liberals and Lesage tossed out the UN in 1960.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I just have a feeling that Quebeckers will sort out our political mess, as they seem to have much more political awareness than the ROC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapleLeafMerc Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I just have a feeling that Quebeckers will sort out our political mess, as they seem to have much more political awareness than the ROC. Speak for yourself, please. If you did I would be more than happy to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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