Flip Flop #1050, or something like that...

December 27th, 2005

I hope everybody had a lovely Christmas, and didn't eat too much turkey. Anyways, I'm not here to be nice- I have yet another Liberal Flip-Flop to bring to everybody's attention; it's funny how these things come up, isn't it? I'm sure my count of 1050 is very low, especially since my evaluation of the sponsorship scandal was wrong- I was saying the Liberal Party stole thirty million dollars, when in reality, it was nearly two hundred and fifty million. I guess I'm getting a lot more than a dollar from Paul, aren't I? Anyways, straight from the CBC, here we go!

Presenting, Liberal Flip-Flop #1050...

Martin was caught in an embarrassing reversal after he criticized one Harper proposal in particular. After Harper pledged to let Quebec have its own voice at UNESCO meetings, Martin dismissed the plan. "We are one country," he said on Dec. 19. "We speak with one voice internationally, not two and not 10."The Liberal leader said something very different just 19 months earlier, though. "Quebec should not only be seated with us at the table at UNESCO, but it must be able to speak when we discuss things like cultural diversity," Martin said in May 2004, in a speech leading up to the last federal election. "Quebec is the cradle of the French language and culture in North America. It is one of the pillars of the French fact in Canada and in the world. It should be able to express itself on the major subjects that affect it directly. The door should be wide open to it, without ambiguity. And it will be."

Ah, it's funny how things change from one election to another- last time, Martin wanted to take the vote away from the Bloc. Now he's trying to make himself look good to the Federalists who will vote either Conservative or NDP instead of for his corrupt, scandalous party. Am I hearing echoes of the plan to remove the GST Paul?