LPC, Copenhagen & Hypocrisy: Even I Don't Believe It

O'Malley claims the NDP's climate change accountability bill "will, of course, almost certainly be snuffed out at third reading thanks to a dozen or so Liberal MPs backing the government at the final vote." My view of the OLO is well-established, but even I don't believe that. The very same MPs who voted UNANIMOUSLY for the exact same bill scant months ago will now vote against it? "Abstentions"? I may be naive, but I don't believe caucus would be so openly hypocritically suicidal: bad policy, bad politics. Where are Liberal votes? Voting for or against a motherhood environment bill? Those who are motivated by this issue and are against bill will never contribute to or vote for Liberals anyway. Many of those motivated and for this bill might and DO contribute and vote for Liberals. And might well turn to Greens, NDP & Bloc over this. Policy, politics & morality all argue in favour of righteous coherence. Even I don't believe the OLO & caucus are so bad and stupid not to.

Full passage from O'Malley: "Meanwhile, over at Environment, the NDP's climate change accountability bill seems unlikely to garner much support from the quartet of witnesses on the schedule for today, which includes the Canadian Chemical Producers Association, the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, the Canadian Steel Producers Association and the Cement Association of Canada. On the other hand, the bill is slated to hit clause-by-clause on Thursday, which means it could make it back to the House just in time for the opening of the Copenhagen conference. Whereupon it will, of course, almost certainly be snuffed out at third reading thanks to a dozen or so Liberal MPs backing the government at the final vote. Sorry, did I give away the ending?"

PS. I get Famous Fourteen reference, as well as gun control, but given caucus' past behaviour, O'Malley's reference may not be a joke. I'm going on the assumption she's at least half-serious. Which is worrying enough in and of itself.