"It is the most divisive debut of any opposition leader I can recall, and potentially very dangerous to Confederation."
Rex Murphy, CBC The National, 17 May 2012
2012-05-18
Murphy: Mulcair Threatens The Confederation
"It is the most divisive debut of any opposition leader I can recall, and potentially very dangerous to Confederation."
Rex Murphy, CBC The National, 17 May 2012
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Mulcair is just following in Harper's footsteps - remember the culture of entitlement of the Maritimers? However, there are a lot of more votes, and possibly NDP votes in the West. Mulcair's comments carry heavier political weight - and not in his favour I believe.
And with the seat redistribution, the West will have even greater clout--and rightly so.
@Loraine Lamontagne
I dunno, I can't imagine there are many seats for the NDP to lose or gain in Alb. or Sask.
So then the question is... will this cost them in B.C. (where they do have something to lose) and is that more then offset in the industrial/manufactoring centers in the East?
The NDP didn't win many seats out West but they made significant vote-share gains, mostly at the expense of the Liberals. Another six percent overall gain in vote share means a possible seat in Fleetwood, PittMeadows, Nanaimo, and Vancouver Island North. They are close to a breakthrough in BC.
Check out the BC results here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/#/295
Evaporating those gains may be the price of consolidating Quebec support for Mulcair. Those 103 seats in hand are worth quite a few seats in the Western bush.
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