On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Marco Anglesio wrote:
> However. The fact that a decisive victory was won is a good thing for the
> left in the Liberal Party. The right wing of the Liberals was all but
> ordering new china at 24 Sussex Dr. if a minority or a small minority
> government was returned. Now, there is time for the left to present a
> decent candidate - possibly Allan Rock, former Minister of Justice and
> Attorney General, present Minister of Health, or possibly Brian Tobin,
> present Minister of Industry (I think - he only just resigned the
> premiership of Newfoundland).
I got the impression from the papers that a decisive victory would ensure that Chretien handed power over to his finance minister, Paul Martin, in mid-term. Why does it increase the chances of a successful left challenge?
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com