Conservatives and Liberals: Divided and confused – Overheard This Week

While Tom Mulcair and the NDP focus on solutions to grow the middle class and stop Stephen Harper’s war, Conservatives and Liberals were divided and confused this week.

Stephen Harper’s attack on our rights is loosing support – even among Conservatives:

“Bill C-51 was supposed to unite conservatives in the latest round of the War on Terror™. Instead, it’s dividing them — both on and off Parliament Hill … The closer your supporters look at C-51, the less they seem to like it. If the Tories are planning on campaigning on this bill at election time, they’d better make some changes — or risk the wrath of their own people.”

— Tasha Kheiriddin, iPolitics, March 27, 2015

“I … believe we need greater oversight of Canadian security and intelligence agencies by a parliamentary committee of elected MPs, who are directly and democratically accountable to Canadians. That greater oversight is even more important as we give these agencies new powers to combat terrorism.”

— Conservative MP Michael Chong, iPolitics, March 27, 2015

Meanwhile, the Trudeau Liberals seem confused over their position – again.

After the Liberals voted for Stephen Harper’s overreaching new security law, Justin Trudeau’s candidate in Davenport said: _“__As a candidate, and future Member of Parliament, I stand against Bill C-51.”_

Moments after Trudeau finished his speech in Parliament denouncing Harper’s war in Iraq and now Syria, the Liberal Defense Critic admitted they have “no plan” to pull Canadian troops out.

All this confusion led the National Post’s Kelly McParland to say:

“Justin Trudeau sticks to his firm position on both sides of the Iraq mission … It’s also clear where the Official Opposition stands: _New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair accused the Prime Minister of putting the lives of Canadian troops at risk for political reasons and pledged to oppose Tuesday’s request.__”_