Move Over Stephen Harper, There’s a New Piano Man In Town

by Scott H. Payne on January 22, 2010

Straight up, this is some funny shit:


It ain’t gonna happen tomorrow or anything, but if you’ll indulge a prediction: meet the next Prime Minister of Canada.

Tagged as: Bob Rae, Just Prorogue, prorogation of Parliament, Royal York, Teh Canadas

Scott is a sometimes blogger and social media consultant/principal at East Side Media. In addition to writing at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Scott is also a founding member of Beams and Struts and a fellow at the Canadian Council for Democracy's blog the Commons. You can reach Scott via email and follow him on Twiter.

{ 3 comments }

1 Chris Dierkes January 22, 2010 at 12:13 pm

You thinking an NDP-Liberal alliance (with a deal for the Bloc)? I thought Rae burned his bridges with the NDP. The left fractured keeps the Cons in a minority gov’t. How is the left going to get it together?

2 North January 22, 2010 at 1:34 pm

Don’t count them out completely Chris me lad. The Canadian left is not unfamiliar with practical power. They’ve been uniting with the centrist liberals to get things done for generations. I’ve been thinking that this was a race between the Libs and the NDP of sorts. Who can achieve their objective first; the libs to put the party back together after a generation of rule or the NDP to convince the electorate that they’re serious. Now it looks like they might be teaming up, the Libs bringing seriousness and the NDP bringing integrity (and the Bloq bringing baguettes). Good on em if they pull it off.

3 Katherine January 22, 2010 at 5:19 pm

The NDP won’t let hurt feelings stop them if the alternative is another Conservative government – personally, I trust Rae more than Ignatieff. But if there’s going to be a coalition, then first the Liberals have to get rid of Ignatieff – which will throw them into disarray for a while – and the NDP + Liberals need to get more seats that the Conservatives, which will be a challenge. The strongest argument against the previous coalition was its dependence on a party that wants to break up Canada – we can’t take that path again.

So it’s likely to be a while even if Scott’s right. And I’m not sure he is, as the Conservatives certainly have enough ammo to use against Rae on economic and fiscal policy, which are the current big issues.

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