Iggy & Oilsands - Are We Libs Down With This?

It's one thing to go trolling for votes in Alberta. It's another to become the Alberta Suns' new best friend. So the National Geographic expose leads to "Ignatieff is positioning himself as a staunch defender of the Alberta oilsands. He’s brushing aside a 20-page spread in National Geographic magazine that outlines environmental concerns around the northern Alberta industry. He says the oilsands need to be made more sustainable, but he’s proud of the industry and called it a world leader. That’s a switch from previous Liberal policy that suggested Canada should stop subsidizing the oilsands and focus on alternative sources of fuel."

To review: We're now in bed with Pablo & his nationalist friends. And NF&L MPs can ignore 3-line whip votes to appease provincial sensitivities. And the Oil Sands are A-OK. And we're happy to stay in Afghanistan as long as the USA wants us there (oh, it'll become "humanitarian work" that happens to need military protection...). And the Con budget which indeed attacks pay equity & environmental reviews and does little to improve EI to help the unemployed and stimulate countercyclical demand? We're in favour. Have I forgotten anything?

What next, imitate the Canadian conservatives by changing our name to something less controversial, like the Conservative Liberal Party? I mean, if we're Blue-Lite, why not go all the way, eh?