Then and Now

(Then)In the dying days of the campaign, Layton dismissed any notion of co-operation with the Conservatives, saying it would take a major research project to identify the similarities between the parties.

He steadfastly refused to answer any questions about how he might work with a Stephen Harper administration.


(Now) "I am going to make a legitimate, determined effort to find things where there can be common action," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

"I believe there are ideas in all of our platforms for the parties to get something done."

Almost sounds to me like Jack is getting some good advice from Mike over at Rational Reasons. I have to give Mike much of the credit for showing me that no matter what our political leanings, we all have more in common than most would admit. Taking part in a few of the policy debates over at BPoC has definately opened my eyes to others views and I highly recommend everyone take part. Dino's latest is a policy debate on healthcare. It should prove to be an interesting one. To see the results of other debates Dino has held, check out the BPoC policies at his web site. Remember that all of these policies were developed by people of all political leanings co operating and comming to a compromise that all could agree on. If only our governments could work in the same way.