One question that I don't hear many pundits asking as the Liberal bus tour draws to an end; is how much did this little adventure cost? Many are agreeing that the Liberal leader is better off having done the tour than had he vacationed in France. Shaking hands with thousands of Canadians should lead to a bump in the polls, but whether that's temporary or permanent remains to be seen. Iggy pop has a terrible polling record when Parliament is in session as Liberal leader, so his ability to sustain any momentum into day to day politics is rightly questionable. It is easier to show up at a BBQ than it is to whip your caucus into voting for your party's bill to fund foreign abortions.
Does anyone know how much was spent this summer by the Liberal Party? Were elected members able to expense any part of the Liberal tour to taxpayers? How much did they pay for that small bump in the polls? Can the Liberals hold at or near the 30% level into November and December? That will be the best indicator of whether or not we will face a spring showdown on the budget. I maintain my position that there will not be an election in 2010.
They get extension after extention from Elections Canada because they can't afford to pay off leadership debts from several years ago but they can afford a bus tour. It seems like there still must be a lot of secret dirty money involved with the Liberals.
ReplyDeleteBruce from Cambridge has a very good point, and so do you, Iceman. A summer bus tour could probably not have been funded by Liberal donations to the party alone. Maybe Stevie Cameron or her CBC friends would like to take on a 20-year campaign to find out about the not-for-profits and cash envelopes who funded the bus. They have been so diligent on ad-scam.
ReplyDeleteHow much did the carbon offsets cost? They did purchase them didn't they being all environmentally types and everything.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Welcome back Iceman.
..and get your mom to teach you some manners anonymous.
ReplyDeleteHarpers Diesel netted a few bucks fixing the bus.
ReplyDeleteSyncro
I suspect some under the table funding and some fuddy duddy accounting
ReplyDeleteWhen this tour de farce started it was reported that all those travelling on the bus would be responsible for their own expenses. Is that why so few media honchos were on the whole trip. Did the taxpayers pay for the costs of iggys nanny (wife) to go along to select his food and clothes.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, remember how he had no money to pay for some dollar thing he bought.
Mary T
Elections Canada.
ReplyDeleteIgnoring real fraud and Liberal Party electoral deceit for decades.
Kali