Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Where are the Liberals?

Do they even show up in the House anymore? Is any vote important enough for them to be there?

Their bill to recall our troops in Afghanistan after 2009 got voted down 150 to 134. With all the floor crossing, it's tough to track the numbers in the House these days, but I'm pretty sure the Liberals and Bloc have more than 134 members between them. Where are they? This was a close vote. With the Lib-Bloc voting against the CPC-NDP, a single member could've made the difference.

Do the Liberals have somewhere else to be? I can understand the Conservatives not having everyone there; they're running a country. They need to be all over the country (and in some cases the world) to do their jobs. What are the Liberals doing?

Anyone who can provide a link to the voting records would be welcome. I can't find the record yet.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe they didn't actually want to win this one.

Anonymous said...

You can find the recorded vote results at this link:

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Pub=hansard&Ses=1#SOBQ-2029416