By Stephen Gray
"There's no basis for our party to express confidence in this government."1
NDP leader Jack Layton.
There was Jack posturing and strutting his stuff on TV. The Liberals were “corrupt” and did not have “the moral authority to govern.” Was this the same Jack who propped up and consorted with the Liberal government only a short time ago? Now Jack’s latest platform was built on “compromise.” Jack was now the great political diplomat. Yes, the Liberal’s were “corrupt.” But if they “compromise” and have an election vote in the month of February they can stay and be “corrupt” a little while longer. It appeared that Jack was still prepared to “compromise” with “corruption.” Were we seeing the two faces of Jack? One faced Jack had jumped into the “corrupt” Liberal bed for a time, now two faced Jack was out of the bed, feet on the floor, but still prepared to be in a compromising position. Was there a hypocrite inside Jack fighting to get out? Or an outed hypocrite trying to get back into credibility mode? If you were an opposition leader would you trust Jack after his being in bed with the Liberals? Now he is getting mass TV coverage as some sort of protector of the “Canadian way.” What a farce this political soap opera is becoming with Jack in the lead role and the other two “leaders” in supporting roles. This political farce called, “Bringing Down the House” will soon be on the road with Paul Martin as an unwilling producer.
Jack had this to say about Paul Martin:
“Canada deserves better than Mr. Martin giving away the federal government and turning the capital into an ATM….”2 NDP Leader Jack Layton
Jack is now complaining about the Liberals’ spending habits. That is a good line from him a Liberal “ATM” machine. Surely, this is not the same Jack who forced Paul Martin to go to the “ATM” machine for the NDP? As witness the headline and story on CBC website: “PM shells out $4.6B for NDP's support”3
Stephen Harper had this to say on the NDP supporting corruption:
"My first response is that Mr. Martin and Mr. Layton think $4.6 billion of taxpayers' money is the price to make corruption go away, but I wonder if the taxpayers of Canada are going to think the same thing.”4
One would think that taxpayers would be asking the question: “If a government is corrupt why would any politician continue to prop it up?” Or does “$4.6 billion” of taxpayers money wash everything clean? Jack Layton had this to say about the Liberals’ recently: “Paul Martin thought nobody would notice him trying to spend almost five billion dollars on his well-connected friends.”5
Hey, Jack you were friendly with the Liberals’ a short time ago. Don’t you remember?
Jack is now sending mixed messages to people. First he has no problem supporting a “corrupt” government for a time. Gets “$4.6 billion” from them for his programs and is now complaining the Liberals’ look after their “well-connected friends.” Does Jack have a credibility problem? First he props up the Liberals, then he puts them down! Could this be called the two faces of Jack?
Stephen Gray
Nov. 22, 2005.
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Endnotes:
1 http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/07/layton_government051107.html
2 http://www.ndp.ca/page/1670
3 http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/26/martin-layton050426.html
4 http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/26/martin-layton050426.html
5 http://www.ndp.ca/page/1670