Layton to Environment?
Well, it looks like the Conservatives are going to reach out to the NDP to prop up their minority government when Parliament resumes.
With that in mind, what about giving the Environment portfolio in Cabinet to Jack Layton? While the Tories have said they won't be bound by Kyoto, but would rather develop their own Clean Air Act, this would be a great opportunity for Layton to stave off a nascent Green Party and do some good in a key NDP issue area. With a strong minister at Natural Resources, I think the party would also be able to adquately assuage fears in the oil patch about a Dipper at Environment.
posted by Road Hammer @ 9:19 PM
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What - and give up his Minister of Finance role? ;-)
Interesting theory but I think it'd be a tough sell to his (Harp's) party.
Another option would be putting a Dipper at Health, considering how the Cons are fully on board with the Canada Health Act.
Page 16 of the platform:
"We are committed to a universal, publicly funded health care system that respects the five principles of the Canada Health Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms".
BTW, B, don't you read the platforms of the parties?
I will bet you $50 that the five principles of the Canada Health Act remain exactly the same as they are now throughout Harper's first term in office.
He said himself in the spring that there is nothing that is more a political non-starter than tampering with the Canada Health Act.
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