So, as I understand it, Greens and Liberals are criticizing the NDP for planning to go ahead and field a candidate against Peter MacKay, and not give Elizabeth May an open field and a better chance of winning the seat?
And Jack Layton is being criticized for not even wanting to meet with May to discuss the issue?
Is this the scenario?
Because if it is, on the face of it, a 3-party cross-Canada scheme to cement the centre and left votes to expel the CPC might seem a good idea.
But the NDP conceding a riding where they are the strongest local opposition, in order to maybe defeat a CPC cabinet minister by electing someone who loathes the NDP and who pines for the PC party, doesn't seem like it has a whole lot to offer.
Especially since the Greens have agreed to be a juinor partner in a Liberal Party that has an atrocious environmental record. There's nothing to be gained for the environment by conceding something for nothing to such a political force.
Oh yeah, and with all that having been said, May's comment was the lowest form of gutter politics. One could reply this way:
"You're right Ms. May. Jack is prepared to talk to the Taliban in order to bring peace to the region and its people, to prevent further deaths, and to bring Canadian soldiers back home safely. Your political aspirations are just not at the same level of importance."
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